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Marketing Records
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Dates:
1984-1986, 1988-1991
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Accession 14-064
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of press kits for individual episodes of "Smithsonian World," an educational television series that explored people, ideas, and events that shape world culture, blending art, science, history, and the humanities to create an exciting harmony among disciplines. The production was co-produced by WETA-TV for broadcast ...

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Burton-Humphreys Oil Production Collection
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Creators:
Amoco Oil Company.
Dates:
circa 1912-1920
Size:
0.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1102
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Photographs of refineries, flow charts, lab notebooks, and other materials relating to the Burton-Humphreys oil cracking process.

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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
Dates:
1967-2008
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Accession 17-227
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of the records of Bernard S. Finn, Curator Emeritus of electricity collections, documenting exhibition planning, development, and production at the National Museum of American History, Division of Information Technology and Society. Earlier records date from when Finn was in the Division of Electricity and Modern P...

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Senior Archivist Records
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Creators:
National Museum of American History. Archives Center
Dates:
1981-2006
Size:
5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 12-193
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of the records created and maintained by John Fleckner during his tenure as Senior Archivist, 2005- , and Chief Archivist, 1982-2004. The materials document his role in National Museum of American History (NMAH) committees and initiatives, exhibitions, collections acquisitions, information technology, collections manage...

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Elizabeth Gordon Papers
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Creators:
Gordon, Elizabeth, 1906-2000
Dates:
1958-1987
Size:
3 Linear feet
Collection ID:
FSA.A1988.03
Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Papers, 1959-1987, of Elizabeth Gordon, editor of the periodical, House Beautiful from 1941-1964, mostly related to her research for the August and September 1960 issues of House Beautiful regarding the Japanese aesthetic concept of "shibui", and the subsequent travelling "shibui exhibition" from 1961-1964. Included are correspondence, some photocopies, 1959-1963; notes; drafts for articles and lectures; printed material including magazine and newspaper clippings, 1959-1987; 2 books, and exhibition announcements; drawings of paper and foil art; a photo album containing photos of exhibition installations; and photographs, slides, color transparencies, and lantern slides depicting people, sites, and objects reflecting the "shibui" aesthetic.

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Director's Records
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Creators:
National Museum of African Art. Office of the Director
Dates:
1986-1997, 2001-2017
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Accession 18-109
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) administrative and professional activities during the tenures of Sylvia H. Williams, Director, 1983-1996; Patricia L. Fiske, Acting Director, 1996; Roslyn A. Walker, Director, 1997-2002; Sharon F. Patton, Director, 2003-2008; and Johnnetta B. Cole, D...

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Grace Nicholson photograph collection
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Creators:
Nicholson, Grace, -1948
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Dates:
1905-1930
Size:
374 Photographic prints
38 Copy negatives
Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.001.039
Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian

This collection contains 374 photographic prints and 38 copy negatives made by Grace Nicholson, a collector and dealer of Native American and Asian arts and crafts in Pasadena, California. The majority of the photographs were made between 1910 and 1930 among various native communities in California, though there are smaller amounts of photographs in Arizona and New Mexico. Communities photographed include—Hupa, Yurok, Pomo, Karuk (Karok), Tolowa, Yokayo Pomo, Achomawi (Pit River), Atsugewi (Hat Creek), Hopi Pueblo, Kumeyaay (Digueno), Mojave (Mohave), Paiute, Taos Pueblo, Wintu, Acoma Pueblo, Maidu, Chukchansi Yokuts, Yokuts.

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Correspondence
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Creators:
National Museum of African Art. Office of the Director
Dates:
2008-2017
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Accession 18-106
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of correspondence created or maintained by Johnnetta B. Cole, 2009-2017. Topics covered include programs, travel, and collaborations with museums, educational institutions, professional societies, corporations, foundations, and individuals in the field of African art and related studies. Materials include correspondence...

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Curatorial Correspondence
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Dates:
1985-1995
Size:
1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 12-382
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of correspondence with professional colleagues, organizations, donors, collectors, and researchers regarding research, collections, acquisitions, objects, professional activities, and related topics. The records were created and maintained by Glenn D. Lowry, Curator of Near Eastern Art, 1984-1991, and later Marianna ...

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Digitized Content Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1987 Festival of American Folklife
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Dates:
June 24-July 5, 1987
Size:
1 Cubic foot (approximate)
Collection ID:
CFCH.SFF.1987
Repository:
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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