Maidenform Collection
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Maidenform, Inc.
- Dates:
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1922-1997
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35 Cubic feet (87 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0585
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Patent and trademark documents, advertisements, sales and marketing material, market research, photographs, packaging, company newsletters and magazines, and business records documenting the history of the Maidenform Company from 1922 to1997.
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Spillman Engineering Corporation
Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Misklea, M. Francis
Allan Herschell Co.
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1879-1956
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0665
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Miscellaneous documents, catalogs, scrapbooks, photographs and printed material relating to the carousels and other amusement park rides of the Allan Herschell Company (which earlier in its existence was called the Herschell-Spillman Company and the Spillman Engineerng Corporation).
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Price, Dick
- Dates:
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1936-2002
bulk 1950-1958
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3 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1206
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the life and career of ice skater Dick Price, with emphasis on the 1940s and 1950s, when he was in the prime of his career performing ice shows throughout Europe. Included are photograph albums, letters, most sent from Europe by Price to his parents describing performances and his travel adventures; programs from various ice shows; personal financial records; school report cards, and work-related permits, contracts, and insurance.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1916-1977
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0.23 Cubic feet (consisting of .5 box.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Social
- 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: Social Services 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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Konti, Isidore, 1862-1938
- Dates:
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1879-1956
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1.8 Linear feet ((on 3 microfilm reels))
1.3 Linear feet (Addition)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kontisid
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Letters, award certificates, contracts, drawings, clippings, printed material, 2 scrapbooks, and photographs document Konti's sculpture projects.
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Duveen, Albert
- Dates:
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1807-1946
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1.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.duvealbe
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Archives of American Art
The Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera measures 1.1 linear feet and dates from 1807 to 1946. Unrelated letters written by over 170 mostly 19th and early 20th century American artists are found in this compiled collection of art critic, dealer, and collector Albert Duveen. Additional ephemera includes printed material and photographs of artwork.
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Medical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Wolver, Anita Tuohy
Tuohy, Kevin M., 1921-1968 (optometrist, inventor)
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1897-1959
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1.2 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0317
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Technical information on contact lenses, including manuals, brochures, etc. from Solex Laboratories, and articles from professional journals and other publications. Numerous photographs, including a set of color prints, illustrate techniques of fitting, inserting, and removing contact lens. Medical problems, legal cases involving patent infringemen...
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Rice, Robert B., 1900-1976
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1915 - 1954
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30.1 Cubic feet (81 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0322
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Personal papers and correspondence (ca. 1946-1953) of Rice; publications, mostly on Diesel engines, their components and technical problems; material from Rice's academic career; directories of Diesel engine manufacturers and brochures describing their products; technical manuals and reprints of technical articles.
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Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
Ravnitzky, Michael
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circa 1900-present
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29 Cubic feet (55 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0404
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains a variety of business ephemera similar to that found in the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana. The material in the Business Americana Collection is newly acquired ephemera received from many sources including curatorial units, the public, and Smithsonian Institution staff.
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Smithsonian Resident Associate Program
- Dates:
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1985-1990
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 92-069
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of administrative records from the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program (RAP). Materials include correspondence, memoranda, brochures, clippings, and images.