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Smithsonian Productions
- Dates:
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1988-2000
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-216
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audio and video elements that document jazz performances at the Smithsonian Institution. Represented among the records are performances by the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra; performances by Art Farmer, Bob Wilber, Alberta Hunter, Joe Williams, and Red Norvo; and interviews with Jimmy Bruno and other art...
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Bukowski, Henry S., 1922-
Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
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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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Gray, Cleve
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1933-2005
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9.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.grayclev
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Cleve Gray papers, 1933-2005, measure 9.2 linear feet. Papers include biographical material, alphabetical files, writings, artwork, audio/visual records, artifacts, printed material, and photographs. Extensive alphabetical files contain personal and professional correspondence as well as subject files relating to projects and interests. Especially well-documented are: Gray's involvement with the Vietnam protest movement; and Threnody, his best-known work composed of fourteen large panels lamenting the dead of both sides sides in Vietnam, commissioned by the Neuberger Museum of Art.
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New York Artists Equity Association
- Dates:
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1920-2012
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26.8 Linear feet
2.99 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.nyarteqa
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the New York Artists Equity Association (NYAEA) measure 26.8 linear feet and 2.99 Gb and date from 1920-2012. The records include history and founding documents, presidents' files, board of directors' files that include monthly board meeting minutes, committee files and annual membership meeting minutes, general administrative and correspondence files, financial and legal files, event and program files, artists and subject files, extensive individual membership files, art project and exhibition files, Broome Street Gallery files, NYAEA publications that include issues of The Artists Proof, printed and digital materials, four scrapbooks, sketches created by artists attending a party in honor of Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and photographs of member artists and events.
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Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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1903 - 1989
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400 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0301
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Duke Ellington's career primarily through orchestrations (scores and parts), music manuscripts, lead sheets, transcriptions, and sheet music. It also includes concert posters, concert programs, television, radio, motion picture and musical theater scripts, business records, correspondence, awards, as well as audiotapes, audiodiscs, photographs, tour itineraries, newspaper clippings, magazines, caricatures, paintings, and scrapbooks.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Fellowships and Internships
- Dates:
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2007-2013
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29 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-131
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of program records documenting accepted applicants for fellowships, research positions, and internships at the Smithsonian Institution, with earlier records dating back to when the Office of Fellowships and Internships was known as the Office of Fellowships and the Office of Research and Training Services, respectively....
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Smithsonian Productions
- Dates:
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1994-2000
- Size:
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3 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-181
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiotapes and compact discs created during the production of the radio series "Jazz Smithsonian." Hosted by Lena Horne, the series features the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra in concert, performing classic American jazz of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, as well as oral histories of American jazz legends...
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Rosenak, Chuck
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circa 1938-2008
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17.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.rosechuc
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material dates from circa 1938-2008 and measures 17.6 linear feet. The collection contains research files for four books by the Rosenaks and includes letters, writings, notes, printed matter, tape-recorded interviews with artists, and photographic material.
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American Federation of Arts
- Dates:
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1895-1993
bulk 1909-1969
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79.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.amerfeda
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the American Federation of Arts (AFA) provide researchers with a complete set of documentation focusing on the founding and history of the organization from its inception through the 1960s. The collection measures 79.8 linear feet, and dates from 1895 through 1993, although the bulk of the material falls between 1909 and 1969. Valuable for its coverage of twentieth-century American art history, the collection also provides researchers with fairly comprehensive documentation of the many exhibitions and programs supported and implemented by the AFA to promote and study contemporary American art, both nationally and abroad.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Office of Special Events
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1975-1989
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-155
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document special events sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, including meetings, dinners and conferences. Files include agendas, guest lists, papers presented at events, newspaper clippings, and some correspondence. Also included in these records are published calendars of e...