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Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Fri, 11 Aug 2023 19:24:00 GMT
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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Festival Blog
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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edanmdm:posts_a0656c2bd5129c1cf2ad97ee4c062f21

Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company photographs and other materials

Donor:
Bethlehem Steel Corporation  Search this
Manufacturer:
Consolidation Coal Company  Search this
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company  Search this
Extent:
23 Cubic feet (99 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Photograph albums
Window displays
Date:
1885-1940s
Summary:
The collection documents the building, operation and daily life of coal mining communities in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio between 1911 and 1946. The collection is a valuable for the study of mining technology and the social conditions of the time period and regions.
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists mostly of photographs depicting Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company mines and mining towns in Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Subjects include worker housing, schools for miners' children, gardens, churches, recreational facilities, health services, company stores, safety, mining machinery, construction of mines and related structures, and the interiors of mines.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: Background Materials, 1904-1933

Series 2: Photographs, 1885-1940s

Subseries 2.1: Photograph Albums, 1885-1932

Subseries 2.2: West Virginia Division, 19091-1917

Subseries 2.3: Glass Plate and Film Negatives, 1911-1940s

Subseries 2.4: Numbered Photographs, 1911-1930

Subseries 2.5: Miscellaneous, 1913, 1916
Historical Note:
The Consolidation Coal Company was started in 1864 to mine bituminous coal deposits in Maryland's Cumberland region. it expanded by acquiring other mine companies as well as rail and other transportation companies. It went into receivership in 1932. The Pittsburgh Coal Company, founded in 1900, took over the firm in 1945 and formed the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company.

The Consolidation Coal Company (Maryland)

The Consolidation Coal Company was incorporated in Maryland on March 8, 1860, for the purpose of effecting a merger of a number of coal operators mining the Georges Creek basin in Allegany County, Maryland. Because of the Civil War, during which Confederate armies frequently blocked the region's only outlet to market, the company was not actually organized until April 19, 1864. Starting life as the dominant operator in this small but significant coal field, "Consol" rose to become the nation's top producer of bituminous coal.

The Georges Creek or Cumberland Coal Field, occupying part of the triangle of western Maryland, contained a high-quality, low-volatile bituminous steam coal which was also, thanks to the Potomac River, the coal of this type most accessible to Eastern markets. Coal had been mined in the region beginning in the 1700s, and the first coal company, the Maryland Mining Company, had been incorporated in 1828. However, large-scale development could not occur until the mid-1840s, after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reached Cumberland and provided reliable transportation. This also coincided with the development of ocean steam navigation and a rapid growth in the number of railroad locomotives and stationary steam engines. Cumberland coal was ideal for ship bunkering, and much of the output was shipped to New York Harbor. Naturally, New York capitalists and manufacturers played a leading role in developing the field. Lewis Howell's Maryland and New York Iron and Coal Company rolled the first solid U.S. railroad rail at its Mount Savage mill in 1844. The Consolidation Coal merger was put together by New Yorkers such as William H. Aspinwall, Erastus Corning, the Delanos and Roosevelts, and the Boston financier John Murray Forbes, who already had substantial investments in the region.

Upon its formation, the Consolidation Coal Company acquired the properties of the Ocean Steam Coal Company, the Frostburg Coal Company, and the Mount Savage Iron Company totaling about 11,000 acres. The last named company brought with it control of the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad, which connected the mines to the Baltimore & Ohio and later the Pennsylvania and Western Maryland railroads. In 1870, Consol absorbed the Cumberland Coal and Iron Company of 1840, the next largest operator in the field, and gained an additional 7,000 acres. Further purchases from the Delano interests gave it over 80 percent of the entire Cumberland Field.

Soon after its hated rival, the Pennsylvania Railroad, gained access to the Cumberland Coal Field, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began purchasing large blocks of Consolidation Coal stock to protect its traffic base in 1875, eventually gaining a 52 percent interest. A B&O slate of directors was elected in February 1877, with Charles F. Mayer of Baltimore as president, and the company offices were moved from New York to Baltimore.

