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Facci, Domenico, 1916-1994
- Dates:
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1914-1995
- Size:
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1.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.faccdome
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Domenico Facci papers are dated 1914 to 1995, with the bulk falling between the years 1950 and 1984. They measure 1.2 linear feet and consist of biographical material, correspondence, artwork relating to sculpture projects, printed material, and photographs. Among the well-documented aspects of Facci's professional career are: his leadership roles in several arts organizations based in New York City, including Audubon Artists, National Sculpture Society, and Artists Equity Association; his work on the United States Treasury's 1988 Olympic Games commemorative coin competition, Brooklyn Bridge 100th Anniversary reliefs, Endangered Species Medal, and Neptune Fountain at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA.
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Rivers, Charles, 1904-1993
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1929-1963
bulk 1929-1930
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0.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0360
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains: twenty-nine silver gelatin photoprints mounted on Fome-Core, Masonite, and cardboard, ranging in size from 5-1/2" x 9-1/4" to 10-11/16" x 13-13/16"; three 5" x 7" unmounted silver gelatin photoprints; a scrapbook which originally contained 56 silver gelatin photoprints, ranging in size from 2" x 3" to 7-1/2" x 9-1/2"; and s...
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Department of Painting and Sculpture
- Dates:
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1963-1991
- Size:
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35 cu. ft. (35 record storage boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 469
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of professional correspondence and administrative and research files of a number of curators from the Department of Painting and Sculpture. Included are correspondence and memoranda with HMSG staff, artists, galleries, and other museums; loan agreements, checklists, scripts, and installation plans for HMSG exhibitions; ...
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Perls Galleries
- Dates:
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1937-1997
- Size:
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79.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.perlgall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Perls Galleries measure 79.6 linear feet and date from 1937 to 1997. Founded by Klaus Perls in 1937 and operating until 1997, the gallery dealt primarily in modern French art and the artwork of Alexander Calder. Found within the records are extensive correspondence (circa 44 linear feet) with artists, dealers, galleries, museums, and collectors; photographs and negatives of inventory and other artwork; exhibition files, scattered financial records; and exhibition catalogs and clippings.
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Neiman, LeRoy, 1921-2012
- Dates:
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1938-2005
- Size:
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70.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.neimlero
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of LeRoy Neiman measure approximately 70.5 linear feet and date from 1938-2005. The collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, project files, printed material and artifacts documenting the career of the American painter LeRoy Neiman.
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Roche, John P.
Roche, Mary Alice
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circa 1954-1970
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet
28 Transparencies (col. , 4 x 5 in.)
62 Photographic prints (b&w , 8 x 10 in.)
1 Photographic print (col. , 2.5 x 3.5 inches)
3 Transparencies (col. , 120mm)
- Collection ID:
- AAG.ROC
- Repository:
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Archives of American Gardens
The Roche Collection documents some of the work of John and Mary Alice Roche, garden photographers who photographed numerous gardens throughout the United States. Several of the Roches' images appeared in popular gardening magazines and books on flower arranging from the 1950s and 1960s.
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Lay, Oliver Ingraham, 1845-1890
Lay, Charles Downing, 1877-1956
- Dates:
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1789-2000
bulk 1870-1996
- Size:
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10.54 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.layoliv
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Oliver Ingraham Lay, Charles Downing Lay, and Lay Family Papers measure 10.54 linear feet and date from 1789 through 2000, with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1870-1996. The collection presents an overview of the personal lives and careers of painter, Oliver Ingraham Lay and his son, landscape architect, Charles Downing Lay. In addition, there are the papers of Lay family members and friends, including those of the Marian Wait Lay family (wife of Oliver Ingraham Lay) and of the Laura Gill Lay family (wife of Charles Downing Lay). Also found are the papers of the landscape and nature painter Fidelia Bridges. The collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, diaries, writings and notes, scrapbooks, family business records, exhibition files, printed material, as well as original artwork, sketches, a sketchbook, landscape designs, and photographs.
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Engle, Corliss Knapp
- Dates:
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1969-2001
- Size:
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1.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- AAG.CKE
- Repository:
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Archives of American Gardens
The Corliss Knapp Engle slide collection contains 35mm slides of gardens, garden features, flower shows, and flora photographed by Corliss Engle, a self-taught photographer and horticulturalist. Much of the collection is comprised of photographic documentation of numerous private and public gardens that she visited throughout the United States. Of particular note are images of Engle's own garden in Brookline, Massachusetts, spanning three decades; they provide excellent insight into the development and evolution of a garden over time. Portions of the collection highlight Engle's involvement with the Garden Club of America and the GCA's Garden History and Design Committee. The collection also includes various notes, lecture scripts, brochures, programs and articles on garden and plant-related themes generated or compiled by Corliss Knapp Engle.
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Orth, Edward J.
Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization
- Dates:
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1835-1992
- Size:
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130 Cubic feet (417 boxes, 23 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0560
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. Also includes materials on other world's fairs, the Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO), New York City tourism and Disney.
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Bergman, Harry M.
Kahn family
Kahn, Kimberly
- Dates:
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1926-1957
- Size:
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3 Cubic feet (5 document boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0722
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Kahn Family Films document the activities of the Godwin Construction Co. of New York City from 1928-1934. The films also document more than twenty-five years of the Bergman and Kahn family life and travel. The films are silent, 16mm black and white reversal and Kodachrome. Unless otherwise noted, films were arranged in the Archives Center on ...