International Sweethearts of Rhythm Collection
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Cron, Rosalind
International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Piney Woods School
Moon, Dixie Hardy
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1933-2010
bulk 1939-1946
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1218
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm Collection focuses on the all-female, racially and ethnically diverse big band group that started in 1937 and disbanded in 1949. The collection contains news clippings, photographs, correspondence, ephemera from USO travels, and newsletters. Also included are books related to the group, as well as a tribute CD and a 33 rpm vinyl sound recording.
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Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981
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1875-1985
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19.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.franalfr
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Archives of American Art
The papers of art critic and historian Alfred Victor Frankenstein measure 19.1 linear feet and date from 1875 to 1985. The bulk of the collection consists of Frankenstein's research and writing files on American painting, particularly artists working in the nineteenth-century. There are extensive files on artists John Haberle, William Michael Harnett, and William Sidney Mount. The collection also includes biographical material, correspondence, general writings and notes, professional activities files, personal business records, printed materials, photographs, and unidentified sound recordings.
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Head, Howard, 1914-1991 (inventor, business executive)
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1926-1991
bulk 1955-1991
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11 Cubic feet (25 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0589
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Head Papers, 1926-1991, consist of correspondence, calendars, notes, company records (Head Ski Company and Prince Manufacturing Inc.), drawings, sketches, advertisements, product information, photographs, and slides documenting the development and design of both the Head ski and Prince oversized tennis racket. The collection is arranged into ei...
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Keene, Paul F., Jr., 1920-2009
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circa 1940-1987
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1 microfilm reel
- Collection ID:
- AAA.keenpaul
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Archives of American Art
This microfilm collection of the papers of African American painter and educator Paul F. Keene consists of correspondence regarding Keene's application for the Whitney Fellowship, Mr. Whitney's purchase of a painting, and a letter from Humbert Howard regarding an award and exhibition of Keene's painting at the Pyramid Club; diplomas; and painting i...
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Ferne, Hortense T., 1885-1976
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1932-1933
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180 acetate negatives (black and white, 5 x 7 inches.)
71 Photographic prints (gelatin silver, 10 x 13 inches.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.045
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 180 black-and-white acetate negatives and 71 gelatin silver prints taken by American artist Hortense Ferne. The images depict scenes of everyday life in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Puebla, Morales, Guerrero and the Federal District, as well as the Teotihuacán archaeological site. A few images of San Jose Mission and the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, are also present.
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Kermin, A
- Dates:
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circa 1920s
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1 Book
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2011.02
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
One snakeskin boumd photography album containing 73 photomechanical reproductions of landscapes, mosque architecture, family portraits, street scenes, and bazaar snapshots. There are a limited number of aerial photographs, credited to the RAF.
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Nagler, Fred, 1891-1983
Nagler, Edith Kroger, 1890-1986
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1913-1979
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1.6 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 4 reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.naglfred
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Printed material, correspondence, photographs, a scrapbook, and a journal.
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Gabriel, Léopold
- Dates:
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between 1920-1940
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370 postcards (silver gelatin (2 v.), black & white, 9 x 14 cm. or smaller )
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1989-001
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by L. Gabriel in Central Africa and Mozambique between 1914-1920.
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Hancock, Walker Kirtland, 1901-1998
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1911-1995
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21.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hancwalk
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence with artists including Cecilia Beaux, Timothy Crouse, Carl Paul Jennewein, Henry Kreis, Paul Manship, Booth Tarkington, William Zorach, and others; project and commission files including the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial in Georgia among others; committee files; personal business records; writings; sketches; photographs and neg...
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- Dates:
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circa 1940s-1990s
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1.5 Linear feet ((3 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-066
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from circa 1940s to 1990s and measures 1.15 linear feet, documents the daily lives and activities of the residents of the Frederick Douglass Dwellings and other areas of Anacostia, as well as the demolition of the Frederick Douglass Dwellings. The collection is comprised of color and black-and-white photographs, studio portraits, slides, negatives, documents from community organizations, magazines and clippings.