The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment.
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.
101 Live Radio with Rich Hawkins, KRVN / Grace Ellen Rice, Pat Roberts, Rich Hawkins.
102 Live Radio with Verlene Looker, KMA / Leslie Arnold, Verlene Looker, Virginia Gustad.
103 Choosing and Planting Seeds / Ordell Gustad, Dave Jones, Thomas Holmquist.
Local Numbers:
FP-1991-CT-0085
General:
tape 3/3
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 28, 1991.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.
Sheldon, Charles Stuart, II, 1917-1981 Search this
Names:
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service Search this
National Aeronautics and Space Council (U.S.) Search this
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics Search this
United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration Search this
United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee Search this
Sheldon, Charles Stuart, II, 1917-1981 Search this
Extent:
13.08 Cubic feet ((12 records center boxes))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Notes
Publications
Photographs
Drawings
Manuscripts
Correspondence
Place:
Outer space -- Exploration -- Soviet Union
Outer space -- Exploration -- United States
Date:
1934-1980
bulk 1958-1972
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists mainly of Sheldon's research correspondence files from his tenure at CRS and NASC. The collection also reflects his activities as Staff Economist for the Joint Economics Committee (1955-57), Assistant Director, House Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration (1958), and Technical Director, House Committee on Science and Astronautics (1959-61). The bulk of the material consists of papers and notes regarding U.S. and Soviet space programs (both manned and unmanned) in connection with various papers and speeches prepared by Dr. Sheldon, including original drawings of Soviet spacecraft, various photos of U.S. and Soviet craft, articles, and papers touching on various aerospace subjects, as well as notes of lectures given by Dr. Sheldon, and copies (both rough-draft and final) of speeches given by him in the 1960s.
Biographical / Historical:
Dr. Charles Stuart Sheldon II (1917-1981) was an economist, author, and advisor to Congress and the President on aerospace matters. Sheldon graduated from the University of Washington (BA, 1936; MA, 1938) and Harvard University (AM, 1939; Ph.D., 1942) and worked in several transportation and economics-related positions before World War II. During and after the war he served in the United States Navy (1943-1952) before transferring to the Naval Reserve. He spent several several years on the staff of the University of Washington Departments of Transportation (1940-48), including three years as Director (1946-48), and Economics (1949-55), before joining the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress (CRS) as Senior Specialist, Transportation and Communications (1955-58). At the same time he served as director of several congressional committees relating to astronautics. He joined the professional staff of the National Aeronautics and Space Council (1961-66), which advised the President on aerospace matters, before returning to CRS (1966-81).
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
C.S. Sheldon II, Gift, 1984, XXXX-0141, unknown
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Politics and Reform, Division of, NMAH, SI. Search this
Extent:
2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Programs
Date:
circa 1924-1981.
Scope and Contents note:
This collection primarily documents Kenneth R. Harding's work as an executive at the Democratic National Congressional Committee and in the position of Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives. The collection includes photographs of politicians and foreign dignitaries, programs, printed materials, scrapbooks, correspondence, and campaign memorabilia. Materials are arranged in four series.
Series 1: Professional, 1924-1981, undated, contains pamphlets, records, correspondence, and photographs documenting Harding's work with the Democratic National Congressional Committee and as the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives. Materials are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Series 2: Elections, 1937-1978, undated, contains printed documents and statistical analyses for various locations and election cycles. Much of this was probably collected during Harding's work with the Democratic National Congressional Committee. Materials are arranged chronologically.
Series 3: Photographs, 1949-1980s, contains photographs of various figures, including United States presidents and foreign and domestic dignitaries. Most date from the period in which Harding worked as Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives. Materials are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Series 4: Clippings, 1956-1981, contains newspaper clippings. Although some mention Harding directly, many do not. Materials are arranged chronologically.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into four series.
Series 1: Professional Materials, 1924-1981, undated
Series 2: Elections, 1937-1978, undated
Series 3: Photographs, 1949-1980s
Series 4: Newspaper Clippings, 1956-1981
Biographical/Historical note:
Kenneth R. Harding was born in Medina, New York, to Victor Hunt Harding and Edith Falk Harding on March 28, 1914. Having foregone an undergraduate degree, Harding moved straight into law school, receiving his J.D. in 1937 from The George Washington University Law School. Shortly after finishing law school, in 1938, he married his first wife, Jane Wedderburn Harding.
