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Rockwell, David Hadley
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1980-2004, undated
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3.2 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1342
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An extensive collection of advertisements, club cards, ephemera, and invitations publicizing venues and events at entertainment clubs and venues in New York City, New York, New Jersey, and Florida. The materials make use of a variety of graphic arts styles.
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Pat and Chuck Bress Jazz Portrait Photographs
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Bress, Chuck
Bress, Pat
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1984-1990
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2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1219
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Primarily black-and-white photographic prints and photographic negatives created by Pat Bress and Chuck Bress in the late 1980s. The photographs depict jazz musicians and singers performing at two Washington, D.C. night clubs, Charley's Place and Blues Alley, in challenging lighting situations. Also, a box of correspondence and miscellaneous writte...
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Reynolds, Corbett
- Dates:
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1962-2015
bulk 1979-2000
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2 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 16 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1390
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Artwork, photographs, and papers of Columbus, Ohio artist and founder of the Red Party (circuit party) Corbett Reynolds. These papers include materials related to Rudely Elegant, Reynolds's bar and dance club in Columbus.
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Nesbit, Velma, 1925-2002
Berking, Peter
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circa 2000
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0.5 Linear feet (1 box, 6 linear inches)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-127
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from circa 2000, contains a 144-page typescript copy of the unpublished autobiography of Velma Nesbit, the daughter of an Alabama sharecropper. Also present are 14 audiocassettes, one diskette and four compact discs relating to Nesbit's life and career.
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Buchanan, Ben
- Dates:
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circa 1985-2015
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12 Items
- Collection ID:
- AAA.buchben
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Nine black and white photographs of artists taken by Ben Buchanan at a party at Mr. Chow Restaurant, Manhattan, New York and at Area nightclub, Manhattan, New York, 1985, and three color photographs taken by Buchanan in 2015 of a model dressed in the guestbook from the party (a signed body leotard originally worn by performer Bernard Zette portrayi...
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Andriote, John-Manuel
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1976-2001
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1.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1184
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
John-Manuel Andriote interviewed several individuals and entertainers involved with the disco era for his book, Hot Stuff: A Brief History of Disco. This collection contains his interview tapes, transcripts, and materials related to the research and writing of his book.
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Jefferson, Yvonne Runtz
Jefferson, Maceo
Cargill, Thomas
Cargill, Darlene Johnson
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1800s-1974
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8 Cubic feet (26 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1370
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the life and career of jazz musician, arranger, songwriter, and bandleader Maceo Jefferson. It includes biographical documents such as birth and marriaige certificates and passports; letters, mostly relating to the music business and including carbon copies of letters sent by Jefferson; photographs, many inscribed, includin...
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Bleckner, Ross
Yablonsky, Linda, 1948-
- Dates:
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2016 July 6-8
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2 Items (sound files (6 hrs., 23 min.), digital, wav)
151 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bleckn16
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview with Ross Bleckner conducted 2016 July 6 and 8, by Linda Yablonsky, for the Archives of American Art's Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project, at Bleckner's studio in New York, New York.
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Frankel, Godfrey
Foresta, Merry A.
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1993 Nov. 29
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1 Sound cassette (Sound recording (90 min.), analog)
22 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.franke93
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Godfrey Frankel conducted 1993 Nov. 29, by Merry Foresta, for the Archives of American Art.
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Athey, Ron
Fialho, Alex, 1989-
- Dates:
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2016 June 17-18
- Size:
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2 Items (Sound recording: 2 sound files (4 hr., 40 min.), digital, wav)
68 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.athey16
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview with Ron Athey, conducted 2016 June 17-18, by Alex Fialho, for the Archives of American Art's Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project, at Athey's home in Los Angeles, California.