All Collections

The Archives Center 's collections are listed below by title. Each collection is described briefly in SIRIS (Smithsonian Institution Research Information System), an on-line catalog shared by Smithsonian archival units, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, and some specialized research projects. Click on the SIRIS link to view the catalog record.

Collections with online finding aids are highlighted and underlined. Click on the link to view the finding aid. Finding aids for many other collections are available in the Archives Center reference room.

The Archives Center assigns a number to each collection for easier identification.  Please have this number handy when contacting the Archives Center. Researchers are encouraged to use the searching capabilities in SIRIS, to browse the collection titles and online finding aids, and to contact the Archives Center staff for more information about the holdings.

The Collections of the Archives Center are:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Collection Title,     Collection #     SIRIS entry

A

Accessible Snowboard Collection, 1996-2000, #747 SIRIS
Account Book, 1872-1874, #291 SIRIS
Accoutrements/Archie McPhee Catalogs, 1985-2003, #837 SIRIS
Joe Adams Papers, 1948-2003, #908 SIRIS
Richard Adlard Collection, 1936-1998, #692 SIRIS
Charles Adler, Jr. Collection, ca. 1920-1980, #351 SIRIS
"Adventures in Science" Radio Programs, 1955-1956, #223 SIRIS
Advertising Council 1990 Census Advertising Collection, 1990, #372 SIRIS
African American Cosmetic and Food Label Collection, 1934-1946, #480 SIRIS
Program in African American Culture Collection, 1979-1986, #408 SIRIS
African American Land Grant Colleges Audiovisual Collection, 1992-1993, #614 SIRIS
African-American Portrait Tintypes, ca.1865-1900, #515 SIRIS
African American Snapshots, 1929-1933, #732 SIRIS
Agriculture & Brick Account Book, 1824-1846, #57 SIRIS
G. W. Aimar Drug Company Records, 1864-1972, #810 SIRIS
Aladdin Industries Inc. Records, 1889-2003, #844 SIRIS
Albany Billiard Ball Company Records, 1869-1973, #11
William H. Albro Store Ledgers, 1845-1895, #166 SIRIS
Tony Alderman Country Music Collection, 1927-1976, #211 SIRIS
Alka-Seltzer Documentation & Oral History Collection, 1953-1986, #184 SIRIS
Alexander Alland, Sr. Photoprint Collection, 1932-1943, #204 SIRIS
Ally and Gargano, Inc., Print Advertisements, 1962-circa 1995, #938, SIRIS
American Academy of Environmental Engineers "Excellence in Environmental Engineering" Awards Collection, 1988-2002, #591 SIRIS
American Family Photographs Collection, ca. 1996-1997, #636 SIRIS
American Furniture Industries Survey Collection, 1978-1980, #286 SIRIS
American National Standards Institute -- X3L2 Committee Records, 1969-1979, #311 SIRIS
American Petroleum Institute Photograph and Film Collection, 1860s-1980s, #711 SIRIS
