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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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circa 1910-1940, 1950s
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21.3 Linear feet ((51 document boxes))
- Collection ID:
- SAAM.Photo.MET
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center
Originally assembled by the Metropolitan Museum of Art for study purposes, this collection is comprised of 2,790 black-and-white photographs documenting the work of 250 sculptors.
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Lemelson Center
- Dates:
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1995-2014
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29 cu. ft. (27 record storage boxes) (4 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-092
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audio and visual recordings of Lemelson Center special events, exhibitions, symposia, and general activities used for broadcast. Major programs documented within this collection include "Nobel Voices: Celebrating 100 Years of the Nobel Prize;" "Lewis Latimer: Renaissance Man;" "Reinventing the Wheel: The Continuing ...
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Grand Central Terminal Collection
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New York Central Railroad/Penn Central Railroad Companies
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1831-1978
bulk 1903-1933
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8 Cubic feet (6 boxes, 10 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1071
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the history of the demolition and construction of Grand Central Terminal with a focus on the period 1903 to 1913.
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Taylor, Frank A. (Frank Augustus), 1903-2007
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1835-2003
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-009
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Frank A. Taylor (1903-2007) was a Curator of Engineering and Industries and an administrator at the Smithsonian. He was born in 1903 in Washington, D.C., where he grew up. Taylor began his career at the Smithsonian in 1922 as a Laboratory Apprentice in the Division of Mechanical Technology of the United States National Museum (USNM). After ...
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Smithsonian Institution, International Exchange Service
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1868-1988
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14.4 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 509
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, budgets, ledgers, day books, and other administrative materials concerning the operations of the Smithsonian International Exchange Service (SIES). Also included is a card index of employees who served between the 1880s and the 1940s. Please note: SIES maintained two or more sets o...
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
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1964-1971
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116.4 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 99
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records reflect the growing scope and complexity of the Smithsonian during Ripley's tenure. They document the Smithsonian's changing administrative structure; growing relationships with universities, foundations, and other external groups; efforts to attract more government support for the Smithsonian; pursuit of new initiatives and...
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Smithsonian Institution,Office of Environmental Sciences
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1965-1973
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3 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 271
- 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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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Physical Sciences
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1955-1966 and undated
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3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 579
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of the research files of Robert P. Multhauf, Curator in the Division of Physical Sciences. The records contain scripts for Hall of Chemistry exhibitions; historical information and illustrations pertaining to chemistry, chemical apparatus, and industrial laboratories; biographies of distinguished chemists; and se...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Dates:
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1981-1987
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13.3 cu. ft. (15 document boxes) (10 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 590
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of master audiotapes for Smithsonian Galaxy editions 126-186, 1983-1987, and Radio Smithsonian programs 600-749, 1981-1984; and elements, or original, unedited tapes for Smithsonian Galaxy editions 104-186, 1982-1987, and Radio Smithsonian programs 689-836, 1983-1985.
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Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Department of Exhibitions
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1969-1992
- Size:
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25 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 531
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the conceptualization, development, design, and execution of several exhibitions held by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum from 1973 through 1992, and of exhibitions rejected or cancelled by the museum. Exhibition files include proposals; research files; correspondence with object lenders, scholars, and exhibition designers; ...