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National Museum of American Art. Office of Registration and Collections Management
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1989-1996
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13 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-076
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition files. Materials include checklists; condition reports; budget, shipping, and insurance records; lender files; and general correspondence. Exhibitions include: Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and their New York, 1896-1917, Thomas Cole: Landscape into History, and The West as America: Reinterpreting ...
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Henry Bacon papers
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Bacon, Henry, 1839-1912
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1849-1931
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1.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bacohenr
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter and writer Henry Bacon date from 1849-1931 and measure 1.9 linear feet. The collection documents Bacon's career and travels through France and Egypt. Included are biographical materials, correspondence, writings by Bacon and others, scattered business records, printed material, scrapbooks, photographs, eight sketchbooks and additional sketches.
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Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Provost for the Arts and Humanities
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1989-1995
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9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-093
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the official functions of the Office of the Assistant Provost for Arts and Humanities (OAP-A/H) and its predecessors from 1989 through 1995, although the bulk of the records date from 1993 to 1995. They consist mostly of memoranda, correspondence, and reports generated both within and outside ...
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National Portrait Gallery, Office of Exhibitions
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1975-1979
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 87-156
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the exhibition "Return to Albion: Americans in England, 1760-1940." Materials include correspondence with lenders, lender information sheets, photographs of works of art exhibited, photocopies of exhibition labels, exhibition catalog reproduction rights requests/forms, catalog photo orders, exhibition scripts and ch...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Curatorial Office
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1981-2001
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16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-020
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the research, development, fundraising, publicity, production, and execution of exhibitions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM). Supplementary areas of exhibitions also covered include related symposiums, lectures, and gallery talks. Among those exhibitions covered are "The Bard Brot...
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of Grants and Risk Management
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1953-1980
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34.8 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 484
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Sturtevant, William C.
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1952-2007
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220 Linear feet (The total extent of the collection is 191.41 linear feet (consisting of 473 document boxes and 2 record boxes) plus 254 sound recordings, 94 computer disks, 42 card file boxes, 85 oversize folders, 9 rolled items, 18 binder boxes, and 3 oversize boxes. Of the total extent, 4.79 linear feet (14 boxes) are restricted.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2008-24
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection contains the professional papers of William Curtis Sturtevant and documents his activities as Curator of North American Ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History, his work as the editor-in-chief of the Handbook of North American Indians, his research among the Seminole and Iroquois people, and other professional activities. The collection is comprised of books, sound recordings, research and field notes, realia, artifacts, clippings, microfilm, negatives, slides, photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, memorandums, card files, exhibition catalogs, articles, and bibliographies.
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National Museum Act Program
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1966-1986
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53 cu. ft. (53 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 574
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The National Museum Act (NMA) of 1966 affirmed the Smithsonian Institution's traditional role of assisting other museums and authorized the Institution to strengthen its activities of service to them. Funds appropriated to the Smithsonian for the implementation of the National Museum Act were made available primarily by grants and contracts ...
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1720-1929, 1944, 1995
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21.95 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes) (3 12x17 boxes) (4 16x20 boxes) (6 3x5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-103
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accessions consists of the personal correspondence of Charles D. Walcott, his family, and his extended family, as well as genealogical materials, family Bibles, photographs, medals, and other materials related to the Walcott family. The correspondence documents the personal relationships between the immediate Walcott family, as well ...
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American Ornithologists' Union
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1871-1994, with related records from 1845
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50.5 cu. ft. (101 document boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7440
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
For a brief history of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU), see Record Unit 7150, American Ornithologists' Union Collection, 1883-1977. These records supplement Record Unit 7150, both in extending coverage in early records and providing records from the mid-1970s. Particularly noteworthy are early records of presidents - especially Joel ...