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Becker, Herbert
- Dates:
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circa 1955
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300 prints (circa, silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.38
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The collection consists of photographs of Mesquakie (Fox) Indians, probably made during or as part of Sol Taxʹs action anthropology work with the Fox Indians. It includes images of people, dances, archery, handicraft, vending, medical examinations, and food preparation at a single event, probably a powwow.
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Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.)
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1899-1960
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1 Linear foot
- Collection ID:
- AAA.sociofac
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Boston-based Society of Arts and Crafts measure 1.0 linear feet and date from 1899 to 1960. The scattered documentations contain administrative records, correspondence, writings and notes, printed materials including twenty-two issues of Handicraft, and a photograph.
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Boehmer, William D.
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circa 1939-1963
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400 Negatives (circa, nitrate)
2,200 Negatives (circa, acetate)
2,200 Prints (circa 2200 prints (enlargements), silver gelatin)
32 color negatives (acetate, 35 mm)
250 Negatives (circa, acetate, 35 mm)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.18
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made during William Boehmer's time teaching on the Brighton and Big Cypress Reservations. They depict day schools, classes, students and other Seminole Indians (including the Osceola family), celebrations (including Field Days, a pow wow, and Civilian Conservation Corps Achievement Day), handicrafts, agriculture, meetings, and Seminole...
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Kendall, Jacob (craftsman)
Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1759-1787.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 volume)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0033
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Account book dcouments Jacob Kendall of Dunstable, Mass. and his vocation as a rakemaker, ox bowmaker, cider maker, and wagoner.
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Power, Susan K.
- Dates:
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undated
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43 copy prints
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.R89-14
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Copies of family photographs, including those of the Archambault and Gates families, collected by Susan K. Power. There are studio portraits, images of family members in regalia, and photographs of crafts and paintings; a beaded satchel can be seen in multiple images, including nineteenth and twentieth century photographs. Annotated electrostatic...
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Whitted, Nellie Mae
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circa 1938-1941
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22 items (22 prints, postcards and greeting cards, color halftone)
36 prints (silver gelatin (some on postcard stock))
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.98-75
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made by Nellie Mae Whitted in Paguote (1939) and Acomita, New Mexico. They include images of Acomita day school and its students and teachers, as well as houses and Eagle dancers. The collection also includes postcards and commercial prints relating to Navajo Indians, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Santa Clara Pueblo, Ildefonso Pueblo, Taos Pueb...
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Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers
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Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828-1895
Volk, Douglas , 1856-1935
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circa 1858-1965
2008
bulk 1870-1935
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11.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.volkleon
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter and teacher Douglas Volk (1856-1935) and his father, sculptor Leonard Wells Volk (1828-1895), measure 11.9 linear feet and date from circa 1858-1965, 2008, with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1870-1935. Douglas Volk's papers document his life and career through biographical material, family and professional correspondence, writings and notes, diaries and journals, financial records, printed material, scrapbooks, artwork and sketchbooks, and photographs of the artist, his family, friends, and artwork. The papers also provide documentation of the formation and operations of the Sabatos Handicraft Society established with Marion Volk from the Volk's summer home, Hewnoaks, in Center Lovell, Maine. Scattered documentation of the life and work of Leonard Wells Volk, is found in biographical material, land records, letters, memoirs, and photographs.
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Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
South Carolina Commission for the Arts
Negro History Associates
- Dates:
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1964-1976
- Size:
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0.66 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0201
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The history of the collection is unknown.
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Hegemann, Elizabeth Compton, 1897-1962
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circa 1922-1934
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396 copy negatives (acetate, 35mm)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.R81A
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made during Elizabeth Compton Hegemann's trips to Hopi and Navajo reservations in the 1920s and early 1930s. They include images of Navajo, Hopi, and some Havasupai Indians, as well as the Grand Canyon and trading posts. Her photographs relating to Southwest Indians depict agriculture, crafts, and ceremonies, including a Navaho Squaw Da...
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Nakashima, George, 1905-1990
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1950-1991
- Size:
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1 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.nakageor
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of architect, craftsman, woodworker, and furniture designer George Nakashima measure 1.0 linear foot and date from 1950 to 1991. The collection is comprised of biographical material, correspondence, writings, subject files, and printed material that mostly relate to Nakashima's work in furniture design.