American Scale & Service Company Records, 1912-1956, #10 SIRIS
American Society of Civil Engineers Fellows Collection, 1929-1969, #229 SIRIS
American Wine Documentation Project, 1976-2002, #817 SIRIS
AMF Automatic Pinspotter Records, 1947-1996, #823 SIRIS
Analogue Music Synthesizer Oral History Project, 1996-1998, #640 SIRIS
William "Cat" Anderson Collection, ca. 1940-1981, #630 SIRIS
Dr. Edward H. Angle Orthodontics Papers, 1893-1940, #724 SIRIS
Anglo-American Telegraph Company, Ltd. Records, 1866-1947, #73 SIRIS
Apostoloff Telephone Literature, 1895-1930, #581 SIRIS
William K. Applebaugh Papers, 1857-1926, #638 SIRIS
Archives Center 2002 Winter Olympics Collection, #806 SIRIS
Archives Center Advertising Hand Fan Collection, n.d., #809 SIRIS
Archives Center American Music Collection, ca. 1950 to present, #795 SIRIS
Archives Center Business Americana Collection, ca. 1900-present, #404 SIRIS
Archives Center Collection of Music Transcriptions of Duke Ellington, 1982-1989, #430 SIRIS
Archives Center Cookbook Collection, n.d., #510 SIRIS
Archives Center Glass Plate Collection, ca. 1910-1920, #246 SIRIS
Archives Center Lantern Slide Collection, ca. 1890-1920, #686 SIRIS
Archives Center Miscellaneous Film and Videotape Collection, 1930-1955, #358 SIRIS
Archives Center Photoprint Collection, ca. 1870-1880, #496 SIRIS
Archives Center Portrait Collection, 19th-20th centuries, #392 SIRIS
Archives Center Postcard Collection, 20th-21st centuries, #483 SIRIS
Archives Center Poster Collection, 1910s-2001, #751 SIRIS
Archives Center Poster Stamp Collection, #1125 SIRIS
Archives Center Scrapbook Collection, ca. 1880-1960, #468 SIRIS
Archives Center Shopping Bag Collection, ca. 1980-2004, #570 SIRIS
Archives Center Sports Memorabilia Collection, ca. 1970 to present, #796 SIRIS
Archives Center Stereograph Collection, ca. 1910, #495 SIRIS
Archives Center World Expositions Collection, 1939 and n.d., #825 SIRIS
Archives of American Art Miscellany, ca. 1933-1945, #850 SIRIS
Arden Collection, 1884-1950, #285 SIRIS
Paul Armer Collection, 1949-1970, #323 SIRIS
Louis Armstrong Music Manuscripts, n.d., #904 SIRIS
W. L. Armstrong Washingtoniana Glass Negative Collection, 1865-1885, #183 SIRIS
James Arthur Clock and Watch Collection, 1743-1967, #130 SIRIS
Association for Computing Machinery, Washington, D.C. Chapter, Collection, 1958-1978, #462 SIRIS
AT&T/Bell Film Collection, 1942-1978, #684 SIRIS
Charles Atlas Records, ca. 1940-1980, #654 SIRIS
Atomic Clock Collection, 1955-1968, #547 SIRIS
Mike Augspurger Oral History, May 5, 2000, #689 SIRIS
N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records, 1849-1851, 1869-1996, #59 SIRIS
F. Ayres and James T. Sneden Wagon-Maker's Account Book, 1834-1869, #151 SIRIS
Waldemar A. Ayres Collection, 1954-1974, #77 SIRIS

