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Perret, Ferdinand, 1888-1960
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circa 1937-1941
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0.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.perrferd1
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Archives of American Art
137 b&w photographs compiled by Ferdinand Perret relating to the WPA Southern California Art Project. Depicted are the WPA-FAP Print Department, Los Angeles; Canoga Park petrachrome in progress, 1940; George Washington High School petrachrome in progress; Long Beach Municipal Auditorium tile mosaic; petrachrome seal of Santa Monica, Santa Monica Ci...
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Survey Associates
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1891-1952
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2 microfilm reels
- Collection ID:
- AAA.survasso
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence with Lewis Hine, Roy Stryker, Paul Taylor and Dorothea Lange concerning the publication of photographs and articles. Hine correspondence is with Paul and Arthur Kellogg, 1918-1940, and concerns Hine's work for the American Red Cross and many other projects. Stryker correspondence, 1934-1948, is mainly with managing editor Florence Ke...
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Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975
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1932-1964
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7 Items
- Collection ID:
- AAA.stryroy
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
A letter from Archie Robertson to Stryker about traveling photographic exhibitions; 2 manuscripts on the origins of the FSA and containing biographical information of Stryker, the staff, and photographers on the project; a photograph of a poem, "Merry Christmas to Stryker"; "Stryker's Credo," a statement he made upon leaving the "Jersey Company" (S...
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Hunter, Russell Vernon, 1900-1955
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1923-1979
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420 Items ((on 4 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.huntruss
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Biographical data; correspondence; sketches; exhibition materials; photographs; clippings; and press releases.
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James B. Watson papers
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Watson, Virginia
Watson, James B. (James Bennett), 1918-2009
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1904-1998
bulk 1933-1987
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52.5 Linear feet (123 boxes)
47 sound recordings
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2003-15
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection contains the professional papers of cultural anthropologist James B. Watson, and documents his fieldwork in Papua New Guinea, Brazil, and Del Norte, Co., as well as his teaching career at the University of Washington. Included are field notes, lecture notes, correspondence, maps, photographs, books, articles, journals, grant proposals, surveys, data punch cards, conference materials, and sound recordings.
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Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943
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1902-1960
bulk 1932-1942
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8.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.brucedwa
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Archives of American Art
The Edward Bruce papers measure 8.9 linear feet and date from 1902 to 1960, with the bulk of the material dating from 1932 to 1942. The collection documents Bruce's work as an artist, art collector, exhibition juror, and federal government art administrator, particularly his tenure as Director of the U. S. Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts. Well over one-half of the collection consists of extensive correspondence with artists, art collectors and dealers, arts associations, galleries, and government officials, including President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Fox Movie Flash
Selle, Joseph, 1906-1988
Rose, Bob
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circa 1930-1975
bulk 1945-1975
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4 Cubic feet ((6 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0853
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the professional activities of Joseph Selle (1906-1988), a photographer and proprietor of Fox Movie Flash, a street photography business in San Francisco, California. There are a few documents relating to Selle's personal life, but the bulk of the papers relate to his street photography business. Most of the documents date from between 1945 and 1975 and include insurance papers, correspondence, legal documents, receipts, tax records, cashbooks, employment applications, newspaper clippings, licenses and permits, payroll materials, and bank statements, as well as samples of photographs from the business.
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Myers, George S. (George Sprague), 1905-1985
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circa 1903-1986 and undated
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32.19 cu. ft. (63 document boxes) (1 16x20 box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7317
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of George Sprague Myers provide extensive documentation of his research career in ichthyology and herpetology. The collection also offers substantial information concerning the development of Myers' interest in natural history; his college work at Indiana University and Stanford University; his teaching career at Stanford University...
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Federal Art Project (U.S.)
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1935-1948
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70 Microfilm reels
- Collection ID:
- AAA.fedeartp09
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Selected records from the United States National Archives and Records Administration of the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Work Projects Administration. Records cover a broad range of topics. The bulk are from the Central Files, "States" and "General Subject" series, 1935-1944. Also microfilmed are materials from series Federal Art Project, Feder...
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Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960
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1910-1993
bulk 1910-1960
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15.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.cahiholg
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Holger Cahill (1887-1960) date from 1910 to 1993, with the bulk of the material dating from 1910-1960, and measure 15.8 linear feet. The collection offers researchers fairly comprehensive documentation of Cahill's directorship of the Works Progress/Projects Administration's (WPA) Federal Art Project (FAP) in addition to series documenting his work as a writer and art critic. Material includes correspondence, reports, artist files, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs.