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Okubo, Miné, 1912-2001
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circa 1940-2001
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1.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.okubmine
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Roy Leeper and Gaylord Hall collection of Miné Okubo papers measure 1.4 linear feet and date from circa 1940 to 2001. Roy Leeper and Gaylord Hall were long-time friends with and patrons of Okubo from the late 1950s until her death. The collection contains letters, writings, and sketches by Okubo. Among the printed materials is a copy of the 1944 special edition of Fortune magazine which was sympathetic to Japanese Americans interned during World War II and for which Okubo was hired to illustrate. Also found are scattered documents relating to Hall and Leeper.
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Paredon Records audiorecordings
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Paredon Records
Silber, Irwin, 1925-2010
Dane, Barbara
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1969-2007
- Size:
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8.85 Cubic feet
1 Cubic foot (Phonograph records)
6.6 Cubic feet (Audiotapes)
1.25 Cubic feet (Business records)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.PARE
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Paredon Records audiorecordings consist of all 50 of the recordings released by Paredon, along with the master audiotapes. Many of the recordings have a file containing business records relating to their production. These business records include artist contracts, recording reports, various notes on records produced, photographs of artists, news articles both about and by Barbara Dane, Irwin Silber, and Paredon Records, correspondence by Barbara Dane, Irwin Silber and Paredon Records, and other miscellany. Many contracts are signed by both Paredon Records and the artist. Correspondence is primarily between business associates. A complete inventory of the business records is available.
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Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871
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1840-1961
- Size:
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0.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.rossthom
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Thomas Prichard Rossiter and Rossiter Family papers measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1840 to 1961. Included are letters to painter Thomas Prichard Rossiter and letters to his son, architect Ehrick Kensett Rossiter, documenting their friendships with many artists and Thomas Prichard Rossiter's sketchbook and loose sketches. Edith Rossiter Bevan's papers include her writings on her grandfather, Thomas Prichard Rossiter; a scrapbook; photographs of the Rossiter family; notes by Bevan; news clippings; and other printed material. Also found is Bevan's collection of artists' letters.
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El-Baz, Farouk
- Dates:
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1927-2012
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88.891 cu. ft. (80 record storage boxes) (14 tall document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-262
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Farouk El-Baz (1938- ) was born in Zagazig, Egypt. He received a B.S. in Chemistry and Geology in 1958 from Ain Shams University, Cairo. In 1960 he came to the United States, where he earned an M.S. in geology at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy in 1961 and a Ph.D. in geology at the University of Missouri in 1964. After teaching ...
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Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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1903 - 1989
- Size:
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400 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0301
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Duke Ellington's career primarily through orchestrations (scores and parts), music manuscripts, lead sheets, transcriptions, and sheet music. It also includes concert posters, concert programs, television, radio, motion picture and musical theater scripts, business records, correspondence, awards, as well as audiotapes, audiodiscs, photographs, tour itineraries, newspaper clippings, magazines, caricatures, paintings, and scrapbooks.
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Heritage Preservation (Organization)
- Dates:
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1973-2014
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39.1 cu. ft. (39 record storage boxes) (0.1 non-standard size boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-306
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the history and activities of Heritage Preservation from its very beginnings as the National Conservation Advisory Council and the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property. Among those areas documented include board meetings, workshops, the SOS! program, conservation awa...
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Hutchins, Louis W., 1916-1957
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circa 1939-1957 and undated
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3.36 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes) (1 5x8 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7248
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Graham, Adelaide
- Dates:
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1914-1973, undated
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1153
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of materials relating to the creation and operation of the restaurant chain known as the Coon Chicken Inn.
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Keen, A. Myra (Angeline Myra), 1905-1986
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circa 1918-1985 and undated, with family material dating from 1839
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13.69 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7333
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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United States National Museum. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1925-1963 and undated
- Size:
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8 cu. ft. (16 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 89
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists primarily of files created by Kellogg during his tenure as Director of the United States National Museum, 1948-1962. It includes smaller amounts of records kept by Kellogg as Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1958-1962, and as Assistant Curator and Curator in the Division of Mammals, USNM, 1928-1948....