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Emile Bachelet Collection, 1880s-1973, #302 SIRIS
Sandra & Gary Baden Collection of Celebrity Endorsements in Advertising, 1897-1979, #611 SIRIS
Leo H. Baekeland Papers, 1881-1968, #5 SIRIS
Ralph H. Baer Collection, 1943-1953, #854 SIRIS
Frances S. Baker Product Cookbooks, ca. 1900-1993, #612 SIRIS
Baldwin Locomotive Works Engine Registers and Orders, 1833-1956, #157 SIRIS
Baldwin Locomotive Works Drawings, 1870-1890, #353 SIRIS
Barden Family Papers, 1820s-1930s, #824 SIRIS
P. T. Barnum Collection, 1873-1890, #68 SIRIS
Bartley Crucible and Refractories Company Records, 1909-1972, #348 SIRIS
Patricia Bath Innovative Lives Presentation and Interview, 2000, #753 SIRIS
Richard S. Becker Collection of Alex Bradford Gospel Music Materials, 1953-1996, #761 SIRIS
E. R. Beers Electric Company Collection, 1909-1938, #232 SIRIS
Royce L. Beers Papers, 1900-1969, #880 SIRIS
S. Joseph Begun Papers, 1927-1995, #535 SIRIS
Barbara Beirne Portrait Photoprints, 1980s, #356 SIRIS
Bendix Washing Machine Store Display Advertising Sign, 1940s, #350 SIRIS
Bennett Pottery Company Records, 1844-1881, #213 SIRIS
Julius G. Berger Collection, 1909-1918, #75 SIRIS
Irving Berlin Sheet Music Collection, 1905-1975, #257 SIRIS
Sid Bernstein Oral History Collection, 1989-1991, #434 SIRIS
Everett H. Bickley Collection, 1919-1980, #683 SIRIS
Billboards Photoprint Collection, 1920s, #284 SIRIS
Billings-Merriam Family Vaudeville Scrapbooks, 1890-1913, #79 SIRIS
Binney & Smith Inc., Records, 1897-1998, #624 SIRIS
Julian Black Scrapbooks of Joe Louis, 1935-1944, #2 SIRIS
Tom Black Smithsonian Magazine Oral History Collection, 1993, #505 SIRIS
Blacksmith's Daybook, 1720-1729, #43 SIRIS
Timothy B. Bladen Southern Maryland Photoprints, 1998, #767 SIRIS
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, 1880-1970s, #200 SIRIS
Dr. Joseph Blinder Papers, ca. 1908-1911, #831 SIRIS
Bluestime Power Hour Videotapes, 1997-1998, #657 SIRIS
Ernst P. Boas Papers, 1927-1946, #881 SIRIS
Brad J. Bogart Collection, 1911-1927, #128 SIRIS
Richard Bond Clock Escapement Video Documentation, 1997, #682 SIRIS
Henry Booth Collection, 1948-1974, #726 SIRIS
Virginia "Jimmie" Booth Collection, #729 SIRIS
Rubin Borasky Electron Microscopy Collection, 1930-1988, #452 SIRIS
Boston General Store Account Book, 1807-1830, #38 SIRIS
Orlan W. Boston Dynamometer Papers, 1927-1950, #811 SIRIS
Boston Waterworks Collection, #1117
Virgil Eldon Bottom Collection, 1936-1983, #148 SIRIS
Thomas W. Bowers School Records, 1954-1966, #698 SIRIS
Boyd Family Papers, 1874-1945, #707 SIRIS
Plooma M. Boyd Diary of the 1893 Columbian Exposition, 1893, #655 SIRIS
Sylvia and Jon Boyd Tupperware Films, #870 SIRIS
Martin M. Branner Collection of the "Winnie Winkle" Comic Strip, 1920-1961, #265 SIRIS
Brannock Device Company Records, 1925-1998, #672 SIRIS
Dr. R. C. Bratten Dental Collection, 1930-1967, #22 SIRIS
Herbert M. Bratter Collection, 1919-1971, #137 SIRIS
Breck Girl Collection, 1936-1995, #651SIRIS
Todd M. Brennan Collection (Charlie's Angels), 1970-1979, #76 SIRIS
Clarence D. Brenner World War Two V-Mail Collection, 1942-1945, #571 SIRIS
Brookhaven National Laboratory Bubble Chamber Records, n.d., #522 SIRIS
Don Brown Collection of Duke Ellington Recordings, 1925-1973, #472 SIRIS
F. C. Brown Papers, 1902-1964, #693 SIRIS
Naomi Huber Brown Papers, 1960-1963, #429 SIRIS
William W. Brown Papers, 1920-1950, #102 SIRIS
Joseph Bruhl Territory Band Collection, 1922-1980, #869 SIRIS
John Bucheimer Papers, 1950s-1971, #889 SIRIS
Henry S. Bukowski Big Band Collection, ca. 1930s-1940s, #678 SIRIS
John and Cile Burbidge Wedding Gown Design Collection, 1968-1985, #562 SIRIS
George Edward Burch Papers, 1984-1986, #316 SIRIS
Ralph Burns Collection, 1946-1977, #736 SIRIS
Burris and Byrd Family Card Sample Case, ca. 1920, #126 SIRIS
Henry Gaston Busignies Papers, 1905-1981, #98 SIRIS
Helen May Butler Collection, 1899-1937, #261 SIRIS

