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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1988
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-206
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audio and video recordings created during the production of the video, "The Reel Jungle." "The Reel Jungle," 1988, was a companion film to the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service exhibition, "Tropical Rainforests: A Disappearing Treasure," which showed the myths and misconceptions that artists a...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1987-1988
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6.66 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (2 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-199
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual elements for the interactive video project that accompanied the exhibition "A Material World." The production incorporates video animation, puppetry, and on-location photography in two interactive videos, "Knowing Materials" and "Testing Materials." Among those featured in the production is racing driver ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1976, 1978-1979, 1986, 1992, undated
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1.38 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 film box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-080
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual materials created during the production of "Place of Dreams;" "Men of Greatness, Feats of Daring;" "Reunions: Memories of an American Experience;" "To Fly!;" "Uncovering the Earth;" and "Berlin Airlift." "Place of Dreams" features a close-up look at the National Air and Space Museum's unparalleled co...
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Safko International, Inc. Records
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Safko, Lon S.
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1984 - 1996
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12.6 Cubic feet (34 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0911
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records of Safko International, Inc., document an assistive computer technology company created by Lon S. Safko to produce and sell the environmental control systems he invented for the physically disabled, specifically quadriplegics. Through the use of a computer and alternative input devices, the physically disabled were able to overcome physical barriers which inhibited them from attaining an autonomous lifestyle.
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Smithsonian Press/Smithsonian Productions
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1988-1989, 1994, 1997, undated
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-040
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual elements that were likely associated with the production of the Smithsonian Video Collection. The Smithsonian Video Collection was a joint venture with Eastman Kodak Company to provide videos featuring Smithsonian Institution collections and research to the general public. A total of six one-hour pro...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
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1982-1994
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-187
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of fifty videocassette recordings pertaining to news, informational, and promotional coverage of Smithsonian Institution events, staff, and issues.
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Ride, Sally, 1951-2012
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1970-2012
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24 Cubic feet (63 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2014.0025
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Sally K. Ride Papers consists of over 23 cubic feet of papers, photographs, certificates, and film, created or collected by Sally Ride and chronicling her career from the 1970s through the 2010s. The papers document Ride's lifetime of achievements and include material relating to her astronaut training and duties; her contributions to space policy; her work as a physicist; and her work as an educator, including Sally Ride Science and related STEM projects.
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Science Media Group
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1994-2013
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-067
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Science Media Group (SMG) was founded by Dr. Matthew H. Schneps and Dr. Philip Michael Sadler as an experimental project to explore novel applications of video in the service of science education. In operation at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory from 1989 to 2013, this accession consists of...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1989-1990
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-204
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual materials created during the production of "American Abstraction 1930-1945: The Artists Speak." This 30-minute interactive videodisc was completed in 1989 to enrich the National Museum of American Art exhibition, "Patricia and Philip Frost Collection: American Abstraction 1930-1945." Materials include int...
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Brown, Ray (Jazz musician)
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circa 1940-2010
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8 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1362
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Ray Brown was an African-American musician, composer, bandleader, manager, music teacher and promoter. He became best known for his collaborative work with Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, the Oscar Peterson Trio and Norman Granz' s Jazz at the Philharmonic. Over the course of his career, Brown received awards and accolades from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Jazz Hall of Fame, Down Beat and Playboy. Brown's papers document his professional music career from 1944 to 2002 and include music compositions and notes, publicity materials, photographs, and some recordings of his performances.
