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Virgin of Guadalupe?

User:
Rio Grande Pueblo Mission Church  Search this
Depicted:
Our Lady of Guadalupe  Search this
Physical Description:
tanned and painted (overall production method/technique)
paints, vegetal (overall material)
roman catholicism (overall single or multi-hued)
spanish colonial (overall style)
skin, hide, buffalo (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 69 cm x 50.5 cm x 1.8 cm; 27 3/16 in x 19 7/8 in x 11/16 in
Object Name:
Painting, Hide
Place made:
United States: New Mexico, Rio Grande
Associated place:
United States: New Mexico, Rio Grande
Date made:
1700 - 1820
Depicted:
Virgin  Search this
Subject:
Roman Catholicism  Search this
Christianity  Search this
Missions  Search this
Related event:
Guadalupan Apparition  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. J. Walter Fewkes
ID Number:
CL.176403
Accession number:
31785
Catalog number:
176403
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Home and Community Life: Religion
Religion
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-0429-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1057819

bell

Physical Description:
metal, copper (overall material)
metal, iron (overall material)
metal, alloy (overall material)
roman catholicism (overall single or multi-hued)
spanish colonial (overall style)
hand-wrought (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
average spatial: 19 3/4 in x 15 in; 50.165 cm x 38.1 cm
Object Name:
Bell
Place made:
United States: New Mexico, Pecos
Date made:
1800
Associated dates:
1966 10 27 / 1966 10 27
Subject:
Missions  Search this
Christianity  Search this
Roman Catholicism  Search this
New Mexico  Search this
Indians  Search this
metalworking  Search this
Church  Search this
Spanish  Search this
Native Americans  Search this
ID Number:
CL.294110.01
Accession number:
294110
Catalog number:
294110.01
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Home and Community Life: Religion
Religion
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-c90f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1131691

shield

Physical Description:
leather, bullhide (overall material)
paint (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 23 in x 23 in x 1.5 cm x 58.3 cm; 58.42 cm x 58.42 cm x 19/32 in x 22 15/16 in
Object Name:
Shield
shield
Place made:
United States: New Mexico, Isleta Pueblo
Date made:
18th century
Made by:
Indians  Search this
Native Americans  Search this
Subject:
Latino  Search this
Missions  Search this
Roman Catholicism  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Capt. John G. Bourke
ID Number:
CL.151899
Accession number:
24142
Catalog number:
151899
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Home and Community Life: Ethnic
Religion
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-7e7e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1280827

sconce

User; originator:
Santa Ana Mission Church  Search this
Physical Description:
cornhusk (overall material)
leather (overall material)
paint, carbon (overall material)
wood (overall material)
cut (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
overall: 30.6 cm x 9.5 cm x 12.4 cm; 12 1/16 in x 3 3/4 in x 4 7/8 in
Object Name:
Sconce
Place made:
United States: New Mexico, Santa Ana
Date made:
1700 - 1820
Subject:
Missions  Search this
Christianity  Search this
Roman Catholicism  Search this
New Mexico  Search this
Church  Search this
Indians  Search this
Spanish  Search this
Native Americans  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. J. Walter Fewkes
ID Number:
CL.176368
Catalog number:
176368
176368
Accession number:
31785
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Home and Community Life: Religion
Religion
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-55ab-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_658969
Online Media:

Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Sorrows

User; originator:
Jemez Mission Church  Search this
Depicted:
Mary, Blessed Virgin  Search this
Physical Description:
gesso (overall material)
paint (overall material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 79.4 cm x 45.2 cm x 4.5 cm; 31 1/4 in x 17 25/32 in x 1 25/32 in
Object Name:
Plaque, Bas-Relief
Place made:
United States: New Mexico, Jemez
Location where used:
United States: New Mexico
Date made:
1790 - 1820
Religion association:
Roman Catholicism  Search this
Subject:
Virgin  Search this
Missions  Search this
Christianity  Search this
Credit Line:
Dr. J. Walter Fewkes
ID Number:
CL.176405
Catalog number:
176405
176405
Accession number:
31785
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Home and Community Life: Religion
Religion
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-b9ef-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_659473

