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Author:

United States Congress Senate Committee on Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment  Search this

Physical description:

iii, 112 p illus 23 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1970

Topic:

Herbicides  Search this

Pesticides--Environmental aspects  Search this

Herbicides--poisoning  Search this

herbicide  Search this

Call number:

KF26 .C73e 1970

KF26.C73e 1970

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_6838

Author:

United States Congress (88th, 1st session : 1963) House  Search this

Physical description:

ix, 112 p 25 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1966

Call number:

CT275.R771 U5

E807.1.R78 U5

CT275.R771U5

E807.1.R78U5

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_6948

Author:

United States Congress Joint Economic Committee Subcommittee on Economy in Government  Search this

Physical description:

2 volume (xi, 566 pages) 23 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1970

Topic:

Economic conditions  Search this

Government relations  Search this

Indians of North America--Economic conditions  Search this

Indians of North America--Government relations  Search this

Call number:

E98.E2 T73

E98.E2T73

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_7077

Author:

United States Congress House Committee on Science and Astronautics Subcommittee on NASA Oversight  Search this

Physical description:

v, 246 p 23 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

United States

États-Unis

Date:

1970

Topic:

Astronautics  Search this

Astronautique  Search this

Call number:

TL789.8.U5 N33X

TL789.8.U5N33X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_7297

Author:

United States Congress Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences  Search this

United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy  Search this

Physical description:

iv, 135 p 24 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1971

Topic:

Nuclear rockets  Search this

Fusées à propulsion nucléaire  Search this

Call number:

KF25.A8 1971X

KF25.A8 1971X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_7642

Author:

Brownson, Charles Bruce 1914-  Search this

Subject:

United States Congress  Search this

Physical description:

271 p 23 cm

Type:

Books

Registers

Registers (Lists)

Place:

United States

États-Unis

Date:

1970

Topic:

Election districts  Search this

Elections  Search this

Circonscriptions électorales  Search this

Call number:

JK2493 .E6 1970X

JK2493.E6 1970X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_7743

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

Extent:

245 Linear feet ((376 boxes and 10 map drawers))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1878-1965

Summary:

The records in this collection embody the administrative functions of the Bureau of American Ethnology from 1879 to 1965. The collection consists of correspondence, card files, registers, official notices, annual and monthly work reports, research statements, research proposals, grant applications, personnel action requests, notices of personnel action, meeting minutes, purchase orders and requisitions, property records, biographical sketches, resolutions, newspaper clippings, reviews of publications, drafts of publications, circulars, programs, pamphlets, announcements, illustrations, cartographic materials, photographic prints, photographic negatives, bibliographies, and reprinted publications.

Scope and Contents:

The records in this collection embody the administrative functions of the Bureau of American Ethnology from 1879 to 1965. The collection consists of correspondence, card files, registers, official notices, annual and monthly work reports, research statements, research proposals, grant applications, personnel action requests, notices of personnel action, meeting minutes, purchase orders and requisitions, property records, biographical sketches, resolutions, newspaper clippings, reviews of publications, drafts of publications, circulars, programs, pamphlets, announcements, illustrations, cartographic materials, photographic prints, photographic negatives, bibliographies, and reprinted publications.

Correspondence comprises the bulk of this collection. A significant portion of this correspondence originates from the Bureau's duty to field inquiries regarding North American aboriginal cultures and respond to requests relating to the duplication of BAE library and archival materials. Inquiries and requests, received from all parts of the world, were submitted by colleagues, museum curators and directors, students, professors, amateur archaeologists, government agents, military officials, Smithsonian Institution officials, artists, and members of the general public. Other correspondence reflects the Bureau's day-to-day operations and internal affairs. Subjects discussed in this correspondence include research projects, field expeditions, annual budgets, personnel matters, the acquisition of manuscripts, the disbursement of specimens, and production of BAE publications. Correspondence is occasionally accompanied by announcements, circulars, programs, pamphlets, photographs, drawings, diagrams, bibliographies, lists, newspaper clippings, and maps. Also among these records are the card files and registers of incoming and outgoing correspondence maintained by early BAE administrative staff. For a list of correspondents, see the appendix to this finding aid, available in the NAA reading room.

The majority of illustrations, artwork, and photographs that appear in this collection are associated with BAE publications, including BAE Annual Reports, BAE Bulletins, Contributions to North American Ethnology and Smithsonian Institution, Miscellaneous Collection. Maps located among the collection originate, by and large, from BAE field expeditions and research projects. BAE staff also amassed great quantities of newspaper clippings that concerned BAE research or points of interest. Of particular note are three scrapbooks comprised of clippings that relate to "mound builders" and the work of the BAE's Division of Mound Explorations.

