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Larrabee, Constance Stuart
- Dates:
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1900-1997
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circa 11000 Negatives (photographic) (black and white and color, 2.5 x 2.5 inches or smaller)
circa 5000 Photographic prints (silver gelatin, black and white, 8 x 10 inches or smaller)
circa 20 Linear feet (Manuscript Materials)
5.4 Linear feet (Office Files)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1998-006
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection dates from 1900 to 1997 and mostly includes images taken in South Africa. The images document the peoples of South Africa, particularly the Loved, Ndebele, San, Sotho, Xhosa, and Zulu peoples. Locations photographed include Basutoland (now Lesotho), Bechuanaland (now Botswana), Johannesburg, Natal, Pretoria, Soweto, Swaziland, Transkei, Transvaal, the Umzimkulu Valley and Zululand. Manuscript and office files include clippings, correspondence, exhibition announcements, invitations and reviews, notes, essays, receipts, and other materials that document Larrabee's career, family history, and personal life.
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1865–1870
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9 Reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.FB.M1000
- Repository:
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
This collection is comprised of digital surrogates previously available on the nine rolls of microfilm described in NARA publication M1000. These digital surrogates reproduced the records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870. The records consist of eight volumes and some unbound documents. The volumes include letters and endorsements sent and registers of letters received. The unbound documents consist primarily of letters and reports received.
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Boas, Ernst P. (Ernst Philip), 1891-1955
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1927-1946
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0.25 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0881
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers document Dr. Ernst P. Boas and his work with Benjamin Liebowitz and Dr. Ernst F. Goldschmidt to develop the cardiotachometer (US Patent 1,816,465), a device to measure patients' heart rates for long periods of time. Materials include Dr. Boas's correspondence, patient experiment data, articles, and reprints of journal articles authored by Dr. Boas and with others that relate to the development of the cardiotachometer.
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Adams, Joe, 1922-
Morehead, Howard, 1926-2003
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1948-1980
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0908
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting the career of Joe Adams, a Los Angeles radio announcer and movie and television actor, who later became Ray Charles's manager.
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Paredon Records
Silber, Irwin, 1925-2010
Dane, Barbara
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1969-2007
- Size:
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8.85 Cubic feet
1 Cubic foot (Phonograph records)
6.6 Cubic feet (Audiotapes)
1.25 Cubic feet (Business records)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.PARE
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Paredon Records audiorecordings consist of all 50 of the recordings released by Paredon, along with the master audiotapes. Many of the recordings have a file containing business records relating to their production. These business records include artist contracts, recording reports, various notes on records produced, photographs of artists, news articles both about and by Barbara Dane, Irwin Silber, and Paredon Records, correspondence by Barbara Dane, Irwin Silber and Paredon Records, and other miscellany. Many contracts are signed by both Paredon Records and the artist. Correspondence is primarily between business associates. A complete inventory of the business records is available.
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1995-1999
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-075
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of materials created by Richard J. Nicastro that document his role as Budget Director for the National Museum of American History (NMAH), primarily during fiscal years 1997-1998. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes pertaining to personnel actions; federal and trust budget allotments; funding for NMAH ...
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Museum of Craft and Folk Art
- Dates:
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1970-2012
- Size:
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28.9 Linear feet
12.48 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.musecraf
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Museum of Craft and Folk Art records measure 28.9 linear feet and 12.48 GB and date from 1970 to 2012. The museum was established in 1982 in San Francisco, California and exhibited local and national craft and folk art collections until it closed in 2012. The collection includes administration records, extensive exhibition files, artists' files, museum publications, printed material, video recordings, born digital items, and photographic material.
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Homiak, John P. (John Paul), 1947-
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circa 1979-2013
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Video recordings (color sound)
1 Sound tape reel (7 inch)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1995.09
- Repository:
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Human Studies Film Archives
Collection conists of videos and sound recordings by John Homiak documenting life in Jamaica. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considere...
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Smithsonian Institution. Institutional Studies Office
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1988-1997
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-160
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of a reference set of reports and research notes issued by the Institutional Studies Office. Some issues are missing or can be found in Accession 99-024.
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Hills, Patricia
- Dates:
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circa 1900-2015
bulk 1968-2009
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39.1 Linear feet
0.113 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hillspat
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of art historian, curator, and educator Patricia Hills measure 39.1 linear feet and 0.113 GB and date from circa 1900-2015, bulk 1968-2009. Central to this collection are project files documenting professional work that resulted in lectures, publications, exhibitions, art history courses on numerous artists including Alice Neel, Jacob Lawrence, May Stevens, Rudolf Baranik, and John Singer Sargent. These files and files documenting Hills's tenure at the Whitney Museum of American Art include planning documents, research files, correspondence, manuscripts and accompanying publications, as well as other printed materials. Some of this material is in digital format. The collection also contains correspondence with art historians, artists, curators, and others, notably Lawrence Alloway, Lowery Stokes Sims, Lucy R. Lippard, T.J. Clark, Leon Golub, and Donald Kuspit; professional files documenting grants and residencies awarded and consulting work; artist and subject files; other writings; and printed and digital material. Membership and affiliation records document Hills' service to the profession, including Women's Caucus for Art and the Visual Culture/Art History Caucus of the American Studies Association.