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Digitized Content Edward S. Curtis photogravure plates and proofs for The North American Indian
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Creators:
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
Dates:
1899-1927
circa 1980
Size:
96 Photomechanical prints (photogravure proofs)
184 Printing plates (copper printing plates)
Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.080
Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian

The Edward S. Curtis photogravure plates and proofs for The North American Indian include photogravure printing plates and associated proofs made from Curtis photographs and used in the publication of The North American Indian volumes 1-9 and 12-19. The bulk of the images are portraits, though there are also images of everyday items, ceremonial artifacts, and camps.

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African-American Exhibits at the Smithsonian Oral History Interviews
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Dates:
1999, 2001
Size:
10 audiotapes (Reference copies).
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9603
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...

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Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters Oral History Collection
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Creators:
Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters
Dates:
1989-1994
Size:
159 Video recordings (U-matic 3/4" video recordings)
1 Video recording (VHS 1/2" video recording)
15 Linear feet (15 boxes)
Collection ID:
ACMA.09-001
Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives

The collection, which dates from 1989 to 1994 and measures 15 linear feet, documents the reminiscences of elderly members of various African-American churches in the Atlanta area, as well as individual church histories, outstanding personalities of the South, religious expression in the South, and styles of singing and worship. The collection is co...

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Wilcomb E. Washburn Papers, with Office of American Studies, Records
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Creators:
Washburn, Wilcomb E.
Dates:
1966-1985
Size:
12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 87-055
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of a combination of Office of American Studies administrative files and Wilcomb E. Washburn Papers documenting his travels, professional affiliations, St. Mary's City and students.

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External Affairs Files
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Creators:
National Museum of the American Indian. Office of the Director
Dates:
1994-2010
Size:
2 oversize folders.
Collection ID:
Accession 16-329
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of proclamations and honors bestowed upon the National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center, as well as a poster advertising an event at museum in honor of the release of a Native American $1 coin by the United States Mint. Materials include proclamations and a poster.

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Records
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Creators:
National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Transportation
Dates:
circa 1927-1973 and undated
Size:
23 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 239
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records chiefly document the operations of the Division of Transportation from its creation in 1957, and the operations of the Section of Land Transportation, 1946-1957. Lesser amounts of records relate to the administration of the land transportation collections prior to 1946 and to the marine transportation collections before 1957...

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Digitized Content American Federation of Arts records
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Creators:
American Federation of Arts
Dates:
1895-1993
bulk 1909-1969
Size:
79.8 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.amerfeda
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The records of the American Federation of Arts (AFA) provide researchers with a complete set of documentation focusing on the founding and history of the organization from its inception through the 1960s. The collection measures 79.8 linear feet, and dates from 1895 through 1993, although the bulk of the material falls between 1909 and 1969. Valuable for its coverage of twentieth-century American art history, the collection also provides researchers with fairly comprehensive documentation of the many exhibitions and programs supported and implemented by the AFA to promote and study contemporary American art, both nationally and abroad.

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Digitized Content Scurlock Studio Records
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Creators:
Custom Craft
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
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Dates:
1888-1996
Size:
200 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0618
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection includes approximately 250,000 photonegatives, photoprints, color transparencies from the photographic business founded by Addison Scurlock in Washington, DC. Collection also includes business records and ephemera.

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Digitized Content Miu Eng Eastern Wind Collection
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Creators:
Eng, Miu, 1955-
Dates:
1973-1983
Size:
2.1 Linear feet (consisting of 1 oversized box)
Collection ID:
ACMA.06-102
Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives

The Miu Eng Eastern Wind Collection, which dates from 1973-1983 and measures 2.1 linear feet, speaks to Ms. Eng's role as an activist and artist in Washington D.C.'s early Asian American movement. The collection includes newsletters, photographs, and booklets documenting Ms. Eng's activities with Eastern Wind, a pan-Asian American youth organization formed in 1973 that sought to document and address Asian American issues in the D.C. area. The collection also includes posters designed by Ms. Eng for several D.C. Asian American community programs of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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Digitized Content Gathered visions: selected works by African American women artists exhibition records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
Dates:
undated
Size:
1.25 Linear feet (4 boxes)
Collection ID:
ACMA.03-044
Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives

An exhibition on contemporary African American women artists curated by Robert L. Hall and exhibited at the Anacostia Museum of the Smithsonian Institution from November 1990 to April 1991. Artists included are: Erlena Chisolm Bland, Lilian Thomas Burwell, Yvonne Pickering Carter, Margo Humphrey, Martha Jackson-Jarvis, Viola Burley Leak, Winnie Owens-Hart, Stephanie E. Pogue, Malkia Roberts, Gail Shaw-Clemons, Sylvia Snowden, Renée Stout, Denise Ward-Brown, Joyce E. Wellman, and Adell Westbrook.

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