Leonard Gaskin Papers
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Gaskin, Mary
Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-
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undated
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30 Cubic feet (129 boxes, 4 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0900
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting the life and career of bass player Leonard Gaskin, as well as documenting the numerous other musicians he was associated with in his long career. Gaskin's career encompasses a wide range of musical genres, including gospel, rock, folk, and Caribbean music. The papers include photographs, newspaper clippings, diaries, music manusc...
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Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center
- Dates:
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circa 1962-1992
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13.5 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 610
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the administration and programs of the SOSC during its entire thirty year history. Included is correspondence, memoranda, proposals, and reports documenting SOSC contracts with agencies of the Federal Government, especially the United States Arctic Research Program of the National Science Foundation and the Nati...
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Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937
- Dates:
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circa 1897-circa 1937
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307 Photographs (2 document boxes, silver gelatin)
305 Negatives (3 negative boxes, nitrate)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.155
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs documenting Iroquois people made circa 1897-circa 1937 on and near the Six Nations Reserve by J.N.B. Hewitt, linguist with the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology.
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United States National Museum. Department of Botany
- Dates:
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1936-1965
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6.78 cu. ft. (13 document boxes) (14 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 227
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Records include some correspondence belonging to Mary Agnes Chase, which was forwarded to Swallen; Ernest R. Sohn, associate curator of Botany, 1956; and Thomas R. Soderstrom, curator of Grasses, 1964-1965. Correspondents include U.S. and foreign botanists; agricultural experiment stations; field botanists; state geological surveys; fores...
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Dates:
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1896-1940
undated
- Size:
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0.47 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box, 1 folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Exterminators
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Exterminators and Sprayers forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Dates:
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June 25-July 6, 1975
- Size:
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516 Sound tape reels (approximate)
1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1975
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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Sturtevant, William C.
- Dates:
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1952-2007
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220 Linear feet (The total extent of the collection is 191.41 linear feet (consisting of 473 document boxes and 2 record boxes) plus 254 sound recordings, 94 computer disks, 42 card file boxes, 85 oversize folders, 9 rolled items, 18 binder boxes, and 3 oversize boxes. Of the total extent, 4.79 linear feet (14 boxes) are restricted.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2008-24
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection contains the professional papers of William Curtis Sturtevant and documents his activities as Curator of North American Ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History, his work as the editor-in-chief of the Handbook of North American Indians, his research among the Seminole and Iroquois people, and other professional activities. The collection is comprised of books, sound recordings, research and field notes, realia, artifacts, clippings, microfilm, negatives, slides, photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, memorandums, card files, exhibition catalogs, articles, and bibliographies.
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Bassler, Ray S. (Ray Smith), 1878-
- Dates:
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1875-1961 and undated
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5.22 cu. ft. (9 document boxes) (2 5x8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7234
- Repository:
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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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De Land, Colin, 1955-2003
- Dates:
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1968-2008, bulk 1980-2003
bulk 1980-2003
- Size:
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15.15 Linear feet
0.901 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.delacoli
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Colin de Land collection measures 15.15 linear feet and 0.901 GB and dates from 1968 to 2008, with the bulk of the collection dating from the early 1980s through 2003. The majority of the collection consists of photographic material, primarily snapshots, documenting daily life in and around de Land's gallery American Fine Arts, Co., as well as de Land's pesonal life and affairs. There are candid photographs of exhibition openings, day-to-day gallery operations, art fairs, vacations, social gatherings, and New York City street scenes. Also included are some personal objects belonging to de Land and his wife Pat Hearn, as well as two scrapbooks containing items once decorating the walls of de Land's office at American Fine Arts. The collection includes video recordings documenting trips to Cape Cod, Hearn's illness, and occasional art world events.