Always there: the African American presence in American quilts exhibition records
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Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
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undated
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1 Linear foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-014
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition on the history of African American quilt-making. The show was organized by the Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky and exhibited at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum from July 1993 to October 1993. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, photographs, brochures, educational materials, and floor plans.
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Pulford, Florence
- Dates:
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1993
1968-1989
undated
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722 Photographic prints
458 Slides (photographs)
2580 Negatives (photographic)
65 Sound cassettes
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.027
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Florence Pulford collection includes both audio recordings and photographs that were made during the twenty years Pulford worked among Native American quilt makers in the 1970's and 1980's from Montana and the Dakotas. Quilt makers featured in this collection include; Ella First Kill Brown, Frances Weasel Woman Fox, Artie Crazy Bull, Almira Buffalo Bone Jackson and Regina Brave Bull.
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Pierce, Sue
- Dates:
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1992- 2002
- Size:
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1 Linear foot
- Collection ID:
- AAA.piersue
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Exhibition proposal; letters; files for each of the 54 participating artists containing correspondence, resumes, fabric samples, writings, photographs, and printed material; related correspondence with other artists; the exhibition catalog "Art Quilts: Playing with a Full Deck" (1994) by Sue Pierce and Verna Suit; a résumé, letters and published wr...
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Mazloomi, Carolyn
Cubbs, Joanne
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
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2002 September 17-30
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16 Items (Sound recording: 16 sound files (4 hr., 33 min.), digital, wav)
56 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mazloo02
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Carolyn Mazloomi conducted 2002 September 17 and 30, by Joanne Cubbs, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in West Chester, Ohio. Mazloomi speaks of growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with a family of self-taught artists; the positive influence of he...
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Robertson, Jean
Crow, Nancy, 1943-
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1988 Aug. 17
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14 Pages
- Collection ID:
- AAA.robejean
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Nancy Crow conducted by Jean Robertson, Aug.17, 1988, as a part of Robertson's research for the book, "Nancy Crow: Quilts and Influences" by Nancy Crow and Jean Robertson, Collector Books, Dec. 1989. Crow speaks about her childhood and early artistic aspirations; her dissatisfaction with her first quilts in the early 1970s; traditio...
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Fry, Gladys-Marie, 1931-
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1998-01 - 1998-03
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0.05 Linear feet (1 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-013
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition on African American male quilt makers organized by Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry and exhibited at Anacostia Community Museum from January 1998 --March 1998. Quilters included: Elroy Atkins, Paul Buford, Charles Carter, Thomas Covington, Raymond Dobard, David Driskell, Benjamin Jackson, Dennis Jones, Thomas Mack, Jeff Martin, Herbert Munn, Charles Palmer, Joe Washington, and Warren Wise. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit scripts, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, education packets, loan agreements, floor plans, and catalogues.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Product Development and Licensing
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circa 1973-1993
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6.5 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-119
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Office of Product Development and Licensing (OPDL), which reports to the Office of Business Management, was established to generate additional revenue for the Smithsonian Institution through licensing and development of products related to the Smithsonian Collections. Staff of OPDL identify licensing and product development opportunities w...
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Hartwell, Peggie L., 1939-
Malarcher, Patricia
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
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2002 June 3 and July 10
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80 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hartwe02
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Peggie Hartwell conducted 2002 June 3-July 10, by Patricia Malarcher, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in the artist's apartment, on Central Park West, New York, N.Y.
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Crow, Nancy, 1943-
Robertson, Jean
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
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2002 December 18
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50 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.crow02
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Nancy Crow conducted 2002 December 18, by Jean Robertson, for the Archives of American Art, at her home and studio, in Baltimore, Ohio, as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.
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Fanning, Robbie
- Dates:
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1903-2002
bulk 1993-2002
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5 Cubic feet (13 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1139
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents materials gathered by Robbie Fanning, publisher of sewing related books and newsletters and includes the history of major sewing machine brands, machine accessories, machine embroidery, machine needles, thread, binding, interfacing, and other sewing notions.
