Website Records
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2010-2014
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-127
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the "American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music" website as it existed on January 21, 2014. It accompanies a traveling exhibition of the same name which began touring in early 2011. The website includes an online version of the exhibition, information about the exhibition, educational activities, and a blog w...
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Kass, Stephen M.
- Dates:
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circa 1930s
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0.27 Linear feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-061
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from circa 1930 to 1939 and measures .27 linear feet, is comprised of 6 musical scores and one small Luzianne coffee can. Musical scores include: 1) Minstrel Book; 2) Cotton Club Parade 27th edition; 3) O Death Where is Thy Sting?; 4) The Moon Shines on the Moonshine; 5) Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah; 6) When You Sang Hush-a-bye Baby to Me.
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National Museum of American History. Department of Public Programs
- Dates:
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1973-1990
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24 cu. ft. (24 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-312
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of performance recordings of orchestras, music artist concerts, and dance programs sponsored or organized by the National Museum of American History, Department of Public Programs; and, prior to 1983, the Division of Performing Arts. The performances were offered at the Smithsonian Institution and intended to enlighten ...
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- Dates:
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2010-2018
- Collection ID:
- Accession 20-150
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the "American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music" website as it existed on December 4, 2018, shortly before it was taken offline. It accompanied a traveling exhibition of the same name which began touring in early 2011. The website includes an online version of the exhibition, information about the exhibition, educ...
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Decca (recording company).
Duchin, Eddie (musician)
Cugat, Xavier (bandleader)
Columbia (recording company).
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1916-1930s.
- Size:
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2.5 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0297
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Popular music recorded approximately 1916-1930s: 78 and 45 RPM phonograph discs produced by Edison recordings, Victor, Decca, Columbia, and Silvertone. Boxes 1-4: 53 10" Edison recordings of popular songs by such artists as Freda Hemple, George Hamilton Green, the Metropolitan Quartet, and Frederick Kinsley; also hymns, World War I songs, and some...
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Stillman, Michael, 1915-2003
Rubin, Rose N.
Monitor Records
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undated
- Size:
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43.7 Cubic feet (Audiotapes)
6.8 Cubic feet (Phonograph records)
57.5 Cubic feet (Paper records)
108 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.MONI
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
This collection contains the original master tapes, commercial recordings, and paper business records of the label Monitor Records. Materials include audiotapes, phonograph records, contracts, correspondence, photographs and other items.
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Ewin, James Lithgow (inventor)
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1873, 1874, 1879.
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1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0051
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection includes an English patent paper #2126 for improved vulcanizable water-proof gum, 1873, to Benjamin Joseph Barnard Mills; a U.S. patent paper #151,109 for improvement in the art of manufacturing horseshoes, 1874; and an English patent paper #1194 for improvement in street-lighting apparatus.
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Carmichael, Hoagy
Arnaz, Desi, 1917-1986
Mills Brothers.
Calloway, Cab, 1907-
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1930s-1940s.
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0775
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
16mm motion picture films, produced in the 1930s and 1940s by various film production companies, documenting performances by jazz and popular music performers, including Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Lena Horne, the Mills Brothers, and Rosemary Clooney, and others listed below.
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Rashad, Johari
- Dates:
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circa 1974-2003
- Size:
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2 Linear feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-028
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from circa 1974-2003, contains approximately 120 playbills and programs relating to black theater in Washingon D.C., including memorabilia from Arena Stage and the Kennedy Center. One playbill bears the autograph of Debbie Allen. Also present are magazines, newspaper clippings, posters, photographs of community events and 23 record albums. The albums include performances by Richard Pryor and various soul and R&B singers.
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Dyer-Bennet Records
Dyer-Bennet, Richard
Cort, Harvey
- Dates:
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1955-1971
- Size:
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1.36 Cubic feet (business records, audiotapes, phonograph records)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.DYER
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Dyer-Bennet audiorecordings, which date from 1955-1974, consist of phonograph records and master audiotapes from Dyer-Bennet Records. The collection also includes a small amount of business records relating to the production of those albums.
