P.T. Barnum Collection
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Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891
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1866-1890
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0.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0068
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of five children's books about the circus, a brochure announcing the show in London, an 1873 advertisement for the Great Traveling World's Fair of Barnum's, and two scrapbooks.
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Bailey, William, 1930-2020
McElhinney, James Lancel, 1952-
- Dates:
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2012 October 10-December 5
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11 Items (sound files (7 hr.,19 min.), digital, wav)
110 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bailey12
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of William H. Bailey conducted 2012 October 10- December 5, by James McElhinney, for the Archives of American Art at Bailey's studio, in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Kent, Norman, 1903-1972
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1939-1964
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300 Items ((on 2 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kentnorm
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence, articles, clippings, and gallery literature.
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Ginsburg, Isaac, 1886-1975
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circa 1911-1919, 1924-1958
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4.11 cu. ft. (7 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 5x8 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7187
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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circa 1860s-1970
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1 Print (photogravure)
8 Prints (halftone (including one newspaper clipping))
124 Prints (circa, silver gelatin, albumen, and platinum)
50 Copy prints (circa)
3 copper printing plates
1 Color print
1 Print (wood engraving)
3 Copy negatives (glass)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.33
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection is an artificial collection of photographs, copper plates, and a few notes, all of which depict or relate to anthropologists, many of which were associated with the Bureau of American Ethnology. Included are portraits of Franz Boas, Q. M. Bond, Arno B. Cammerer, Frank Hamilton Cushing, Edwin Hamilton Davis, J. Woodbridge Davis, Fra...
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Petlin, Irving, 1934-2018
McElhinney, James Lancel, 1952-
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2016 September 13-15
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6 Items (sound files (4 hrs., 27 min.), digital, wav)
103 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.petlin16
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview with Irving Petlin conducted 2016 September 13 and 15, by James McElhinney, for the Archives of American Art at Petlin's home in New York, New York.
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Nasisse, Andy S., 1946-
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circa 1979-circa 1986
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0.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.nasiandy
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Andy Nasisse files relating to self-taught artists measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1979 to 1986, with additional undated materials. Included are artist files on twenty-five self-taught artists. Files consist primarily of black and white photographs of artists, their artworks, and photographs of unidentified artworks. Also included is a letter discussing artist Howard Finster's first dealer, Jeffrey Camp, and in which Nasisse offers his advice to Finster to limit production of his work. An audio recording of an interview with Miles Carpenter conducted by Nasisse, and a documentary about J. B. Murray, A Video Documentary of an Artist and His Work, are also present in these files. The documentary features many of Murray's paintings and drawings, as well as his comments on his art and visions. The artists included in the files are Eldren M. (E. M.) Bailey, Miles Carpenter, Tessie Carroll, Emanuel "Litto" Damonte, Samuel Perry (S.P.) Dinsmoor, Sam Doyle, John Ehn, Howard Finster, Laura Pope Forrester, Dilmus Hall, Irene Hall, Bessie Harvey, St. EOM (Eddie Owens Martin), Jeff McKissack, John Milkovitch, J. B. Murray, Grandma Tressa Prisbrey, Dow Pugh, W.T. Ratcliffe (or Ratliff), William Carlton Rice (Mr. Rice), Royal Robertson, James "Son Ford" Thomas, Mose Tolliver, Frank van Zant (Chief Rolling Mountain Thunder), and Brother Joseph Zoetl.
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DeWolf, James, 1764-1837
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1757-1947
- Size:
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1.8 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.A2018.17.2
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Papers of the DeWolf Family shed light on one of the wealthiest New England families in the 18th-19th centuries who made their fortune by engaging in each part of the transatlantic slave trade. This collection is comprised of photographs, correspondence, publications, and business records including daily logs and ship manifests. Included in th...
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American Society of Mammalogists
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1919-1993 and undated
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77.19 cu. ft. (153 document boxes) (1 16x20 box) (4 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7357
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the history and development of the American Society of Mammalogists from the time of its inception through the year 1994. The collection includes a number of early documents, some in the handwriting of the originators, and correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, audiocassettes, photographs, and other memorab...
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Artists' Fellowship
- Dates:
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1872-1980
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5 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.artifell
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence, membership files, minutes, historian's records, financial material, subject files, and miscellany.