Joel Dorn Papers
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Dorn, Joel, 1942-2007
- Dates:
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1966-1987
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8 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0536
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Recording session logs, correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, and accounting sheets and ledger documenting Dorn's career as a producer for Atlantic Records.
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Stewart, Charles, 1927-
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1964 - 1971
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0.15 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1321
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of twenty-five inkjet prints from original film negatives of John Coltrane and others. The majority of the photographs were taken by Stewart during the December 10, 1964 recording of Coltrane's biggest hit, "A Love Supreme". Some of the images include Coltrane's wife, Alice Coltrane, and others include musicians Pharoah Sand...
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Cron, Rosalind
International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Piney Woods School
Moon, Dixie Hardy
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1933-2010
bulk 1939-1946
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1218
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm Collection focuses on the all-female, racially and ethnically diverse big band group that started in 1937 and disbanded in 1949. The collection contains news clippings, photographs, correspondence, ephemera from USO travels, and newsletters. Also included are books related to the group, as well as a tribute CD and a 33 rpm vinyl sound recording.
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Burns, Ralph
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circa 1940-1994
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0736
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains sheet music and presentation scores of songs written and arranged by composer Ralph Burns.
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Shalett, Lew
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Sheldon-Claire Company
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1926-1968
- Size:
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10 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0768
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Employee motivational materials, circa 1926-1968, produced by the Sheldon-Claire Company.
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Booth, Henry, 1895-1969
- Dates:
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1942 - 1974
- Size:
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2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0726
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers document Henry Booth's invention, use, and marketing of the PhotoMetriC custom tailoring system.
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Bukowski, Henry S., 1922-
Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
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ca. 1930s-1940s
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0678
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Publicity photographs and postcards of entertainers, mostly jazz musicians and leaders of dance bands, etc., and related memorabilia.
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Rosen, Judith B.
Reiss, Linda A.
Leeds, Pamela B.
Friedman, Robert A.
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1915-2000
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8 Cubic feet (17 boxes, 2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0769
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relating to the development of the flexible drinking straw, Friedman's manufacturing company, and Friedman's other inventions, such as an ice cream scoop, fountain pens, and household appliances.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Dept. of Public Programs
Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
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1992-2012
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39 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0808
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Audiotapes, CDs and digital files: an ongoing project to interview and preserve the memories of people important in the jazz world, including jazz musicians, singers, dancers, producers, arrangers, and others. A list of interviewees and interviewers follows. The following is a list of the individuals who conducted the interviews. 1. Brown, Anthon...
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Wood, Charles Edwards, 1876-1954
Wood, Charles E., Jr.
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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undated
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1114
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An album of photographs taken during the construction of the Panama Canal. Subjects of the photographs include the earliest digging, tree removal, mosquito control, locks, equipment, Wood's family, a fire in Colon that occurred during the building of the Canal, and the first boats to use the Canal. Photographs include images of the Gatun Dam and lo...