Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection
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- Creators:
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Archivo General de Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
- Dates:
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1955-2005, undated
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (32 folders 378 posters)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0615
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of 378 posters documenting important public service issues including education, health and safety, and cultural programs. These posters were widely displayed throughout the island and reflect key trends in the social history of Puerto Rico for nearly fifty years.
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Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc.
- Dates:
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1875 - 1965
- Size:
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65 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0395
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of the Hills Bros. Coffee Company, Incorporated, documenting overall operations of the company, the creation of advertising materials, and development of the coffee trade.
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D'Rivera, Paquito, 1948-
- Dates:
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1988-2000
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0891
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of three music manuscripts created by Paquito D'Rivera, Cuban-born musician and composer and a photograph.
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Claxton, William
- Dates:
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1955-1960.
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (28 items)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0695
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs consist of 16 x 20 inch silver gelatin; selenium-toned archival photographic prints of jazz musicians performing and recording music throughout the United States.
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LeGon, Jeni, 1916-
- Dates:
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1930 - 2002
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (1 box, includes photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0829
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the career of Jeni LeGon as a dancer, dance instructor and actress.
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Maynard, Thomas
Clark, Julie
- Dates:
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undated
1710-1865
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0786
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of a variety of legal documents that relate to slavery and African-Americans.
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Jackson, H. Edwin, 1907-1989
Smith, Annette
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1933-1941.
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (1 box )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0861
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
H. Edwin Jackson created this scrapbook of radio stars while living in Chicago, Illinois during the Great Depression.
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Meyerson, Daniel H.
- Dates:
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1915-2000
undated
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16 Cubic feet (43 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0745
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection primarily documents through press releases, news bulletins, guidebooks, souvenirs, maps, ephemera and related publications world's fairs occurring after 1960.
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Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
Erol's Video Club.
- Dates:
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undated
1935-1993
- Size:
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24 Cubic feet (80 boxes, 11 oversized folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0748
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Video Press Kit Collection contains press kits produced from the late 1970s to the early 1990s for over 5,000 film titles for domestic and foreign productions dating from the 1930s to the early 1990s. This collection was created by Erol's Video Club in Springfield, Virginia. The date span of the collection reflects the release dates of the films profiled in the press kits.
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Sports, Entertainment and Leisure, Division of, NMAH, SI
Betbeze, Yolande
- Dates:
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1910 - 2003
- Size:
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4.5 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0888
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Yolande Betbeze was crowned Miss America in September, 1950. During and after her reign she was influential in both the Civil Rights and Feminist movements. Her papers document her reign as Miss America, her life after Miss America, and the Miss America pageant itself.