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Landscape architect:

Slaughter, Allison  Search this

Former owner:

Wright, Richardson  Search this

Ryder, Harriet  Search this

Ryder, John  Search this

New Canaan Garden Club  Search this

Names:

Sun House  Search this

Collection Creator:

McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace), 1859-1948  Search this

American Rose Society  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

United States of America -- Connecticut -- Fairfield -- New Canaan

Sun House (New Canaan, Connecticut)

Scope and Contents note:

The folder includes worksheets, site plans, detailed information about the garden's plants, photocopies of articles about the garden, background details from and about the owners, and additional information.

Varying Form:

Sun House, 1941, 1980-1981, 2006-2013.

Wright Garden, formerly known as.

General note:

Located on 1.7 acres, this historic property with its Greek Revival style house was built for John and Harriet Ryder in 1842-1845. The Deering family, local farmers added a barn and several outbuildings. In 1919, Richardson Wright, founder and editor of 'House and Garden' magazine began to chronicle the house and garden. In Wright's time, the property included 7 acres. Wright wrote extensively about the garden which was comprised at that time of an orchard, arbor with concord grapes, specimen magnolias, elms and tree lilacs, rock gardens as well as a large peony and iris garden. Among other plantings included roses, astilbe, clematis, columbine, delphinium, aster, poppies, marigolds, salvia, hyacinth, narcissus and tulips for color.

The gardens were revitalized by the current owner who renovated the hardscape and restored some of the older gardens. A small gardener's cottage with a bank of daylilies is located at the entrance of the property including the original hitching post. Also at the front of the property is a garden designed by the owner in 2005 which is planted with hollies, sedum, lamb's ears, black-eyed susan, lavender, nepeta, siberian iris, perovskia, oregano, chives, artemesia and hydrangea 'Pee Gee.' To the right of the driveway is a a hedge of boxwood.

The rear garden includes a star magnolia, one of the largest specimens in Connecticut, a shade garden planted with sweet woodruff, ajuga, myosotis forget-me-nots, goat's beard, hosta, astilbe, geranium, lady's mantle, primroses, lamium, and narcissus. A long back of Euonymus flank the stone retaining wall. There is a large blue stone patio planted with creeping thyme at the back of the house added in 2003. The patio is bordered on one side by sweeps of miscanthus, butterfly bush, sedum, caryopteris and echinacea. The other side of the patio is a rock wall garden with English ivy and clematis paniculata that cascades over the walls. A stand of bamboo dates to the time of Richardson Wright who brought it back from China and hardened it in his greenhouse for five years before planting. It was not invasive until recently with the warmer climate.

Other garden features include a stone stairway dating from Wright's ownership, a swimming pool, radiating brick walkways, a walled garden, a pool side gazebo, a cedar greenhouse and pergola with climbing clematis paniculata and morning glory.

Persons associated with the garden include John and Harriet Ryder (former owner, 1842-1845); Richardson and Agnes Wright (former owner, 1919-1950); Allison Slaughter (landscape architect, 2013); "The Swede" (gardener, 1919-1950).

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Garden Club of America collection, ca. 1920-[ongoing].

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original images by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

For information or study purposes only. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens.

Topic:

Gardens -- Connecticut -- New Canaan  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, J. Horace McFarland Company Collection.

Identifier:

AAG.MCF, File CT081

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J. Horace McFarland Company collection

J. Horace McFarland Company collection / Series 1: Garden Images / United States / Connecticut

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-mcf-ref7783

Creator:

Arnold, James  Search this

Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927  Search this

Arnold Arboretum  Search this

Landscape architect:

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903  Search this

Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot  Search this

Olmsted Brothers  Search this

Collection Creator:

McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace), 1859-1948  Search this

American Rose Society  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (glass lantern, black-and-white, 3 x 5 in.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Correspondence

Place:

United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Suffolk County -- Boston -- Jamaica Plain

Date:

01/06/1909

General note:

See AAG Image #MA033040 for second page of correspondence.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original images by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

For information or study purposes only. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens.

Genre/Form:

Correspondence

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, J. Horace McFarland Company Collection.

