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Hines, Arthur J.
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circa 1950-1979
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0.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.101
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Arthur J. Hines films collection contains audio and film recordings that were created by amateur filmmaker and World War II veteran Arthur J. Hines. The materials document contemporary American Indian lives and includes footage of powwows and of prominent American Indian artists and athletes, circa 1950-1979.
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Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection
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Jenkins, Dale
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1890-1939
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145 Postcards
11 Photographic prints
0.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.069
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of 145 postcards and 11 photographs depicting indigenous peoples of the Americas, with dates ranging 1890 – 1930s. The bulk of the collection consists of postcards of Native communities throughout the United States, and includes portrait images, dwellings, basket-making, weaving, and crafts.
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Kane, Nathan, 1969-
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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1997 September 17
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0.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0637
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of original, master, and reference videos documenting Nathan Kane, inventor of Pass-It-Football, a remote control for television, Project-A-Sketch opaque projector for children and low distortion bellows folds for industrial machines.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1877-1965
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0.25 Cubic feet (consisting of .5 box, 1 folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Anthropology
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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: Anthropology 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
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Pendergast, Anthony W., 1879-
Music, Sports and Entertainment, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1920s-1970.
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0882
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A Fairbury, Illinois, optometrist, Dr. Anthony W. Pendergast, (1879 -?) was a collector, author, antiquarian, dealer, and authority on the subject of cigar store figures. The collection includes correspondence; newspaper clippings on Pendergast and his various folk art collections; a scrapbook of photographs and miscellaneous materials relating to cigar store figures; and a large number of black and white photographs of figures from his personal collection, mostly for use in selling the figures.
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National Museum of Natural History, Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
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1961-1989
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7.5 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-069
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the correspondence of the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians, primarily from the late 1970s to 1989, although a few items date back to the 1960s. The correspondence is widely varied. Much of it pertains to the exchange of specimens. There is substantial correspondence between the scientists at the National Museum ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
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1991-1998
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-275
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the planning, development and production activities of exhibitions for the International Gallery. Materials include the correspondence, memoranda, and notes of International Gallery directors Eileen Rose and Anne R. Gossett; scripts; press releases; agreements; budget summaries; loan informatio...
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Kiehl's Pharmacy
Morse Laboratories. Kiehl's Pharmacy
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1920-1973
bulk 1960-1970
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6.5 Cubic feet ( 8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0819
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of formulas and prescriptions for Morse Laboratories and Kiehl's Pharmacy products.
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Smithsonian Institution, Traveling Exhibition Service
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circa 1987-2004
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-150
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of materials that document the organization, design, and promotion of traveling exhibitions. Major exhibitions represented include "Spiders!" and "Earth 2U." Materials include correspondence, memoranda, planning documents, exhibit proposals, research notes and materials, letters of agreement, floor plans, releases, i...
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Freer Gallery of Art, Superintendent of Construction
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1913-1936
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-027
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by John Bundy, Superintendent, 1921-1939, documenting the construction and design of the Freer Gallery of Art building as well as materials needed for the building and costs incurred. Materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence, telegrams, account statements, agreements, ...