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Hervey, Wilna, 1894-1979
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1883-1985
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4.9 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hervwiln
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Archives of American Art
The papers of artist and silent film actress Wilna Hervey and her lifelong companion painter Nan Mason date from 1883 through 1985 and measure 4.9 linear feet. The collection is comprised mostly of letters to Hervey and Mason from friends, colleagues, and Mason's father, Dan Mason, also a silent film actor. Also found are personal photographs and snapshots, Hervey's handwritten memoirs, as well as twelve folders of Dan Mason's papers.
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National Museum of African Art
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1964-1999
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-091
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the curatorial activities of Lydia Puccinelli, Curator of Collections, National Museum of African Art, 1979-1999. Between 1964-1979, Puccinelli served as a curator at the Museum of African Art, prior to its joining the Smithsonian. A large portion of the correspondence is in response to public ...
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Cahill, James, 1926-2014
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1945-1996
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12 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2001.11
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Papers created by Asian art historian, curator, and collector Dr. James Francis Cahill. Includes personal and professional correspondence and project files documenting his many publications, lectures and activities in the Asian art field. Documents span his early career at the Freer Gallery of Art, where he served as curator of Chinese art from 1957-1965, and his tenure 1965-1994 as Professor of the History of Art at the University of California, Berkeley.
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1887-1986
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2 Photographic prints (color)
6,859 Postcards (color, 10 x 15 cm. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2001-001
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Picture postcards collected by Stephen Grant, Education Official, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), while serving in Africa.
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
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circa 1982-2009
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-240
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the planning and design of exhibitions at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. The majority of the material consists of images of objects on loan or considered for loan to the museum for unspecified exhibitions. The remainder of the material includes correspondence, checklists, label text, ...
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Thomas Ofcansky collection
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Ofcansky, Thomas P., 1947-
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1678-circa 2005
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1 Booklet (sheet music)
30 Engravings
6 Photographic prints
6 Posters
1 Drawing
2 Documents
12 Maps
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2015-012
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection dates from 1678 to circa 2005 and consists of 58 maps, engravings, posters, original documents and photographs related to East, Central and South Africa. There is a special focus on Ethiopia (Abyssinia), Tanzania and the Sudan, and the collection's subjects include East African geography, history, political affairs and African leaders, as well as European (German, Italian, British) and American colonization, exploration and warfare in Africa.
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United States National Museum
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undated
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3 Prints (color halftone)
2 Prints (halftone)
1 Print (photogravure)
7 Negatives (nitrate)
13 mounted prints (albumen)
40 Prints (circa, silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.99-41
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National Anthropological Archives
Images of various artifacts and specimens in the United States National Museum's collections, including George Washington's uniform and camp chest; the Franklin Press; Samuel P. Langley, third Secretary of the Smithsonian, supervising the installation of the Easter Island stone figures; zoological, ornithological, entomological, and botanical speci...
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Cordry, Donald Bush
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1941-1974
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1 mounted color print
11 mounted prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.82-14
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Images of masks, mask making, and use of masks in various parts of Mexico. Also includes photograph of a painting by Donald Cordry depicting use of a mask and musical instruments.
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Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
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1943 May 31
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5 photographic prints (black and white , 8 x 10 inches.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2008-013
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This study collection contains five 8 x 10 inch black and white publicity photographs, dated May 31, 1943, of Liberian officials, U.S. State Department representatives, and Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. personnel, taken as they toured the company's war production plants in Ohio. Each photograph has complete typewritten documentation tipped to the back. Includes images of President Edwin Barclay and President-elect William V.S. Tubman of Liberia, Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.
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1868-1978
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8 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S37
- 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 37: Other Materials contains materials documenting the various subjects present in the collection other than sheet music. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.