In 1938, Harding took a position as a bank examiner in San Francisco, California. In the years before World War II, however, he was drawn away from that work to serve with the United States Navy. After this period and a 10-year stretch in the Air Force Reserve, he retired with the rank of colonel.
After retiring from military service, Harding transitioned into political work. Following in the footsteps of his father, a political science professor at Stanford University and former regional campaign manager for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harding took a position at the Democratic National Congressional Committee, of which his father was Chief Executive. In the aftermath of his father's death, he was, having worked with the Committee for eight years, promoted to Chief Executive. In this position, which he held from 1954-1972, he distinguished himself as a leader in the Democratic campaign effort. With a reputation for knowing the situation of almost any race, he was responsible for distributing funds to candidates to support their election efforts. He served during the tenure of four House Speakers. During this time, he also took up work as the Assistant Sergeant at Arms for the House of Representatives, his father having held a similar post for two brief periods.
Upon election to the position of House Sergeant at Arms (on October 1, 1972), Harding stepped away from his role at the Democratic National Congressional Committee. In his new position, he served as the chief officer responsible for the maintenance and security of the House side of the Capitol Building and all House office buildings, serving, ex officio, as co-chief of the Capitol Police. In this role, he worked to ban self-guided tours of the Capitol Building and to prohibit vendors from setting up near the Capitol Reflecting Pool. Concurrent with these duties, he was also responsible for maintaining the decorum of the House of Representatives, greeting officials upon arrival and escorting them to the appropriate chambers. In this role, he met and worked with a large number of national and international politicians and heads of state, including the presidents in office during his tenure.
Upon retirement in February of 1980, he moved to Ormund Beach, Florida. He passed away in 2007.
Provenance:
Collection donated by Harding to the Daytona Beach Community College in 1980. In 1998 the College returned the collection to the donor because of space reasons. Harding then donated the collection to the Division of Political History, National Museum of American History. The Division transferred the archival portion of the collection to the Archives Center in 2005.
Restrictions:
Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
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.
The papers of artist and art teacher Victor Mikhail Arnautoff measure 3.3 linear feet and date from 1920 to 2017 with the bulk of the material dating from the 1920 to 1953. The collection contains biographical material such as marriage certificates, passports, naturalization certificates, and an Arnautoff family history; correspondence between family members, as well as with colleagues including Diego Rivera, and with institutions concerning Arnautoff's work; writings about Arnautoff and others, including his statement regarding the House Un-American Activities Committee Hearing; professional records related to mural projects and exhibitions of Arnautoff's work; and printed material including exhibition announcements and catalogs, clippings, and On the Drumhead by Mike Quin, illustrated by Victor Arnautoff. Also included are a scrapbook containing correspondence, printed material, and photographs highlighting Arnautoff's career with particular emphasis on the controversy surrounding his Dix McSmear lithograph, as well as photographic material depicting Arnautoff, other individuals, and works of art. The bulk of the collection is made up of artwork, including sketches, a sketchbook, watercolors, and prints.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged in eight series.
Series 1: Biographical Material, 1920-1952, 1961-1979, 1995-1997 (Box 1; 0.1 linear feet)
Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1923-2008 (Box 1; 0.5 linear feet)
Series 3: Writings, 1956, circa 1984-2006 (Box 1; 5 folders)
Series 4: Professional Records, 1940-1953, 1963-2004 (Box 1, OV 5; 0.2 linear feet)
Series 5: Printed Material, 1923-1998, 2007-2017 (Boxes 1-2, OV 5; 0.6 linear feet)
Series 6: Scrapbook, 1928-1968, 1979-1981 (Bound Volume 4; 0.2 linear feet)
Series 7: Photographic Material, circa 1920s-circa 1960s, 2015 (Box 2; 0.2 linear feet)
Series 8: Artwork, circa 1920s-circa 1950s (Boxes 2-3, OVs 6-13; 1.4 linear feet)
Biographical / Historical:
Victor Mikhail Arnautoff (1896-1979) was an artist and art teacher known for his murals. Arnautoff was born in the Ukraine and served in the Russian army during World War I. After a defeat in Siberia, he crossed into China, where he remained for five years. In China he met and married his wife Lydia, and they had their first two sons.
