Cook Labs records
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Cook Labs
Cook, Emory, 1913-2002
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1908-2002, bulk 1948-1965
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6.3 Cubic feet (Phonograph albums)
63.5 Cubic feet (Open-reel tapes)
8.75 Cubic feet (Business records)
78.55 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.COOK
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Cook Labs records, which date from 1939-2002, document the activities of audio engineer Emory Cook and his label Cook Labs. The contents include business records, materials relating to recording artists, photographs, and production materials, as well as phonograph records, master recordings and unpublished recordings produced by or associated with the Cook Labs label. The collection also contains two interviews conducted with Emory Cook in 1990: one by Jeff Place and one by Anthony Seeger and Nicholas Spitzer. There are several physical objects relating to Cook Labs including a bag of powdered vinyl, a binaural playing arm, and a condenser microphone.
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Robbins, Warren M.
- Dates:
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circa 1927-2009
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83.1 cu. ft. (80 record storage boxes) (4 12x17 boxes) (2 16x20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-001
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document the life and work of Warren M. Robbins, covering a wide swath of his life, from his early career in the Foreign Service to his work in cross cultural communications and African art. A prolific writer, Robbins correspondence with such people as Maya Angelou, Ernie Barnes, Saul Bellow, Eliot Elisofon, Otto Fried, Buckminste...
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Foulkes, Llyn, 1934-
Karlstrom, Paul J.
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1997 June 25-1998 Dec. 2
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7 Sound cassettes (Sound recording, master (6 hrs., 25 min.), analog)
104 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.foulke97
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Llyn Foulkes conducted 1997 June 25-1998 Dec. 2, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in Foulkes home and studio, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Bender, Gretchen, 1951-2004
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1980-2004
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2.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bendgret
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Gretchen Bender measure 2.8 linear feet and date from 1980-2004. This material documents her career as a filmmaker and multimedia artist through biographical materials, correspondence, personal business records, writings, notebooks, printed material, photographs, slides and transparencies, and artwork. Also included are project files detailing Gretchen's collaborations with dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones, as well as a handwritten transcription of a conversation between Bender and Cindy Sherman.
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
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1984-2015
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-218
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) regarding the planning, execution, administration, and promotion of traveling exhibitions "Looping the Loop: Posters of Early Flight", "Magic, Myths, and Minerals: Chinese Jades from the Sackler Gallery", "Small ...
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Came, Charles, 1806-1881
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1838-1979
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0.25 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0661
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of approximately .25 cubic feet of correspondence, pamphlets, photographs, and books documenting Charles Came. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence from Charles Came to his second wife, Cynthia (Chadwick) Came which were written during his travels throughout upstate New York. The correspondence is not incl...
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Pendergast, Anthony W., 1879-
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1920s-1970.
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0882
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A Fairbury, Illinois, optometrist, Dr. Anthony W. Pendergast, (1879 -?) was a collector, author, antiquarian, dealer, and authority on the subject of cigar store figures. The collection includes correspondence; newspaper clippings on Pendergast and his various folk art collections; a scrapbook of photographs and miscellaneous materials relating to cigar store figures; and a large number of black and white photographs of figures from his personal collection, mostly for use in selling the figures.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1830-1934
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10 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S28
- Repository:
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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 28 contains materials documenting opera 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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Covette, Ricki
Jewell, Irene
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1940–2002
bulk 1950s–1970s
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes, 2 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1335
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of eight scrapbooks and five posters documenting the burlesque career of Irene Jewell (stage name Ricki Covette), who at 6'8" was billed as "The World's Tallest Exotic Dancer." The albums contain clippings; letters; certificates; photographs, including photographs of her act; ephemera, such as postcards, travel brochures, postcards, and decals, from her travels; advertisements; and theater programs.
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Maltsby, Portia
Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture
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1850-2004, undated
- Size:
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100 Cubic feet (309 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0408
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection primarily documents the activities of the National Museum of American History's Program in African American Culture (PAAC) dating from 1979 through 2004. The Program in African American Culture (PAAC) created public programs documenting the black experience in the United States, as well as, other countries. Archival materials include photographs, programs, administrative files, magnetic tape, audiocassettes, U-matic and VHS video cassettes.