Identifier:

AAG.MCF, Item MA033039

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J. Horace McFarland Company collection

J. Horace McFarland Company collection / Series 1: Garden Images / United States / Massachusetts / MA033: Boston -- Arnold Arboretum

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-mcf-ref8770

Creator:

Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927  Search this

Arnold, James  Search this

Arnold Arboretum  Search this

Landscape architect:

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903  Search this

Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot  Search this

Olmsted Brothers  Search this

Collection Creator:

McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace), 1859-1948  Search this

American Rose Society  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (glass lantern, black-and-white, 3 x 5 in.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Correspondence

Place:

United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Suffolk County -- Boston -- Jamaica Plain

Date:

6 January 1909

General note:

See AAG Image #MA033039 for first page of correspondence.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original images by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

For information or study purposes only. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens.

Genre/Form:

Correspondence

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, J. Horace McFarland Company Collection.

Identifier:

AAG.MCF, Item MA033040

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J. Horace McFarland Company collection

J. Horace McFarland Company collection / Series 1: Garden Images / United States / Massachusetts / MA033: Boston -- Arnold Arboretum

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-mcf-ref8773

Collection Creator:

Ma, Paul  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 5

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1987-1989, undated

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Paul Ma Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Paul Ma Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1469-ref5

Creator:

Bowker, Howard Franklin  Search this

Extent:

10 Cubic feet (35 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Articles

Letters (correspondence)

Newsletters

Bibliographies

Card files

Photographs

Date:

1930-1970

Summary:

The collection documents Howard F. Bowker, a coin collector and expert in the coinage of East Asia.

Content Description:

The collection consists almost entirely of the subject files of Howard F. Bowker, a coin collector and expert in the coinage of East Asia. The files, arranged alphabetically by correspondent, primarily contain correspondence between Bowker and persons or organizations making inquiries about coins or numismatic books. Additionally, the files include articles on East Asian coinage, newsletters or other publications, bibliographies he created, and a few photographs and rubbings of coins. Also included is a card file containing the details of his collection.

Arrangement:

Materials are arranged into one series in alphabetical order.

Biographical / Historical:

Howard F. Bowker was born January 3, 1889, in Winona, Minnesota, and he was a self-proclaimed and self-employed coin dealer in the Chicago area by 1910. He served in the U.S. Navy during both World War I and World War II, and it was while he was stationed in Hankow, China, between 1923 and 1924, that he became interested in collecting East Asian numismatic history as well as philatelic history. During and after his service in the Navy, Bowker was a fervent collector of East Asian coins, banknotes, coin molds, stamps, and rare books. He amassed a collection of more than 100,000 objects between the early 1920s and 1970. He engaged with an extensive network of East Asian researchers and collectors and was one of the most prominent American specialists on East Asian numismatics in American history. He provided consulting services to the Smithsonian Institution in the mid-1950s. In 1958, Smithsonian Secretary Leonard Carmichael officially appointed him a Consultant to the Museum of History and Technology, providing for him to travel from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., to work with the National Numismatic Collection curator, Dr. Vladimir Clain-Stefanelli on organizing the George B. Glover collection. Bowker left his numismatic collection to the Smithsonian in his will. Howard F. Bowker died July 8, 1970.

Related Materials:

Materials in the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History

Related objects and an audio file for an oral history interview (NMAH-AHB2017q000016) conducted by Ellen Feingold with Marilyn Dorman, Carolyn Bowker, and June Cornell for the Howard Fraklin Bowker Asian Coin Project United States, recorded November 14, 2016. See accessions: 2017.0035 and 2017.0116.

Provenance:

Collection donated by Nancy Bowker to the Archives Center in 2018.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Coins  Search this

Coins, Chinese  Search this

Coins, Japanese  Search this

Coins, Korean  Search this

Knife coins  Search this

Numismatics  Search this

Genre/Form:

Articles -- 20th century

Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century.

