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Digitized Content Oral history interview with V. V. Rankine
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Creators:
Rankine, V. V., 1920-2004
Kirwin, Liza
Dates:
1990 Mar. 2-22
Size:
34 Pages (Transcript)
Collection ID:
AAA.rankin90
Repository:
Archives of American Art

An interview of V. V. Rankine conducted 1990 Mar. 2-22, by Liza Kirwin, for the Archives of American Art.

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David McNeely Stauffer papers
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Creators:
Stauffer, David McNeely, 1845-1913
Dates:
1817-1910
Size:
170 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
Collection ID:
AAA.staudavi
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Letters, 1850-1910, biographical data, and miscellany pertaining to Stauffer's study of early American printmakers.

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James Lithgow Ewin Patents
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Creators:
Ewin, James Lithgow (inventor)
Dates:
1873, 1874, 1879.
Size:
1 Cubic foot (1 box)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0051
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

This collection includes an English patent paper #2126 for improved vulcanizable water-proof gum, 1873, to Benjamin Joseph Barnard Mills; a U.S. patent paper #151,109 for improvement in the art of manufacturing horseshoes, 1874; and an English patent paper #1194 for improvement in street-lighting apparatus.

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Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of American Studies
Dates:
1962-1987
Size:
21.5 cu. ft. (21 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 609
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records document the operations of OAS. They also contain records from an organizational predecessor, the Department of American Studies, Museum of History and Technology, which had been chaired by Washburn. OAS records deal with the work of the Office and its involvement with other Smithsonian offices and bureaus; its work with num...

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Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of American Studies
Dates:
1969-1974
Size:
1 cu. ft. (2 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 160
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records consist of telephone books and log sheets.

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Tom Jones photographs
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Creators:
Jones, Tom, 1964-
Dates:
1998-2001
Size:
8 Photographic prints (silver gelatin)
Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.056
Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian

These photographs document the contemporary life of members of the Ho Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and include images of elderly men and women in their homes, a young dancer wearing a jingle dress and holding a watergun, a young boy, and outdoor scenes.

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Firestone Tire and Rubber Company study collection
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Creators:
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Dates:
1943 May 31
Size:
5 Photographic prints (black and white , 8 x 10 inches.)
Collection ID:
EEPA.2008-013
Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

This study collection contains five 8 x 10 inch black and white publicity photographs, dated May 31, 1943, of Liberian officials, U.S. State Department representatives, and Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. personnel, taken as they toured the company's war production plants in Ohio. Each photograph has complete typewritten documentation tipped to the back. Includes images of President Edwin Barclay and President-elect William V.S. Tubman of Liberia, Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.

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Ralph Rinzler Oral History Interview
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Creators:
Rinzler, Ralph, interviewee
Dates:
1993
Size:
2 videotapes (Reference copies).
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9569
Repository:
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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Digitized Content Thomas Ofcansky collection
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Creators:
Ofcansky, Thomas P., 1947-
Dates:
1678-circa 2005
Size:
1 Booklet (sheet music)
30 Engravings
6 Photographic prints
6 Posters
1 Drawing
2 Documents
12 Maps
Collection ID:
EEPA.2015-012
Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

The collection dates from 1678 to circa 2005 and consists of 58 maps, engravings, posters, original documents and photographs related to East, Central and South Africa. There is a special focus on Ethiopia (Abyssinia), Tanzania and the Sudan, and the collection's subjects include East African geography, history, political affairs and African leaders, as well as European (German, Italian, British) and American colonization, exploration and warfare in Africa.

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Digitized Content Tito Puente Papers
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Creators:
Puente, Tito
Puente, Margaret
Dates:
1962-2001, undated
Size:
0.33 Cubic feet (1 box )
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0894
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection consists of photographs and personal papers documenting the career of Latin Jazz musican Tito Puente.

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