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8601 records — Page 531 of 861
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Creators:
Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Education Department
Dates:
1976-1993
Size:
7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 94-097
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The bulk of these records document the activities of the Education Department from 1981 through 1992. They include materials describing the intern and fellowship program as well as programs held by the Department, such as lectures, seminars, courses, performances, package trips, tours, and workshops. These materials include program research ...

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African American Portrait Tintypes
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Creators:
Ahlborn, Richard E., 1933-2015
Dates:
circa 1865-1900
Size:
2 Items
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0515
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Two small portrait busts of young African American men or boys. One wears a jacket and tie. The other tintype, in somewhat worse condition, is bent and abraded and has a hole in the top, and shows a young man wearing a broad-brimmed hat, vest, and jacket, no tie. No indication of photographer's identity.

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Gerald S. Foster papers
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Creators:
Foster, Gerald Sargent, 1900-
Dates:
1930-1982
Size:
0.2 Items (linear ft.( 58 items))
Collection ID:
AAA.fostgera
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Papers concerning murals by Foster, including a letter, 1938, and memo, 1937, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Edward Bruce regarding Foster's murals for the post office in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (completed under the Section of Painting and Sculpture of the Treasury Department, 1938).

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The History of the Cell Sorter Interviews
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Dates:
1991
Size:
files (Reference copies).
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9554
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical r...

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Digitized Content National Air Races Scrapbooks
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Dates:
bulk 1928-1933
Size:
0.24 Cubic feet (1 box)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0845
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

Begun in 1920, the National Air Races were an annual, week-long event including formation flying, parachute drops, aerobatic displays, and races. The event included two privately sponsored, closed-circuit speed races: the Pulitzer Trophy race held from 1920 to 1925 and the Thompson Trophy race held from 1930 to 1939. Along with other competitions, the National Air Races fostered the development of aircraft in the 1920s and 1930s but ended during World War II. This collection consists of three unbound scrapbooks with newspaper clippings related to races in Chicago, Cleveland, and Los Angeles between 1928 and 1933.

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Milch Gallery records
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Creators:
Milch Gallery
Dates:
1911-1995
Size:
42.2 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.milcgall
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The records of Milch Gallery measure 42.5 linear feet and date from 1911-1995. Edward Milch (1865-1953) opened the Edward Milch Gallery in New York City. In 1916, he formed a partnership with his brother Albert Milch (1881-1951), a gilder and framer, creating E. & A. Milch, Inc., a gallery specializing in American art. Harold C. Milch (1904-1981), Albert's son, was appointed a partner in 1944 and continued the business until his death. Business records of Milch Gallery, 1911-1968, include correspondence, sales records, inventories, financial records, printed matter, photographs, and legal documents. Later additions to the records date from 1922-1995 and include correspondence; artists' files; financial, sales, and stock records; printed material; and photographs.

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Program Files
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Creators:
National Museum of the American Indian. Executive Planning Office
Dates:
2004-2011
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Accession 16-050
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting the National Museum of American Indian's exhibition "Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indians," which examines the relationships between Indian Nations and the United States. Materials include notes, correspondence, reports, presentations, meeting agendas, min...

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Geographical Categories: Washington
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Creators:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Dates:
1889-1962
Size:
0.25 Cubic feet (consisting of .5 box, 1 folder.)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.02.Washington
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Washington forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.2: Geographical Categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

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Dibner Visiting Historian of Science Program Records
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Creators:
History of Science Society
Dates:
1992-2001
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Accession 09-218
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting the History of Science Society's Dibner Visiting Historians of Science Program, which assisted colleges and universities in obtaining short-term professors in the history of science in order to broaden their course offerings. Materials include correspondence, biographical information, applications...

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Digitized Content Book of drawings by anonymous Cheyenne prisoner at Fort Marion
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Creators:
Hazen, William Babcock, 1830-1887
Fort Marion artists
Dates:
ca. 1875-1878
Size:
1 Item (disbound volume of 14 drawings (8 leaves, colored pencil, ink, graphite, and crayon, 18 x 21 cm.)
Collection ID:
NAA.MS154064C
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Bound book of unruled paper, now disbound and laminated. Includes scenes of hunting, ceremonies and daily Indian camp life. The manuscript now contains 14 drawings and the original volume cover. Original sequence of pictures not recorded. Identified as by a Cheyenne prisoner held at Ft. Marion, Florida (1875-78) on the basis of style and content.

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