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Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection

Creator:
Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.  Search this
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering Department  Search this
Underwood and Underwood  Search this
Compiler:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry  Search this
Extent:
41 Cubic feet (125 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Blueprints
Drawings
Lantern slides
Photographs
Date:
1758-1934, undated
Summary:
A collection of 19th and early 20th century lantern slides collected by the Division of Work and Industry, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents note:
A collection of 19th and early 20th century silver gelatin dry plate lantern slides acquired by the staff of the Division of Work and Industry, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. These materials were collected for research purposes and relate to various engineering and mining subjects. The photographs document engineering activities, equipment, facilities, and projects. Activities include engineering inspection; moving an obelisk; rock drilling and riveting; tunneling; V drive ratio testing; and weighing. Photographs are also of objects including blueprints, boilers, bridges, canals, drawings, Egyptian temples, flywheel governors, and valves.

Images of corporate facilities documented include American Locomotive Company; Cooper-Bessemer Corporation; Fairbanks Morse and Company; Hamiliton; Ingersoll-Rand, Incorporated; and Nordberg Manufacturing Company. In addition, there are images of equipment such as diesels, marine diesel generator set, diesel models, and marine diesel engines. Images were created by photographers and photographic studios including L. C. Handy Photo, Washington, DC; W. H. Lawrence and B. S. Turpin; Underwood & Underwood; and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering Department. Locations include various parts of the United States, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Brazil, and Africa.

Condition of the material varies widely with some fragile or broken negatives. Poor quality images also exist probably due to unstable storage environments or the processing of the slides. All slides have been digitized and moved to off-site storage to minimize handling and at the same time increase accessibility.

Collection is arranged in six series: series 1, engineering; series 2, extractive industries; series 3, chemical; series 4, equipment; series 5, railroads; series 6, locations; subseries 7, agriculture; and miscellaneous materials.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged in eight series.

