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Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Cadwell, Paul, 1889-1985 ((banjoist))
Reed, Frances
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1883-1980
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12 Cubic feet (28 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0387
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The bulk of the collection is music for the five-string banjo, often with piano and/or second banjo accompaniments. Almost no sheets have cover illustrations. Many editions are British and rarely have copyright dates.
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Hayes, Ed
- Dates:
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1918 - 1981
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1.3 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1333
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection relating to the vaudeville musical group, Ed Hayes and his Banjo Girls: a photograph album, a scrapbook, route sheets, programs, Actors' Equity Association cards, clippings, and a map.
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J. Scott Odell folk music collection
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Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Odell, Scott, 1935-
- Dates:
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1964-1977
- Size:
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18 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.ODEL
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The J. Scott Odell folk music collection (1945-2016, inclusive) contains AV recordings, photographs, correspondence, writings, and other materials relating to Odell's career at the Smithsonian as a musical instrument conservator and researcher of American music traditions. The collection largely consists of materials relating to Odell's research trips (often combined with personal visits) throughout the Eastern United States. Research strengths of the collection include the history of the Appalachian dulcimer and banjo, the Smithsonian Folkways project "Black Banjo Songsters," musician and poet Burt Porter, and the Bread and Puppet Theater.
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Vip (Virgil Franklin Partch), 1916-
Partch, Virgil Franklin, 1916-
National Museum of American History. Division of Musical History
Goodman, Benjie
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1872-1984
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1 Boxe
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0485
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Miscellaneous documents and pictorial items related to music, and a set of documents associated with Gibson banjoes.
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Davidson, Eric H., 1937-
- Dates:
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1958-1984
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73 Sound tape reels
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.DAVID
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
This collection contains 73 open reel tapes, made by Eric H. Davidson between 1958-1984, featuring the traditional music of Southern Appalachia.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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undated
1824-1981
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75 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S21
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 20, Newspapers contains approximately 4,900 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards the playing of music in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Menihan, John C.
- Dates:
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1912-1992
- Size:
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2.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.menijohn
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Papers, ca. 1912-1992, including awards and citations; a videotape, "John Menihan"; a tape-recorded interview with Menihan conducted by Ron Netsky, 1984; a tape-recording, "John's Talk on Lithography and John's Banjo," compiled by Paul Swiatek, 1988; photographs of Menihan, his family, works of art, studios, and colleagues; printed material includi...
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Mondschain, Bruce
- Dates:
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2005 November 3
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10 Digital images (5 shots; each shot has a sepia-toned version and a black and white version. )
10 Photographic prints (5 shots; each shot has a sepia-toned print and a black and white print.)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.MOND
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Bruce Mondschain Photographs compiled by Illinois-based photographer Bruce Mondschain are a collection of 5 photographs of Pete Seeger taken at his home in Beacon, NY, on November 3, 2005.
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circa 1901-1940
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3.4 Linear Feet ((37 books)
(1 box))
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-108
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from circa 1901-1940, contains 37 books from African-American authors associated with the Harlem Renaissance. These materials were purchased in support of the exhibit "The Renaissance: Black Arts of the Twenties" which was held at the Anacostia Community Museum from September 1985--December 1986.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Dates:
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1981-1991, 1996, 1999
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15.5 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-084
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of videotapes and audiotapes created during the production of "Here At The Smithsonian" ("HATS"), an eight volume series of television productions. The series was conceived by Nazaret Cherkezian, Director, Office of Telecommunications (1976-1986) and produced by Ann Carroll (Volumes I-IV) and John P. Meehan (Volumes V-V...