Until the turn of the century, Consolidation Coal's mining operations were confined to the small soft coal region of western Maryland. The company purchased the 12,000 acre Millholland coal tract near Morgantown, W.Va. in 1902 and acquired controlling interests in the Fairmont Coal Company of West Virginia and the Somerset Coal Company of Pennsylvania the following year. These acquisitions boosted Consolidation's annual production more than six-fold in only three years. The company purchased the 25,000 acre Stony Creek tract in Somerset County, Pa., in 1904. The Fairmont Coal Company purchase included a joint interest in the North Western Fuel Company, which owned and operated docks and coal distribution facilities in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

In 1906, the Interstate Commerce Commission held a formal investigation of rail ownership of coal companies, which resulted in the passage of the Hepburn Act and its "Commodities Clause," which prohibited railroads from dealing in the commodities they hauled. In anticipation of the new regulations, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad sold its entire holdings of Consolidation stock to a Baltimore syndicate headed by Consol president Clarence W. Watson, J. H. Wheelwright and H. Crawford on April 26, 1906. At the time of the B&O's divestiture, the aggregate annual output of Consolidation's mines totaled more than 10 million tons and the company controlled more than 200,000 acres. The John D. Rockefeller interests began purchasing Consol securities in 1915, eventually securing a controlling interest. The company's offices were returned to New York City in May 1921.

After the B&O divestiture, Consol began expanding into the Southern Appalachian coal fields, which were just being opened by railroads on a large scale. The mines in this region yielded a low volatile coal that provided an ideal fuel source for stationary steam engines, ships, and locomotives. Of equal importance, operators in the remote mountains had been able to resist unionization and thus achieve lower operating costs, while all of Consol's previous holdings had been in the so-called "Central Competitive Field" to the north, which had been unionized in the 1890s. Consolidation Coal purchased 30,000 acres in the Millers Creek Field of Eastern Kentucky in 1909 and 100,000 acres in the Elkhorn Field the next year. In February 1922, Consol secured a long term lease and option on the Carter Coal Company, whose 37,000 acres straddled the borders of Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. In 1925, Consol became the nation's largest producer of bituminous coal, excluding the captive mines of the steel companies.

During the Great Depression, Consolidation Coal experienced serious financial difficulties and was forced into receivership on June 2, 1932. The Rockefellers liquidated their holdings at a loss, and the Carter Coal Company was returned to the Carter heirs in 1933. Consol was reorganized and reincorporated in Delaware as the Consolidation Coal Company, Inc. on November 1, 1935, and was able to retain its position as one of the nation's top coal producers. Eventually, stock control passed into the hands of the M.A. Hanna Company group of Cleveland, dealers in coal and iron ore. Although production reached record levels during the Second World War, management feared a recurrence of the collapse that had followed World War I. It also faced the prospect of increased competition from oil and natural gas and the loss of traditional markets such as home heating and locomotive fuel. As a result Consol opened negotiations with another large producer, the Pittsburgh Coal Company, which was the dominant operator in the Pittsburgh District.

The Pittsburgh Coal Company

The Pittsburgh Coal Company was a product of the great industrial merger movement of the late 1890s. In 1899, two large mergers were effected in the Pittsburgh District.

The Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania on October 1, 1899 to merge the properties of over 90 small firms operating mines along the Monongahela River south of Pittsburgh. Some of these operations dated to the early 1800s, and all of them shipped coal down the Ohio-Mississippi River system by barge from close to the mine mouth, or later by the railroads built along the river banks. The combination controlled 40,000 acres of coal land, 100 steam towboats, 4,000 barges, and facilities for handling coal at Cincinnati, Louisville, Vicksburg, Memphis, Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

The Pittsburgh Coal Company was incorporated in New Jersey as a holding company on September 1, 1899 and acquired the properties of over 80 operators located in the areas back from the river on both sides of the Monongahela south of Pittsburgh. The combination was engineered by some of the most prominent Pittsburgh industrialists, including Andrew W. Mellon, Henry W. Oliver, and Henry Clay Frick. It controlled over 80,000 acres and six collector railroads, the longest of which was the Montour Railroad. Most of its output was shipped by rail, with a large share being transferred to ships on the Great Lakes for distribution throughout the industrial Midwest. The company owned coal docks and yards at Chicago, Cleveland, Duluth, West Superior, Sault Ste. Marie, Ashtabula, Fairport and Thornburg. Subsequently, the company expanded in southwestern Pennsylvania and the Hocking Valley of Ohio through the lease of the Shaw Coal Company in 1901 and the purchase of the Midland Coal Company in 1903. Most of the properties were vested in a separate Pittsburgh Coal Company, an operating company incorporated in Pennsylvania.