Series 1: Engineering, undated

Subseries 1.1: Architecture and Structures, undated

Subseries 1.2: Bridges, Cantilever, undated

Subseries 1.3: Bridges, Concrete Arch and Beam, undated

Subseries 1.4: Bridges, Masonry Aqueducts, undated

Subseries 1.5: Bridges, Metal Arc, undated

Subseries 1.6: Bridges, Metal Truss, undated

Subseries 1.7: Bridges, Movable, undated

Subseries 1.8: Bridges, Suspension, undated

Subseries 1.9: Canals, undated

Subseries 1.10: Hydraulic Engineering, undated

Subseries 1.11: Machine Tools, undated

Subseries 1.12: Materials Handling, undated

Subseries 1.13: Power, undated

Subseries 1.14: Railroad Mileage Maps, undated

Subseries 1.15: Steam Boilers, undated

Subseries 1.16: Steam Turbines, undated

Subseries 1.17: Tunneling Machine Tools, undated

Series 2: Extractive Industries, undated

Subseries 2.1: Coal, undated

Subseries 2.2: Iron, undated

Subseries 2.3: Mining, undated

Subseries 2.4: Oil, undated

Subseries 2.5, Rubber, undated

Subseries 2.6, Steel, undated

Subseries 2.7, Timber, undated

Series 3, Chemical, undated

Subseries 3.1: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, undated

Subseries 3.2: Processes, undated

Subseries 3.3: Visual Aids in Chemical Education, undated

Series 4: Equipment and Machinery, undated

Subseries 4.1: Companies, undated

Subseries 4.2: Equipment, undated

Series 5: Railroads, undated

Subseries 5.1: Charts, undated

Subseries 5.2: Equipment, undated

Subseries 5.3: Locomotives, undated

Subseries 5.4: Parts, undated

Subseries 5.5: Railroad Cars, undated

Subseries 5.6: Repair Report Forms, undated

Subseries 5.7: Shop Scenes, undated

Subseries 5.8: Toppling Over, undated

Subseries 5.9: Yard Scenes, undated

Subseries 5.10: Unidentified, undated

Series 6: Locations, undated

Subseries 6.1: California, undated

Subseries 6.2: Canada, undated

Subseries 6.3: General, undated

Subseries 6.4: New York, undated

Subseries 6.5: United States National Parks, undated

Subseries 6.6: Washington, DC, undated

Series 7: Agriculture, undated

Subseries 7.1: Butter, undated

Subseries 7.2: Coffee, undated

Subseries 7.3: Corn, undated

Subseries 7.4: Cotton, undated

Subseries 7.5: Potatoes, undated

Subseries 7.7: Poultry, undated

Subseries 7.8: Sugar, undated

Subseries 7.9: Tea, undated

Subseries, 7.10: Tobacco, undated

Subseries 7.11: Turpentine, undated

Series 8, Miscellaneous, undated
Related Materials:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

For related material on Canals, see the following collections:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Canals, NMAH.AC.0060

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, NMAH.AC.0143

Roland A. McCrady Photograph Collection, NMAH.AC.0710

Division of Cultural History Lantern Slides and Stereographs, NMAH.AC.0945

Niagara Falls Power Company Records, NMAH.AC.0949

Modjeski and Masters Company Records, NMAH.AC.0976

George Morison Collection, NMAH.AC.0978

Uriah A. Boyden Papers, NMAH.AC.0982

James Forgie Papers, NMAH.AC.0986

William R. Hutton Papers, NMAH.AC.0987

Snake River Irrigation Project Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1031

Silas H. Woodard Papers, NMAH.AC.1038

Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Records, NMAH.AC.1074

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, NMAH.AC.1090

New York State Barge Canal Photographs, NMAH.AC.1536

Lackawaxen Canal Survey Profiles, NMAH.AC.1546

Nicaragua Canal Collection, NMAH.AC.1550

For related material on Cantilever Bridges, see the following collections:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Bridges, NMAH.AC.0060

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, NMAH.AC.0143

Nathan W. Morgan Papers, NMAH.AC.0965

George Morison Collection, NMAH.AC.0978

John A. Roebling Collection, NMAH.AC.0981

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, NMAH.AC.1090

Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bridges Reference Collection, NMAH.AC.1577

For related material on Concrete Arch and Beam Bridges, see the following collections:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Bridges, NMAH.AC.0060

For related material on Hydraulic Engineering, see the following collections:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Engineering, NMAH.AC0060

Charles Richardson Pratt Papers, NMAH.AC.0958

Rudolph Hering Collection, NMAH.AC.0989

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Glass Plate Negatives, NMAH.AC.1089

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, NMAH.AC.1090

For related material on Machine Tools, see the following collections:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Tools, NMAH.AC.0060

Pratt & Whitney Company Scrapbook, NMAH.AC.0093

Max Holland Numerical Control Collection, NMAH.AC.0537

Southwark Foundry and Machine Company Records, NMAH.AC.1107

For related material on Materials Handling, see the following collections:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Materials Handling, NMAH.AC.0060

James J. Childs Numerical Control Collection, NMAH.AC.0420

World War Two Bomb Damage Photographs, NMAH.AC.1535

Norton Grinding Machine Company Photograph Collection, NMAH.AC.1551

Paul Steam-Heating System Company Records, NMAH.AC.1554

For related material on Metal Arch Bridges, see the following collections:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Bridges, NMAH.A.C0060

Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bridges Reference Collection, NMAH.AC.1577

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, NMAH.AC.1090

For related material on Movable Bridges, see the following collections:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Bridges, NMAH.AC.0060

Henry Grattan Tyrrell and Mary Maude Knox Tyrrell Papers, NMAH.AC.0948

Nathan W. Morgan Papers, NMAH.AC.0965

Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bridges Reference Collection, NMAH.AC.1577

For related material on Panama Canal, see the following collections:

John Frances Little Panama Canal Scrapbook, NMAH.AC.0708

A.R. Van Tassell Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1015

W. A. Fishbaugh Panama Canal Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1021

W. P. Stine Panama Canal Papers, NMAH.AC.1039

Katherine Kingsford Panama Canal Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1040

