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Archives Center Glass Plate Collection
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Creators:
Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
Dates:
ca. 1910-1920.
Size:
0.1 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0246
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Collection designated for miscellaneous glass plates, unidentified and/or of unknown provenance. The plates included here are indexed, but additional items may be added to the collection. There are eight plates, both negatives and positives; subjects include a man with cog railway tracks(?), two images of an observatory and two of the moon, and fou...

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Terry M. Sachs Collection
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Creators:
Mathematics, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
Sachs, Terry M.
Dates:
1965-1971
Size:
1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0238
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Includes IBM operating manuals, RCA training and field engineering manuals, several printouts of data from RCA computer in COBOL; and a description of a computer programming problem (payroll calculation and reporting).

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Administrative Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
Dates:
1868-1931
Size:
1.69 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 16x20 box)
Collection ID:
Accession T90114
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of correspondence, fiscal records, and material pertaining to William de C. Ravenel. Records also include information on various expositions and the transfer of the Greenough statue.

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Digitized Content Frank Coffyn Scrapbooks and Photo Albums
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Creators:
Coffyn, Frank, 1878-1960
Dates:
1911-1932
Size:
1.1 Cubic feet (4 flatboxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0065
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

Frank Coffyn (1878-1960) was a pioneer flyer and aviation consultant. Coffyn learned to fly from the Wright Brothers in Dayton Ohio, and was a member of the original Wright Flying Team. This collection consists of scrapbooks and photo albums documenting his career.

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Records
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Creators:
Society of Systematic Biologists
Dates:
circa 1977-1994
Size:
3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 96-145
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of the records of the Treasurer, Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB), and its predecessor, the Society of Systematic Zoology (renamed SSB in 1991).

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Seydou Keita study photographs
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Creators:
Keita, Seydou, 1923-
Dates:
1952-1960
Size:
80 Photographic prints (black & white, 18 x 13 cm.)
Collection ID:
EEPA.1996-002
Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
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Field Research Photographs
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Creators:
United States National Museum. Department of Geology
Dates:
circa 1909-1924
Size:
2.74 cu. ft. (3 document boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 5x8 box) (3 3x5 boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 02-086
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of glass plate negatives of specimens from the Burgess Shale in the Rocky Mountains, near Field, British Columbia, Canada, collected by Charles D. Walcott, fourth Smithsonian Secretary. Materials include glass negatives of fossilized remains embedded in shale slabs and illustrations used in publications, as well as ...

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Volunteer Program Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center
Dates:
circa 1967-2005
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Accession 19-219
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting resources and tools for training docents at the Smithsonian Institution (SI) Building, commonly known as the Castle. Topics cover the institution's history including founder James Smithson, the Enid A. Haupt Garden, tours, and the architecture, and design of the facility. Materials include co...

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Edward P. Henderson Papers
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Creators:
Henderson, Edward P. (Edward Porter), 1898-
Dates:
circa 1930-1987 and undated, with materials from 1859
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7349
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These papers consist of correspondence and photographs documenting Henderson's career at the USNM and NMNH, and his research on meteorites. Most of the material dates from the 1960s and 1970s when Henderson was Curator Emeritus. Also included is an 1859 letter from an ancestor of Henderson's, Charles Henderson, to Martha M. Henderson, chronicl...

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Donald Blinken papers
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Creators:
Blinken, Donald M., 1925-
Dates:
1956-2011
Size:
0.4 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.blindona
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of art collector and former United States Ambassador Donald Blinken measure .4 linear feet and date from 1956-2011. The collection is comprised of correspondence and printed material regarding several of the artists Blinken collected, including Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, and Esteban Vicente.

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