Raymond A. Hare Photographs
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Hare, Raymond A.
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1930s -1960s
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6 Linear feet (2300 photographs)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1989.03
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Ambassador Raymond A. Hare (1901-1994) created this collection to document the architecture, cities, and landscapes of the Middle East, including Afghanistan, Egypt, Greece, Iraq, Jordan, Israel and Palestine, Iran, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen.A photograph album of 90 silver-gelatin photographs depicts minarets in Cairo, Egypt, with annotations in Arabic and English describing the date and title of each minaret. Two portfolios of photographs presented to Ambassador Hare in 1965 by the senior staff of the U.S. Agency for International Development Mission to Turkey to commemorate his service as Ambassador to Turkey from 1961-1965. Included are 52 matted photographs, many signed by the photographer Ara Guler and dated and captioned, documenting the art and architecture of the Seljuks and the Armenians at the Armenian center of Ani. The slides, 1930s - 1960s, created by Hare document Islamic architecture and people and place views of North Africa, Turkey, Egypt, and Syria.
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Wilson, Charles Branch, 1861-1941
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1881-1941 and undated
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1.3 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7235
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Albany Billiard Ball Company (Albany, New York)
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1870 - 1974
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8 Cubic feet (25 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0011
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records include documents relating to John Hyatt and include legal documents, 1871-1966; bank books; patents; patent certificates; patent assignments; memoranda and articles of association; union contracts; balance sheets; profit and loss accounts; journals and cash books; ledgers; time books; invoices; photographs; and correspondence to and from the company.
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Reeside, John B. (John Bernard), 1889-1958
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1916-1958 and undated
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2.5 cu. ft. (4 document boxes) (2 half document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7326
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The 1879 act establishing the United States Geological Survey (USGS) declares "And all collections of rocks, minerals, soils, and fossils, and objects of natural history, archaeology, and ethnology, made by the Coast and Interior Survey, the Geological Survey, or by any other parties for the Government of the United States, when no longer need...
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Wright, A. Gilbert, (Arthur Gilbert), 1909-1987
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circa 1936-1981 and undated
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1.4 cu. ft. (2 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 3x5 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7331
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of A. Gilbert Wright provide partial documentation of most aspects of his professional career. Included are materials concerning Wright's tenure as a Rockefeller Foundation Intern at the Buffalo Museum of Science, 1937-1938; his work at the Florida State Museum, the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, and the Smithsonian Institut...
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Suckley, George, 1830-1869
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1849-1861
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0.75 cu. ft. (1 document box) (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7191
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of George Suckley mostly concern his work on the Pacific Railroad Survey of the 47th and 49th parallels, 1853, and on the collections of the Northwest Boundary Survey of 1857. They include incoming and outgoing correspondence, mostly copies; journals, field books, notes, and related materials concerning the progress of the Railroad ...
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Ginsburg, Isaac, 1886-1975
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circa 1911-1919, 1924-1958
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4.11 cu. ft. (7 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 5x8 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7187
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Ward, Lester Frank, 1841-1913
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1882-1913, with related materials to circa 1965
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0.1 linear meter.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7321
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence documenting Lester Frank Ward's paleobotanical research and his work as Honorary Curator in charge of the United States National Museum (USNM) collection of fossil plants. Also included are letters concerning his official duties with the United States Geological Su...
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Echinoderms and Lower Invertebrates
- Dates:
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1907-1982
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16 cu. ft. (32 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 325
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the curatorial staff of the Division of Echinoderms, 1907-1980. Most of the correspondence dates from 1965, with a small amount created before that date. Some photographs and slides are included in the records and are noted in the folder listing. The correspondence ...
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United States National Museum. Division of Plants
- Dates:
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1870-1893
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11 cu. ft. (21 document boxes) (25 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 220
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Most of these records are the official files of George Vasey as botanist of the United States Department of Agriculture and curator of the United States National Herbarium from 1872 to 1893. They include incoming and occasional outgoing correspondence, mostly to Vasey, but sometimes to Jeremiah M. Rusk, secretary of Agriculture; Edwin Willits,...