MS 1998-54 Exercise book containing drawings by anonymous Kiowa artist
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1875-1878
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20 Drawings (18 leaves, graphite and colored pencil, 17 x 20 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1998-54
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National Anthropological Archives
Twenty drawings in a commercial exercise book that has been rebound. The book had been sewn into a second cover prior to its acquisition by the Smithsonian. This second cover was removed when the book was rebound. It is still with the manuscript. The drawings depict hunting, courtship, dance, social gatherings, Indian scouts, mounted and dismounted...
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National Museum of History and Technology, Division of Historic Archeology
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circa 1952-1976
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4.1 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 381
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Records include correspondence and memoranda between Peterson and George R. Wallace, President and Treasurer of the Explorers Research Corporation; Bertrand Committee; Caribbean Research Institute; professional contacts participating in the Underwater Exploration Project; individuals interested in the History Under the Sea handbook and un...
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National Museum of Natural History, Office of Education and Outreach
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1974-2010
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3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-192
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the development, transformation, management, marketing, and activities of the O. Orkin Insect Zoo. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, handbooks, scripts, label text, concept outlines, architectural drawings, floor plans, specifications, brochures, original artwork, videotapes, audio...
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1865–1872
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133 Reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.FB.M1904
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
This collection is comprised of digital surrogates previously available on the 133 rolls of microfilm described in the NARA publication M1904. These digital surrogates reproduced the records of the Kentucky headquarters for the Assistant Commissioner and his staff officers and the subordinate field offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872. These records consist of bound volumes and unbound records, containing materials that include letters sent and received, monthly reports, registers of complaints, labor contracts, and other records relating to freedmen's claims and bounty payments.
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Hoogstraal, Harry, 1917-1986
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circa 1940-1986
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113.74 cu. ft. (98 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (22 16x20 boxes) (2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7454
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document the professional career, and to a lesser extent, the personal affairs of Harry Hoogstraal. Most of the papers concern his work after he joined NAMRU-3 in 1949. There appears to be little documentation of his participation on scientific expeditions during the 1930s and 1940s. The papers primarily consist of a voluminous ...
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Asleep at the Wheel
Van Kleek, Richard
Take 6
Lovett, Lyle
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1986-1991
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2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 1/2" VHS)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0487
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of study videocassettes of the Lonesome Pine Specials, a television series that documents American music traditions and performers.
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Fitzgerald, Thomas E.
Brooks, Byron A.
S.S. White Dental Manufacturing Co.
Peyton, Joseph I.
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1890-1897
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0365
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection documents a patent dispute between the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company and the Williams Typewriter Company.
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Waltham Clock Company
- Dates:
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1989
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(Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9548
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical r...
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Christenson, Carl J., 1907-1986
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[ca. 1920s-1980s]
bulk 1928-1968
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1.8 Cubic Feet (4 legal document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1995.0057
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection covers Christenson's flying and government career and includes the following types of material: photographs, newspaper clippings, government forms and memorandums, correspondence, publications, and log books.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Transportation
- Dates:
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1946-1985
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15.51 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 528
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of curator's day journals, 1946-1956; a manuscript copy, Wheels and Wheeling: The Smithsonian Cycle Collection, 1974; and administrative files of the Division of Transportation concerning such matters as gifts and grants, annual budgets, minutes of meetings, publications, and historical inquiries regarding objects. A...