Singer Industrial Design Collection
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Singer Manufacturing Company
Singer Company (The), (Fairfield, New Jersey)
- Dates:
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1927-1983
bulk 1960-1977
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11 Cubic feet (3 oversize folders, 20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0169
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The bulk of the collection consists of renderings of sewing machines and related products by industrial designers such as Henry Dreyfuss, Robert P. Gersin, Eliot Noyes, and Malcolm S. Park; by designers of Singer's in-house design department; and by consultants to the firm. Materials include decals, photographs, negatives, patents, and renderings and sketches. This collection documents the influence of industrial design on Singer sewing machines as well as other household products such as vacuum cleaners.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Bird and Mammal Laboratories
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circa 1885-1971
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18 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7171
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include early correspondence of the Bureau of Biological Survey; general files of the Bird and Mammal Labs including correspondence, project reports, annual and quarterly reports, memoranda, material of various staff members and material on the organization, history and policy of the Labs; correspondence from the Bird Section ...
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Eiseman, Alvord, 1916-1991
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circa 1914-2005
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10.8 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.eisealvo
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Archives of American Art
Alvord Eiseman's research on painter Charles Demuth dates from circa 1914-2005 and measures 10.8 linear feet. The collection is comprised of correspondence, writings, artwork files, printed material, and photographic material that were used in Eiseman's research toward a catalogue raisonné on Demuth.
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Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
- Dates:
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1663-2004
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6,500 Items (estimated)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CL.XXXX-0014
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Smithsonian Libraries
Manuscript and printed textual material, photographic prints and negatives, slides, audio tapes, film, original and reproduction artwork, maps, scrapbooks, and historical and natural artifacts related to the history of African exploration and natural history, dating primarily from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Includes correspondence, drafts of publications, diaries, account books, ephemera, posters, newsclippings, biographies, memoirs, portraits, and the former personal property of selected explorers, big game hunters, missionaries, pioneers, and naturalists in Africa.
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Museum of History and Technology. Division of Manufactures and Heavy Industries
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1878-1961
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-295
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the exhibitions, collections, and research of curators in the Division of Manufacturers and Heavy Industries. People represented include Edward C. Kendall, Curator and Frank A. Taylor, Curator. Some materials date from when the Division of Manufacturers and Heavy Industries was known at th...
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Wurlitzer (Rudolph) Company
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1860-1984
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56 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0469
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the history and development of the Wurlitzer Company and consists of company publications, business records, employee files, manufacturing records, sales and marketing records, product information, publicity, advertising, photographs, audiovisual materials, and organ installation drawings.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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July 1-5, 1993
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1993
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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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Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984
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1904-2001
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4.5 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-224
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the papers of S. Stillman Berry (1887-1984), a malacologist and businessman. The majority of these materials consist of the notes and illustrations for many of his published and unpublished manuscripts. Materials also include reprints, correspondence, scientific illustrations, maps, clippings, photographs, negatives,...
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National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.
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Ongoing
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12 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1183.R
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Technical Reference Files comprise an artificial collection that currently contains 1,900 cubic feet of aviation and space related materials, organized in 22 subject series. File materials include photographs, press releases, clippings, correspondence, reports, and brochures, on individuals, organizations, events, and objects.
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American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
- Dates:
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1916-1970
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1.5 cu. ft. (3 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-182
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of materials which document the administration of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH). Materials include correspondence and memoranda regarding annual meetings, annual meeting programs, abstracts of papers presented, annual meeting summaries, business meeting minutes, Board of Governors materi...