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7919 records — Page 746 of 792
Digitized Content Shirley Jaffe papers
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Creators:
Jaffe, Shirley, 1923-
Dates:
circa 1950-2011
Size:
7.1 Linear feet
0.26 Gigabytes
Collection ID:
AAA.jaffshir
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of artist Shirley Jaffe measure 7.1 linear feet and 0.260 GB and date from circa 1950-2011. The collection documents her life and career as an American painter living in Paris through biographical material, letters, notebooks, writings, project files, printed and digital material, photographic material, and sketchbooks.

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Digitized Content W. Atlee Burpee & Company records
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Creators:
Burpee, David, 1893-1980
Burpee, W. Atlee (Washington Atlee), 1858-1915
James Vick's Sons (Rochester, N.Y.).
W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
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Dates:
circa 1873-1986
bulk 1890-1930
Size:
201 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
AAG.BUR
Repository:
Archives of American Gardens

The W. Atlee Burpee & Company records, dated circa 1873-1986, document the firm's business activities developing plant varieties and marketing and selling seeds. They include accounting records, seed trial records, seed contracts, sales records, inventories, office correspondence, seed catalogs, promotional and instructional materials, advertisements and advertising reports, contest letters, daybooks, photographs, reference materials, and other items relating to the company and some of its competitors.

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Richard Marchand historical postcard collection
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Creators:
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977
Garden Club of America
Marchand, Richard
Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966
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Dates:
circa 1900s-1970s
bulk 1920-1960
Size:
0.5 Cubic feet (1,200 slides, 35mm)
Collection ID:
AAG.MAR
Repository:
Archives of American Gardens

The Richard Marchand Historical Postcard Collection contains approximately 1,200 35mm slide reproductions of postcard images depicting early twentieth century architectural and garden views of over 600 private estates throughout the United States. The collection includes views of estates owned by popular movie stars of the 1920s and 1930s, including Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Claudette Colbert and Buster Keaton.

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Dr. Theodore Shell Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera
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Creators:
Shell, Theodore, Dr. (dentist)
Dates:
1933-1990
Size:
1.75 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0502
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Periodical articles, news clippings, concert programs, radio transcripts, personal correspondence, broadsides, photographs, and pencil sketches collected by Dr. Shell. The material documents part of Duke Ellington's music career, especially ca. 1940-1974.

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Digitized Content Photographs of works of art by George Inness compiled by Julia G. Smith
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Creators:
Smith, Julia Goodrich, 1853-1941
Dates:
circa 1926-1929
Size:
1 Linear Feet
Collection ID:
AAA.smitjuli
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The photographs of works of art by landscape painter, George Inness, measure 1 linear foot, and date from circa 1926-1929. The collection comprises a comprehensive set of photographs of Inness's artwork compiled by his widow, Julia Goodrich Smith, shortly after his death. Smith's photographs are accompanied by a numbered index and also include one photograph of Inness, photographs of biographical items such as diplomas and certificates, and photographs of Inness's coffin and the Inness family grave site.

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Erie Railroad Collection
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Creators:
Erie Railroad Company
ConRail
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Olevsky, Walter
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Dates:
circa 1880-1980
Size:
57 Cubic feet (59 boxes, 97 map-folders)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1082
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Collection consists of six hundred sixty-eight (668) glass negatives relating to the Erie Railroad. Subjects include stations, train cars, railroad employees, employees' recreational activities, ferries, construction, street scenes, and resort hotels; drawings of structures built by the various railroads which, at the time of the donation, constitu...

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Digitized Content Manchester -- Glebelands
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Creators:
Carver, Benjamin Mr. Mrs.
Prettyman, William Mr. Mrs.
Leiter, Joseph
Remington, Franklin
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Level:
file
Collection ID:
AAG.GCA
Repository:
Archives of American Gardens

The folder includes a worksheet, narrative description of the garden, and a garden plan.

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Digitized Content Correspondence
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Dates:
circa 1896-1965
Level:
series
Size:
0.7 Linear feet (Box 1)
Collection ID:
AAA.barngeor
Repository:
Archives of American Art

This series contains the personal and business correspondence of George Grey Barnard until his death in 1938. Later correspondence consists of the incoming and outgoing correspondence of Barnard's son, Monroe Grey Barnard, mostly in connection with his father's estate and in letters to art historian and Barnard scholar, Harold E. Dickson. Correspo...

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Digitized Content John M. Fogg photographic slides
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Creators:
Fogg, John M. (John Milton), 1898-1982
Dates:
1955-1967
Size:
183 slides (photographs) (35mm, 0.1 cubic feet, 1 slide box)
Collection ID:
AAG.FOG
Repository:
Archives of American Gardens

Collection consists of 183 35mm photographic slides that Dr. John M. Fogg took of a variety of arboreta, botanic gardens, plant nurseries, and other assorted gardens throughout the United States and Canada between 1955 and 1967.

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Oral history interviews with Paul Edward Garber
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Creators:
Garber, Paul Edward, 1899-1992. interviewee
Dates:
1974
Size:
8 audiotapes (reference copies).
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9592
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...

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