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Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946
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1929-1946
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3.2 Linear feet ((on 4 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.rowaedwa
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence, printed material, photographs, business records and a diary.
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Wood, Grant, 1891-1942
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1941
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135 Pages ((on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.woodgran
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Typescript comprising the beginning of an autobiography. Wood describes his Iowa childhood years, but the account stops before he reaches maturity.
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Czestochowski, Joseph S.
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[ca. 1975-1980.]
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0.2 Linear feet ((378 items))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.czesjose
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
366 photographs, negatives, and slides of art work executed between 1890 and 1927 by Arthur Bowen Davies and eleven reproductions of Childe Hassam's graphic works, used as research material by Czestochowski for his work on Davies and Hassam. Also found is a photocopy of "Works by Arthur B. Davies from the Ferargil Galleries Registry, May 1, 1928-Ju...
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Metcalf, Conger, 1914-1998
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1926-1977
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0.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.metccong
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Eleven exhibition announcements and 117 clippings, 1926-1977.
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Cone, Marvin Dorwart, 1891-1965
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1908-1977
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650 Items ((on 2 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.conemarv
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence, consisting of 322 letters; biographical material, including a resume; essays about art and other writings, including a play titled "Strings," ca. 1910, written by Cone and Grant Wood, then in high school; a typescript of radio broadcasts; a catalog of Cone's paintings; a photograph album; photographs of Cone and of works of art; bil...
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Grant Wood papers
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Wood, Grant, 1891-1942
- Dates:
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1930-1983
- Size:
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0.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.woodgrap
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Grant Wood papers measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1930 to 1983. Included are three newspaper obituaries for Grant Wood and six letters to art educator, Zenobia Ness, discussing his exhibition plans, paintings, Stone City Art Colony, and the Federal Public Works of Art Projects. The collection also contains two letters, including a Stone City brochure, to Walter Pritchard Eaton, Professor of Drama at Yale University. Also found are writings, newspaper clippings containing articles on Wood, and other printed material. Photographs in the collection, some of which are signed, are of Wood in his studio and at the Artist Camp at Stone City, and various works of art.
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Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013
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1862-2004, undated
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120 Cubic feet (295 boxes )
2,000 Photographs
450 Cassette tapes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0078
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is the result of research conducted by Dr. Alixa Naff (1920-2013) relating to the study of the early Arab immigrant experience in the United States from about 1880-World War II. The study began with oral history interviews in 1962 and became a major project in 1980 with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It documents the assimilation of Arabic speaking immigrants in the United States.
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Choo, Chunghi
Milosch, Jane
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
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2007 July 30-2008 July 26
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75 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.choo07
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Chunghi Choo conducted 2007 July 30-2008 July 26, by Jane Milosch, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at the artist's home, in Iowa City, Iowa.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Dates:
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June 26-July 7, 1996
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1996
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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circa 1825-1892
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2 cu. ft. (4 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7154
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers relate to Paleozoic fossil fish and include abstracted articles, specimen notes and notebooks, and original notes for publications of the Illinois Geological Survey.
