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Smithsonian Associates, Office of Public Affairs
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1981-1993
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9.5 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-023
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Within this accession, the first series contains records pertaining to Special Events which include performing arts, lectures and films. The second series includes records concerning Tuesday Mornings, Singles Evenings, seminars, tours, Discovery Theatre, the Young Associates, Discover Graphics, and Campus on the Mall. The third series con...
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Black and Decker Collection
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1914-1992
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1441
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Approximately 150 photographic negatives, 54 photographic prints, and two rolls of film negatives documenting the history of the Black and Decker Corporation, from a few years after its founding in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1910, through the 1990s.
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Burns, Ralph
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circa 1940-1994
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0736
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains sheet music and presentation scores of songs written and arranged by composer Ralph Burns.
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Rice, Robert B., 1900-1976
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1915 - 1954
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30.1 Cubic feet (81 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0322
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Personal papers and correspondence (ca. 1946-1953) of Rice; publications, mostly on Diesel engines, their components and technical problems; material from Rice's academic career; directories of Diesel engine manufacturers and brochures describing their products; technical manuals and reprints of technical articles.
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Dushman, Saul, (electrical engineer), 1883-1954
- Dates:
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1924-1954
- Size:
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7.3 Cubic feet (23 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0101
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers document Dushman's work at the Research Laboratory of General Electric Company (GE).
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Carver, Sonora Webster, 1904-2003
- Dates:
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undated
1891-1994
- Size:
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3 Cubic feet (8 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0521
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists primarily of materials collected by Sonora Webster Carver documenting her career as a diving horse rider and later in life her advocacy work with the Lighthouse for the Blind.
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Oishi, Mamoru, 1918-1993
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circa 1941-1962
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1420
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes a photograph album containing photographs documenting Oishi's experiences as a Japanese American soldier during World War II and his time with the Military Intelligence Service; identification cards; maps and guidebooks; booklets issued to soldiers; language dictionaries; and miscellany.
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Janssen Piano Company.
- Dates:
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1901-1929
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0512
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is composed of six scrapbooks assembled by the Janssen Piano Company of New York. These contain clippings on manufacturing, piano models, and marketing techniques, as well as company-sponsored outings and picnics. Also includes brochures--listing names of Janssen Piano owners in various geographic areas--used as a marketing device.
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Chamberlain, Robert G.
- Dates:
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1954-1984
- Size:
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3.5 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
2 motion picture films
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0527
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Chamberlain's review of his work in the field of numerical control is detailed in his personal "Recollections of a Pioneer Numerical Control Programmer," which comprises Series 1. This is a roughly chronological summary of his career, presenting his major work experiences and accomplishments at Gidding & Lewis from his initial employment there in ...
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Lippe, Aschwin, 1914-1988
- Dates:
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1930 - 1988
- Size:
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36 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2012.01
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Aschwin Lippe was a research fellow and later curator in the Department of Far Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The collection includes his early research and writings on East Asian art, particularly Chinese paintings. It has substantial material on his involvement in selecting the paintings and writing the catalog for the 1961 Chinese Art Treasures Exhibition. He later shifted his research focus to medieval Indian sculpture. The collection includes journals kept during several years of field research in India as well as his extensive photo-documentation of Indian temples and religious sculpture.