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García, Héctor, 1923-
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1969
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1 Booklet
80 Prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.92-6
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made by Héctor García documenting Holy Week observances among the Cora in Western Central Mexico in 1969. They include images of a church, musicians, masks and mask makers, processions, and performers. Notes on some of the photographs relate them to descriptions in Fernando Benitez, Los indios de México, 1970. The photographs, mostly en...
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Arts Club of Washington (Washington, D.C.)
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1916-1991
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9 Microfilm reels (61 volumes on 9 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.artsclub
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Archives of American Art
The microfilmed Arts Club of Washington scrapbooks document the club's membership and activities through membership lists, correspondence, photographs, exhibition checklists, publicity items, and other related material.
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research.
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1976-1986
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34.5 cu. ft. (34 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 88-140
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records pertaining to offices reporting to the Assistant Secretary for Research as well as includes materials regarding projects funded by the Scholarly Studies Program.
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs
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1990-1995
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-051
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the Educational Outreach Fund (EOF) activities of Manjula Kumar, Program Manager for EOF under the offices of the Assistant Secretary for Public Service, 1989-1992, Assistant Secretary for Education and Public Service, 1992-1994, and Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs, 1994-...
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Peratrovich, Roy, Sr., 1908-1989
Peratrovich, Elizabeth, 1911-1958
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1929-2001
bulk 1939-2001
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0.42 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.078
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Peratrovich family papers include correspondence, personal papers, and newsclippings related to civil rights work done by Elizabeth and Roy Peratrovich in Alaska in the mid-twentieth century.
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Laurie Lisle research material on Georgia O'Keeffe and Louise Nevelson
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Lisle, Laurie
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1902-1990
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3.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.lisllaur
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Laurie Lisle research material on Georgia O'Keeffe and Louise Nevelson measures 3.4 linear feet and dates from 1902-1990. The collection consists of copied biographical papers, recordings, correspondence, and printed material related to O'Keeffe, and 97 recorded interviews related to the life of Louise Nevelson. The outcome of Lisle's research on O'Keeffe resulted in her book, Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe (1980); and on Nevelson, Lisle authored, Louise Nevelson: A Passionate Life (1990).
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Whitehead, Henry P. (Prenton), 1917-2002
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1843-2010
bulk 1940-1986
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156.91 Linear feet (178 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-042
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The papers of historian Henry P. Whitehead measure 156.91 linear feet and date from 1843 to 2010 (bulk 1945-1986). The collection documents Whitehead's careers, as well as his family and personal life. The collection also includes the personal papers of Tomlinson D. Todd, Elizabeth B. Delaney and the Howard Theatre Foundation. The combined collection is comprised of black theatrical memorabilia; materials relating to civil rights activities in the District of Columbia; and the African American experience in general. Included are playbills, sheet music, admission tickets, newspapers, magazines, books, photographs, clippings, flyers, brochures, pamphlets, sound recordings, research files, and other material.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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1967-2016
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1,948 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. This collection documents the planning, production, and execution of the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival. These Festival records include administrative papers and the audiovisual documentation of annual Festivals (1967-ongoing). Finding aids are available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1798-1977
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14.07 Cubic feet (consisting of 26.5 boxes, 9 folders, 39 oversize folder, 3 map case folders, 4 flat boxes (2 full, 2 partial), plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Periodicals
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Periodicals forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Princeton University
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1863-1950
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135 Cubic feet (10,690 posters)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0433
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Primarily war-related posters.