Newsletters -- 20th century

Bibliographies

Card files

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 20th century

Citation:

Howard F. Bowker Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1462

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Howard F. Bowker Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1462

Collection Creator:

Bowker, Howard Franklin  Search this

Container:

Box 6, Folder 11

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1948 and 1954

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Howard F. Bowker Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Howard F. Bowker Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1462-ref125

Collection Creator:

Bowker, Howard Franklin  Search this

Container:

Box 6, Folder 26

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1968-1969

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Howard F. Bowker Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Howard F. Bowker Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1462-ref140

Collection Creator:

Bowker, Howard Franklin  Search this

Container:

Box 6, Folder 27

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1957-1962

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Howard F. Bowker Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Howard F. Bowker Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1462-ref141

Collection Creator:

Bowker, Howard Franklin  Search this

Container:

Box 6, Folder 28

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1954-1961

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Howard F. Bowker Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Howard F. Bowker Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1462-ref142

Collection Creator:

Bowker, Howard Franklin  Search this

Container:

Box 6, Folder 29

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1939-1967

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Howard F. Bowker Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Howard F. Bowker Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1462-ref143

Collection Creator:

Bowker, Howard Franklin  Search this

Container:

Box 13, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1941

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Howard F. Bowker Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Howard F. Bowker Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1462-ref285

Collection Creator:

Bowker, Howard Franklin  Search this

Container:

Box 20, Folder 33

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1938-1939, and 1967

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Howard F. Bowker Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Howard F. Bowker Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1462-ref589

Collection Creator:

Bowker, Howard Franklin  Search this

Container:

Box 23, Folder 14

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated and 1934

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Howard F. Bowker Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Howard F. Bowker Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1462-ref690

Collection Creator:

Bowker, Howard Franklin  Search this

Container:

Box 27, Folder 22

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Howard F. Bowker Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Howard F. Bowker Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1462-ref749

Collection Creator:

Bowker, Howard Franklin  Search this

Container:

Box 28, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1937-1941, 1945-1947, 1949

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Howard F. Bowker Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Howard F. Bowker Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1462-ref805

Collection Creator:

Bowker, Howard Franklin  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 25

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1929

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Howard F. Bowker Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Howard F. Bowker Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1462-ref96

Container:

Box 6

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection is open for research.

Collection Citation:

Robert L. Sardino Movie Theater Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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Robert L. Sardino Movie Theater Collection

Robert L. Sardino Movie Theater Collection / Series 4: Lantern Slides / Series 4.4: Maurice Workstel, Incorporated

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1471-ref297

Creator:

Len, Edwin K.  Search this

Len, Aurora Alay  Search this

Donor:

Lai-Len, David  Search this

Len, Victor K.  Search this

Extent:

3 Cubic feet (5 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Birth certificates

Electronic discs (dvds)

Interviews

Marriage certificates

Yearbooks

Scrapbooks

Date:

1922-1999

Summary:

Archival materials documenting the family of Aurora Alay (Tang) Len and Edwin K. Len.

Content Description:

Archival materials documenting the family of Aurora Alay (Tang) Len and Edwin K. Len, particularly Aurora's family as part of the Chinese community in Cuba and Edwin's service in the US Army Air Corps in the China-Burma-India Theater in World War II.

Arrangement:

Collection is unarranged.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Military discharge -- United States  Search this

Photographs  Search this

World War, 1939-1945 -- China  Search this

Genre/Form:

Birth certificates

Electronic discs (DVDs)

Interviews -- 2000-2020

Marriage certificates

Yearbooks -- 1940-1950

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Len Family Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1493

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1493

Collection Creator:

Bayless, Rick  Search this

Feniger, Susan  Search this

Milliken, Mary Sue  Search this

Pépin, Jacques, 1935-  Search this

Meyer, Danny  Search this

Andrés, José, 1969-  Search this

Collection Author:

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-  Search this

Bush, Laura  Search this

Obama, Barack  Search this

Obama, Michelle  Search this

Collection Donor:

Frontera Grill (Restaurant)  Search this

Container:

Box 7, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Social Security numbers are present and have been rendered unreadable and redacted. Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection. The remainder of the collection has no restrictions.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Some materials reproduction restricted due to copyright or trademark. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Julia Child Award Winners Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Julia Child Award Winners Collection

Julia Child Award Winners Collection / Susan Feniger/Mary Sue Milliken

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1371-ref579

Container:

Box 22, Folder 12

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1989

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Reproduction of some materials is restricted due to copyright or trademark.

Collection Citation:

Mark Segal Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Mark Segal Papers

Mark Segal Papers / Series 5: Publications and Writings

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1422-ref805