Eliot Elisofon Field collection
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- Creators:
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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circa 1935-1978
- Size:
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14000 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm)
30000 Slides (photographs) (color)
80,000 Photographic prints (b&w, 25 x 20 cm. or smaller.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection is comprised of photographic and manuscript materials, primarily created by Eliot Elisofon to document his travels and work. The images portray many aspects of African life and culture including agriculture, wildlife, archaeology, architecture, art and artisans, children, cityscapes and landscapes, leaders, markets, medicine, recreation, ritual and celebration, and transportation. The manuscript materials include correspondence, essays, clippings, puobligations, notes, research, and itineraries.
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- Creators:
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
- Dates:
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1979-1998
- Size:
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22 cu. ft. (22 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-204
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the organization, design, and promotion of exhibits. Major exhibitions represented include Ocean Planet, Seeds of Change, and Tropical Rainforests: A Disappearing Treasure. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, planning documents, exhibit proposals, research notes and materials, lett...
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- Creators:
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Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
- Dates:
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circa 1977-1999
- Size:
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28 cu. ft. (28 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-069
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting exhibitions mounted by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES). Materials include itineraries, slides, news clippings, scripts, press releases, shipping documents, checklists, loan records, correspondence, photographs, lists, motion pictures, videotapes, audiotapes, a...
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- Creators:
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
- Dates:
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1979-1993
- Size:
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-127
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records are background and working files regarding design and maintenance of exhibit halls in the National Museum of Natural History. The records contain correspondence, reports, publications, photographs, slides, plans, and other materials relating to permanent and temporary exhibits. These records were maintained by Carl A. Alexander w...
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Garden Club of America
- Dates:
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circa 1920-present
- Size:
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37,000 Slides (35mm slides)
33 Linear feet ((garden files))
3,000 Lantern slides
- Collection ID:
- AAG.GCA
- Repository:
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Archives of American Gardens
This collection contains over 37,000 35mm slides, 3,000 glass lantern slides and garden files that may include descriptive information, photocopied articles (from journals, newspapers, or books), planting lists, correspondence, brochures, landscape plans and drawings. Garden files were compiled by Garden Club of America (GCA) members for most of the gardens included in the collection. Some gardens have been photographed over the course of several decades; others only have images from a single point in time. In addition to images of American gardens, there are glass lantern slides of the New York Flower Show (1941-1951) and trips that GCA members took to other countries, including Mexico (1937), Italy, Spain, Japan (1935), France (1936), England (1929), and Scotland. A number of the slides are copies of historic images from outside repositories including horticultural and historical societies or from horticultural books and publications. The GCA made a concerted effort in the mid-1980s to acquire these images in order to increase its documentation of American garden history. Because of copyright considerations, use of these particular images may be restricted.