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Ritter, Tex
Louey, Gilbert
Autry, Gene, 1907-1998
Acuff, Roy
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1920s-1970s
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48 Reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0832
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Films of country-western performers, including some Hollywood films and some television programs, such as "Hee Haw" and "Grand Ole Opry" .
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Gray & Wynkoop
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ca. 1900.
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0.1 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0194
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection is a photoprint of an early recording session taken about 1900.
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Community Life, Div. of (NMAH, SI)
Sparnon, Arabella S.
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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Pepper, Jim
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1983-1984
1990
- Size:
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0.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.062
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection includes a selection of handwritten and original sheet music written by Native jazz musician Jim Pepper (Kaw/Oklahoma Muskogee [Creek]).
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Leslie Schinella Collection of Gene Krupa Materials
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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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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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Frye, Theodore M. (singer)
Community Life, Div. of (NMAH, SI)
Dorsey, Thomas A. (choral director)
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
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1931-1945
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0456
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Eugene D. Smallwood Gospel Music Collection consists of an album of Gospel music scores collected or composed by Reverend Eugene D. Smallwood andnineteen additional loose scores published by Rev. Smallwood's company. The publication dates range from 1931 to 1945. The scores were performed by Reverend Smallwood's choirs. As a composer/arranger, ...
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Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999
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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.
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Bukowski, Henry S., 1922-
Community Life, Div. of (NMAH, SI)
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ca. 1930s-1940s
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0678
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Publicity photographs and postcards of entertainers, mostly jazz musicians and leaders of dance bands, etc., and related memorabilia.
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Bernholm, Jonas, 1946-
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1976-1991.
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8 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0551
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents Jonas Bernholm's interest and work promoting African American Music, specifically rhythm and blues.