bottle, tobacco

Physical Description:
leather, rawhide (overall material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 2 3/4 in x 2 in x 1 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.81 cm
Object Name:
Bottle, Tobacco
Place made:
United States: New Mexico, Nambe
Date made:
1700 - 1820
Associated date:
1850 - 1875
Subject:
Missions  Search this
Christianity  Search this
Roman Catholicism  Search this
Smoking  Search this
Tobacco Use  Search this
Spanish  Search this
New Mexico  Search this
Indians  Search this
Native Americans  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. J. Walter Fewkes
ID Number:
CL.176381
Catalog number:
176381
176381
Accession number:
31785
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Home and Community Life: Ethnic
Religion
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-65f5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_660433

bottle, tobacco

Physical Description:
leather, rawhide (overall material)
wood, cork (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.81 cm
Object Name:
Bottle, Tobacco
Place made:
United States: New Mexico, Rio Grande
Date made:
1700 - 1820
Associated date:
1850 - 1875
Subject:
Missions  Search this
Christianity  Search this
Roman Catholicism  Search this
Smoking  Search this
Tobacco Use  Search this
Spanish  Search this
New Mexico  Search this
Indians  Search this
Native Americans  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. J. Walter Fewkes
ID Number:
CL.176382
Catalog number:
176382
176382
Accession number:
31785
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Home and Community Life: Ethnic
Religion
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-bf65-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_660434

Buffalo Hide Painting of Saint Anthony of Padua

Title (Spanish):
Pintura sobre Cuero de San Antonio de Padua
User:
Tesuque Mission Church  Search this
Originator:
Tesuque Mission Church  Search this
Maker:
Franciscan B  Search this
Physical Description:
skin, hide, buffalo (overall material)
paints, vegetal (overall material)
painted (overall production method/technique)
tanned (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
overall: 52 cm x 39.5 cm x .5 cm; 20 1/2 in x 15 9/16 in x 3/16 in
Object Name:
painting, hide
Place Made:
United States: New Mexico, Tesuque
Date made:
1720
Associated date:
1700 - 1750
Religion association:
Roman Catholicism  Search this
Subject:
Saints  Search this
Missions  Search this
Christianity  Search this
Related Publication:
Boyd, Mrs. E.. Notes on Materials Seen in Storage Collections, Natural History Museum, Smithsonian, Which Could Be Used in Proposed Southwestern Spanish Colonial Exhibitions
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. J. Walter Fewkes
ID Number:
CL.176401
Catalog number:
176401
Accession number:
31785
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Religion
Cultures & Communities
Mexican America
Religion
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-66e3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_660435

crest

User; originator:
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church  Search this
Physical Description:
wood (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 22 in x 14 in; 55.88 cm x 35.56 cm
Object Name:
Crest
Place made:
United States: New Mexico, Zuni Pueblo
Location where used:
United States: New Mexico
Date made:
1775
Associated date:
1770 - 1800
Religion association:
Roman Catholicism  Search this
Subject:
Christianity  Search this
Missions  Search this
Saints  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel James Stevenson and Frank Hamilton Cushing
ID Number:
CL.041913
Accession number:
9899
Catalog number:
041913
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Home and Community Life: Religion
Religion
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-5c16-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_661056

Christ on the Cross with Burning Trees

Artist:
Frequis, Pedro Antonio  Search this
Maker:
Frequis, Pedro Antonio  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 27.6 cm x 25 cm x 1.2 cm; 10 7/8 in x 9 27/32 in x 15/32 in
Object Name:
Painting, Religious
Object Type:
Paintings
Place made:
United States: New Mexico, San Ysidro
Date made:
1870-1879
Subject:
Missions  Search this
Roman Catholicism  Search this
Christianity  Search this
Jesus Christ  Search this
Crucifixion  Search this
New Mexico  Search this
Spanish  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. J. Walter Fewkes
ID Number:
CL.176399
Catalog number:
176399
Accession number:
31785
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Home and Community Life: Religion
Religion
Art
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-650f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_906003
Online Media:

No. 20 Mission-Ranchos de Taos, NM

Maker:
Feininger, Andreas  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 10 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in; 27.305 cm x 31.75 cm
Object Name:
gelatin silver print
Place made:
United States: New Mexico, Ranchos De Taos
Date made:
1953
Subject:
Missions  Search this
Church  Search this
ID Number:
1990.0160.083
Catalog number:
1990.0160.083
Accession number:
1990.0160
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Work and Industry: Photographic History
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng42593f761-ec20-4e12-99b3-289d5e4ef335
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_2007589

