Wurlitzer Company Records
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Wurlitzer (Rudolph) Company
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1860-1984
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56 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0469
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the history and development of the Wurlitzer Company and consists of company publications, business records, employee files, manufacturing records, sales and marketing records, product information, publicity, advertising, photographs, audiovisual materials, and organ installation drawings.
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Everett Piano Company
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Company
Chickering & Sons Piano Company
Pratt, Read and Company
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ca. 1903-1955.
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0.25 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0511
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Advertisements, catalogs, repair manuals, union materials, and technical drawings related to pianos and piano tuning (companies and organizations listed below). While providing a window into a profession that spans both science and music, this collection contains information concerning economic changes, advertising, trade associations, and technical advances.
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Chickering, Jonas, 1798-1853
Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
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1864 - 1985
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16 Cubic feet (37 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0264
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of 51 volumes of Chickering & Sons piano registers, documenting piano production (May 1823-September 1985); correspondence related to the hundredth anniversary of Jonas Chickering's presidency of the Handel and Hayden Society; publications on the history of the Company and sales literature (1854-1984); newspapers articles a...
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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undated
1842-1965
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4.59 Cubic feet (consisting of 8 boxes, 2 half boxes, 5 folders, 7 oversize folders, 2 map case folders, 2 flat boxes (partial), plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Pianos
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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: Pianos 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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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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undated
1824-1981
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75 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S21
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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 20, Newspapers contains approximately 4,900 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards the playing of music in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Cook Labs
Cook, Emory, 1913-2002
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1908-2002, bulk 1948-1965
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6.3 Cubic feet (Phonograph albums)
63.5 Cubic feet (Open-reel tapes)
8.75 Cubic feet (Business records)
78.55 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.COOK
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Cook Labs records, which date from 1939-2002, document the activities of audio engineer Emory Cook and his label Cook Labs. The contents include business records, materials relating to recording artists, photographs, and production materials, as well as phonograph records, master recordings and unpublished recordings produced by or associated with the Cook Labs label. The collection also contains two interviews conducted with Emory Cook in 1990: one by Jeff Place and one by Anthony Seeger and Nicholas Spitzer. There are several physical objects relating to Cook Labs including a bag of powdered vinyl, a binaural playing arm, and a condenser microphone.
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National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.
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Ongoing
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175 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1183.B
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Technical Reference Files comprise an artificial collection that currently contains 1,900 cubic feet of aviation and space related materials, organized in 22 subject series. File materials include photographs, press releases, clippings, correspondence, reports, and brochures, on individuals, organizations, events, and objects.
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Orange Bowl Committee
- Dates:
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1932 - 2009
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29 cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1191
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consusts of . This collection arranged into six series. Series 1, Historical Background Material, Series 2, Seiler, Ernest E., 1951-1977, undated Series 3, Orange Bowl Parade Subseries 3.1, Office Files Subseries 3.2, Float renderings and Drawings Subseries 3.3, Costume Subseries 3.4, Parade Scripts Subseries 3.5, Ephemera ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Music, Sports, and Entertainment
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1958-2005
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19 cu. ft. (19 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-142
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Cynthia Adams Hoover (CAH), Curator Emeritus at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), and document her curatorial activities, professional interests, and publications over the years as Assistant Curator of Musical Instruments, 1961-1963; Associate Curator, 1964-1974; and Curator, 1975-2004. ...
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Wood, Arthur Bernie, 1921-1986
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1942-2001
bulk 1960-1969
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10 Cubic feet (27 boxes, 2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0962
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A. (Arthur) Bernie Wood (1921-1986) was an advertising designer, consultant, and inventor actively involved in the development of the restaurant franchise industry in America during the 1960s and 1970s. Particularly notable is his work with marketing, promotion, and merchandising for the McDonald's Corporation during its formative years.