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"America's Farewell in Anger and Grief," LIFE magazine

Sitter:
Martin Luther King, Jr., 15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968  Search this
Medium:
Magazine
Dimensions:
Magazine (closed): 34.9 x 27 x 0.5cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/8 x 3/16")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
published April 19, 1968
Topic:
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Male  Search this
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister  Search this
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Nobel Prize  Search this
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Private collection
Object number:
EXH.KI.05
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm480ff4473-d566-40a0-a4d1-f90cd83aacf5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_EXH.KI.05

"I believe that man will not merely endure he will prevail. He is immortal not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance."--William Faulkner, Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, Stockholm, December 1950. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Artist:
Jerry N. Uelsmann, born Detroit, MI 1934  Search this
Medium:
gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
image: 13 3/4 x 10 in. (34.9 x 25.5 cm.)
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
1966
Topic:
Figure female\head  Search this
Landscape\imaginary  Search this
Figure female\knee length  Search this
Allegory\quality\determination  Search this
Allegory\religion\immortality  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.293
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk74d3acbcf-03f7-4961-93c1-20e107617ef5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.293

"Martin Luther King, 1929-1968," LIFE magazine

Sitter:
Martin Luther King, Jr., 15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968  Search this
Medium:
Magazine
Dimensions:
Magazine (closed): 34.9 x 27 x 0.5cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/8 x 3/16")
Type:
Periodical
Date:
published April 12, 1968
Topic:
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Male  Search this
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister  Search this
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Nobel Prize  Search this
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Private collection
Object number:
EXH.KI.04
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm472fda782-d4e1-4526-87fc-d51bbc1bd592
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_EXH.KI.04

"Nobel Prize and Its Impact on Science: Einstein's Prize in Perspective," Audiocassette 1, April 23, 2001

Container:
Box 16 of 31
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-092, Lemelson Center, Audiovisual Records
See more items in:
Audiovisual Records
Audiovisual Records / Box 16
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa16-092-refidd1e4182

"Nobel Prize and Its Impact on Science: Einstein's Prize in Perspective," Audiocassette 2, April 23, 2001

Container:
Box 16 of 31
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-092, Lemelson Center, Audiovisual Records
See more items in:
Audiovisual Records
Audiovisual Records / Box 16
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa16-092-refidd1e4194

"Savvy A Special Report The Savvy 60 The Top U.S. Businesses Run by Women" with an article on Sklarek "Designing Women"

Collection Creator:
Sklarek, Norma Merrick, 1926-2012  Search this
Container:
Box 5
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
1984
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access to collection materials requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
The NMAAHC Archives can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions apply and limit reproduction for other purposes.
Collection Citation:
Norma Merrick Sklarek Archival Collection, 1944-2008. National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution.
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Norma Merrick Sklarek Archival Collection
Norma Merrick Sklarek Archival Collection / Series 7: Published Materials, 1965-2004 (Bulk: 1980-1993) / 7.1: Books and Periodicals, 1965, 1983-1984
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3d09f616e-cf64-47f3-a255-ac40dee0a367
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmaahc-a2018-23-ref92
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"Singer the Storyteller." The great Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer, who received the Nobel Prize in 1978, talks about his life.

Container:
Box 4 of 11
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Restrictions pertaining to the use of these materials may apply (based on contracts/copyright). Access restrictions may also apply if listening copies are not currently available. Listening copies can be made for a fee. Contact reference staff for details.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 589, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Productions
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Productions
Productions / Box 4
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru0589-refidd1e2833

$1 Eugene O'Neill horizontal coil single

Title:
Scott Catalogue USA 1305C
Printer:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing  Search this
Depicts:
Eugene O'Neill, American, 1888 - 1953  Search this
Medium:
paper; ink (dull purple); adhesive; tagging / engraving
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
January 12, 1973
Topic:
Stars of Stage & Screen  Search this
Literature  Search this
U.S. Stamps  Search this
Object number:
1980.2493.5591
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm81c628d43-a338-4160-a8d9-0191fba64971
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1980.2493.5591

$1 Eugene O'Neill single

Title:
Scott Catalogue USA 1294
Printer:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing  Search this
Depicts:
Eugene O'Neill, American, 1888 - 1953  Search this
Medium:
paper; ink (dull purple); adhesive / engraving
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
October 16, 1967
Topic:
Stars of Stage & Screen  Search this
Literature  Search this
U.S. Stamps  Search this
Object number:
1980.2493.5576
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm81ddef52f-0456-4dbb-b4df-6248f92f94fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1980.2493.5576

(left to right): Clinton Joseph Davisson (1881-1958) and Lester Halbert Germer (1896-1971)

Subject:
Davisson, Clinton Joseph 1881-1958  Search this
Germer, Lester Halbert 1896-1971  Search this
Bell Telephone Laboratories  Search this
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Topic:
Nobel Prizes  Search this
Electrons  Search this
Physics  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0898]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Copyright Not Evaluated
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_296686

