Oak Ridge
- Level:
- series
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9531
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Music and Crafts of the Southeastern United States
- Level:
- series
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1981
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Thomas Hess papers
The papers of New York editor and art critic Thomas Hess measure 10.01 linear feet and date from 1939 to 1978. The collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, extensive writings and notes, artists and subject files that also include recorded conversations with artists and others, printed materials, photographic materials, and artwork. There is a .01 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2022 that includes a six page typed manuscript, "Think, American Painting," undated, by Thomas Hess and the book American Realists and Magic Realists, The Museum of Modern Art, 1943, signed by Hess.
Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection
bulk 1935-1942
The Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection dates from circa 1920-1965, with the bulk of the records spanning the active years of the Federal Art Project (FAP), 1935-1942. The collection comprises 12.4 linear feet of mostly photographic prints and negatives that document primarily artwork produced by artists employed by the FAP. A smaller number of photographs also document other programs of the FAP, such as art classes and community centers, exhibitions by children and adults, artwork installed in public buildings, project divisions, and demonstrations of art processes by FAP artists.
John Joseph Honigmann Papers
Roberts, Frank H. H. (Frank Harold Hanna), 1897-1966
Spier, Leslie, 1893-1961
Spier, Robert Forest Gayton
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The papers of John Joseph Honigmann (1914-1977) consist largely of research material of a specialist in personality, socialization, and social problems of Subarctic and Arctic people. Trained at Yale University (M.A., 1943; Ph.D., 1947), Honigmann spent most of his professional career at the University of North Carolina (1951-77) and was chairman of its Department …
The Manhattan Project Videohistory Collection
The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical research when …
Correspondence
- Level:
- series
- Dates:
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1926-1974, undated
- Size:
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22 Linear feet (Boxes 1-22; Reels 5488-5545)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.downgall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Chronological Name and Subject Files
- Level:
- series
- Dates:
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1919-1987
- Size:
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21.9 Linear feet (Boxes 1-22)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hitchenp
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Jack Tworkov papers
The Jack Tworkov papers measure 9.7 linear feet and are dated 1926-1993. Tworkov's work as a painter and influential teacher, as well as his personal life, are documented by extensive journals and substantive correspondence that record his ideas about art and teaching, and illuminate his relationships with friends, colleagues, and students. Many sketchbooks, writings, interviews, photographs, and moving images are also included.
Rockwell Kent papers
bulk 1935-1961
The Rockwell Kent papers measure 88.0 linear feet and date from circa 1840 to 1993 with the bulk of the collection dating from 1935 to 1961. The collection provides comprehensive coverage of Kent's career as a painter, illustrator, designer, writer, lecturer, traveler, political activist, and dairy farmer.
