Dogon women performing on a rooftop during a funeral celebration, Sanga, Mali
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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1959
- Level:
- item
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1 Slide (col.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
"The Dogon believe that after death, the spirit of the deceased is not immediately transformed into an ancestor. It is when in this state that a person's spirit can be most malevolent and dangerous. Funerals, bago bundo, which are held several weeks, and sometimes months, after burial, are public rites at which agnatic and affinal kin venerate the ...
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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1959
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Slide (col.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
"The Dogon believe that after death, the spirit of the deceased is not immediately transformed into an ancestor. It is when in this state that a person's spirit can be most malevolent and dangerous. Funerals, bago bundo, which are held several weeks, and sometimes months, after burial, are public rites at which agnatic and affinal kin venerate the ...
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1859 - 1980
- Level:
- series
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0320
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records in Series 5 relate to subsidiary companies owned or operated by Pratt, Read; the divisions of Pratt, Read that were operated independently; companies with which Pratt, Read did business; and the Vocaline Company of America and its subsidiaries. The series consists primarily of advertising records: artwork, mechanicals, proof sheets, ph...
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1919-1987
- Level:
- series
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21.9 Linear feet (Boxes 1-22)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hitchenp
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Files consist of Henry-Russell Hitchcock's personal and professional correspondence, as well as subject files relating to academic research, teaching, curatorial interests, and professional associations. Subject files are comprised mainly of correspondence and printed material, with a small number of photographs that mostly relate to exhibitions an...
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Geissbuhler, Arnold, 1897-1993
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1915-1977
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0.3 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 6 reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.geisarno
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Biographical material, correspondence (1920-1977), diaries, notes and writings, art works, subject files (1939-1968), printed material (1919-1971), and photographs (1919-1929) document Geissbuhler's artistic activities in Paris and New England.
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Vanderbilt, Paul
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1854-1992
bulk 1945-1992
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25.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.vandpaul
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of librarian, curator, and photographer Paul Vanderbilt (1905-1992) measure 25.2 linear feet and date from 1854 to 1992 with the bulk of the material dating from 1945 to 1992. The papers are comprised of biographical materials, personal and business correspondence, interviews, writings and notes, fourteen diaries and two diary fragments, reference and project files, photographic materials, sound recordings, and professional files.
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1922-1989
- Level:
- subseries
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mccoesth
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
This subseries primarily contains letters concerning McCoy's career in architectural history and criticism. Her career in fiction writing is covered to a lesser degree. Among the correspondents are researchers, writers, professors, architects, art professionals, publishers, and professional associations. Topics covered include research and writing ...
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Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973
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1890-1971
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11.61 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.everphil
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter Philip Evergood measure 11.61 linear feet and date from 1890 to 1971. Found within the papers are biographical materials; personal and business correspondence; writings, including essays, lectures, speeches, and sound recordings of radio appearances; subject files; personal business records; printed material; scrapbooks; artwork, including oil paintings, sketches, and childhood drawings; and photographs of Evergood, his family and friends, and his work.
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circa 1846-1865
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mcgumary
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Chester Harding, Glasgow, Scotland, 21 December 1846, to his son Francis "Frank" Skinner Harding (b. 1843), Springfield, Massachusetts, regarding Harding instructs his youngest son to find Glasgow on the map, pens a sketch of a young boy, and inquires if he has been sledding and obeying his aunts. [Chester Harding] Margaret Eliot Harding White (18...
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- series
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1982
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections