Oral history interview with Billy Al Bengston
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Bengston, Billy Al
Larsen, Susan C.
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1980 September 9
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38 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bengst80
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Billy Al Bengston conducted 1980 September 9, by Susan Larsen, for the Archives of American Art.
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Vickery, Atkins & Torrey (Firm)
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[undated] and 1901-1930
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12 Items ((on 2 partial microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.vickatki
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Photographs, sketches, drawings, and business records.
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Hombordy, Hanna Lore
- Dates:
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[194-]-1955
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1273
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The project files include booklets: "Elements of Design" (1953-54); "Appearance Design" (1954); packaging and label designs and prototypes, photographs of drawing machinery, clippings, and misc. designs and printed advertisements for shoes, antennas, and candies.,This collection documents Hombordy's work as a graphics designer in the late 1940s and...
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Salem China Company
American Limoges China Co.
Sebring Pottery Company
Crescent China Company
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1930s-1981
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10.15 Cubic feet (26 boxes, 9 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0325
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes records of the Salem China Company relating to the administration of the company, its sales and art department, and other material relating to plant operations prior to 1960, when the company ceased manufacturing and became a distributor only. Includes photographs of various promotions, Salem China patterns, factory buildings, sales staff, show rooms, etc. as well as extensive advertising material of the Salem China Co. and its competitors. Another series contains blueprints and drawings of the Salem China Company's plant and equipment. Another series contains bulletins issued by the Associated Industries of Cleveland from 1977 to 1981.
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California Shop.
Kemp, Helen Misch, 1894-1948 (store owner/manager)
Kemp, Barbara
- Dates:
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1938-1942
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0572
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records of the California Shop, a shop specializing in West Coast decorative arts located in New York City, New York.
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Orth, Edward J.
Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization
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1835-2000, undated
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130 Cubic feet (417 boxes, 25 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0560
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. Also includes material relating to other fairs, the Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO), New York City tourism and The Walt Disney Company.
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Ravnitzky, Michael
- Dates:
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circa 1900-present
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29 Cubic feet (55 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0404
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains a variety of business ephemera similar to that found in the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana. The material in the Business Americana Collection is newly acquired ephemera received from many sources including curatorial units, the public, and Smithsonian Institution staff.
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Wood, Beatrice
- Dates:
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1894-1998
bulk 1930-1990
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26.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.woodbeat
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of California ceramicist Beatrice Wood measure 26.6 linear feet and date from 1906 to 1998, with the bulk dating from 1930-1990. There is extensive correspondence with gallery owners, fellow artists, clients, friends, and family. The collection also contains biograpical materials, personal business records, writings, printed materials, photographs, and works of art. Of particular interest are the 28 diaries that Wood maintained from 1916 until her death in 1998 and 42 glazing formula notebooks dating from 1934-1997. Also found are documents of Steven Hoag and Esther Rosencranz, her husband and aunt respectively, that consist of correspondence, business records, and photographs given to the Archives of American Art as part of the Beatrice Wood papers.
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Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
- Dates:
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late 19th century-early 20th century
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70 Stereographs (circa, albumen)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.140
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Stereographs documenting Native North Americans, including studio portraits, camps and dwellings, graves, infants in cradleboards, and pottery. Specific images portray Sitting Bull's camp at Fort Randall, Curly at the Custer monument, and a Southern Plains delegation at the White House Conservatory. Tribes represented include Winnebago, Tuscarora...
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Loran, Erle, 1905-1999
- Dates:
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1912-1999
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12.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.loraerle
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of California painter, writer, and teacher Erle Loran measure 12.6 linear feet and date from 1912 to 1991. Found are biographical materials; two linear feet of personal and professional correspondence; personal business records; writings which include extensive drafts and notes for Loran's book Cezanne's Composition; over 400 items of artwork that include watercolors, drawings, charcoal, and pastel studies; printed materials; photographs of Loran, family, and friends, and artwork; and one audio recording of a lecture by Loran on Cezanne.
