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Schildkrout, Enid
Van Couvering, John A.
- Dates:
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1964-2010
- Size:
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5320 Slides (photographs) (35 mm)
120 Slides (photographs) (120 mm)
1407 Negatives (photographic) (35 mm)
91 Negatives (photographic) (120 mm)
3 Negatives (photographic) (5 x 7 inches)
10 Negatives (photographic) (4 x 5 inches)
2 Negatives (photographic) (8 x 10 inches)
136 Photographic prints (8 x 10 inches or smaller)
4 Contact sheets
1 USB flash drive (64 GB)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2018-005
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection documents the Asante, Baka, Baule, Berber, Dogomba, Dogon, Fulani, Gurunsi, Gonja, Hausa, Lobi, Mamprusi, Mossi, Senufo, Serer, Tsonga, Tuareg, Wolof, and Yoruba peoples; architecture, animals, artwork, celebrations, ceremonies, landscapes, masquerades, markets, mosques, portraits, shrines, and street scenes in Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Morocco, Republic of Benin, Central African Republic, Namibia, and Senegal.
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Ashley, Burton E., 1908-
- Dates:
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1930-1952
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665 Negatives (photographic) (black & white, 4 x 5 in. or smaller)
520 Negatives (photographic) (duplicate negatives; black & white, 4 x 5 in. or smaller)
10 Postcards (black & white, 9 x 14 cm.)
157 Slides (photographs) (color)
338 Photographic prints (+ contact prints , black & white, 4 x 5 in. or smaller)
1 Photographic print ((panograph), black & white, 6.3 x 20 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1979-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The photographs are cityscapes and landscapes taken by Burton E. Ashley in Egypt, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia during the early 1930s and early 1950s. The images include views of Cape Town, South Africa; Cairo, Egypt; Port Said, Egypt, and Mozambique. Architecture depicted includes buildings in Tanzania, a mission in Zambia and the Mohammed Ali Mosque in Cairo. Additionally, there are images of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and rivers and waterfalls including the Luangwa, Nile, Zambezi and Victoria Falls. The collection also includes photos of animals, geological features and vegetation.
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Ceough, Richard
- Dates:
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1943-1947
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5 Volumes
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.067
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Richard Ceough papers include five typed and bound reports written by Ceough on his archaeological work in Chiapas, Mexico over four summer seasons from 1943-1946.
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March, Benjamin, 1899-1934
- Dates:
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1923-1934
- Size:
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15 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1995.10
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Writer, curator, and professor Benjamin Franklin March Jr. (1899-1934) studied, lectured, and wrote in the United States and in China, and through his works gained respect as one of the foremost authorities on Chinese art during the 1920s and 1930s. His papers, dating from 1923 to 1934, document his professional and personal life in the United States and in China and include lecture notes and outlines; research notes; diaries; scrapbooks; and photographs.
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Lay, Oliver Ingraham, 1845-1890
Lay, Charles Downing, 1877-1956
- Dates:
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1789-2000
bulk 1870-1996
- Size:
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10.54 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.layoliv
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Oliver Ingraham Lay, Charles Downing Lay, and Lay Family Papers measure 10.54 linear feet and date from 1789 through 2000, with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1870-1996. The collection presents an overview of the personal lives and careers of painter, Oliver Ingraham Lay and his son, landscape architect, Charles Downing Lay. In addition, there are the papers of Lay family members and friends, including those of the Marian Wait Lay family (wife of Oliver Ingraham Lay) and of the Laura Gill Lay family (wife of Charles Downing Lay). Also found are the papers of the landscape and nature painter Fidelia Bridges. The collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, diaries, writings and notes, scrapbooks, family business records, exhibition files, printed material, as well as original artwork, sketches, a sketchbook, landscape designs, and photographs.
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Bergman, Harry M.
Kahn family
Kahn, Kimberly
- Dates:
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1926-1957
- Size:
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3 Cubic feet (5 document boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0722
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of films shot by Harry B. Bergman documenting Bergman's New York City, New York construction firm Godwin Construction Company. Films document construction of landmark buildings such as The Chrysler Building, New York Port Authority and others. Films also document company "beefsteaks", and Bergman's numerous vacations and pursuits.
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Knight, Natalie
Priebatsch, Suzanne
- Dates:
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circa 1970s-2011
bulk 1974-1978
- Size:
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1,305 Slides (color, 35 mm)
325 Negatives (photographic) (color, 35 mm)
331 Photographic prints
3 Electronic discs (DVD)
19 Folders (manuscript materials)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2012-010
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection includes (1,305) 35mm color slides, (325) 35mm color negatives, (331) photographic prints, (3) DVDs and manuscript materials. The images were produced between circa 1970s and 1999 and most depict the Ndebele peoples of South Africa in their kraals (homesteads) making bricks, thatching roofs, and performing other daily activities; ar...
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Josephine Knapp
- Dates:
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1938-1994
- Size:
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3.6 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2014.07
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Personal papers of Freer Gallery of Art research assistant and museum specialist on ceramics, Josephine Hadley Knapp. Includes correspondence with the public and other Smithsonian staff, photographic material of East Asian ceramics and architecture including Freer Gallery and National Gallery of Art collection items, reference materials, and person...
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Watkins, C. Malcolm
- Dates:
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1935-1979 and undated
- Size:
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12.59 cu. ft. (23 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 16x20 box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7322
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of C. Malcolm Watkins provide comprehensive documentation of his professional career from 1934 to 1980. The collection documents his interest in early American culture; his research on ceramics, historic archeology, and early California history; his curatorial and administrative activities in the Department of Anthropology, USNM, ...
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Dates:
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1923-1954
- Size:
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10.5 cu. ft. (21 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 85
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 85, records of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, covers the years 1923-1965. Most records end by 1954, with the exception of Quarterly Progress Reports, which extend through the year 1965. Most of the documentation is of the field stations: Table Mountain, California; Montezuma, Chile; Mount St. Katherine, Egypt; and ...