Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs
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Rumsey, Mary Harriman, 1881-1934.
- Dates:
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1898-1900
1903
1914
bulk 1899-1899
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396 lantern slides
286 Photographic prints
1 Map
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.053
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Mary Harriman Rumsey collection largely consists of photographic prints and lantern slides documenting the Harriman Expedition to Alaska in summer 1899. These depict members of the expedition and Alaskan scenery and people. The collection also includes scenic photographs of Alaska taken by Dora Keen in 1914 and photographs of Blackfeet, Hopi, Apache, and Suquamish Indians made by Edward Curtis in 1900 and 1903.
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National Zoological Park. Department of Animal Programs
- Dates:
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1990-2006
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12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-101
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the behavior of individual animals, care of animals, breeding, and significant events among the pandas, primates, camels, peccaries, and animals living in the Think Tank. Materials consist of observations and notes by the keepers in the form of daily reports and were likely maintained by Curator ...
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Davidson, Daniel Sutherland, 1900-
- Dates:
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1925
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36 Photographic Prints (albumen, 2.5 x 4 inches.)
101 acetate negatives (black and white, 5 x 7 inches.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.044
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of 101 black-and-white acetate negatives and 36 albumen prints taken by Daniel Sutherland Davidson in 1925. The images portray Pamunkey and Chickahominy Indians of Virginia and the Algonquin (Kitcisakik, Grand Lake Victoria) and Tetes de Boule (Attikamek) Indians of Quebec, Canada.
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Howe Scale Co.
- Dates:
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1868 - 1963
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32 Cubic feet (77 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0004
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records, 1868 1963, include records of various companies some of which eventually merged into the Howe Scale Company. Included are corporate records: minutes, charters, legal documents, stock certificate books, and correspondence; sales records: newsletters, inter branch correspondence, catalogs and price lists; financial records: ledgers, j...
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Cipriano, Michael L., 1960-1993
- Dates:
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1983 - 1993
- Size:
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0.6 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1274
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
It consists of business records and correspondence, colored pencil sketches for Barney's Christmas windows done in 1988-1989, and approximately 500 color 35 mm slides illustrating window displays for Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Bergdorf Goodman, and Barney's.,This collection covers the full range of Cipriano's design career from 1983 to 1993.
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National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.
- Dates:
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Ongoing
- Size:
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33 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1183.Y
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Technical Reference Files comprise an artificial collection that currently contains 1,900 cubic feet of aviation and space related materials, organized in 22 subject series. File materials include photographs, press releases, clippings, correspondence, reports, and brochures, on individuals, organizations, events, and objects.
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Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for Public Service, Committee for a Wider Audience
- Dates:
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1983-1988
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 88-142
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the work of the Committee for a Wider Audience (CWA), chaired by Dr. Vera Hyatt. Its objective was to make Smithsonian Institution (SI) programs, exhibits, and the like less reflective of ethnocentric Western cultural assumptions and more hospitable to other cultural expressions and points ...
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Swope, Robert Bricker
- Dates:
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1939, 1946
- Size:
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0.36 Cubic Feet ((1 letter document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1991.0064
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The three scrapbooks contain a detailed log of Mr. Swope's South American travels. Objects include: many photos, some from the air (some of the 1946 photos are in color); plane tickets; plane schedules; plane routes; airline brochures; correspondence from airlines ( Pan American, Eastern, Panagra, Scadta); hotel reservations and correspondence; tra...
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Fosberg, F. Raymond (Francis Raymond), 1908-1993, interviewee
- Dates:
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1993
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22 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9572
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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Law, Ruth
- Dates:
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1916-1919
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1.67 Cubic feet (1 flatbox; 1 slim legal document case)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0387
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Ruth Law Collection measures 1.67 cubic feet and dates from 1916 to 1919. The collection, a bound scrapbook with additional loose materials, contains the following types of items: photographs; newspaper clippings; correspondence; magazine articles; programs; and ribbons.