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Arts & Architecture
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1950-1980
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12 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.artsarcm
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the monthly architecture publication include correspondence, photographs of case study houses, and files on architects.
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Perkins, Constance M., 1913-
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1900-1991
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5.3 Linear feet
0.2 Linear feet (Addition)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.perkcons
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Biographical material, correspondence, building plans, diaries, appointment calendars, travel journals, photograph albums, loose photographs, rolls of film, and financial records relating to the construction of Perkins' home designed by Richard Neutra in 1955, Perkins' career as an educator, and her work as a Red Cross nurse in Europe and Australia...
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Leach, Alice Frye, 1857-1943
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1870-1937
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0.7 Linear feet ((26 items on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.leacalic
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An unpublished biographical sketch written by Leach's daughter Catherine Leach; photocopies of exhibition catalogs, 1935 and 1937; a photograph of Leach at her easel, 1938; photographs of her paintings, annotated by her daughter, and of her home in Chesnut Hill, Massachusetts, which she designed; 2 pencil sketches of her daughters; 4 watercolor ske...
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David, Cyril
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1980
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1 Film reel (30 minutes, black-and-white silent negative; 1100 feet, 16mm)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1983.04
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Human Studies Film Archives
Footage shot by Cyril David of a Santal village, Bihar State, India in January 1980. Film documentation of daily life among Santal villagers in Bihar State, India. The footage includes scenes of traditional house construction, rope making, pottery making, the rice harvest, threshing, grain storage procedures, methods of transporting water, child c...
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Campbell, David Robert, 1907-1963
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1931-1975 and 1992
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3.2 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.campdavi
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence; photographs; drawings; scrapbook; and writings.
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Merriman, Milton E.
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circa 1927-1960
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17 Film reels (silent; 16,000 feet, 16mm)
Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1976.04
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Human Studies Film Archives
Cut and uncut film footage shot around the world by Milton E. Merriman, mostly in the twenties but spanning 1920-1952. Most of the footage is of China, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia. The remainder features the Middle East; Europe and Great Bitain; Mexico, Puerto Rico, and South America; and the United States. The edited footage was used by Mr....
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McCoy, Esther
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circa 1876-1990
bulk 1938-1989
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44 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mccoesth
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Southern California architectural historian, critic, and writer Esther McCoy measure 44.0 linear feet and date from 1876 to 1990 (bulk 1938-1989). McCoy was interested in both Italian and Mexican architecture as well as the folk art and crafts of Mexico and South America. The collection documents McCoy's career, as well as her family and personal life through biographical material, extensive correspondence, personal and professional writings, project files, Southern California architects' files, clippings and other printed material, a large collection of photographs and slides, and taped interviews of Southern California modern architects.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1850-1970
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3.86 Cubic feet (consisting of 3 boxes, 1 folder, 1 oversize folder, 3 map folders, 6 flat boxes (4 full, 2 partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Architecture
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Architecture forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France)
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1900
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0.1 Cubic feet (2 boxes
, paper prints, 7-3/8 x 9-3/8," Silver gelatin, on mounts)
199 Photographic prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0373
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs of the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900, which record many buildings and pavilions that were among the chief points of interest, including the Monumental Entrance, Art Palaces and the Bridge of Alexander III, national pavilions lining the Seine River, and the Palace of Machinery; also, views of Paris from the Eiffel Tower, and statuar...
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Mack, Beverly B. (Beverly Blow), 1952-
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2002, 2005
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664 Digital images (JPEG.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2006-007
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection contains 664 digital images (JPEG files) depicting the built environment, landscape and people of Morocco, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and South Africa. A large number of images depict people in and around the Gidan Rumfa palace in Kano, Nigeria, including spectators of and participants in a ceremonial procession celebrating Eid ul-Fitr (the end of Ramadan); servants, concubines, praise singers and musicians in and near the palace harem; members of the royal household and the royal guards; and Alhaji Ado Bayero, the Emir of Kano. Other images depict architectural features of the palace. Images from Morocco, Ghana, Niger and South Africa include various scenes of daily life, architecture, markets, cemeteries and landscapes.