Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection
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- Creators:
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Jenkins, Dale
- Dates:
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1890-1939
- Size:
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145 Postcards
11 Photographic prints
0.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.069
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of 145 postcards and 11 photographs depicting indigenous peoples of the Americas, with dates ranging 1890 – 1930s. The bulk of the collection consists of postcards of Native communities throughout the United States, and includes portrait images, dwellings, basket-making, weaving, and crafts.
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Simmons, Ozzie G.
- Dates:
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1949-1966
1980
bulk 1950-1953
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5.25 Linear feet (Six document boxes (including one box of restricted materials), four card file boxes, and one oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.1997-10
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Ozzie G. Simmons (1919--988) served as field director in Peru for the Bureau of American Ethnology's Institute of Social Anthropology (ISA) from 1949 to 1952 and as Consulting Anthropologist for the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, Chile. The papers in this collection mainly concern his field research on the role of alcohol in the community of Lunahuaná, Peru. The collection also contains draft manuscripts on the activities of the public health service in Lima and Chimbote, Peru, and his study of medical centers in Chile.
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Skinner, G. Gage
- Dates:
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1964-1966
1972
- Size:
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0.25 Linear feet
265 slides (photographs)
1 Sound cassette
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.116
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of 265 photographic slides and 1 audio cassette recording made by former Peace Corps volunteer G. Gage Skinner while living and traveling in Chile and Colombia in the 1960s-1970s. Images include portraits, landscapes, ceremonies, and daily village life. Audio recording includes songs, chants, and musical instruments.
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Litto, Gertrude
- Dates:
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1958-1980
bulk 1970-1972
- Size:
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10 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.021
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Gertrude Litto Collection, located in the Cultural Resource Center of the National Museum of the American Indian, contains the manuscript, notes and images for her book South American Folk Pottery. Her manuscript, notes and photos record the methods and products of Native potters in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile.
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
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1890-1929
- Size:
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14.6 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 45
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Dates:
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July 1-10, 1994
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1994
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.