Richard Fisher Collection of Panama Canal Materials, NMAH.AC.1045

Robert Dearborn Panama Canal Glass Negatives, NMAH.AC.1111

Charles Edwards Wood Panama Canal Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1114

Panama Canal Commission Photonegatives, 1903-circa 1939, NMAH.AC.1116

Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Panama Canal Collection, NMAH.AC.1569

For related material on Steam Boilers, see the following collections:

Frick Company Collection, NMAH.AC.293

Erasmus D. Leavitt Collection, NMAH.AC.0966

Edwin Rust Papers, NMAH.AC.1070

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company Records, NMAH.AC.1541

For related material on Steam Turbines, see the following collections:

Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records, NMAH.AC.0001

Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company Records, NMAH.AC.0977

Skinner Engine Company Records, NMAH.AC.1087

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Glass Plate Negatives, NMAH.AC.1089

For related material on Suspension Bridges, see the following collections:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Bridges, NMAH.AC.0060

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, NMAH.AC.0143

Nathan W. Morgan Papers, NMAH.AC.0965

Modjeski and Masters Company Records, NMAH.AC.0976

Niagara Falls Bridge Commission Records, NMAH.AC.1060

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Glass Plate Negatives, NMAH.AC.1089

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, NMAH.AC.1090

Robinson & Steinman Collection, NMAH.AC.1562

Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bridges Reference Collection, NMAH.AC.1577
Provenance:
Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
Restrictions:
Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
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:
African American women  Search this
Agriculture -- Corn  Search this
Agricultural crops -- Fields  Search this
Agricultural laborers  Search this
Agricultural machinery  Search this
Agricultural products  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Bananas -- Costa Rica  Search this
Bananas -- Jamaica  Search this
Bearings (Machinery)  Search this
Bridges  Search this
Butter  Search this
Butter -- New York  Search this
Canals  Search this
Children -- 20th century  Search this
Coal mines and mining  Search this
Coffee  Search this
Coffee industry -- Brazil  Search this
Coffee -- Jamaica  Search this
Coffee -- Mexico  Search this
Engineering  Search this
Hydraulic engineering  Search this
Laborers  Search this
Machine-tools  Search this
Maple sugar  Search this
Materials handling  Search this
Mining engineering  Search this
Poultry industry  Search this
Power  Search this
Railroads  Search this
Railroads -- 19th century  Search this
Railroads -- 20th century  Search this
Rubber -- Ceylon  Search this
Rubber -- Congo  Search this
Rubber plantations  Search this
Steam-boilers  Search this
Sugar  Search this
Tires  Search this
Tobacco  Search this
Tunnels  Search this
Turbines  Search this
Turpentine -- North Carolina  Search this
Water-supply  Search this
Genre/Form:
Blueprints
Drawings -- 20th century
Lantern slides
Photographs -- Lantern slides -- 19th century
Photographs -- Lantern slides -- 1900-1950
Citation:
Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection, 1886-1931, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1013
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Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep864c4320f-954c-462f-8434-2b79c0ed7159
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1013

Engineering

Collection Creator:
Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.  Search this
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering Department  Search this
Underwood and Underwood  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1758-1945, undated
Scope and Contents:
Maintained by staff as a group of material on various subjects relating to engineering. It represents one of the many photographic collections documenting hard to collect objects due to size, space requirements, or availability. Subjects were created by the division and put in alphabetical order by Archives Center staff. Used for study purposes most of the materials have captions documenting the subject of the lantern slides but few are dated. The series is arranged in seventeen subseries: subseries 1.1, architecture and structures; subseries 1.2, cantilever bridges; subseries 1.3, concrete arch and beam bridges; subseries 1.4, masonry aqueducts bridges; subseries 1.5, metal arc bridges; subseries 1.6, metal truss bridges; subseries 1.7, movable bridges; subseries 1.8, suspension bridges; subseries 1.9, canals; subseries 1.10, hydraulic engineering; subseries 1.11, machine tools; subseries 1.12, materials handling; subseries 1.13, power; subseries 1.14, railroad mileage maps, subseries 1.15, steam boilers; subseries 1.16, steam turbines; and subseries 1.17, tunneling machine tools.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection, 1886-1931, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1013, Series 1
See more items in:
Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8ff70d6cc-17e8-4422-b1ae-3e91d7eb58be
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1013-ref511

