Ronald S. Korda Collection of Sports and Trading Cards
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- Creators:
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Korda, Ronald S., -1996
Korda, Catherine
- Dates:
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1952-1996
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57 Cubic feet (259 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0545
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sports and trading cards, 1952-1996, amassed by card collector Ronald S. Korda. The sports cards are subdivided by sport. Baseball cards, (1952-1996), comprise the vast majority of the sports cards, while football (1968-1996) and hockey (1968-1996) are the two next largest subseries. There are lesser quantities of cards for basketball, and only a few each for all other sports, such as racing, skiing, etc. Non-sports cards cover a large variety of popular culture topics, including motion pictures, television programs, popular music, toys, games, cars and trucks, comics, fantasy art, and many other subjects. Some ephemeral items are also included in the collection, such as sticker albums, posters and programs
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Gabriel, Ronald L., 1941-2009
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circa 1912-2009
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2 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1178
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of newslettersDodgers Line Drives, Brooklyn Dodgers Fan Club Newsletter, and Gabe-o-gram, albums of trading cards and Hall of Fame postcards, many of which have been autographed. There are also photographs of teams, individual players, and a photograph of Ronald Gabriel with Babe Ruth. There is a large scrapbook containing over 1000 autographs and several items of baseball ephemera, including placemats, magnets, scorecards, team schedules, programs, and posters.
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Newman, Louis
- Dates:
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1895-1999
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4 Cubic feet (6 boxes, 1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0696
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Baseball memorabilia, including postcards, of teams, players, venues and other baseball-related topics; team programs, 1930s-1990s, mostly for minor league teams but including a few major league teams; sheet music; advertising on baseball topics; posters; black-and-white photographs of baseball players and teams; and ephemeral items such as ticket ...
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Linkous, Eleanor
- Dates:
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1925-1956
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0.12 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0774
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A scorecard and program from the 1925 World Series; a scorecard and program for the 1937 All-Star Game; a program from the National Football League's World Championship game, 1942; and a program and scorecard from the 1956 All-Star Game. All of these games were played in Washington, D.C. Also includes some articles and two ticket stubs from the 195...
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Woell, J. Fred, 1934-
Gold, Donna, 1953-
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
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2001 June 6-2002 January 19
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75 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.woell01
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Archives of American Art
An interview of J. Fred Woell conducted 2001 June 6-2002 January 19, by Donna Gold, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in the artist's home and studio, Deer Isle, Maine.
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Litzinger, Beatrice
Litzinger, Joseph
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1900-1990
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2.75 Cubic feet (8.5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0530
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of seven series, the largest, Series 1, being the postcards. The largest categories in this series are the geographic, both United States and foreign, and greeting cards. The most important and probably the most interesting of the geographic cards are from Maryland as they give us an historic view of the state. This is part...
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National Postal Museum
- Dates:
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2011-2012
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-558
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of three websites and a blog maintained by the National Postal Museum. The main National Postal Museum website, crawled November 14, 2011, includes information about the museum and its exhibits, collections, research, events, and educational resources. It also includes the online exhibitions Fire and Ice: Hindenberg an...
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1834-1983
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11 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S07
- 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 7: Sports contains 1,254 pieces of sheet music and song folios. Most of the sheet music is either piano or piano/ vocal arrangements. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Eagan, Alice Kennedy
Addison, George A.
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circa 1894-1896
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23 cabinet photographs
0.25 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.097
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection of twenty-three cabinet card photographs was collected by Alice Kennedy Eagan, and depicts Native American and non-native life in the Fort Still, Oklahoma Territory, circa 1894-1896.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1745-1973
bulk 1840-1930
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11.39 Cubic feet (consisting of 25 boxes, 2 folders, 4 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Schools
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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: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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