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Janssen Piano Company.
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1901-1929
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0512
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is composed of six scrapbooks assembled by the Janssen Piano Company of New York. These contain clippings on manufacturing, piano models, and marketing techniques, as well as company-sponsored outings and picnics. Also includes brochures--listing names of Janssen Piano owners in various geographic areas--used as a marketing device.
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Dilexi Gallery
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1959-1969
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0.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.dilegall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Dilexi Gallery records measure 0.9 linear feet and date from 1959 to 1969. The collection sheds light on the gallery's operations through correspondence with artists, museums, and other galleries; several artist and exhibition files; and some photographs and printed material.
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Inventors Oral History Collection
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Bedi, Joyce
Daemmrich, Arthur
Klotz, Sharon
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2020-2021
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855.63 Gigabytes (Interviews include .mp4, video/.mxf and .wav files. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1504
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Born digital video oral history interviews and transcripts with inventors documenting a variety of subjects and disciplines.
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Vollmer, Ruth, 1903-1982
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circa 1940-1980
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2.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.vollruth
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of sculptor Ruth Vollmer measure 2.5 linear feet and date from circa 1940 to 1980. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, writings and notes, personal business records, printed material, photographic material including photos of Vollmer and her artwork, and a sketch for a sculpture.
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Krause, Bernie
Deutsch, Herbert
Hemsath, Bill
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1996-2000
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1 Cubic foot (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0640
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of over thirty hours of 7" open reel-to-reel master tapes, compact discs (DVDs), and transcripts for oral histories documenting the invention and development of the analogue music synthesizer.
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Allen, Bardene, 1933-
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circa 1965-2014
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0.8 Linear feet (Boxes 1-2)
0.788 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.allebard
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Archives of American Art
The papers of sculptor, painter, and gallery owner Bardene Allen measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1965-2014. Allen's career as a painter and sculptor, as well as her administration of the Fine Arts Gallery in Laguna Beach, California, are documented through biographical material, correspondence, professional files, exhibition files, photographic materials, and printed material.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
Stoyanoff, Esther
Corson, Mille Gade , 1898- (swimmer)
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1920-1930.
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0063
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Three scrapbooks and two albums containing photographs of Corson; news clippings about the swim; a Certificate of Life Membership in the Danish American Athletic Club; a certificate from the American Red Cross; sheet music; a tribute to her which contains a picture of her and her children; programs with images of her; advertisements; and a Navy cha...
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Marin, Cheech
Franco, Josh T., 1985-
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2017 October 16-17
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7 Items (sound files (3 hr., 27 min.) Audio, digital, wav)
141 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.marin17
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview with Cheech Marin conducted 2017 October 17-18, by Josh T. Franco, for the Archives of American Art and the Center for the History of Collecting in America at the Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection, at Marin's home, in Pacific Palisades, California.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1841-1986, undated
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98 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S11
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 11: Entertainment contains more than 12,500 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards entertainers and entertainment in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Ellington, Edward
Richardson, Deborra A.
Ellington, Gaye
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1899-1981
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9.5 Cubic feet (32 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0704
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the activities of the Duke Ellington Orchestra under the leadership of both Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington and his son Mercer Ellington. Materials include music manuscripts, business records, lyrics, scripts, and other writings, magazine articles, newspaper clippings and photographs.