Unlike the Consolidation Coal Company, which had grown by gradual accretion, the Pittsburgh Coal Company had been created in a single stroke. As with many mergers of the period, its capitalization probably contained a high percentage of "water" in anticipation of profits from future growth. Unfortunately, the years after the merger saw explosive growth in the coal fields of Southern Appalachia instead. Although farther from major consuming centers, they enjoyed several advantages. The coal itself was superior, low-volatile with higher BTU content and altogether cleaner than the high-volatile coals of Ohio and the Pittsburgh District. As already noted, the southern mines were also non-union. With the inroads of Southern Appalachian coal, the Pittsburgh Coal Company continuously lost ground in the crucial Lake and western markets from 1900 to 1915. The company's capitalization proved unwieldy in the unsettled economic conditions following the Panic of 1907. A reorganization plan was devised under which a new Pittsburgh Coal Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania on January 12, 1916 by merging the old Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania and the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company. The old holding company was then liquidated and the stock of the new operating company distributed to its stockholders. Dissension between the common and preferred stockholders delayed consummation of the plan until July 16, 1917.

The Pittsburgh Coal Company, which had all its operations in the Central Competitive Field, had a much more difficult time than Consolidation in breaking the 1923 Jacksonville Agreement with the United Mine Workers in 1925-1927 and reverting to non-union status. The three-year struggle ended the company's ability to pay dividends. Pittsburgh Coal survived the Depression without receivership but with ever-increasing arrearages on its preferred stock. By the end of World War II, its managers were just as eager as those at Consol to attempt greater economies through merger. The Pittsburgh Coal Company and the Consolidation Coal Company merged on November 23, 1945, with exchange ratios of 65 to 35 percent. Pittsburgh Coal Company, the surviving partner, changed its name to the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company.

The Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company

After the merger, the M.A. Hanna Company interests of Cleveland became the dominant factor in Pitt-Consol's affairs. Hanna had transferred its pre-merger Consol stock to its subsidiary Bessemer Coal & Coke Corporation in 1943. This led to a restructuring whereby Pitt-Consol acquired Hanna's share of the North Western-Hanna Fuel Company in April 1946 and the Hanna coal properties in eastern Ohio on June 16, 1946 These included large reserves of strippable coal that accounted for about 20 percent of the state's production. Pitt-Consol later acquired Hanna's holdings of coal land in Harrison, Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, on December 30, 1949. It purchased the New York Central Railroad's 51 percent interest in the Jefferson Coal Company, giving it full control, in 1952 and merged it into the Hanna Coal Company Division.

Pitt-Consol sold its last major railroads, the Montour Railroad and the Youngstown & Southern Railway to the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad on December 31, 1946. The Northwestern Coal Railway had been sold to the Great Northern system, and the Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad had been sold to the Western Maryland Railway in May 1944.

In addition, a new Research and Development Division was created to fund projects aimed at developing more efficient production methods, new outlets for coal consumption, coal-based synthetic fuels and chemical byproducts. A new coal gasification plant opened at Library, Pa., in November 1948, and the company began the manufacture of a smokeless fuel briquette under the trademark "Disco" at Imperial, Pa., in 1949. An experimental coal slurry pipeline was built in Ohio in 1952.

During the 1950s and early 1960s, Pitt-Consol made many changes in its coal holdings, selling high-cost or less desirable properties, diversifying its reserves across many different coal fields, rationalizing property lines to permit large mechanized underground or strip mines and forming joint ventures with steel companies to secure guaranteed customers. Pitt-Consol acquired the Jamison Coal and Coke Company in 1954 and the Pocahontas Fuel Company, Incorporated, a large producer of low-volatile Southern Appalachian coal, in 1956. In the latter year, it sold its Elkhorn Field properties to the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. As Pittsburgh District operations became less central, the corporate name was changed back to Consolidation Coal Company in April 1958.

