Benton, Aubrey and Ina Belle (Commerce, GA 4/28/1987)
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0773
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Benton, Aubrey and Ina Belle, Correspondence and Notes
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0773
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Benton, Aubrey and Ina Belle (Commerce, GA 4/28/1987)
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0773
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Correspondence
- Level:
- subseries
- Dates:
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circa 1906-1979
- Collection ID:
- AAA.dasbandr
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Southern Agriculture Oral History Project Records
An extensive collection of oral histories conducted by Lu Ann Jones throughout the southern United States between 1985-1991. A few oral histories were conducted by Pete Daniel in the early 1980s. Subjects include all facets of agriculture in the south.
Library of Congress Copyright Office photographs of Native Americans
1860s-1930s
The collection consists of photographs relating to Native Americans, which were submitted to the copyright office of the Library of Congress in and around the early 20th century. Many of the photographs are studio portraits as well as photographs made as part of expeditions and railroad surveys. It includes images of …
Associated American Artists records
The records of the Associated American Artists measure 55 linear feet and date from circa 1934 through 1983. The organization was founded in 1934 to stimulate interest in prints throughout the United States by promoting the sale of prints through department stores and other venues. Later, other genres of works of art were added and the department store abandoned in favor of a New York headquarters. The records contain voluminous files on artists; dealers, galleries, and museums; and clients. Also found is business correspondence, financial records, sales and exhibition catalogs, thirteen dismantled scrapbooks, and posters.
Productions
This accession consists of original audiotape recordings, on 2 inch reels, documenting the production of Folk Masters at the Barns of Wolf Trap: a concert series that presented diverse, traditional music and musicians from across the Americas in a major concert venue. The series was hosted and artistically directed by Nicholas …
Andrew Dasburg and Grace Mott Johnson papers
bulk 1900-1980
The papers of painter Andrew Dasburg and his wife and sculptor Grace Mott Johnson date from 1833 to 1980 (bulk 1900 to 1980), and measure 8.8 linear feet. The collection documents each artist's career and personal lives, including their brief marriage and their friendships with many notable artists in the New Mexico and New York art colonies during the early twentieth century. The papers of Dasburg (6 linear feet) and Johnson (2.8 linear feet) include biographical materials; extensive correspondence with family, friends, and fellow artists, such as John F. Carlson, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Marsden Hartley, Henry Lee McFee, and Ward Lockwood; writings by Dasburg, Johnson, and others; scattered legal, financial, and business records; clippings; exhibition materials; numerous photographs of Johnson and Dasburg, friends, family, and artwork; and original artwork, including two sketchbooks by Johnson.
Central Administrative Records
This accession consists largely of purchase orders for works of art and other artifacts acquired by the National Portrait Gallery from FY 1983 through FY 1987. It also includes records of other large transactions and purchases of items such as furniture and conservation equipment.
