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Smithsonian Productions
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1974-1976, 1988, 2001
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-198
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual elements that document the activities, events, artists, and performers who participate in the Smithsonian Institution's annual Folklife Festival. Materials include 16 mm and 35 mm original camera rolls, work prints, and Betacam SP and U-matic videotape formats.
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Rosenak, Chuck
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circa 1938-2008
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17.6 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.rosechuc
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Archives of American Art
The Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material dates from circa 1938-2008 and measures 17.6 linear feet. The collection contains research files for four books by the Rosenaks and includes letters, writings, notes, printed matter, tape-recorded interviews with artists, and photographic material.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1978-1990
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19.42 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes) (5 tall document boxes) (4 film boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-093
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of elements used to create film and video productions that accompanied exhibitions and educational programming. "Past Visions of the Future" is an 18-minute compilation of scenes from futuristic, science fiction, and scientific films from 1902-1982. It was used to supplement the National Museum of American History's ...
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McWillie, Judith
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circa 1984-1986
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0.4 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mcwijudi
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The videos and slides on African American folk artists Dilmus Hall, Mary T. Smith, and J.B. Murry measure 0.4 linear feet and date from circa 1984 to 1986. The collection includes recorded interviews conducted by art historian Judith McWillie with the artists about their lives and work, and color slides of Dilmus Hall and Mary T. Smith with their work.
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Walker, John Brown, 1815-1908
Coats, Helen Hotchkiss
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1815-1908
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 Box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0249
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
John B. Walker was an itinerant artist who made paper cut-out designs that he sent to his friends as presents, decorations, and commemorations. His collection did not come to light until the early 1960s in Geauga County, Ohio.
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Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
South Carolina Commission for the Arts
Negro History Associates
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1964-1976
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0.66 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0201
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The history of the collection is unknown.
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Turner, John F.
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circa 1928-2015
bulk 1978-1990
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6.9 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.turnjohn
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The John F. Turner collection of research material on visionary self-taught artist Howard Finster measures 6.9 linear feet and dates from circa 1928 to 2015, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1978 to 1990. John Turner is a California-based curator who compiled this collection in preparation for his book Howard Finster: Man of Visions (1989). Found within the collection are correspondence; numerous interviews with Finster and Finster family members, curators and historians, collectors, and artists; draft manuscripts and research notes; compiled research files on other topics; printed materials and commercial broadcast video recordings; and photographic material, including polaroids annotated by Finster. There is also one series of Howard Finster's papers that include writings by Finster, sound and video recordings of Finster exhibitions and talks by Finster related to those exhibitions, recordings of other speaking engagements, sermons, and other events, a scattering of personal business records that includes a ledger and price list of artwork, and artwork.
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Starr, Nina Howell
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circa 1933-1996
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21.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.starnina
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of photographer and art historian Nina Howell Starr measure 21.2 linear feet and date from circa 1933 to 1996. The papers contain research files about various art historical topics, museums and galleries, photography, and artists. There are extensive files documenting Starr's relationship as researcher, dealer, and friend of folk painter Minnie Evans. Additionally, the papers include biographical materials, writings, speeches, project files, printed material collected or authored by Starr, and hundreds of artistic and documentary photographs and negatives created by Starr depicting her travels, Minnie Evans' paintings, roadside folk art, and other topics.
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Hedges, Jimmy, 1942-2014
- Dates:
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1969-2016, bulk 1991-2013
- Size:
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23.5 Linear feet
15.63 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hedgjimm
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of art collector and dealer Jimmy Hedges and the records of his Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery measure 23.5 linear feet and 15.63 GB and date from 1969-2016, with the bulk of the material dating from 1991-2013. The collection documents Hedges's career as a dealer of outsider art and as an advocate for self-taught artists. Records include administrative and sales records, correspondence, artist files, collector and gallery files, exhibition and art fair files, regional files, printed and digital material, photographic material, and unidentified sound and video recordings. The bulk of the collection consists of artist files and color photographs documenting hundreds of artists that Hedges visited at their homes and studios, including Georgia Blizzard, Howard Finster, Homer Green, Bessie Harvey, Danny Hoskinson, Paul Lancaster, A.J. Mohammed, Charlie Simmons, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver, and Purvis Young, among many others.
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Hemphill, Herbert Waide
- Dates:
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1776-1998
bulk 1876-1998
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26.7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hempherb
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of folk art collector and museum curator Herbert Waide Hemphill date from 1776-1998, bulk 1876-1998, and measure 26.7 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical materials, personal business records, files documenting his collecting, writings, art work, minutes of meetings, a scrapbook, printed material including exhibition and auction announcements and catalogs, and miscellaneous artifacts. The collection also contains numerous photographs of Hemphill, family members, his residences, friends and colleagues, exhibitions, travel, and art work. Sound and video recordings include interviews of Hemphill.