The Consolidation Coal Company, CONOCO and CONSOL Energy, Inc.:

Consol continued to expand into the early 1960s. On April 30, 1962, it absorbed the Truax-Traer Coal Company of Illinois. Truax-Traer also mined lignite in North Dakota, a low-grade but low-sulfur coal that was taking a greater share of the power generation market as environmental laws placed greater restrictions on high-sulfur coal from the Central Competitive Field. The following year Consol acquired the Crozer Coal and Land Company and the Page Coal and Coke Company, owners of additional reserves of low-volatile, low-sulfur steam coal in southern West Virginia.

In 1966, just two years after the company marked its centennial, Consolidation Coal was acquired by the Continental Oil Company (Conoco). This was part of a general trend whereby U.S. oil companies extended their reach by acquiring coal reserves and large coal producers. In turn, Conoco was acquired by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company in 1981. This purchase was motivated by DuPont's desire to obtain better control of chemical feedstocks in an era of high oil prices. Consolidation Coal was not a major factor in the Conoco acquisition and did not really fit into DuPont's strategy, especially after coal and oil prices declined. As a result, it was quickly sold off when DuPont was restructured a decade later. In 1991, a new holding company CONSOL Engery, Inc. was incorporated as a joint venture of DuPont Energy Company and the German energy conglomerate Rheinisch-Westfalisches Elektrizitatswerk A.G., through its wholly owned subsidiaries Rheinbraun A.G. and Rheinbraun U.S.A. GmbH. Consolidation Coal Company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of CONSOL Energy, Inc. DuPont eventually sold most of its half interest, so that by 1998, Rheinbraun affiliates owned 94% of CONSOL Energy stock, while DuPont Energy retained only 6%. CONSOL Energy purchased the entire stock of the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company on September 22, 1998. CONSOL Energy stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CNX" in 1999, with an initial public offering of more than 20 million shares.

CONSOL Energy produced more than 74 million tons of coal in 1999, accounting for approximately 7% of domestic production. The company currently operates 22 mining complexes, primarily east of the Mississippi River.

Source

Historical note from the Consolidation Coal Company Records, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Related Materials:
Materials in the Archives Center

The Archives Center holds a number of collections that document coal.

Coal and Gas Trust Investigation Collection (NMAH.AC.1049)

Hammond Coal Company Records (NMAH.AC.1003)

Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Records (NMAH.AC.0071)

Lehigh Valley Coal Company Records (NMAH.AC.1106)

Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company Records (NMAH.AC.0282)

Materials in Other Organizations

Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

CONSOL Energy, Inc. Mine Maps and Records Collection, 1857-2002

AIS.1991.16

The CONSOL Energy Inc. collection contains coal mine maps, related documents and topographical information, as well as surface maps and detailed information on mine accidents. Additionally, there are technical drawings, outside notes on multiple mines, traverse and survey books, information on companies and railroads with which CONSOL conducted business, and a variety of non-print materials including photographs, negatives and aperture cards. Digital reproductions of selected material are available online.

CONSOL Energy Inc. West Virginia and Eastern Ohio Mine Maps and Records Collection, 1880-1994

AIS.2004.22

The CONSOL Energy Inc. West Virginia and Eastern Ohio Mine Maps and Records Collection contains coal mine maps as well as surface maps and detailed information on mine accidents in West Virginia and Eastern Ohio. Additionally, there are technical drawings, related documents, traverse and survey books, publications and photographs.

