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Watkins, C. Malcolm interviewee
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1992, 1994-1995
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15 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9586
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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Los Angeles Airways
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1945-1997
bulk 1950-1985
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2.91 Cubic feet
3.88 Linear feet (4 legal size document boxes; 1 slim legal size document box; 1 28.5 x 1.5 x 22.5 flat box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2009.0015
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
LA Airways (Los Angeles Airways, Inc) (LAA) was founded by Clarence Belinn as a helicopter airline that operated flights from Los Angeles International Airport to the Disneyland Heliport in Anaheim, Calfornia (located on Disneyland's grounds) and to other area airports.
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Historic Maps of Africa collection
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circa 1631-1973
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78 Maps
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1991-001
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The Historic Maps of Africa collection includes 78 maps and dates from circa 1631 to 1973. Geographic content of individual maps varies from topographical information, boundaries of colonial territories, and ethnic groups, among other topics. While several depict the continent of Africa in its entirety, many focus on specific countries and geographic regions. There are a particularly large number of maps depicting the West African Coast.
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Thomas, Philip E. (Philip Evan), 1776-1861
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circa 1852-1855
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1 Daguerreotypes (photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.405
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National Museum of the American Indian
Daguerreotype of Dr. Peter Wilson (Cayuga) given to Philip Evan Thomas.
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Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949
McGee, W J, 1853-1912
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circa 1903-1904
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6 Prints (duplicates not counted, silver gelatin)
1 Color lithograph
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.121
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs and a lithograph probably collected by W J McGee during the first decade of the 20th century. The photographs were probably made by Bailey Willis during his 1903 expedition to China and were collected by W. J. McGee for his US Department of Agriculture bulletin on Soil Erosion (1911). Photos document terraced rice fields in China. The l...
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Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886
Zimmerman, Charles A., 1844-1909
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circa 1864-1865
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4 Cartes-de-viste (card photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.098
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of four cartes-de-visite portraits of Native American men involved in the Dakota War of 1862. Individuals were photographed by Joel Emmons Whitney between approximately 1864 and 1865. Reprints of these cartes-de-visite were later sold by Whitney and Charles Alfred Zimmerman in their St. Paul, Minnesota studio throughout the...
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Pywell, Wm. R. (William Redish), 1843-1886
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1873
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13 Photographic prints (silver gelatin contact prints)
10 Glass negatives (collodion stereo negatives)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.166
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made by William R. Pywell documenting the Yellowstone Expedition of 1873. They comprise images of the expedition's camps, transportation, and members including George Armstrong Custer and Bloody Knife. The collection contains images of human remains.
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Hardesty, Von, 1939-
- Dates:
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1876-2006
1876-2006
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26 Linear feet
30.81 Cubic feet (53 legal-size document boxes, 1 slim legal-size document box, 1 flat box )
26 Linear feet
30.81 Cubic feet (53 legal-size document boxes, 1 slim legal-size document box, 1 flat box )
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2006.0034
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Russian Aeronautical Collection is a mix of technical, historical, and cultural reference materials, including originals or copies of articles, documents and other historical materials relating to Russian and Soviet aviation from the Tsarist period through the Soviet era. The collection focuses on key events, personalities and aircraft designs, and certain subject areas are covered in depth, including the life and career of Igor Sikorsky, the transpolar flights of the 1930s, Soviet aviation in the Spanish Civil War, and the operational history of the Soviet Air Force in World War II.
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1916-1981
bulk 1940-1970
- Size:
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1.7 Linear feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-086
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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National Museum of American History, Project Management Office
- Dates:
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2002-2003
- Size:
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-246
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting intellectual property rights concerning rights-in-data purchase orders dealing with "West Point in the Making of America, 1802-1918," a temporary exhibit which observed the bicentennial of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Materials include purchase orders, correspondence, memorand...