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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1981-1989
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-223
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual materials created during the production of the Smithsonian Video Collection. The Smithsonian Video Collection was a joint venture with Eastman Kodak Company to provide videos featuring Smithsonian Institution (SI) collections and research to the general public. A total of six one-hour programs were produc...
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio)
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1915-1955
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464.34 Cubic feet ((426 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0428
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The collection consists of reports and other documents on a variety of aviation-related topics, including general science (aeronautics, physics, chemistry, etc); military air service personnel, organization, and equipment for both US and foreign air forces; as well as operations, and so on. Information on foreign services and equipment is usually f...
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Balloon Locomotive Correspondence [Haenlein]
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Haenlein, Paul, 1835-1905
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1867
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0.01 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1206
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a letter, and a multipage description of a "Balloon Locomotive," from inventor Paul Haenlein to U. S. Minister to the Court of St. James's, Charles Francis Adams, asking him to share the balloon locomotive plans with the U. S. government. There is also a letter from Benjamin Moran (U. S. Embassy in London) to Edward Stanton, Secretary of War under the Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson presidencies, in which the letter and description were forwarded.
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1909
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0980
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The 1909 Gordon Bennett Balloon Race was held in October in Zurich, Switzerland. This collection consists of a Balloon Passport issued to the Clouth V for the event.
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National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)
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c. 1983
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2 Sound recordings (audio cassette)
1 Linear foot ((1 box))
0.05 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-016
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
In the 1980s, the National Air and Space Museum created an exhibit, with a correlating text called Black Wings: The American Black in Aviation. The exhibit and book were dedicated to the American Black Aviator, who has anonymously played a historic role in shaping the growth of modern aviation. Black Wings encompasses the men and women who had to o...
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National Air and Space Museum. Art Department
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1976-1997
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-104
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Art Department was established in 1976 with James Dean as curator from 1975-1978. In 1978, Mary Henderson succeeded Dean as head of the department, and she served until December 1996 when the department was dissolved. Other curatorial staff included William Good and Susan Lawson-Bell (1985-1996). T...
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Aiken, William Sr., 1907-
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1907-1980
bulk 1935-1974
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0.45 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1997.0024
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains Pilot Log Books, photographs, newspaper clippings, California Civil Air Patrol documents, financial and personal records, an autobiographical manuscript and negatives, all pertaining to William Aiken, his family and friends.
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Pickerill, Elmo Neale, 1885-1968
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1907-1968
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2.55 Cubic feet ((4 legal document boxes) (3 shoeboxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1997.0023
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains photographs (some with captions) with corresponding negatives, publications, periodicals, Early Bird newsletters and stationary, biographical material, and correspondence from friends and contemporaries.
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Henderson, John Stanley.
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bulk 1941-1952
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0.95 Cubic feet ((2 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2005.0015
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Included in this collection are photographs of John Stanley Henderson, fellow servicemen, and airfields; diary and notebooks; flight logs; award citations and military orders; newspaper clippings; a map of the Solomon Islands; phrase books in French and Japanese as well as the CBI Pointie Talkie; pocket guides to Egypt and Australia; The Marines Ha...
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Dmitri, Ivan, 1900-1968
- Dates:
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1892-1969
- Size:
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11 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.dmitivan
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Ivan Dmitri, a.k.a. Levon West, include biographical material, correspondence, writings, financial records, art works, printed material and photographs relating to his career as a photographer and printmaker.