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Harper, Marion, 1916-1989 (advertising executive)
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circa 1920-1995, undated
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27 Cubic feet (51 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0394
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Notes, clippings, published and unpublished manuscripts on business and marketing; but primarily personal materials.
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Millard Sheets papers
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Sheets, Millard, 1907-1989
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circa 1907-2000
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27.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.sheemill
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Millard Sheets papers comprise 27.6 linear feet of material dating from circa 1907 to 2000 with bulk dates spanning 1956 to 1981. The collection documents Sheets's career as a designer, painter, and muralist, and his personal and professional interests through correspondence, writings, lectures, printed material, drawings, slides, photographs, and ephemera. A small addition donated 2018 by Carolyn Owen-Toole, Sheet's daughter. There is a 4.6 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated 2018 that includes writings; sketchbooks and sketches; photographs and negatives of works of art, images of Millard Sheets and others; printed material, including two scrapbooks; and scattered correspondence regarding Sheet's projects.
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Smithsonian Institution. International Exchange Service
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circa 1908-1971
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21 cu. ft. (21 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 502
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of the correspondence of the director of the International Exchange Service along with invoices and shipping instructions. The bulk of the correspondence relates to the exchange of printed matter between parties in the United States and abroad.
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National Museum of American History. Department of Exhibits
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1957-1992
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35.58 cu. ft. (35 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 551
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of exhibition design, production, and installation information including proposals and narratives, scripts, schedules, graphic designs, construction contracts and specifications, floor plans, blueprints, schematic drawings, and photographs. The records also include Department of Exhibits administrative files such as corre...
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Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
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1935-1988
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4.29 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.A2017.47
- Repository:
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
James Baldwin was a writer and an activist and is one of the most prominent voices from his generation to bring light to issues of racial and sexual discrimination. This collection contains correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, and awards. The collection provides insight into his family, writing process, and travels during his lifetime.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
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1949-2009
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6.5 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-216
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Bernard S. Finn, Curator Emeritus of electricity collections, and Elliot N. Sivowitch, Museum Specialist, which document their curatorial and professional activities in the Division of Information Technology and Society, and during the years when the division was known as the Division of Electricity ...
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National Air and Space Museum. Office of Special Events
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circa 1971-1989
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23.5 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 339
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist primarily of Special Events files. Also included is a small amount of administrative material and records of the annual Frisbee Festival, 1977-1983. Other Frisbee Festival materials can be found throughout the collection.
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National Museum of History and Technology. Office of the Director
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1944-1975
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51 cu. ft. (102 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 276
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records partially cover the administration of Alexander Wetmore and A. Remington Kellogg as directors of the United States National Museum; more fully the tenures of Frank A. Taylor, John C. Ewers and Robert P. Multhauf, as directors of the Museum of History and Technology (MHT); and Daniel J. Boorstin and Brooke Hindle, as directors ...
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Hindle, Brooke
- Dates:
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circa 1944-1985
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43 cu. ft. (43 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7363
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987
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1919-1987
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24.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hitchenp
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of architectural historian, author, critic, teacher, and museum director, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, date from 1919-1987 and measure 24.8 linear feet. Almost all of the collection is comprised of Hitchcock's correspondence files relating to academic research, teaching, curatorial interests, and professional associations. Letters are from prominent architectural historians, architects, artists, preservationists, museum directors and curators, and family and friends. Also found are two feet of writings by Hitchcock and others, scattered biographical information, printed material, and photographs of Hitchcock and architecture.