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Organization:
Unarranged
Summary:
Consists of records documenting curatorial and professional activities in the Division of Political History. Staff represented in these records include Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Assistant Curator, 1961-1970; Associate Curator, 1971-1977; and Curator, 1978-1981; Margaret Brown Klapthor, Associate Curator, 1957-1970; and William L. Bird, Museum Specialist, 1980-1989, Associate Curator, 1990-1992, and Curator, 1992-2015. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; information pertaining to professional societies, conferences, symposiums, and colloquiums; lecture papers; book reviews; articles; newspaper clippings; collection management information; awards; inventory lists; drawings; photographs and negatives; manuscript working files; brochures; exhibition information; press releases; and supporting documentation. Some materials are in electronic format.
Repository Loc.:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520