Consolidation Coal Company Records, 1854-1971, bulk 1864-1964

AIS.2011.03

The Consolidation Coal Company (Consol) was created by the merger of several small operators mining the Georges Creek coal basin in Allegany County, Maryland. The company expanded rapidly in the early twentieth century through the purchase of substantial tracts in the coal fields of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky as well as docks and distribution facilities in the Great Lakes region. By 1927, Consol was the nation's largest producer of bituminous coal. Following a merger with the Pittsburgh Coal Company in 1945, the company pursued a policy of acquiring companies which afforded opportunities for greater diversification while selling off unprofitable lines. In addition, a new research and development division was created to fund projects aimed at developing more efficient production methods and new outlets for coal consumption. The records of the Consolidation Coal Company and its affiliated companies are arranged in seven series. Minute books and contract files provide the most comprehensive documentation in this collection.
Provenance:
Donated to the National Museum of American History in 1987 by Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
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 intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Accidents  Search this
Children -- 20th century  Search this
Coal miners  Search this
Company towns  Search this
Churches  Search this
Coal mines and mining -- Safety measures  Search this
Construction  Search this
Dams  Search this
Gardens  Search this
General stores  Search this
Hospitals  Search this
Housing  Search this
Kindergarten  Search this
May Day  Search this
Mine safety  Search this
Mines -- Kentucky  Search this
Mines -- Maryland  Search this
Mines -- Pennsylvania  Search this
Mines -- West Virginia  Search this
Mining corporations  Search this
Mining equipment  Search this
Mining -- Kentucky  Search this
Mining -- Maryland  Search this
Mining and minerals industry  Search this
Mining -- Pennsylvania  Search this
Mining -- West Virginia  Search this
Railroads -- 20th century -- United States  Search this
Schools -- school houses -- Classrooms  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- 20th century
Photographs -- 20th century
Photograph albums -- 20th century
Window displays
Citation:
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company photographs and other materials, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1007
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Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company photographs and other materials
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86027ae9f-9a84-4277-adcf-d0b5e919ac6a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1007
Online Media:

The Church and society in Latin America selected papers from the conference at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 29-30, 1982 [edited by Jeffrey A. Cole]

Author:
Cole, Jeffrey A  Search this
Tulane University Center for Latin American Studies  Search this
Subject:
Catholic Church  Search this
Catholic Church  Search this
Physical description:
v, 379 pages illustrations 22 cm
Type:
Books
Congresses
Congrès
Church history
Conference papers and proceedings
Place:
Latin America
Hispanoamérica
Amérique latine
Date:
1984
Topic:
Church history  Search this
Historia eclesiástica  Search this
Congresos  Search this
Histoire religieuse  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1165972

Uganda photographs

Creator:
Church Missionary Society. Uganda Mission  Search this
Names:
Aliwonya, Silasi, Reverend  Search this
Chwa II, Daudi, King, 1896 - 1939  Search this
Clayton, Herbert, 1870-1965  Search this
Cook, Albert R., Sir (Albert Ruskin), 1870-1951  Search this
Cook, Katharine Timpson, 1863-1938  Search this
Hattersley, C. W. (Charles W.) (1866-1934)  Search this
Hobart, Claud Vere Cavendish  Search this
Kahaya, Edward Suleiman, Omugabe, 1877-1944  Search this
Kezekia Ndahura II, Edward, Omukama, 1884–1907  Search this
Leakey, Richard H.  Search this
Mbaguta, Nuwa, 1867 - 1944  Search this
Senfuma, Thomas  Search this
Willis, John Jamieson, 1872-1954  Search this
Extent:
22 Photographic prints ((dupe prints), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
170 Negatives (photographic) ((dupe negs), black & white, 4 x 5 in.)
170 Photographic prints (black & white, 11 x 15 cm. or smaller)
Container:
Box 1
Volume 1
Culture:
Wanika (African people)  Search this
Hima (African people)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Negatives (photographic)
Place:
Africa
Victoria, Lake
Ankole (Uganda)
Uganda
Mombassa (Kenya)
Frere Town (Kenya)
Kenya
Date:
1897-1903
Scope and Contents:
This collection is comprised of a photographic album, dating from 1897-1903, that includes images of Momabassa, and Frere Town in Kenya and the Ankole, Toro and Mengo regions of Uganda and some locations in between. African peoples depicted include the Waniki and Banma. Subjects include the French Roman Catholic mission station at Budu, Mengo Church, Mengo Hospital, CMS station in Koki, the Koki Roman Catholic station, House and enclosure of the King of Koki, missionaries and their families, and wives and children of chiefs. Some of the figures depicted include Reverend H. Clayton, Reverend W. H. R. Leakey, Reverend Ernest Millar, missionaries, including Miss Walker, Miss Chadwick, and Miss Brown; Sir Apolo Kaggwa; Kamswaga, King of Koki, and Kahara, King of Akole as well as local chiefs, Lieutenant Hobart; A. C. Hattersley, and Archibald Walker.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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:
Missionaries -- Africa  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographic prints
Identifier:
EEPA.1998-002
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Uganda photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7851ef0ab-9c99-4426-ae84-1c91f767c0e1
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-1998-002

