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Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. Office of the Director
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1966-1975
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4.5 cu. ft. (9 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 265
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of materials documenting the following exhibitions: "Blacks in the Westward Movement;" "Buy Now Pay Later" (consumer problems exhibition); "Country Store;" "Drug;" "Sage of Anacostia;" and "The Rat: Man's Invited Affliction." In addition, there is John Kinard's correspondence; memoranda from William Warner, Assistant ...
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Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
- Dates:
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circa 1980-2004
circa 1980-2004
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4 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
4 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0570
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Shopping bags from a variety of businesses, including department stores, museums, book stores, libraries, hotels, banks, and specialty shops. Additional material will be added to this collection periodically.
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Midtown Galleries
- Dates:
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1904-1997
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86.82 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.midtgall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of Midtown Galleries measure 86.82 linear feet and date from 1904 to 1997. The collection documents the operation and general administration of the business and includes artist records, exhibition material, inventories, financial records, photographs, and printed material.
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Bendix Corporation.
Bendix Aviation Corp
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1931-1985
bulk 1931-1939
bulk 1946-1962
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7.28 Cubic feet (5 records center boxes, 1 16 x 20 x 3 inch flatbox, 1 12 x 16 x 3 inch flatbox)
7.66 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1988.0115
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Bendix Corporation (1924-1983), manufacturers of devices for the automotive and aviation industries, sponsored the Bendix Trophy Race—a transcontinental speed competition for aircraft—annually from 1931-1939, then sporadically from 1946-1962. This collection includes race-related materials from the Bendix Advertising and Publicity department, along with materials from other aviation events for which Bendix was a sponsor. Approximately a third of the collection relates to the corporation's activities from circa 1960 to 1983, including military and commercial avionics and communications systems, and support for the Unites States space program, particularly the construction of Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex 39.
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Binney & Smith, Inc.
- Dates:
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1897-1998
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24 Cubic feet (64 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0624
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents Binney & Smith, Inc. creators and manufacturers of Crayola crayons. Includes documentation on 20th century advertising, commercial packaging, commercial imagery, and retail merchandising: newsletters, annual reports, research and development records, color charts, advertising materials, and product information, including catalogs and price lists.
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Volkersz, Willem
- Dates:
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1975-1985
- Size:
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2.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.volkwill
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Willem Voklersz interviews measure 2.6 linear feet and date from 1975-1985. The collection consists of twenty-nine sound cassettes containing thirty-one interviews of folk artists conducted by Volkersz for a personal research project, a monologue, and readings by Volkersz of notes on individual artists. Subjects include folk artists such as Howard Finster, Jesse Howard, and St. EOM (Eddie Owens Martin). Also found are thirty-seven transcripts of the recordings.
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Marilyn Pearl Gallery
- Dates:
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1925-2000
bulk 1976-1993
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7.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.maripeag
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Marilyn Pearl Gallery are dated 1925-2000, with the bulk of the ematerial from the period 1976-1993. The collection measures 7.4 linear feet and consists of artists' files, exhibition files, and business records documenting affiliated artists and gallery activities.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Department of Painting and Sculpture
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circa 1979-1995
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5.5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-089
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include exhibition research files of Judith K. Zilczer, Curator of the Department of Painting and Sculpture, 1990- , as well as records from her tenure as Historian and Associate Curator at the Hirshhorn, 1976-1987, and Associate Curator of Painting, 1987-1990. The records primarily document planning of the exhibition, Willem ...
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National Museum of American Art. Office of Program Support
- Dates:
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1947-1981
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146.04 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (280 document boxes) (1 5x8 box) (1 film box) (2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 321
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records of the Office of Program Support, National Museum of American Art, 1965-1981, with related records from 1947, were received in the Archives from 1981 through 1994.
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Jaffe, Irma B.
- Dates:
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1965-1977
- Size:
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1 Linear foot
- Collection ID:
- AAA.jaffirma
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of art historian Irma Jaffe date from 1965-1977, measure 1 linear foot, and contain interviews, some transcripts, and a letter. The recordings include interviews conducted by Jaffe for her book The Sculpture of Leonard Baskin (1980), and recordings made for the radio program "Art News and Interviews," WFMU radio, Upsala College, East Orange, New Jersey.