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Decca (recording company).
Duchin, Eddie (musician)
Cugat, Xavier (bandleader)
Columbia (recording company).
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1916-1930s.
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2.5 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0297
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Popular music recorded approximately 1916-1930s: 78 and 45 RPM phonograph discs produced by Edison recordings, Victor, Decca, Columbia, and Silvertone. Boxes 1-4: 53 10" Edison recordings of popular songs by such artists as Freda Hemple, George Hamilton Green, the Metropolitan Quartet, and Frederick Kinsley; also hymns, World War I songs, and some...
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Schillinger, Joseph, 1895-1943
Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
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1940-1941
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0162
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Joseph Schillinger (1895-1943), composer and musical theorist, worked extensively with the Rhythmicon. The Rhythmicon, constructed in 1931, is the earliest electronic rhythm machine. The collection consists of recordings of the Rhythmicon.
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Celley, Al
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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1943 - 1989
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2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1240
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A diverse collection of papers assembled by Duke Ellington's road manager, Al Celley. The collection includes correspondence, photographs of Ellington and his orchestra at various times and locations; concert ephemera; handwritten notes; business and financial documents, primarily receipts; and travel ephemera.
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Maceo Jefferson Papers
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Jefferson, Yvonne Runtz
Jefferson, Maceo
Cargill, Thomas
Cargill, Darlene Johnson
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1800s-1974
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8 Cubic feet (26 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1370
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the life and career of jazz musician, arranger, songwriter, and bandleader Maceo Jefferson. It includes biographical documents such as birth and marriaige certificates and passports; letters, mostly relating to the music business and including carbon copies of letters sent by Jefferson; photographs, many inscribed, includin...
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Costume, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Shaver, Dorothy, 1893-1959
Shaver, Elsie
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circa 1920-1959; undated
bulk 1945-1959
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14 sound recordings
32 cassette tapes
1 electronic discs (cd)
6 Cubic feet (22 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0631
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Dorothy Shaver, one of the best-known female executives in the 1950s; Shaver became the first female president of Lord & Taylor in 1945.
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Gray, Amelia Cobb.
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circa 1920 - circa 1930
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1.5 Linear feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-027
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from circa 1920-1930, consists of booklets, pamphlets and fold-out sheets relating to sewing, dressmaking and fabric. Also present are four 78-rpm record albums.
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Woodbury, Richard B. (Richard Benjamin), 1917-2009
Woodbury, Natalie Ferris Sampson
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undated
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5 Discs
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7231
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National Anthropological Archives
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Graciela, 1915-2010
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1934-2013
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10 Cubic feet (33 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1425
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the personal life and professional career of Graciela Perez-Gutierrez, a well known Afro-Cuban singer. Born in Havana, she performed for over thirty years, first with the all-female Orquesta Anacaona and El Trio Garcia and then with her brother Machito before a solo career.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1790-1980s
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260 Cubic feet (approximately 1244 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Primarily published sheet music, plus some related ephemera. Originally included 781 boxes of American sheet music and assorted clippings, articles, photographs, etc.; also 93 boxes of 33-1/3 RPM phonograph records, 30 boxes of 45 RPM records, and 20 boxes of 78 RPM records
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United States. War Production Board.
Science, Medicine and Society, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Garfield & Co.
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1909-1969
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15 Cubic feet (17 boxes, 11 oversized folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0820
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Garfield and Company, a pharmaceutical manufacturer in New Jersey during the twentieth century. Garfield and Company, founded by Isidor Z. Garfield (1863-1951), made Seidlitz Powder, a commonly known medication composed of tartaric acid, sodium bicarbonate, and potassium sodium tartrate that was used as a mild cathartic by dissolving it in water and then drinking it. Materials include customer files, invoices, correspondence, advertising and packaging materials, calendars, posters, financial records, and an oral and video history with Julius Garfield, son of Isidor Z. Garfield.