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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...
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Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale
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undated
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0.21 Cubic feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0670
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This item consists of a large bound volume of Italian reports that apparently relates to activities carried out by the Istituto Centrale Aeronautico (Central Aeronautical Institute) in the period 1916 through 1917. The volume, labeled "Istituto Sperimentale Aeronautico, Attivita della Sezione Aero-Idro-Dinamica, Anno 1916-1917," consists of bluepri...
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Vevers, Tony
Brown, Robert F.
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1998 July 9-August 25
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2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording (2 hr., 49 min.), analog)
58 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.vevers98
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Interview of Tony Vevers, conducted on August 25, 1998, by Robert F. Brown for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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Vignelli, Massimo
Riedel, Mija, 1958-
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
- Dates:
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2011 June 6-7
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9 Items (Sound recording: 9 sound files (6 hr., 52 min.))
153 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.vignel11
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Massimo Vignelli conducted 2011 June 6-7, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Vignelli's home and office, in New York, New York.
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Scanga, Italo, 1932-2001
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circa 1930-2001
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15.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.scanital
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Italian-American sculptor, educator, printmaker, and painter Italo Scanga, date from circa 1930 to 2001 and measure 15.4 linear feet. The papers focus on Scanga's work as an artist but also include scattered teaching materials. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, artist files, exhibition and gallery files, professional files, a video recording, and printed material.
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Millard Meiss Papers
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Meiss, Millard, 1904-1975
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circa 1918-circa 1977
bulk 1950-1975
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11.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.meismill
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of art historian, writer, and educator Millard Meiss measure 11.4 linear feet and date from circa 1918 to circa 1977, with the bulk of the material dating from 1950 to 1975. The papers are comprised of biographical material, correspondence, writing projects and lectures, and professional files that document his post World War II work as chairman of the American Committee for the Restoration of Italian Monuments, among other work.
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Abbate, Paolo S., 1884-1973
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1908-1971
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4 Microfilm reels (639 items on 4 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.abbapaol
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The microfilm collection of Paolo S. Abbate papers contains biographical material; correspondence (circa 1908-1971), including letters to and from George Grey Barnard; writings and speeches on art; sketches; scrapbooks (circa 1912-circa 1953) containing writings and clippings (some of which are in Italian), including articles and obituaries on Geor...
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Gampper, Frederick K., Jr.
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1917-1925
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0.45 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1993.0062
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of blueprints, a manual, newspaper articles, brochures and photographs of airships and balloons during the early part of the 20th century, usually relating to Gampper's career. The airships included are the Roma, the Wingfoot Express, and the Pony Blimp at Commercial Air Syndicate.
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Gardener, Helen H. (Helen Hamilton), 1853-1925 (collector and possible photographer)
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circa 1900-1910
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300 Negatives (circa, nitrate)
1,160 Lantern slides (circa)
14 Prints (silver gelatin)
15 Copy negatives (glass)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.98
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs collected and made by Helen Hamilton Gardener, probably during a world cruise following her husband's retirement from active duty in Puerto Rico in July 1902. The photographs document people, activities, cities, and tourist sites in Japan, China, Egypt, France, Puerto Rico, and elsewhere. Gardener's lecture notes and a clipping from t...
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Hooker, Marjorie, 1908-
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circa 1950-1997
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-104
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials created and maintained by Marjorie Hooker, a Geologist with the United States Geological Survey, containing research on William Thomson. Also included are materials pertaining to Hooker's research and correspondence with others interested in Thomson. The papers contain research on Thomson and his friendship...