Also worthy of note are the various records relating to the 1903 investigation of the BAE. Records related to the investigation highlight the Smithsonian Institution's longstanding dissatisfaction with the internal management of the BAE, its concerns over the BAE's loose relationship with the parent organization, and displeasure with the manner in which BAE scientific research was developing. Other materials of special interest are the various administrative records covering the period 1929 to 1946 and 1949 to 1965. The majority cover personnel matters; however, others justify the work of the BAE and bear witness to growing concerns that the BAE would eventually be absorbed by the Department of Anthropology within the United States National Museum.

Arrangement:

The collection has been arranged into the following 12 series: (1) Correspondence, 1897-1965; (2) Cooperative Ethnological Investigations, 1928-1935; (3) Miscellaneous Administrative Files, 1929-1946; (4) Miscellaneous Administrative Files, 1949-1965; (5) Records Concerning the Photographic Print Collection, 1899-1919; (6) Records Concerning Employees; (7) Fiscal Records, 1901-1902 and 1945-1968; (8) Records Relating to the 1903 Investigation of the BAE; (9) Property Records and Requisitions; (10) Clippings; (11) Publications; (12) BAE Library Materials, Pamphlets and Reprints

Administrative History:

The Bureau of Ethnology was established by an act of the United States Congress on March 3, 1879, but it was largely the personal creation of the geologist and explorer Major John Wesley Powell. His earlier explorations of the Colorado River and Grand Canyon formed the basis of the Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region. While exploring the area, Powell became alarmed at what he perceived to be the decline of the aboriginal way of life due to rapid depopulation. In a letter to the Secretary of the Interior, he warned that "in a few years, it will be impossible to study…Indians in their primitive condition, except from recorded history" (Hinsley). He urged swift government action; the result of which was the appropriation of $20,000 (20 Stat. 397) to transfer all documents relating to North American Indians from the Department of Interior to the Smithsonian Institution and its Secretary's appointment of Powell as director of the newly established Bureau of Ethnology, a position he held until his death in 1902. In 1897, its name was changed to the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) to underscore the limits of its geographical reaches.

Under Powell, the BAE organized the nation's earliest anthropological field expeditions, in which the characteristics and customs of native North Americans were observed firsthand and documented in official reports. Images of Indian life were captured on photographic glass plate negatives, and their songs on wax cylinder recordings. Histories, vocabularies and myths were gathered, along with material objects excavated from archaeological sites, and brought back to Washington for inclusion in the BAE manuscript library or the United States National Museum.

The fruits of these investigations were disseminated via a series of highly regarded and widely distributed publications, most notably BAE Annual Reports, BAE Bulletins, and Contributions to North American Ethnology. BAE research staff also responded routinely to inquiries posed by colleagues, government agencies, and the general public on matters ranging from artwork to warfare. Moreover, the BAE prepared exhibits on the various cultural groups it studied not only for the Smithsonian Institution, but also for large expositions held nationwide.

In 1882 Powell, under instruction of Congress, established the Division of Mound Explorations for the purpose of discovering the true origin of earthen mounds found predominately throughout the eastern United States. It was the first of three temporary, yet significant, subunits supported by the Bureau. Cyrus Thomas, head of the Division, published his conclusions in the Bureau's Annual Report of 1894, which is considered to be the last word in the controversy over the mounds' origins. With the publication of Thomas' findings, the Division's work came to a close.

The course of BAE operations remained largely the same under Powell's successors: W.J. McGee (acting director) 1902; William Henry Holmes, 1902-1910; Frederick W. Hodge, 1910-1918; J. Walter Fewkes, 1918-1928; Matthew W. Stirling, 1928-1957; Frank H.H. Roberts, Jr., 1957-1964; and Henry B. Collins (acting director), 1964-1965. However, following a 1903 internal investigation of the Bureau's administrative activities, Smithsonian officials called for a broader scope of ethnological inquiry and greater application of anthropological research methodologies. The BAE responded in 1904 by expanding agency activities to include investigations in Hawaii, the Philippines, and the Caribbean.

The BAE extended its geographical reaches once again, in the 1940s, to include Central and South America. In 1943, the Institute of Social Anthropology (ISA) was established as an independent subunit of the Bureau for the purpose of developing and promoting ethnological research throughout the American Republics. The findings of ISA-sponsored investigations were published in the six volume series, Handbook of South American Indians (BAE Bulletin 143). Julian H. Steward, editor of the Handbook, was appointed director of ISA operations and held the position until 1946 when George M. Foster assumed responsibility. The ISA was absorbed by the Institute of Inter-American Affairs in 1952, thus terminating its relationship with the BAE.

