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Colonel William Augustine Washington Papers, 1789-1840
- Notes
- Col. Washington was the sixth son of George Washington's older half brother, Augustine. He was commissioned a captain in the 3rd Virginia Regiment Feb. 1776, wounded at Trenton Dec. 1776, and received his majority Jan. 1777. Promoted to lieutenant colonel Nov. 1778. Wounded again at Cowpers and taken prisoner at Eutaw Springs, 1781. Became a brigadier general 1798, honorably discharged June 1800. A Charles Wilson Peale portrait of Col. Washington is at Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia
- Summary
- Bills and receipts for a large number of articles such as linen, tea, salt, molasses, shoes, buttons, etc.; business correspondence; a deed for sale of land in Pulushi Co., Ky., and a record of the final settlement of the estate. Names listed below are persons mentioned in the papers
- Cite as
- Colonel William Augustine Washington Papers, 1789-1840, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1789
- 1789-1840
- 19th century
- 18th century
- collector
- Washington, William Augustine Colonel 1757-1810
- Subject
- Kink, Daniel
- Washington, Augustine
- Mounts, Mernkel P
- Cox, John
- Dougs, William
- Norris, Benjamin
- Con, John
- Kelly, Alexander
- Mitchell, John
- Dave, Caow L
- Hipkins, John
- Riddle, Joshua
- Payton, T
- Rigden, Burnett
- Cunnin, Robert
- Bingman, Thomas
- Fisher, Thomas
- Moore, John W
- Riggs, Elisha
- Washington, Sarah
- Dunlap, John
- Local number
- 1977.3145 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Loretta Thomsen Smith Picture Postcard Collection, 1900-1970
- Summary
- Two scrapbooks containing postcards, stamps, and hand-written information about various states of the United States. The initial pages in volume 1 contain information about the early history of postcards in Europe and the United States
- Cite as
- Loretta Thomsen Smith Picture Postcard Collection, 1900-1970,Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1900
- 1970
- 1900-1970
- 20th century
- Creator
- Smith, Loretta Thomsen collector
- Local number
- 1980.0059 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Carlos de Wendler-Funaro Gypsy Research Collection, ca. 1920-1975
- Notes
- Funaro was born in Brooklyn, N.Y.; undergraduate degree in biology (entomology), Cornell University, 1923; later taught foreign languages, mainly in high schools. Doctorate, Columbia University, 1958; dissertation on "The Gitano in Spanish Literature." De Wendler-Funaro was an avid amateur collector of insects, shells, minerals, stamps and coins. His interest in Gypsies focused on collection of language specimens, and photography. Apparently served as amanuensis to Steve Kaslov, a Rom Gypsy leader
- Summary
- Print and manuscript materials, photoprints and negatives, either created by de Wendler-Funaro or collected by him. Manuscripts include de Wendler-Funaro's dissertation, drafts of projected books, drafts of projected book dictated by Steve Kaslov. Print materials include those used by de Wendler-Funaro in his dissertation research, and newspaper articles, 1912-1974. Photographs include those taken by de Wendler-Funaro of Gypsies in the United States and Europe, 1922-1966, primarily 1937-1942. Photographs collected from Rom Gypsy families and commercial photographs, mainly of Gypsies in Europe, are also included
- An important aspect of the photographer's work and of the value of this collection is the emphasis on the ethnic diversity of Gypsy groups, countering the inaccurate notion that all Gypsies or all American Gypsies are a homogeneous group--the Rom or Roma. The collection demonstrates ethnic and cultural distinctions among the various Gypsies represented, such as the Rom, Ludar, Romnichels, etc
- Publications
- See review of the film, "American Gypsy: A Stranger in Everybody's Land," by Matt T. Salo in American Anthropologist, Vol. 102, No. 2, June 2000, pp. 353-354
- Smithsonian educational web site, part of "Migrations in History," at http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/migrations/gyp/cdwf.html
- Cite as
- Carlos de Wendler-Funaro Gypsy Research Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1920
- 1975
- ca 1920-1975
- 1920-1980
- 1930-1950
- 1920-1970
- 20th century
- 1900-1950
- photographer
- Wendler-Funaro, Carlos de (language teacher also known as Carl Funaro) 1898-1985
- Alland, Alexander Sr (Alexander Landschaft) 1902-1989
- author
- Kaslov, Steve King of the Red Bandanna Romany Gypsies ca. 1888-1949
- Salo, Sheila
- collector
- Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
- Subject
- Kaslov, Steve King of the Red Bandanna Romany Gypsies ca. 1888-1949
- Kaslov, Pupa
- Jura, Chaiko Gypsy leader
- Local number
- 1986.3054 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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John W. Garrett Collection, 1850-1880
- Notes
- This collection has been combined with Collection no. 1086, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Collection
- Garrett, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1858-1884, was born in Baltimore, Maryland July 31, 1820. After working for his father's financially successful commission business, during which time he invested heavily in the B. & O. Railroad, he was elected a director in 1855 and president in 1858. Under his leadership the railroad made history during the Civil War by carrying out the first military rail transport. During peacetime the railroad prospered with Garrett as president. He died September 26, 1884
- Summary
