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Radio Meteor Project (Harvard College Observatory)
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circa 1959-1971
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109.20 cu. ft. (86 record storage boxes) (40 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 304
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of films of meteors detected by the radar system at Havana, Illinois, circa 1960-1970; computer printouts containing data on meteors observed, circa 1966-1971; and computer tapes, circa 1965-1970.
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William "Cat" Anderson Collection
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Anderson, William "Cat", 1916-1981 ((musician))
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1940-1981
bulk 1963-1977
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5 Cubic feet (12 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0630
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Primarily audiotapes, sheet music, and photographic images. Also: correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, itineraries, awards, and ephemera.,Of particular interest are recordings or photographic images, including the personalities listed below, and President and Mrs. Tubman of Liberia; also, two interviews and three recordings of Ca...
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Musical History
Odell, Scott, 1935-
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1964-1977
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18 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.ODEL
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The J. Scott Odell folk music collection (1945-2016, inclusive) contains AV recordings, photographs, correspondence, writings, and other materials relating to Odell's career at the Smithsonian as a musical instrument conservator and researcher of American music traditions. The collection largely consists of materials relating to Odell's research trips (often combined with personal visits) throughout the Eastern United States. Research strengths of the collection include the history of the Appalachian dulcimer and banjo, the Smithsonian Folkways project "Black Banjo Songsters," musician and poet Burt Porter, and the Bread and Puppet Theater.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1979-1989
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4.58 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-132
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of video elements (1 inch magnetic, 3/4 inch U-matic, VHS), 1/4 inch audiotape, and 16mm film documenting seven productions. The 1986 production "Looking at Earth" (also known as the "Radar Show") was a companion show to the National Air and Space Museum exhibition with the same name. The exhibit was concerned with ...
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Central Engineering Department
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1978-1996
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73 cu. ft. (73 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-063
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of contract files dealing with the research, development, and construction of the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), now known as the Chandra X-Ray Observatory; and its components; the High Resolution Camera (HRC); the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS); and its two transmission grating spectrometers, ...
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Borasky, Rubin, 1910-1988
Schaeffer, Asa Arthur
Borasky, Charlotte S., Mrs.
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1930-1988
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5 Cubic feet (16 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0452
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This material was collected by Mr. Borasky over a long period during which he worked in the field of electron microscopy. Borasky's correspondence with many of the major figures in the field is included. Much of this correspondence was initiated by Borasky as a means of documenting the history of electron microscopy that he attempted to write ove...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1984-1985
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9.96 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box) (1 film box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-101
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the telecast "The Work of Peace," a half-hour film produced by the Office of Telecommunications on the Treaty of Paris of 1783. It had its national premiere on the PBS network. The film won the Silver Medal of the International Film and TV Festival of New York, the Silver Award at the Houston International Film Festival,...
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Smithsonian Productions
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1991-1994, 1997-1998
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5.74 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1.74 non-standard size boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-123
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of 82 video elements (Beta SP, Umatic, D2, 1" Magnetic); 6 audio elements (1/2", 1/4", 1" audiotapes); and 17 film elements (original 16mm) documenting documentary films supplementing the National Museum of American History exhibition, American Encounters. American Encounters is a permanent exhibition commemorating...
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O'Neill, Gerard
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1940s-1993
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26.22 Cubic feet (75 Boxes)
35.14 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2014.0005
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Gerard Kitchen O'Neill (1927-1992) was an experimental physicist, educator, inventor, entrepreneur, writer and novelist.
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Blanch, Gertrude
Bloch, Richard M.
Bradburn, James
Brainerd, John G.
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1969-1973, 1977
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43.5 Cubic feet (158 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0196
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Computer Oral History Collection (1969-1973, 1977), was a cooperative project of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) and the Smithsonian Institution. This project began in 1967 with the main objective to collect, document, house, and make available for research source material surrounding the development of the computer.
