Robinson and Via Family Papers
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Robinson, Franklin A., Jr., 1959- (actor)
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1838-2017, undated
bulk 1872-1985
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23.1 Cubic feet (71 boxes, 3 map-size folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0475
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting the farming and family life of the Robinson family of Prince George's County and after 1975, Charles County, Maryland. Papers documenting the farming and family of the Via family of Greene County, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Prince George's and Calvert Counties, Maryland, by 1949.
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Anthony, Alfred Williams, 1860-1939
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circa1880-1930
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2 Microfilm reels (partial microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.anthalfr
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Archives of American Art
The microfilmed Alfred Williams Anthony papers contain letters, autographs, biographical data, and miscellaneous material collected by Anthony about 19th century artists. Artists represented in the collection include: Edwin A. Abbey, Ernest Albert, Elizabeth A. Allen, Daniel C. Beard, Frank Beard, Samuel G. W. Benjamin, Albert Bierstadt, Nathani...
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Beal, Reynolds, 1866-1951
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1874-1939
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6 Microfilm reels (195 items on 6 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bealreyn
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Archives of American Art
The microfilmed Reynolds Beal papers contain sketchbooks, art works, notes, photographs, and printed material. Much of the material relates to William Merrit Chase. Microfilmed on Reels 278-282 and Reel 286 are a biographical sketch; 169 sketchbooks (1874-1938); a folder of 32 "Japanese Prints," mostly watercolors; a letter to Beal from his father ...
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Strauber, Alan
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ca. 1990-1999.
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0.2 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0517
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Forty-one black and white photoprints, most of which are portraits of jazz, blues, Cajun, and zydeco musicians, plus a few additional subjects.
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Benjamin, Marcus, 1857-1932.
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1886-1929
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2.93 cu. ft. (5 document boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7085
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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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Bennington College. Visual Arts Dept
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1948-1982
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2,500 Items ((on 3 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.benncoll
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Archives of American Art
164 exhibition files containing biographical data, letters received, copies of letters sent, a list of Bennington art majors from 1936-1956, a list of art faculty from 1942-1969, loan agreements, price lists, checklists, entry forms, press releases, exhibition catalogues and announcements, printed material, and photographs.
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Harwood Foundation
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1920-1980
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5 Microfilm reels
- Collection ID:
- AAA.harwfoua
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Archives of American Art
Ca. 100 artists' files, 1920s-1980s, compiled by the Harwood Foundation, Taos, New Mexico. Also included are files on the Taos Society of Artists, the "Taos Six," and Taos Writers. The files contain biographical data, correspondence, letters from researchers, price lists for works of art, exhibition announcements, catalogs and invitations, newspape...
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United States National Museum. Division of Fishes
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1922, 1927-1965
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12.50 cu. ft. (25 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 234
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of correspondence of the members of the staff of the Division of Fishes, 1922, 1927-1965. Most of the correspondence is from domestic and foreign ichthyologists, aquarists, collectors, colleges and universities, museum officials, and the general public. The correspondence generally concerns the identification, exchange, ...
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Kearns, Robert W.
Kearns, Timothy
Brown, Brian Ivan
Quan, John
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1963 - 1999
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8.5 Cubic feet (24 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1406
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the inventive career of physicist and engineer Robert W. Kearns. Kearns invented and patented in 1967 the windshield wiper system with intermittent operation (US 3,351,836), among other inventions. The papers include notebooks, correspondence, reports, memoranda, photographs, patents, drawings, and trade literature.
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Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Blumenthal, M.L.
Blumenthal, Joseph
Blumenthal, Barbara B.
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1856-2010
bulk 1900-1969
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1344
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records from Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Company, manufacturers of chocolate and cocoa products, including well-known candies such as Snocaps, Raisinets, and Goobers. They were located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company was sold to Ward Foods Incorporated in 1969. This collection also includes material collected by and about the Blumenthal family and from M.L. Blumenthal, noted illustrator of the early 20th century.