Mission Church, New Mexico

Graphic artist:
Moran, Thomas  Search this
Photographer:
Jackson, William Henry  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements:
sheet: 43.2 cm x 32.9 cm; 17 in x 12 15/16 in
plate: 20 cm x 30 cm; 7 7/8 in x 11 13/16 in
Object Name:
print
Object Type:
roulette
Etching
Associated Place:
United States: New Mexico
Date made:
1881
Associated Date:
1881
Subject:
Indians  Search this
ID Number:
GA.14750
Catalog number:
14750
Accession number:
94830
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Cultures & Communities
Ferris Collection
Engineering, Building, and Architecture
Communications
Religion
Art
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-b251-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1002264
Online Media:

Brick

Measurements:
overall: 2 in x 9 5/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 24.4475 cm x 11.43 cm
Object Name:
brick
Date made:
1600 - 1700
Associated Date:
1880
Subject:
New Mexico  Search this
West  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Building & Architecture  Search this
Spanish  Search this
Indians  Search this
Missions  Search this
Native Americans  Search this
ID Number:
DL.047220
Catalog number:
47220
Accession number:
9899
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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-71ae-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1464406
Online Media:

Hayward's The United States from the Latest Authority

Maker:
Hartford, John  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 25 1/2 in x 43 1/2 in; 64.77 cm x 110.49 cm
Object Name:
Map
Object Type:
Map
Place made:
United States: Connecticut, Hartford
Date made:
1853
General subject association:
Education  Search this
ID Number:
1983.0032.08
Accession number:
1983.0032
Catalog number:
1983.0032.08
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Home and Community Life: Education
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-f4bb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_680122

Abegesta concha

Biogeographical Region:
Nearctic  Search this
Collector:
D. R. Davis  Search this
Max. Elevation:
2012  Search this
Min. Elevation:
2012  Search this
Prep Count:
1
Preparation:
Frozen
Sex:
Unknown
Stage:
Adult
Place:
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, Gran Quivira, Socorro, New Mexico, United States
Collection Date:
1 Jul 1964 to 3 Jul 1964
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Glaphyriinae
Published Name:
Abegesta concha Monroe, 1964
Barcode:
USNMENT01202728.3
Other Numbers:
Sample ID : CCDB-28958-E11
USNM Number:
USNMENT01202728.3
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Specimen Inventory
Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cb40b1c5-f443-407b-a06b-f1546e35ce7e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_17121141

Abegesta concha

Biogeographical Region:
Nearctic  Search this
Collector:
D. R. Davis  Search this
Max. Elevation:
2012  Search this
Min. Elevation:
2012  Search this
Prep Count:
1
Preparation:
Frozen
Sex:
Unknown
Stage:
Adult
Place:
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, Gran Quivira, Socorro, New Mexico, United States
Collection Date:
1 Jul 1964 to 3 Jul 1964
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Glaphyriinae
Published Name:
Abegesta concha Monroe, 1964
Barcode:
USNMENT01202728.2
Other Numbers:
Sample ID : CCDB-28958-E11
USNM Number:
USNMENT01202728.2
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Specimen Inventory
Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3750aa8c5-fcb2-4165-a932-dcf8090b9f7f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_17117412

Abegesta concha

Biogeographical Region:
Nearctic  Search this
Collector:
D. R. Davis  Search this
Max. Elevation:
2012  Search this
Min. Elevation:
2012  Search this
Prep Count:
1
Sex:
Unknown
Stage:
Adult
Place:
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, Gran Quivira, Socorro, New Mexico, United States
Collection Date:
1 Jul 1964 to 3 Jul 1964
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Glaphyriinae
Published Name:
Abegesta concha Monroe, 1964
Barcode:
USNMENT01202728.1
Other Numbers:
Sample ID : CCDB-28958-E11
USNM Number:
USNMENT01202728.1
See more items in:
Specimen Inventory
Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37923d1ab-7e4d-465d-a1fc-65c6ec12c02a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_17113687

Abegesta concha

Biogeographical Region:
Nearctic  Search this
Collector:
D. R. Davis  Search this
Max. Elevation:
2012  Search this
Min. Elevation:
2012  Search this
Prep Count:
1
Preparation:
Pinned
Sex:
Unknown
Stage:
Adult
Place:
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, Gran Quivira, Socorro, New Mexico, United States
Collection Date:
1 Jul 1964 to 3 Jul 1964
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Glaphyriinae
Published Name:
Abegesta concha Monroe, 1964
Barcode:
USNMENT01202728
Other Numbers:
Sample ID : CCDB-28958-E11
USNM Number:
USNMENT01202728
See more items in:
Specimen Inventory
Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33cf38e84-5b2a-44f1-bd05-7c4735bfd6cc
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_17098190

Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys Manuscript

Creator:
Collins, Michael, 1930-2021  Search this
Extent:
.23 Cubic feet (1 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1973-1974
Summary:
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey is the 1974 autobography of Michael Collins (1930--2021). While his early aviation career in the United States Air Force is covered, the vast majority of the text details his experiences as Command Module Pilot during the historic Apollo 11 mission in July 1969. This manuscript features hand-corrections from the author.
Scope and Contents:
This is the original manuscript of Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys, the book in which Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins describes his experiences as a test pilot and in the space program. It features hand corrections by his editor (in red) and Collins (in black) and includes passages which are crossed out and do not appear in the published version.
Arrangement:
Collection is a single item and divided into five folders.
Biographical / Historical:
Michael Collins (1930 - 2021) served as a fighter pilot and an experimental test pilot at the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base from 1959-1963. He was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963. Collins was pilot on the three-day Gemini 10 mission in 1966, during which he became the nation's third spacewalker and set a world altitude record. His second flight was as command module pilot of the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969. He remained in lunar orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. After leaving NASA in 1970, Collins became Assistant Secretaty of State for Public Affairs and, in 1971, became the Director of the National Air and Space Museum, where he remained for seven years. Collins has received numerous decorations and awards and is the author of several books, including this, Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys, which was released to critical acclaim by Farrar Straus Giroux in 1974.

A Chronology of Major General Michael Collins' Life

1930, October 31 -- Born to James and Virginia Collins in Rome, Italy. He is the youngest of four children.

1942, September 22 -- Enters St. Albans School in Washington, DC.

1948 -- Graduates from St. Albans School.

1952, June -- Graduates from the United States Military Academy in West point with a Bachelor of Science degree in Military Science.

1952, August -- Joins the United States Air Force (USAF) and begins basic training at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi, where he learns to fly the T-6 Texan.

1953 -- At Connally Air Force Base, Waco, Texas, he learns to fly T-33A Shooting Star jet trainers.

1953, September -- Learns advanced day-fighter training on an F-86 Sabre at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

1954, January -- Joins the 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing at George Air Force Base, California, where he learns nuclear weapons delivery systems and ground attack.

1954, mid-December -- Transfers with the 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing at Chambley-Bussières Air Base, France.

1956 -- Wins first place in a gunnery competition.

1956 -- Deploys to West Germany during the Hungarian Revolution.

1957, April 28 -- Marries Patricia Finnegan, a social worker, in Chambley, France.

Late 1957 -- Enrolls in a nine-month aircraft maintenace officer course at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, that he finishes in six months.

1959, May 6 -- Birth of daughter, Kathleen.

1960 -- Commands a Mobile Training Detachment (MTD) at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. This requires him to travel to airbases world-wide. He later becomes the first commander of a Field Training Detachment (FTD).

1960, August 29 -- Enrolls in the USAF Experimental Flight Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, as a member of Class 60C. While there, his flight test instructional aircraft are the F-104 Starfighter, F-86 Sabre, T-33 Shooting Star, B-52 Stratofortressand T-28 Trojan. He logs more than 5,000 hours of flying time.

1961, October 31 -- Birth of daughter, Ann.

1962, February 20 -- Collins' interest in becoming an astronaut is piqued after seeing coverage of John Glenn's orbit around Earth.

1962, October 22 -- Begins a postgraduate course on spaceflight at the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School (ARPS) (formerly the USAF Experimental Flight Test Pilot School) where he flew the T-38A Talon and the NF-101 Voodoo. Classmates include future astronauts Joe Engle, Charles Bassett and Edward Givens.

1963, February 23 -- Birth of son, Michael.

1963, May -- Returns to fighter operations at Edwards Air Force Base after having successfully completed the coursework at ARPS.

1963, June -- Applies to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to become an astronaut.

1963, September 2 -- Is interviewed by NASA in Houston, Texas.

1963, October 14 -- Receives a phone call from NASA's Director of Flight Crew Operations Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, asking if he would like to be an astronaut. He does.

1963, October 18 -- At the Manned Space Center (MSC). later renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC), Collins is selected as one of fourteen new astronauts (7 from the Air Force, 4 from the Navy, 1 from the Marines and two civilians), bringing the total number of NASA astronauts to 30. This third group includes Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. Each astronaut is assigned a specialization. His is extravehicular activities (EVAs) and pressure suits.

