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National Institute
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1839-1863 and undated
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11.43 cu. ft. (21 document boxes) (2 half document boxes) (1 12 x 17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7058
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of records, mostly 1840-1844, concerning the founding and operation of the National Institute by Joel Roberts Poinsett, Peter Force, John James Abert, Francis Markoe, Jr., and others, particularly efforts to obtain federal subsidies, to collect specimens of natural history and manufactures, to provide space for housing...
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Sturtevant, William C.
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1952-2007
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220 Linear feet (The total extent of the collection is 191.41 linear feet (consisting of 473 document boxes and 2 record boxes) plus 254 sound recordings, 94 computer disks, 42 card file boxes, 85 oversize folders, 9 rolled items, 18 binder boxes, and 3 oversize boxes. Of the total extent, 4.79 linear feet (14 boxes) are restricted.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2008-24
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection contains the professional papers of William Curtis Sturtevant and documents his activities as Curator of North American Ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History, his work as the editor-in-chief of the Handbook of North American Indians, his research among the Seminole and Iroquois people, and other professional activities. The collection is comprised of books, sound recordings, research and field notes, realia, artifacts, clippings, microfilm, negatives, slides, photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, memorandums, card files, exhibition catalogs, articles, and bibliographies.
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Brandon Fortune
- Dates:
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1977-1993
bulk 1987-1991
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6.75 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- NPG.CAP.00004
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National Portrait Gallery
Research material gathered by Brandon B. Fortune regarding two exhibitions and one exhibition catalog about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago; including correspondence with museums and collectors, and photocopied book pages. The exact title of the first exhibition is now unknown, but it was likely similar to "World's Columbian Exhibition, 1893: Department of Fine Arts." The second exhibition was entitled "American Art at the 1893 World's Fair-Revisiting the White City," which was accompanied by a book with the same title.
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Brown Photo Service, Minneapolis, Minn.
Sylvia, Marshall
La Crosse Film Service (La Crosse, Wis.)
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1936-1937
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74 Items (1 folder including photoprints)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0319
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains 74 unmounted silver gelatin photoprints. Sizes range from typical amateur rollfilm snapshots up to 5" x 7" enlargements. A typical range of snapshot subjects is included, such as a wedding group, informal portraits, including people with automobiles, landscapes and waterfalls (including the Temperance River and Gooseberry ...
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Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Zippo Manufacturing Company
Jones, William (Vice President, Zippo Lighter)
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1937 - 1998
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0.75 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0094
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Advertising brochures, posters, and articles on the company.
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Preusser, Robert O. (Robert Ormerod), 1919-1992
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1930-1990
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0.5 Linear feet ((on 3 partial microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.preurobe
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence and sales records, writings, printed material, and photographs of art work document Preusser's artistic and teaching careers.
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Fredenthal, David, 1914-1958
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1931-1960
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1.8 Linear feet ((on 7 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.freddavi
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence, writings, sketches, photographs, biographical material, business papers, and printed materials.
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Clarke, Arthur C., Sir (Arthur Charles), 1917-2008
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1932-2012
bulk 1950-2008
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95.02 Cubic feet (188 legal size boxes; 5 15 x 12 x 3 flat boxes; 1 16 x 20 x 3 flat box; 4 12 x 8 x 5 shoeboxes)
88.55 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2015.0010
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Sir Arthur C. Clarke is one of the preeminent science-fiction writers of the 20th century.
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Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
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circa 1908
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3 Prints (photogravure)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.84-8
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National Anthropological Archives
Photogravures made from Edward S. Curtis portraits of American Horse, Oglala; Hollow Horn Bear, Brule; and an Assiniboine/Gros Ventre man. Curtis copyrighted the original photographs in 1907 and 1908.
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Haydu, Bernice Falk
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1942-1944
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0.23 Cubic feet ((1 flatbox) (1 slim legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1989.0123
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection, compiled by Bernice Falk Haydu, a former WASP 44-7, contains original photographs, photocopies of photographs, class rosters, graduation data, copies of certification, a WASP songbook, an original Miss Fifinella color sketch by Walt Disney, and other related material. The photographs are all captioned with information from Mrs. Cliff Deaton, Chief Staff Executive Officer of the WASPs at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas. The material has been grouped in a binder under the following subheadings: Avenger Field; Life on Base; Wishing Well: Flight Training School; Physical Education and Marching; Graduations; VIPs; and a Miscellaneous file.