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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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circa 1963-1989
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17.9 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes) (5 film boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 587
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of 16mm motion picture films produced by the Office of Telecommunications (OTC) and its predecessors, the Smithsonian Museum Service, the Office of Public Information, and the Office of Public Affairs. Also included are films created by outside producers in collaboration with OTC. Included are black and white and...
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Gardner, Iva Towsley
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1854-1859
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2 Ambrotypes (photographs) (1/4 plate)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.100
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 2 hand-colored ambrotypes that depict portraits of Potawatomi Chief Shabbona, circa 1854-1859. The ambrotypes were given to Iva Towsley Gardner when she served as a nurse within the Potowatami community. The ambrotypes are housed in a union case that features a horse and rider motif. The photographs may have been shot on di...
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Loran, Erle, 1905-1999
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1912-1999
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12.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.loraerle
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of California painter, writer, and teacher Erle Loran measure 12.6 linear feet and date from 1912 to 1991. Found are biographical materials; two linear feet of personal and professional correspondence; personal business records; writings which include extensive drafts and notes for Loran's book Cezanne's Composition; over 400 items of artwork that include watercolors, drawings, charcoal, and pastel studies; printed materials; photographs of Loran, family, and friends, and artwork; and one audio recording of a lecture by Loran on Cezanne.
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Coudert, George C.
- Dates:
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1924
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14 Negatives (photographic)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.133
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Photographs made by George C. Coudert among the Tenharim and ParintintÃn (Parintintin) communities in Brazil during a 1924 expedition.
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Coffee, Richard J.
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circa 1945
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19 Pages (11 x 8.5 in.)
2 Items (photographic prints , black & white, 3.5 x 4.5 in.)
1 Item (photographic print , black & white, 5 x 3.5 in.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2004-23
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection is comprised of materials concerning Papua, New Guinea, collected by Richard J. Coffee of the United States Air Force. The collection contains a 19-page copy of a typed manuscript entitled "Daily Jottings On a Weeks Visit" by Herschel W. Carney. The manuscript details Carney's visit to the Wagi Valley during his service in the Air C...
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Robinson, Holton Duncan, 1863-1945
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1889 - 1938
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0.66 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0963
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Business papers, patents, and photographs of bridges documenting the work of Holton Duncan Robinson, world-renowned engineer in suspension bridge cable design and construction.
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1875-1878
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20 Drawings (18 leaves, graphite and colored pencil, 17 x 20 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1998-54
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Twenty drawings in a commercial exercise book that has been rebound. The book had been sewn into a second cover prior to its acquisition by the Smithsonian. This second cover was removed when the book was rebound. It is still with the manuscript. The drawings depict hunting, courtship, dance, social gatherings, Indian scouts, mounted and dismounted...
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Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
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ca. 1910-1920.
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0.1 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0246
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection designated for miscellaneous glass plates, unidentified and/or of unknown provenance. The plates included here are indexed, but additional items may be added to the collection. There are eight plates, both negatives and positives; subjects include a man with cog railway tracks(?), two images of an observatory and two of the moon, and fou...
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Costantino, Ruth Teschner, 1892-1981
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1923-1981
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0.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.consruth
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of art dealer Ruth Teschner Costantino measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1923 to 1981. The collection includes biographical material, photographs, writings, correspondence, financial records, and printed material.
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ANONYMOUS
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undated
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1 Print
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4803
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
A group of eleven Indians and two white men are pictured sitting in and around an old automobile (model probably could be identified). Tentatively identified in accompanying correspondence as "Buffalo Bill's Indians (Cowboys and Mexicans, too) at Grant's tomb, in NYC."