1965, July 1 -- Collins and Edward White II are named the backup crew for Gemini 7. Frank Borman and James A. Lovell Jr are the prime crew.

1966, January 24 -- Collins is assigned to the prime crew of Gemini 10, along with John Young as mission commander. This makes Collins the seventeenth American to fly in space.

1966, July 18 -- At 5:20 pm EST, Gemini 10 lifts off from Launch Complex 19 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Among the accomplishments on this three-day mission were the successful rendezvous and docking with an Agena target vehicle, conducting dual rendezvous maneuvers using the target vehicle's propulsion systems, conducting two EVAs, practice docking maneuvers, executing fifteen scientific experiments and evaluating various docked spacecraft systems.

1966, July 21 -- Gemini 10 splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean, 529 miles east of Cape Kennedy, and is recovered by the amphibious assault ship USS Guadalcanal. Gemini 10 attained an apogee of approximately 475 statute miles and traveled a distance of 1,275,091 statute miles. It was the second spacecraft in the Gemini program to land within eye and camera range of the prime recovery ship.

1966, late July -- Receives Air Force Command Pilot Astronaut Wings.

1966 -- Receives NASA's Exceptional Service Medal.

1967, January 27 -- While attending a meeting in the Astronaut Office in Houston, Texas, Collins and others hears of the tragic deaths of astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Roger Chaffee and Ed White. Collins went to the Chaffee home where he informed Roger's wife Martha that her husband died during a routine launch rehearsal test.

1967, November 19 -- NASA announces the crews for the first two manned Apollo/Saturn V flights. Collins (as command module pilot), Frank Borman (as commander) and William A. Anders (as lunar module pilot) are named the prime crew for AS-505, the second mission.

1968, July 22-23 -- At Wilford Hall Hospital at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, Collins undergoes surgery to fuse two vertebrae after a bone spur is found on his spine.. His role as prime Apollo 9 crew in jeopardy as his convalescence might take up to four months.

1968, August 8 -- NASA announces that James Lovell will replace Collins as prime command module pilot for the upcoming Apollo mission.

1968, December -- Collins serves as capsule communicator (CAPCOM) for Apollo 8

1969, January 9 -- NASA names Neil A. Armstrong (commander), Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr (lunar module pilot) and Collins (command module pilot) as prime crew of Apollo 11.

1969, May 24 -- Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin practice splashdown and anticontamination procedures they will use after returning from the moon in two months. They donned plastic-coated biological isolation garments and sprayed each other with Betadine disinfectant before leaving a test spacecraft in the Gulf of Mexico.

1969. July 3 -- Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin complete their final countdown rehearsal test. They achieved simulated liftoff at 9:32 am EST, the exact time of the scheduled July 16th launch.

1969, July 5 -- At MSC, the Apollo 11 astronauts hold a press conference where they are seated 50 feet away from the nearest reporters and were partially enclosed in a plastic booth to limit their contact 21 days prior to flight lest they get ill. Collins says that he doesn't not feel "the slightest bit frustrated" about going to the moon without landing on it. "I'm going 99.9 percent of the way there," he states, "and that suits me fine."

1969, July 11 -- The Apollo 11 crew undergo the last major preflight medical examination at KSC and are cleared for launch.

1969, July 16 -- At 9:22 am EST, Apollo 11 lifts off from launch complex 39A by Saturn V 506 booster at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff was relayed live on TV to 33 countries on 6 continents and watched by an estimated 25 million TV views in the United States. Onboard is command module pilot Collins, spacecraft commander Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot. While the latter two descend to the lunar surface on the Sea of Tranquility in the lunar module Eagle, Collins orbits the moon alone 30 times for more than 21 hours in the command module Columbia. It takes 48 minutes to pass behind the far side of the moon and is the most distant part of space that humans have yet visited alone. During that time, Collins loses all means of communication; the moon's 2,100-mile rocky diameter stood between him and all other human beings. While the press would later shortsightedly dub him "The Loneliest Man in History" during this period of disconnect, Collins recalled in Carrying the Fire that he was not having an existential, solipsistic crisis. Instead, he was preoccupied with the very real problem of failure on a scale that was hard to fathom. He documented his fear on audiotape recorded at the time, saying, "My secret terror for the last six months has been leaving them on the Moon and returning to Earth alone; now am within minutes of finding out the truth of the matter." What if things went terribly wrong and he returned to Earth alone? "I will be a marked man for life, and I know it." His worries proved to be unfounded. After Armstrong becomes the first man to set foot on the moon, he and Aldrin collect 21 kg of lunar surface material and conduct scientific experiments. After spending 21 hours and 36 minutes on the lunar surface, Armstrong and Aldrin lift off the moon's surface using the Eagle's ascent stage and return to lunar orbit, where Collins successfully docks Columbia to it.

