Ronald S. Korda Collection of Sports and Trading Cards
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Korda, Ronald S., -1996
Korda, Catherine
- Dates:
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1952-1996
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57 Cubic feet (259 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0545
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sports and trading cards, 1952-1996, amassed by card collector Ronald S. Korda. The sports cards are subdivided by sport. Baseball cards, (1952-1996), comprise the vast majority of the sports cards, while football (1968-1996) and hockey (1968-1996) are the two next largest subseries. There are lesser quantities of cards for basketball, and only a few each for all other sports, such as racing, skiing, etc. Non-sports cards cover a large variety of popular culture topics, including motion pictures, television programs, popular music, toys, games, cars and trucks, comics, fantasy art, and many other subjects. Some ephemeral items are also included in the collection, such as sticker albums, posters and programs
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1834-1983
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11 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S07
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 7: Sports contains 1,254 pieces of sheet music and song folios. Most of the sheet music is either piano or piano/ vocal arrangements. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Linkous, Eleanor
- Dates:
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1925-1956
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0.12 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0774
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A scorecard and program from the 1925 World Series; a scorecard and program for the 1937 All-Star Game; a program from the National Football League's World Championship game, 1942; and a program and scorecard from the 1956 All-Star Game. All of these games were played in Washington, D.C. Also includes some articles and two ticket stubs from the 195...
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Ravnitzky, Michael
- Dates:
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circa 1900-present
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29 Cubic feet (55 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0404
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains a variety of business ephemera similar to that found in the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana. The material in the Business Americana Collection is newly acquired ephemera received from many sources including curatorial units, the public, and Smithsonian Institution staff.
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Holton, Gladys Reid, 1898- (museum curator)
Des Grange, Jane
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1800-1978
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19 Cubic feet (50 boxes, 7 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0466
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A wide range of dated ephemeral material collected by Gladys Reid Holton covering the period circa 1800 to circa 1978.
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Graham, Adelaide
- Dates:
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1914-1973, undated
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1153
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of materials relating to the creation and operation of the restaurant chain known as the Coon Chicken Inn.
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Orange Bowl Committee
- Dates:
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1933-2000
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29 Cubic feet (67 boxes, 124 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1191
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The complete records of the Orange Bowl Parade, Miami, Florida containing float renderings, programs, and photographs.
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Addison, George A.
- Dates:
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circa 1894-1896
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23 Cabinet photographs
0.25 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.097
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection of twenty-three cabinet card photographs was collected by Alice Kennedy Eagan, and depicts Native American and non-native life in the Fort Still, Oklahoma Territory, circa 1894-1896.
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Underwood & Underwood
- Dates:
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1895-1921
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160 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0143
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of approximately 28,000 glass plate negatives showing views of a variety of subjects.
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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.