In 1925 Arnautoff went to San Francisco to study at the California School of Fine Arts. He continued with his family to Mexico in 1929 and became an assistant to muralist Diego Rivera. While in Mexico, his third son was born, and Arnautoff met Bernard Zakheim, with whom he would later work on the Coit Tower murals. Arnautoff and his family returned to San Francisco in 1931 and in 1934 he was chosen to paint one of the murals at the Coit Tower with funding from the Public Works of Art Project. Arnautoff was one of the most prolific muralists in San Francisco in the 1930s, completing murals at Coit Tower and the Palo Alto Clinic, as well as the Presidio chapel, George Washington High School, and the California School of Fine Arts library. He also painted murals at five post offices in California and Texas.
Arnautoff began teaching at the California School of Fine Arts in 1936. He taught at Stanford from 1938 to 1962 and also taught art courses at the California Labor School.
Following the death of his wife in 1961, Arnautoff retired from teaching at Stanford and returned to the Soviet Union in 1963. While living there he continued to create works of art and published a memoir. He died in Leningrad in 1979.
Provenance:
The Victor Mikhail Arnautoff papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in 1983 by Jacob and Vasily Arnautoff, Victor Arnautoff's sons. Additional papers were donated in 2018 by Michael and Peter Arnautoff, Victor Arnautoff's son and grandson, and by Robert Cherney, a scholar who wrote a book about Arnautoff.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Occupation:
Art teachers -- California -- San Francisco Search this
Topic:
Artists -- California -- San Francisco Search this
Muralists -- California -- San Francisco Search this
Genre/Form:
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Scrapbooks
Citation:
Victor Mikhail Arnautoff papers, 1920-2017, bulk 1920-1953. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by Gerald and Bente Buck.
Protecting America's estuaries: the Potomac. Hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-first Congress, second session. July 21 and 22, 1970
Author:
United States Congress House Committee on Government Operations Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee Search this
China mail-service. February 27, 1875. Ordered to tbe printed and recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. Kasson, from the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report: on the 20th of February, 1873, the House adopted the following preamble and resolution .
Title:
China mail-service investigation
Pacific Mail Steamship Company subsidy
Author:
United States Congress (43rd, 2nd session : 1874-1875) House Search this
United States Congress House Committee on Ways and Means Search this
Standard weights letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of F.R. Hassler, upon the subject of standard weights for the United States, &c
Title:
Coast Survey and weight and measure documents 1832-43 DSI
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of F.R. Hassler, upon the subject of standard weights for the United States, &c
Author:
United States Department of the Treasury Search this
Hassler, F. R (Ferdinand Rudolph),) 1770-1843 Search this
Coast Survey letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of Professor F.R. Hassler, superintendent of the Coast Survey, and the fabrication of standard weights and measures, &c
Title:
Coast Survey and weight and measure documents 1832-43 DSI
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of Professor F.R. Hassler, superintendent of the Coast Survey, and the fabrication of standard weights and measures, &c
Author:
United States Department of the Treasury Search this
Hassler, F. R (Ferdinand Rudolph),) 1770-1843 Search this
Coast Survey Mr. Mallory, from the Select Committee on the Coast Survey, reported in part the following proceedings, in obedience to the resolution of the House of Represenatives, 2d session 27th Congress, February 19, 1842, viz
Title:
Coast Survey and weight and measure documents 1832-43 DSI
Investigation upon the survey of the coast of the United States, and the construction of standards of weight and measure by a Select Committee of Congress in 1842
Title:
Coast Survey and weight and measure documents 1832-43 DSI
Author:
Hassler, F. R (Ferdinand Rudolph),) 1770-1843 Report upon the construction of standards of weight and measure to the Committee of investigation of the Coast Survey, June 29th, 1848 Search this
United States Congress House Committee on the Coast Survey Search this
Subject:
United States Coast Survey Appropriations and expenditures Search this
Survey the coasts of the United States. Documents submitted by Mr. Carter, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to accompany the bill (no. 288) to amend the acts to provide for surveying the coasts of the United States. : May 1, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives
Title:
Coast Survey and weight and measure documents 1832-43 DSI
Coast Survey letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the late F.R. Hassler, relative to the operations and condition of the Coast Survey
Title:
Coast Survey and weight and measure documents 1832-43 DSI
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the late F.R. Hassler, relative to the operations and condition of the Coast Survey
Congressional Vote on Preparedness and War / This Chart Shows the Vote of Each Member of the House of Representatives in the 64th and 65th Congresses on the Eight Principal Preparedness and War Measures ... National Security League.