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C

Paul Cadwell Banjo Collection, 1880-1980, #387 SIRIS
Walter Guyton Cady Papers, 1903-1970, #46 SIRIS
The California Shop Records, 1938-1942, #572 SIRIS
Camden & Amboy Railroad Rules and Traffic Agreements, 1844-1871, #152 SIRIS
Charles Came Collection, 1838-1979, #661 SIRIS
Campbell Soup Advertising Oral History and Documentation Project, 1904-1989, #367 SIRIS
John Caples Papers, 1900-1987, #393 SIRIS
Herbert W. Carleton Motion Picture Stills Collection, 1912-1919, #465 SIRIS
Carousel Collection, 1925-1994, #675 SIRIS
Dr. George Carruthers Video Documentation, 1996, #597 SIRIS
Benny Carter Collection, 1928-2000, #757 SIRIS
Felix P. "Phil" Caruthers Automatic Machine Control Papers, 1952-1991, #812 SIRIS
Carvel Ice Cream Records, 1934-1989, #488 SIRIS
Dr. George Washington Carver Scrapbook Collection, 1939, #133 SIRIS
Sonora Carver Papers, ca. 1927-1994, #521 SIRIS
Caterpillar Tractor Company Photoprints, 1948-1949, #146 SIRIS
Cayton Family Papers, 1892-1992, #780 SIRIS
Celluloid Corporation Records, 1892-1935, #9 SIRIS
Robert G. Chamberlain Numerical Control Collection, 1954-1984, #527 SIRIS
Ernest Dudley Chase Greeting Card Collection, ca. 1935-1950, #886 SIRIS
S. Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham Papers, 1905-1997, 2003, #814 SIRIS
Chicago Surface Line Drawings, 1886-1948, #212 SIRIS
Chickering & Sons Piano Company Collection, 1864-1985, #264 SIRIS
James J. Childs Numerical Control Collection, 1952-1991, #420 SIRIS
Dorothy H. Christian Collection, 1881, 1913-1934, #250 SIRIS
Cincinnati Boss Company Records, 1900-1990, #741 SIRIS
Cinema Posters, ca. 1937-1953, #656 SIRIS
Curt I. Civin Video Documentation, 1997, #623 SIRIS
J. Raymond Claghorn Scrapbook, 1881-1895, #582 SIRIS
Jean Clairmook Radio Scrapbook, 1930-1932, #674 SIRIS
George H. Clark Radioana Collection, 1880-1950, #55 SIRIS
Pete Claussen Collection of American Flag Magazine Covers, 1942-1943, #860 SIRIS
William Claxton Photographs, 1955-1960, #695 SIRIS
Clement Communications, Inc., Ergonomics and Safety Posters, 2001-2003, #799 SIRIS
Stuart Cohen "Marblehead at the Millenium" Photographs, 2000, #804 SIRIS
Gordon E. Cole Advertising History Papers, 1879-1899, 1926-1964, #371 SIRIS
Colonna Farrell Wine Label Collection, 1975-1997, #626 SIRIS
John Coltrane Music Manuscript, 1964, #903 SIRIS
Commercial Decal, Inc. Records, 1926-1993, #477 SIRIS
Community Life Afro-American Audio-Visual Collection, 1974-1976, #201 SIRIS
Community Life TV Soap Operas Collection, 1952-1983, #108 SIRIS
Computer Oral History Collection, 1969-1973, 1977, #196 SIRIS
Computer Standards Collection, 1958-1979, #310 SIRIS
Computer World Smithsonian Awards, 1989-2001, #425 SIRIS
Robert Scofield Condon Engineering Papers, 1924-1973, #428 SIRIS
Roy Gilbert Conley Papers, ca. 1914-1960, #851 SIRIS
Containerization Oral History Collection, 1995-1998, #639 SIRIS
Hallye M. Cornelius and Glendora Horne Collection of Cigarette Packages, 1945, #826 SIRIS
Mille Gade Corson Collection, 1920-1930, #63 SIRIS
Cover Girl Make-Up Advertising Oral History and Documentation Project, 1959-1990, #374 SIRIS
Irving Crane Papers, #1119 SIRIS
Forman H. Craton Collection, 1902-1983, #454 SIRIS
John D. Crimmins Collection, 1880-1919, #398 SIRIS
Kitty Cucumber Collection, 1985, #276 SIRIS
Barton S. Cummings Papers, 1938-1990, #421 SIRIS
Robert A. Cummings Papers, 1892-1939, #218 SIRIS
Thomas Currier Vaudeville Collection, 1928-1986, #1120 SIRIS

