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Bent, Arthur Cleveland, 1866-1954
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circa 1910-1954
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10.38 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (5 document boxes) (8 5x8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7120
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Washington Society of Engineers
Remington, Charles E.
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1905-1985
bulk 1930-1979
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13.1 Cubic feet (30 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0972
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Washington Society of Engineers was founded in 1905 with the objective to advance engineering knowledge and maintain a high professional standard among members. Membership was open to all individuals who were actively engaged in any branch of the engineering profession. The records contain membership records, meeting minutes and reports, financial records, correspondence, projects and events details, as well as research documents.
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department
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1998-2007
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49 cu. ft. (49 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-038
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the awarding of funding by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). These records relate to the Chandra X-Ray Center and were maintained by the Subawards/Grant Awards Section. Materials include correspondence, proposals, amendments, reports, reviews, revisions, agreements, checklists, financia...
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Robinson and Via Family Papers
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Robinson, Franklin A., Jr., 1959- (actor)
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1838-2017, undated
bulk 1872-1985
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22.1 Cubic feet (67 boxes, 3 map-size folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0475
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting the farming and family life of the Robinson family of Prince George's County and after 1975, Charles County, Maryland. Papers documenting the farming and family of the Via family of Greene County, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Prince George's and Calvert Counties, Maryland, by 1949.
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Danske filminstitut
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circa 1915-1986
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10 Cubic feet (23 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0543
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains primarily black-and-white silver gelatin photographic prints, produced by film studios and distributors for advertising and theater lobby display purposes. The films are mostly American, although the collection includes some European and Japanese films. Some films are accompanied by small booklets in Danish.
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Brandon Fortune
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1977-1993
bulk 1987-1991
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6.75 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- NPG.CAP.00004
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National Portrait Gallery
Research material gathered by Brandon B. Fortune regarding two exhibitions and one exhibition catalog about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago; including correspondence with museums and collectors, and photocopied book pages. The exact title of the first exhibition is now unknown, but it was likely similar to "World's Columbian Exhibition, 1893: Department of Fine Arts." The second exhibition was entitled "American Art at the 1893 World's Fair-Revisiting the White City," which was accompanied by a book with the same title.
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Bonaparte, Roland, prince, 1858-1924
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circa 1883-1884
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138 mounted prints (albumen, 5 album boxes)
13 Photographic prints (collotype, 1 album box)
64 Photographic prints (color, 1 album box)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.80-52
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographic portfolios made by Prince Roland Bonaparte in his "Collection Anthropologique" group. The bulk of the collection consists of individual portraits of "Peaux-Rouges" (Omaha Indians), "Kalmouks" (Kalmyks), "Hindous" (Hindus), "Hottentots" (Khoikhoi), Somalis, "Atchinois" (Acehnese), and Surinamese. There are also some images of clothing, dwellings and animals, including camels and horses.
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Miller, Fred E., 1868-1936
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circa 1898-1910
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2 Linear feet
132 glass plate negatives
65 Photographic prints
145 acetate negatives (copy negatives)
148 contact prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.108
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains photographs depicting Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) people on the reservation in Montana. The photographs were shot by Fred E. Miller, a Bureau of Indian Affairs clerk circa 1898-1910.
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Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
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Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
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circa 1870-1989
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25 Boxes
The subseries contains black and silver gelatin negatives.
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.08
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). Subseries 4.8 consists of black and white silver gelatin negatives. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records
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Bernard, Joseph-Fidèle, 1878-1972
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1921
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11 glass plate negatives
11 copy negatives
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.132
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Joseph-Fidèle Bernard photographs from Alaska consists of negatives taken by Bernard in 1921 among the Inupiaq (Alaska Inupiat Eskimo) and Siberian Yu'pik communities. Bernard was an artic trader, trapper and captain of the schooner "Teddy Bear."