Sponsor:
National Security League.. Congressional Committee. (New York.) Search this
1 Item (1/2 size; Monochrome, Text Only, 71 x 56 cm)
Container:
Map-folder 268
Type:
Archival materials
Broadsides
Posters
Place:
United States
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 9964
General:
Issued by: National Security League's Congressional Committee
Locale:
New York
Printing Info:
Printing Information: New York
Other Printing Info: Allied Printing Union Label
Trades Council 347
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Copyright status of items varies. 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.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Posters -- United States Search this
Genre/Form:
Broadsides
Posters -- World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
Collection Citation:
Princeton University Posters Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
Digitization of the Princeton University Poster Collection was a collaboration of Google Arts and Culture and the Smithsonian Institution's Digitization Program Office. Catalog records were transcribed by digital volunteers through the Smithsonian Institution Transcription Center.
Letter from the Postmaster General in answer to a resolution of the Senate of February 23, relative to the establishment of a telegraph in connection with the postal system, June 2, 1866.
E.B. Washburne. Union of the telegraph and postal system [to accompany bill H.R. No. 1083], May 18, 1868.
Gardiner G Hubbard; Alexander William Randall; United States. Post Office Dept. Postal telegraph : letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of G.G. Hubbard, esq. of Boston, relative to the establishment of a cheap system of postal telegraph. [Washington, 1869].
Postal Telegraph [to accompany bills H.R. 1083, 1415 and 1689]. Mr. Farnsworth, from the Committee on the Post office and post Roads. February 24, 1869.
In the Senate of the United States. Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, made the following report [to accompany bill S. No. 422] [Washington, D.C. : s.n., January 31, 1870].
C. C. Washburn; United States. Congress House. Postal telegraph in the United States (to accompany H. R. no. 2365] [Washington : s.n., 1870?]
Mr. Palmer. United States. Congress House. Postal telegraph System [to accompany bill H.R. No. 2366] [Washington: July 5, 1870].
Mr. Wood. United States. Congress. House. Telegraph Between United States and Foreign Countries [to accompany bill H.R. No. 2591] [Washington: December 21, 1870].
U.S. Grant. Message of the President of the United States communicating in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 14th of June 1870, information in relation to charges made by the International Ocean Telegraph Company upon messages passing over their lines. 41st Congress. Senate Ex. Doc No. 5.
Gardiner G Hubbard. Postal telegraph : memorial of Gardiner G. Hubbard on the subject of postal telegraph system. [Washington, D.C. : s.n., 1871].
Report of the Postmaster General being part of the message and documents communicated to the beginnings of the second session of the forty- second congress. [Washington, D.C.: Government printing Office, 1871.]
United States. Senate. Congress. Report [To accompany bill S. no. 341] ... "A bill to reduce the rates of correspondence by telegraph and to connect the telegraph with the postal service. " [Washington, 1872]
Orton, William. Memorial of the Western Union Telegraph Company, remonstrating against the passage of bill (S. 341) to connect the telegraph with the postal service, and to reduce the rates of correspondence by telegraph. 1872.
James A Garfield; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. In the matter of the telegraphing of the signal-service reports. [Washington, D.C. : s.n., 1872].
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. In the Senate of the United States, Mr. Chandler from the Committee on Commerce submitted the following report. [Washington, D.C.? : s.n., 1872?]
United States. Congress. Senate. In the Senate of the United States, Mr. Ramsey submitted the following report to [accompany bill S. 341]. The committee on Post Offices and Post Roads to whom there was recommitted a bill to reduce the rates of correspondence by telegraph and to connect the telegraph with the postal service. 1872.
United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on Appropriations. To connect the telegraph with the postal service. December 19, 1872.
United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Postal telegraph. Proceedings on the Committee on Appropriations in the matter of the postal telegraph. January 23, 1873.
David Ames Wells. The relation of the government to the telegraph, or, a review of the two propositions now pending before Congress for Changing the Telegraphic Service of the Country. New York, 1873.
United States. Congress. Senate. Resolution of the Legislature of Nebraska in favor of the establishment of a postal-telegraph system. 1873.
Gardiner G Hubbard. Memorial of Gardiner G. Hubbard in relation to the postal telegraph. [Washington? : s.n., 1873?]
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements must be made to view some of the audio visual materials. Contact the Archives Center at 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:
Western Union Telegraph Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