Machine Tools

Collection Creator:
Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.  Search this
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering Department  Search this
Underwood and Underwood  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Slides arranged in subjects including subseries
Slides arranged in subjects including subseries: subseries 1.11.1, lathes; subseries 1.11.2, milling; subseries 1.11.3, boring; subseries 1.11.4, grinding;
Collection Restrictions:
Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection, 1886-1931, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1013, Subseries 1.11
See more items in:
Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection
Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection / Series 1: Engineering
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8cd6d1f5e-d7c8-4ab6-9712-d90d9bcee0d8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1013-ref720

Shovel Plate Prop, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Serra, Richard 1939-2024  Search this
Medium:
Lead
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Tate Gallery Millbank London England SW1P 4RG Accession Number: T.1728
Date:
March 1969
Topic:
Object--Tool--Shovel  Search this
Abstract--Geometric  Search this
Control number:
IAS 66470048
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_308531

Xu Bing Phoenix curated by Joseph Thompson ; copy editing, Jesse Robert Coffino, Delissa Handoko, Paulette Wein, Xuan Sheng

Title:
Phoenix
Artist:
Xu, Bing 1955-  Search this
Translator:
Coffino, Jesse Robert  Search this
Editor:
Handoko, Delissa  Search this
Wein, Paulette  Search this
Xuan Sheng  Search this
Organizer:
Thompson, Joseph 1958-  Search this
Issuing body:
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art  Search this
Subject:
Xu, Bing 1955-  Search this
Physical description:
135 pages illustrations (chiefly color), plans 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Catalogues d'exposition
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Massachusetts
North Adams
Date:
2015
Topic:
Installations (Art)  Search this
Phoenix (Mythical bird) in art  Search this
Phénix (Oiseau fabuleux) dans l'art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1082554

Survival and its pictures

Author:
Winant, Carmen  Search this
Writer of added text:
Sweet, Paige L. 1987-  Search this
Sawyer, Drew  Search this
Opie, Catherine 1961-  Search this
Ferrato, Donna  Search this
Nouril, Ksenia  Search this
Ravichandran, Sangi  Search this
Glenn, Ruth M  Search this
Lacy, Suzanne  Search this
Abril, Laia  Search this
Brantley, Irene L  Search this
Rodriques, Elias  Search this
Author:
Print Center for Prints and Photographs (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Physical description:
256 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 28 cm
Type:
Books
Art
Date:
2022
Topic:
Photography, Artistic  Search this
Intimate partner violence--Photography  Search this
Feminism and art  Search this
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)--In art  Search this
Photographie artistique  Search this
Violence entre partenaires--Photographie  Search this
Féminisme et art  Search this
Coupures de presse--Dans l'art  Search this
art photography  Search this
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1159577

Declamationum panegyricarum [dekas]

Title:
De sexu plantarum DSI
Author:
Valentini, Michael Bernhard 1657-1729  Search this
Publisher:
Zunner, Johann David active approximately 1653-1705  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[8], 110, [2] p. ; 20 cm. (4to)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Date:
1701
MDCCI [1701]
Topic:
Medicine  Search this
Call number:
RM84 .V16 1701
RM84.V16 1701
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_379482

Aneurysm Hook

Maker:
George Tiemann & Company  Search this
Physical Description:
metal, steel (overall material)
wood, ebony (overall material)
black (overall color)
Measurements:
average spatial: 15.2 cm x .7 cm; 6 in x 1/4 in
overall: 1/4 in x 6 in x 1/4 in; .635 cm x 15.24 cm x .635 cm
Object Name:
Needle
needle
aneurysm hook
surgical set
Other Terms:
Needle; Aneurism
Place made:
United States: New York, New York City
Date made:
1861 - 1864
Credit Line:
Dr. George E. and Leora M. Osler
ID Number:
1991.0858.01.35
Catalog number:
1991.0858.01.35
Accession number:
1991.0858
See more items in:
Medicine and Science: Medicine
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-4c76-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1094113
Online Media:

