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Karp, Ivan
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circa 1945-2012
bulk 1969-2012
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16.24 Linear feet (43 boxes and 2 sets of rolled maps)
0.21 Gigabytes
19 Sound recordings
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2013-30
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National Anthropological Archives
Ivan Karp (1943-2011) was a curator of African Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) from 1984 to 1993. He was also a professor at Emory University from 1993 to 2011. He conducted fieldwork among the Iteso (Teso) of Kenya and made significant contributions to the areas of African systems of thought, social theory, museum studies, and public scholarship. His collection contains his research on the Iteso of Kenya; his work at Emory University and the Smithsonian Institution; his reviews of manuscripts and books; recommendations that he wrote for his colleagues and students; his published articles and papers presented at conferences; and his project files on various topics including museum studies, African philosophy, public scholarship, agency and personhood, and the history of social anthropology.
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
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1952-1981
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46.19 cu. ft. (91 document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 290
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist primarily of exhibition files, 1952-1981, for shows no longer traveling. The exhibitions are developed and organized by SITES and produced by both the Smithsonian's Office of Exhibits Central and outside sources. Exhibition themes cover the fields of art, history, and science, as well as current events. Also included ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
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FY 1995-FY 2002
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-158
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting design, printing, repair, and construction projects performed by the Office of Exhibits Central for museums and units, including the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service; the Office of the Secretary; the National Museum of Natural History; the National Museum of American History; ...
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Harris, Lyle Ashton, 1965-
Fialho, Alex, 1989-
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2017 March 27-29
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6 Items (Sound recording: 6 sound files (8 hr., 6 min.), digital, wav)
95 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.harris17
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview with Lyle Ashton Harris, conducted 2017 March 27 and 29, by Alex Fialho, for the Archives of American Art's Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project, at Harris's studio and home in New York, New York.
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
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1952-1988
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3.15 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 536
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of publications produced by SITES, often in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution Press, including brochures, posters, guides, and catalogs documenting traveling exhibitions. The set is probably not complete. Information for each publication appears in the following order: publication title, author, date, and type...
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United States National Museum. Office of the Director
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circa 1921-1973
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38 cu. ft. (76 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 190
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records contained in this record unit are essentially those of Frank A. Taylor in his capacity as Director, United States National Museum (1962-1971) and Director General of Museums (1968-1971). However, some records as Chairman of the Exhibits Modernization Committee (1943-1959) and Director of the National Museum of History and Technolog...
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Blackmun, Barbara Winston
- Dates:
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circa 1969-1994
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1,469 color slides
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2016-012
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection includes 1,469 color slides (35mm) which were taken in Nigeria from circa 1964-1994, and focus on ancestral altars; artists; art objects in museums, including bronze plaques and carved ivory tusks; ceremonies and festivals, including the Igue and Ewere Festivals, and the Emobo, Otue, Olokun, title-taking, and Blackmun's initation ceremonies; and people, including Oba Erediauwa and chiefs Eribo, Ero, Esogban, Ezomo, Ohanmu and Osaigeide; and street and landscape scenes in Benin City, Ife, Lagos, Ishiago, and Mbarri, Owerri, Owo, among other locations in Nigeria.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture. Office of the Director
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1994-1995, 2000-2015
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-094
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Lonnie G. Bunch, Director, and document his work in the development of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). His work touched upon every aspect of the museum including the collection of objects for the museum, the design and construction of the museum building, exhi...
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National Museum of American History. National Numismatic Collection
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circa 1921-1989
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26.91 cu. ft. (26 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box) (3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 359
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of correspondence and memoranda pertaining to publications, exhibitions, acquisitions, numismatic conferences in foreign countries, and materials on loan; annual reports of the Division of Numismatics; budgetary files; American Numismatic Association convention information; exhibition scripts for the Hall of Monetary ...
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Geary, Christraud M.
- Dates:
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October 1990
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156 slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1991-002
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Christraud Geary during a research trip to Dakar and Gorée Island, Senegal in October 1990.