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Avalos, David
Nieto, Margarita
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1988 June 16-July 5
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100 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.avalos88
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of David Avalos conducted 1988 June 16-July 5, by Margarita Nieto, for the Archives of American Art. Avalos speaks of his childhood, education at the University of California at San Diego; his involvement with the Centro Cultural de la Raza; the socio-political environment that produced the San Diego Chicano Muralist movement (specific...
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Moctezuma, Alessandra
Espinosa, Fernanda
- Dates:
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2020 July 22
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1 Item (video files (29 min.) Video, digital, mp4)
8 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.moctuz20
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview with Alessandra Moctezuma conducted 2020 July 22, by Fernanda Espinosa, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at at Moctezuma's home in San Diego, California.
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John Weatherwax papers relating to Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
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Weatherwax, John M. (John Martin), 1900-1984
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1928-1988
bulk 1931-1933
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0.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.weatjohn
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
This small collection of scattered papers of American writer John Weatherwax (1900-1984) dates from 1928 to 1988 (bulk 1931-1933), and measures 0.4 liner feet. The papers document Weatherwax's relationship with Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. In 1931, John Weatherwax approached Rivera to illustrate his English translation of the Mayan story of creation, the Popol Vuh. Rivera agreed and produced twenty-four watercolor illustrations for the text. The papers contain Weatherwax's translation, "Seven Times the Color of Fire", as well as manuscript versions of two short stories he wrote about Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo entitled "The Queen of Montogomery Street" and "Diego". Also found within the collection are correspondence, manuscripts and notes, printed materials, and photographs.
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Chagoya, Enrique
Karlstrom, Paul J.
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2001 July 25-August 6
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95 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.chagoy01
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Enrique Chagoya conducted July 25-August 6, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.
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Hord, Donal, 1902-1966
McGlynn, Betty Hoag
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
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1964 June 25-30
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2 Sound tape reels (Sound recording, 5 in.)
23 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hord64
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Donal Hord conducted 1964 June 25-30, by Betty Hoag for the Archives of American Art.
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Packard, Emmy Lou, 1914-1998
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1900-1990
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9.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.packemmy
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Emmy Lou Packard papers measure 9.4 linear feet and date from 1900 to 1990, and focus on the career of painter, printmaker, muralist, and sculptor Emmy Lou Packard. Also found are extensive materials relating to Packard's personal and professional relationship with muralist Diego Rivera and painter Frida Kahlo, with whom Packard lived for one year in Mexico. Papers include correspondence, financial records, notes, writings, exhibition files, photographs, and printed material.
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Brookman, Philip
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1977-1993
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3.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.broophil
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of curator Philip Brookman measure 3.5 linear feet and date from 1977 to 1993. The collection documents Brookman's exhibition, writing, and filmmaking projects in the form of artist files, exhibition files, professional files, and subject and research files. Much of the material concerns the production and distribution of Brookman's 1988 video documentary about Chicano art in California, Mi Otro Yo (My Other Self), that grew out of the exhibition and conference "Califas: An Exhibition of Chicano Art and Culture in California," held at University of California, Santa Cruz in 1981 and 1982.
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Ybarra-Frausto, Tomás, 1938-
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1965-2004
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33.1 Linear feet
1.27 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.ybartoma
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The research material of Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, measures 33.1 linear feet and 1.27 GB and dates from 1965-2004. The collection, amassed throughout Ybarra-Frausto's long and distinguished career as a scholar of the arts and humanities, documents the development of Chicano art in the United States and chronicles Ybarra-Frausto's role as a community leader and scholar in the political and artistic Chicano movement from its inception in the 1960s to the present day.
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Ankrum Gallery
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circa 1900-circa 1990s
bulk 1960-1990
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41.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.ankrgall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Ankrum Gallery records measure 41.5 linear feet and date from circa 1900 to circa 1990s, with the bulk of the records dating from 1960 to 1990. The papers include over 395 artists files, general gallery correspondence, project files, administrative records, exhibition files, collector and client files, financial material, printed material, 1 unbound scrapbook, and photographs. Also included are personal papers of gallery founder Joan Ankrum and her nephew, artist Morris Broderson.
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Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987
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1841-1988
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46 Cubic feet (123 boxes and 148 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0519
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Memorabilia of fairs and World's Fairs throughout history, both in the United States and abroad, including photographs, stereographs, panoramas and slides; printed materials; postcards; sheet music; philatelic material; stationery and greeting cards; menus and food service items; posters; shopping bags; motion picture films; and other items.