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Smithsonian Institution,Office of Quincentenary Programs
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1984-1993
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37.86 cu. ft. (37 record storage boxes) (2 12x17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-149
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the activities which the Office of Quincentenary Programs coordinated or organized to mark the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first landfall in the Americas on October 12, 1492. The Quincentenary programs began in 1985 under the coordination of Smithsonian's Directorate of International Activities, Magali ...
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 29-July 10, 2016
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.2016
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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October 4-9, 1978
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1978
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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United States National Museum. Division of Plants
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1894-1903
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2.08 cu. ft. (3 document boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 222
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
In 1971, the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, transferred its official records and collections of personal papers relating to the early history of the Department to the Hunt Botanical Library at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. The official correspondence files generated by Charles Louis Pollard during ...
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Messmore, George Harold
Messmore and Damon Company
Damon, Joseph
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1892 - 1998
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16 Cubic feet (40 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0846
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records document Messmore and Damon's work in the design and construction of parade floats, museum dioramas, exhibitions, displays and scenery. The materials include business records, photographs, patents, scrapbooks, promotional materials, sound recordings and moving image.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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October 8-13, 1980
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1980
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs
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1979-2006
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10.5 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-204
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by James Counts Early, Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs, 1994-1995; Assistant Secretary for Education and Cultural Programs, 1994; Assistant Secretary for Education and Public Service, 1992-1994; Assistant Secretary for Public Programs, 1991; Acting Assistant ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Provost
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1991-1996
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-040
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document Educational Outreach Fund (EOF) grant activities. Records that date prior to 1995 were originally maintained by Arleen McClain, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education and Public Service, who served as EOF fund manager. When the records were transferred to the Office of the Provost ...
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Wilson, Don E
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1970s-1988
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26 cu. ft. (26 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 92-007
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records of the Biological Survey (formerly the Bird and Mammal Lab) of the Fish and Wildlife Service during the tenure of Don Wilson, and some of Wilson's professional papers.
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Underwood & Underwood
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1895-1921
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160 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0143
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The major part of the collection, series 1-4, contains nearly 28,000 glass plates, including original stereoscopic negatives, interpositives, and both negative and positive non-stereoscopic plates used to produce lantern slides and paper prints. The photographs were taken all over the world. The majority are from the Underwood & Underwood active fi...