New England Gravestone Imagery [1650-1815]
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Parker, Ann
Neal, Avon
Art in America
Ludwig, Saul
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1957-1959
1963
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0658
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection is arranged in two series. Series 1: PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALLAN LUDWIG, 1957-1959 408 photoprints with captions. The photos were originally divided into 6 volumes. These were then consolidated into 3 binders. The original 6 divisions have been maintained here. Each photograph has been numbered. The number corresponds to the "List of Ide...
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Vorchheimer, Bert
Wertheimer, Frederick P.
Vorchheimer, Carol
- Dates:
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ca. 1928.
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0662
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Two scrapbooks dating from 1927-1928 documenting Frederick Philip Wertheimer's advertising and marketing work for the Doughnut Machine Corporation.
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Wertheimer, Frederick P.
Vorchheimer, Bert
Vorchheimer, Carol
Finlay Straus Company.
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ca. 1929-1933.
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1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0663
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Scrapbook documenting Frederick P. Wertheimer's advertising and marketing work for the Finlay Straus Company, a jewelry and optical dealer. The scrapbook contains advertising, mostly in the form of circulars and newspaper advertisements, but also catalogs and mailings.
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Richardson, Deborra
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
- Dates:
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circa 1822-1994
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6.55 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0653
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the customs and culture of black gospel song and its performance in 19th- and 20th-century America. Dr. Reagon collected photographs, sheet music, and other primary and secondary sources chronicling the development and legacy of this medium, from the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement, from blues to Gospel to classical to jazz. Among the subjects included in this collection are trailblazers such as Charles Tindley, Thomas A. Dorsey, Rosetta Tharpe, Duke Ellington, and Nathaniel Dett. Noted performers are the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Harmonizing Four, the Hampton University Choir, and the Chick Webb Orchestra.
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Whaley, Thomas L.
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1941-1979
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1.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0652
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting Whaley's association with Duke Ellington and his career as a copyist, pianist, composer and arranger. The collection includes letters, photographs, music manuscripts, business records, writings, and printed materials including magazine and newspapers articles, concert programs, and catalogs.
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Acevedo, Edwin
Acevedo, Gilbert
Von Matthiessen, Maria
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circa 1990-1998
- Size:
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2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
paper,,Silver gelatin on,matted.
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0622
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographic prints depicting Country and Western musicians. Many of the photographs are humorous, whimsical, or even surrealistic.
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Darby, S. Newman, 1928-2016 ((inventor))
Darby, Kenneth
Darby, Naomi
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1944-1998
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2.65 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0625
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents S. Newman Darby's development of the sailboard, which became known as the windsurfer through sketches, mechanical drawings, plans, patent specifications, legal documents, photographs, correspondence, notebooks, clippings, periodicals, and an 8mm film.
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Kushi, Aveline, 1923-
Kushi, Michio, 1926-
Ohsawa, George
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1960-2006, undated
bulk 1970-1989
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29 Cubic feet (88 boxes)
339 cassette tapes
218 video recordings
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0619
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Publications, photographs, articles, audio and video recordings, and teaching materials relating to the rise of Macrobiotics in the United States, as popularized by Michio and Aveline Kushi. The bulk of the material was produced for the Kushi Foundation, Kushi Institute, and East West Foundation.
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Integrated Circuit Engineering Corporation.
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1970-1997
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164 Cubic feet (224 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0600
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the 30 year history of Integrated Circuit Engineering Corporation which provided consulting expertise in the field of integrated circuits and semiconductors.
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American Express (New York)
Leibovitz, Annie, 1949-
- Dates:
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1988.
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1 Item (1 folder, 15" x 12," in mat with Mylar overlay, 21-3/8" x 18-1/8")
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0588
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Image shows Ella Fitzgerald in red dress and hat with fur (designed by Don Loper), posed with a Mercedez-Benz automobile. The picture was created for an American Express Card advertisement, ca. 1987, part of a popular "portraits" campaign for American Express, for which the photographer won the Clio Award and the Campaign of the Decade Award from A...