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Wortz, Melinda
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1958-1992
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17.45 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.wortmeli
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of California art historian, writer, instructor, and curator, Melinda Wortz (1940-2002) date from 1958-1992, and measure 17.45 linear feet. The collection includes documentation of Wortz's tenure at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), where she specialized in collecting and presenting the California "light and space" artists during the 1970s and 1980s. Wortz's papers include biographical information, personal and professional correspondence, interview transcripts and sound recordings, professional and student writings and notes, diaries of five trips abroad, UCI administrative, dossier, and teaching files, general subject and artist files, printed material, several pieces of artwork; and photographs.
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Foote, Bill, 1937-
Foote, Peggy, 1935-
Riedel, Mija, 1958-
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2014 February 16-17
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5 Items (sound files (4 hrs., 38 min.), digital, wav)
131 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.foote14
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview with Bill and Peggy Foote conducted 2014 February 16-17, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Viola Frey Oral History Project at Bill's office and home in San Francisco, California.
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Silliman, Elton Ross, 1902-
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1930-1982
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1.35 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1989.0050
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of Elton Silliman's personal and business papers. The material consists of correspondence, photographs, and documents pertaining to airline operations during the period 1930-1960, as well as airport and hotel financial records. The material also includes club and society reports and membership lists.
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Claudy, C. H. (Carl Harry), 1879-1957
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1906-1910
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1.95 Cubic feet (1 legal document box; 2 flat boxes; 13 clamshells)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0549
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of nearly 250 glass plates, several folders of prints, and two boxes of glass plate envelopes affixed with small prints of the image formerly contained within them. The subject matter of the photography is primarily concerned with Alexander Graham Bell's tetrahedral experiments of 1906, flights of the Thomas Baldwin dirigible and the United States Signal Corps SC-1 free balloon (1908), and the Wright Flyer Army Trials at Fort Meyer, Virginia (1908 and 1909).
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Ward, Frank Elmo, 1912-1964
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1929-1965
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2 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0783
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A very complete collection of records of a "Mom and Pop" rural service station in the post-World War II era. Includes papers illustrating the day-to-day operations of the garage, such as financial records, ledgers, and property records. Also included are personal papers, such as a diploma and letters; and photographs, both personal and of the business.
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Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries
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1858-1969
bulk 1919-1968
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21.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.franrehg
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries records measure 21.8 linear feet and are dated 1858-1969 (bulk 1919-1968). The records consist mainly of business correspondence with collectors, artists, museums and arts organizations, colleagues, and others. A small amount of Frank K. M. Rehns personal correspondence and a few stray personal papers of individual artists are interfiled. Also included are financial records, scrapbooks, printed matter, miscellaneous records, and photographs documenting most of the history of a highly regarded New York City art gallery devoted to American painting.
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Porter, Richard W. (Richard William), 1913-1996
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circa 1930s-1980
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6.54 Cubic feet (6 records center boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1997.0037
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of six feet of material documenting Porter's many scientific contributions. The following types of material are included: photographs, lecture notes, correspondence, trip notes, newspaper clippings, symposium programs, papers, and periodicals, circa 1930s-1980s.
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Bulliet, C.J. (Clarence Joseph), 1883-1952
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circa 1888-1959
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34.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bullclar
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The C. J. (Clarence Joseph) Bulliet papers measure 34.6 linear feet and are dated circa 1888-1959. Biographical materials, correspondence, writings, subject and artist files, printed material, photographs, and artwork document the career of the influential Chicago art critic and writer. The records contain extensive information about art and artists in Chicago and the Midwest from the early to mid-twentieth century.
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Custom Craft
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
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1932-1959
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320 Boxes
The subseries includes black and white silver gelatin negatives.
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.03
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The majority of materials are portrait sittings of individuals but there are also formal portraits of couples, families, groups, and organizations.
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Laderman, Carol
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1970-2009
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6 Linear feet ((15 boxes and 1 manuscript envelope) and
154 cassette tapes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2012-09
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National Anthropological Archives
Carol Laderman was a medical anthropologist best known for her research on Malay traditional medicine. Her work focused on beliefs and practices regarding childbirth and nutrition as well as shamanic healing practices in rural Malaysia. This collection consists of the professional papers of Carol Laderman, medical anthropologist and university professor. The bulk of the collection pertains to her research on childbirth, nutrition, and shamanic healing practices in rural Malaysia. These materials include field notes, surveys, transcripts of Main Peteri ceremonies, grant applications, photographs, and sound recordings. Of special interest are her photographs of midwives and shamans treating patients, including Main Peteri ceremonies, as well as traditional Malay weddings and festivals. Also noteworthy are her recordings of Main Peteri ceremonies and her interviews with midwives and shamans. The collection also contains her unpublished and published writings; her dissertation; a report on her undergraduate fieldwork with pregnant Puerto Rican teenagers; her lecture notes and files as a university professor; files documenting her involvement in professional associations; and correspondence with colleagues.