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Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975
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undated
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4372
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
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Gray, Cleve
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1933-2005
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9.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.grayclev
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Cleve Gray papers, 1933-2005, measure 9.2 linear feet. Papers include biographical material, alphabetical files, writings, artwork, audio/visual records, artifacts, printed material, and photographs. Extensive alphabetical files contain personal and professional correspondence as well as subject files relating to projects and interests. Especially well-documented are: Gray's involvement with the Vietnam protest movement; and Threnody, his best-known work composed of fourteen large panels lamenting the dead of both sides sides in Vietnam, commissioned by the Neuberger Museum of Art.
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History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Waring, Frank H., 1925-
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1912-1997
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4 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0895
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents transportation analyst, consultant and planner Frank H. Waring and his consulting firm The Waring Group, Inc.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
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1942-2001
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16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-276
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the planning, development, and installation of Science in American Life, a major permanent exhibition at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). This exhibition demonstrates how science has changed the way Americans have lived over the past 125 years. Opening on April 27, 1994, Sci...
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Parsons, Betty
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circa 1920-1991
bulk 1946-1983
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57.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.parsbett
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers measure 57.2 linear feet and date from 1920 to 1991, with the bulk of the material dating from 1946-1983. Records provide extensive documentation of the gallery's operations from its inception in 1946 to its closing in 1983 and of the activities of Betty Parsons as one the leading art dealers of contemporary American Art in the latter half of the twentieth century, particularly the work of the Abstract Expressionists. Over one third of the of the collection is comprised of artists files containing correspondence, price lists, and printed materials. Additional correspondence is with galleries, dealers, art institutions, private collectors, and the media. Also found are exhibition files, exhibition catalogs and announcements, sales records, stock inventories, personal financial records, and photographs. Betty Parsons' personal papers consist of early curatorial files, pocket diaries, personal correspondence, and evidence of her own artwork, including sketchbooks, and files documenting her personal art collection.
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Science, Medicine and Society, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1985-1992
bulk 1987-1989
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4 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0538
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection was assembled by Museum curators and documents the efforts of persons in eight states to have the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), a particle accelerator, built in their state. Also documents efforts in each state to oppose locating the SSC in their state. The collection contains correspondence, press kits, posters, signs, bumper stickers, leaflets, handbills, clippings, photographs, and a videotape.
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Gertrude Kasle Gallery (Detroit, Mich.)
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1949-1999
bulk 1964-1983
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8.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.gertkasl
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Gertrude Kasle Gallery of Detroit measure 8.1 linear feet and date from 1949-1999, with the bulk of records dating from 1964-1983. The collection documents the establishment and operations of this contemporary American art gallery and consists of artists files, business and administrative files, exhibition files, photographic materials, and interviews and lectures in the form of sound recordings.
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Jackler, Robert K.
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circa 1898-2017
undated
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20 Cubic feet (40 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1224
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the history of tobacco advertising in America through print advertisements (magazine and newspaper), emphasizing the deceptive advertising practices employed by the tobacco industry to lure and keep smokers. Many of the advertisements contain images of celebrities, athletes, and other notable persons who endorsed tobacco products as well as ethinic imagery.
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Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
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circa 1904-2011
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29.92 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hofmhans
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter, teacher, and writer Hans Hofmann measure 29.92 linear feet and date from circa 1904 to 2011, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1945 to 2000. The majority of the papers were created after 1932 and document Hofmann's life and professional career after settling in the United States. Among his papers are personal and professional correspondence; records of his schools in Munich, New York City, and Provincetown, Mass.; writings and notes; financial records; photographs; printed matter; estate records; and a small number of personal papers of his second wife, Renate Schmitz Hofmann. Hofmann's personal papers are augmented by a large selection of printed matter, including exhibition catalogs, articles, news clippings, and monographs about Hofmann and modern art, as well as documentary projects including Tina Dickey's compilation of oral histories and records of Hofmann's students, and research materials, sound and video recordings, and motion picture film created and gathered by Madeline Amgott during the production of two video documentaries about Hans Hofmann released in 1999 and 2002. Hofmann's Library was acquired with his papers; inscribed/annotated volumes have been retained with the collection.
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Think Surgical, Inc. (Fremont, California)
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1983-2010
bulk 1991-1994
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5.5 Cubic feet (17 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1378
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the development of ROBODOCâ„¢, the first robot to perform surgery on a human in the United States through correspondence, memoranda, press clippings, press releases, engineering drawings, regulatory policies and procedures, photographs, and audiovisual materials.