Disability Reference Collection
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1853-2015
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40 Cubic feet (89 boxes, 2 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1319
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of archival materials compiled by National Museum of American History Curator Katherine Ott, on numerous subjects relating to disability and the rights of the disabled.
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Sturtevant, William C.
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1952-2007
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220 Linear feet (The total extent of the collection is 191.41 linear feet (consisting of 473 document boxes and 2 record boxes) plus 254 sound recordings, 94 computer disks, 42 card file boxes, 85 oversize folders, 9 rolled items, 18 binder boxes, and 3 oversize boxes. Of the total extent, 4.79 linear feet (14 boxes) are restricted.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2008-24
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection contains the professional papers of William Curtis Sturtevant and documents his activities as Curator of North American Ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History, his work as the editor-in-chief of the Handbook of North American Indians, his research among the Seminole and Iroquois people, and other professional activities. The collection is comprised of books, sound recordings, research and field notes, realia, artifacts, clippings, microfilm, negatives, slides, photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, memorandums, card files, exhibition catalogs, articles, and bibliographies.
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National Museum of American History.
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circa 1983-1994 and undated
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27 cu. ft. (27 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-002
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the planning, development, and installation of American Encounters, a permanent exhibition at the National Museum of American History (NMAH) commemorating the Columbus Quincentenary. The exhibition opened in 1992. The records primarily include the correspondence, memoranda, and research fil...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1964-1973
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26.5 cu. ft. (53 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 197
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records are chiefly files of the Director's Office, 1964-1969, 1971-1972. During the earlier period a complicated subject-numeric system was in use. In 1971 a simpler subject-numeric plan was used and replaced before the end of that year by a straight alphabetic subject file, which is the current office filing system. A full history ...
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Freeman, Ethel Cutler, 1886-1972
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1934-1972
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61.03 Linear feet (114 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.XXXX.0166
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Ethel Cutler Freeman was an amateur Seminole specialist and research associate with the American Museum of Natural History. Her papers also reflect field work among the Arapaho, Shoshoni, Navaho, Pueblo, Hopi, Kickapoo, and people of the Virgin Islands, the Bahama Islands, and Haiti, and the music and chants of Africa, including those of the Maasai, Zulu, and Pygmies. A small amount of material relates to the Hoover Commission on Indian Affairs, of which Freeman was a member. Correspondents include several Seminole Indians and government officials, personal acquaintances, organizations, and associates of the American Museum of Natural History.
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National Museum of Natural History. Biodiversity Program
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1986-1992
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12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-020
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the activities of the Biodiversity Program, directed by Don E. Wilson. Materials include correspondence; documents concerning workshops conducted in different countries; biodiversity database information; memoranda regarding research, exhibitions and outreach functions; lists of specimens; ...
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Conant, Francis
- Dates:
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1946-2011
bulk 1953-2008
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20 Linear feet ((43 boxes) plus 25 digital storage media and 5 map folders
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- Collection ID:
- NAA.2012-13
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The papers of Francis P. Conant document his anthropological work and, to a lesser extent, his previous career as a journalist and photographer. Francis Paine Conant was a cultural anthropologist who pioneered the use of satellite data in anthropology. He conducted fieldwork in Nigeria and Kenya, and his research interests spanned cultural ecology, AIDS, malaria, and sex and gender studies. He was also Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Hunter College, where he taught from 1962 to 1995.
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Friedman, Dan, 1945-1995
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1967 - 1995
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16 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1277
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
General correspondence files contain all communications that do not pertain to a specific project. Because Friedman's personal life and business were so interconnected, many of his business associates also shared personal correspondence with the designer.,Materials in this collection document Friedman's work from 1967, as a student, until his death...
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Fulton, Garland, 1890-1974
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1914-1964
bulk 1918-1945
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20.8 Cubic feet (45 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0101
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Garland Fulton Collection consists of material gathered by Captain Garland Fulton.
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Princeton University
- Dates:
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1863-1950
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135 Cubic feet (10,690 posters)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0433
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Primarily war-related posters.
