Duncan P. Schiedt Photograph Collection
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- Creators:
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Schiedt, Duncan P.
- Dates:
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1900-2012, undated
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65 Cubic feet (124 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1323
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Duncan Schiedt (1921-2014) was a jazz scholar, writer, photographer, film maker, researcher and pianist. He authored four books relating to jazz history. Many of his photographs and articles were featured in magazines, periodicals and documentaries. Schiedt also collected the work of other photographers on the subject of jazz. The collection primarily consists of photographs created by or collected by Mr. Schiedt.
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Ostroff, Elaine
- Dates:
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1965 - 2009
- Size:
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16 Cubic feet (37 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1356
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents activist and educator Elaine Ostroff who advocated for improved access for people with disabilities in public places, co-founded the Adaptive Environments Center and who taught universal design in several institutions.
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- Dates:
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1996
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160 audiotapes (originals). 15 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9594
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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- Dates:
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1958-1992
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5.9 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 106
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include tape recordings made or received by the Office of Public Affairs, usually of Smithsonian events or by Smithsonian staff. They also include tapes made of animal sounds for the National Museum of Natural History Audioguide and other tapes received by the Archives, regardless of origin. Some of these recordings come from co...
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Penn, Larry
McGee, Bobbie
Collector Records
Magpie
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circa 1937-2004
bulk 1960-1990
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34.28 Cubic feet (3 record boxes of business records; 8 record boxes, including 374 non-master audio reels (10", 7", 5", 4" and 2" reels); 160 10" reels in open stacks; 4 record boxes, including 853 audio cassettes; 1 record box, including 36 video cassettes; and 491 long play records, 45s and compact discs.)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.COLL
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
This collection documents the activities of Joe Glazer's record label Collector Records. Materials include the label's original commercial recordings, paper records related to day-to-day business operations and production, field recordings made by Joe Glazer, and Glazer's personal music collection.
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of Public Affairs
- Dates:
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2006
- Size:
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-091
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of newspaper clippings about Smithsonian museums, curators, exhibitions, and events. Materials include clippings.
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Groenhoff, Hans
- Dates:
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1933-1975
- Size:
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5.27 Cubic feet (41 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0359
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Hans Groenhoff (1906-1985) was a celebrated American aviation photographer from the 1930s through the 1960s, also working as a pilot, journalist, editor, correspondent, and—in his retirement years—as an aviation tourism publicist for the Bahamas. This collection of 25,550 images consists of Groenhoff's collection of negatives and transparencies, spanning his career from 1933 to 1975.
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National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Public Affairs
- Dates:
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1989-2002
- Size:
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-031
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of visual materials collected and maintained by Leonda Levchuck, Public Affairs Assistant. The materials document the various receptions, events, and galas put on by the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), Office of External Affairs and National Campaign and NMAI, Office of Public Affairs. Also documented ...
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- Dates:
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circa 1885-1981
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3.8 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7293
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Materials in this record unit were donated to the Archives by Lucile Quarry Mann and the National Zoological Park between 1977 and 1988. During 1980 and 1981, Lucile Mann narrated the 16mm motion picture on audiotape with scripts by Pamela M. Henson, Oral Historian. In 1985, the motion picture was transferred to a 3/4" videotape and the t...
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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
- Repository:
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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.