(left to right): John Bardeen (1908-1991), William Bradford Shockley (1910-1989), Charles Hard Townes (b. 1915), and Walter Houser Brattain (1902-1987)

Creator:
Petrovec, Joe  Search this
Subject:
Shockley, William 1910-  Search this
Brattain, Walter H (Walter Houser) 1902-1987  Search this
Bardeen, John  Search this
Townes, Charles H  Search this
University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)  Search this
University of California, Berkeley  Search this
Stanford University  Search this
Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Search this
Bell Telephone Laboratories  Search this
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
February 1967
Topic:
Physics  Search this
Nobel Prizes  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0358]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Copyright Not Evaluated
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_290402

(left to right): Julian Schwinger (1918-1994), Richard Phillips Feynman (1918-1988), and Sin-itiro Tomanaga (1906-1979)

Creator:
United Press International  Search this
Subject:
Schwinger, Julian Seymour 1918-1994  Search this
Tomanaga, Sin-itiro 1906-1979  Search this
Feynman, Richard Phillips  Search this
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1962
Topic:
Physics  Search this
Nuclear physics  Search this
Nobel Prizes  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0595]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Copyright Not Evaluated
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_290977

(left to right): Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995) and Lalitha Doraiswamy Chandrasekhar (1910-1999)

Creator:
Davis, Watson 1896-1967  Search this
Subject:
Chandrasekhar, Lalitha Doraiswamy 1910-1999  Search this
Chandrasekhar, S (Subrahmanyan) 1910-1995  Search this
McDonald Observatory  Search this
University of Chicago  Search this
Physical description:
Gelatin silver prints
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1939
May 5, 1939
Topic:
Astrophysics  Search this
Nobel Prizes  Search this
Physics  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0425]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Copyright Not Evaluated
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_290890

(left to right): William Lawrence Bragg (1890-1971) and William Henry Bragg (1862-1942)

Subject:
Bragg, William Lawrence Sir 1890-1971  Search this
Bragg, William Henry Sir 1862-1942  Search this
Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, England)  Search this
University of Cambridge  Search this
Royal Institution of Great Britain  Search this
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Topic:
Nobel Prizes  Search this
Physics  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0340]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Copyright Not Evaluated
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_290384

14c Sinclair Lewis single

Title:
Scott Catalogue USA 1856
Depicts:
Sinclair Lewis, American, 1885 - 1951  Search this
Medium:
paper; ink (slate green); adhesive / engraving
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
March 21, 1985
Topic:
Literature  Search this
U.S. Stamps  Search this
Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
1999.2004.172
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm87344c6ba-e4fe-4bb8-8d52-190d40bcc4cd
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1999.2004.172

15c John Steinbeck single

Title:
Scott Catalogue USA 1773
Medium:
paper; ink ( ); adhesive
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
February 27, 1979
Topic:
Literature  Search this
U.S. Stamps  Search this
Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
1985.0021.2462
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm809b3e02a-9ed2-4072-96a3-2d0c7a380432
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1985.0021.2462

1974 Nobel Prize Plate

Physical Description:
porcelain (overall material)
enamel (decoration material)
gold (trim material)
Measurements:
overall: 1 1/8 in x 10 3/16 in; 2.8575 cm x 25.87625 cm
Object Name:
plate
Place made:
Germany: Bavaria, Tirschenreuth
Date made:
ca 1974
Subject:
Nobel Prize  Search this
Men  Search this
Portraits  Search this
Souvenirs  Search this
Credit Line:
Rosa M. Segrè
ID Number:
1998.0315.1
Catalog number:
1998.0315.1
Accession number:
1998.0315
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-e03e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_328464

20 Zlotych

Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 6.9 cm x 13.75 cm x .01 cm; 2 23/32 in x 5 13/32 in x in
Object Name:
note
Place made:
Poland
Date made:
2011
Credit Line:
Hillery York
ID Number:
2015.0313.1
Accession number:
2015.0313
Catalog number:
2015.0313.1
Serial number:
MS0013061
See more items in:
Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-6011-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1802942

20 Zlotych, Poland, 2011

Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 6.9 cm x 13.75 cm x .01 cm; 2 23/32 in x 5 13/32 in x in
Object Name:
note
Place made:
Poland
Date made:
2011
ID Number:
2015.0292.1
Accession number:
2015.0292
Catalog number:
2015.0292.1
Serial number:
MS0023578
See more items in:
Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-6fef-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1802944

20 Zlotych, Poland, 2011

Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 6.9 cm x 13.7 cm x .01 cm; 2 23/32 in x 5 13/32 in x in
Object Name:
note
Place made:
Poland
Date made:
2011
Credit Line:
Collected by Richard Doty
ID Number:
2016.0226.29
Accession number:
2016.0226
Catalog number:
2016.0226.29
Serial number:
MS0023579
See more items in:
Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-d265-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1822846

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