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El-Baz, Farouk
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1927-2012
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88.891 cu. ft. (80 record storage boxes) (14 tall document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-262
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Farouk El-Baz (1938- ) was born in Zagazig, Egypt. He received a B.S. in Chemistry and Geology in 1958 from Ain Shams University, Cairo. In 1960 he came to the United States, where he earned an M.S. in geology at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy in 1961 and a Ph.D. in geology at the University of Missouri in 1964. After teaching ...
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1961-2008
bulk 1980s-2000s
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17.6 Cubic Feet (19 containers)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0034
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 17 cubic feet of papers relating to the life and career of astronaut Pamela A. Melroy.
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Smithsonian Resident Associate Program
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circa 1966-1990
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-031
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of photographs, slides, negatives, and contact sheets of Resident Associate Program (RAP) activities such as lectures, Campus on the Mall courses, local study tours, RAP 20th Anniversary events, Discovery Theater and Young Associates, exhibition openings, and Studio Arts classes. Also included are back issues of the ...
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Ernest S. and Eloise Carter Collection
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Carter, Ernest S.
Carter, Eloise
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1947-1986
bulk 1964-1975
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2415 slides (photographs)
855 negatives (photographic)
526 Photographic prints
0.85 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.034
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Ernest S. and Eloise Carter collection includes photographic prints, negatives and slides taken between 1950 and 1976 in the American Southwest, Mexico and Bolivia. The Carters were research associates for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation between 1964 and 1975 and focused much of their research on petroglyphs and pictographs. In addition to photographic material there is also correspondence and documentation about the photographs in the collection.
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary
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1964-1971
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116.4 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 99
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records reflect the growing scope and complexity of the Smithsonian during Ripley's tenure. They document the Smithsonian's changing administrative structure; growing relationships with universities, foundations, and other external groups; efforts to attract more government support for the Smithsonian; pursuit of new initiatives and...
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Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for External Affairs
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1977-1993
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-030
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records primarily document the activities of Janet W. Solinger, former Director of the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program, in her capacity as Director of Special Projects in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for External Affairs. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and reports describing her involvement in several p...
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Walker, Jerome
Walker, Cathy Jean
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1864-1917, undated
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1408
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Dr. Jerome Walker's papers discuss the United States Sanitary Commission, its creation, and its role during the Civil War. The papers also discuss Walker's meeting with Abraham Lincoln at the field hospital in City Point, Virginia.
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Washburn, Wilcomb E
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1915, 1933-1994
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24 cu. ft. (24 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T91025
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of papers documenting aspects of the career of Wilcomb E. Washburn, a historian and a teacher of American political and cultural history. He held positions at the National Museum for American History, Division of Political History and later at the Smithsonian Institution, Office of American Studies. Materials include ...
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Wallance, Don, 1909-1990
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1936-1990
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6 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CH.1991-81-1
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Smithsonian Libraries
This collection documents Wallance's career from his enrollment in the Design Laboratory School in 1936 to his death in 1990.Included are his designs for tableware, furniture, and household accessories, as well as material on his research and writings. This collection consists of sketches, drawings, photographs, correspondence, and reference materials, in addition to publicity and promotional materials. Extensive documentation exists on Wallance's pioneering designs for stainless steel flatware for H. E. Lauffer Company and his experimental furniture for the U.S. Army, Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center, and the Hard Manufacturing Company. Thorough documentation of his research for his landmark book, "Shaping America's Products," is included. The collection also contains a substantial amount of information on the Design Laboratory School, the first industrial design school in the United States to be patterned after the Bauhaus.
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Hudson de Leon, Jerry, circa 1905-1980
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circa 1920s-1980
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0.9 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hudsjerr
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Archives of American Art
The papers of illustrator, painter and teacher Jerry Hudson de Leon measure 0.9 linear feet and date from circa 1920s-1980. The papers primarily feature her sketches done in pencil, pen, watercolor and pastel. Also included in this collection are personal letters, various printed materials as well as examples of her illustration work.