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Perrygo, Watson M. interviewee
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1978
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26 audiotapes (reference copies). 52 digital .mp3 files (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9516
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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WANN Radio Station Records
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Blum, Morris
WANN Radio Station (Annapolis, Maryland)
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1940-1999
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13 Cubic feet (32 boxes and 12 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0800
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the creative, technical and political aspects of managing WANN Radio Station in Annapolis, Maryland during the mid-Twentieth Century. Key areas of research include black radio stations; Annapolis African American communities; marketing to Black communities; political activism through media; Black-Jewish community relationships; church, community and media activism.
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Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)
Stanley, Samuel Leonard
White, Wes
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1966-1982 (a few earlier)
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80.72 Linear feet (191 boxes and 32 audio reels)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.1980-10
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National Anthropological Archives
The Center for the Study of Man (CSM) was a bureau level division of the Smithsonian Institution. These records were maintained by the Program Coordinator, Samuel L. Stanley, and include correspondence, scholarly papers, transcripts, administrative materials, photgraphs, and audio recordings. The materials relate to conferences and programs in which CSM took part.
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National Museum of American History. Office of the Director
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circa 1972-1992
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-014
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession documents the tenures of directors Daniel J. Boorstin (1969-1973), Brooke Hindle (1974-1978), and Roger G. Kennedy (1979-1992). The records consist mostly of Collections Committee records pertaining to purchases, loans, and gifts; minutes of meetings; insurance claims; budget, appropriations, and audit reports; inventories; ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
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1966-2000
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-095
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the Flora of North America Project, a project to create a computerized data bank of information about vascular plants of North American north of Mexico. Materials include reports, correspondence, meeting materials, grant proposals, papers and publications, publicity materials, budget records, ...
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Espada, Jason
Espada, Frank, 1930-
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1962-2008
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17 Cubic feet (52 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1395
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of photographic materials taken by Frank Espada, mostly images from the Puerto Rican Diaspora Documentary Project, which documents these communities across the Unites States. In addition, there are materials relating to his earlier work documenting civil rights activities, also in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Nelson, Scott
Bobcat Company
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1940s-2009
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24 Film reels
56 Cubic feet (128 boxes, 8 oversized folders)
10 electronic discs (cd)
5 electronic discs (dvd)
14 videocassettes (betacamsp)
38 videocassettes (u-matic)
9 videocassettes (vhs)
1 videocassettes (digital betacam)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1129
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Bobcat Company Records document a post-war invention process and American manufacturing system through the case study of a dynamic machine, the Bobcat skid-steer loader. The records focus primarily on Bobcat's products, marketing, and advertising through product literature, photographs, advertisements, posters, newsletters, and audiovisual materials.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1790-1980s
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260 Cubic feet (approximately 1244 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Primarily published sheet music, plus some related ephemera. Originally included 781 boxes of American sheet music and assorted clippings, articles, photographs, etc.; also 93 boxes of 33-1/3 RPM phonograph records, 30 boxes of 45 RPM records, and 20 boxes of 78 RPM records
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Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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1903 - 1989
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400 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0301
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Duke Ellington's career primarily through orchestrations (scores and parts), music manuscripts, lead sheets, transcriptions, and sheet music. It also includes concert posters, concert programs, television, radio, motion picture and musical theater scripts, business records, correspondence, awards, as well as audiotapes, audiodiscs, photographs, tour itineraries, newspaper clippings, magazines, caricatures, paintings, and scrapbooks.
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Feinblum, Sandi
Fauci, Anthony S.
Fera, Joe
Feldblum, Chai R.
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1901-2008
bulk 1995-1999
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10 Cubic feet (31 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1128
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
John-Manuel Andriote interviewed numerous individuals involved in the AIDS crisis for his book, Victory Deferred: how AIDS changed gay life in America, this collection contains his interview tapes, transcripts, and materials related to the research and writing of his book.