World House Galleries records
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
World House Galleries
- Dates:
-
1927-1991
bulk 1953-1980
- Size:
-
9.8 Linear feet (11 boxes, 1 OV)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.worlhoug
- Repository:
-
Archives of American Art
The records of New York City World House Galleries measure 9.8 linear feet and date from 1927 to 1991, with the bulk of them dating from 1953 to 1980. The collection documents the gallery's general business affairs, sales, and relationships with artists from 1953-1968, and later gifts and sales by founder entrepreneur and art collector Herbert Mayer. Artists for which files are found include Jean Dubuffet, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee and Georgio Morandi, among many others. Additional records include correspondence, inventory records, sales and purchase records, records of gifts and auctions, and shipping and consignment records.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Dept. of Public Programs
Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
More … - Dates:
-
1992-2012
- Size:
-
39 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0808
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Audiotapes, CDs and digital files: an ongoing project to interview and preserve the memories of people important in the jazz world, including jazz musicians, singers, dancers, producers, arrangers, and others. A list of interviewees and interviewers follows. The following is a list of the individuals who conducted the interviews. 1. Brown, Anthon...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Sun Ra
Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-
Taylor, Billy
Stokes, W. Royal, Dr., 1930-
More … - Dates:
-
ca. 1970-2000.
- Size:
-
9.65 Cubic feet (12 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0766
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Publicity photographs of musicians and entertainers, mostly jazz musicians, such as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie, but including many rock and even a few classical performers. The collection also contains tape recorded radio interviews conducted between 1970 and 2003. In addition there are posters relating to musical performances.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Eisler Engineering Company.
- Dates:
-
(bulk 1920-1950s)
1885 - 1988
- Size:
-
30 Cubic feet (49 boxes, 25 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0734
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records document Charles Eisler, a Hungarian immigrant who was a skilled mechanic and engineer and his company, Eisler Engineering Company of Newark, New Jersey, which manufactured equipment for producing electric lamps, television and radio tubes, welding equipment and laboratory equipment.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Dates:
-
circa 1971-1991
- Size:
-
63.38 cu. ft. (56 document boxes) (61 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 591
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of master audiotapes for "Radio Smithsonian" programs 750-1098, 1984-1989; elements, or original, unedited tapes for "Radio Smithsonian" programs 837-1098, 1985-1989; audio elements for the television series "Here at the Smithsonian," volumes 3-8, 1984-1989; master audiotapes for "Folk Masters" radio series, 1991; scr...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs
- Dates:
-
circa 1964-1993
- Size:
-
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-147
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of information pertaining to former Smithsonian Institution employees. Materials include newspaper clippings, press releases, notes, curricula vitae, journal articles, Smithsonian announcements, photographs, and contact sheets.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries
- Dates:
-
1858-1969
bulk 1919-1968
- Size:
-
21.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.franrehg
- Repository:
-
Archives of American Art
The Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries records measure 21.8 linear feet and are dated 1858-1969 (bulk 1919-1968). The records consist mainly of business correspondence with collectors, artists, museums and arts organizations, colleagues, and others. A small amount of Frank K. M. Rehns personal correspondence and a few stray personal papers of individual artists are interfiled. Also included are financial records, scrapbooks, printed matter, miscellaneous records, and photographs documenting most of the history of a highly regarded New York City art gallery devoted to American painting.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Tam, Reuben
- Dates:
-
1931-2006
- Size:
-
8.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.tamreub
- Repository:
-
Archives of American Art
The papers of landscape painter and educator Reuben Tam measure 8.1 linear feet and date from 1931 to 2006. The papers document his career as a painter in New York, Maine, and Hawaii through biographical material; correspondence with family, friends, art organizations, schools, and galleries; diaries, poetry, and other writings; exhibition catalogs, news clippings, other printed material; photographs; artwork, including seventeen sketchbooks; and eight scrapbooks.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution, Contracts Office
- Dates:
-
1953-1990
- Size:
-
26.2 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 470
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Selz, Peter Howard, 1919-
- Dates:
-
1929-2014
bulk 1950-2005
- Size:
-
31.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.selzpete
- Repository:
-
Archives of American Art
The papers of art historian and writer Peter Howard Selz measure 31.5 linear feet and date from 1929 to 2018, with the bulk of the materials from 1950 to 2005. The papers document Selz's long career via correspondence, writings, professional files, project files, membership and association records, artists' research files, exhibition files, personal business records, printed materials, and nine scrapbooks.