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Blake, Eubie (James Herbert), 1883-1983
Dwyer, Lawrence
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1969 - 1969
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1400
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of one letter and six music manuscripts by James H. "Eubie" Blake.
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John Coltrane Music Manuscript
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Guernsey's New York, New York
Coltrane, John, 1926-1967
- Dates:
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1964
- Size:
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1 Item (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0903
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The original manuscript for Coltrane's compositionA Love Supreme.
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Whaley, Thomas L.
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1941-1979
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1.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0652
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting Whaley's association with Duke Ellington and his career as a copyist, pianist, composer and arranger. The collection includes letters, photographs, music manuscripts, business records, writings, and printed materials including magazine and newspapers articles, concert programs, and catalogs.
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Stewart, Rex (William), Jr., 1907-1967 (cornetist)
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circa 1875-1890s, 1924-1988
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2.4 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0424
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Rex Stewart Papers consist of book manuscripts, scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, genealogical records, newsclippings, periodicals, and ephemera materials that document the life and career of Rex Stewart, as well as the history of jazz from the perspective of one who witnessed first-hand the genre's "golden era". The collection is organ...
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Santamaria, Mongo, 1917-
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1950s-1996
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2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0893
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection includes music manuscripts, articles and clippings, concert programs, passports, and photographs.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Musical History
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circa 1954-1994
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64.08 cu. ft. (49 record storage boxes) (26 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 485
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of curatorial and staff correspondence and memoranda pertaining to the Tower Concert series, exhibitions at the Hall of Musical Instruments, staff research and publications, organ building, acquisition of musical instruments, and funding for seminars and musical performance recordings. Also included are inquiries ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Music, Sports, and Entertainment
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1958-2005
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19 cu. ft. (19 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-142
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Cynthia Adams Hoover (CAH), Curator Emeritus at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), and document her curatorial activities, professional interests, and publications over the years as Assistant Curator of Musical Instruments, 1961-1963; Associate Curator, 1964-1974; and Curator, 1975-2004. ...
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Carter, Benny, 1907-2003
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1928-2000
- Size:
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67.5 Cubic feet (182 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0757
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The majority of the material in the Benny Carter Collection is dated from the late 1920s through the later half of the 1990s. Donated to the Smithsonian Institution in December, 2000, the bulk of the collection is comprised of original music manuscripts (full scores and parts), band books, and published sheet music from Benny Carter's prolific care...
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Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
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1840s-1960s
1840s-1960s
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18,000 Items (ca. 18,000 items)
18,000 Items (ca. 18,000 items)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.24
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National Anthropological Archives
The collections consists mostly of original and copy prints. There are also some negatives, artwork, photographs of artwork, and printed materials. Included is a large miscellany of ethnological, historical, and some archaeological subjects collected by the Bureau of American Ethnology from a wide variety of sources. To these have been added some p...
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Boatwright, Ruth Ellington, 1914-2004
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1923–1992
- Size:
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33 Cubic feet (77 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0415
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of correspondence, appointment books, business records, music manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, and ephemera documenting the activities of Duke Ellington and the management of Tempo Music, Incorporated. There is a small amount of material relating to the Ellingotn family.
