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United States National Museum. Division of Grasses
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1884, 1888, 1899-1965
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13.84 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (1 half document box) (13 12x17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 229
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document the history of the agrostology section of the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture (1901-1939), and the Section of Grasses, United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1912-1963) at the time Albert Spear Hitchcock and Mary Agnes Chase worked for the USDA and the USNH, ...
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McGuigan, Mary K.
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1794-1938
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0.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mcgumary
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Archives of American Art
The collection of artists' letters compiled by Mary and John McGuigan Jr. measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1794-1938. The collection is comprised of a group of letters, writings, and signed documents to and from a variety of artists, art administrators, art critics, historians, and art-related organizations assembled from multiple sources. It also includes associated printed material with some documents and a few photographs, including carte de visites and cabinet cards.
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Shafer, Mary C.
Sheppard, Stephen
Vogel, Robert M.
Warner, Peter M.
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1876-1993
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3.3 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1132
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents World's Fairs from 1876 to 1993.
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Aikins, Russell Chorley, 1896-
U.S. Steel Corporation
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circa 1940s
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3 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1037
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection comprises of 21 albums depicting the steel making and finishing operations of the United States Steel Corporation. All of the images were made by Russell Aikins around 1940. The albums contain photographic prints (8" x 9-1/2"). The majority of prints are mounted on spiral-bound pages. The photographs were created for public relations...
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Jackson, H. Edwin, 1907-1989
Smith, Annette
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1933-1941.
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1 Cubic foot (1 box )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0861
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
H. Edwin Jackson created this scrapbook of radio stars while living in Chicago, Illinois during the Great Depression.
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Cecil, Chuck, 1922-
Chiacco, Bob
Childers, Buddy, 1926-2007
Comstock, Frank
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1995-2007
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1215
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Oral history interviews conducted by Tumpak with Big Band figures (listed below), and a set of articles he wrote based on the interviews.
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Morrow, Buddy
Mooney, Art
Timbrell, Tiny, 1917-1992
Stacy, Jess, 1904-1995
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1927 - 1966
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1.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1388
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of 235 pieces of music ephemera assembled by an anonymous California musicologist over several decades. The contents include such things as concert ticket stubs; show programs; handbills; publicity stills; record store posters; nightclub souvenirs; autographs; contracts, lobby cards; movie stills; postcards; fan and record i...
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Clark, Austin Hobart, 1880-1954
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1883-1954 and undated
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10.61 cu. ft. (19 document boxes) (1 half document box) (2 12x17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7183
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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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1992-1999, 2005
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13 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9596
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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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Walker, Egbert H, (Egbert Hamilton), 1899-
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1938-1961
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7.375 cu. ft. (14 document boxes) (3 6x9x12 card boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7270
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of Egbert Hamilton Walker were transferred to the Smithsonian Archives from the Hunt Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1977. Subsequently, two additional transfers of papers were gifted by Egbert Walker in 1978 and 1979. In 1995, Walker's autobiographical notes were transferred from the Department of Botany, National Museum ...