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National Zoological Park, Office of the Director
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1967-1998
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-045
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting National Zoological Park relations and cooperative efforts with Smithsonian offices and bureaus during the tenures of Directors Theodore H. Reed, 1958-1983; and Michael H. Robinson, 1984-2000. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, policies, reports, and information files. See also Accessio...
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Information, Technology and Society, Div. of (NMAH, SI).
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1942-1978
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39 Items
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0684
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Thirty-nine 16mm films on various subjects relating to telephone systems and communications, such as pole worker safety; party line etiquette; the transition from silent film to sound film; and the application of satellites, lasers and transistors to sound communication.
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Coordinator of Public Information
- Dates:
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1977-1984
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4.5 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 373
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist primarily of administrative files of Lawrence E. Taylor as Coordinator of Public Information, 1977-1984. Also included are copies of the minutes of the Board of Regents, 1977-1983.
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of Symposia and Seminars
- Dates:
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1973-1979
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4.5 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 500
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records, kept by Wilton S. Dillon, consist of correspondence, memoranda, background research material, invitations, brochures, resumes, photographs, grant information, publication contracts, symposia schedules, and other administrative records for the following events: the Nature of Scientific Discovery symposium celebrating the 500th anni...
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Washburn, Wilcomb E
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1956-1997
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23.19 cu. ft. (22 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-093
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document aspects of the personal life and career of Wilcomb E. Washburn (WEW) and were removed from his home after his death. The largest single group of papers deals with Washburn's membership in various organizations and societies. There is also substantial information on a projected biography of James Smithson. The papers ...
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of Symposia and Seminars
- Dates:
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1973-2004
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11 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-205
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Wilton Dillon, Director, documenting the planning and execution of symposia and seminars sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution. Some records also document the general history of the Office of Symposia and Seminars. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, planning documents, ...
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary
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1964-1966
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4.8 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 142
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
In 1965 the Smithsonian observed the 200th anniversary of the birth of its founding benefactor. These records document planning for that event.
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Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company.
Rangeloff, Evan
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circa 1910-1991
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3.5 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0716
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes thirty-eight punchboards, all unpunched and in very good to excellent condition, and featuring a range of products and imagery. The collection also includes two punchboard manufacturers' catalogs from the 1940s, which detail the money-making opportunities for jobbers and retailers. The collection also contains corresponde...
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Herbert Waide Hemphill papers
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Hemphill, Herbert Waide
- Dates:
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1776-1998
bulk 1876-1998
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26.7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hempherb
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Archives of American Art
The papers of folk art collector and museum curator Herbert Waide Hemphill date from 1776-1998, bulk 1876-1998, and measure 26.7 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical materials, personal business records, files documenting his collecting, writings, art work, minutes of meetings, a scrapbook, printed material including exhibition and auction announcements and catalogs, and miscellaneous artifacts. The collection also contains numerous photographs of Hemphill, family members, his residences, friends and colleagues, exhibitions, travel, and art work. Sound and video recordings include interviews of Hemphill.
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrate Zoology
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1879, 1961-2001, 2014
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3.03 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-333
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials created by emeritus research zoologist, Clyde F. E. Roper. Roper began his career at the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, in 1966 and quickly became the world's foremost authority on Architeuthis - the giant squid. Some of these records predate his work at the ...