Colette Roberts Papers and Interviews with Artists
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Roberts, Colette, 1910-
- Dates:
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1918-1971
- Size:
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10.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.robecoli
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York City and Paris art historian, educator, and gallerist Colette Roberts measure 10.2 linear feet and date from 1918 to 1971. Papers include correspondence, writings, teaching records, project proposals, gallery records from Grand Central Moderns Gallery, clippings, Roberts' printed articles, press releases, exhibition catalogs, posters, photographs, and a few works of art on paper. Also found are 124 interviews with contemporary artists conducted by Roberts.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
- Dates:
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1975-1984
- Size:
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 85-212
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of memoranda, blueprints, drawings, specifications, and correspondence. Museums and facilities documented in this collection include the National Museum of American History, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Silver Hill Facility, the Barney Studio House, the Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies (now the Smithsoni...
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Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Department of Membership and Programs
- Dates:
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1973-1978
- Size:
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8 cu. ft. (16 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 284
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of correspondence with prospective donors for cash donations or donation of items for auctions; invitations to the auction and auction-related events; photographs of items for auction; drafts for auction catalogues; invitations and announcements; auction bids; expense statements; sale receipts; and newspaper and jour...
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Jackler, Robert K.
- Dates:
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circa 1898-2017
undated
- Size:
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20 Cubic feet (40 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1224
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the history of tobacco advertising in America through print advertisements (magazine and newspaper), emphasizing the deceptive advertising practices employed by the tobacco industry to lure and keep smokers. Many of the advertisements contain images of celebrities, athletes, and other notable persons who endorsed tobacco products as well as ethinic imagery.
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Lee, Edith Lavinia
Fairmont Seminary (Washington, D.C.)
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circa 1912-1927
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1415
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Scrapbook compiled by Lee, documenting her time as a student at the Fairmont Seminary in Washington, D.C. in the 1910s. The scrapbook mostly documents the social lives of Lee and other students at the school, especially the dances, sporting events, graduations and other activities at the U.S. Naval Academy. The contents of the scrapbook include a h...
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Simon, Sidney, 1917-1997
- Dates:
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circa 1917-2002
bulk 1940-1997
- Size:
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8 Linear feet
2.21 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.simosidn
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of sculptor, painter, and educator Sidney Simon measure 8.0 linear feet and 2.21 GB and date from circa 1917-2002, with the bulk of the papers dating from 1940-1997. The collection documents Simon's career through biographical material, correspondence, writings and notes, subject files, sketches, sketchbooks, printed and digital material, and photographs.
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National Museum of American History
- Dates:
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2008-2016
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-070
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the National Museum of American History website as it existed on May 9, 2016. The website includes information about the museum and its exhibitions, collections, special events, and staff as well as online exhibitions, educational resources, and interactive games. A blog, "O Say Can You See?," is embedded in the webs...
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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Miller, Kenneth C., 1901-1974
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1926-1943
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70 negatives (photographic)
47 Photographic prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.049
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Photographic negatives and prints shot by and collected Kenneth C. Miller between 1926 and 1943. Miller served as a field assistant to Donald Cadzow on a 1926 trip to Northwestern, Canada and was later hired as an MAI staff member between 1935 and 1943.
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Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930
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circa 1890-1928
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9 prints (cromolithograph)
40 prints (circa, halftone)
77 prints (circa, albumen)
84 drawings (circa 84 drawings (some mechanically produced))
1,655 prints (circa, silver gelatin)
71 copy negatives
43 copy prints
363 negatives (circa, nitrate)
7 paintings
1 print (cyanotype)
1 print (photogravure)
1 postcard (collotype)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.4321
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs and drawings mostly relating to archeological subjects, collected and arranged by Jesse Walter Fewkes for his reference. Subjects include burial mounds, excavations, drawn maps, as well as urns, implements, idols, pottery, and other artifacts found in excavations, and Hopi, Zuni, and Piegan ceremonies and dances. Many of the photograp...
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Dove, Arthur Garfield, 1880-1946
- Dates:
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1905-1975
- Size:
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3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.dovearth
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of artists Arthur and Helen Torr Dove measure 3 linear feet and date from 1905 to 1975, with the bulk of material dating from 1920 to 1946. Arthur Dove's life as an artist, and his life with the artist Helen Torr, are documented in biographical narratives, personal documents, an audio recording, correspondence, diaries, essays, poetry, notes, exhibition catalogs, clippings, magazine illustrations, pamphlets, receipts, an accounting ledger, tax records, sketches, and photographs.