Surgical Needles

Physical Description:
metal, steel (overall material)
fabric (overall material)
tan (overall color)
Measurements:
average spatial: 7.6 cm x 7.4 cm; 3 in x 2 15/16 in
overall, rolled: 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.905 cm x 8.255 cm x 2.8575 cm
Object Name:
Needles
needles
surgical set
Credit Line:
Dr. George E. and Leora M. Osler
ID Number:
1991.0858.01.39
Accession number:
1991.0858
Catalog number:
1991.0858.01.39
See more items in:
Medicine and Science: Medicine
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-4da0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1094127
Online Media:

Boating Across Traditions: Marshallese Canoes and Fishing Gigs in the Ozarks

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Wed, 04 Oct 2023 00:02:00 GMT
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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Festival Blog
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_24bc130215ecd243986c26da7987c270

“Sitting at the Loom Is a Prayer”: Kevin Aspaas Weaves Diné History and Culture

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Wed, 09 Aug 2023 06:17:00 GMT
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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Festival Blog
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_6adee373ca2f650ebfb4bf31c1e83537

Kapa Pounding with Micah Kamohoali‘i: Preserving the Art of Hawaiian Bark Cloth

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Tue, 25 Jul 2023 14:22:00 GMT
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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Festival Blog
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_9b0042741fbf97c3ee721a00c26b00a8

Unapologetically Maya: Ubaldo Sánchez’s Ephemeral Alfombras

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Fri, 11 Aug 2023 19:24:00 GMT
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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Festival Blog
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_a0656c2bd5129c1cf2ad97ee4c062f21

Evolving Digital Collections and Their Stewardship: Stamen’s Watercolor Maps

Creator:
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Wed, 04 Oct 2023 20:07:14 +0000
Topic:
Design  Search this
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Data Source:
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_ececbe2f25c936d6618e912be283e353

An Unbroken Line: Josh Berer and Mariam Lodin Share the Art of Islamic Calligraphy

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Wed, 20 Sep 2023 18:36:00 GMT
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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Festival Blog
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_4f16595b9654463807f308fe1135299c

White Oak Basketry of the Ozarks: How Trees and Traditions May Fade and Regrow

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Mon, 16 Oct 2023 17:55:00 GMT
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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Festival Blog
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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edanmdm:posts_c344b76361037b7f9672882802494b4a

How Felicia Montes’s Botanica del Barrio Harnesses Herbs as a Tool for Connection

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Conversations and talks
Blog posts
Published Date:
Tue, 16 Jan 2024 21:11:00 GMT
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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Festival Blog
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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edanmdm:posts_94a5107985e20731d1bf7062ec1c62ff

For a Better Journey: Losang Samten’s Mandala of Medicine for a Healing World

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Mon, 05 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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Festival Blog
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_0b0a22fc0c9c30dd0b682146db1837f1

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Agriculture

Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Extent:
9.93 Cubic feet (consisting of 21 boxes, 9 folders, 12 oversize folders, 3 map case folders, plus digital images of some collection material.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Ephemera
Business ephemera
Date:
1786-1971
Summary:
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Agriculture forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
Scope and Contents note:
This material consists primarily of trade catalogues, printed advertisements, scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, price lists, bills/receipts, addresses, envelopes, advertising cards, reports, manuals and memorandum books, fair tickets, lithographs, photographs, calendars, descriptive circulars, photographic postcards, handbills, leaflets, receipt/credit books, price lists, almanacs, sales contracts, product manuals, periodicals and order forms from manufacturers and dealers of agricultural implements necessary for the management of the farm.

