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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
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circa 2006
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7.83 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes) (7 16x20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-076
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the development and installation of the exhibition, "Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005" as well as the creation of a book of the same name. The exhibition ran from May 5 through October 29, 2006 and was organized by Sarah Coffin, Curator of 17th and 18th Century Dec...
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Stanley, Janet
- Dates:
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1967
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14 slides (photographs) (color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1998-004
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Janet Stanley while working with the Ghanaian Youth Workcamp Association, from mid-June through mid-August, 1967. During this time, she served at two work camps, the first being in Awundome-Tsito, Ho District, Volta Region, where most of the slides were taken. The other photographic images were taken at Accra, her point of entry.
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Smithsonian Affiliations (Program)
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2001-2017
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2.5 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-038
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Harold A. Closter, Director, 2004-2017. Smithsonian Affiliations was created in 1999 as a national outreach initiative of the Smithsonian. It establishes long-term collaborative relationships with communities across the country. These partnerships allow the Institution to share ...
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Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
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1986-2006
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-237
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records maintained by Nancy J. Fuller relating to the fellowship programs at the Smithsonian Institution. These records focus on the Fellowships in Museum Practice and the Minority Awards. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, proposals, reports and applications.
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Public Affairs.
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1970-2009
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31 cu. ft. (31 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-001
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the National Museum of Natural History as well as its staff, programs, events, research, exhibitions, and objects in printed and online media. Some records also document the Smithsonian Institution as a whole. Materials include newspaper and magazine clippings; printouts of online articles; a...
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1969 Festival of American Folklife
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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July 1-6, 1969
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1969
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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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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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Arthur, James (James Osborne)
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1913-1928
bulk 1914-1919
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699 nitrate negatives (3 1/4 x 5 1/2 or smaller)
0.25 Linear feet (envelopes)
2 gelatin silver prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.057
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection of photographs, shot by Reverend James O. Arthur while serving as a missionary for the Reformed Church of America, documents the activities on the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska in 1913 as well as Mescalero and Chiricahua Reservation in White Tail, New Mexico from 1914-1919. Additional images depict vacations and travels throughout the United States by the Arthur family and friends between the years 1913-1928.
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Lepidoptera
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1963-1990, with related records from 1942
- Size:
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 427
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of professional correspondence and administrative files documenting the activities and research of the Division of Lepidoptera. The correspondence for the most part concerns the loan, acquisition, identification, and distribution of insect specimens. A small amount of the correspondence dates to before the 1963 establishm...
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Pelletier, Sujatha
- Dates:
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1992-1995
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80 slides (photographs) (color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1998-003
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs of people and architecture taken by Sujatha Pelletier in Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Niger, Morocco and Mali from June of 1992 through June of 1995.