Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight papers
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- Creators:
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Knight, Gwendolyn
Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000
- Dates:
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1816
1914-2008
bulk 1973-2001
- Size:
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25.35 Linear feet
0.001 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.lawrjaco
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of African American painter and educator Jacob Lawrence and his wife, artist Gwendolyn Knight measure 25.35 linear feet and 0.001 GB date from 1914 to 2008, with one item from 1816 and the bulk of the material dating from 1973 to 2001. The collection includes biographical material; correspondence including condolence letters to Gwendolyn Knight after Jacob Lawrence's death; writings by Jacob Lawrence and others; printed and digital material; photographs; personal business records; artwork; records from the Jacob Lawrence Catalogue Raisonné Project; materials related to the Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation; professional files; and material related to awards and honors received by Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight.
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Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988
- Dates:
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1937-1982
- Size:
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2.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bearroma
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Romare Bearden measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1937 to 1982. The collection includes biographical information, correspondence, writings by and about Bearden, miscellaneous legal and financial material, photographs, drawings, and printed material. Found are numerous letters referring to African-American arts movements of the 1960s and 1970s, including exhibitions, publications, associations, and scattered letters of a more personal nature.
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United States. Navy
- Dates:
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1961
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0024
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of twenty-one U.S. Navy photographs compiled for the press kit prepared for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) mission as well as a teletype news article about the recovery.
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Honeyman, Marian Stewart
- Dates:
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1914-1964
bulk 1914
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0.36 Cubic feet (1 flatbox)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0851
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a scrapbook documenting Marian Stewart Honeyman's flight with St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line on January 19, 1914.
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Deike, Ruth
- Dates:
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1910
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2016.0015
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
On August 31, 1910, Glenn Hammond Curtiss set a record for flight over water by flying from Euclid Beach, Cleveland, Ohio to the Cedar Point resort in Sandusky, Ohio in an hour and fifteen minutes in his Curtiss Hudson Flyer. This collection consists of eight photographs of Glenn Hammond Curtiss flying into Cedar Point resort on that day.
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Masiello, Leonard N.
- Dates:
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1966, 2007
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2016.0007
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
In 1966, Leonard N. "Lenny" Masiello was an employee of Hamilton Standard who was asked to assist in testing the Apollo space suit. This collection consists of four photographs of Leonard N. Masiello testing a prototype version of the Apollo space suit for Hamilton Standard as well as a news clipping about space suits and three publications by the Hamilton Standard Space Hardware Heritage Team.
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Smith, C. Hadley, 1910-2004.
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1948-1965
- Size:
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0.21 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2017.0047
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Mohawk Airlines was founded in 1945 as Robinson Aviation and was based out of Ithaca Municipal Airport in New York. C. Hadley Smith (1910-2004) began taking photographs at age five and received formal training in photography at the Patuxent River Naval Air Base where he served as a Photographer's Mate First Class during World War II. After the war, he began his career as a commercial photographer in Ithaca, New York. One of his clients was Robinson Aviation, later Mohawk Airlines. This collection consists of approximately 250 images taken by C. Hadley Smith pertaining to Mohawk Airlines, and a few from their predecessor Robinson Aviation.
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Smith, C. Hadley, 1910-2004.
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1964-1975
- Size:
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0.22 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0009
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of approximately 209 images taken by C. Hadley Smith pertaining to Schweizer Aircraft Corporation.
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Hanson, Jon
Hamilton Watch Company.
- Dates:
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1931-1954
undated
- Size:
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11.7 Cubic feet (8 boxes including photographs and negatives)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1122
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographic prints and negatives documenting the interior operations of the Hamilton Watch Company primarily in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1875-1942
- Dates:
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1851-1975
bulk 1888-1942
- Size:
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36.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.whitgert
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers measure approximately 36.1 linear feet and date from 1851 to 1975, with the bulk of the material dating from 1888 to 1942. The collection documents the life and work of the art patron and sculptor, especially her promotion of American art and artists, her philanthropy and war relief work, her commissions for memorial sculpture, and her creative writing. Papers include correspondence, journals, writings, project files, scrapbooks, photographs, artwork, printed material, two sound recordings, and miscellaneous personal papers.