James McNeill Whistler collection
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James McNeill Whistler, 1834-1903
- Dates:
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1863-1906, circa 1940
- Size:
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0.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.whisjame2
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The collection measures 0.2 linear feet and provides scattered documentation of the career of American-born British-based painter and etcher James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) through 39 items from Whistler to various recipients, including 25 letters, 9 telegraphs, 3 invitations, one thank you card and a postcard. The collection also contains 4 letters from others, 7 catalogs of Whistler exhibitions, a note from the back of Whistler's painting The Beach at Selsey Bill, and a 1906 copy of Wilde v. Whistler: being an acromonious correspondence on art between Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill Whistler, a pamphlet containing letters originally published in London newspapers between 1885 and 1890.
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- Dates:
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1933-1935
- Size:
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1.67 Linear feet (1 oversize box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.10-012.3
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection of New NegroOpinion newspapers spans from December 16, 1933 to April 18, 1935, and measures 1.67 linear feet. The Washington, DC-based paper was published weekly by the New Negro Alliance, which was established in 1933 by John Aubrey Davis, Belford V. Lawson, and M. Franklin Thorne to protest discrimination in employment practices in stores doing business in black neighborhoods. William H. Hastie, the first African American federal judge served as the assistant editor and a columnist for the weekly.
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
- Dates:
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1952-1981
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46.19 cu. ft. (91 document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 290
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist primarily of exhibition files, 1952-1981, for shows no longer traveling. The exhibitions are developed and organized by SITES and produced by both the Smithsonian's Office of Exhibits Central and outside sources. Exhibition themes cover the fields of art, history, and science, as well as current events. Also included ...
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Benkert, Ernst, 1928-
- Dates:
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1962-1971
- Size:
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0.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.benkerns
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Material relating to Benkert's involvement with the artists' group Anonima. Included are clippings; writings and talks; exhibition proposals, catalogs; receipts for paintings; correspondence, including copies of letters sent; copy photographs of Anonima artists and exhibition installations; and a sound recording, "Anonima Panel Discussion, 4/2/64."
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Alluisi, Ella
- Dates:
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1958-1986
- Size:
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0.2 Items (linear feet (on 1 microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.alluella
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Forty-five letters from Margaret Peterson (O'Hagan) to Alluisi, ca. 1968 and 1985. Peterson reflects upon her artistic activities, politics in the U.S., and her living conditions in Canada and Italy. Also included are a file on the Margaret Peterson Trust containing newsletters about the activities of the "Margaret Peterson Foundation," and 4 lette...
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1992-2001
- Size:
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1 cu. ft. (2 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-209
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting accepted and refused exhibition proposals and collaborations with other Smithsonian Institution and non-Smithsonian museums and bureaus. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, printouts of email, exhibition proposals and supporting materials, brochures about exhibitions at other museums, ...
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Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
- Dates:
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March 19, 1986-April 25, 1994
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115 Items (11.5 in. )
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7476
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The file consists of transmittal notes together with copies of documents such as letters, newspaper clippings, and news releases.
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Henderson, Alexander, of Beliz, Honduras
- Dates:
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1887-1964
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117 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3525
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Also includes one photograph of Reverend Henderson.
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Beal, Jack, 1931-
Cummings, Paul
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1968 March 27
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35 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.beal68
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Jack Beal conducted 1968 March 27, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
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Ziesel, William, Dr.
University of Pennsylvania
Darby, Edwin Tyler, Dr.
Medical Sciences, Division of, NMAH, SI.
More … - Dates:
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1885-1935
- Size:
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0.66 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0025
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers of two dentists: Ziesel, who developed a technique and instruments for treating pyorrhea, and Darby, a founder of the University of Pennsylvania Dental School. Included are articles, speeches, lectures, correspondence, unidentified photographs; an autograph book of attendees at testimonial dinner for Darby, dinner menus and programs; copie...