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Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings
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1987-2015
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13 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-173
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the marketing and publicity of recordings produced by Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings, part of the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. The majority of the records were created by Brenda Dunlap, Marketing Director, 1994-2001, and Richard Burgess, Marketing Director, ...
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Bandy, David Wayne (Secretary, Friends of the Royal Hawaiian Band)
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1836-1980
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0.3 Cubic feet (0.3,cu. ft.:,1,box.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0361
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A thesis documenting the history of the Royal Hawaiian Band, 1836-1980. The history of the band is important because it parallels the history of Hawaii itself and the development of music education. Research sources included books, newspaper articles, periodicals, diaries, government papers and documents, and interviews. Appendices include sample m...
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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July 3-14, 1974
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
459 Sound tape reels (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1974
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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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Chickering, Jonas, 1798-1853
Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
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1864 - 1985
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16 Cubic feet (37 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0264
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of 51 volumes of Chickering & Sons piano registers, documenting piano production (May 1823-September 1985); correspondence related to the hundredth anniversary of Jonas Chickering's presidency of the Handel and Hayden Society; publications on the history of the Company and sales literature (1854-1984); newspapers articles a...
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Leedy Manufacturing Co.
Musical Instruments, Division of (NMAH, SI)
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ca. 1925.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0188
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This album documents the Leedy Manufacturing Co.'s production of a variety of percussion musical instruments, such as drums, tympani, xylophones, vibraphones, etc. There is a group portrait of the executive staff, assembled near the door of the plant: it is marked "Indianapolis" and "1925," along with the names "Leedy," [George H.] "Way," "Elsie W...
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 23-July 4, 1995
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1995
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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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Music, Sports and Entertainment, Division of, NMAH, SI
Sidney, Corinne Entratter
Sidney, George, 1916-2002
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1885-2002
bulk 1940-1967
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54 film reels
96 Cubic feet (288 boxes, 6 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0867
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
George Sidney (1916-2002) was a film director during the Golden Age of Hollywood filmmaking (1927-1954). He spent the longest period of his career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) until the 1950s. He later produced and directed films for Columbia Pictures and Paramount Pictures. He was a president of the Directors Guild of America and an avid photographer. He was the recipient of three awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscar). The collection consists of photographs, photographic negatives, personal and business materials, and film. The collection also contains material created by George Sidney's uncle, George Sidney, vaudevillian and motion picture actor.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 24-July 5, 2009
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.2009
- Repository:
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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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Dorn, Joel, 1942-2007
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1966-1987
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8 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0536
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Recording session logs, correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, and accounting sheets and ledger documenting Dorn's career as a producer for Atlantic Records.
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Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942- interviewee
- Dates:
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1986
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3 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Accession 009612
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Oral History Program is part of the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The purpose of the program is to conduct interviews with current and retired members of the Smithsonian staff who have made significant contributions, administrative and scholarly, to the Institution. The project's goal is to supplement the published record and manuscrip...