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Booth, Virginia
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1936-1999, undated
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3 Cubic feet (6 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0729
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relating to Virginia "Jimmie" Booth's career as a buyer for Lord and Taylor, where she worked for Dorothy Shaver. Papers include correspondence; photographs; original drawings by designer Clare Potter; printed material including articles, magazine advertising and catalogs; a scrapbook of clippings and memorabilia.
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Mason, William, (manufacturer), 1808-1883
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1839-1857
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0045
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers of William Mason of Taunton, Massachusetts--engine builder, machinist, and manufacturer of locomotives and cotton machinery. The papers consist of bills, receipts, and correspondence concerning the operation of his household, the construction of his residence, and several incidental papers dealing with his business affairs.
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Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 4: Songwriters Volumes I and II
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1847-1975
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251 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S04
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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 4: Songwriters: A "songwriter" for this series is defined as a composer, a lyricist, or both. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Churchill, Alfred Vance, 1864-1949
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1888-1944
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0.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.churalfr
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Archives of American Art
This small collection of Alfred Vance Churchill papers regarding Lyonel Feininger measures 0.9 linear feet and dates from 1888 to 1944. Found here are 36 letters from Feininger, a painter and illustrator, to his friend Churchill and a scrapbook compiled by Churchill containing 117 sketches by Feininger, a photograph of Feininger, clippings, and 47 sketches and reproductions by Churchill. There are also additional loose clippings, an exhibition catalog, and three photographs of Feininger.
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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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Smithsonian Associates. Resident Associate Program
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1974-1998
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-086
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of photographs, slides, negatives, and contact sheets of Resident Associate Program (RAP) sponsored events. The materials document lectures and seminars; musical performances; exhibition openings; adult socials; activities at celebrations, such as RAP's twenty-fifth anniversary and the Smithsonian Institution's ses...
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Ybarra-Frausto, Tomás, 1938-
Catano, Eduardo
Barr, A.
Helguera, Jesus de
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circa 1938-1998
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8 Items (1 box, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0660
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Eight poster-sized pieces of calendar art, reproductions of paintings by artists Jesus de Helguera, Eduardo Catano, and A. Barr. Several show the signature of Helguera in the painting, and the signatures of Catano and Barr are seen in two other items; no signatures can be found in others. Several include the printer or publisher credit, Galas de ...
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Smith, Jeff, 1939-2004
Child, Julia, 1912-2004
Guthrie, Janet, 1938-
Edgecraft Corporation
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1984-2016, undated
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2 Cubic feet (3 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1382
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the development and marketing of the Chef's Choice brand of knife sharpeners.
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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Yim, Ken
Rider, Doug
English, Fred
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1969-1986
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2 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0494
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The bulk of this collection consists of materials pertaining to Queenie Pie, a comic opera in seven scenes. Also included are publicity, correspondence for the opera, Ellington's autobiography Music is My Mistress, and a script for the Ellington work, My People.
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Marcou, David Joseph, 1950-
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circa 1980-1981, 2002-2008
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0.1 Cubic feet (1 box, 21 items)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1187
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Twenty-one digital photographic prints of miscellaneous subjects from photographs taken by David J. Marcou. These images are "born-digital" photographs, 2002-2008, except for the earliest, made on black-and-white negative film in 1980 or 1981.
