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National Air and Space Museum. Albert Einstein Planetarium
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circa 1957-1989
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14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 356
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of administrative records, such as reports, correspondence, and attendance records, in addition to records concerning each show, such as scripts, correspondence, and proposals. The actual audio and video tapes are in Record Unit 520. Material from the 1950s and 1960s concerns a proposed Washington Planetarium.
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National Air and Space Museum. Albert Einstein Planetarium
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circa 1970-1989
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39.64 cu. ft. (12 document boxes) (58 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 520
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of videotapes and audiotapes of Spacearium presentations.
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United States Army Around the World Flight (1924) Collection
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United States. Army. Air Service
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1920-1925
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3 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0152
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of correspondence, memos, newspaper articles and logbooks concerning the flight.
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Taylor, Frank A. (Frank Augustus), 1903-2007
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1835-2003
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-009
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Frank A. Taylor (1903-2007) was a Curator of Engineering and Industries and an administrator at the Smithsonian. He was born in 1903 in Washington, D.C., where he grew up. Taylor began his career at the Smithsonian in 1922 as a Laboratory Apprentice in the Division of Mechanical Technology of the United States National Museum (USNM). After ...
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National Air and Space Museum. Udvar-Hazy Planning
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1978-2003
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13 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 04-100
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the planning of the Udvar-Hazy Center which opened to the public in December 2003. Much of the material concerns master planning, site selection, and relations with federal, state, and local governments. Materials consist of the subject files of Linda Neuman Ezell, Project Coordinator, including ...
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National Air and Space Museum. Office of the Director
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1971-1978 and undated
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10.12 cu. ft. (18 document boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 16x20 box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 306
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of the official files of Michael Collins as director of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), 1971-1978. To a large extent, the files concern the planning and funding of the new NASM building, its construction, the preparation of exhibits, and the opening of the Museum on July 1, 1976. On day-to-day administrative ...
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United States National Museum
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1881-1964
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49 cu. ft. (98 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 158
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The administration of the United States National Museum required curators to submit regular reports on the activities of the departments, divisions, and sections. Prior to about 1900 these reports were often made monthly and semiannually as well as annually. The reports were traditionally submitted to the Director of the National Museum to ...
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United States National Museum. Division of Plants
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1886-1928 and undated
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22.74 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (40 document boxes) (3 tall document boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 221
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers include official records that document the history of the USNH while Joseph Nelson Rose was assistant botanist at the United States Department of Agriculture (1888-1896), assistant and associate curator, USNH, United States National Museum (1896-1911), and the Division of Plants, USNM (1917-1928); also personal and official papers...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Printing and Photographic Services
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1967-1976
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-185
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of films depicting buildings, museum objects, and events at the Smithsonian Institution (SI). Many of the films show the construction of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) and the installation of its aircraft. Other subjects include giant pandas at the National Zoological Park, construction of the Hirshhorn M...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Armed Forces History
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circa 1912-1965, 1990 and undated
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-097
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that primarily document Naval Division, Department of Armed Forces History, planning for the Hall of Naval History in the Museum of History and Technology; Division of History exhibition plans for naval artifacts in the Arts and Industries Building and the United States National Museum; and one file of r...