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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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1996 November 11-16
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7.5 Cubic feet (15 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0610
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This week-long event explored the intersection of technology and music in the 20th century; it included oral and video histories, exhibitions, concerts, and a symposium discussing the cultural significance of the electric guitar as instrument, technology, and symbol.
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Riva, Julia
Jones, Jophe
Warren, Harry, 1893-1981
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1894-2000, undated
bulk 1926-1980, undated
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32 Cubic feet (70 boxes, 26 folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0750
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers of popular songwriter Harry Warren, three time Academy Award winner and prolific contributer to the American songbook.
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Northlight of Colorado, Inc.
Jacobson, Jake
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1996-2000
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8 Framed print
3.42 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0866
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of photoprints and other materials created by Jacob Jacobson for the "Heart & Hands: Musical Instrument Makers of America" exhibition circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), from April 2000 to early 2004.
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Arias, Roger
United States. Dept. of State
Arias, Clotilde, 1901-1959
Thompson, J. Walter (advertising agency).
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1919-1957
2009
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3 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1164
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection documents the life and career of Peruvian musician, composer, and translator Clotilde Arias. Her work includes a Department of State-commissioned translation of "The Star-Spangled Banner" titled "El Pendón Estrellado", advertising jingles, original compositions, and translations of music originally written in English. She also was heavily involved in numerous Pan-American organizations including La Unión de Mujeres Americanas/United American Women.This collection contains correspondence, music manuscripts, photographs,newspaper clippings and printed materials, and four compact discs.
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Armstrong, Lucille
Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959
Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973
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1895-2001
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25 Cubic feet (75 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0849
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Gabler's involvement in the recording industry and the evolution of Commodore Records. The documentation begins with the Commodore Radio Shop through its evolution to Commodore Music Shop. The collection also includes the beginnings of the Commodore record label and information detailing Gabler's 30 years as staff producer and later Vice-President in Charge of Artists and Repertoire at Decca Records (1941-1974). There is a small collection of black and white photographs chronicling the early years at the Commodore Music Shop, as well as jam sessions, often held at Jimmy Ryan's on 52nd Street. The collection also includes a vast array of audio recordings (mainly audiodiscs).
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Fishback, Glen Curtis, 1912-1976
Glen Fishback School of Photography.
White, Judy
Ansco.
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1930-1976
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27 Cubic feet (101 boxes, 6 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0714
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Original photographic negatives, prints (black-and-white and color), and color slides and transparencies by Fishback, reflecting his career in advertising, calendar, and editorial photography; drafts of articles and correspondence by Fishback (typescripts), and incoming correspondence; copies of publications, such as magazines and annual reports, w...
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Gaskin, Mary
Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-
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1895-2006
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30 Cubic feet (129 boxes, 4 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0900
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting the life and career of bass player Leonard Gaskin, as well as documenting the numerous other musicians he was associated with in his long career. Gaskin's career encompasses a wide range of musical genres, including gospel, rock, folk, and Caribbean music. The papers include photographs, newspaper clippings, diaries, music manusc...
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1778-1968
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8.45 Cubic feet (consisting of 18 boxes, 5 folders, 8 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, 1 flat box (partial).)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Music
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Music forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Jefferson, Yvonne Runtz
Jefferson, Maceo
Cargill, Thomas
Cargill, Darlene Johnson
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1800s-1974
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8 Cubic feet (26 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1370
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the life and career of jazz musician, arranger, songwriter, and bandleader Maceo Jefferson. It includes biographical documents such as birth and marriaige certificates and passports; letters, mostly relating to the music business and including carbon copies of letters sent by Jefferson; photographs, many inscribed, includin...
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circa 1700-2011, undated
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6 Cubic feet (14 boxes, 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1257
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The addendum consists of trade literaure and ephemera on the subject of pianos.