Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
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Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934
American Geographical Society
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1925-1926
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425 Photographic prints
68 Copy negatives
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.114
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National Museum of the American Indian
Photographic prints and copy negatives made by Major Otto Holstein in and around the ruins of Chan Chan, Peru between 1925 and 1926. Some of these photographs were later used by Holstein to illustrate his article publication "Chan-Chan: Capital of the Great Chimu" in the American Geographical Society's publication Geographical Review.
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Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919
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1876-1977
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0.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.coxkenyl
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Kenyon and Louise Cox measure 0.3 linear feet and date from 1876 to 1977. Included are Kenyon and Louise's Certificate of Marriage, autobiographical notes by Louise focusing on her time at the National Academy of Design, writings, and correspondence, primarily from Kenyon Cox, including several illustrated letters. Also found is artwork by Kenyon and others, including Julian Alden Weir, biographical material on Jacob Dolson Cox, Keyon's Father, photographs and printed reproductions of artwork, magazine and newspaper clippings, an unpublished bibliography on Kenyon Cox, and a handwritten list of Kenyon Cox paintings in the National Academy of Design permanent collection.
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McGlauchlin, Tom, 1934-2011
Byrd, Joan Falconer
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
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2006 October 13
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39 Pages (Transcript)
2 Items (Sound recording: 2 sound files (1 hr., 58 min.), digital; wav)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mcglau06
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Tom McGlauchlin conducted 2006 October 13, by Joan Falconer Byrd, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at the Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1708-1938
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10.92 Cubic feet (consisting of 23 boxes, 2 folders, 2 oversize folders, 1 flat box, plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Plays
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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: Plays 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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Freeman, Ethel Cutler, 1886-1972
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1934-1972
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61.03 Linear feet (114 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.XXXX.0166
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National Anthropological Archives
Ethel Cutler Freeman was an amateur Seminole specialist and research associate with the American Museum of Natural History. Her papers also reflect field work among the Arapaho, Shoshoni, Navaho, Pueblo, Hopi, Kickapoo, and people of the Virgin Islands, the Bahama Islands, and Haiti, and the music and chants of Africa, including those of the Maasai, Zulu, and Pygmies. A small amount of material relates to the Hoover Commission on Indian Affairs, of which Freeman was a member. Correspondents include several Seminole Indians and government officials, personal acquaintances, organizations, and associates of the American Museum of Natural History.
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National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
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1898-[ongoing]
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61 Volumes
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1985-014
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection includes postcards from 45 African countries. Subjects include agriculture; animals; artists; body arts; cityscapes; cultural landscapes; dance; education; expeditions; flora; industry; leaders; marketplaces; medicine; military; missionaries; music; portraits; recreation; rites and ceremonies; and transportation, among many other topics.
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Merrill, George P. (George Perkins), 1854-1929
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1889-1925 and undated
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-012
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession contains unpublished manuscripts by George P. Merrill and related materials. The Merrill manuscripts contain information on the history of the Department of Geology, United States National Museum. Other manuscripts document the Division of Mineralogy and Petrology.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Coordinator of Public Information
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1977-1984
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11 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 373
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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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circa 1885-1981
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14.41 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (20 document boxes) (4 12x17 boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7293
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Materials in this record unit were donated to the Archives by Lucile Quarry Mann and the National Zoological Park between 1977 and 1988. During 1980 and 1981, Lucile Mann narrated the 16mm motion picture on audiotape with scripts by Pamela M. Henson, Oral Historian. In 1985, the motion picture was transferred to a 3/4" videotape and the t...
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National Portrait Gallery. Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management
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1973-2017
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25.5 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-102
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the work of the Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management in the preparation and development of exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), as well as the design and publicity involved with exhibitions and the loan of art objects both to and from the museum. Staff represented...