In 1946 the BAE assumed partial administrative control of the recently established River Basin Surveys (RBS), its third and final autonomous subunit. The purpose of the RBS was to salvage and preserve archaeological evidence threatened by post-World War II public works programs, more specifically the rapid construction of dams and reservoirs occurring throughout the country. Excavations conducted under the RBS yielded considerable data on early North American Indian settlements, and subsequent deliberations on this data were published as reports in various BAE Bulletins.

In 1965, the BAE merged administratively with the Smithsonian Institution's Department of Anthropology to form the Office of Anthropology within the United States National Museum (now the Department of Anthropology within the National Museum of Natural History). The BAE manuscript library, also absorbed by the Department of Anthropology, became the foundation of what is today the National Anthropological Archives (NAA).

In its 86 year existence, the BAE played a significant role in the advancement of American anthropology. Its staff included some of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries' most distinguished anthropologists, including Jeremiah Curtain, Frank Hamilton Cushing, J.O. Dorsey, Jesse Walter Fewkes, Alice Cunningham Fletcher, Albert H. Gatschet, John Peabody Harrington, John N.B. Hewitt, William Henry Holmes, Ales Hrdlicka, Neil Judd, Francis LaFlesche, Victor and Cosmo Mindeleff, James Mooney, James Pilling, Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Matthew Williams Stirling, William Duncan Strong, and William Sturtevant. The BAE also collaborated with and supported the work of many non-Smithsonian researchers, most notably Franz Boas, Frances Densmore, Gerard Fowke, Garrick Mallery, Washington Matthews, Paul Radin, John Swanton, Cyrus Thomas, and T.T. Waterman, as well as America's earliest field photographers such as Charles Bell, John K. Hillers, Timothy O'Sullivan, and William Dinwiddie. Several of its staff founded the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1880, which later became the American Anthropological Association in 1899. What is more, its seminal research continues to be drawn upon by contemporary anthropologists and government agents through the use of BAE manuscripts now housed in the NAA.

Sources Consulted:

Hinsley, Curtis. Savages and Scientists: The Smithsonian Institution and the Development of American Anthropology, 1846-1910. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981.

McGee, WJ. "Bureau of American Ethnology." The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of its First Half-Century, pp. 367-396. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1897.

Sturtevant, William. "Why a Bureau of American Ethnology?" Box 286, Functions of the BAE, Series IV: Miscellaneous Administrative Files, 1948-1965, Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, National Anthropological Archives.

Related Materials:

Additional material relating to BAE administrative affairs and research projects can be found among the National Anthropological Archives' vast collection of numbered manuscripts. Too numerous to list in this space, these include official correspondence, monthly and annual work reports, fiscal records, field notes, personal diaries, expedition logs, catalogues of specimens, vocabularies, historical sketches, maps, diagrams, drawings, bibliographies, working papers and published writings, among various other material. Most of these documents are dispersed throughout the numbered manuscript collection as single items; however, some have been culled and unified into larger units (e.g., MS 2400 is comprised of documents relating to the Division of Mound Explorations). Artwork and illustrations produced for BAE publications are also located among the NAA's numbered manuscript collection as well as its photograph collection (e.g., Photo Lot 78-51 and Photo Lot 80-6).

Photographs concerning BAE research interests can be found among the following NAA photographic lots: Photo Lot 14, Bureau of American Ethnology Subject and Geographic File ca. 1870s-1930s; Photo Lot 24, BAE Photographs of American Indians 1840s to 1960s (also known as the Source Print Collection); Photo Lot 60, BAE Reference Albums 1858-1905; and Photo Lot 85, BAE Miscellaneous Photographs 1895 to 1930. Other photographic lots include portraits of BAE staff and collaborators, namely Photo Lot 33, Portraits of Anthropologists and others 1860s-1960s; Photo Lot 68, Portraits of John Wesley Powell ca. 1890 and 1898; and Photo Lot 70, Department of Anthropology Portrait File ca. 1864-1921.

Additional materials in the NAA relating to the work of the BAE can be found among the professional papers of its staff, collaborators and USNM anthropologists. These include the papers of Ales Hrdlicka, John Peabody Harrington, Otis Mason, J.C. Pilling, Matthew Williams Stirling, and William Duncan Strong. Documents relating to the work of the BAE can be found among the records of the River Basin Surveys (1928-1969) and the Institute of Social Anthropology (1941-1952).

