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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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2001-10-01
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0.75 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0792
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Approximately five hours of video footage documenting Harold Kroto, chemist and Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1996) discussing carbon structures called "bucky balls" named after architect Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes. Kroto describes properties and mathematical principles represented by these structures and he discusses his background and winning the Nobel Prize.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Programming and Budget
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1957-1973
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19 cu. ft. (19 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T90068
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting budget planning for the Smithsonian Institution from 1963 to 1973. The records primarily consist of correspondence, memoranda, statistics, and reports pertaining to employment; funding and operating costs for Museums, offices, and special programs; personnel salaries and expenses; Congressional he...
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1865–1869
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50 Reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.FB.M826
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
The collection is comprised of digital surrogates previously available on the 50 rolls of microfilm described in the NARA publication M826. These digital surrogates reproduced the Records of the Superintendent of Assistant Commissioner for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869. They consist of 41 volumes and approximately 30 feet of unbound records. The volume include letters and endorsements sent; registers of letters received; orders issued and received; registers of indentures and marriages; a register of reports, vouchers, and requisitions received; and index books. The unbound records consist mainly of letters received, orders, reports, freedmen's labor contracts, and a few miscellaneous papers.
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Nadel, Leonard, 1916-1990
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1950-2006
bulk 1956-1960
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3 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1313
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographer Leonard Nadel's supplemental material relating to and photographs of the Mexican braceros (manual laborers). They were photographed in California, Texas, and Mexico for the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Republic during the late 1950s and early 1960s in support of a report entitled Strangers in Our Fields by Dr. Ernesto Galarza.
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National Museum of American History. Department of the History of Science and Technology
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circa 1979-1990, and undated
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23.69 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-001
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the planning, development, and installation of Information Age: People, Information, and Technology, a major exhibition at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), which traces the evolution of information-processing and communications technologies from the 1830s to the present. The ...
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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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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 30-July 11, 2006
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1 Cubic Feet (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.2006
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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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Fisher, Richard
Fisher, Richard, Mrs.
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1902-1968
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes , 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1045
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Fisher Collection of Panama Canal materials contains materials collected by Richard Fisher, who lived in the Panama Canal Zone during its construction. Materials include books and pamphlets, stereographs, postcards, and panoramic photographs detailing the construction and history of the Panama Canal.
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Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)
Stanley, Samuel Leonard
White, Wes
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1966-1982 (a few earlier)
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80.72 Linear feet (191 boxes and 32 audio reels)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.1980-10
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National Anthropological Archives
The Center for the Study of Man (CSM) was a bureau level division of the Smithsonian Institution. These records were maintained by the Program Coordinator, Samuel L. Stanley, and include correspondence, scholarly papers, transcripts, administrative materials, photgraphs, and audio recordings. The materials relate to conferences and programs in which CSM took part.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Interdisciplinary Studies
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circa 1978-1991
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 495
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records include correspondence, memoranda, announcements, publication contracts, photographs, grant information, lecture agreements, reports, brochures, research materials, resumes, and publication information for the following symposia: Kin and Communities: The Peopling of America; Constitutional Roots, Rights, and Responsibilities; ...