Mr. Wizard Papers
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Mr. Wizard Studios (Firm)
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007
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1906-2008
bulk 1951-1995
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26 Cubic feet (57 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1326
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents, through printed materials, photographs, audio and moving image, Don Herbert's career as a science educator under the persona of "Mr. Wizard" from 1951 until the 1990s.
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Wood, Priscilla
Quilles, Mario
Quiles, Manuel, 1908-1989
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1944-1947.
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0765
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Home movies documenting various events in a small, close-knit, South Bronx, New York community of Puerto Ricans who came to the mainland U.S. in the 1920s and 1930s. The films depict birthdays, weddings and Christmas celebrations.
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Renwick Gallery
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1957, 1961-1989, 1997-2003
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25 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-128
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Renwick Gallery during the tenures of Lloyd E. Herman, Director, 1971-1986; Michael W. Monroe, Curator-in-Charge, 1986-1995; and Kenneth R. Trapp, Curator-in-Charge, 1995-2003. Topics covered include art organizations; craft fairs and craft schools; correspondence with m...
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Gregory, Thelma
Morris, Gregory
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1965-1969
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3 Items (3 folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0383
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of two newsclippings, and an advertising yearbook documenting Strayhorn's career as Duke Ellington's chief arranger, co-composer, lyricist, and emergency fill-in at the piano.
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Morton, Azariah
Mount Zion Baptist Church (Newark (N.J.))
- Dates:
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1990
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0.1 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0384
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of a single memorial program documenting the April 9, 1990 funeral of Sarah Vaughan at the Mount Zion Baptist Church, Newark, New Jersey.
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Ferrario, Paola
- Dates:
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1989-1996
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0.1 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0699
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Two color prints of industrial subjects in Elgin, Texas, and Taylor, Texas, 1995-1996; and 35mm color slide copies of 20" x 24" color prints: 12 from "Texas Cotton Towns series, 1995-1996, and 10 from "Guatemalan Altars" series, 1989-1996.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1846-1942
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0.49 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box, 2 folders, plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.02.Mexico
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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: Mexico forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.2: Geographical Categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Plummer-Arnold family
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circa 1880-2005
circa 2005
bulk 1880-1955
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1.44 Linear feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-038
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, spanning the late 19th century to 2005 with the bulk from circa 1880 to circa 1955, measures 1.44 linear feet and documents the daily lives and activities of the Plummer-Arnold family and the military career of Henry Vinton Plummer. The collection consists of 48 color and black-and-white photographs and a framed certificate, letter, and two DVDs regarding the honorable discharge of Henry Vinton Plummer. The photographs are undated.
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Vogel, Robert M.
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Bollman, Wendell, 1814-1884
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1852-1986
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3 Cubic feet (4 boxes and 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1064
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents various aspects of the development, implementation and research value of the Bollman truss bridge design.
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Mazur, Michael, 1935-2009
Brown, Robert F.
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1993 Jan. 12-1995 Feb. 3
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49 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mazur93
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Michael Mazur conducted 1993 Jan. 12-1995 Feb. 3, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.