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National Museum of American Art. Department of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Painting and Sculpture
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1965-1983
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12.5 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 459
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document exhibitions organized by the Department. Also included are administrative files and general correspondence files of the office.
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Griffiths, David, 1867-1935
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1904-1930
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0.69 cu. ft. (1 document box) (0.19 non-standard size boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-104
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
David Griffiths (1867-1935), a botanist, received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1900. He joined the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in 1901 as an Assistant Agrostologist, and was promoted to Agriculturist in 1907 and Horticulturist in 1918. He remained with the USDA for his entire career. Griff...
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Biological Society of Washington
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1965-1986
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 90-127
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the operation and activities of the Biological Society of Washington (BSW), including its publications program. Materials include minutes, membership records, and officer correspondence.
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National Portrait Gallery. Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management
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1997-2009
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14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-084
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the work of the Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management in various aspects of exhibition development, planning, design, and publicity. Exhibitions documented include Eye Contact: Modern American Portrait Drawings; American Women; Portrait of the Art World: A Century of ARTnews ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Tulamniu Project
Walker, Edwin F.
Walker, Winslow M. (Winslow Metcalf), 1903-1996
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1905-1953
bulk 1933-1934
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8.67 Linear feet (8 boxes and 9 map folders)
4 Volumes (4 albums of nitrate negatives)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.XXXX.0062
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National Anthropological Archives
The Tulamniu C.W.A. Project SLF-76 excavated a group of large shell mounds near Taft, California, in the upper San Joaquin valley. The site had previously been located and tentatively identified as the village site of Tulamniu. The project was directed by Dr. William Duncan Strong, assisted by Winslow M. Walker. Two trained California archaeologists, W. R. Wedel, from the University of California, and E. F. Walker of the Southwest Museum, assisted. This collection includes field notes, records, specimen catalogues, correspondence, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, reference articles, maps, and charts and tables generated by the expedition. There is material mentioned in reports which is not included in this collection.
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S. Joseph Begun Papers
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Begun, S. Joseph (Semi Joseph), 1905-1995
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1888-2000
bulk 1927-1995
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21 Cubic feet (46 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0535
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Semi Joseph Begun was a pioneer in magnetic recording. The papers document Begun's professional career in the field of magnetic recording.
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Fireman, Edward L., 1922-1990
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circa 1950-1990
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25.53 cu. ft. (24 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (3 3x5 boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7463
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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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Weems, Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.)
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circa 1905-circa 2005
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101.81 Cubic feet ( 209 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2012.0052
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Philip Van Horn (P. V. H. ) Weems Papers contain 79 cu. ft. of materials related to his life and career.
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National Collection of Fine Arts. Assistant to the Director
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1972-1978
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 440
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records primarily document America as Art, the major exhibition and catalog which Murray produced for the Bicentennial in 1976. Also included are a small number of administrative subject files pertaining to other matters.
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Colonial Waterbird Society
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circa 1976-1995
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-050
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials produced by H. W. Kale, former Vice President and later President (1990-1995) of the Colonial Waterbird Society (CWS). Also included is the correspondence of Keith L. Bildstein, former Vice President of CWS, and Robert S. Baker, former Treasurer. Some records date back to when CWS was known as the Colonial ...