1969, July 21 -- After almost a full day on the lunar surface, Armstrong and Aldrin launch off the moon's surface using the Eagle's ascent stage and return to lunar orbit, where Collins successfully docks Columbia to it. After jettisoning the lunar module, Apollo 11 begins its journey home.

1969, July 25 -- The Air Force promotes Collins to the rank of full colonel. In a congratulatory message, General John P. McConnell, Air Force Chief of Staff, says the Apollo 11 mission was "indeed a momentous achievement" and the promotion was a "token of appreciation for the part you played."

1969, July 25 -- Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins splash down on July 24 in the Pacific Ocean and are retrieved by the USS Hornet. After donning biological isolation garments, they enter the Mobile Quarantine Facility along with the recovery physician, a recovery technician and the lunar samples where they remain until August 10, 1969.

1969, August 12 -- Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins hold their first postflight press conference at MSC, where they narrate a 45-minute film of the mission and answer questions. While discussing hte lunar landing, Collins says it was a "technical triumph for this country to have said what it was going to do a number of years ago and then, by golly, do it. It was also a triumph of the nation's overall determination, will, economy, attention to detail, and a thousand and one other fators that went into it."

1969, August 13 -- The three Apollo 11 astronauts attended parades in their honor in New York City and Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California. An estimated six million people attend.

1969, August 17 -- Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins appear on CBS's "Face the Nation". Collins mentions that he would not fly in space again because he found it increasingly difficult "to keep up year after year" with the rigorous training required.

1969, September -- The three Apollo 11 astronauts embarked on a 38-day world tour. In all, they visited 22 countries.

1969, September 6 -- The Apollo 11 astronauts attend celebrations in their hometowns. Collins, who was born in Rome, Italy, chooses to visit New Orleans, Louisiana, as his adopted hometown, where he also visits NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility.

1969, December 15 -- Begins work as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. President Nixon announced his plan to nominate Collins on November 28th.

1970 -- Receives NASA's Distinguished Service Medal.

1970 -- After 18 years of Active Duty service in the Air Force, begins serving in the Air Force Reserve.

1971, February 22 -- President Nixon accepts Collins' resignation as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, effective April 11.

1971, April 12 -- Becomes Director of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington, DC. Collins tirelessly lobbied for funding from Congress to build the museum. $40 million was allocated for construction.

1973, April 6 -- The Senate confirms the nomination of Col. Michael Collins to be a brigadier general.

1974 -- Completes the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program.

1974, August 11 -- Publishes Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys to critical acclaim.

1976 -- Publishes Flying to the Moon and Other Strange Places.

1976, March 10 -- Is confirmed by the Senate as a reserve major general.

1976, July 1 -- The National Air and Space Museum opens to the public. Thanks to Collins' leadership, it is both under budget and three days ahead of schedule. The ceremony was presided over by President Gerald R. Ford and ribbon was cut by a signal transmitted by the Viking I spacecraft in orbit around Mars.to a large metal arm.

1976, November 16 -- Collins in one of 3 NASA employees to win the National Civil Service League's career service awards.

1976, December -- The Air Force Systems Command (AFSC) announce that Collins has been appointed mobilization assistant to the AFSC commander. This position was the top Air Force Reserve post in AFSC.

1977 -- Is inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame atthe New Mexico Museum of Space History.

1977, September 30 -- The National Aeronautic Association announces that the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) will present the gold space medal to Collins, at a ceremony to be held in Rome, Italy, on October 3rd. It is awarded yearly as the world's highest award for spaceflight.

1978 -- Becomes an Undersecretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a position he holds until he resigns on January 28, 1980.

1980 -- Is Vice President of Vought, Inc. (formerly Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) Aerospace and Defense Company) in Arlington, Virginia.

1982 -- Retires from the Air Force as a Major General.

1983, March 4 -- Asteroid 6471 Collins is named after him.

1985 -- Resigns from LTV Aerospace and starts his own consulting firm, Michael Collins Associates.