Records related to this collection can also be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA). SIA accession 05-124 includes information regarding the 1942 transfer of six audio recordings related to the Chumash Indian language from the Bureau of American Ethnology to the National Archives, nine pages of Chumash translations, and "The Story of Candalaria, the Old Indian Basket-Maker." The Fiscal and Payroll Records of the Office of the Secretary, 1847 to 1942 (Record Unit 93), includes voucher logs, disbursement journals and daybooks of money paid out to the BAE from 1890 to 1910. BAE correspondence can also be found among the Records of the Office of the Secretary (Record Unit 776, accession 05-162). The Papers of William Henry Holmes, second director of the BAE, are also located among the SIA (Record Unit 7084).

Accession records concerning artifacts and specimens collected by the BAE are located in the registrar's office of the National Museum of Natural History.

Related collections can also be found at the National Archives and Records Administration. RG 57.3.1, the Administrative Records of the United States Geological Survey, includes register of applications for BAE ethnological expositions conducted between 1879-1882. RG 75.29, Still Pictures among the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, includes 22 photographs of Arapaho, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Comanche, Navajo, and Apache Indians taken by William S. Soule for the BAE during 1868-1875. RG 106, Records of the Smithsonian Institution, includes cartographic records (106.2) relating to Indian land cessions in Indiana created for the First Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1881 (1 item); a distribution of American Indian linguistic stock in North America and Greenland, by John Wesley Powell, for the Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, ca. 1887 (1 item); a distribution of Indian tribal and linguistic groups in South America, 1950 (1 item); the Indian tribes in North America, for Bulletin 145, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1952 (4 items). Sound Recordings (106.4) include songs and linguistic material relating to the Aleut, Mission, Chumash, and Creek, gather by the BAE in 1912, 1914, 1930-41. Some include translations (122 items).

Provenance:

The Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology were transferred to the Smithsonian Office of Anthropology Archives with the merger of the BAE and the Department of Anthropology of the National Museum of Natural History in 1965. The Smithsonian Office of Anthropology Archives was renamed the National Anthropological Archives in 1968.

Restrictions:

The Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology are open for research.

Access to the Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Citation:

Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.XXXX.0155

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Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw391046c25-21e2-4334-a01f-9a6f734ae9cd

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-xxxx-0155

Author:

United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment  Search this

Physical description:

x, 164 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

United States

Date:

1995

[1995]

Topic:

Communication  Search this

Hawaiians--Communication  Search this

Telecommunication systems  Search this

Telecommunication policy  Search this

Computer networks  Search this

Call number:

E99.C73 T45 1995

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_592300

Manufacturer:

Cutter & Peche  Search this

Materials:

Hawaiian Koa hardwood, crystal, silver, bronze, copper alloy, epoxy, wood glue

Dimensions:

Overall (Main Trophy Body (wood base, glass sphere, figure at top)): 81.3 × 31.1cm, 31.5kg (2 ft. 8 in. × 1 ft. 1/4 in., 69.5lb.)

Overall (Overall Assembled for Display with Bottom Base A19870046001): 90.2 × 34.3cm, 35.2kg (2 ft. 11 1/2 in. × 1 ft. 1 1/2 in., 77.5lb.)

Type:

AWARDS-Trophies

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Date:

1986

Credit Line:

Donated by the Air Traffic Control Association

Inventory Number:

A19870046000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Location:

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Exhibition:

Trophy Case

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9ac2d63ff-7ac8-401c-aebe-aeeb19ac2284

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19870046000

Creator:

Harding, Kenneth R.  Search this

Names:

Democratic National Committee.  Search this

Democratic National Congressional Committee.  Search this

Democratic National Convention (1932 : Chicago, Ill.).  Search this

United States. Congress. House  Search this

Former owner:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Politics and Reform  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 is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

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

Topic:

Politicians  Search this

Elections  Search this

Presidents -- United States  Search this

Political campaigns  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1950-2000

Scrapbooks -- 20th century

Programs

Citation:

Kenneth R. Harding Collection, circa 1924-1981, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0885

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Kenneth R. Harding Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep85f75796a-2612-482e-9758-9e2ef6f4ccfb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0885

Written by:

George H. White, American, 1852 - 1918  Search this

Published by:

George H. White, American, 1852 - 1918  Search this

Subject of:

United States Congress, American, founded 1789  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (open): 9 7/16 × 12 1/16 in. (24 × 30.7 cm)

H x W (closed): 9 7/16 × 6 1/8 in. (24 × 15.6 cm)

