Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Theater
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1863-1966
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9.54 Cubic feet (consisting of 19.5 boxes, 4 folders, 26 oversize folders, 8 map case folders, plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Theater
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Theater forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Skinner, G. Gage
- Dates:
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1964-1966
1972
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0.25 Linear feet
265 slides (photographs)
1 Sound cassette
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.116
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of 265 photographic slides and 1 audio cassette recording made by former Peace Corps volunteer G. Gage Skinner while living and traveling in Chile and Colombia in the 1960s-1970s. Images include portraits, landscapes, ceremonies, and daily village life. Audio recording includes songs, chants, and musical instruments.
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Mooney, James, 1861-1921
Murphy, Charles (Cheyenne)
Sweezy, Carl, 1881-1953
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bulk ca. 1903-1904
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15 Volumes (autograph documents, photographs, and graphite, ink, colored pencil, crayon, and watercolor drawings.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2531
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National Anthropological Archives
Notes and drawings by Native artists relating to heraldry, as Mooney termed tipi and shield designs. Also some myths and linguistic data from these and other Plains tribes. The manuscript is a compilation of materials created over a period of years, assembled under the current number by the BAE archivist. Bound volumes (since disbound for laminatio...
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Pelton, Agnes, 1881-1961
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1885-1989
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1.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.peltagne
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter Agnes Pelton measure 1.8 linear feet and date from 1885-1989. Found within the papers are biographical materials; business and personal correspondence, many addressed to Jane Levington Comfort; writings; printed material; 3 mixed media scrapbooks; artwork, including loose sketches and 9 sketchbooks; and photographs of Pelton, her family and friends, and her work.
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Little Chief, Daniel, d. 1906.
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
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1891 February
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1 Item (disbound volume (65 pages) of 29 drawings and 34 pages of typescript.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2016A
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National Anthropological Archives
29 drawings and 34 pages of typed explanatory text, formerly bound together, now disbound, plus an identifying title page handwritten by Albert Gatschet and one drawing on ruled paper. The explanatory text was transcribed from Gatschet's notebook, No. 2016-b, with corrections by Gatschet. T.p. inscribed: "Crayon Pictures of Cheyenne Ceremonial Cust...
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Patton, Sharon F.
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1968-2005
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0.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.smitvinc
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Archives of American Art
The Sharon Frances Patton research material on the artist Vincent Smith measures 0.8 linear feet and dates from 1968-2005. Materials document Smith's career as an artist and include many letters as well as autobiographical writings by him. Also featured in this collection are many printed materials relating to his career including magazines, exhibition materials and clippings. This collection also includes three sound cassettes featuring a profile of Smith and his thoughts on music.
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Kovan, Florice Whyte
Whyte, Virgil (bandleader)
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1942-1948, 1991-1993
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3 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0503
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes 7 VHS videotapes and 1 audio tape produced by Florice Whyte Kovan, containing interviews and recollections by some band members. Studio portraits and snapshot photographs in 3 scrapbooks, which also contain display advertisements and newspaper clippings from about the band, 1940s. Snapshots include documentation of the band's travels and l...
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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undated
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1.72 Cubic feet (consisting of 2.5 boxes, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders, 3 map case folders, plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Phonographs
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Phonographs forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Schiedt, Duncan P.
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1900-2012, undated
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65 Cubic feet (124 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1323
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Duncan Schiedt (1921-2014) was a jazz scholar, writer, photographer, film maker, researcher and pianist. He authored four books relating to jazz history. Many of his photographs and articles were featured in magazines, periodicals and documentaries. Schiedt also collected the work of other photographers on the subject of jazz. The collection primarily consists of photographs created by or collected by Mr. Schiedt.
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Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Office of Public Programs
- Dates:
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1976-1982
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8.5 cu. ft. (17 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 324
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.