Claude Williams Papers
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Williams, Claude, 1908-2004
Fouse-Williams, Blanche Y.
- Dates:
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1920-2005
- Size:
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1 electronic_discs_cd
13 Cassette tapes
4.66 Cubic feet (14 boxes, 3 map- folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0909
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Business and personal papers, photographs, and audio recordings of Claude "Fiddler" Williams, an award-winning jazz fiddler. Although Williams played music for almost a century the materials in this collection date largely from 1970 to 2005.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Dates:
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circa 1976-1994
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-207
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual elements created during the production of "Celebrating a Century: The 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition," "Thomas Edison and His Amazing Invention Factory," "Work of Peace," and "Yorktown." "Celebrating a Century: The 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition" accompanied the exhibition "1876: A Centennial Exhibition," wh...
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Du Mont, Allen B. (Allen Balcom), 1901-1965
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1884-1965
- Size:
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46 Cubic feet (150 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0018
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
While the collection is focused rather specifically on the development of television in America, including technical details, legal proceedings, marketing and advertisement, and manufacturing, it is also a rich source for the history of American advertising, work cultures, sales, and entertainment. There is also information about radio, mostly in p...
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- Creators:
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Dates:
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1978-1990
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19.42 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes) (5 tall document boxes) (4 film boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-093
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of elements used to create film and video productions that accompanied exhibitions and educational programming. "Past Visions of the Future" is an 18-minute compilation of scenes from futuristic, science fiction, and scientific films from 1902-1982. It was used to supplement the National Museum of American History's ...
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Adams, Joe, 1922-
Morehead, Howard, 1926-2003
- Dates:
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1948-1980
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0908
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting the career of Joe Adams, a Los Angeles radio announcer and movie and television actor, who later became Ray Charles's manager.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Dates:
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1977-1978
- Size:
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14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-197
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of film and audio elements for "The Smithsonian Institution with S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary." The film, completed in 1977, provides an overview of the Smithsonian Institution with Secretary S. Dillon Ripley narrating.
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Baer, Ralph H., 1922-2014
- Dates:
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1943 - 2015
- Size:
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16 Cubic feet (44 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0854
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Ralph H. Baer was a German-born ordnance specialist, inventor, and engineer. He was a pioneer of early videogame technology. The papers include autobiographical materials; firearms notes, manuscripts, and photographs; and videogame and television engineering notes, diagrams, schematics, and video documentation.
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Public Affairs
- Dates:
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circa 1995-2010
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1.5 cu. ft. (3 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-552
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual recordings featuring the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) and its staff, activities, events, research, exhibitions, and objects. Some materials were created by NMNH and others were created by news media and radio, television, and video production companies. Included in this accession are int...
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National Zoological Park
- Dates:
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circa 1974-2007
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51.5 cu. ft. (45 record storage boxes) (13 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-064
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual recordings featuring the National Zoological Park (NZP) and its animals, staff, activities, events, research, medical procedures, and exhibitions. Some materials were created by NZP and others were created by news media and radio, television, and video production companies. Included in this accession ...
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Bender, Gretchen, 1951-2004
- Dates:
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1980-2004
- Size:
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2.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bendgret
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Gretchen Bender measure 2.8 linear feet and date from 1980-2004. This material documents her career as a filmmaker and multimedia artist through biographical materials, correspondence, personal business records, writings, notebooks, printed material, photographs, slides and transparencies, and artwork. Also included are project files detailing Gretchen's collaborations with dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones, as well as a handwritten transcription of a conversation between Bender and Cindy Sherman.