Ronald S. Korda Collection of Sports and Trading Cards
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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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McDermott, Joyce
Strickland, Lloyd A.
- Dates:
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1936
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2 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0743
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Lloyd A. Strickland purchased these souvenir cards while attending the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin, Germany.
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Williams, Franklin
Sioux City Ghosts
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1920s-1983
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0634
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A scrapbook and a photograph album detailing the day-to-day lives on the road of a barnstorming black softball team, five posters advertising appearances of the Ghosts, and a certificate. The scrapbook, kept by one of the players, Franklin Williams, contains his handwritten history of the team, a handwritten schedule, postcards from some of the cit...
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Holton, Gladys Reid, 1898- (museum curator)
Des Grange, Jane
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1800-1978
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19 Cubic feet (50 boxes, 7 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0466
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The bulk of the collection contains a wide range of ephemera, such as calendars, postcards, advertising cards, magazines, newspapers and fashion plates; also photographs and business and household account books. Also some of Mrs. Holton's personal papers, including correspondence relating to activities with organizations such as the Home Bureaus an...
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Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Custom Craft
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1971-1972
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5 Boxes
The subseries consists of black and white silver gelatin negatives and index cards.
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.07
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). Subseries 4.7 consists of black and white silver gelatin negatives and index cards. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records
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Scott, Joyce, 1948-
Silberman, Robert B. (Robert Bruce), 1950-
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
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2009 July 22
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61 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.scott09
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Joyce J. Scott conducted 2009 July 22, by Robert Silberman, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Scott's home and studio, in Baltimore, Maryland.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center
Ravnitzky, Michael
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circa 1900-present
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29 Cubic feet (55 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0404
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains a variety of business ephemera similar to that found in the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana. The material in the Business Americana Collection is newly acquired ephemera received from many sources including curatorial units, the public, and Smithsonian Institution staff.
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Underwood & Underwood
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1895-1921
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160 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0143
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The major part of the collection, series 1-4, contains nearly 28,000 glass plates, including original stereoscopic negatives, interpositives, and both negative and positive non-stereoscopic plates used to produce lantern slides and paper prints. The photographs were taken all over the world. The majority are from the Underwood & Underwood active fi...
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Cultural History
Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987
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1841-1988
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46 Cubic feet (123 boxes and 148 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0519
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Memorabilia of fairs and World's Fairs throughout history, both in the United States and abroad, including photographs, stereographs, panoramas and slides; printed materials; postcards; sheet music; philatelic material; stationery and greeting cards; menus and food service items; posters; shopping bags; motion picture films; and other items.
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Gay Life Magazine
- Dates:
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1961-2004, undated
bulk 1995-2000
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3 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1353
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of promotional photographs and press kits used to promote motion pictures and made for television motion pictures and other entertainment.