Callirhytis perrugosa

Collector:
[Not Stated]  Search this
Prep Count:
1
Preparation:
Pinned
Sex:
Female
Stage:
Adult
Type Citation:
Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 95 (3178): 22.
Type Status:
Holotype
Place:
East Falls Church, Arlington, Virginia, United States
Collection Date:
30 Apr 1930
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipinae
Published Name:
Callirhytis perrugosa Weld, 1944
Barcode:
USNMENT00802245
Other Numbers:
Inquire SerNum : 76118
USNM Type Number : 56391
USNM Number:
USNMENT00802245
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Entomology Types
Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/391231cd2-200c-4441-aecf-85b5dff72e79
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_9175522
Online Media:

Phylloteras sigma

Collector:
[Not Stated]  Search this
Prep Count:
1
Preparation:
Pinned
Sex:
Female
Stage:
Adult
Type Citation:
Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 95 (3178): 5.
Type Status:
Holotype
Place:
East Falls Church, Arlington, Virginia, United States
Collection Date:
22 Oct 1940
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipinae
Published Name:
Phylloteras sigma Weld, 1944
Barcode:
USNMENT00802331
Other Numbers:
Inquire SerNum : 76101
USNM Type Number : 56374
USNM Number:
USNMENT00802331
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Entomology Types
Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b5e5f853-a28d-4340-b9e8-a7d654ffeb98
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_9175714
Online Media:

Pipizella banksi

Collector:
N. Banks  Search this
Prep Count:
1
Preparation:
Pinned
Stage:
Adult
Type Citation:
Curran. 1921. Revision of the Pipiza group of the family Syrphidae (flower-flies) from north of Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Fourth Series). XI: 345-393.
Type Status:
Holotype
Place:
Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera, Syrphidae
Published Name:
Pipizella banksi Curran, 1921
Barcode:
USNMENT00250081
Other Numbers:
USNM Type Number : 25261
USNM Number:
USNMENT00250081
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Entomology Types
Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ba5cd9a1-4c19-4cda-aabe-94b4997a23c0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_16316158
Online Media:

Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) bahamensis

Collector:
F. E. Church  Search this
Prep Count:
1
Preparation:
Pinned
Stage:
Adult
Place:
Bimini, [Not Stated], Bahamas
Collection Date:
3 Apr 1936
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Xylocopinae
Published Name:
Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) bahamensis Moure & Hurd
Barcode:
USNMENT01612785
USNM Number:
USNMENT01612785
See more items in:
Specimen Inventory
Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37041625b-a242-4b4a-846d-8af3ce0d47ca
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_15901515

Cast Of Black Obelisk Of Shalmaneser III

Donor Name:
Accession Number Unknown  Search this
Site Name:
Nimrud (Calah, Kalhu)  Search this
Height - Object:
1 m
Depth - Object:
56 cm
Width - Object:
2.33 m
Culture:
Assyrian  Search this
Object Type:
Cast
Place:
Noomanea, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, Asia
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
000000
USNM Number:
A130101-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3eb341944-e1b4-4b71-88ee-aa766b743f37
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8010351
Online Media:

Large Costumed Doll, "Miss Japan"

Donor Name:
Federal Council Church Of Christ  Search this
Height - Object:
76.1 cm
Culture:
Japanese  Search this
Object Type:
Doll / Stand
Place:
Japan, Asia
Accession Date:
28 Jan 1960
Collection Date:
Feb. 29, 1928
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
100437
USNM Number:
E340126-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bbeddc15-db6e-4980-889d-e3e97b86be1c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8400841
Online Media:

War Club

Collector:
William W. Davis  Search this
Donor Name:
Miss Lucy L. Bowie  Search this
Culture:
Sioux (Oceti Sakowin)  Search this
Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Dakota (?)  Search this
Object Type:
Club
Place:
Not Given, Minnesota, United States, North America
Accession Date:
29 Jul 1936
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
140292
USNM Number:
E377992-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e955a038-f706-40c4-a271-8c42f9a88cac
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8414293
Online Media:

Rattle

Collector:
William W. Davis  Search this
Donor Name:
Miss Lucy L. Bowie  Search this
Culture:
Sioux (Oceti Sakowin)  Search this
Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Dakota (?)  Search this
Object Type:
Rattle
Place:
Not Given, Minnesota, United States, North America
Accession Date:
29 Jul 1936
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
140292
USNM Number:
E377993-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e1c31028-568c-4fbf-b9ee-2cf5485aefc6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8414294
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Pottery Bowl

Collector:
Mrs. Anne R. Frayser  Search this
Maj. Benjamin H. Frayser  Search this
Donor Name:
Maj. Benjamin H. Frayser  Search this
Culture:
Hopi  Search this
Object Type:
Pot
Place:
Not Given, Arizona / New Mexico, United States, North America
Accession Date:
15 Oct 1937
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
145422
USNM Number:
E378880-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38ed5bbb1-eafb-4110-bca1-bad4bbe2784d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8415140
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"Mola," Or Woman's Shirt

Donor Name:
Carl F. Sahlin  Search this
Length - Object:
55 cm
56 cm
Width - Object:
54 cm
53 cm
Culture:
Kuna (Guna)  Search this
Object Type:
Blouse
Place:
San Blas, Panama, Central America
Accession Date:
27 May 1947
Collection Date:
1938
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
176215
USNM Number:
E385641-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a225f7ec-9528-48f4-890e-f073f37ea545
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8419682
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Reed Bead Necklaces (2)

Collector:
Horatio Hale  Search this
Donor Name:
United States Exploring Expedition  Search this
Length - Object:
66 cm
71 cm
160 cm
Unknown - Object:
180 cm
Culture:
Aboriginal Australian  Search this
Object Type:
Necklace
Place:
Wellington Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Accession Date:
1858
Collection Date:
1839 to 1840
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
66A00050
USNM Number:
E5802-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c6002440-b438-4989-a6dc-6d18cb1ffab7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8470029
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Shaman's Hat

Collector:
William J. Fisher  Search this
Donor Name:
William J. Fisher  Search this
Height - Object:
25 cm
Culture:
Eskimo, Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Koniag  Search this
Object Type:
Hat
Place:
Ugashik, Alaska Peninsula / Ugashik River, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
4 Jan 1887
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
018490
USNM Number:
E127804-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f03f9f95-a2a3-45e8-98cb-d6027161d0d2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8334405
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Lava Lava, hand held fan

Collector:
Dr. Joshua A. Bell  Search this
Donor Name:
National Museum of Natural History  Search this
Length - Frame:
17 cm
Length - Handle:
17.5 cm
Total Length:
35.5 cm
Width:
26 cm
Culture:
I'ai (Purari)  Search this
Object Type:
Fan
Place:
Aikavalavi section of Mapaio village, Purari Delta, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
Accession Date:
17 May 2017
Collection Date:
22 Mar 2010
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
2058626
USNM Number:
E435172-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a788dfcf-49f0-4f26-b29e-ab186fa627e3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_13851261
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"Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture" Curator's Video Tour

Creator:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2020-04-20T13:59:25.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
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americanartmuseum
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
YouTube Channel:
americanartmuseum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_D-p96np-Pw4

Meet the Artist: Lava Thomas on "Requiem for Charleston"

Creator:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2017-11-13T20:48:06.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
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americanartmuseum
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
YouTube Channel:
americanartmuseum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_j5w30Id94Es

This Man Became the First Openly Gay Bishop in America

Creator:
Smithsonian Channel  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2019-06-21T15:30:00.000Z
YouTube Category:
Entertainment  Search this
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smithsonianchannel
Data Source:
Smithsonian Channel
YouTube Channel:
smithsonianchannel
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_4ptxqgKFdLA

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