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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Medical Sciences
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circa 1890-1977
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21.13 cu. ft. (42 document boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 244
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the activities of the Division of Medical Sciences and its predecessors, chiefly for the years 1917-1975. Included are correspondence, memoranda, annual reports, and administrative files concerning the Division's collections, exhibits, and research into the history of medicine and pharmacy. Of special interest is an ...
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department
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2003-2012
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23 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-360
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the awarding of funding by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). These records relate to the Chandra X-Ray Center and were maintained by the Subawards/Grant Awards Section. Materials include correspondence, proposals, amendments, reports, reviews, revisions, agreements, checklists, ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
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1968-2010
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-021
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the planning, execution, administration, and promotion of traveling exhibitions. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, press releases, press kits, photographs, slides, transparencies, scripts, itineraries, floor plans, checklists, clippings, budgets, proposals, brochures, notes, and ...
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El-Baz, Farouk
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1927-2012
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88.891 cu. ft. (80 record storage boxes) (14 tall document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-262
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Farouk El-Baz (1938- ) was born in Zagazig, Egypt. He received a B.S. in Chemistry and Geology in 1958 from Ain Shams University, Cairo. In 1960 he came to the United States, where he earned an M.S. in geology at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy in 1961 and a Ph.D. in geology at the University of Missouri in 1964. After teaching ...
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1987-1990
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15 videotapes (Reference copies). 23 digital .wmv files and .rm files (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9536
- 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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National Air and Space Museum. Exhibits Design Department
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1973-2017
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12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-244
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by David A. Romanowski, Writer-Editor, documenting the development of exhibitions and portions of exhibitions at the National Air and Space Museum and the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. A small amount of records also document Exhibits Design Department activities, procedures, and non-exhi...
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Reeves, Ruth, 1892-1966
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circa 1880-1967
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1.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.reevruth
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Archives of American Art
The papers of textile designer Ruth Reeves measure 1.1 linear feet and date from circa 1880 to 1967. Found are biographical materials, scattered correspondence, writings on textile design, printed material, artwork, photographs, and scrapbooks.
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Helmut Karl Buechner Papers
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Buechner, Helmut K. (Helmut Karl)
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1939-1975
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32.72 cu. ft. (31 record storage boxes) (4 12x17 boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7279
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
For the most part, these papers document Buechner's primary research interest, the ecology of terrestrial vertebrates, with emphasis on relationships to vegetation and social behavior. Included are Buechner's research on the pronghorn antelope, which contains field notes, journals, photographs, and reports to the Texas Cooperative Wildlife ...
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Assistant Director (Science)
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1961-1973
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18.5 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 253
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of administrative records maintained by Charles A. Lundquist as assistant director (Science), which primarily concern SAO scientific projects. Projects represented in the records include the Satellite Tracking Program, Celescope Project, Gravitational Redshift Space Probe Experiment, Hydrogen Maser Program, Very ...
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Mechanisms, Division of.
Instrument Society of America
Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
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1911-1972
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36 Cubic feet (98 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0215
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the history of instrumentation through catalogs, bulletins, specification sheets, price lists, and other publications of companies that produce instrumentation.