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Edward Plunkett papers
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Creators:
Plunkett, Ed (1922-)
Dates:
circa 1960-2001
Size:
3.3 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.plunedwar
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Edward M. Plunkett papers measure 3.3 linear feet and date from circa 1960-2001. Included is mail art sent to Plunkett from Robert Delford Brown, Russell Butler (a.k.a. buZ blurr), Anna Banana, Buster Cleveland, Crackerjack Kid, Ken Friedman, John Held, Jr., E. F. Higgins, Ray Johnson, Tim Mancusi, Carlo Pittore, May Wilson, William Wilson, W. S. S...

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Oral history interview with Sur Rodney (Sur)
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Creators:
Rodney, Sur
Kerr, Theodore
Dates:
2016 July 12 and 15
Size:
2 Items (Sound recording: 2 sound files (5 hr., 50 min.), digital, wav)
83 Pages (Transcript)
Collection ID:
AAA.rodney16
Repository:
Archives of American Art

An interview with Sur Rodney (Sur) conducted 2016 July 12 and 15, by Theodore Kerr, for the Archives of American Art's Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project, at Rodney's studio in New York, New York.

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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
National Portrait Gallery. Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management
Dates:
1979-1983, 1988, 2008
Size:
8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 09-066
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records which document the various aspects of exhibition development, planning, design and publicity for the exhibition, Champions of American Sport. This was the first major art exhibit devoted to outstanding American sports personalities and to the aesthetic qualities of sport and human movement. It consisted ...

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Central Administrative Records
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Creators:
National Portrait Gallery. Administrative Office
Dates:
FY 1983-FY 1987
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Accession 92-140
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists largely of purchase orders for works of art and other artifacts acquired by the National Portrait Gallery from FY 1983 through FY 1987. It also includes records of other large transactions and purchases of items such as furniture and conservation equipment.

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Records
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Creators:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Registrar
Dates:
1974-1993
Size:
15.5 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 96-166
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of the administrative records of Douglas Robinson, Registrar, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG). The records date from 1974-1993, with the major portion being from 1985-1993. The records include Outgoing loans, 1985-1993; Exhibition Files, which include a list of the exhibition, loan records/agreements...

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Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection
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Creators:
Basie, Count, 1904-
Smith, Ernie
Webster, Ben
Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
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Dates:
1894-1979
Size:
30 Cubic feet (352 film reels , 16 mm)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0491
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

More than 300 reels of 16mm black and white and color film, silent and sound, fiction and documentary motion picture film documenting jazz and related musical performances, social and popular dance styles and performances, jazz musicians, performance locales, and documentation of African-American popular culture. A list of featured performers in the collection is shown below. The films are frequently compilations produced by Smith for lectures.

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Digitized Content Sandra and Gary Baden Collection of Celebrity Endorsements in Advertising
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Creators:
Baden, Gary
Baden, Sandra
Dates:
circa 1897-1979
Size:
2 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0611
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

A wide-ranging collection of over 1,000 celebrity advertising endorsements, ca. 1897-1979. The endorsements were culled by a collector/hobbyist from high-end magazines publications such as Fortune, McCalls, Playbill and Vogue. They feature a wide range of celebrities from the fields of performing arts, sports, business, politics and "society." T...

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Digitized Content Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Tobacco Trade and Industry
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Creators:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Dates:
1750-1965
undated
Size:
11.35 Cubic feet (consisting of 20 boxes, 8 folder, 30 oversize folders, 17 map case folders, 3 flat boxes (partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Tobacco
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Tobacco Trade and Industry forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Department of Painting and Sculpture
Dates:
1968-1993, with related records from 1956
Size:
66 cu. ft. (66 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 481
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records document the planning, development, and installation of exhibitions by the Department of Painting and Sculpture, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG). Included are biographical and bibliographical research files on artists; correspondence with museums, galleries, and artists concerning loan of artwork; loan reports; ...

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Digitized Content Scurlock Studio Records, Series 2: Color Photographs
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Creators:
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
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Dates:
1930-1995, undated
Size:
115 Boxes
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0618.S02
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, DC 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). Series 2 primarily consists of color and hand-colored photographs but also includes job envelopes, order forms, correspondence, notes, and other photographic materials such as negatives. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records

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