Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Electricity
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1856-1980
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12.72 Cubic feet (consisting of 27 boxes, 5 folders, 1 oversize folder, 1 map case folder, 3 flat boxes (partial), plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Electricity
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Electricity forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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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.K
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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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United States National Museum. Office of the Director
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circa 1921-1973
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38 cu. ft. (76 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 190
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records contained in this record unit are essentially those of Frank A. Taylor in his capacity as Director, United States National Museum (1962-1971) and Director General of Museums (1968-1971). However, some records as Chairman of the Exhibits Modernization Committee (1943-1959) and Director of the National Museum of History and Technolog...
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United States National Museum. Superintendent of Construction for the United States National Museum Building
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1903-1911
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24.02 cu. ft. (20 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 16x20 box) (5 tall document boxes) (11 folders oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 81
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The National Museum Building Construction Records, 1894 - 1919 (bulk 1903 - 1911), document the process and methods used to construct the National Museum Building that is now known as the National Museum of Natural History. These records primarily refer to the management of the construction aspects of the project, documenting specifications ...
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Archives of American Art
- Dates:
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1954-1985
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29.69 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 402
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection documents the development of the Archives of American Art (AAA), chiefly the period since acquisition of AAA by the Smithsonian in 1970, though some records from its earlier history in Detroit and New York are also included. These records contain minutes, files, and correspondence of the Board of Trustees and the Advisory ...
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Jamison Thomas Gallery
- Dates:
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1940-2000
bulk 1980-1995
- Size:
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27.2 Linear feet
0.001 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.jamithog
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Archives of American Art
The Jamison Thomas Gallery records measure 27.2 linear feet and 0.001 Gb and date from 1940-2000, with the bulk of the records dating from 1980-1995, reflecting the years the Gallery operated in Portland Oregon. About 1/2 of the records consist of artists' files of artists represented by the gallery and artists of interest. Also found are administrative records, client and collector files, financial and legal records, exhibition files, and publicity files.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 30-July 8, 1973
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1973
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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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Dowd, William R.
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1949-1997
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33 Cubic feet (81 boxes, 6 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0593
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Dowd's career as a maker and scholar of harpsichords through correspondence, photographs, drawings, notes, and financial materials. The collection contains templates and drawings for harpsichords built or restored by Dowd. The collection also documents the activities of small business and its owner in Boston from 1959-1988.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Dates:
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1860-1961
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66 cu. ft. (132 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7176
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists primarily of reports, notebooks, notes, photographs, maps, and related materials documenting field research conducted by staff naturalists of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and its predecessor, the Bureau of Biological Survey. The reports, which primarily concern biological surveys conducted in the Un...
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National Air and Space Museum. Department of Astronautics
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1965-1984, with materials dating from circa 1953
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32 cu. ft. (64 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 398
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection deals chiefly with Durant's tenure as Assistant Director for Astronautics at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM). Perhaps the single topic of greatest interest is the effort to obtain a building for NASM, which was accomplished on July 1, 1976, when the new museum opened. A parallel theme concerns the drive to plan and com...