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Creator:
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Graphic Arts and Photography  Search this
Subject:
Koehler, S. R (Sylvester Rosa) 1837-1900  Search this
Brockett, Paul 1872-1946  Search this
Tolman, Ruel P (Ruel Pardee) 1878-1954  Search this
Smith, Ralph Clifton 1898-  Search this
Sherwin, C. Allen  Search this
Kainen, Jacob  Search this
Ostroff, Eugene  Search this
Fite, Eugene J  Search this
Griffith, Fuller  Search this
Harris, Elizabeth M  Search this
Morse, Peter  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
Physical description:
3 cu. ft. processed holdings
Type:
Manuscripts
Clippings
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1887
1887-1969
1886-1969
Category:
Series Level Description
Notes:
To view records that comprise this series, see the detailed list of accessions and/or record units below.
For a history of the creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.
Organization:
Unarranged and chronologic
Summary:
Consists of records documenting the activities of the Division of Graphic Arts and Photography during the tenures of S.R. Koehler, Curator, 1886-1900; Paul Brockett, Custodian, 1904-1920; Ruel P. Tolman, museum aide, 1912-1919, Assistant Curator, 1920-1931, Curator, 1932-1946; Ralph Clifton Smith, museum aide, 1921-1926; C. Allen Sherwin, museum aide, 1935-1937; Jacob Kainen, museum aide, 1942-1945, Curator, 1946-1966; Eugene J. Fite, museum aide, 1947-1950, Assistant Curator, 1951; Fuller O. Griffith, III, museum aide, 1955-1957, Assistant Curator, 1958-1960, Associate Curator, 1961-1964; Peter Morse, Associate Curator, 1965-1967; Eugene Ostroff, Associate Curator, 1960-1966, and Curator, 1966- ; and Elizabeth M. Harris, Assistant Curator, 1965-1972. Materials include accession records, invoices, correspondence logs, administrative records, correspondence and memoranda, and newspaper clippings.
Repository Loc.:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Topic:
Photography  Search this
Graphic arts  Search this
Local number:
SIA RS00413
See more items in:
Divisional Records 1886-1969 [National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Graphic Arts and Photography]
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_219646