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Tacha, Athena, 1936-
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1959-2019
- Size:
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36.04 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.tachathe
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of sculptor and educator Athena Tacha measure 36.04 linear feet and date from 1959 to 2019. Found are biographical material, correspondence, writings and notes, research and writing files, commission and project files, teaching files from her position at Oberlin College, professional activities files, subject files, printed material, and photographic material. Of note are files documenting Tacha's numerous public art commissions throughout the United States.
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1987-1990
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15 videotapes (Reference copies). 23 digital .wmv files and .rm files (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9536
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical r...
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American Public Works Association.
Stine, Jeffrey K.
- Dates:
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1999-2000
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0983
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Nominations for awards in the "Top Ten Public Works Projects of the Twentieth Century, 1900-2000" competition. The nominations included such things as project brochures, photographs, video cassettes, articles, written histories, and other miscellaneous items submitted to support the individual cases.
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Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
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1995-03-04 - 1995-05-28
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2.42 Linear feet (3 boxes, 1 binder)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-007
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition on selected works created by Georgette Seabrooke Powell. The show was curated by Michelle Black Smith, and exhibited at the Anacostia Museum of the Smithsonian Institution from March 4, 1995 to May 28, 1995. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit scripts, administrative records, brochures, education packets, floor plans, audiovisual materials and catalogues.
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Nathaniel Mathis Collection of Barbering and Beauty Culture
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Mathis, Nathaniel, 1946- (barber, motivational speaker)
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1946-2004
bulk 1970-2004
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5.5 Cubic feet (18 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0641
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Nathaniel Mathis is a Washington, D.C., hairstylist, inventor, motivational speaker, and entrepreneur. His papers document his business life and community involvement.
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Anacostia Community Museum
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November 19, 2005
- Size:
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0.25 Linear feet (1 box)
10 Video recordings (4 miniDV video recordings ; 6 VHS 1/2" video recordings)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-049
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Audiovisual materials related to the Reclaiming Midwives: stills from All my babies exhibition, which was held Nov. 14, 2005-April 2, 2006 at the Anacostia Museum, and at 6 other venues through March 2007. This traveling exhibition was curated by Linda
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National Air and Space Museum. Department of Space History
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1981-1989, 1992
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-154
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Curator Allan A. Needell documenting the planning and execution of the exhibition "Twenty-five Years of Space Exploration" and the associated symposium. The exhibition ran from 1982 through 1983 at the National Air and Space Museum and was then transformed into a traveling exhibition...
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National Air and Space Museum. Department of Space Science and Exploration
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circa 1960-1986
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22.5 cu. ft. (22 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 348
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of administrative files from the Department of Astronautics and the Department of Space Science and Exploration. Materials include correspondence, budget materials, exhibit scripts, annual reports, files of former curator Richard Hallion, correspondence of Durant concerning the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astron...
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 24-July 5, 1998
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1998
- Repository:
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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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1949-1961
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5 cu. ft. (10 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7285
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist primarily of correspondence, 1949-1961, which documents Wilson's activities in the IWCS, the growth of his collection, and his range of contacts with botanists, foresters, and other wood collectors around the world. Topics include collecting trips, specimens, and identifications, as well as IWCS business. Of special i...
