Peter Marks Minstrelsy Collection
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- Creators:
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Jessee, Mark
Marks, Peter, 1843-1883
- Dates:
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1800-1915; undated
- Size:
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3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1328
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Marks's years as a harpist on the Midwestern minstrel circuit. It primarily consists of sheet music and song books, theater programs, posters announcing minstrel shows, newspaper articles, and personal papers.
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Broadcast Music, Inc.
- Dates:
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1860-1868
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1258
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains sheet music themed in support of the Confederacy. Many pieces were printed within the Confederate States of America during the Civil War (1861-1865). It also contains one Confederate bond and early twentieth century facsimiles of Confederate broadsides from the Chicago Historical Society.
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Hauber, Joseph R.
Stubblebine, Donald J., 1925-2010
- Dates:
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1866-2009, undated
- Size:
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285 Cubic feet (600 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1211
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
One of the most comprehensive collections of material relating to musical stage and film productions, the collection consists of an assortment of material including sheet music written specifically for or included in stage and screen musicals, television programs, Big Band performances, and radio. Some productions may have been produced under more ...
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Servais, Joseph
Servais, Adrien-Francois, 1807-1866 (musician)
Musical Instruments, Division of (NMAH, SI)
- Dates:
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1842-1884.
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0195
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Five letters of Adrien-Francois Servais, describing his personal experiences as he traveled and gave concerts, including three from his son Joseph Servais (1850-1885), dated September 7, 1871, June 7, 1877, and December 30, 1884. Also includes a photograph of Adrien-Francois Servais with cello with an endpin and a lithograph of Francois Servais, si...
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Basile, Mark
Coca, Imogene
- Dates:
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1879-2008
- Size:
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7.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 4 framed items, 12 accordion folders, two loose stacks)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1479
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the life and career of comedian Imogene Coca.
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Asch, Moses
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
Folkways Records
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1926-1986
bulk 1948-1986
- Size:
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841 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.ASCH
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
This collection, which dates from 1926-1986, documents the output of Moses Asch through the various record labels he founded and co-founded, and includes some of his personal papers. The Asch collection includes published recordings, master tapes, outtakes, business records, correspondence, photographs, and film.
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Music, Sports and Entertainment, Division of, NMAH, SI
Friedlein, Gilbert L., 1884-
Friedlein, Gilbert L., Jr., 1921-
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1880s-1961
- Size:
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0943
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the life of Gilbert L. Friedlein, semi-professional baseball player and grain elevator operator, and his son Gilbert Friedlein, Jr. It includes photographs, a baseball contract, and correspondence.
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McNally, George E.
LaClair, Beatrice M.
McNally, Neva Satterlee, -1909
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circa 1889-1964
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0760
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of photographs, commercially published sheet music, and original music manuscripts from the McNallys' vaudeville careers. Materials include minstrel show and blackface material; photo of Albert Tovell, once the master of ceremonies for Frances H. "Peaches" Browning; and a photograph of "Gov. Jordan," a blackface female impersonator.
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Graneto, Phillip
- Dates:
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1885-1900
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (1 box, 1 tray)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1486
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Small group of materials documenting late-19th century actor Henry E. Dixey and his roles in the burlesque musicals Adonis and Francois.
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Stutsman, James
Musical Instruments, Division of (NMAH, SI)
- Dates:
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1875
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0258
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The set consists of nine books with a fragment of a tenth which seems not to be related to the other nine. Eight of the nine books, which are basically intact, offer a complete enough assortment to produce a usable performance set. The 1st althorn is missing, but the 2nd alto is present. Also, possibly missing are: 2nd Eb cornet, 2nd Bb tenor, a...