- Includes lists of rail accidents, production and distribution of locomotives, and engine repair costs; reports on locomotive power, cost and performance, and purchases of locomotives and cars; and correspondence relating to these and other matters, all 1850-1880. Most correspondence is to Garrett from railroad supervisory staff. Includes a history of the operation of the railroad during the Civil War and additional correspondence concerning Ohio River bridges, trestles, and tunnels
- Cite as
- John W. Garrett Collection, 1850-1880, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
- Date
- 1850
- 1850-1880
- Civil War, 1861-1865
- 19th century
- collector
- Garrett, John W (John Work) 1820-1884
- Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI
- donor
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
- Local number
- 1997.3124 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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William Pettit Correspondence, 1864-1865
- Notes
- Pettit came to Washington, D.C. from Elkhorn, Wisconsin in summer 1863 to work as a clerk in the War Department, leaving his wife Hannah and daughters Mary, Agnes, and Lucy at home. His main duties as a clerk were to answer letters received by the Department. He wrote many letters to his wife describing his activities and his thoughts related to wartime Washington
- He took advantage of many opportunities available to a civil servant of the period in the nation's capital. He occasionally attended fortnightly openhouse at the White House, lectures at the Smithsonian Institution, and sessions of Congress and the Supreme Court. Since the letters in this collection are from Jan. 2-Mar. 30 and Oct. 5- Dec. 30, 1865, the six summer months' activities are unknown. Pettit was killed while riding horseback in Washington the day after the last letter was written
- Summary
- 38 letters by Pettit to his wife; a letter from Pettit's wife soon after Lincoln's assassination; a letter from Lucy, Pettit's daughter, to her grandparents describing her birth (?) on February 2, 1843; and a first draft of "my family reminiscences"--seventeen manuscript pages describing the family's genealogy from the mid-1600s when they first arrived in this country
- Pettit's letters describe Washington concerts and performances, visits to and observations about White House open houses, well known-personages, church leaders, his co-workers, and opinions on the United States and war, bureaucracy, politics, and slavery. Pettit's anti-slavery sentiments are expressed. Other topics in the letters include Lee's surrender, the 1864 election, etc
- Cite as
- William Pettit Correspondence, 1864-1865, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1864
- 1864-1865
- Civil War, 1861-1865
- 1860-1920
- 1860-1870
- 1840-1930
- author
- Pettit, William (civil servant)
- collector
- Gordon, Gertrude Durrie
- Durrie, Paul -1985
- donor
- Dibner, Bern Dr.
- Subject
- Grant, Ulysses S (Ulysses Simpson) 1822-1885
- Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865
- Pettit, Hannah
- Pettit, Mary
- Pettit, Agnes
- Pettit, Lucy
- Lincoln, Mary Todd
- United States Congress
- Smithsonian Institution
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Washington National Cathedral Stained Glass Formulae Collection, 1926-1936
- Notes
- Saint was a designer and maker of stained glass, known for his work at Washington Cathedral in the first half of the 20th century. The cathedral, built in 14th century Gothic style, has windows patterned after medieval French masterpieces such as those of Chartres, Le Mans, Bourges, and Saint-Chappelle, and of Leon in northern Spain. The Washington Cathedral operated its own stained glass studio under the Pennsylvania artist Lawrence Saint. He designed and executed the north rose window, the nine choir aisle windows, and four others in the north transept aisles and made stained glass for his own work. He experimented with recapturing ruby reds, celestial blues and other vibrant colors achieved by medieval glass makers. His formulas (based on spectroscopic analyses of 13th-century glass) are preserved in this collection
- Summary
- This collection consists of chemical formulae developed by Lawrence Saint for use in his stained glass work at the Washington National Cathedral. There are supporting samples, records and notes
- Cite as
- Washington National Cathedral Stained Glass Formulae Collection, 1926-1936, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1926
- 1926-1936
- creator
- Saint, Lawrence B. 1885-1961
- donor
- Washington Cathedral
- collector
- Ceramics and Glass, Division of (NMAH, SI)
- Local number
- 322722 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Andre Piette Collection, 1954-1979
- Notes
- Piette, artist and designer, spent his early years studying at the Academie Royale De Beaux-Arts in Liege, Belgium. He is noted for his designs of Christmas cards, wrapping paper, and wallpaper. In 1968 he was commissioned by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson to design a set of White House state china, consisting of 2,500 pieces
- Summary
- Correspondence, drawings, clippings, White House china portfolio, designs, tracings and photographs of designs
- Cite as
- Andre Piette Collection, 1954-1979, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1954
- 1954-1979
- 20th century
- 1950-2000
- 1940-2000
- 1950-1990
- creator
- Piette, Andre (ceramic designer artist) 1934-1984
- donor
- Magdoff, Sam
- collector
- Ceramics and Glass, Division of (NMAH, SI)
- Subject
- Johnson, Lady Bird 1912-
