Frank Gouldsmith Speck photograph collection
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Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
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1909-1937
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1428 Negatives (photographic)
40 Photographic prints (black & white)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.032
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Frank Gouldsmith Speck photograph collection includes portraits of individuals and families, as well as scenic shots and landscape views made between 1909 and 1937. Speck was an anthropologist and ethnographer, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and worked on behalf of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation collecting ethnographic materials across the Eastern United States and Canada. His collection of photographs includes materials from native communities ranging from Newfoundland to Ontario in Canada and from Maine to South Carolina in the United States.
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Jenness, Aylette
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1967-1969
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2293 negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35 mm)
46 negatives (photographic) (black and white, 120. mm)
72 contact sheets (black and white)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2015-019
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection includes photographs taken by Aylette Jenness in northern Nigeria between 1967 and 1969. They document daily life in a remote part of Yauri Emerite, focusing on the townspeople of Yelwa and those in its environs.
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Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938
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circa 1860-1969
bulk 1880-1938
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12 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.barngeor
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York sculptor, collector, and dealer George Grey Barnard measure 12 linear feet and date from 1860 to 1969, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1880-1938. These papers document his life and work as an artist, as well as his activities as a collector and dealer of medieval art, through correspondence, collecting notebooks, diaries and daily journals, ephemera, inventories, business and financial records, exhibition catalogs, newspaper clippings, reference materials, publications, photographs, and a small number of sketches.
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Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927
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circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927
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32.36 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (51 document boxes) (1 half document box) (4 5x8 boxes) (3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7073
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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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Steinberg, Sally L. (Sally Levitt)
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1920s-1987
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3.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0439
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of ephemeral materials gathered by Sally L. Steinberg while she was researching her 1987 publication, The Donut Book: The origins, history, literature, lore, taste, etiquette, traditions, techniques, varieties, mathematics, mythology, commerce, philosophy, cuisine, and glory of the donut.
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Bunn, William E. L., 1910-2009
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1863-2009
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13.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bunnwill
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter, muralist, and designer William E. L. Bunn measure 13.4 linear feet and date from 1863-2009. The collection documents Bunn's career as a painter, industrial designer, and his work on Treasury Department post office mural commissions through biographical material, scattered correspondence, project files, industrial design records, diaries and journals, writings and notes, printed material, photographs, and artwork. Also found are Bunn's papers regarding Grant Wood.
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National Visionary Leadership Project
- Dates:
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June 4, 2003
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0.25 Linear feet (1 box)
5 Video recordings (5 VHS 1/2" video recordings)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.09-005
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection contains five videotaped oral history interviews conducted in partnership with the National Visionary Leadership Project and the Anacostia Community Museum's Education Department in 2003. Interviewees include Georgette Seabrooke Powell,William Langford,Louise Daniel Hutchinson, Jeannine Clark, and Charles H. Clark.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
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1890-1929
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57.93 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (104 document boxes) (2 half document boxes) (1 12x17 box) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 45
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the growth and management of the Smithsonian from 1890 to 1929. Of special interest is the Institution's entry into the field of the fine arts through the creation of the National Gallery of Art and the Freer Gallery of Art. The Smithsonian continued to pursue a wide variety of other interests as well. Thus, the...
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Abbott, Jackson Miles.
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circa 1931-1988
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12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 92-117
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These are the papers of Jackson Miles Abbott, noted bird watcher and authority on the American bald eagle. Papers include records of his bird sightings, his work on the preservation of the bald eagle, extensive notes on Virginia birds, as well as birds of other parts of the world, and his work to preserve Dyke Marsh.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Holly Manufacturing Company
Worthington Corporation
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1840-1982
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18 Cubic feet (54 boxes, 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0916
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection documents the products and business activities of the Worthington Corporation, its predecessors and its subsidiaries. The records focus on the products that the Worthington Corporation produced, including steam pumps, hydraulic pumps and gas engines.