Esther McCoy papers
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McCoy, Esther
- Dates:
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circa 1876-1990
bulk 1938-1989
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44.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mccoesth
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Southern California architectural historian, critic, and writer Esther McCoy measure 44.4 linear feet and date from 1876 to 1990 (bulk 1938-1989). The collection documents McCoy's career, as well as her family and personal life through biographical material, extensive correspondence, personal and professional writings, project files, Southern California architects' files, clippings and other printed material, a large collection of photographs and slides, and taped interviews of Southern California modern architects.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
- Dates:
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1847-1975
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251 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S04
- 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 4: Songwriters: A "songwriter" for this series is defined as a composer, a lyricist, or both. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Gray, Cleve
- Dates:
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1933-2005
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9.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.grayclev
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Cleve Gray papers, 1933-2005, measure 9.2 linear feet. Papers include biographical material, alphabetical files, writings, artwork, audio/visual records, artifacts, printed material, and photographs. Extensive alphabetical files contain personal and professional correspondence as well as subject files relating to projects and interests. Especially well-documented are: Gray's involvement with the Vietnam protest movement; and Threnody, his best-known work composed of fourteen large panels lamenting the dead of both sides sides in Vietnam, commissioned by the Neuberger Museum of Art.
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Richard York Gallery
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circa 1865-2005
bulk 1981-2004
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89.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.richyorg
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Richard York Gallery, a New York gallery specializing in American art from early 1800s to 1950, measure 79.3 linear feet and date from circa 1865-2005, with the bulk of the material dating from 1981 to 2004. Three-fourths of the records are artists' artwork files, documenting the sale and consignment of nearly 6,500 works of art. The gallery's activities are also recorded through correspondence, client files, gallery invoices, inventories, business and financial records, printed materials, scrapbooks, photographic materials of artwork, and estate records for the John Marin estate and Sergio Stella estate (Joseph Stella). An addition of 10.2 linear feet, dated circa 1865 to 2005, includes artists' files arranged alphabetically containing printed material, clippings, exhibition announcements, and scattered correspondence and financial documents.
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Turner, Lorenzo Dow, 1890-1972
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1895 - 1972
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23.97 Linear feet (20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-017
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from 1895 to 1972 and measures 23.97 linear feet, documents the career and travels of Professor Lorenzo Dow Turner. The collection is comprised of correspondence, academic papers, research materials, books, newspaper and journal articles, sound recordings, and photographs.
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Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
- Dates:
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1663-2004
- Size:
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6,500 Items (estimated)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CL.XXXX-0014
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Smithsonian Libraries
Manuscript and printed textual material, photographic prints and negatives, slides, audio tapes, film, original and reproduction artwork, maps, scrapbooks, and historical and natural artifacts related to the history of African exploration and natural history, dating primarily from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Includes correspondence, drafts of publications, diaries, account books, ephemera, posters, newsclippings, biographies, memoirs, portraits, and the former personal property of selected explorers, big game hunters, missionaries, pioneers, and naturalists in Africa.