Marlboro Oral History and Documentation Project
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Ellsworth, Scott, Dr.
Zinn, Manfredo
Marx, Dick
Nunez, Raul
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1926-1988
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17.4 Cubic feet (86 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0198
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Marlboro Oral History and Documentation Project is the result of a two-year effort supported in part by a gift from Philip Morris, Inc. Sixty oral history interviews and a variety of television commercials, print advertising, promotional materials, packaging, and industry publications were gathered to document Marlboro cigarette advertising. T...
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Smith, Willie, 1910-1967 (musician)
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1945-1987
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0.25 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0382
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents Willie Smith's career as a musician and arranger between 1945 and 1958.
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Jackler, Robert K.
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circa 1898-2017
undated
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20 Cubic feet (40 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1224
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the history of tobacco advertising in America through print advertisements (magazine and newspaper), emphasizing the deceptive advertising practices employed by the tobacco industry to lure and keep smokers. Many of the advertisements contain images of celebrities, athletes, and other notable persons who endorsed tobacco products as well as ethinic imagery.
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Marchand, Richard
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circa 1900-1970
bulk 1910-1940
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0.5 Cubic feet (1,200 slides, 35mm)
- Collection ID:
- AAG.MAR
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Archives of American Gardens
The Richard Marchand Historical Postcard Collection contains approximately 1,200 35mm slide reproductions of postcard images depicting early twentieth century architectural and garden views of over 600 private estates throughout the United States. The collection includes views of estates owned by popular movie stars of the 1920s and 1930s, including Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Claudette Colbert and Buster Keaton.
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Tucker, Irma
Tucker, Bobby, 1923-2008
Eckstine, Billy
Jones, Quincy, 1933-
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1883-2007, undated
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36 Cubic feet (88 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1141
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the life and musical career of Robert "Bobby" Tucker. The collection particularly emphasizes Tucker's close collaboration with Billy Eckstine over a forty-year period from approximately 1949-1990, and includes original orchestrations of arrangements by Tucker and other arrangers, a complete set of commercial recordings by Eckstine for which Tucker served as arranger, and ephemeral material including photographs, concert programs and news clippings.
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Neiman, LeRoy, 1921-2012
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1938-2005
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70.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.neimlero
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Archives of American Art
The papers of LeRoy Neiman measure approximately 70.5 linear feet and date from 1938-2005. The collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, project files, printed material and artifacts documenting the career of the American painter LeRoy Neiman.
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Greene, Balcomb, 1904-1990
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circa 1880s-2009
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9.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.greebalc2
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Archives of American Art
The Balcomb and Gertrude Greene papers, circa 1880s-2009, bulk circa 1905-1990, measure 9.8 linear feet. Balcomb Greene's career as a painter, educator, and writer - and to a lesser extent his personal life - is documented by biographical material, letters, subject files,writings, artwork, audio-visual recordings, printed material, and photographs. Documentation about sculptor Gertrude Greene, from 1926 until her death in 1956, consists of printed material, photographs, two letters to her, and a brief handwritten list of paintings and constructions.
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Arnold, Rudy, 1902-1966
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circa 1920s-1950s
bulk 1920-1940
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10.91 Cubic feet (9,579 photographic items)
25.37 Linear feet (38 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0356
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Rudy Arnold (1902-1966) was introduced to photography in 1918. After studying at the New York School of Photography, he worked at the New York Journal-American and the New York Graphic. During his stint at the latter he started to focus on aviation photography. In 1928, Arnold started his own aviation photography business and worked out of the following New York air fields and airports during his career: Roosevelt Field, the old Curtiss Airport, Floyd Bennett Field, and LaGuardia Airport His coverage of a wrecked airliner in upstate New York was the first photograph sent by wire to newspapers across the country. Arnold's work appeared in every aviation magazine, house organs (Douglas, Grumman), and mass circulation magazines as well as many newspapers. He also did motion-picture camera work for Universal and Paramount.
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Joseph, Katherine
Hertzberg, Suzanne
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1938-1944, 1962
bulk 1941
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1 Sound disc (33 1/3 RPM)
1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0944
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers document Katherine Joseph's career as staff photographer for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. The papers contain negatives and prints taken in Mexico, and some photographs of a White House event in 1938, featuring Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt; and images of American workers on the home front during World War II.
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Sharrer, Honoré, 1920-2009
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circa 1920-2007
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9.45 Linear feet
1.12 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.sharhono
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Archives of American Art
The papers of realist painter, Honoré Sharrer, measure 9.45 linear feet and 1.12 GB and date from circa 1920-2007. The collection documents Sharrer's career through biographical material, personal and professional correspondence, writings and notes, research and source files, printed and digital material, artwork, sketchbooks, and photographs of Sharrer, her family, friends, colleagues, and artwork.