George P. Merrill Collection
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Merrill, George P. (Georger Perkins), 1854-1929
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circa 1800-1930 and undated
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11.79 cu. ft. (21 document boxes) (3 12x17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7177
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Series 1 includes photographs, portraits, and correspondence collected by Merrill for the above publications. Series 2 through 5 include photographs of groups, particularly of the United States Geological and Geographical Surveys of the Territories (Hayden Surveys); and photographs of geological formations and of buildings in the Washington, ...
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circa 1920s
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81 lantern slides ((many tinted))
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.32
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Lantern slides depicting the people and landscape of the American Southwest. Images include those of Southwest Indians, dwellings and pueblos, churches, dances and ceremonies, excavations (including Pueblo Bonito and Neil M. Judd with his excavation party), pictographs, and landscapes. Tribes represented include Acoma, White Mountain Apache, Hopi...
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National Museum of American History (U.S.)
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California )
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1960-2006
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3 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0816
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collections documents the growth and development of the American wine industry, 1996-2002, using the Stag's Leap Wine Cellars as a case study. Materials include oral and video histories, photographs, business records, and printed materials.
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Cidey, Guy
Breslar, Jon, 1949-2005
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1870-1984
bulk 1971-1982
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7.2 Linear Feet (16 boxes, 21 cassette tapes, 12 audio reels, 1 map drawer )
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2007-04
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National Anthropological Archives
These papers document Jon Breslar's fieldwork on Mayotte, Comoro Islands for his dissertation as well as his work developing a new housing policy for Mayotte. The collection contains his professional correspondence, field notes, research notes, his writings, writings by others, newspaper clippings, teaching materials for his Shimaore language course, photographs, maps, plant specimens, and sound recordings.
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Porter, Rufus, 1792-1884
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1826
1849
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0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1991.0033
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This donation consists of the two booklets written by Rufus Porte on aerial navigation.
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Wanamaker, Rodman, 1863-1928
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1908-1909
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154 Prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.64
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs commissioned by Rodman Wanamaker to document the "vanishing" way of life for American Indians during 1908-1913. The photographs were made by Joseph Kossuth Dixon and largely depict northern Plains Indians, including Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Crow, and Dakota Indians. These large bromide prints form a set of presentation photographs and app...
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
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1996-2002
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-290
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession includes records documenting the administrative activities of Ira Michael Heyman and Lawrence M. Small during their tenures as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, respectively. The records document issues with regard to the Institution's museums and staff, exhibitions, fundraising, and special events. Materials include ...
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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circa 1893-1965
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0.27 Cubic feet (consisting of .5 box, 1 folder, 1 oversize folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Forestry
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Forestry forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Hockett, Charles
- Dates:
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1934-2000
bulk 1940-1989
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5.4 Linear Feet ((10 document boxes) plus 2 record storage boxes of sound recordings)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2011-14
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection contains the professional papers of linguist Charles F. Hockett. Included are research materials consisting of field notes and notebooks, correspondence, published and unpublished writings, annotated copies of other scholars' work, a few drawings, photographs, and sound recordings.
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Syntex
- Dates:
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1962-1978
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13 Cubic feet (25 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0821
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of domestic and foreign advertisements--primarily tearsheets from medical journals--leaflets, and product literature from 1962 to 1978, maintained by Syntex to track its competitors' products.