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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
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1983-1994
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-139
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records pertaining to the planning and development of nine exhibitions (Blessed Are the Peacemakers; U.S. Grant: The Man and the Image; Portraits by Brady: Imperial Photographs from the Harvard College Library; Noble Heritage: Five Centuries of Portraits from the Hosokawa Family; The Spirit of the Party: Hamilto...
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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
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1941-2005
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-014
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the administrative and membership activities of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP). Materials include correspondence; information about annual meetings; program schedules; news bulletins; photographs; budget summaries and financial statements; reports; executive committee meeting minutes...
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Cooper, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur), 1902-2000
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circa 1929-1998
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-255
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of photographs of G. Arthur Cooper and others, including Charles Schuchert, Leonhard Stejneger, Arthur Boucot, Carl Owen Dunbar and Roland Wilbur Brown. Also included is a set of photographs from Robert Cooper, an amateur collector of shells and fossils. Robert Cooper is no relation to G. Arthur Cooper.
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
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1962, 1965, 1971, 1992-1999, 2003-2019
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 20-022
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials concerning departmental matters created and maintained by Laurence J. Dorr during his tenure as Chair of the Department of Botany in the National Museum of Natural History. Dorr served as Chair from October 1, 2015, through February 17, 2019. Materials include correspondence, meeting notes and agenda, ...
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
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circa 1926, 1958, 1963, 1976-2001, 2006
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1.63 cu. ft. (1 half document box) (2 16x20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-214
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of awards, proclamations, citations, and certificates received by the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Printing and Photographic Services
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1976-1995
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11.6 cu. ft. (20 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-052
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of contact sheets for photographs of events occurring mostly in the Washington, D.C., area. Many of these images were created for the annual exhibit "History as Seen from the National Museum of American History," later renamed "The Year in Pictures: As Seen from the National Museum of American History." Events incl...
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Du Mont, Allen B. (Allen Balcom), 1901-1965
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1884-1965
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46 Cubic feet (150 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0018
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
While the collection is focused rather specifically on the development of television in America, including technical details, legal proceedings, marketing and advertisement, and manufacturing, it is also a rich source for the history of American advertising, work cultures, sales, and entertainment. There is also information about radio, mostly in p...
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of the Director
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1968-2001
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-016
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of subject files documenting the administration of the National Portrait Gallery during the tenures of directors Charles Nagel (1964-1969), Marvin S. Sadik (1969-1981), Alan Maxwell Fern (1982-2000), and Marc Pachter (2000- ). Materials include correspondence, memoranda and related information.
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Ashton, Dore
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circa 1928-2014
1849
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35.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.ashtdore
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Dore Ashton measure 35.6 linear feet and date from circa 1928-2014, with one letter in the Joseph Cornell subject file dating from 1849. The records document Dore Ashton's career as an art critic, historian and educator, with particular depth for the period of 1952 through 1990. The collection contains a small amount of biographical material, as well as correspondence, writings, subject files, printed materials, artwork, and reference photographs of artworks. An addition to the Dore Ashton papers includes biographical material, correspondence, writings, writing project and subject files, teaching files, printed material, artwork and sketchbooks, and photographic material.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1863-1903
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3.48 Cubic feet (consisting of 7.5 boxes, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, 1 object, plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Telegraph
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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: Telegraph 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