Leonhard Stejneger Papers
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Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943
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1753, 1867-1943
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23.86 cu. ft. (46 document boxes) (2 12x17 boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7074
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of Leonhard Stejneger consist of manuscripts on Japanese herpetology, Chinese herpetology, Puerto Rican and West Indian herpetology, North American herpetology, poisonous snakes, turtles, fur seals, ornithology, European fauna and the study of life zones; manuscripts, general notes and bibliographic notes and correspondence regardin...
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Pope, John Alexander, 1906-1982
Aga-Olgu, Kamer, 1903-
Warner, Langdon (1881-1955)
Mayuyama, Junkichi, 1913-1999
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circa 1925-1982
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45 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1988.01
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
The John Alexander Pope papers contain limited biographical, personal and professional information. The bulk of the collection consists of published and unpublished writings, research materials and correspondence.
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Smithsonian Institution. Contracts Office
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1953-1990
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59.43 cu. ft. (59 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 470
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records contain proposals and drafts of contracts and grants, correspondence concerning their acceptance and implementation, budget information, reports about grant-sponsored activities, and information concerning the administration of the Office and the authority of the Contracting Officer. Entries include the following information if ava...
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Charlton, Maryette
- Dates:
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circa 1890-2013
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80.6 Linear feet
0.34 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.charmary
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Archives of American Art
The papers of filmmaker, photographer, painter, printmaker, teacher, and arts advocate Maryette Charlton measure 81 linear feet and date from circa 1890 to 2013. This particularly rich collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, writings, 30 diaries, teaching files, professional and project files, major film project files, artist research files, exhibition files, printed material, scrapbooks, artwork, 22 sketchbooks, extensive photographic materials, numerous sound and film recordings, a digitized sound recording, and an unintegrated later addition to the papers containing additional biographical materials, journals, correspondence, subject files, printed materials, and scattered photographs.
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Brinkworth, William Ian
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1901-1991
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3600 Negatives (photographic) (0801-3332: B5-6; 3333-4422: B5-7, black and white ;, 35mm.)
637 Photographic prints (black and white.)
179 Transparencies (color ;, 35mm.)
8 Volumes (Books and magazines)
65 Manuscripts (document genre)
7 Sound recordings
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2008-009
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
William Ian Brinkworth's collection, dated from 1901 to 1991, includes an extensive number of black and white photographs, negatives, color transparencies, books, audio tapes, manuscripts, and research materials. The manuscripts include Brinkworth's book drafts, film treatments, correspondence, historical documents, legal documents, journals and magazines in which his work was published.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 23-July 4, 2000
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.2000
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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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Sousberghe, Léon de
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1955-1957
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212 slides (photographs) (color)
1 map (black & white, 50 x 70 cm.)
1 map (color, 40 x 53 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1999-010
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken among the Pende peoples in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the years 1955-1957. Publications used for identifying and describing the collection photographs include L'Art Pende (Bruxelles: Académie royale de Belgique, 1958) and Les danses rituelles Mungonge et Kelas des Bapende (Academie royale des sciences coloniales, 1956), both by Léon de Sousberghe; Inventing Masks: Agency and History in the Art of the Central Pende by Z.S. Strother (The University of Chicago Press, 1998); and, from Secrecy: African Art that Conceals and Reveals Mary H. Nooter, ed. (New York: Museum for African Art, 1993), Z.S. Strother's article, The Physical and Social Boundaries of Secrecy: Eastern Pende Constuctions of Secrecy, pp. 157-178.
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Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996
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circa 1935-1996
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50 Cubic feet (92 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0584
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Ella Fitzgerald, often called the "First Lady of Song," was one of the 20th century's most important musical performers. The collection reflects her career and personal life through photographs, audio recordings, and manuscript materials.
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Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Office of the Registrar
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1958, 1975-1987
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14.35 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 541
- 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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Manhattan Project (U.S.)
- Dates:
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1987-1990
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29 videotapes (Reference copies). 75 digital .wmv files and .rm files (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9531
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical r...