Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0253
- Creators:
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Hazen, Margaret HindleHazen, Robert M.
- Dates:
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circa 1818-1931
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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13.5 Cubic feet20 boxes
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Large collection of photographs, picture postcards, printed ephemera, and music related to the brass band movement in the United States: includes 8 ambrotypes, 36 tintypes, 59 stereographs, 66 cabinet prints, 90 cartes-de-visite, 150 large photoprints, and 874 picture postcards; also posters, concert programs, instrument manufacturers' advertisemements and ephemera, periodicals, sheet music, etc.
Arrangement
Arrangement
3 series: (1) photographs; (2) ephemera; and (3) resources in American band history. Series 1 has 7 sub-series: (1) ambrotypes; (2) tintypes; (3) stereographs; (4) cabinet prints; (5) cartes-de-visite; (6) large mounted photoprints; and (7) postcards. Series 2 has 7 sub-series: (1) company ephemera; (2) band ephemera; (3) music; (4) periodicals; (5) oversized paper ephemera; (6) artifacts (3-dimensional); and (7) folio-size broadsides. Geographical arrangement within postcard and stereograph sub-series.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Hazen formed this collection in conjunction with their research on the American brass band movement.
Administration
Processing Information
Collection processed by Margaret Hazen, 1990
Author
Margaret Hindle Hazen
Immediate Source of Acquisiton
Collection purchased from Dr. Robert Hazen, May 23, 1985 (1988.3028).
Digital Content
More …Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
Unrestricted research use on site. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves.
Preferred Citation
Hazen Collection of Band Photographs and Ephemera, ca. 1818-1931, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.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.
Immediate Source of Acquisiton
Immediate Source of Acquisiton
Dr. Robert M. Hazen, purchase, late 1986 (1988.3029) and Dr. Robert M. Hazen, purchase, March 3, 1987 (1988.3030).
Custodial History
Custodial History
Items collected by Dr. and Mrs. Hazen from various sources, especially commercial dealers, over a period of several years, then offered to the Archives Center, through the Division of Musical Instruments (later Musical History and now Division of Cultural ad Community Life); acquired in three separate transactions.
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Repository Contact
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
P.O. Box 37012
Suite 1100, MRC 601
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
archivescenter@si.edu