Marion Sanford and Cornelia Chapin papers
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Sanford, Marion
- Dates:
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1929-1988
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2.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.sanfmari
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Archives of American Art
The papers of sculptors and close companions Marion Sanford and Cornelia Chapin measure 2.5 linear feet and date from 1929-1988. The papers include scattered materials created by and about both women, including biographical materials, one folder of correspondence for each woman, a few writings and essays, newsclippings, exhibition catalogs, other printed materials, and four scrapbooks (three about Chapin and one about Sanford). Photographs are of Chapin only and of artwork of both women. There is also one phonograph album transferred onto cassette of a radio interview with Chapin and several motion picture films of Chapin's home movies shot in upstate New York and Paris.
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Hillers, John K., 1843-1925
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circa 1871-1874
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37 mounted prints (albumen)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.87-2N
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National Anthropological Archives
The collection consists of photographs depicting Ute and Paiute Indians, mostly informal portraits, with some individuals holding baskets, bow and arrows, and rifles. The photographs may have been made on a Powell expedition. Many of the prints are the same as those normally used to make stereographs, and the mounts appear to be pages removed from ...
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Dormon, Caroline, 1888-1971
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
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after 1911
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1 Page
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4907
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Political History
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circa 1950-1969
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3 cu. ft. (6 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 252
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of general correspondence, primarily public inquiries, particularly concerning the First Ladies' Hall and objects associated with presidents and other prominent figures; administrative files pertaining to exhibits and the operation of the Department of Civil History and MHT; annual reports of the Divisions of Civil H...
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- Dates:
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1924
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2 negatives (photographic) ((dupe negs), black & white, 4 x 5 in.)
1 print (visual works) (black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
1 negative (photographic) (black & white, 8 x 11.5 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1994-003
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photograph by Major John Noble White of a mask worn by the Tetela people, Kasongo village, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1924. The mask pictured in the photograph was received by the National Museum of African Art in 1984 and is assigned the registration number 84-6-6.
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Richardson, Deborra
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
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circa 1822-1994
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6.55 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0653
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the customs and culture of black gospel song and its performance in 19th- and 20th-century America. Dr. Reagon collected photographs, sheet music, and other primary and secondary sources chronicling the development and legacy of this medium, from the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement, from blues to Gospel to classical to jazz. Among the subjects included in this collection are trailblazers such as Charles Tindley, Thomas A. Dorsey, Rosetta Tharpe, Duke Ellington, and Nathaniel Dett. Noted performers are the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Harmonizing Four, the Hampton University Choir, and the Chick Webb Orchestra.
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Myers, John Bernard
- Dates:
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circa 1940s-1987
bulk 1970-1987
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2 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.myerjohn
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The John Bernard Myers papers span the period circa 1940s to 1987, bulk 1970-1987. The collection measures 2.0 linear feet and documents Myers's work as a writer, editor, and gallery director, and includes correspondence, writings, printed material, and photographs.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Department of Public Programs/Curatorial Division
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circa 1975-1997
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-013
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records produced by Judith Zilczer, Curator of Painting at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG), which primarily document planning for the Richard Lindner and Sean Scully exhibitions at HMSG. Also included are Zilczer's curatorial files pertaining to research on HMSG collections, as well as papers from ...
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Rohrmann, G. F. (George F.)
- Dates:
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1970-1975
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129 color slides (35mm)
622 negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2018-003
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection depicts the everyday life and architecture of Basotho, Hausa, Makonde, Matabele, Pedi, Swazi, and Xhosa peoples in Nigeria, Southern Africa, and Tanzania.
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Fouch, John H., 1849-1933
- Dates:
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circa 1877
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4 copy prints
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.R92-39
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National Anthropological Archives
Copies of photographs depicting Little Powder, an Arapaho chief; High Backbone, a Cheyenne Indian, or Hump, a Sioux Indian married to a Cheyenne woman; Chief Joseph, October 1877; and Squaw Jim, a two-spirit Crow Indian, seated next to a Crow woman.