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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU009592
- Title:
- Paul Edward Garber Oral History Interviews, 1974
- Date:
- 1974
- Physical Description:
- Audiotapes, Collection descriptions, Interviews, Transcripts
- Link:
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. T89105
- Creator:
- United States National Museum
- Title:
- Collected Registers, 1871-1946
- Dates:
- 1871-1946
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 97-097
- Creator:
- National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Armed Forces History
- Title:
- Exhibition Records, circa 1912-1965, 1990 and undated
- Dates:
- circa 1912-1965, 1990 and undated
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Architectural drawings, Black-and-white photographs, Black-and-white negatives, Clippings
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. T90006
- Creator:
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Department of History of Technology
- Title:
- Correspondence and Memoranda, 1932-1980
- Dates:
- 1932-1980
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 02-086
- Creator:
- United States National Museum Department of Geology
- Title:
- Field Research Photographs, c. 1909-1924
- Dates:
- c 1909-1924
- Physical Description:
- Glass negatives, Collection descriptions, Lantern slides
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 97-034
- Creator:
- United States National Museum Division of Mechanical Technology
- Title:
- Collection Records, c. 1899 and undated
- Dates:
- c 1899 and undated
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions
- Link:
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 05-085
- Creator:
- National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Engineering and Industry
- Title:
- Exhibition Records, 1927, 1953-1987
- Dates:
- 1927, 1953-1987
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Drawings, Floor plans, Sketches, Color photographs, Color transparencies, Black-and-white photographs, Black-and-white transparencies
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 05-169
- Creator:
- Gruver Manufacturing Company
- Title:
- Cabinet Drawings, 1931-1970
- Dates:
- 1931-1970
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Drawings
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 05-154
- Title:
- Exposition Records of the Smithsonian Institution and the United States National Museum, 1895-1901
- Dates:
- 1895-1901
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions
- Link:
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 05-143
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution
- Title:
- Motion Pictures, circa 1927-1950
- Dates:
- circa 1927-1950
- Physical Description:
- Motion pictures (visual works), Collection descriptions, Video recordings
- Link:
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