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Ann and Thomas Damigella Collection, 1951-1997, #583 SIRIS
Danish Film Stills, ca. 1910-1970, #543 SIRIS
Stanislaus F. Danko Collection, 1943-1988, #667 SIRIS
Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs, ca. 1939-1984, #314 SIRIS
S. Newman Darby Oral History, 1999, #838 SIRIS
S. Newman Darby Windsurfing Collection, 1946-1998, #625 SIRIS
Data Processing Digest Collection, 1955-1974, #235 SIRIS
Miles Davis Music Manuscript, 1959, #920 SIRIS
Daytime TV Magazine Collection, 1977-1983, #107 SIRIS
Joyce P. De La Hunt Papers, 1870s-1950, #573 SIRIS
Andre De la Varre Collection, #782 SIRIS
Harmon B. Deal Papers, 1920-1930, #53 SIRIS
William E. Dean Papers, 1949-1965, #230 SIRIS
Robert Dearborn Panama Canal Photo Neagtives, #1111 SIRIS
"Dedication of Headquarters, National Woman 's Party, Washington, D.C., May 21, 1922," #754 SIRIS
Kalman J. DeJuhasz Papers, 1908-1959, #304 SIRIS
Lucretia Deming Family Account Book, 1883-1887, #173 SIRIS
Department of Defense Chip Training Videotape Collection, 1970s, #586 SIRIS
Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, ca. 1790-1980, #300 SIRIS
DFS Ad Agency Falstaff Beer Advertisements, 1945-1946, #332 SIRIS
Dial-A-Joke Audio Tape Collection, 1974-1983 [NMAH Division of Electricity], #243 SIRIS
Freda Diamond Collection, 1945-1966, #616 SIRIS
Nelson Dickerman Papers, 1880-1965, #542 SIRIS
Direct Mail Advertising Collection, 1976-1977, 1980-1981, 1984, #115 SIRIS
Division of Community Life Dissertation Series: Lange, Yvonne, Santos: The Household Wooden Saints of Puerto Rico, 1975, #197 SIRIS
Division of Costume Audiovisual Collection, 1928-1989, #801 SIRIS
Division of Domestic Life Greeting Card Collection, 1854-1975, #109 SIRIS
Domestic Life Glass Photograph Collection, ca. 1900, #292 SIRIS
Domestic Life Stereograph and Photograph Collection, ca. 1862-1920, #725 SIRIS
Division of Electricity Dissertation Series, 1970-1979, #54 SIRIS
Division of Electricity Film Collection, #802 SIRIS
Division of Engineering Film Collection, #864 SIRIS
Division of Musical History Documents and Graphics, 1872-1984, #485 SIRIS
Division of Performing Arts Videotape Collection, 1979-1983, #728 SIRIS
Division of Transportation: Railroad's Engineering Data, 1912-1949, #207 SIRIS
Ed Dodd (Mark Trail) Collection, bef. 1985, #165 SIRIS
Raymond S. Doerr Scrapbook, 1931-1935, #476 SIRIS
William C. Dolowy Veterinarian Medicine Collection, 1960-1961, #459 SIRIS
Marion O'Brien Donovan Papers, 1949-1996, #721 SIRIS
Jacob Aloysius Dorf Papers, 1909-1972, #193 SIRIS
Joel Dorn Papers, 1966-1987, #536 SIRIS
Doughnut Machine Company Scrapbooks, 1928, #662 SIRIS
Stephen Douglas World War Two Envelopes, 1943-1945, #755 SIRIS
Dowd Harpsichord Collection, 1949-1997, #593 SIRIS
Draper Family Collection, ca.1826-1936, #121 SIRIS
Frank Driggs Collection of Duke Ellington Photographic Reference Prints, 1923-1972, #389 SIRIS
Paquito D'Rivera Papers, 1989-2000, #891 SIRIS
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur D. Dubin Pullman Palace Car Co. Construction and Registration Books, 1875-1911, #158 SIRIS
J. Harry DuBois Collection on the History of Plastics, 1900-1975, #8 SIRIS
Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection, 1884-1965, #18 SIRIS
Duncan Family Yo-yo Collection, 1928-2002, #807 SIRIS
Paul Duncan Farming Film, 1937-1941, #827 SIRIS
Charlie Dunn Collection, 1972-1984, #186 SIRIS
S. Watson Dunn Advertising Ephemera Collection, 1840-1986, #366 SIRIS
DuPont Nylon Collection, 1939-1977, #7 SIRIS
Saul Dushman Papers, 1924-1954, #101 SIRIS

