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Weems, Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.)
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circa 1905-circa 2005
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101.81 Cubic feet ( 209 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2012.0052
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Philip Van Horn (P. V. H. ) Weems Papers contain 79 cu. ft. of materials related to his life and career.
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William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann Papers
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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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Parke, Davis Company
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1866-1992
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365 Cubic feet (510 boxes, 43 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0001
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Parke, Davis and Company, one of the largest and oldest pharmaceutical firms in America.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1750-1970
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6.02 Cubic feet (consisting of 10 boxes, 3 half boxes, 1 folder, 8 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, 1 flat box (partial). )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Aviation
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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: Aviation 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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Claussen, Pete
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1941-1943
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7 Cubic feet (21 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0860
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
American magazines and magazine covers dating from 1941 through 1943 with illustrations of the American flag collected and donated by Pete Claussen.
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Watkins, C. Malcolm
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1935-1979 and undated
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12.59 cu. ft. (23 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 16x20 box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7322
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of C. Malcolm Watkins provide comprehensive documentation of his professional career from 1934 to 1980. The collection documents his interest in early American culture; his research on ceramics, historic archeology, and early California history; his curatorial and administrative activities in the Department of Anthropology, USNM, ...
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Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
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1663-2004
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6,500 Items (estimated)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CL.XXXX-0014
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Libraries
Manuscript and printed textual material, photographic prints and negatives, slides, audio tapes, film, original and reproduction artwork, maps, scrapbooks, and historical and natural artifacts related to the history of African exploration and natural history, dating primarily from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Includes correspondence, drafts of publications, diaries, account books, ephemera, posters, newsclippings, biographies, memoirs, portraits, and the former personal property of selected explorers, big game hunters, missionaries, pioneers, and naturalists in Africa.
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1893-1980 and undated
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22.67 cu. ft. (45 document boxes) (1 3x5 box) (1 microfilm reel)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7294
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the history, operation, and activities of the ANS (before 1960, the Audubon Society of the District of Columbia). They also help to illustrate the evolution of the local and national conservation movement; environmental legislation and issues supported by ANS; the development of environmental education; and the natural ...
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Princeton University
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1863-1950
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135 Cubic feet (10,690 posters)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0433
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An extensive and comprehensive collection of posters from World War I and World War II.
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Shaver, Dorothy, 1893-1959
Shaver, Elsie
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circa 1920-1959; undated
bulk 1945-1959
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14 Sound recordings
32 Cassette tapes
1 Electronic discs (CD)
6 Cubic feet (22 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0631
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Dorothy Shaver, one of the best-known female executives in the 1950s; Shaver became the first female president of Lord & Taylor in 1945.