1987, March -- Aviation Week and Space Technology reports that the Space Goals Task Force of the NASA Advisory Council, headed by Collins, will recommend a crew-tended mission to Mars. Collins stressed that the development and operation of a US/international Space Station was a prerequisite for exploration of Mars and beyond.

1988 -- Publishes Liftoff: The Story of America's Adventures in Space.

1990 -- Publishes Mission to Mars.

1993, March 18 -- NASA announces that 14 astronauts who orbited the Earth during Project Gemini (which includes Collins) were inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame.

1993, March 3 -- Death of son Michael in Massachusetts.

2011, November 16 -- Collins, Armstrong and Aldrin receive the Precedential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States.

2014, April -- His wife Pat passes away.

2020 -- The National Air and Space Museum Award, established in 1985, is re-named The Michael Collins Trophy.

2021, April 28 -- Michael Collin dies of cancer at his home in in Naples, Florida.

2023, January 30 -- Collins' ashes are interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
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Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys Manuscript, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0399, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Taos

Creator:
Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this
Laird, Carobeth, 1895-1983  Search this
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1850-1915  Search this
Stevenson, James, Colonel  Search this
Grant, Blanche C. (Blanche Chloe), 1874-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this
Extent:
22 Boxes
Culture:
Taos Indians  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Field notes
Dictionaries
Vocabulary
Manuscripts
Narratives
Date:
1909-circa 1944
Scope and Contents:
This subseries of the Southwest series contains Harrington's Taos research. The materials consist of field notes, grammatical and semantic slipfile, grammar, dictionary, linguistic notes, ethnographic and historical notes, and texts.

Among his field notes are slips prepared for semantic arrangement (former B.A.E. MS 2309 and 2290pt.). Many of the terms were used in the draft of an unpublished grammar, with some orthographic variations. The use of "q" for "kw" suggests an early date, possibly 1909-1910 . An early vocabulary is comprised of Harrington's comparative Taos terms used in his article "Notes on the Piro Language" (1909a).

From former B.A.E. manuscripts 2290pt., 2292pt., and 2296 come several categories of miscellaneous field notes. Included are a vocabulary elicited in 1910, typed and annotated notes which collate much of the information written on slips, and miscellaneous slips some dated 1920, some probably earlier-which contain brief Picuris comparisons. Data encompass placenames, tribenames, ethnogeographic terms, and some grammatical elaborations.

Another group of field notes appears to be Taos with Isleta comparisons. This is a tentative identification still subject to the scrutiny of linguists, who are not presently in complete agreement. The physical condition and type of paper used indicate that these notes may have been recorded during the period 1909 to 1911.

A set of slips, formerly cataloged as B.A.E. MS 2318 and 2295pt., fills four boxes. Field notes and reports suggest that this comprehensive body of material may have been accumulated, annotated, and rearranged over a period of time ranging from 1909 to 1928. The largest section of the file was arranged by Harrington according to grammatical categories and is especially substantial on verb and pronoun usage. Another group of slips is semantically arranged; some phonetic, ethnographic, and historical material is interjected.

The grammar section includes tabulations in English of pronoun prefix material which give an excellent indication of Harrington's methodology for accumulating slipfiles. Taos slips deal with pronoun usage, verb paradigms, and sentence structure. These are early notes, probably dating from 1909 to 1911. Mondragon was the principal source of information. The section also includes three drafts of manuscripts on Taos grammar, only of which one was published. "Ambiguity in the Taos Personal Pronoun" (1916) (former B.A.E. MS 2293pt. and 4682pt.) was condensed from another draft of an unpublished, more comprehensive grammar (former B.A.E. MS 4682pt.). A draft of a paper on numerals is filed with some of the original field notes from which it evolved (former B.A.E. MS 4681). Another major subsection consists of a draft of over 500 typed pages of a comprehensive grammar by Carobeth Laird, Harrington's wife at the time. The manuscript (former B.A.E. MS 2307 and 4680), titled "Grammatical Analysis of the Taos Language," is dated 1920. The fieldwork for the paper was done in Taos during July and August of 1918 with Taos speakers Lujan and Mondragon. A partial and preliminary draft and notes reveal some annotations by Harrington, who also was in Taos at the same time working with the same speakers.

