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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary
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1991-1995
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-066
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the work of the Under Secretary, Constance Berry Newman, during the calendar years 1991 through 1995. The records pertain to the activities of various museums, bureaus and other major offices within the Smithsonian Institution and other outside organizations. There are correspondence and report...
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Michael Travis Costume Design Collection
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Travis, Michael
Lavdas, George
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1947-1986
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15 Cubic feet (35 boxes, 1 map-folder
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1347
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains approximately 2,500 costume designs in colored pencil and pastels, on tissue paper mounted on mat boards. The designs were created for entertainers such as Liberace, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Dionne Warwick, the Fifth Dimension, Nancy Sinatra, and others. Some were created for the television show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Special Events and Conference Services
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1987, 1992-1994
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-159
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of event files and document various special events and conferences at the Smithsonian Institution. Of special interest are records for the Quadrangle Museum Project opening ceremonies and events. Materials include invitations, notes, programs, correspondence, and guest lists.
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Baden, Gary
Baden, Sandra
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circa 1897-1979
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2 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0611
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A wide-ranging collection of over 1,000 celebrity advertising endorsements, ca. 1897-1979. The endorsements were culled by a collector/hobbyist from high-end magazines publications such as Fortune, McCalls, Playbill and Vogue. They feature a wide range of celebrities from the fields of performing arts, sports, business, politics and "society." T...
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Schiedt, Duncan P., 1921-2014
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1900-2012, undated
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65 Cubic feet (124 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1323
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Duncan Schiedt (1921-2014) was a jazz scholar, writer, photographer, film maker, researcher and pianist. He authored four books relating to jazz history. Many of his photographs and articles were featured in magazines, periodicals and documentaries. Schiedt also collected the work of other photographers on the subject of jazz. The collection primarily consists of photographs created by or collected by Mr. Schiedt.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1847-1975
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251 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S04
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 4: Songwriters: A "songwriter" for this series is defined as a composer, a lyricist, or both. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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1903 - 1989
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400 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0301
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Duke Ellington's career primarily through orchestrations (scores and parts), music manuscripts, lead sheets, transcriptions, and sheet music. It also includes concert posters, concert programs, television, radio, motion picture and musical theater scripts, business records, correspondence, awards, as well as audiotapes, audiodiscs, photographs, tour itineraries, newspaper clippings, magazines, caricatures, paintings, and scrapbooks.
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Garland, Ed
Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
Morton, Jelly Roll, d. 1941
Levin, Floyd, 1922-2007
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1880 - 2010
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42.5 Cubic feet (110 boxes, 12 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1222
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Floyd Levin was a Los Angeles textile manufacturer who turned his passion for jazz into a second career as an influential jazz journalist and historian. The collection consists of research materials including biographical files. In addition, there are numerous photographs that were taken and collected by Levin.