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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
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1979-1995 and undated
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7.5 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-103
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of videotapes and some audiotapes, chiefly Public Service Announcements (PSAs) organized by the Office of Public Affairs, which are duplicate or master copies. The audiotapes are all reel-to-reel, whereas the videotapes vary from VHS to 3/4-inch to Beta. Included are PSAs with celebrities such as Gregory Peck, Sandy Du...
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National Portrait Gallery. Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management
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1973-2017
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25.5 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-102
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the work of the Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management in the preparation and development of exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), as well as the design and publicity involved with exhibitions and the loan of art objects both to and from the museum. Staff represented...
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Gussow, Alan, 1931-1997
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1956-1994
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2.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.gussalan
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Archives of American Art
Research material for Alan Gussow's book, A Sense of Place: the Artist and the American Land, and the related Nebraska Public Television production, symposium, and exhibition at Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, measures 2.8 linear feet and dates from 1956 to 1994. Research files include correspondence, photographs and color transparencies, sound recordings of 17 interviews with artists, a draft manuscript, publicity, reviews, and fan mail. Exhibition and symposium related material includes the proposal, correspondence, and printed matter. Public television production material includes correspondence, publicity, transcripts, soundtrack tapes, and film footage.
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 23-July 4, 1995
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1995
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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DeCorse, Christopher
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1978-1987
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2363 slides (photographs) ((6 v.), color)
2,363 color copy slides
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1993-028
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Christopher DeCorse during his travels in Ghana, Gambia, Senegal, Mali and Cote d'Ivoire.
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Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967
Claxton, William
Kenton, Stan
Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010
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1920-2002
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87 Cubic feet (188 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0845
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers and audiovisual materials documenting Russo's career in music.
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National Museum of American History. Office of the Director
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1992-1998
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27 cu. ft. (27 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-091
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession includes records documenting the activities of the Office of the Director and the daily administration of the National Museum of American History (NMAH), as well as material concerning Smithsonian issues, during the tenure of Spencer R. Crew. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and general information pertaining to ...
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Kyriazis, Dimitrios, 1933-2001
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between 1950-1974
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3,797 negatives (photographic) (black & white, 35 mm.)
12 negatives (photographic) (color, 35 mm.)
1,590 slides (photographs) (color)
5,407 items (contact images (2 v.), black & white)
20 items (transparencies (framed), color, 4 x 4 cm.)
794 negatives (photographic) (black & white, 6 x 6 cm.)
399 negatives (photographic) (color, 6 x 6 cm.)
764 items (transparencies, color, 6 x 6 cm.)
1 manuscript (document genre) (1 v., 8 x 10 in.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1999-005
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Dimitri Kyriazis while at the Institute for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa, from ca. 1950 through the end of the reign of Emperor Halie Selassie I in 1974.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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undated
1812-1978
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49 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S18
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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 18, Dance contains approximately 3,330 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards dance 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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Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
Marx, Groucho (Julius Henry), 1890-1977 (comedian)
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1911-1978
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12 Cubic feet (39 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0269
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Series 1: Correspondence, 1932-1977 is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. In 1965, Marx gave the Library of Congress a portion of his correspondence with well-known personages. The majority of the correspondence in this collection dates from the post World War II era (Marx's early correspondence is located at the Library of Congress.) Th...