This subseries also contains Harrington's Taos dictionary. The Taos-English section is in alphabetical order according to the first sound of the base. Although the English-Taos section gives the English word first, it follows the alphabetical order of the Taos term according to Harrington's list of initial symbols. Some entries in the dictionary are followed by the notes from which they evolved. There is also a file of Taos bird names, apparently intended for incorporation into the dictionary, as well as a small group of plant names. These also are in Taos-English and English-Taos. Filed with this material is a list of the scientific names for Taos birds; annotations were supplied by Florence Merriam Bailey and Vernon Bailey. (See "Studying the Mission Indians of California and the Taos of New Mexico" [1929].)

Harrington's linguistic notes (former B.A.E. MS 2292pt. and 2295pt.) include grammar, vocabulary, and textual material, apparently accumulated in July and August of 1918 from his work with Lujan and Mondragon. At least a portion of the material was collected with the assistance of his wife Carobeth, and a number of pages are in her hand. The pagination evidently underwent several reorganizations and is therefore somewhat chaotic. His other notes consist of comments on George L. Trager's "The Kinship and Status Terms of the Tiwa Languages" (1943) and on Elsie Clews Parsons' Taos Pueblo (1936). Relationship terms, age and sex nouns, personal names, rank nouns, and tribenames are mentioned.

Among his ethnographic and historical notes is his unfinished manuscript, "The Taos Indians" (former B.A.E. MS 3073). He relied heavily on Matilda Coxe Stevenson's field notes for his manuscript; her contribution is mainly ethnographic while a few pages are the work of her husband, James. Taos speaker Tony Romero is the source for the clan names. Harrington also incorporated his notes from 1908, 1909, 1911, 1918, and 1919. For historical data, Harrington relied on published sources, especially early Spanish documents for which he supplied original translations and throughout which some Picuris history is interwoven. The bibliographic information for the historical sources is interspersed throughout the notes.

There are also notes and excerpts from Blanche C. Grant's publications and miscellaneous notes on dances (former B.A.E. MS 2292pt.). A few random ethnographic notes on slips are written in English.

Contained in a series of texts are stories of Wolf and Deer and two versions of the Lord's Prayer with grammatical notes. Also included is the Tanoan linguistic diagram (former B.A.E. MS 2292 pt.) used in Harrington's "An Introductory Paper on the Tiwa Language, Dialect of Taos, New Mexico" (191 Oc). Jose Lopez and Santiago Mirabel provided the Taos terms used in this publication.
Biographical / Historical:
The first indication of John P. Harrington's work among the Taos Indians comes from his financial records of September 20, 1909, to January 15, 1910, when he was based in Santa Fe and doing fieldwork in various languages of the Southwest. Peak periods of in-depth work on Taos, sometimes in the field and sometimes in Washington, D.C., appear to be 1909-1911, 1918-1922, 1926-1930, and 1944-1945. He worked primarily with Joe Lujan (abbreviated "L.") and Manuel Mondragon ("M."), with Mondragon helping from 1910 to 1927. There are references to a trip which Harrington made with Margaret Tschirgi and F. E. Betts to the ruins east of Taos on September 30, 1928, but there are no further explanatory notes.

Mutual professional respect had arisen between Harrington and Matilda Coxe Stevenson of the Bureau of American Ethnology, at whose ranch he spent six weeks in the autumn of 1908. He was in possession of a large body of her original notes on south western Indians at the time of her death in 1915 and planned to arrange, annotate, and publish them. Her material on Taos appears in an unpublished historical and ethnographic manuscript titled "The Taos Indians."
Local Numbers:
Accession #1976-95
Restrictions:
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Rights:
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Topic:
Tiwa language  Search this
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Linguistics  Search this
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Dance  Search this
Names, Geographical  Search this
Names, Ethnological  Search this
Genre/Form:
Field notes
Dictionaries
Vocabulary
Manuscripts
Narratives
Collection Citation:
John Peabody Harrington papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The preferred citation for the Harrington Papers will reference the actual location within the collection, i.e. Box 172, Alaska/Northwest Coast, Papers of John Peabody Harrington, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

However, as the NAA understands the need to cite phrases or vocabulary on specific pages, a citation referencing the microfilmed papers is acceptable. Please note that the page numbering of the PDF version of the Harrington microfilm does not directly correlate to the analog microfilm frame numbers. If it is necessary to cite the microfilmed papers, please refer to the specific page number of the PDF version, as in: Papers of John Peabody Harrington, Microfilm: MF 7, R34 page 42.
Identifier:
NAA.1976-95, Subseries 4.10
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Archival Repository:
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