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E. Howard Clock Company Records, 1862-1930, #776 SIRIS
Ralph Earle Color Slides of Atomic Bomb Test, 1945, #794 SIRIS
Economic Cooperation Administration Technical Assistance Papers, 1948-1952, #318 SIRIS
Thomas Alva Edison Photoprints, 1890s-1933, #299 SIRIS
Arthur Ehrat Papers, 1976-2005, #907 SIRIS
Roy Eilers Collection of Scientific and Technical Clippings, 1850s-1930s, #247 SIRIS
Eisler Engineering Company Records, #734 SIRIS
Electric Guitar Video Documentation, 1996, #610 SIRIS
Electricity and Modern Physics Photonegatives, ca. 1880-1930, #715 SIRIS
Electronic Display World Newsletters, 1981-1999, 2001, #868 SIRIS
Elion-Weingarten Matchbook Collection, 1930-1983, #578 SIRIS
Duke Ellington Collection, 1899-1984, #301 SIRIS
Duke Ellington Collection of Ephemera and Related Audio-Visual Materials, 1914-1993, #386 SIRIS
Duke Ellington Oral History Project, 1989-1993, #368 SIRIS
New York Chapter of the Duke Ellington Society Collection, 1960-1991, #390 SIRIS
Annual International Conference of the Duke Ellington Study Group Proceedings, 1981-1993, #385 SIRIS
Carter Harman Collection of Interviews with Duke Ellington, 1956-1964, #422 SIRIS
Edward and Gaye Ellington Collection, #704 SIRIS
Ruth Ellington Collection, 1940-1991, #415 SIRIS
Estelle Ellis Collection, 1944-1981, #423 SIRIS
Engineering Notebook Collection, 1835-1930, #225 SIRIS
Erol's Video Club Collection,1984-1991, #687 SIRIS
Celia K. Erskine Scrapbook of Valentines, Advertising Cards, and Postcards, 1882-1884, #136 SIRIS
Eskimo Pie Collection, 1921-1996, #553 SIRIS
Lloyd Espenschied Papers, 1907-1969, #13 SIRIS
Thomas Evance Receipt Book, 1753-1775, #289 SIRIS
Dr. John G. Evans Papers, 1893, 1947-1949, #24 SIRIS
Everhart Brothers Records, 1884-1918, #575 SIRIS
James Lithgow Ewin Patents, 1873, 1874, 1879, #51 SIRIS
Expo 2000 Collection, 2000, #742 SIRIS

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