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circa 1945-1987 and related records, 1920-1930
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103.51 cu. ft. (100 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box) (7 tube boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 334
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the tenures of Frank A. Taylor, John C. Ewers, and Robert P. Multhauf as Directors of the Museum of History and Technology (NMHT); of Daniel J. Boorstin, Brooke Hindle, and Roger G. Kennedy as Directors of the National Museum of History and Technology; and of Roger G. Kennedy as Director of the National Museum of Am...
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1996
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160 audiotapes (Originals). audiotapes (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9594
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Division of Performing Arts
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1966-1979
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35 cu. ft. (35 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T90055
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Division of Performing Arts (DPA). Materials document a variety of public performances, concerts, touring shows, and festivals. Particularly well documented are activities surrounding the annual Festival of American Folklife. Records include correspondence, memoranda, bu...
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Washburn, Wilcomb E.
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1951-1993
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15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-044
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document much of the career of Wilcomb E. Washburn (WEW), the greater part of it spent on the staff of the Smithsonian Institution as a curator at the National Museum of American History and as director of the Office of American Studies. The papers include correspondence, draft and finished scholarly and popular articles, and...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Special Assistant to the Secretary (Richard Hubbard Howland)
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1957-1985
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17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 618
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records deal in some degree with Howland's work as Head Curator but mostly describe his assignment as a Special Assistant. Records include wide correspondence with furniture dealers, professional organizations, learned societies, historical preservation groups, and prospective donors. There is also some material documenting Howland's ...
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National Museum of American Art and Portrait Gallery. Library
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circa 1910-1986
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10.43 cu. ft. (20 document boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 333
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists primarily of brochures, booklets, and books cataloging single exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art, the National Collection of Fine Arts, the National Museum of American Art, and the Renwick Gallery. Also included are a few catalogs from exhibitions of SITES. There are catalogs from exhibitions staged by the ...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Director
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1937-1990
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38 cu. ft. (38 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 426
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The first NPG director, Charles Nagel, was appointed in 1964. Most of the records document the director's efforts to initiate programs to fulfil the second mission of the Gallery: to provide a research center for American biography, iconography, and history. To achieve this objective, Charles Nagel established the Catalogue of American Po...
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Irving Berlin Collection
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Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989
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1905 - 1987
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3 Cubic feet (6 boxes and 10 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0257
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Irving Berlin was a 20th century American composer and songwriter. This collection has sheet music for over 200 songs composed by Irving Berlin, as well as a sheet music by other composers. In addition to sheet music, there is correspondence, awards, photographs, and posters pertaining to Irving Berlin.
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Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. Office of the Director
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circa 1904-1978
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42 cu. ft. (42 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T90122
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the activities of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Records include American Library Association materials, correspondence, a vertical file, and acquisitions and exchanges from the early 20th Century.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central. Exhibits Editor's Office
- Dates:
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1948-1978
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31.5 cu. ft. (31 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 90
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Exhibit scripts are the textual component of exhibits. These records document the production of labels and other text that accompany Smithsonian Institution exhibits, and deal with matters of concept, design, scope, and style. The records occasionally contain photographs, brochures, memoranda and correspondence with curators, exhibits speciali...
