Query: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present (Traveling exhibition) (1998)
Norcross Greeting Card Collection
Creators:
Norcross, Arthur Dickinson, d. 1968
Tuck, Raphael, fl. 1880s
Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.))
Rust Craft Publishers (Boston, Mass.)
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Dates:
1800-1981
bulk 1880-1881
Size:
1,200 Cubic feet (3,010 boxes, 362 volumes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0058
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Collections consists of the records of both the Norcross Greeting Card Company founded in New York City in the 1920s and The Rust Craft Greeting Card Company, founded in Kansas City, Missouri, 1906. Both the Norcross and Rust Craft companies collected antique greeting cards. Also includes a small number of modern cards by other manufacturers, circa 1930-1980. Collection represents development of the greeting card industry, social trends in the United States and technology of the printing industry from 1924 through 1978.

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in NMAH.AC.0058 for Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present (Traveling exhibition) (1998)
Perls Galleries records
Creators:
Perls Galleries
Dates:
1937-1997
Size:
79.6 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.perlgall
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The records of the Perls Galleries measure 79.6 linear feet and date from 1937 to 1997. Founded by Klaus Perls in 1937 and operating until 1997, the gallery dealt primarily in modern French art and the artwork of Alexander Calder. Found within the records are extensive correspondence (circa 44 linear feet) with artists, dealers, galleries, museums, and collectors; photographs and negatives of inventory and other artwork; exhibition files, scattered financial records; and exhibition catalogs and clippings.

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in AAA.perlgall for Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present (Traveling exhibition) (1998)
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Dates:
June 27-July 8, 2012
Size:
1 Cubic foot (approximate)
Collection ID:
CFCH.SFF.2012
Repository:
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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in CFCH.SFF.2012 for Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present (Traveling exhibition) (1998)
Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs
Creators:
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
Dates:
circa 1895-2001
bulk 1898-1951
Size:
86 Linear feet
Collection ID:
NAA.2010-28
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

The Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs, circa 1895-2001 (bulk 1898-1951) primarily relate to Curtis's work on his opus, the North American Indian (NAI), although other subjects are documented as well. The papers relate closely to the Edward S. Curtis papers at the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections (UW), as that …

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in NAA.2010-28 for Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present (Traveling exhibition) (1998)
Archives Center Shopping Bag Collection
Creators:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Dates:
circa 1980-2004
Size:
4 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0570
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Shopping bags from a variety of businesses, including department stores, museums, book stores, libraries, hotels, banks, and specialty shops. Additional material will be added to this collection periodically.

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in NMAH.AC.0570 for Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present (Traveling exhibition) (1998)
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife
Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Dates:
June 23-July 4, 1989
Size:
1 Cubic foot (approximate)
Collection ID:
CFCH.SFF.1989
Repository:
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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in CFCH.SFF.1989 for Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present (Traveling exhibition) (1998)
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2004 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Dates:
June 23-July 4, 2004
Size:
1 Cubic foot (approximate)
Collection ID:
CFCH.SFF.2004
Repository:
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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in CFCH.SFF.2004 for Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present (Traveling exhibition) (1998)
G. Arthur Cooper Papers
Dates:
1923-1993 and undated,with material from 1878 to 1892
Size:
18.61 cu. ft. (36 document boxes) (1 half document box) (2 3x5 boxes) (1 oversize folder)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7318
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

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in Record Unit 7318 for Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present (Traveling exhibition) (1998)
Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Theater and Motion Picture Music and Ephemera
Creators:
Hauber, Joseph R.
Stubblebine, Donald J., 1925-2010
Dates:
1866-2009, undated
Size:
285 Cubic feet (600 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1211
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

One of the most comprehensive collections of material relating to musical stage and film productions, the collection consists of an assortment of material including sheet music written specifically for or included in stage and screen musicals, television programs, Big Band performances, and radio. Some productions may have been produced under …

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in NMAH.AC.1211 for Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present (Traveling exhibition) (1998)
Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection
Creators:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Becker, John M.
Gay Officers Action League. GOAL
Heritage of Pride (HOP)
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Dates:
1825-2023, undated
bulk 1960-2022
Size:
66 Cubic feet (200 boxes, 22 map-folders)
64.2 Cubic feet (200 boxes, 22 map-folders)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1146
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

This collection contains a variety of periodicals, photographs, correspondence, business and advertising ephemera (corporate and non-profit, personal), organizational records and ephemera, created by, for, and in reaction to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) community.

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in NMAH.AC.1146 for Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present (Traveling exhibition) (1998)
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