Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 2: Armed Forces
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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circa 1810-1980
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62 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S02
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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 2: Armed Forces contains circa 3,400 pieces of sheet music and song folios documenting the military history of the United States; there are only a handful of foreign imprints. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Smithsonian Institution. National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board
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circa 1960-1975
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13.58 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 581
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the activities of NAFMAB, including collecting and accessioning, planning for a site, exhibits design, and carrying out various projects. Also included is a multi-volume chronology of events, 1946-1973, in addition to copies of files of NMHT curator Mendel L. Peterson, who represented the Smithsonian on a preliminary ...
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Jones, Phillip
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bulk 1947
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0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2003.0049
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of twenty-two snapshots taken by Phillip Jones, many of which include images of his friend Jesse Brown, as well as friends John Brannon, Sam Clauzel, and Rex Vannoy, during their Pensacola training. They are shown posing in front of a North American SNJ Texan. There are also a few shots of Pensacola training facilities as w...
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Bunch, Lonnie G.
- Dates:
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1952-2010
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26.07 cu. ft. (24 record storage boxes) (3 16x20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-200
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Lonnie G. Bunch Papers include both personal materials and professional records from the various institutions that he worked at as well as his teaching positions. The personal materials include family correspondence, family history records, and photographs. In relation to his teaching positions there are course syllabi, reading lists, ...
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Plummer-Arnold family
- Dates:
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circa 1880-2005
circa 2005
bulk 1880-1955
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1.44 Linear feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-038
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, spanning the late 19th century to 2005 with the bulk from circa 1880 to circa 1955, measures 1.44 linear feet and documents the daily lives and activities of the Plummer-Arnold family and the military career of Henry Vinton Plummer. The collection consists of 48 color and black-and-white photographs and a framed certificate, letter, and two DVDs regarding the honorable discharge of Henry Vinton Plummer. The photographs are undated.
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Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-
- Dates:
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1928-1990
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75.03 Cubic feet (168 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1992.0023
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 72 linear feet of the papers of Benjamin O. Davis. Included are the following types of material: programs, invitations, certificates, correspondence, published material, and photographs.
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Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
- Dates:
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1943 May 31
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5 photographic prints (black and white , 8 x 10 inches.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2008-013
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This study collection contains five 8 x 10 inch black and white publicity photographs, dated May 31, 1943, of Liberian officials, U.S. State Department representatives, and Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. personnel, taken as they toured the company's war production plants in Ohio. Each photograph has complete typewritten documentation tipped to the back. Includes images of President Edwin Barclay and President-elect William V.S. Tubman of Liberia, Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
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1949-1964
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167.20 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (324 document boxes) (10 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 50
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document part of the secretarial administration of Alexander Wetmore and the whole of Leonard Carmichael's tenure. During this period the Smithsonian Institution's capacity to carry out research in its traditional scientific disciplines was substantially strengthened. At the same time the Institution was able to invest much ...
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Vargus, Ione
- Dates:
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1910-2006
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8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.A2014.39
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
Edward Dugger (1894-1939) served as a first lieutenant and commanding officer in the African American unit, 372nd Infantry, during the 1920s and 1930s. The 372nd Infantry Regiment was a troop that was part of the 93rd Infantry Division (Colored) which served with the French Army during World War I. He retired in 1936 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel with the Massachusetts National Guard and passed away in 1939.
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Sullivan family
- Dates:
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1860-1994
bulk 1920-1960
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2.25 Linear feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-035
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The Sullivan Family papers, which date from 1880 to 1994 and measure 2.25 linear feet, document the personal lives of four generations in the Sullivan Family. The papers are comprised of personal correspondence, school materials, legal documents, financial records, clippings, books, posters, and photographs.