Mary Fanton Roberts papers
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Roberts, Mary Fanton, 1871-1956
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1880-1956
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3.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.robemary
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Archives of American Art
The papers of art writer and editor Mary Fanton Roberts measure 3.8 linear feet and are dated 1880 to 1956. The bulk of this collection is Roberts' correspondence with numerous important artists, dancers, actors, writers, and musicians of the day. Also found are scattered biographical materials, family correspondence, writings, printed material, photographs and artwork.
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
- Dates:
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1996 November 11-16
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7.5 Cubic feet (15 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0610
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This week-long event explored the intersection of technology and music in the 20th century; it included oral and video histories, exhibitions, concerts, and a symposium discussing the cultural significance of the electric guitar as instrument, technology, and symbol.
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Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Cadwell, Paul, 1889-1985 ((banjoist))
Reed, Frances
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1883-1980
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12 Cubic feet (28 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0387
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The bulk of the collection is music for the five-string banjo, often with piano and/or second banjo accompaniments. Almost no sheets have cover illustrations. Many editions are British and rarely have copyright dates.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 23-July 4, 1988
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1988
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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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Myers, Stephanie
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1984-1987
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0.6 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0887
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This is a collection of 20 eight by ten inch black and white photographs taken by Stephanie Myers at Le Grande Parade du Jazz, a jazz festival held in Nice, France.
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Horstman, Dorothy, 1930-1999
Cline, Patsy
Horstman, Madi
Horstman, Fritzi
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1959-1999.
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11 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0723
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Tape recordings containing oral history and radio show recordings of country and western music, collected and produced by Dorothy Horstman.,Recordings include such musicians as Jimmie Rodgers, Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Hank Snow, and Roy Acuff.
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Simpson, George Eaton, 1904-1998
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1936-1987
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521 Prints (silver gelatin)
90 Negatives (acetate)
70 lantern slides
347 Negatives (nitrate)
185 color slides
4 Prints (Kodachrome color)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.93-14
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National Anthropological Archives
The collection documents George Eaton Simpson's fieldwork in Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Nigeria from 1936-1964. There are 704 images in several formats including negatives, prints, and slides. The photographs were primarily made by Simpson, but a few were made by Frederic Ramsey, Jr. Ramsey's prints are stamped on verso with his name. Many print...
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Smithsonian Productions
- Dates:
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1992-2000
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5.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (5 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-013
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audio and video elements created during the production of the radio series "Memphis: Cradle of Rock and Soul" and videos for the exhibition "Rock 'n' Soul: Social Crossroads." "Memphis: Cradle of Rock and Soul" is a 13-part radio documentary featuring oral histories and music from the National Museum of American His...
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National Portrait Gallery, Office of the Deputy Director
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1991-2005
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-076
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition records created by Carolyn Kinder Carr, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, National Portrait Gallery (NPG), in the course of her work on the exhibition, "Hans Namuth: Portraits." This exhibition explored the forty-year career of Namuth as he photographed America's leading painters, sculptors, writers, ...
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of Exhibits Central
- Dates:
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1966-2004
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-082
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting exhibitions and other projects produced by the Office of Exhibits Central for other museums and units. Included in this accession are exhibitions and projects produced for the Smithsonian Institution, Keeper of the Castle; the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum; the Smithsonian Institution, ...