Clotilde Arias Papers
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Arias, Roger
United States. Dept. of State
Arias, Clotilde, 1901-1959
Thompson, J. Walter (advertising agency).
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1919-1957
2009
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3 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1164
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection documents the life and career of Peruvian musician, composer, and translator Clotilde Arias. Her work includes a Department of State-commissioned translation of "The Star-Spangled Banner" titled "El Pendón Estrellado", advertising jingles, original compositions, and translations of music originally written in English. She also was heavily involved in numerous Pan-American organizations including La Unión de Mujeres Americanas/United American Women.This collection contains correspondence, music manuscripts, photographs,newspaper clippings and printed materials, and four compact discs.
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WKAQ (Television station : San Juan, Puerto Rico)
WNJU (Television station : New York, NY)
Telemundo Group, Inc.
Univisión (Television network)
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1940-2017
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3.5 Cubic feet (27 boxes, 8 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1404
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Spanish language television stations in America, and the Telemundo network.
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Grgich Hills Cellar (California)
Grgich, Mike (Miljenko)
Chateau Montelena (California)
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1923-2013
bulk 1950-2008
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4.3 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0923
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers of a Croatian-born California winemaker documenting his career in the California wine industry since 1958, especially his years at Chateau Montelena winery (1972-1977) and the subsequent creation of the Grgich Hills Cellar winery (1977- ). There also are records of Grgich's immigration journey and materials about the evolution of the California wine industry. The papers include correspondence, business records, handwritten notes, publications, and a few photographs.
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Ojeda, Naúl, 1939-2002
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circa 1960-2004
circa 2013
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5.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.ojednaul
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Uruguayan born Washington, D.C. painter and printmaker Naúl Ojeda measure 5.9 linear feet and date from circa 1960-2004, and circa 2013. The papers document Ojeda's personal and professional life through biographical materials, correspondence, exhibition and gallery files, professional files, financial material, printed and broadcast materials, scrapbooks, artwork and sketchbooks, and a small amount of photographic material.
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Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
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1942-1998
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21.6 Cubic feet (consisting of 17 cartons, 2 oversized boxes.)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-027
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of an exhibition exploring the immigration of people of African descent from Central and South America and the Caribbean to the Washington Metropolitan Area. The show was organized and hosted by the Anacostia Museum from August 21, 1994 through August 7, 1995. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit script, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, education packets, loan agreements, floor plans, and catalogues.
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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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- Dates:
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1916-2012
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1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1487
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of papers relating to Chinese immigrant Quin Shen Yu and his family.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Cultural History
- Dates:
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1888-1896
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0778
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of 172 Russian egg patterns, a popular craft among immigrants from Russia and the Ukraine. The egg patterns are drawn in ink on 3 2" x 5" paper with color combinations of red, green, yellow, black, purple, brown, blue, and burnt orange. The collection is arranged into one series by pattern numbers from 1 to 172.
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Anacostia Community Museum
- Dates:
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1996
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1 Binder
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-080
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This show explored the history of English and French Caribbean music in the District of Columba and surrounding areas from the 1940s to the 1990s. Curated by Kimberly Freeman, the exhibition sought to broaden the general public's understanding of the role music plays in maintaining cultural identity for Caribbean immigrant communities in the metrop...
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Efron, David, 1904-
Van Veen, Stuyvesant
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bulk circa 1930-1940
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5 Inches
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2004-07
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection contains fieldnotes, drawings and illustrations from Efron's research on gesture language among Sicilian and Lithuanian Jewish immigrants on the lower east side of New York City. The several hundred original captioned illustrations in the collection were created by Stuyvesant Van Veen. The collection also includes a 115-page Bibliog...
