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Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943
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1850s-1960s
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13,000 Items
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.8
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
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Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials
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Boatwright, Ruth Ellington, 1914-2004
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1923–1992
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33 Cubic feet (77 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0415
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of correspondence, appointment books, business records, music manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, and ephemera documenting the activities of Duke Ellington and the management of Tempo Music, Incorporated. There is a small amount of material relating to the Ellingotn family.
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Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology
- Dates:
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ca. 1860s-1960s
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14,500 Items
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.97
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National Anthropological Archives
Consists of photographs collected by the United States National Museum (USNM) Division of Ethnology and later by the Smithsonian Office of Anthropology (SOA). Coverage is worldwide outside North America. Most of the items are photographic prints, some in albums. There are also negatives, photomechanical prints, artwork, and newsclippings. For the m...
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 24-July 5, 1987
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1987
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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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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology
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1840s-circa 2015
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330.25 Linear feet (519 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.XXXX.0311
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National Anthropological Archives
The Department of Anthropology records contain administrative and research materials produced by the department and its members from the time of the Smithsonian Institution's foundation until today.
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National Museum of American History.
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circa 1983-1994 and undated
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27 cu. ft. (27 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-002
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the planning, development, and installation of American Encounters, a permanent exhibition at the National Museum of American History (NMAH) commemorating the Columbus Quincentenary. The exhibition opened in 1992. The records primarily include the correspondence, memoranda, and research fil...
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Porterfield, Jeanne
Chickering, Lisa
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1954-2015, undated
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38 Film reels
7 Sound tape reels
5 Electronic discs (DVD)
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
5 Videocassettes (Digital Betacam)
67.86 Linear feet
18 Sound discs (vinyl)
4 Cassette tapes
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.2015.16
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Human Studies Film Archives
The Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection documents their work as travel filmmakers, photographers, and writers from 1954-2015. Their films are an example of the travel lecture film, a genre which combined silent travelogue films with live narration. Chickering and Porterfield presented their films throughout the United States and Canada in the 1960s and 1970s before turning to freelance still photography and travel writing in the early 1980s. The audiovisual and photography collection begins with their first joint travels in the 1950s and covers a range of their professional activities through the early 2000s, mainly encompassing original travel footage, edited travelogues, and travel still photography. Supporting documentation includes film scripts, lecture recordings, personal and professional manuscripts, financial and professional records, and a substantial amount of newspaper and magazine articles which serve as a record of the press generated by and about Chickering and Porterfield.
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Preloran, Jorge, 1933-2009
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1954-circa 2008
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50 Film reels (50 completed films and 1 film series; 110,600 feet of original film outtakes (51 hours); 412 hours of audiotape; 31 digital books)
22 Linear feet (Papers and photographs)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.2007.10
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Human Studies Film Archives
Documentary filmmaker Jorge Prelorán was best known for his intimate approach to ethnographic film, a style known as "ethnobiography." The majority of Prelorán's films were shot in rural areas of Argentina, particularly the Andean highlands and the Pampas (plains), often in communities of mixed Indian and Spanish heritage. Prelorán documented a wide range of subjects, including art, folk crafts, agriculture, ranching, markets, religious rituals and festivals, and social and cultural change. This collection contains edited films and videos, film outtakes, audio tapes, photographic prints and transparencies, digital books, correspondence, production files, scripts, project files, and press clippings spanning 1954-2008.
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Marchand, Richard
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circa 1900-1970
bulk 1910-1940
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0.5 Cubic feet (1,200 slides, 35mm)
- Collection ID:
- AAG.MAR
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Archives of American Gardens
The Richard Marchand Historical Postcard Collection contains approximately 1,200 35mm slide reproductions of postcard images depicting early twentieth century architectural and garden views of over 600 private estates throughout the United States. The collection includes views of estates owned by popular movie stars of the 1920s and 1930s, including Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Claudette Colbert and Buster Keaton.
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Free, Jerry D.
International Battle of the Bands, Inc.
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1981-1998.
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32 Cubic feet (88 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0677
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Business records, scrapbooks, audio disks, videotape, audio tape, and photographs documenting the business and entertainment activities at the International Battle of the Bands.
