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"Fauna" : Mittheilungen aus den Vereinssitzungen / Verein Luxemburger Naturfreunde = "Fauna" : comptes-rendus des séances / Société des naturalistes luxembourgeois

Title:
Fauna : comptes-rendus des séances
Author:
Verein Luemburger Naturfreunde  Search this
Subject:
Verein Luxemburger Naturfreunde Periodicals  Search this
Physical description:
v. ; 24-27 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Luxembourg
Date:
1891
1891-
Topic:
Zoology--Periodicals  Search this
Natural history--Periodicals  Search this
Call number:
QL1 .F264m
QL1.F264m
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_450983

"Séance de coiffure au village" [Hairdressing session in the village], Côte d'Ivoire

Photographer:
Chareton, P.  Search this
Creator:
Mexichrome  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (color, 4 x 6 in)
Container:
Binder 3
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Place:
Côte d'Ivoire
Date:
c. 1981
Scope and Contents:
7621 - AFRIQUE EN COULEURS[,] Séance de coiffure au village[,] AFRICA IN COLORS[,] Hair-dressing at the village; Printed in France. Photographed by Chareton, P.. Published by IRIS
Series Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Item Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Identifier:
EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0771
See more items in:
Stephen Grant postcards
Stephen Grant postcards / Côte D'Ivoire
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7bc950bfb-f846-4570-8f9f-125a3adf5036
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2001-001-ref2059

"The permanent revolution" : Art and Liberty Group, La Séance continue, 1945

Author:
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Pictorial works
Place:
Egypt
Date:
2016
Topic:
Surrealism  Search this
Call number:
N7381.75.S97 A78 2016
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1086620

'Dear Folks, Another coolish morning getting in a back-yard seance in the freshness of the early hours'

Creator:
Cornell, Joseph  Search this
Type:
Writings
Date:
1953 Aug. 7
Citation:
Joseph Cornell. 'Dear Folks, Another coolish morning getting in a back-yard seance in the freshness of the early hours', 1953 Aug. 7. Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)8114
See more items in:
Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986, bulk 1939-1972
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_8114

ABC Afterschool Special: Me and Dad's New Wife

Directed by:
Larry Elikann, American, 1923 - 2004  Search this
Subject of:
Kristy McNichol, American, born 1962  Search this
Lance Kerwin, American, born 1960  Search this
Betty Beaird, American, born 1935  Search this
May Britt, Swedish, born 1934  Search this
Leif Garrett, American, born 1961  Search this
Alice Playten, American, 1947 - 2011  Search this
Ned Wilson, American, 1933 - 1983  Search this
Alexa Kenin, American, 1962 - 1985  Search this
Susannah Mars  Search this
Orlando Ruiz  Search this
Owned by:
D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896  Search this
Medium:
acetate film
Dimensions:
Duration: 31 min.
Physical extent (film): 1100 ft
Type:
children's films
sound films
color films (visual works)
16mm (photographic film size)
Place used:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place made:
United States, North and Central America
Date:
1976
Topic:
African American  Search this
Comedy  Search this
Families  Search this
Television  Search this
Youth  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2017.55.10.1a
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
DC Public Library Film Collection
Portfolio/Series:
ABC Afterschool Specials
Classification:
Media Arts-Film and Video
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd504ab2900-5c8b-4537-aaa3-42d52a955e7b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2017.55.10.1a

De la Littérature des Nègres, ou recherches sur leurs facultés intellectuelles, leurs qualités morales et leur littérature; suivi de Notices sur la vie et les ouvrages des nègres qui se sont distingués dans les Sciences, les Lettres et les Arts

Title:
Book with poems by Phillis Wheatley and a biographical portrait
Written by:
Henri Gre´goire, French, 1750 - 1831  Search this
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Subject of:
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper with leather and cardboard
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 8 1/8 × 5 1/4 × 13/16 in. (20.6 × 13.4 × 2.1 cm)
Type:
hardcover books
Place printed:
Paris, France, Europe
Date:
1808
Topic:
African American  Search this
Catholicism  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2021.113.1.16
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Phillis Wheatley Peters Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Anti-slavery movements
Abolitionist movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5901506ec-38c6-4c0e-9a1c-ac0f2a7a1274
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_A2021.113.1.16
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A Balinese trance séance [film evaluation, notes and correspondence]

Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994  Search this
Container:
Box 2
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Timothy Asch papers
Timothy Asch papers / Series 4: Film projects
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw386a9c5b9-71ca-4c5e-ad1f-679f47bd8b85
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-1996-16-ref906

A network of associations : aesthetic painting and its patrons, 1870-1914 / by Melody Barnett Deusner

Title:
Aesthetic painting and its patrons, 1870-1914
Author:
Deusner, Melody Barnett  Search this
Physical description:
1 v
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Britain
United States
Date:
2010
19th century
Topic:
Aesthetic movement (Art)  Search this
Painting, British  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Art patronage--History  Search this
Call number:
ND467.5.A3 D38 2010
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1043073

A reply to certain criticisms of Professor Giard respecting the Bopyrids

Author:
Richardson, Harriet  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
1904
Citation:
Richardson, Harriet. 1904. "A reply to certain criticisms of Professor Giard respecting the Bopyrids." Comptes Rendus Des Séances De La Société De Biologie, (19) 856–858.
Identifier:
135424
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_135424

Account Ledger

Creator:
Vever, Henri, 1854-1942  Search this
Names:
Vever, Henri, 1854-1942  Search this
Yamanaka, Sadajiro  Search this
Collection Creator:
Vever, Henri, 1854-1942  Search this
Extent:
175 Items (pages of handwriting)
Type:
Archival materials
Works of art
Photographs
Place:
Paris (France)
France -- Ile-de-France -- Paris
Date:
1907-1917
Scope and Contents:
Handwritten ledger of Henri Vever's purchases of art from dealers between January 1907 and July 1917. Dealers include Yamanaka Sadajiro, Marcel Bing and George Joseph Demotte.
Arrangement:
This collection is in a box with a smaller, unbound purchase ledger dated 1894.
Biographical / Historical:
Jeweler, art collector, and author Henri Vever was born in Metz, France in 1854. Together with his older brother Paul, Henri Vever managed the family jewelry firm, Maison Vever, from 1881 until Paul's death in 1915 and Henri's retirement in 1921. As an art collector, Vever amassed a large collection of European, Asian, and Islamic art. Through his work as a jeweler, art collector, and author, Henri Vever played an important role in the twentieth-century art world.
Local Numbers:
FSA A1988.04 2.2
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
No restrictions on use.
Occupation:
Art dealers -- France -- Paris  Search this
Topic:
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- France -- Paris  Search this
Art, Asian  Search this
Art, European  Search this
Art, Islamic  Search this
Genre/Form:
Works of art
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Henri Vever Papers. FSA.A1988.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of François Mautin, 1988.
Identifier:
FSA.A1988.04, Item FSA A1988.04 2.2
See more items in:
Henri Vever Papers
Henri Vever Papers / Series 2: Account Ledger / Account Ledger
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc32caccb20-69a4-44b1-a57a-c224f89173a2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a1988-04-ref609
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Actes de la Société d'ethnographie : constituée par deux arrètes ministeriels : compte rendu des séances ..

Author:
Société d'ethnographie (Paris, France)  Search this
Madier de Montjau  Search this
Subject:
Société d'ethnographie (Paris, France)  Search this
Physical description:
v. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Periodicals
Date:
18uu
Topic:
Ethnology--Societies, etc  Search this
Call number:
GN301 .S678
GN301.S678
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_370320

Actes du dixième Congrès international des orientalistes. Session de Genève. 1894 ..

Author:
International Congress of Orientalists (10th : 1894 : Geneva)  Search this
Physical description:
4 v. in 1. plates, maps. 25 cm
Type:
Congresses
Date:
1895
1897
1895-97
Topic:
Oriental philology  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_236761

Activation du thulium par les neutrons lents : note / de MM. Maurice Curie et Pierre Preiswerk

Author:
Curie, Maurice 1888-  Search this
Preiswerk, Pierre  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2, [2] p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1936
[1936?]
Topic:
Thulium  Search this
Radioactivity  Search this
Call number:
QD181.T8 C97 1936
QD181.T8C97 1936
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_322468

