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Ford-Deas family
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circa 1900-1969
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3.42 Linear feet ((10 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-062
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from approximately 1900-1969 and measures 3.42 linear feet, documents the lives and activities of the Ford-Deas family. The collection is comprised of black-and-white photographs, color photographs, photograph albums, clippings, correspondence, postcards, bankbooks, blankbooks, diplomas, sheet music, scrapbook, poems, sketches and drawings.
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Hewes, Harry
Du Von, Jay
Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
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1964 Oct
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1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 7 in.)
65 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hewes64
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Harry Hewes and Jay du Von conducted 1964 Oct., by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
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National Museum of American History. Department of Public Programs
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1975-1999
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-042
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Harold A. Closter and document his work in the Department of Public Programs developing, creating, and putting on public programs at the National Museum of American History (NMAH) and other sites around the Smithsonian Institution. Included are records from when the department was known as the Office ...
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Green, Freddie, 1911-1987
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1930-2006
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3 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1453
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Green's life and work, especially his nearly fifty years as rhythm guitarist with Count Basie's orchestra.
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National Portrait Gallery. Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management
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1991-2001
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5.5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-149
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document all the various aspects of exhibition development, planning, design, and publicity. In particular these records document the exhibition, Red, Hot, and Blue: A Salute to American Musicals. Aspects of the exhibition documented include the development of an accompanying CD-ROM and CD music co...
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Carmichael, Hoagy
Arnaz, Desi, 1917-1986
Mills Brothers.
Calloway, Cab, 1907-
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1930s-1940s.
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0775
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
16mm motion picture films, produced in the 1930s and 1940s by various film production companies, documenting performances by jazz and popular music performers, including Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Lena Horne, the Mills Brothers, and Rosemary Clooney, and others listed below.
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Banding Together: School Bands as Instruments of Opportunity Exhibition Records
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1925-2006
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1.5 Linear feet (2 box; digital files)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-048
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition on the history, community impact, and support of instrumental music education in Washington, D.C. public schools from the 1880s to 2006. The exhibit focuses on the development of junior and senior high school cadet (military) bands and their evolution into the popular marching and show band programs today. The exhibit was organized by the Anacostia Community Museum in collaboration with Community Help In Music Education and held from September 10, 2006 to May 14, 2007. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, original documentary photographs, and brochures.
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Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957
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1927-1935
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1 Item (box )
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3371
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National Anthropological Archives
Includes: Music of the Indians of British Columbia, 147 pages, song transcriptions and a list of illustrations submitted to the Bureau of American Ethnology May 9, 1935 and published in Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 136, Number 27. This manuscript was compiled from various manuscripts previously submitted. Old Manuscript Number 1665 "10 Son...
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Smithsonian Institution
Greenlee, Marcia (oral historian)
Willard, Patricia
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1989- 1993
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15 Cubic feet (22 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0368
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Thirty-nine oral history interviews created by the Archives Center with Duke Ellington's music and business associates. The interviews cover a range of topics including Ellington as a musician, the significance of race in Ellington's work and life, Ellington and the economics of the music business, Ellington as international cultural figure, and Ellington and the historical record.
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MacEwen, Walter, 1860-1943
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1989
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1 Photographic print (col., 13 x 9 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.macewalt
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Archives of American Art
Detail of a man carrying an urn from MacEwen's mural originally for the World's Columbian Exposition. Penned note on verso: W. McEwen mural; Knox College, Jan. 1989.