Website Records
This accession consists of three websites and a blog maintained by the Smithsonian Latino Center as they existed on March 18, 2013. The main Smithsonian Latino Center website provides information about the Center as well as Latino programs, educational resources, collections, and exhibitions across the Smithsonian Institution. The website also includes online …
Program Records
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Howard Bass while producing public programs at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). The majority of the records pertain to the "American Sampler" series of programs which presented traditional music, dance, and storytelling from communities and cultural groups throughout the …
Latino Music Collection
1991-2006
Ephemera collected primarily in New York City relating to Latino entertainment, especially music.
Website Records
This accession consists of the Latino Virtual Museum SoundCloud account as it existed on June 14, 2017. SoundCloud is an online music and audio platform. The Latino Virtual Museum (LVM) is a pan-institutional digital initiative which highlights the collections, research, scholarship, exhibitions, and educational activities of the Smithsonian Institution as they relate …
Program Records
This accession consists of records that document two events of the Latin Music Program: "Boleros: Romantic Songs of the Americas," a Latin music conference and festival; and "Enlances: Connecting Communities through Latin Music," a concert and educational series to promote the origins and diverse genres inherent in Latin music. The …
López Negrete Communications Advertising Collection
The López Negrete Communications Advertising Collection showcases the successful print advertising campaigns the communications agency undertook with major clients like Goya Foods, NationsBank, and Walmart. The advertising posters in this collection exemplify the agency's creativity in building on U.S. Latinos' everyday experiences to market American products and services. Alex and Cathy López Negrete, the founders of López Negrete Communications, made it their mission to use ethnographic approaches to better understand the U.S. Latino market which led to their success as the largest independently-owned Latino advertising agency in the country.
Latino Initiatives Pool Records
This accession consists of records which document the administration of the Latino Initiatives Pool. It covers a time period when SLC was known as the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives (SCLI) and from before the creation of SLC, when the Latino Initiatives Pool was administered by the Office of the …
Curatorial Records
This accession consists of the curatorial records of the Curatorial Office of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM). Materials cover projects, lectures, committees, and other curator specific activities. The bulk of these records are from Andrew L. Connors, Associate Curator, and cover his activities in promoting Latino and Hispanic culture …
Exhibition Records
This accession consists of records that document exhibitions developed by the Smithsonian Latino Center (SLC) whose goal it is ensure that Latino contributions to the arts, sciences, and humanities are highlighted, understood, and advanced through the development and support of public programs, research, museum collections, and educational opportunities at the …
Productions
These records consist of film, video, and audio elements which document the production of several documentary films that supplemented the National Museum of American History exhibition, "American Encounters." "American Encounters" is a permanent exhibition commemorating the Columbus Quincentenary that chronicles the experiences, struggles, compromises, and eventual coexistence among American Indian …
