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Abrams, Ruth, 1912-1986
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1934-1983
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1 Linear foot
- Collection ID:
- AAA.abraruth
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York based artist and educator Ruth Abrams measure 1.0 linear foot and date from 1934 to 1984. The collection includes correspondence, writings and notes, personal business records, printed material, and photographs.
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Henry S. Bukowski Big Band Collection, [primarily photoprints]
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Bukowski, Henry S., 1922-
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
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ca. 1930s-1940s
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0678
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Publicity photographs and postcards of entertainers, mostly jazz musicians and leaders of dance bands, etc., and related memorabilia.
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Cecil, Chuck, 1922-
Chiacco, Bob
Childers, Buddy, 1926-2007
Comstock, Frank
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1995-2007
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1215
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Oral history interviews conducted by Tumpak with Big Band figures (listed below), and a set of articles he wrote based on the interviews.
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Zippo Manufacturing Company
Jones, William (Vice President, Zippo Lighter)
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1937 - 1998
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0.75 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0094
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Advertising brochures, posters, and articles on the company.
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Cron, Rosalind
International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Piney Woods School
Moon, Dixie Hardy
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1933-2010
bulk 1939-1946
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1218
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm Collection focuses on the all-female, racially and ethnically diverse big band group that started in 1937 and disbanded in 1949. The collection contains news clippings, photographs, correspondence, ephemera from USO travels, and newsletters. Also included are books related to the group, as well as a tribute CD and a 33 rpm vinyl sound recording.
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circa 1970-1989
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39.64 cu. ft. (12 document boxes) (58 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 520
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of videotapes and audiotapes of Spacearium presentations.
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2018
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.2018
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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Stewart, Jack, 1926-2005
- Dates:
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1926-2010
- Size:
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9.9 Linear feet
7.31 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.stewjack
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Jack Stewart papers are dated 1926-2010 and measure 9.9 linear feet and 7.31 GB. A significant portion of the collection concerns Stewart's dissertation, "Subway Graffiti: An Aesthetic Study of Graffiti on the Subway" (New York University, 1989), related research, writings, and exhibitions on the subject. Biographical materials, correspondence, writings, printed and digital material, artwork, sketchbooks, and photographic materials document his career as a painter, muralist, designer, educator and administrator.
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O'Farrill, Chico, 1921-2001
O'Farrill, Lupe
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
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1975 - 1975
1999 - 1999
1949
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0892
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the professional career of Chico O'Farrill, Cuban-born trumpet player, composer and arranger of Afro Cuban, bebop, and other styles of jazz.
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Casey, John C.
- Dates:
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1848-1856
- Size:
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1 Linear foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.029
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The collection of John C. Casey journals includes three original letter books from Captain John Casey's time in Monterrey, Mexico during the Mexican-American War from 1847-1848 and as an emigration agent at the Seminole Agency in Florida from 1848 to 1856. This covers a period of time that includes the beginning of the third Seminole War. Additionally, one of the letter books also contains a journal of Casey's operations in the Indian Department in Florida from his arrival in August of 1848 until October of 1849.
