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8601 records — Page 220 of 861
Photographs relating to the WPA Southern California Art Project
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Creators:
Perret, Ferdinand, 1888-1960
Dates:
circa 1937-1941
Size:
0.2 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.perrferd1
Repository:
Archives of American Art

137 b&w photographs compiled by Ferdinand Perret relating to the WPA Southern California Art Project. Depicted are the WPA-FAP Print Department, Los Angeles; Canoga Park petrachrome in progress, 1940; George Washington High School petrachrome in progress; Long Beach Municipal Auditorium tile mosaic; petrachrome seal of Santa Monica, Santa Monica Ci...

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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
Dates:
circa 1977-1990
Size:
1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 91-030
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records that pertain to the Facing the Lights: Historic American Portrait Daguerreotypes exhibition. Materials Include loan agreements with individuals, historical societies, university archives/libraries, and outside museums; lists of incoming loans, which register name of lender and transportation arrangements ...

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Robert P. Johnston papers
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Creators:
Johnston, Robert P., 1924-
Dates:
1967-1982
Size:
0.2 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.johnrobe
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Material compiled by Johnston relating to ceramicist and sculptor William Ellisworth Artis and painter Hale Woodruff and one letter to Johnston from Karl Knaths.

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Tore Asplund papers
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Creators:
Asplund, Tore, 1903-1978
Dates:
1941-1958
Size:
7 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
Collection ID:
AAA.aspltore
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Correspondence; clippings; one exhibition notice; a receipt for a painting auctioned January 14, 1941; an invitation to join Aububon Artists, 1946; a letter from the National Academy of Design informing Asplund of a hundred dollar prize awarded him; and one photograph of Asplund with Rockwell Kent, Roy Mason, and an unidentified man, Batavia, N.Y.,...

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Project Files
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
Dates:
1973, 1977-1982
Size:
12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 84-081
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of project files, including memoranda, blueprints, specifications, and correspondence. Museums and facilities documented include the Smithsonian Institution Building (Castle), the Silver Hill Facility (Museum Support Center), the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Smithsonian Environmen...

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Digitized Content Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2000 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Dates:
June 23-July 4, 2000
Size:
1 Cubic foot (approximate)
Collection ID:
CFCH.SFF.2000
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

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Digitized Content Claire Falkenstein papers
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Creators:
Falkenstein, Claire, 1908-1997
Dates:
circa 1914-1997
bulk 1940-1990
Size:
42.8 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.falkclai
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of sculptor, painter, jewelry designer, and teacher Claire Falkenstein measure 42.8 linear feet and date from 1917 to her death in 1997. There is extensive correspondence with fellow artists, collectors, critics, friends, museums, and galleries. The collection also contains biographical materials, much of it collected and organized by Falkenstein, personal and business records, writings, diaries, exhibition files, commission files, teaching files, photographs, original artwork, scrapbooks, and printed materials. There is a short motion picture film of an interview with Falkenstein featuring the windows she designed for St. Basil's Church in Los Angeles.

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Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Museums
Dates:
circa 1985-1991
Size:
6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 93-033
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records that document the administrative affairs of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Museums. The title of this office changed to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Arts and Humanities in April 1992. Includes mostly the correspondence of Tom L. Freudenheim, presently the Assistant Secretary for A...

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Public Program Records
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Creators:
National Museum of American History. Department of Public Programs
Dates:
circa 1977-1994
Size:
9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 96-001
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of the records of Shirley E. Cherkasky, who served as Coordinator of Performance Programs at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), Department of Public Programs, from 1983 to 1995. Also includes records that date back to when Cherkasky was Director of Museum Programs in the Division of Performing Arts, 19...

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Ralph and Bena Frank Mayer papers
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Creators:
Mayer, Ralph, 1895-1979
Dates:
[ca. 1920]-1964
Size:
4.5 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 3 reels))
Collection ID:
AAA.mayeralp
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Correspondence, writings, photographs, art work, subject files, scrapbooks, and printed material.

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