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Washington Conference on American Folk Custom at Library of Congress 2
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Dates:
1979, 1980
undated
Level:
file
Collection ID:
CFCH.RINZ
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

File consists of correspondence with Wayland Hand and Alan Jabbour, census of american specialists in the field of american folk customs and usage, information circular, applications for facilities for special events, preliminary plans, financial information, draft suggestions to participants, suggestions for presenters by Don Yoder, notes on the m...

Contained In:
Cultural Committee 4
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Dates:
1979
Level:
file
Collection ID:
CFCH.RINZ
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

File consists of correspondence, agenda, reports, Smithsonian request form for building services and facilities for special events, handwritten notes, "US Cultural Traffic: Flow or Exchange?", membership brochure for Puppeteers of America.

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Cultural Committee 5
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Dates:
1980
Level:
file
Collection ID:
CFCH.RINZ
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

File consists of meeting minutes, agenda, handwritten notes, memoranda, The Arts, Culture and Technology (TACT) interim report, lists of committee members, telegram regarding Moenjodaro, application for facilities for special events.

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Board Meeting - 1980 October
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Dates:
1980
Level:
file
Collection ID:
CFCH.RINZ
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

File consists of Folk Art of the Oregon County invitation, Conference on American Folk Customs roster of participants and abstracts, press releases, Friends of the Folk Archive Fund description, list of Arkansas field recordings, film abstracts, lists of folklorists in the DC metro area, a history of the archive's name, correspondence, agenda, stat...

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David Hadley Rockwell New York Disco Ephemera Collection,
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Creators:
Rockwell, David Hadley
Dates:
1980-2004, undated
Size:
3.2 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1342
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

An extensive collection of advertisements, club cards, ephemera, and invitations publicizing venues and events at entertainment clubs and venues in New York City, New York, New Jersey, and Florida. The materials make use of a variety of graphic arts styles.

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Digitized Content Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1998 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Dates:
June 24-July 5, 1998
Size:
1 Cubic foot (approximate)
Collection ID:
CFCH.SFF.1998
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

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Digitized Content Bobby Short Papers
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Creators:
Short, Bobby
Dates:
1908-2006
Size:
13.6 Cubic feet (35 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0946
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Bobby Short was a singer and pianist whose career spanned seven decades. An interpreter of American popular music, he became a performer in childhood and remained active until his death. He is best known for his more than 35 years as performer-in-residence at the Hotel Carlyle's Café Carlyle in New York City. This collection contains personal papers and photographs as well as business papers, musical materials and photographs relating to Mr. Short's career as a performing artist.

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Digitized Content Los Angeles Art Association records
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Creators:
Los Angeles Art Association
Dates:
1922-1990
Size:
12.6 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.losangea
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The Los Angeles Art Association records measure 12.6 linear feet and date from 1922-1990. Almost a third of the collection consists of artists' files containing a wide variety of materials documenting the association's relationship with numerous California and international artists. Also found are ten scrapbooks documenting exhibitions and events over the course of 50 years, administrative files, correspondence, subject files, exhibition files, financial and legal records, printed material, and photographic material depicting artists, events, and artwork. Scattered files of Executive Director Helen Wurdemann's are also found throughout the collection.

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Digitized Content Architectural League of New York records
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Creators:
Architectural League of New York
Dates:
1880s-1974
Size:
114.9 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.archleag
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The records of the Architectural League of New York measure 114.9 linear feet and date from 1880s-1974 (bulk 1927-1968). The League's mission "to advance the art of architecture" is documented through administrative and business records, committee records and officers' files, exhibition files, records of functions and events, correspondence, publicity files, photographs, lantern slides, and 16 scrapbooks.

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1967 Festival of American Folklife papers
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Dates:
1967
Size:
4 Boxes
7 Sound tape reels
Collection ID:
CFCH.FAF.1967
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

This finding aid is intended as a historical document of the event, July 1-4, 1967 and the participants in this festival. Not all of the individuals listed below were recorded or photographed. The documentation of this festival was minimal so there is not a wealth of material still existing or accessible from this event for study. What exists is listed later in this document. Contains parts of several boxes of paper records. 7 reel to reel audiotapes, photographs.

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