Ricki Covette Burlesque Collection
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Covette, Ricki
Jewell, Irene
- Dates:
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1950 - 1980
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1.25 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1335
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Six scrapbooks documenting the Burlesque career of Irene Jewell (stage name:Ricki Covette), who was billed as "The World's Tallest Exotic Dancer" at 6'8". The albums contain clippings; letters; certiicates; photographs, includng photographs of her act; ephemera, such as postcards, travel brochures, postcards and decals, from her travels; advertisem...
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Ostroff, Elaine
- Dates:
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1965 - 2009
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16 Cubic feet (37 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1356
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents activist and educator Elaine Ostroff who advocated for improved access for people with disabilities in public places, co-founded the Adaptive Environments Center and who taught universal design in several institutions.
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Porterfield, Jeanne
Chickering, Lisa
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1954-2015, undated
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38 film reels
7 sound tape reels
5 electronic discs (dvd)
1 videocassettes (u-matic)
5 videocassettes (digital betacam)
67.86 Linear Feet
18 sound discs (vinyl)
4 cassette tapes
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.2015.16
- Repository:
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Human Studies Film Archives
The Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection documents their work as travel filmmakers, photographers, and writers from 1954-2015. Their films are an example of the travel lecture film, a genre which combined silent travelogue films with live narration. Chickering and Porterfield presented their films throughout the United States and Canada in the 1960s and 1970s before turning to freelance still photography and travel writing in the early 1980s. The audiovisual and photography collection begins with their first joint travels in the 1950s and covers a range of their professional activities through the early 2000s, mainly encompassing original travel footage, edited travelogues, and travel still photography. Supporting documentation includes film scripts, lecture recordings, personal and professional manuscripts, financial and professional records, and a substantial amount of newspaper and magazine articles which serve as a record of the press generated by and about Chickering and Porterfield.
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National Museum of African Art. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1980-2008
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-011
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) exhibition records created during the tenures of Warren M. Robbins, Director, 1964-1982; John E. Reinhardt, Acting Director, 1982-1983; Sylvia H. Williams, Director, 1983-1996; Roslyn A. Walker, Director, 1997-2002; and Sharon F. Patton, Director, 2003-2008. Exhibitions include:...
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1836 - 2015
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40 Cubic feet (85 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1319
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of archival materials compiled by National Museum of American History Curator Katherine Ott, on numerous subjects relating to disability and the rights of the disabled.
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Browning, Bil
Davis, Jerame
Davis, Jerame Joe, 1975-
Browning, William Dale, 1972-
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1972-2015, undated
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3.15 Cubic feet (13 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1334
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Bil Browning and his husband, Jerame Davis were activists for LGBT issues, locally in Indiana as well as nationally in Washington, D.C.
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United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board
- Dates:
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1870-2010
bulk 1962-1985
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39 slides (photographs)
35 negatives (photographic)
257 Photographic prints
14 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.072
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Indian Arts and Crafts Board accession records collection includes documents and photographs related to works of art accessioned into the IACB collection from it's inception in 1935 to 1999. The collection also includes docuements related to objects accessioned into the IACB's run Southern Plains Indian Museum. The collection is nearly comprehensive and includes works of art from Alaska Native artists to Catawba pottery, and includes artwork from several renowned artists including, Maria Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo), James Kivetoruk Moses (Inupiaq), and Don Morse "Lelooska" Smith (Cherokee).
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National Museum of Natural History. Associate Director for Science
- Dates:
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1977-1998
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-251
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of subject files from the Office of the Associate Director for Science. Associate Directors represented in these materials include Daniel E. Appleman, 1989-1993; Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Acting Associate Director for Science, 1993-1995, David L. Pawson, 1995-1998, and Ross B. Simons, Acting Associate Director for Scie...
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Stansbury, Jacqueline
Stansbury, Benjamin H., 1935-1996
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1955 - 1995
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5 Cubic feet (15 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1350
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the inventing and design work of Benjamin Stansbury.
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Thread Waxing Space (Gallery)
- Dates:
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1980s-2001
bulk 1991-2001
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36.7 Linear feet
3.86 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.threwaxs
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the New York City gallery Thread Waxing Space measure 36.7 linear feet and 3.86 GB and date from 1980s-2001 (bulk 1991-2001). Exhibitions and events held at the gallery are documented through correspondence, artists' bios, printed and digital materials, shipping records, photographic materials, audiovisual materials, and other administrative records. Also found are a handful of artist research files, clippings, and press books.