Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1994 Festival of American Folklife
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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July 1-10, 1994
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1994
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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 Foreign Currency Program
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circa 1975-1985
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 87-151
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of closed Foreign Currency Program files. Material includes correspondence, study proposals, progress and financial reports, and applications.
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Gordon, Elizabeth, 1906-2000
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1958-1987
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3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1988.03
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Papers, 1959-1987, of Elizabeth Gordon, editor of the periodical, House Beautiful from 1941-1964, mostly related to her research for the August and September 1960 issues of House Beautiful regarding the Japanese aesthetic concept of "shibui", and the subsequent travelling "shibui exhibition" from 1961-1964. Included are correspondence, some photocopies, 1959-1963; notes; drafts for articles and lectures; printed material including magazine and newspaper clippings, 1959-1987; 2 books, and exhibition announcements; drawings of paper and foil art; a photo album containing photos of exhibition installations; and photographs, slides, color transparencies, and lantern slides depicting people, sites, and objects reflecting the "shibui" aesthetic.
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National Museum of History and Technology. Office of the Director
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1920s-1970s
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17.37 cu. ft. (33 document boxes) (1 3x5 box) (2 5x8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 285
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Offices of the Director and Deputy Director, National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT) maintained these photographs as a reference file. The majority of the photographs document the history of NMHT and its predecessors; included are views of exhibits, buildings, events, and some specimens. Some materials date to when the museum ...
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National Museum of American History. Office of the Assistant Director for Academic Programs
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circa 1964-1969, 1978-1994
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7.5 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-092
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Gary Kulik, Assistant Director for Academic Programs, National Museum of American History (NMAH), from 1987 to 1994. Some records date back to when Kulik was Assistant Curator for the Division of Textiles, 1978-1982; Vice-Chairman of the Department of Social and Cultural History, 1980-1982, and Ch...
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Coville, Frederick V. (Frederick Vernon), 1867-1937
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1888-1936 and undated
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3 cu. ft. (6 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7272
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers of Frederick Vernon Coville were part of a group of Smithsonian Department of Botany records which were originally deposited in 1971 at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. In December 1977, the records were returned to the Smithsonian for maintenance in the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
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American Ornithologists' Union
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1865-
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9.5 cu. ft. (19 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7308
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record unit 7308 contains biographical materials assembled by the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). A portion of these materials were transferred to the Smithsonian Archives in 1974 and 1975 as part of the main body of AOU records. The AOU has named the Smithsonian Archives as repository for its official records. In 1983, the Archives ...
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Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Biological Survey Unit
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1933-1999
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4.5 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-028
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Biological Survey Unit of the United States Geological Survey (formerly the Bird Section of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Bird and Mammal Laboratories). Correspondence concerns specimens, donations, loans, research, papers, conferences, fiel...
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Vertebrate Paleontology
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1956-2000
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14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-060
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, administrative records regarding collections and the A. Remington Kellogg Library, research notes and proposals, exhibition files, photographs of specimens, and professional activity files. ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of International Activities
- Dates:
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1965-1977
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21 cu. ft. (21 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T89080
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of grant audits, progress reports, correspondence and travel files. See Record Unit 180 for similar materials.