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Setzler, Frank M. (Frank Maryl), 1902-1975
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1929-1957
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1,889 Prints (silver gelatin)
169 Slides (35mm)
1,204 Negatives (nitrate)
290 Lantern slides
12 Negatives (acetate)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.36
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs relating to or made during Setzler's archaeological work. Images depict surveys and excavations, artifacts and burials, archaeological crew members, and other individuals. They document work in Ohio (including the original Hopewell site on Paint Creek, Turner site, Newark site, High Bank Works, Tremper Mound, Seip Mound, Turner Group,...
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Hirshhorn, Joseph H.
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1921-1981, 1996
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1.88 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 16x20 box) (0.19 non- standard size boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-126
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of papers of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. Joseph Hirshhorn was born in Latvia in 1899 and immigrated to the United States in 1905 with his mother and siblings. At twelve, Mr. Hirshhorn left school to sell newspapers and by fourteen he was working in the firm that would later become the American Stock Exchange. At seventeen, ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
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circa 1989-2001
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6.58 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-062
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the planning, production, and execution of traveling and other special exhibitions. Exhibitions documented in this accession include "Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga;" "Meteorites on a Mission;" "Linnaean Taxonomy in the 21rst Century;" "Voyages of Discovery;" "Anteaters: Fast Food Specialists;" ...
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McCloskey, William B., 1928-
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1952-2005
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5.3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1192
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists primarily of photographic slides taken by McCloskey while aboard commerical fishing vessels. The photographs were taken in bodies of water spanning the globe, including those off the coasts of Japan, New Zealand, Alaska, New England, Canada, Norway, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Burma, Chile, Peru, ...
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Frazier, John Robinson, 1889-1966
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1920-1969
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1.52 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.frazjohn
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence, slides, typescripts of writings, and printed materials.
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National Museum of American History. Department of Conservation
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1961-2003
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-221
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Scott Odell, head conservator at the National Museum of American History (NMAH) from 1978-1993 and previous to that conservator in the Division of Musical History, previously the Division of Musical Instruments, from 1963-1978. In 1963 Odell planned and established the first conservation lab for histor...
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Lemelson Center
- Dates:
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1996-2009
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14.19 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-371
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the Lemelson Center exhibition, Invention at Play. This exhibition was structured as an interactive exhibition that examined the similarities between the ways children and adults play and the creative processes used by innovators in science and technology. Opening in 2002, Invention at Play...
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Exhibition Records
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National Museum of American History. Department of Exhibits
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1957-1992
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35.58 cu. ft. (35 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 551
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of exhibition design, production, and installation information including proposals and narratives, scripts, schedules, graphic designs, construction contracts and specifications, floor plans, blueprints, schematic drawings, and photographs. The records also include Department of Exhibits administrative files such as corre...
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Cotton Museum (Memphis, Tennessee)
National Cotton Council
- Dates:
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1939-1994
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38 Cubic feet (90 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1176
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Maid of Cotton (MOC) beauty pageant was sponsored by the National Cotton Council, Memphis Cotton Carnival, and the Cotton Exchanges of Memphis, New York, and New Orleans from 1939-1993. The contest was held annually in Memphis, Tennessee until the National Cotton Council and Cotton Council International moved to Dallas, Texas. Beginning with the 1985 pageant (held December 1984) the competition was held in Dallas. The pageant was discontinued in 1993 due to lack of funds, a sponsor, and changes in marketing strategies. The records include files on contestants, photographs, and scrapbooks.
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National Museum of American Art. Office of Design and Production
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1967-1996
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12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-131
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document planning for exhibitions at the National Museum of American Art (NMAA). Also included are records pertaining to departmental issues in the museum. Materials consist of general correspondence, memoranda, and notes; correspondence of David B. Keeler, Chief of Design and Production, 1973-1985; exh...