Albert Einstein, 1879-1955 : mémorial Albert Einstein publié à l'occasion du centième anniversaire de sa naissance / [organisé par l'Académie royale de Belgique]

Author:
Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique  Search this
Subject:
Einstein, Albert 1879-1955 Anniversaries, etc  Search this
Physical description:
138 pages, xxviii leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Belgium
Brussels
Date:
1980
Topic:
Physics  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_942639

Allobates olfersioides

Preparation:
Ethanol
Type Citation:
Lutz, A. 1925. C. R. Seances Soc. Biol., Paris. 93 (21): 138.
Type Status:
Syntype
Place:
Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America
Collection Date:
Apr 1924
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Amphibia, Anura, Dendrobatidae
Published Name:
Allobates olfersioides
Colostethus brunneus
Eupemphix olfersioides
Accession Number:
134972
Other Numbers:
Field Number : No Field Number
USNM Number:
96539
See more items in:
Vertebrate Zoology
Amphibians & Reptiles
Data Source:
NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Herpetology Division
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3eda61f49-c95b-4abf-bb9b-73260762049b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhvz_6069775
Online Media:

Allobates olfersioides

Preparation:
Ethanol
Type Citation:
Lutz, A. 1925. C. R. Seances Soc. Biol., Paris. 93 (21): 138.
Type Status:
Syntype
Place:
Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America
Collection Date:
Apr 1924
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Amphibia, Anura, Dendrobatidae
Published Name:
Allobates olfersioides
Colostethus brunneus
Eupemphix olfersioides
Accession Number:
134972
Other Numbers:
Field Number : No Field Number
USNM Number:
96540
See more items in:
Vertebrate Zoology
Amphibians & Reptiles
Data Source:
NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Herpetology Division
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/334a19a89-2d91-45e1-b002-19a4bf471f25
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhvz_6069776
Online Media:

Allobates olfersioides

Preparation:
Ethanol
Type Citation:
Lutz, A. 1925. C. R. Seances Soc. Biol., Paris. 93 (21): 138.
Type Status:
Syntype
Place:
Nictheroy (= Niteroi), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America
Collection Date:
1923
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Amphibia, Anura, Dendrobatidae
Published Name:
Allobates olfersioides
Colostethus brunneus
Eupemphix olfersioides
Accession Number:
134972
Other Numbers:
Field Number : No Field Number
USNM Number:
96412
See more items in:
Vertebrate Zoology
Amphibians & Reptiles
Data Source:
NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Herpetology Division
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f32e6dbe-d847-4824-ba1b-5c269cc17371
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhvz_6069651
Online Media:

Alluaudiopsis fiberenensis Humbert & Choux

Biogeographical Region:
29 - Western Indian Ocean  Search this
Collector:
Jean-Henri Humbert  Search this
Type Citation:
Humbert, H. & Choux, P. 1934. Compt. Rend. Seances Acad. Agric. France. 199: 1651.
Type Status:
Type collection
Place:
Vallee du Fiherenana., Madagascar, Africa
Collection Date:
Nov 1933
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Caryophyllales Didiereaceae Didiereoideae
Published Name:
Alluaudiopsis fiberenensis Humbert & Choux
Barcode:
00102699
Other Numbers:
fiche number : 0252/B09
USNM Number:
2494841
See more items in:
Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Type Register
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3058099b0-3e34-4ebe-af9c-3c05a13bbbd0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2155309

American Indian magic : sacred pow wows & Hopi prophecies / by Brad Steiger

Author:
Steiger, Brad  Search this
Physical description:
200 p. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
North America
Date:
1986
C1986
Topic:
Occultism  Search this
Indian magic  Search this
New Age movement  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_902963

Analyse des mémoires lus par M. Ampère a l'Académie des sciences, dans les séances des 18 et 25 septembre, des 9 et 30 octobre 1820

Author:
Ampère, André-Marie 1775-1836  Search this
Académie des sciences (France)  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Subject:
Ampère, André-Marie 1775-1836  Search this
Physical description:
20 p. ; 22 cm
Type:
Early works to 1850
Date:
1820
1829
1820?]
Topic:
Electricity  Search this
Electric currents  Search this
Call number:
QC631.3 .A52m
QC631.3.A52m
QC631.3.A476 1821
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_167203

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