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Karp, Ivan
- Dates:
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circa 1945-2012
bulk 1969-2012
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16.24 Linear feet (43 boxes and 2 sets of rolled maps)
0.21 Gigabytes
19 Sound recordings
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2013-30
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Ivan Karp (1943-2011) was a curator of African Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) from 1984 to 1993. He was also a professor at Emory University from 1993 to 2011. He conducted fieldwork among the Iteso (Teso) of Kenya and made significant contributions to the areas of African systems of thought, social theory, museum studies, and public scholarship. His collection contains his research on the Iteso of Kenya; his work at Emory University and the Smithsonian Institution; his reviews of manuscripts and books; recommendations that he wrote for his colleagues and students; his published articles and papers presented at conferences; and his project files on various topics including museum studies, African philosophy, public scholarship, agency and personhood, and the history of social anthropology.
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Piper, Adrian, 1948-
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1966-1990
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10 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.pipeadri
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Papers related to Piper's dual careers as conceptual artist and philosophy instructor. Personal letters and financial material are also included.
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Withers, Josephine
Piper, Adrian, 1948-
- Dates:
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1991
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15 Pages (Transcript)
1 Sound cassette
- Collection ID:
- AAA.withjose
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Adrian Piper conducted by Josephine Withers, 1991 [month and day unidentified]. Withers conducted the interview as part of her research for an unpublished book Musing about the Muse.
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Ethel Mary Albert Papers
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Albert, Ethel Mary, 1918-1989
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1940s-1960s
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8.33 Linear feet (24 boxes)
8 Sound tape reels
- Collection ID:
- NAA.1990-30
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Ethel M. Albert was an ethnologist whose research focused on communication and speech, and values and ethics. She pursued these themes cross-culturally across a wide spectrum of social classes, ethnic groups and locations. She received a PhD in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin in 1949 and taught a several institutions of higher learning before becoming a faculty member of Northwestern University in 1966. The Ethel Mary Albert papers consist of writings, photographs and sound recordings produced during the course of Albert's ethnological studies as Ford Fellow in Burundi in the late 1950s; field research among the Navaho; and materials related to a later cross cultural study of fatalism.
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Ravenhill, Philip L.
- Dates:
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1989
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2 Volumes (slides , color)
1 Boxe (dupe slides, color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1989-006
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken during a research trip to Mali in 1989 to study the art and architecture of the Dogon and Bamana peoples. Accompanying Dr. Ravenhill was Stanley Staniski from Media Resources. Their work resulted in the video production entitled, Togu na and Cheko: Change and Continuity in the Art of Mali, for the National Museum of African Art.
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White, Charles, 1918-1979
McGlynn, Betty Hoag
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
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1965 March 9
- Size:
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27 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.white65
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Charles Wilbert White conducted 1965 March 9, by Betty Hoag, for the Archives of American Art. White speaks of his youth in Chicago and early interest in art; early encounters with racism; his early training in art; working on the Federal Art Project; his U.S. Army service; going to Mexico; his ventures in graphic arts; subject matt...
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Gilliam, Sam, 1933-
Young, Kenneth, 1933-
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1984 Sept. 18
1984 Sept. 18
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1 Sound cassette (Sound recording)
28 Pages (Transcript)
1 Sound cassette (Sound recording)
28 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.gillia84
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Sam Gilliam conducted 1984 Sept. 18, by Kenneth Young, for the Archives of American Art.
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Webster, Sande
Pacini, Marina
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1990 March 13-28
- Size:
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139 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.webste90
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Sande Webster conducted 1990 March 13-28, by Marina Pacini, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project. Webster speaks of her background and education; her experiences working at the Berg Art Gallery, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; opening the Wallnuts Gallery in Philadelphia, in 1969, with Meryl Aberman, Sari Robinson, and De...
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Pfeffer, Gulla, 1887-1967
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circa 1927
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1,561 Photographic prints ((9 v.), black & white, 17.5 x 24 cm. or smaller)
100 Negatives (photographic) (lantern slides, black & white)
443 Negatives (photographic) (black & white)
photographic negatives (black & white, 35 mm.)
12 Boxes (notebooks)
977 Photographic prints ((dupe prints) (4 v.), black & white, 175 x 24 cm.)
546 Photographic prints ((contact prints) (2 v.), black & white, 8 x 11 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1991-014
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The photographs document Gulla Kell Pfeffer's trip, ca. 1927, from Victoria (Cameroon) to Kano (Nigeria). She had spent time with the Zumperi, continued on through Takum and Wukari following the old trade road connecting the Grassfields with this region. From there she traveled to Pankshin, Jos, Zaria, before reaching Kano. The pictures have been captioned by Kell Pfeffer.
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Washington, James W., 1911-2000
Karlstrom, Paul J.
- Dates:
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1987 June 29
- Size:
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90 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.washin87
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of James W. Washington conducted 1987 June 29, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.