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection, ca. 1880-1950
- Notes
- This collection grew out of a major research project by Dr. Alixa Naff on the study of the early Arab immigrant experience in the United States--ca.1880-World War II. The study began with oral history interviews in 1962 and became a major project in 1980 with a grant from NEH. The collection process continues. A new series, No. 13, "Arab Americans since World War II," brings some aspects of the collection into the present
- Summary
- Oral history interviews deal with sociological categories of the assimilation process. Most tapes have been fully transcribed or abstracted. This data supported with published articles; demographic statistics; articles from Arab-American press, books, journals and dissertations by and about Arab Americans, published in the USA or in Arab countries. These include literature, poetry, histories, religious publications and philosophies. There are also family and church post-World War II publications by the Arab American community as well as newspaper articles about Arab Americans in the news by fields of endeavor
- Cite as
- Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1880
- ca 1880-1950
- 1850-1900
- 20th century
- donor
- Naff, Alixa Dr (historian)
- collector
- Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
- Subject
- Naff, Faris
- Naff, Yamna
- National Association of Arab Americans
- American Arab Anti-discrimination Committee
- Arab American Institute
- Syrian Protestant Church
- Spring Valley (Ill.) Syrian Orthodox Church
- Southern Federation of Lebanese Clubs
- Archdioceses of Antiochan Orthodox, Melkites, and Maronites
- Local number
- 1985.3009 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Jacob Aloysius Dorf Papers, 1909-1972
- Notes
- Jacob A. Dorf was born in Cedar Hill, Missouri. His name was originally Blittersdorf. To Anaconda, Missouri in 1901, where he owned and operated a blacksmith shop. In 1911 he purchased a hardware store in Cuba, Missouri, which he operated for more than 49 years. Throughout his long business career he was an innovative advertiser in the local press and elsewhere, sponsoring a radio program in 1924 which stimulated letters from thirty states and Canada. Dorf was active in community affairs, particularly during the depressed 1930s. In 1933 he led an effort which saved the local bank from failing. He branched into other business lines, including real estate, and once financed the purchase of a better breed of cattle for local farmers
- Summary
- Newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to Dorf's activities, particularly in the hardware business. Biographical information and obituaries are included as well as samples of his unusual advertising
- Cite as
- Jacob Aloysius Dorf Papers, Archives Center, NMAH. Gift of Opal Dorf Haviland
- Date
- 1909
- 1909-1972
- 1890-1900
- 1900-1970
- 1929
- 20th century
- author
- Dorf, Jacob Aloysius 1879-1965 (blacksmith businessman)
- donor
- Haviland, Opal Dorf
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Samuel Morse Felton Family Papers, 1841-1930
- Notes
- Felton (1), civil engineer, is best known as the president of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore RR (PWBRR,) which he rebuilt and restored; president of the Pennsylvania Steel Company; and in 1869 as a commissioner appointed by President Grant to inspect the Pacific railroads. In April 1857, Felton placed the engine "Daniel Webster" in service on the PWBRR--probably the first successful coal-burning passenger engine in regular service on any American railroad. He was born in Philadelphia, 1853; graduated from M.I.T. 1873. 1889: became president of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, later assumed the presidency of the Mexican Central Railroad, and became president of the Chicago Great Western Railroad in 1909. During World War I he was appointed Director General of Military Railways and had charge of the organization and dispatch to France of all American railway forces and supplies. As of 1928 he was Chairman of the Board of the Chicago Great Western Railroad; president, Western Railroad Association; and chairman, Western Association of Railway Executives, to name only a few of his positions. At his death he was an advisor and associate of the Central Trust Company of Illinois
- Summary
- Biographical material on both Feltons; correspondence, 1861-1927 to and from both Feltons; a report by Felton on the construction of the Norfolk Co. railroad, 1847-49; reports, 1917-19; and news clippings and articles, 185?-1930. The correspondence includes a 1926 letter regarding Conray Felton's article about an attempt to asssassinate Abraham Lincoln
- Cite as
- Samuel Morse Felton Family Papers, 1841-1930, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1841
- 1841-1930
- 1840-1930
- Civil War, 1861-1865
- 1840-1940
- author
- Felton, Samuel Morse (son) 1853-1930
- Felton, Samuel Morse (civil engineer) 1809-1889
- collector
- Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI
- Subject
- Fletcher, Andrew
- Atterbury, W.W
- Davis, Robert C
- McAdoo, W.G
- Ames, Oliver
- Smith, M.H
- Milliken, J
- Lomonossoff, G
- Cooke, Jay
- Scott, Thomas A
- Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865
- Philadelphia RR
- Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore RR
- Louisville Southern Railway Co
- Southern Railway and Steamship Association
- American Locomotive Sales Corporation
- United States. War Department
- United States Army
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH