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D.C. Art Association records
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Creators:
District of Columbia Art Association
Dates:
1961-1990
Size:
1.91 Linear feet (3 boxes)
Collection ID:
ACMA.06-021
Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives

The collection, which dates from 1969 to 1991 and measures 1.91 linear feet, documents the history of the District of Columbia Art Association, which was founded in 1961 by D.C. public school teachers. The collection is comprised of business documents, correspondence, exhibition catalogs, and artist biographies.

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National Photographic Society Records
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Creators:
Revenue Camera Club
Schroeder, Barbara
National Photographic Society
Dates:
1942-1986
Size:
3.5 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0681
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Collection documents the National Photographic Society, an amateur camera club in Washington, D.C.

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Digitized Content Robert Rankin papers
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Creators:
Rankin, Robert Louis, 1939-
Dates:
1886, 1914, 1956-2011
Size:
31.77 Linear feet (55 boxes, 1 map folder)
196 sound recordings
Collection ID:
NAA.2014-16
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

The Robert Rankin papers, 1886, 1914, 1956-2011, document his field work, research, and professional activities, primarily in relation to his work studying American Indian languages. Rankin was professor of linguistics at the University of Kansas from 1969 until his retirement in 2005. The collection consists of sound recordings, field notebooks, vocabulary lists and bibliographies, dictionaries, research files, slip files, word lists, correspondence, ephemera, notes, readings and reprints, writings, drafts, and teaching materials. This includes materials from Rankin's work with the last native speakers of the Quapaw and Kaw (Kansa, Kanza) languages and subsequent research, writings, and collaborations with tribes and fellow linguists.

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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
National Museum of American Art and Portrait Gallery. Library
Dates:
circa 1910-1986
Size:
10.43 cu. ft. (20 document boxes) (1 12x17 box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 333
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This collection consists primarily of brochures, booklets, and books cataloging single exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art, the National Collection of Fine Arts, the National Museum of American Art, and the Renwick Gallery. Also included are a few catalogs from exhibitions of SITES. There are catalogs from exhibitions staged by the ...

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William J. Lenz Piano Tuning Collection
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Creators:
Everett Piano Company
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Company
Chickering & Sons Piano Company
Pratt, Read and Company
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Dates:
ca. 1903-1955.
Size:
0.25 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0511
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Advertisements, catalogs, repair manuals, union materials, and technical drawings related to pianos and piano tuning (companies and organizations listed below). While providing a window into a profession that spans both science and music, this collection contains information concerning economic changes, advertising, trade associations, and technical advances.

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Digitized Content Thomas Downing papers
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Creators:
Downing, Thomas, 1928-1985
Dates:
circa 1946-1995
Size:
1.4 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.downthom
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of painter Thomas Downing measure 1.4 linear feet and date from circa 1946 to 1995. The papers document his career as an artist in Washington, D.C. and Provincetown, Massachusetts through biographical material, correspondence, writings, personal business records, printed material, photographic material and artwork.

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Oral history interviews with Fausto Bocanegra
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Creators:
Bocanegra, Fausto, 1926- interviewee
Dates:
1988
Size:
0.1 linear meter.
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9561
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Oral History Project is part of the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The purpose of the project is to conduct and collect interviews with current and retired members of the Smithsonian staff who have made significant contributions, administrative and scholarly, to the Institution. The project's goal is to supplement the published record ...

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Digitized Content Amy Zaharlick, George L. Trager, and Felicia H. Trager sound recordings and papers on Picuris language
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Creators:
Trager, Felicia Harben, 1930-
Zaharlick, Ann Marie, 1947-
Trager, George L.
Dates:
1952 - 1990
Size:
130 Sound recordings
4 Linear feet
Collection ID:
NAA.2012-14
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

This collection consists of Amy Zaharlick's research and sound recordings on Picuris and other Pubeloan languages as well as the field recordings and notes given to Zaharlick by anthropologist and fellow Picuris specialist, George L. Trager.

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Digitized Content Virginia Mericle Menu Collection
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Creators:
Henderson, Vanessa
Mericle, Virginia
Dates:
1960 - 1999
Size:
10 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1212
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Over four thousand menus from American and international restaurants documenting the marketing and sale of food outside of the home to consumers around the world.

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Digitized Content Dr. Arthur Nutt Papers
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Creators:
Nutt, Arthur, 1895-1983
Dates:
1915-1981
bulk 1915-1945
Size:
5.57 Cubic feet (15 boxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.1987.0115
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

Arthur Nutt was an aeronautical engineer specializing in engine design.

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