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Smithsonian Productions
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1991-2001
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8 cu. ft. (16 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 04-062
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiotapes created during the production of the radio series "Jazz Smithsonian." Hosted by Lena Horne, the series features the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra in concert, performing classic American jazz of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, as well as oral histories of American jazz legends. Each show i...
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Rucker, Lloyd
- Dates:
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1940-1990
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4 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1436
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Nine photographs of Lionel Hampton at various stages in his life. In some images he is playing his instrument.
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Fast Folk Musical Magazine
Hardy, Jack, 1947-2011
Meyer, Richard , 1952-
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1982-2002
bulk 1982-1995
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59.02 Cubic feet (compact discs, Audiotapes (AMPEX 467), digital audiotapes, phonograph records, Reel-to-reel audiotapes, VHS videotapes)
720 Folders (Business records)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.FFMM
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
163 reel to reel tapes,136 VHS tapes, 188 cassette tapes, 100 DAT tapes, 20 467 tapes, 6 compact discs, 16 miscellaneous audio materials, all are mostly recordings of Fast Folk events or Fast Folk recording artists; 604 folders containing information and materials relating to magazines, recordings, events and business; objects related to the Fast Folk Musical Magazine
The Fast Folk Musical Magazine records, which date from 1982-2002, document the activities of Fast Folk Musical Magazine. The collection is comprised chiefly of audio/video materials and the paper business records of the company. Audio and video materials include phonograph records, reel-to-reel tapes, VHS videotapes, audiocassettes, digital audiotapes, compact discs and miscellaneous audio material. The paper records include press materials related to Fast Folk and Fast Folk recording artists, magazine source materials, recording agreements, lyrics, artist biographies, photographs, financial documents, correspondence, planning for events and other miscellany. Additionally, there is a Fast Folk t-shirt and a bag of Fast Folk pencils, pens and erasers.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
Sparnon, Kenneth H., 1895-1972
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1912-1961
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0.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0064
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Kenneth Sparnon, entertainer, musician and arranger was also an orchestra leader and musical director of radio station WSYR in Syracuse and WHEC in Rochester, New York. This collection includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, photographs of himself and other performers, advertising, programs, some correspondence, and broadcast transcriptions (acetate).
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McIntire, Lani Ellen
Mayo, Jean Alice, 1897-?
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1920-2011, undated
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1.25 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1511
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs and ephemera collected by the McIntire Family of Hawaiian musicians documenting their careers throughout the United States, and those of other performers.
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Oral history interview with Marnie Weber
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Weber, Marnie
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter
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2016 February 10
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6 Items (sound files (3 hrs., 5 min.), digital, wav)
70 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.weber16
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Marnie Weber, conducted 2016 February 10, by by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, for the Archives of American Art at Weber's studio in Los Angeles, California.
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Mack, Beverly B. (Beverly Blow), 1952-
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2002, 2005
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664 Digital images (JPEG.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2006-007
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection contains 664 digital images (JPEG files) depicting the built environment, landscape and people of Morocco, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and South Africa. A large number of images depict people in and around the Gidan Rumfa palace in Kano, Nigeria, including spectators of and participants in a ceremonial procession celebrating Eid ul-Fitr (the end of Ramadan); servants, concubines, praise singers and musicians in and near the palace harem; members of the royal household and the royal guards; and Alhaji Ado Bayero, the Emir of Kano. Other images depict architectural features of the palace. Images from Morocco, Ghana, Niger and South Africa include various scenes of daily life, architecture, markets, cemeteries and landscapes.
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Schillinger, Leslie
- Dates:
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1945-1970.
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1220
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of printed materials relating to Gene Krupa and other big band musicians and band leaders, including Guy Lombardo and Benny Goodman.
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Martin and Morris Music Company
Morris, Necey, Mrs.
Martin, Sallie
Morris, Kenneth, 1917-
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circa 1930-1985
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8.7 Boxes (28 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0492
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Martin and Morris Company Records date from ca. 1930 to 1985 and document a neglected part of the American music historical record. The collection is particularly important because of the company's contributions to the field of Gospel music. According to Horace Boyer (in We'll Understand It Better....), Martin and Morris Music Company was the o...
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Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999
- Dates:
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1945-1979
- Size:
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0.02 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.cadmpaul
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The letters of Paul Cadmus to Webster Aitken measure 0.02 linear feet and date from 1945-1979. Found within the collection are letters, notes, and postcards from Cadmus to Aitken regarding music, composers, musicians, mutual friends, Cadmus's sister and brother-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Kirstein, travels, and Cadmus's work, art processes, and personal reflections on life events.