Type:

pamphlets

Place depicted:

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date:

Printed January 29, 1901

Topic:

African American  Search this

American South  Search this

Finance  Search this

Government  Search this

Justice  Search this

Law  Search this

Lynching  Search this

Politics  Search this

Race relations  Search this

Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877  Search this

Suffrage  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Stanley Turkel's Collection of Reconstruction Era Materials

Object number:

2012.160.119.1

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Documents and Published Materials

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e449942b-e311-408d-920e-83391f4da10d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.160.119.1

Author:

United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing  Search this

Physical description:

viii, 40 p illustrations, facsimile, ports 27 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1970

Call number:

CT275.K15 K5

CT275.K15K5

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_5740

Author:

United States Congress House Committee on Science and Astronautics Subcommittee on Advanced Research and Technology  Search this

Physical description:

v, 102 p 24 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

United States

États-Unis

Date:

1970

Topic:

Aeronautics--Research  Search this

Aéronautique--Recherche  Search this

Call number:

KF32.S374 1970X

KF32.S374 1970X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_5770

Author:

United States Congress House Committee on Government Operations Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee  Search this

Physical description:

v, 439 p illustrations, maps 24 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Potomac River Estuary

Potomac, Estuaire du

United States

Date:

1970

Topic:

Water--Pollution  Search this

Call number:

KF27 .G72p 1970

KF27.G72p 1970

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_5950

Author:

United States Congress House Committee on Science and Astronautics Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development  Search this

Physical description:

viii, 59 p illus 24 cm

Type:

Books

Documents législatifs

Legislative materials

legislative records

Place:

United States

États-Unis

Date:

1968

Topic:

Environmental health  Search this

Environmental policy  Search this

Pollution  Search this

Environmental Health  Search this

Environnement--Politique gouvernementale  Search this

Hygiène du milieu  Search this

Call number:

KF32 .S416 1968

KF32.S416 1968

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_5988

Author:

United States Congress Senate Committee on Government Operations Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization and Government Research  Search this

United States Congress Senate Committee on Government Operations Subcommittee on Reorganization, Research, and International Organizations  Search this

Physical description:

5 v 24 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.)

Long Island Sound

Long Island, Détroit de (N.Y. et Conn.)

Atlantic Ocean

Date:

1970

1974

Call number:

KF26 .G72 1970

KF26.G72 1970

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_6121

Author:

United States Army Corps of Engineers  Search this

United States Congress House Committee on Public Works  Search this

United States Congress Senate Committee on Public Works  Search this

Physical description:

v illustrations, maps (part color) 26 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Potomac River Watershed

Potomac Valley

Potomac, Bassin du

United States

Date:

1970

Topic:

Water resources development  Search this

Ressources en eau--Exploitation  Search this

Call number:

TD225.P86 U51

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_6190

Author:

United States Congress House Committee on Science and Astronautics Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications  Search this

Dickinson, Philip P  Search this

Physical description:

v, 39 p 24 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1969

Topic:

Space flight--Physiological effect  Search this

Call number:

RC1075 .U525X

RC1075.U525X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_6710

Commissioned by:

United States Congress, American, founded 1789  Search this

Created by:

United States Mint, American, founded 1792  Search this

Subject of:

51st Marine Defense Battalion, American, founded 1942  Search this

52nd Marine Defense Battalion, American, founded 1943  Search this

Medium:

Medal: gold;

Sleeve: velvet;

Box: cherry wood, velvet

Dimensions:

Diameter (medal): 3 × 3/16 in. (7.6 × 0.5 cm)

H x W x D (velvet case for medal): 3 7/8 × 5 × 3/16 in. (9.8 × 12.7 × 0.5 cm)

H x W x D (wooden case for medal): 3 × 6 1/8 × 5 in. (7.6 × 15.6 × 12.7 cm)

Type:

medals

Place depicted:

Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date:

2011

Topic:

African American  Search this

Military  Search this

Montford Point Marines  Search this

Segregation  Search this

World War II  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2015.237ab

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Awards and Medals

Exhibition:

Double Victory: The African American Military Experience

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd520e7ed2b-6ca0-4f06-bdc9-19b398a03a8c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.237ab

Creator:

Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail, 1896-1979  Search this

Names:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Extent:

3.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Drawings

Scrapbooks

Date:

circa 1920-2017

bulk 1920-1953

Scope and Contents:

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.

Identifier:

AAA.arnavict

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Victor Mikhail Arnautoff papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99889c245-52bb-43ac-b9c0-1c546fd1dcb2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-arnavict