Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2005 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 23-July 4, 2005
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.2005
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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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Krainik, Cliff
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1859-1934
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3.19 Cubic feet (2 shoeboxes; 3 flatboxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1990.0009
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This 19th and 20th century ballooning memorabilia collection contains the following items, which have been meticulously inventoried: 112 stereoscopic photographs; 107 photographs; 84 postcards, trade cards, valentines, and similar items; 80 prints; and 23 miscellaneous items.
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Worms
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1965-1972
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-048
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence created and maintained by Mary E. Rice. The correspondence primarily concerns the identification, exchange, and distribution of specimens in the Division of Worms.
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United States National Museum, Division of Fishes
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1874-1903 and undated
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1 oversize folder.
- Collection ID:
- Accession 86-058
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of a group of maps found in the Division of Fishes, and a watercolor painting of Unalaska by Henry Wood Elliott, 1874, marked as a gift to Mrs. Spencer F. Baird.
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrate Zoology
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1967-1986
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-289
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of field notes of C. Allan Child (1929-2011), museum specialist in the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology. These notes cover his collecting of marine invertebrates from around the world. Materials include field data sheets, notes, and maps.
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circa 1893
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0.1 linear meter.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7460
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of glass plate negatives depicting various aspects of glaciation in New England states. The negatives were used in the United States National Museum's geology exhibition at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Apparently, they were taken by William Otis Crosby and Oliver Cummings Farrington and purchased ...
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Archives of American Art
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1933-1991
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38.69 cu. ft. (38 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 92-015
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession includes records documenting the production of the Archives of American Art Journal (Volumes 24-26). Materials include Editor's records such as correspondence, publications, notes, grant proposals, agreements, budget summaries, photographs, and reports. Also included in this accession are records which document the administrati...
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Held, John, 1947-
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bulk 1973-2013
1947-2018
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12.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.heldjohn
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Archives of American Art
The papers of rubberstamp and artistamp artist, performance artist, collector of mail art, and fine arts librarian John Held, Jr. date from 1947-2018, bulk 1973-2013, and measure 12.9 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical material, 18 printed diaries, letters received by Held from mail artists around the world, art work consisting of artistamps designed by miscellaneous mail artists, interview transcripts, writings, project and event files, printed material, mail art sent for the Gutai Historical Survey Exhibition held at the San Francisco Art Institute in 2013, and a collection of biographical material presented by Held at a Mail Art Study Day held at the Archives of American Art in 2018.
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Berdan, Jean Milton
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1941-1987 and undated
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-137
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of field notes of Jean Milton Berdan (1916-2004), paleontologist with the United States Geological Survey and the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology. Materials also include scientific illustrations and photographs.
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National Air and Space Museum, Daedalus Human Powered Aircraft Project
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circa 1984-1988
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-023
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials related to the Daedalus Project, a program to develop a human-powered aircraft, sponsored in part by the Smithsonian Institution. Included are magazines, photocopies, reports, photographs and correspondence.