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Digitized Content Stephen Somerstein Selma to Montgomery March Photographs
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Creators:
Somerstein, Stephen
Dates:
1965
Size:
12 Photographic prints
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1300
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection documents the march of many Americans from Selma to Montgomery Alabama in 1965 during the Civil Rights March. It focuses mainly on photographs and an original book cover from Stephen Somerstein. There are twelve black and white images, 11" x 14", documenting the 1965 Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights March. Some of the photographs inc...

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Digitized Content Moses Moon Civil Rights Movement Audio Collection
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Creators:
McNamara, Norris
Moon, Moses
Dates:
1963-1964
Size:
4 Cubic feet (18 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0556
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Recorded by Moses Moon (known at the time as Alan Ribback) and assisted by Norris McNamara during 1963 and 1964, the collection includes audio recordings of interviews with civil rights leaders and participants as well as free-style recordings of mass meetings, voter registration events, and other gatherings organized by Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). This collection provides a mostly unfiltered documentation of significant moments in the civil rights movement.

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Ralph Rinzler Oral History Interview
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Creators:
Rinzler, Ralph, interviewee
Dates:
1993
Size:
2 videotapes (Reference copies).
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9569
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...

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Digitized Content Joan and Robert K. Morrison Collection
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Creators:
Morrison, Joan, -2010
Morrison, Robert K.
Beirne, Barbara T.
Dates:
1985 - 1987
Size:
6 Cubic feet (20 boxes )
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0359
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection is comprised of 139 audiocassettes (original copies only), 80 transcripts and tape summaries, and photographs (including some negatives). The transcripts and photographs also exist in single copies only, but they may be used with care by researchers.

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Digitized Content Carlen Galleries, Inc., records
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Creators:
Carlen Galleries
Dates:
1775-1997
bulk 1940-1986
Size:
10.4 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.carlgall
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The Carlen Galleries, Inc., records measure 10.4 linear feet (gift portions) and date from 1775 to 1997 (bulk 1940-1986). Correspondence, business records, subject files, a scrapbook, printed matter, and photographs document the operation and activities of Carlen Galleries, Inc., and its founder Robert Carlen.

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Digitized Content Lee Hays papers
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Creators:
Hays, Lee, 1914-1981
Dates:
1923-1981
Size:
6.95 Cubic feet (Papers)
0.9 Cubic feet (Audiorecordings)
Collection ID:
CFCH.HAYS
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

The Lee Hays papers measures 7.85 cubic feet and dates from 1923 to 1981. The collection includes original writings, correspondence, and miscellaneous projects by Lee Hays; business records, interviews and features related to Lee Hays, including photographs; clippings saved by Lee Hays; and audiorecordings made by Lee Hays.

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Digitized Content Diana Davies photographs
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Creators:
Davies, Diana, 1938-
Dates:
1963-2009
Size:
3.83 Cubic feet (8 binders containing contact sheets, slides, and prints; 7 boxes (8.5"x10.75"x2.5") of 35 mm negatives; 2 binders of 35 mm and 120 format negatives; and 1 box of 11 oversize prints.)
Collection ID:
CFCH.DAVIE
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

The Diana Davies photographs consist of images taken by Diana Davies at various stages of her career. Locations include the Festival of American Folklife, the Newport Folk Festival, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Poor People's Campaign, various peace and protest marches and outdoor performances, New York City, and the Georgia Sea Islands. The collection includes contact sheets, negatives, photographic prints, and slides. Original photographs, negatives, and color slides taken by Diana Davies. Materials date from 1963-2009. Bulk dates: Newport Folk Festival, 1963-1969, 1987, 1992; Philadelphia Folk Festival, 1967-1968, 1987.

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Digitized Content Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2009 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Dates:
June 24-July 5, 2009
Size:
1 Cubic foot (approximate)
Collection ID:
CFCH.SFF.2009
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

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Curatorial Correspondence
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Creators:
National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology
Dates:
1924, 1952-2017, and undated
Size:
8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 19-132
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of correspondence created or maintained by Donald R. Davis, Curator, 1961- , and Chair, Department of Entomology, 1976-1981. Topics covered include Lepidoptera (moths, butterflies) research, specimen identification and loans, and professional activities. Some materials predate 1963, when the department was the Divi...

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Digitized Content Exhibition Records
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Creators:
National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
Dates:
circa 1968-1976
Size:
14.5 cu. ft. (29 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 361
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

Records in this record unit document the exhibition research and activities of the National Portrait Gallery and its Office of Exhibitions. Particularly well represented are exhibitions mounted between 1974 and 1976, with materials documenting research and publications on numerous artists, paintings, prints, broadsides, books, documents and ...

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