Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 12: Plants and Animals
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1831-1984, undated
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40 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S12
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 12: Plants and Animals contains approximately 4,000 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards plants and animals in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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DC Cowboys Dance Company
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undated
1994-2012
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7.5 Cubic feet (22 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1312
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records of the DC Cowboys Dance Company, an all-male, gay, non-profit dance company based in Washington, DC. that was active from 1994-2012. They peformed nationally and internationally live and on television, "celebrating diversity through dance."
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Plunkett, Billy, Mrs.
Merriam, Eva Billings
Merriam, Billy
Christiani, Norman, Mrs.
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1897 - 1902
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2 Cubic feet (6 oversized folders, 1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0079
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents four scrapbooks containing photographs, programs, flyers, business cards, periodical illustrations, and letterheads of vaudeville and medicine shows from 1897-1902. Also included are two audiotapes containing comments by the donors about the scrapbooks.
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General Motors Corporation
Maddock, Clark, 1912-1988
Frederick, Jeffry A.
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1931 - 1994
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1.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1346
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the life and career of Clark Maddock, from his early years as a bandleader, through his work in the advertising industry and subsequent retirement. There are clippings and a few photographs relating to his musical career, but most of the collection relates to his work in the advertising industry for several ad agencies, and...
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Hazen, Margaret Hindle
Hazen, Robert M.
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circa 1818-1931
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13.5 Cubic feet (20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0253
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Large collection of photographs, picture postcards, printed ephemera, and music related to the brass band movement in the United States: includes 8 ambrotypes, 36 tintypes, 59 stereographs, 66 cabinet prints, 90 cartes-de-visite, 150 large photoprints, and 874 picture postcards; also posters, concert programs, instrument manufacturers' advertisemem...
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Albertson, Chris
Barnet, Charlie, 1913-1991
Bigard, Barney, 1906-1980
Briggs, Arthur, 1901-1991
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1971-1984
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4.5 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0327
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
160 7" reel-to-reel audiotapes and 12 transcriptions of 15 oral history interviews with prominent jazz musicians and their professional relationships with Duke Ellington. Tapes are copies of originals held at the at Institute for Jazz Studies, Rutgers University. Interviewees include Sonny Greer, Russell Procope, Clark Terry, Juan Tizol, Tom Whale...
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Cotton Museum (Memphis, Tennessee)
National Cotton Council
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1939-1994, undated
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38 Cubic feet (91 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1176
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Maid of Cotton (MOC) beauty pageant was sponsored by the National Cotton Council, Memphis Cotton Carnival, and the Cotton Exchanges of Memphis, New York, and New Orleans from 1939-1993. The contest was held annually in Memphis, Tennessee until the National Cotton Council and Cotton Council International moved to Dallas, Texas. Beginning with the 1985 pageant (held December 1984) the competition was held in Dallas. The pageant was discontinued in 1993 due to lack of funds, a sponsor, and changes in marketing strategies. The records include files on contestants, photographs, and scrapbooks.
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United Shoe Machinery Corporation
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1898 - 1987
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145 Cubic feet (296 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0277
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the activities of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation of Beverly, Massachusetts, manufacturers of shoe machinery equipment. The collection consists of engineering records, legal records, research and development records, employee/personnel records, correspondence, company catalogs, product literature, advertising materials, photographs, and moving images.
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Procter & Gamble Company
Leyendecker, J. C., 1874-1951
Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935
Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green
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1883-1998
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10 Cubic feet (30 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0791
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Print advertisements covering almost the entire history of Ivory Soap, including advertisements designed by artists including Jesse Wilcox Smith, Elizabeth Shippen Green, and J. C. Leyendecker.
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Ayer (N W) Incorporated.
Cummings, Barton A., 1914-1994 (advertising executive)
Brower, Charles H.
Bolte, Brown
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1938-1991, undated
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4.5 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0421
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents Barton Arthur Cummings's career as an advertising industry spokesman, particularly in the areas of advertising education, and advertising in the public interest.
