Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection
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Du Mont, Allen B. (Allen Balcom), 1901-1965
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1884-1965
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46 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0018
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
While the collection is focused rather specifically on the development of television in America, including technical details, legal proceedings, marketing and advertisement, and manufacturing, it is also a rich source for the history of American advertising, work cultures, sales, and entertainment. There is also information about radio, mostly in p...
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Weems, Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.)
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circa 1905-circa 2005
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79 Cubic feet ( 209 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2012.0052
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Philip Van Horn (P. V. H. ) Weems Papers contain 79 cu. ft. of materials related to his life and career.
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1988, 1991
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files (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9534
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical r...
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mammals
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1934-1939, 1956-2017
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26.99 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 blueprint storage box) (4 16x20 boxes) (3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-100
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of curator emeritus Richard W. Thorington (1937-2017), who specialized in systematics, evolution, anatomy, and functional morphology in mammals, especially of primates and squirrels. The records primarily document Thorington's curatorial activities in the Division of Mammals at the National Museum of Natu...
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1871-1876
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0.9 linear meter.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 68
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Polaris Expedition was undertaken for scientific observation in the Arctic during the period from 1871 to 1873, under the direction of the Navy. The Smithsonian was involved, especially in meteorological observations, and acquired part of the records with a view to publishing them. This collection consists of the records themselves pl...
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Tripp, William Henry, 1880-1959
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circa 1900-1925
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T91019
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession contains a whaling log from the schooner John R. Manta, a log from the schooner Joseph Manta, and related documents.
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Webster, Lewis Selwyn, 1892-1957
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1917-1952
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0.79 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2010.0041
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of material relating to the long military career (1918-1948) of aviator Lewis Selwyn Webster, including five of Webster's pilot's log books as well as numerous photographs, letters, news clippings, and other documents. A small section of the collection pertains to Webster's son, Lewis Frazer Webster, who served with the U.S. Air Force and was killed in action in Korea in 1952.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Chief Information Officer
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1949-2005
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2.53 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-047
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the technological advances in computing systems, software and hardware used across the Smithsonian Institution. Many of the records were created by predecessor units of the Office of the Chief Information Officer, including the Information Systems Division, 1968-1974; the Office of Computer S...
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Information, Technology and Society, Div. of (NMAH, SI).
Hashimoto, Kazuo
Kilby, Jack
Hashimoto Corporation
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1954-1994.
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2 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0874
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of material documenting early telephone answering devices.
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Smithsonian Institution. Archives. Smithsonian Photographic Services
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1927, 1957-2002, 2008
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-257
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of a variety of administrative records related to the operations and functions of SPS and includes records from when the office was known as the Office of Printing and Photographic Services (OPPS); the Office of Imaging, Printing, and Photographic Services (OIPPS); the Office of Imaging and Photographic Services (O...