The different types of products include ploughs, fertilizers, harrows, seed sowers, scythes, elevators binders, hay rakes, mowers, sickle hooks, reaping hooks, reapers, corn shellers, rotary spades, seed-saws, sickle hooks, reap[ing hooks, reapers, corn shellers, rotary spades, pumps and scrapers. Many of the companies sold other products such as hydraulic cement, cedar & willow ware, brooms, brushes, flower pots, plant trellises, leather belting, sleighs, sleds, lumber, woodenware, doors, blinds, sashes, blinds, salt, lime.

There are numerous illustrations throughout this collection. A number of these images are of agricultural implements. Such tools are primarily in trade catalogues and include descriptions of type, function, dimensions and price. Agricultural implements are also included among the engravings illustrating farm tools used in 1790. Other images include people working in the field and factory scenes. There are numerous images of children particularly on advertising cards and calendars from some of the manufacturers and dealers.

A substantial amount of material from experimental stations can also be found among the materials. Such materials consist of notices and correspondence from experimental stations located in New Brunswick (New Jersey), Orono (Maine), Wooster (Ohio), Geneva (New York), Amherst (Massachusetts), Ithaca (New York), Indianapolis (Indiana) and Corvallis (Oregon).

Researchers interested in materials from agricultural societies, organizations and associations will also find information in this collection. Such organizations include the American Agricultural Association, Livestock Society of America, United States Agricultural Society and smaller groups formed on the state level. Most of the information is related to annual fairs.

Publications pertaining to agriculture are in a variety of articles, pamphlets, reports, bulletins, periodicals and journals. Discussions on farming in the United States as well as other countries are among the publications. Mr. Warshaw collected seventy-seven articles from a publication titled The Story of Farming which examines issues such as "Inspection of Cattle on an Egyptian Farm", "Early Farmers in Europe", "A Medieval Farmyard." "In a New England Farming District," "Farming in the French Aids", "Plowing in Portugal", and "Machinery on a Russian Farm." Unfortunately there are no dates on any of the articles.

Agricultural journals and periodicals that were published in different sizes during their existence are among these materials and can also be found in another section of the Warshaw Collection. The American Agriculturist, Wisconsin Agriculturist an Farmer and the Cultivator and Country Gentlemen are also stored in flat oversize boxes due to their size.

Manufacturers and distributors of farming implements are in boxes one through fifteen and are arranged in alphabetical order by name of company. Patents, general images, import/export documents and legal documents are also in box fifteen. Box sixteen through twenty-one contains related publications and are organized by type and then alphabetically by name of publication.
Materials in the Archives Center:
Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)
Forms Part Of:
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

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Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material
Provenance:
Agriculture is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
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:
Agriculture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Ephemera
Business ephemera
Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Agriculture, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Agriculture
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Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f87fd874-5fc7-487d-b6c3-9ede63ab0d81
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-agriculture
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Anthology with works by Jalal ad-Din Rumi (d.1273), Nizami (d. 1209), Sa'di (d.1292) and Sana'i (d. 1131 or 1140)

Calligrapher:
Mir Ali Husayni (died ca.1544)  Search this
Sultan Muhammad Nur (fl. as early as 1494)  Search this
Muhammad Qasim ibn Shadishah  Search this
Sultan-Muhammad Khandan  Search this
Mawlana Shaykh Mahmud  Search this
Artist:
Kamal al-Din Bihzad (ca. 1467-1535)  Search this
Patron:
Wazir Khawja Malik Ahmad  Search this
Medium:
Ink, color, and gold on paper; gold stamped and tooled leather
Dimensions:
H x W x D (closed): 25 x 17.5 x 2.5 cm (9 13/16 x 6 7/8 x 1 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Herat, Afghanistan
Date:
1524-1525 (930 A.H.)
Period:
Safavid period
Topic:
Safavid period (1501 - 1722)  Search this
poetry  Search this
nasta'liq script  Search this
illumination  Search this
Afghanistan  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
anthology  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1944.48
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3fd71ddba-634d-41e1-a606-caa126a9adfc
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1944.48
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