Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the World's Fair
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Orth, Edward J.
Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization
- Dates:
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1835-1992
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130 Cubic feet (417 boxes, 23 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0560
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. Also includes materials on other world's fairs, the Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO), New York City tourism and Disney.
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science
- Dates:
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1963-1978
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76.5 cu. ft. (153 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 254
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of a correspondence register; files on bureaus administered by the office, including reorganization proposals for SSIE, 1972-1973, photographs of the STRI facility at Barro Colorado Island, the Johnson-Sea-Link Accident, 1973, SAC's Multiple Mirror Telescope project, 1975-1976, and the Foreign Currency Program country ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Special Events and Conference Services
- Dates:
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1988-1997
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-221
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of event files documenting special events and conferences at the Smithsonian Institution. The records, with earlier material dating back to the Office of Special Events, primarily include memoranda, guest/participant lists, event summaries, program brochures, photographs, and budget information.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary
- Dates:
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1992-2000
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11 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-109
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the administrative activities of Constance Berry Newman, Under Secretary, primarily during the years 1998-2000. Material includes correspondence, memoranda, and notes; Institution-wide departmental and museum information; meeting minutes; legislation; conference information; and reports.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
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1972-1984
- Size:
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511.90 cu. ft. (369 record storage boxes) (236 document boxes) (2 12x17 boxes) (3 16x20 boxes) (141 3x5 boxes) (5 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 613
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records concern the operation of the Office of the Secretary from 1972 to the end of S. Dillon Ripley's tenure as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The records document the Smithsonian's on-going operations -- internal, with other government Offices and departments, and with foundations, universities, and other outside organizat...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Special Events and Conference Services
- Dates:
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1985-1986
- Size:
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-094
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of various event files from the Office of Special Events and Conferences during the 1985 and 1986 calendar years. Included in the records are, guest lists, invitations, invitation proofs and camera-ready mats, invitation lists, confirmations, itineraries, receipts and requests from various contractors and caterers, ...
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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circa 1966-1994
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51.5 cu. ft. (51 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-100
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the administration of Irwin I. Shapiro, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) Director, and consist mostly of correspondence, memoranda, notes, publications, reports, project files, travel files, budget materials, directories, program files, recommendations, personnel files, grant pro...
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White, Charles, 1918-1979
- Dates:
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1933-1987
bulk 1960s-1970s
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12.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.whitchar
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Los Angeles painter, printmaker, and educator, Charles W. White, measure 12.9 linear feet and date from 1933 to 1987, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1960s to the 1970s. The collection contains biographical material, including a sound recording of an interview with White; personal and professional correspondence; writings by White and others about his philosophy of art, his life, and career; professional files documenting White's participation in a variety of boards, committees, juries, symposiums, professional projects, and commissions; teaching files documenting White's tenure at Otis Art Institute; extensive printed material charting White's career from the 1930s until his death; scrapbooks primarily documenting his early career; and a small series of photographs.
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Mangravite, Peppino, 1896-
- Dates:
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1918-1982
- Size:
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6.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mangpepp
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Peppino Mangravite papers measure 6.2 linear feet and are dated 1918-1982. They consist of correspondence, subject files, recorded interviews with significant artists and transcripts, writings and notes, miscellaneous records, printed matter, and photographs documenting Mangravite's career as a painter and educator.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
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1998
- Size:
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16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-084
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the administrative activities of the Office of the Secretary during the tenure of Ira Michael Heyman, Secretary (1994-1999). Materials document the expansion and development of the Institution, its museums, programs, projects, research activities, and significant events. Materials include corres...