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Bender, Gretchen
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1980-2004
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2.8 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bendgret
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Gretchen Bender measure 2.8 linear feet and date from 1980-2004. This material documents her career as a filmmaker and multimedia artist through biographical materials, correspondence, personal business records, writings, notebooks, printed material, photographs, slides and transparencies, and artwork. Also included are project files detailing Gretchen's collaborations with dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones, as well as a handwritten transcription of a conversation between Bender and Cindy Sherman.
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Reddy Kilowatt Records
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Northern States Power Company
Hooks, Benjamin, Dr.
Xcel Energy
Reddy Communications, Inc.
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1926-1999
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30 Cubic feet (119 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0913
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records document the development and use of Reddy Kilowatt, a cartoon figure trademark created in 1926 by Ashton B. Collins, Sr. More than 150 investor-owned electric utilities in the United States and at least twelve foreign countries licensed the use of the Reddy Kilowatt trademark. The records include a wide range of textual and visual materials and sound and moving image recordings.
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Adams, Joe, 1922-
Morehead, Howard, 1926-2003
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1948-1980
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0908
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting the career of Joe Adams, a Los Angeles radio announcer and movie and television actor, who later became Ray Charles's manager.
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Simmons Company
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1892-2000
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9 Film reels
88 Cubic feet (172 boxes, 16 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0731
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Series 1 includes: news articles about the company and the Simmons family; photographs of the machinery, factories, factory workers, products and showrooms; annual reports; various corporate periodicals; audit reports; patents; and materials relating to sleep research conducted by Simmons. Series 2 includes product catalogues, scrapbooks of adverti...
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Davis, Luther
Davis, Joan Bassie
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1916-2007, undated
bulk 1936-2007
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14 Cubic feet (40 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1148
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Luther Davis (1916-2008) was an awarding winning writer, playwright and screenwriter. He won a Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award in 1954 for the musical Kismet. He was the playwright for Lady in a Cage, and Grand Hotel and many other productions.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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circa 1984-1991
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99.46 cu. ft. (97 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (2 16x20 boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 91-164
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of production elements and records, maintained by Sandra Wentworth Bradley, created for "Smithsonian World," an educational television series that explored people, ideas, and events that shape world culture, blending art, science, history, and the humanities to create an exciting harmony among disciplines. The productio...
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Nelson, Scott
Bobcat Company
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1940s-2009
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24 film reels
56 Cubic feet (128 boxes, 8 oversized folders)
10 electronic discs (cd)
5 electronic discs (dvd)
14 videocassettes (betacamsp)
38 videocassettes (u-matic)
9 videocassettes (vhs)
1 videocassettes (digital betacam)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1129
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Bobcat Company Records document a post-war invention process and American manufacturing system through the case study of a dynamic machine, the Bobcat skid-steer loader. The records focus primarily on Bobcat's products, marketing, and advertising through product literature, photographs, advertisements, posters, newsletters, and audiovisual materials.
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Smithsonian Productions
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1973-2002
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-165
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the administrative and business affairs of Smithsonian Productions, created and maintained by Nazaret Cherkezian, Director, 1976-1986, and Paul B. Johnson, Director, 1988-2002. Some materials were created by the Smithsonian Institution, Division of Performing Arts before the production of classica...
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Black, Tom, 1924-
Wiener, Tom
- Dates:
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1993
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1.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0505
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Oral history interview, transcripts, and background material documenting Tom Black's career as director of advertising for Smithsonian Magazine from its founding in 1969 until his retirement in 1994.
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KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
British Broadcasting Corporation
Grant, Michael
Meech, Richard, 1954-
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1989-1992, undated
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172 sound cassettes
4.37 Linear feet
40 film reels (silent color negative A and B rolls, 16mm)
1,336 film reels (in 399 cans, silent color negative outtakes and trims, 16mm)
10 film reels (silent color print, 16mm)
701 sound tape reels (1/4 inch)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.2012.13
- Repository:
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Human Studies Film Archives
The Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World collection consists of film materials and associated documentation for the editing process of the ten-episode ethnographic television series aired in 1992 and hosted by Harvard anthropologist David Maybury-Lewis. The collection consists of field sound, camera original film in the form of outtakes and trims, edited silent film (A and B rolls and prints), and technical paper documentation including field and lab reports.