John Burbidge and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection
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- Creators:
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Bellefleur-Burbidge, Cile
Priscilla of Boston.
Burbidge, John (costume designer)
- Dates:
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1951-2006
- Size:
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1.6 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0562
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes Burbidge's design drawings for wedding gowns while employed by the Priscilla of Boston firm, and scrapbooks documenting Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge's wedding cakes.
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Smith-Howard, Kendra
Strange, Susan B.
Thompson, Anthony Mills
Toda, Mitchell
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1945-2008.
- Size:
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1.15 Cubic feet (4 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1131
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An artificial collection of diverse archival materials relating to weddings, at present organized according to donor. Contents include wedding photographs; invitations; gift registries; contracts; invoices and receipts for expenses incurred; guest lists.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
- Dates:
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1704-1987
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (consisting of 2 boxes, 1 folder, 4 oversize folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Matrimony
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Matrimony forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- Dates:
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1966
- Size:
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1 item (on paper, 7" x 5", Silver gelatin,unmounted.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1189
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Studio portrait of Ms. Berry, taken for newspapers announcements of her engagement to Togo Dennis West, Jr. Rubber-stamped on verso, "Scurlock / 900 You St., N.W. / Washington, D.C." Handwritten in ink on verso, "Miss Gail Estelle Berry" plus address. With xerographic copies of the New York Times announcement, Feb. 27, 1996,...
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Donoho, Gaines Ruger, 1857-1916
- Dates:
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1864-1915
- Size:
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1 Linear foot
- Collection ID:
- AAA.donogain
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of landscape painter Gaines Ruger Donoho measure a linear foot and date from 1864 to 1915. Found within the papers are certificates of award; invitations and correspondence; a clipping; photographs, including two cyanotypes of Donoho; artwork by Donoho; a wedding dinner sketch in honor of Donoho's wedding signed by 19 friends, including Kenyon Cox and William Merritt Chase; and etchings from other artists, including Adolphe Appian and Maxime Lalanne.
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Kidder, Priscilla C. (costume designer)
Priscilla of Boston.
- Dates:
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1940-1996
- Size:
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4 Cubic feet (13 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0557
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection includes letters, sketches, style books, publicity photographs, tearsheets, articles and clippings, scrapbooks, and business documents relating to Priscilla Kidder, the Priscilla of Boston Company, and the American wedding industry. This collection is extraordinarily useful in documenting the development of wedding fashion during the last half of the 20th century. It also illustrates how a small, family-owned, woman-run business grew into a large, nationally known operation.
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Hancock, Samuel
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
- Dates:
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1850-1860 ?
- Size:
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5 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3455
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
In Mr Hancock's writing, accompanied by a letter of transmittal addressed to Governor "Steavens" (Stevens).
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Hill, Richard W., Sr.
- Dates:
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circa 1972-1978
- Size:
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25 prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.83-35
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Informal photographic portraits depicting Iroquois, Seminole, and other American Indians. Images document the preparation of fry bread, a lacrosse player, a corn-husk doll maker, an Iroquois dancer, a longhouse wedding party, a Seneca wood carver making a water drum, a Seneca basketmaker, and a Seneca flute maker.
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Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Rice, Moses P.
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
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1930-1995
- Size:
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115 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S02
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). Series 2 consists of color photographs and hand-colored photographs, but there are also order envelopes and materials, and other photographic material types that were part of the order. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records
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Bunnag, Surapong
- Dates:
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1959-1965
- Size:
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800 negatives (circa, 35 mm)
800 prints (circa, silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.74-35
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs documenting villages, people, ceremonies, and activities of Thai hill tribes, including the Akha, Karen, Lahu, Lawa, Lisu, Meo, Tai Luc, and Yao. Some photographs are duplicated in an album with captions by Bunnag.