Elaine Ostroff Universal Design Papers
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- Creators:
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Ostroff, Elaine
- Dates:
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1965 - 2009
- Size:
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16 Cubic feet (37 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1356
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents activist and educator Elaine Ostroff who advocated for improved access for people with disabilities in public places, co-founded the Adaptive Environments Center and who taught universal design in several institutions.
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Ben Tré, Howard, 1949-2020
Shea, Josephine, 1958-
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
- Dates:
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2007 July 7
- Size:
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63 Pages (Transcript)
3 Sound discs (Sound recording (4 hr., 3 min.), digital, 2 5/8 in.)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bentre07
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Howard Ben Tré conducted 2007 July 7, by Josephine Shea, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at the artist's studio, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
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Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters
- Dates:
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1989-1994
- Size:
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159 Video recordings (U-matic 3/4" video recordings)
1 Video recording (VHS 1/2" video recording)
15 Linear feet (15 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.09-001
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from 1989 to 1994 and measures 15 linear feet, documents the reminiscences of elderly members of various African-American churches in the Atlanta area, as well as individual church histories, outstanding personalities of the South, religious expression in the South, and styles of singing and worship. The collection is co...
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- Creators:
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Burt, Catherine
- Dates:
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circa 1980s
- Size:
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1.42 Linear feet ((2 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-065
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from the 1980s and measures 1.42 linear feet, was compiled in the course of preparations for the "Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds" exhibit, which was staged at the Anacostia Museum from February 1976 to December 1976. This collection documents the lives and achievements of African American women in a variety of fields, including law, medicine, education, politics, science and the arts. The collection is comprised of documents, magazine and newspaper clippings, correspondence, photocopies, brochures and pamphlets.
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Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
- Dates:
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1975-2009, undated
bulk 1993-2008
- Size:
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7.5 Cubic feet (23 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1282
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains records and research material produced and collected by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a lobbying and legal assistance organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender servicepersons. They were instrumental in overturning the United States Department of Defense's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
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Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942- interviewee
- Dates:
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1986
- Size:
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3 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Accession 009612
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Oral History Program is part of the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The purpose of the program is to conduct interviews with current and retired members of the Smithsonian staff who have made significant contributions, administrative and scholarly, to the Institution. The project's goal is to supplement the published record and manuscrip...
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High Museum of Art
- Dates:
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1995
- Size:
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2.42 Linear feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-034
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition organized by the High Museum of Art and the National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta Georgia and presented to the Washington, D.C. area by the Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture. The exhibit was held at the Arts and Industries Building, Smithsonian Institution September 22, 1995 through March 03, 1996 an...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Dates:
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1973, 1986, 1988, 1990, undated
- Size:
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-084
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual materials created during the production of "Through the Looking Glass Darkly: Struggle for Rights;" "Afro-Americans and the Evolution of a Living Constitution;" "Life and Times of Richard Allen;" and "Harlem Renaissance." "Through the Looking Glass Darkly: Struggle for Rights," produced in 1973, deals wit...
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Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
Cummings, Paul
- Dates:
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1969 Feb. 26-27
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1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording: (3 hours 30 min.), 7 in.)
40 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kent69
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Rockwell Kent conducted 1969 Feb. 26-27, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Kent speaks of his family background; his early interest and talent in art; studying painting with Robert Henri and William Merritt Chase; his early studies and work in architecture; Kenneth Hayes Miller as a teacher; experiences which influ...
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
- Dates:
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1915 - 1980s.
- Size:
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2.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1089
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs documenting civil and mechanical engineering activities, equipment, facilities, and projects. Some of the subjects are boilers, engines, turbines, lighthouses, aqueducts, bridges, factories, roads, hydroelectric stations, kilns and mills. Few of the images are identified.