Grant Wood papers
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Wood, Grant, 1891-1942
- Dates:
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1930-1983
- Size:
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0.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.woodgrap
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Grant Wood papers measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1930 to 1983. Included are three newspaper obituaries for Grant Wood and six letters to art educator, Zenobia Ness, discussing his exhibition plans, paintings, Stone City Art Colony, and the Federal Public Works of Art Projects. The collection also contains two letters, including a Stone City brochure, to Walter Pritchard Eaton, Professor of Drama at Yale University. Also found are writings, newspaper clippings containing articles on Wood, and other printed material. Photographs in the collection, some of which are signed, are of Wood in his studio and at the Artist Camp at Stone City, and various works of art.
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- Dates:
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bulk 1918-1999
- Size:
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1.99 Cubic feet ((5 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0473
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of philatelic items and first day covers from a variety of sources including flown items, cacheted covers, stamps, and first day covers. Flown items in the collection include letters from the first flights of various air mail routes; a letter carried aboard the first flight of the ZRS-4 Akron; a commemorative envelope from ...
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Cecil, Chuck, 1922-
Chiacco, Bob
Childers, Buddy, 1926-2007
Comstock, Frank
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1995-2007
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1215
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Oral history interviews conducted by Tumpak with Big Band figures (listed below), and a set of articles he wrote based on the interviews.
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1865–1870
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28 Reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.FB.M799
- Repository:
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
The collection is comprised of digital surrogates previously available on the 28 rolls of microfilm described in NARA publication M799. These digital surrogates reproduced the records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–70. The records consist of 14 volumes of letters sent, registers, and accounting records, and unbound letters and reports received.
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- Dates:
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1865–1869
- Size:
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36 Reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.FB.M798
- Repository:
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
The collection is comprised of digital surrogates previously available on the 36 rolls of microfilm described in the NARA publication M798. These digital surrogates reproduced the records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–69. A few papers are dated as early as 1862. The records consist of 34 volumes of communications sent, registers, and orders issued; and of unbound letters and reports received and miscellaneous papers. The documents were created or received by the Assistant Commissioner and two staff officers, the Assistant Adjutant General and the Assistant Inspector General.
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Renwick Gallery
- Dates:
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1957, 1961-1989, 1997-2003
- Size:
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25 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-128
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Renwick Gallery during the tenures of Lloyd E. Herman, Director, 1971-1986; Michael W. Monroe, Curator-in-Charge, 1986-1995; and Kenneth R. Trapp, Curator-in-Charge, 1995-2003. Topics covered include art organizations; craft fairs and craft schools; correspondence with m...
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- Dates:
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1865–1872
- Size:
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26,827 digital files
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.FB.M1056
- Repository:
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
The collection is comprised of digital surrogates previously available on the 24 rolls of microfilm described in the NARA publication M1056. These digital surrogates reproduced the records of the Superintendent of Education for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–72. The records consist of 11 bound volumes and 15 feet of unbound documents. Bound records include letters sent, endorsements, and registers of letters received. Unbound documents consist primarily of letters received and school reports.
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1937-1990
- Size:
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38 cu. ft. (38 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 426
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The first NPG director, Charles Nagel, was appointed in 1964. Most of the records document the director's efforts to initiate programs to fulfil the second mission of the Gallery: to provide a research center for American biography, iconography, and history. To achieve this objective, Charles Nagel established the Catalogue of American Po...
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Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Baldwin Locomotive Works.
- Dates:
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1870-1890
- Size:
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9 Cubic feet (4 drawers)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0353
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of 202 assembly drawings of locomotives and tenders, prepared to check the clearances and major component parts of the locomotive and retained for engineering reference.
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Kleiman, Devra G.
- Dates:
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1967-2010
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14.5 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-124
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials documenting the research and professional activities of conservation biologist Devra G. Kleiman, 1952-2010. Kleiman began her professional career in 1972 as the first female scientist at the National Zoological Park (NZP) where she was hired to manage the zoo's captive breeding program. In 1982, Kleiman bec...