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Digitized Content Harriman Alaska Expedition Collection
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Creators:
Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)
Dates:
1899-1900
Size:
1.5 cu. ft. (3 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7243
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

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Program Records
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Creators:
National Museum of American Art. Office of Educational Programs
Dates:
circa 1968-1991, with materials dating from 1920
Size:
12.5 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 456
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records consist of files concerning the administration of the office, including monthly calendars and scrapbooks of the docent program, information on exhibitions, the records of the "National Survey of Accessibility in Museums in the United States," and a photograph album of artist Alma Thomas.

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Digitized Content James Forgie Papers
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Creators:
Forgie, James
Dates:
1890 - 1949
bulk 1900-1935
Size:
38.8 Cubic feet (85 boxes; 33 map-folders; 18 volumes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0986
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The papers contain correspondence, reports, drawings, blueprints, cost estimates, contracts, specifications, regulations, legal documents, photographs, profiles, diagrams, clippings, and publications concerning projects which Forgie worked on, especially the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels, the Midtown Hudson Tunnels in New York City. Also included are...

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Publications
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Scholarly Press
Dates:
1924, 1964-2016
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Accession 16-379
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of a reference set of publications from the Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, plus older publications issued by Smithsonian Institution Press and Smithsonian Books. Materials include books and serial publications.

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Digitized Content Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1967 Festival of American Folklife
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Dates:
July 1-4, 1967
Size:
1 Cubic foot (approximate)
Collection ID:
CFCH.SFF.1967
Repository:
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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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Registrar
Dates:
2004-2009
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Accession 13-058
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting objects used in exhibitions at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, loan record sheets, object lists, shipping forms, insurance information, and related materials.

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Digitized Content African Postcard Collection
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Creators:
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
Dates:
1898-[ongoing]
Size:
61 Volumes
Collection ID:
EEPA.1985-014
Repository:
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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Digitized Content Jane and Michael Stern Collection
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Creators:
Stern, Michael, 1946-
Stern, Jane
Dates:
1890-2008
Size:
17 Cubic feet (41 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1392
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection documents Jane and Michael Stern's travels across the United States collecting data for their books on American material culture subjects, with particular emphasis on food and dining.

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Records
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Creators:
American Ornithologists' Union
Dates:
1952, 1978, 2009, 2012-2013
Size:
0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 14-147
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records from the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). Materials include "The Auk," "The Auklet," and "Ornithological Monographs;" information regarding the merging of North American ornithological societies; AOU fellows and elective members information; and photographs of an AOU meeting. Materials include publicatio...

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Commercial Decal, Incorporated Corporate Records
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Creators:
Commercial Decal, Inc.
Seliger, Charles, 1926-2009
Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978
Dates:
1926-1993, undated
Size:
4.62 Cubic feet (39 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0477
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The Commercial Decal, Incorporated records consist of decals, photographs and advertising materials that trace the business transactions of Commercial Decal, Incorporated from its early creation through its closing in 1992. Most of the actual decals and patterns are from the early 1970s through 1992. The records of product orders, however, date bac...

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