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Anacostia Community Museum
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circa 1970s
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14 Video recordings (open reel, 1/2 inch)
15 Sound recordings (open reel, 1/4 inch)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.09-037
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection includes news programs, television shows, and music recorded from local and national radio and television broadcasts as well as prerecorded programs, such as The Negro Texans and Alex Haley Lecture for the Doubleday Lecture Series. Anacostia Community Museum does not hold the copyright of the broadcast programs and prerecorded progr...
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Central Administrative File, Records
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National Collection of Fine Arts
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1908-1974
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59 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (116 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 313
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records pertain to the administration of David W. Scott, director, 1965-1968, Robert Tyler Davis, interim director, 1969, and Joshua C. Taylor, director, 1970- . Some records, most noticeably correspondence with Smithsonian Art Commission members, have been pulled up into the files from previous administrations. Also included are Smithson...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for History and Art
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1965-1985
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58 cu. ft. (58 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 477
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document an important change in the scope of the Smithsonian's concerns. Four of the bureaus and offices represented in these records existed in some form prior to 1964: the National Museum of American History, the Freer Gallery of Art, the National Museum of American Art, and the National Portrait Gallery. All the others we...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
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1963, 1984-2019
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14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-202
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials documenting the administration and programs of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) by the Office of the Director, primarily during the tenures of Robert S. Hoffman, 1985-1988; Frank Talbot, 1988-1994; Donald J. Ortner, Acting Director, 1994-1996; David L. Pawson, Acting Director, 1996; Robert W. ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology
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1903-2003
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20 cu. ft. (20 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-158
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Paul J. Spangler, curator at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). These records include correspondence, grants, loans, administrative records, research materials, manuscripts, specimen information, reference information, and materials related to his work with professional s...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Special Events and Protocol
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2002-2007
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24 cu. ft. (24 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-305
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document planning of special events at the Smithsonian Institution, such as conferences, meetings, lectures, exhibition openings, receptions, and award presentations. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; proposals; budget summaries; event schedules; meeting agendas and minutes; progra...
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 23-July 4, 1999
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1999
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for History and Art
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1962-1982
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44.54 cu. ft. (41 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 12x17 box) (2 16x20 boxes) (2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 337
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the work of Susan A. Hamilton as Bicentennial Coordinator, acting under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for History and Art. They also cover preliminary planning for Bicentennial programs carried out between 1968 and the creation of the Office in 1971. For a fuller record of such activities, researchers should ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Environmental Sciences
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1965-1973
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11.5 cu. ft. (23 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 271
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of files documenting the operation of the Smithsonian Office of Ecology (SOE), 1965-1970, and its successor, the Ecology Program of the Office of Environmental Sciences (OES), 1970-1973. The records were created primarily by administrators Buechner, 1965-1968; Wallen, 1969; and Jenkins, 1970-1973. They include organiz...
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
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circa 1985-2008
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23.85 cu. ft. (21 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes) (2 tall document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-175
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting research, planning, design, execution, and installation of exhibitions during the tenure of David Revere McFadden, Curator, 1978-1993; Deborah Shinn, Curator-in-Charge, 1995-1996, and Assistant Curator, 1997-2002; and Sarah Coffin, Curator, 2004- . Exhibitions documented in this accession include ...