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National Portrait Gallery, Dept. of Exhibitions and Collections Management
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1979-1983, 1988, 2008
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-066
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the various aspects of exhibition development, planning, design and publicity for the exhibition, "Champions of American Sport." This was the first major art exhibit devoted to outstanding American sports personalities and to the aesthetic qualities of sport and human movement. It consisted ...
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Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 7: Sports
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1834-1983
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11 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S07
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 7: Sports contains 1,254 pieces of sheet music and song folios. Most of the sheet music is either piano or piano/ vocal arrangements. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Bernholm, Jonas, 1946-
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1976-1991.
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8 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0551
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents Jonas Bernholm's interest and work promoting African American Music, specifically rhythm and blues.
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Smith, Floyd
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undated
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0.05 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0684
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a variety of correspondence and published articles, some authored by Smith himself. One part of the correspondence is a set of letters between Arthur Lapham and Ernest Jones, on the verification of the history of the early parachute jumpers. There is also a set of letters between Floyd and Hilder Smith and Jones, and lat...
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National Portrait Gallery, Office of Publications
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1972-2005
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-103
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of contracts and permissions administered by the Office of Publications for various publications, including gallery guides, exhibition catalogs, and brochures. Publications covered include "Abroad in America: Visitors to the New Nation, 1776-1914;" "American Portrait Drawings;" "American Portrait Prints: Proceedings ...
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Baden, Gary
Baden, Sandra
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circa 1897-1979
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2 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0611
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A wide-ranging collection of over 1,000 celebrity advertising endorsements, ca. 1897-1979. The endorsements were culled by a collector/hobbyist from high-end magazines publications such as Fortune, McCalls, Playbill and Vogue. They feature a wide range of celebrities from the fields of performing arts, sports, business, politics and "society." T...
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Darby, S. Newman, 1928-2016 ((inventor))
Darby, Kenneth
Darby, Naomi
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1944-1998
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2.65 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0625
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents S. Newman Darby's development of the sailboard, which became known as the windsurfer through sketches, mechanical drawings, plans, patent specifications, legal documents, photographs, correspondence, notebooks, clippings, periodicals, and an 8mm film.
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Neiman, LeRoy, 1921-2012
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1938-2005
- Size:
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70.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.neimlero
- Repository:
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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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JW Labs (Raleigh, North Carolina).
Katchian, Sonia
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1994
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6 Cubic feet (23 items)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0793
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
23 color Cibachrome photoprints: portraits of farmers at the Carrboro Farmer's Market, Carrboro, North Carolina. Portraits made 1994 in a garage studio setup near the market, prints by JW Labs, Raleigh, N.C.
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Unanue, Prudencio
Goya Foods, Inc.
Unanue family
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undated
1856-2000
bulk 1960-2000
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20 Cubic feet (62 boxes, 6 oversize folders)
8 sound recordings
15 video recordings
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0694
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Goya Foods, Inc., supported the cultural life of various communities in the United States and Puerto Rico. The company's current headquarters is in Secaucus, New Jersey. Photographs, calendars, sales promotional materials, cookbooks, packaging, and news clippings. Photographs depict primarily company sponsored events, but a few are family pictures.