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Washburn, Wilcomb E.
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1956-1997
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23.19 cu. ft. (22 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-093
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials that document aspects of the personal life and career of Wilcomb E. Washburn (WEW) and were removed from his home after his death. The largest single group of papers deals with Washburn's membership in various organizations and societies. There is also substantial information on a projected biography o...
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Smithsonian Associates
- Dates:
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2005-2008
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-017
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of master cassette audiotapes of educational programs and meetings presented by the various program offices within the Smithsonian Associates.
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National Museum of American Art. Office of Registration and Collections Management
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1920-1994
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34 cu. ft. (34 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-001
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the administrative records of the National Museum of American Art, Office of the Registrar, 1920-1994, with the majority dated 1985-1994. The records include Exhibition Files, 1920-1960 and 1986-1991; Photo Requests, 1987-1992; Read Files, 1985-1993; Loan Forms/Photos Ordered, 1989-1993; Permission Forms, numbered ...
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1981 Festival of American Folklife
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 24-July 5, 1981
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1981
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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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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
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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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Bird, William L.
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1877 - 2010
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6.5 Cubic feet (19 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1288
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of archival materials assembled by National Museum of American History Curator William Lawrence Bird. The materials were used as background research for the publication of his book Holidays on Display (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007), and as exhibit objects for the exhibit by the same name that opened shortly after the museum's architectural renovation (November 2009-September 2010). The materials include advertising and trade literature, especially for department stores and with emphasis on the display of toys; catalogs; photographs and slides; postcards; parade programs; design drawings; correspondence; stock certificates, and miscellaneous items relating to department stores and their displays, parades and the amusement industry.
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Anacostia Community Museum
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2007 - 2008
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2.75 Linear feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-052
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Anacostia Community Museum, formerly known as the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, organized by the museum and held there September 15, 2007 through November 9, 2008. The exhibit explored the development of community life of neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River, beginning with the original inhabitation by Native Americans up to the present.
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Hirshhorn, Joseph H.
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circa 1926-1982 and undated
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29.78 cu. ft. (27 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (3 16x20 boxes) (3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7449
- Repository:
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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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Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
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1950-1962
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8.5 cu. ft. (17 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 316
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records primarily document exhibitions circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service from its inception in 1952 through 1962, with documentation on several exhibitions continuing for the years 1963 to 1965. Records include correspondence, shipping and storage bills, exhibition catalogues, newspaper clippings, and...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary for Finance and Administration
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1993-2013
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9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-256
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Albert G. Horvath, Under Secretary for Finance and Administration, 2011- . Materials predating his tenure as Under Secretary were created and maintained by Alison McNally, Under Secretary for Finance and Administration, 2007-2010, or were compiled for background and reference pu...
