George S. Morison Collection
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Morison, George S., 1842-1903
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1846-1903
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30 Cubic feet (61 boxes and 152 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0978
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the career of George S. Morison, a prominent civil engineer, specializing in railroad bridge design. The materials consist primarily of drawings and maps (linen tracings, blueprints, sketches); final bridge reports; photographs; glass plate negatives; daily diaries; correspondence; and published material documenting George S. Morison's participation on the Isthmian Canal Commission, 1898-1903.
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Eng, Miu, 1955-
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1973-1983
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2.1 Linear feet (consisting of 1 oversized box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-102
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The Miu Eng Eastern Wind Collection, which dates from 1973-1983 and measures 2.1 linear feet, speaks to Ms. Eng's role as an activist and artist in Washington D.C.'s early Asian American movement. The collection includes newsletters, photographs, and booklets documenting Ms. Eng's activities with Eastern Wind, a pan-Asian American youth organization formed in 1973 that sought to document and address Asian American issues in the D.C. area. The collection also includes posters designed by Ms. Eng for several D.C. Asian American community programs of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Davis, Edward H., b. 1862
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1903-1939
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770 Photographic prints (approximate number, black & white)
2000 negatives (photographic) (approximate number)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.031
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National Museum of the American Indian
Davis visited the Diegueno and Luiseno in southern California; the Pi-pi (Pais), Kil-e-wah (Cahuilla), and Waicuri of Lower California, Mexico; the Yuma, Cocopah, Pima, Papago, Maricopa, Mojave, Hualapai (Walapai), Yaqui, and White Mountain Apache in Arizona; the Cora, Huichol, Opata, Mayo, and Yaqui of Mexico; the Seri of Tiburon Island; the Chemehuevi of Nevada and California; the Modoc and Klamath Lake Indians in Oregon; and the Paiute in Nevada. His collection contains photographs of Apache, Cahuilla, Chemehuevi, Cochimi, Cochiti Pueblo, Cocopa, Cora, Guaicuruj, Huichol, Kawia, Kiliwa, Kumeyaay (Diegueno), Luiseno, Maricopa, Mayo, Mission, Mohave, Opata, Paipai, Papago (Tohono O'odham), Pima (Akimel O'odham), San Carlos Pueblo, San Manuel, Seri, Ute, Walapai (Hualapai), Yaqui, and Yuma.
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Mauldin, Bill, 1921-2003
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1946-1987
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8 Cubic feet (20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0307
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection is believed to contain all of Mauldin's published cartoons from 1946 to 1987; also periodical and newspaper articles about and by Mauldin, personal items, including his genealogy, and an original sketchbook used by Mauldin while he was in Vietnam, February 1965.
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Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.)
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1899-1960
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1 Linear foot
- Collection ID:
- AAA.sociofac
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Boston-based Society of Arts and Crafts measure 1.0 linear feet and date from 1899 to 1960. The scattered documentations contain administrative records, correspondence, writings and notes, printed materials including twenty-two issues of Handicraft, and a photograph.
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Mooney, James, 1861-1921
Big Horse, Hubble.
Silver Horn, 1860-1940
Murphy, Charles (Cheyenne)
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1902-1906
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50 Items (circa 50 drawings, pencil and crayon, 16 x 26 cm.-39 x 92 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2538
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National Anthropological Archives
Pencil and crayon drawings intermixed with Manuscript notes by Mooney. Oversize drawings identified as Cheyenne, Cheyenne or Arapaho, Kiowa, Dakota and Comanche. Typed list of these, with annotations made by Father Peter J. Powell during visit to National Anthropological Archives is included with master list of drawings in N.A.A. Many of the oversi...
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Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1885-1936
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undated
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156 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3183
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National Anthropological Archives
Also sketch maps of (1) S.W. Oregon showing the Indian geographic names, Chetco and Rogue River area, and (2) of N.W. California showing Indian geographic names, Tolowa area; Plates showing map of rancheria of the Tututoni (Tututunne) and vicinity on Rogue River; map of rancheria and vicinity near main settlement on Rogue ; map of main rancheria of...
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Alvarez, Mabel, 1891-1985
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1898-1987
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2.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.alvamabe
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Archives of American Art
The Mabel Alvarez papers measure 2.3 linear feet and date from 1898 to 1987. The papers include scattered biographical information, scattered letters, unpublished prose, printed materials, sketchbooks, expense books, notebooks, diaries and journals, address books, photographs, and scrapbooks documenting the life and career of Los Angeles painter Mabel Alvarez.
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Head, Howard, 1914-1991 (inventor, business executive)
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1926-1991
bulk 1955-1991
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11 Cubic feet (25 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0589
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Head Papers, 1926-1991, consist of correspondence, calendars, notes, company records (Head Ski Company and Prince Manufacturing Inc.), drawings, sketches, advertisements, product information, photographs, and slides documenting the development and design of both the Head ski and Prince oversized tennis racket. The collection is arranged into ei...
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Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail, 1896-1979
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circa 1920-2017
bulk 1920-1953
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3.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.arnavict
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Archives of American Art
The papers of artist and art teacher Victor Mikhail Arnautoff measure 3.3 linear feet and date from 1920 to 2017 with the bulk of the material dating from the 1920 to 1953. The collection contains biographical material such as marriage certificates, passports, naturalization certificates, and an Arnautoff family history; correspondence between fami...