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Konti, Isidore, 1862-1938
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1879-1956
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1.8 Linear feet ((on 3 microfilm reels))
1.3 Linear feet (Addition)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kontisid
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Archives of American Art
Letters, award certificates, contracts, drawings, clippings, printed material, 2 scrapbooks, and photographs document Konti's sculpture projects.
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Charismic Productions Records of Dizzy Gillespie
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Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
Fishman, Charles
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1940-2006
bulk 1987-1993
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20 Cubic feet ( 31 boxes, 2 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0979
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the career of noted American jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie, through a donation from his former manager, Charles Fishman.
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Carrig-Rohane Shop
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1903-1962
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6.7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.carrshop
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Carrig-Rohane Shop records measure 6.7 linear feet and date from 1903 to 1962. The records document the founding of the Boston company, frame design and production, and the financial transactions of the shop. The numerous framing records, such as pattern and specification order books, are particularly valuable for researching and matching custom frames with specific works of art of the late 19th and early 20th century. The frame patterns are also useful for researchers interested in the history of frame design.
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Ryder Mobile Homes, Inc.
Zink, Philip G.
Zink, Scott
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circa 1920s-2001
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15 Cubic feet (44 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0777
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents trailer park life, particularly the Ryder Mobile Homes Park founded by Ralph Ryder in New Haven, Connecticut in 1930.
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Tokita, Kamekichi
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circa 1900-circa 2010
bulk 1900-1948
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1.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.tokikame
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The scattered personal papers of Seattle area painter Kamekichi Tokita (1897-1948) measure 1.5 linear feet and date from circa 1900 to circa 2010 with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1910 to 1948. The papers include biographical materials, including documents about the closing of the War Relocation Authority's Minidoka Camp in Idaho; correspondence; three diaries written in Japanese documenting Tokita's war time experiences and relocation to Minidoka, two earlier notebooks, also written in Japanese, and scattered notes; a few personal business records; printed materials; one scrapbook; sketches; and one family photograph album.
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Dimmer, Dennis
Brown, N.H.
Barkin, Stanley
Walburn, Jerry
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1914-2017
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3.2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0386
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Bulletins, programs, broadsides, newsletters, newsclippings, periodicals, photographs, published sheet music and audio and videotapes documenting the life and career of Duke Ellington and the activities of the Ellington Jazz and Music societies.
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Carter, Benny, 1907-2003
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1928-2000
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67.5 Cubic feet (182 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0757
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The majority of the material in the Benny Carter Collection is dated from the late 1920s through the later half of the 1990s. Donated to the Smithsonian Institution in December, 2000, the bulk of the collection is comprised of original music manuscripts (full scores and parts), band books, and published sheet music from Benny Carter's prolific care...
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Steinberg, Sally L. (Sally Levitt)
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1920s-1987
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3.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0439
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of ephemeral materials gathered by Sally L. Steinberg while she was researching her 1987 publication, The Donut Book: The origins, history, literature, lore, taste, etiquette, traditions, techniques, varieties, mathematics, mythology, commerce, philosophy, cuisine, and glory of the donut.
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Beakes, William Edgar
Harris, Charles Cohill, 1898- (radio engineer)
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1904-1961
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0049
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Correspondence, notes, articles, and photographs assembled by Harris on the history of the United Fruit Company and Tropical Radio Telegraph Company (TRT), 1904-1961. Also includes manuscript histories of companies; material on the application of teletypewriters to radio circuits; blueprints, schematics, reports, and manuals concerning the technica...
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Ceramics and Glass, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Steele, Richard, 1916-1980
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1948-1963.
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0080
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection, which consists of notebooks, journals, photographs, correspondence, memos, brochures, and technical drawings, is divided into three series: Sketches, Drawing Journals and Tests; Ram Company Materials; and Photographs. The papers were selected from among Mr. Steele's files by his son, Christopher. As a result, the papers included ...