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Digitized Content William C. Sturtevant papers
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Creators:
Sturtevant, William C.
Dates:
1952-2007
Size:
220 Linear feet (The total extent of the collection is 191.41 linear feet (consisting of 473 document boxes and 2 record boxes) plus 254 sound recordings, 94 computer disks, 42 card file boxes, 85 oversize folders, 9 rolled items, 18 binder boxes, and 3 oversize boxes. Of the total extent, 4.79 linear feet (14 boxes) are restricted.)
Collection ID:
NAA.2008-24
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

This collection contains the professional papers of William Curtis Sturtevant and documents his activities as Curator of North American Ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History, his work as the editor-in-chief of the Handbook of North American Indians, his research among the Seminole and Iroquois people, and other professional activities. The collection is comprised of books, sound recordings, research and field notes, realia, artifacts, clippings, microfilm, negatives, slides, photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, memorandums, card files, exhibition catalogs, articles, and bibliographies.

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Warren M. Robbins Papers
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Creators:
Robbins, Warren M.
Dates:
1923-2009
Size:
5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 13-136
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of the personal papers of Warren M. Robbins, founder and director of the Museum of African Art which became a part of the Smithsonian Institution in 1979 and was later renamed the National Museum of African Art. The records document his early life growing up in Worchester, Massachusetts; his work in the Foreign Service;...

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Rodman Wanamaker photograph collection relating to Native Americans
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Creators:
Wanamaker, Rodman, 1863-1928
Dates:
1908-1909
Size:
154 Prints (silver gelatin)
Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.64
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Photographs commissioned by Rodman Wanamaker to document the "vanishing" way of life for Native Americans during 1908-1913. The photographs were made by Joseph Kossuth Dixon and largely depict northern Plains tribes, including Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Crow, and Dakota. These large bromide prints form a set of presentation photographs and apparently s...

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Eleanor Piacenza papers relating to Thomas Hart Benton
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Creators:
Piacenza, Eleanor, 1909-2002
Dates:
1915-1988
Size:
12.6 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.piacelea
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of Eleanor Piacenza date from 1915-1988 and measure 12.6 linear feet. Included are biographical information, correspondence, writings, research files, interviews, and printed material compiled by Piacenza regarding the life and work of her brother-in-law, the American painter Thomas Hart Benton.

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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
Dates:
1966-2004
Size:
4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 08-082
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting exhibitions and other projects produced by the Office of Exhibits Central for other museums and units. Included in this accession are exhibitions and projects produced for the Smithsonian Institution, Keeper of the Castle; the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum; the Smithsonian Institution, ...

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Digitized Content Correspondence
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
Dates:
1866-1906, with related records to 1927
Size:
65.91 cu. ft. (98 document boxes) (6 12x17 boxes) (1 16x20 box) (88 3x5 boxes) (1 tube box) (oversize material)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 31
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records document the history of the Smithsonian from 1872-1927. Most of the records concern the tenure of Samuel P. Langley, the third Secretary, who served from 1887-1906. There is also some material dating from as early as 1866 to as late as 1927 in the collection. This record unit is the last to be based on a distinction between ...

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Digitized Content Division of Domestic Life Greeting Card Collection
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Creators:
Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.))
Norcross Greeting Card Company (West Chester (Pa.))
Prang, Louis, fl. 1880-1900
Rust Craft Greeting Card Company (Dedham (Mass.))
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Dates:
ca. 1854-1975.
Size:
6 Cubic feet (18 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0109
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Includes greeting cards primarily filed by season or occasion and by name of designer/manufacturer, e.g., Valentines, Christmas cards, and cards by Louis Prang, Raphael Tuck, Marcus Ward, and a number of 20th century designers and manufacturers. Includes mechanical, hand-drawn, cutout, and fringed cards. Also other types of material, such as postca...

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Digitized Content Website Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Archives
Dates:
2009-2017
Collection ID:
Accession 18-188
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of the Smithsonian Institution Archives website as it existed on November 21, 2016, and again on December 12, 2016. The website includes information for researchers, staff, and the general public regarding reference, records management, and preservation. It also includes publications, resources for teachers, online exhi...

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Ocho y Media Collection
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Creators:
Neubacher, Britton
Novak, Eve
Craig, Karen
Quinonez, Torie
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Dates:
1979-1997
Size:
0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1473
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection documents, at the grass roots level, the "third wave" of the feminist movement in the early 1990s.

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Digitized Content M. Francis Misklea Carousel Collection
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Creators:
Spillman Engineering Corporation
Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Misklea, M. Francis
Allan Herschell Co.
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Dates:
1879-1956
Size:
2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0665
Repository:
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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