Charismic Productions Records of Dizzy Gillespie
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Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
Fishman, Charles
- Dates:
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1941-2006
bulk 1987-1993
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20 Cubic feet ( 31 boxes, 2 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0979
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the career of noted American jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie, through a donation from his former manager, Charles Fishman.
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Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold, 1880-1958
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1853-1977
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6.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.valewilh
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of art historian and museum director Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner measure 6.9 linear feet and date from 1853 to 1977. Found within the collection are biographical materials, including information on the Lepsius and Valentiner families; correspondence with family, friends, art collectors, and art historians; seven diaries; additional writings and notes; printed materials; three clippings scrapbooks; artwork in the form of prints and woodcuts; and photographs of Valentiner and his family and friends, including two photograph albums.
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Artschwager, Richard, 1923-
- Dates:
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1959-2013
- Size:
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5.6 Linear feet
9.33 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.artsrich
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York painter and sculptor Richard Artschwager measure 5.6 linear feet and 9.33 GB and date from 1959-2013. The papers include extensive correspondence, recorded talks and a lecture, exhibition files, printed and digital material, and photographs.
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Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943
Pepper, George H. (George Hubbard), 1873-1924
Lumholtz, Carl, 1851-1922
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1898-1902
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588 Photographic prints
190 Copy negatives
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.103
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains photographic prints and copy negatives taken by Ales Hrdlicka in Arizona and Mexico between 1898 and 1902. The majority of the photographs were donated by George Pepper to the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation in 1923. Native communities that Hrdlicka photographed during his research include--Purepecha (Tarasco), Yoeme (Yaqui), Hualapai (Walapai), Havasupai (Coconino), Piipaash (Maricopa), Mojave (Mahave), Tohono O'odham (Papapgo), Quechan (Yuma/Cuchan), Tepecano, Akimel O'odham (Pima), Opata, Cora, Seri, Wixarika (Huichol), Nahua, Otomi and Yoreme (Mayo). Ales Hrdlicka (1869-1943) was born in the Czech Republic moved to the United States in 1881. Hrdlicka became known as the "Father" of Physical Anthropology and worked at the U.S. National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History).
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National Museum of History and Technology. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1944-1975
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51 cu. ft. (102 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 276
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records partially cover the administration of Alexander Wetmore and A. Remington Kellogg as directors of the United States National Museum; more fully the tenures of Frank A. Taylor, John C. Ewers and Robert P. Multhauf, as directors of the Museum of History and Technology (MHT); and Daniel J. Boorstin and Brooke Hindle, as directors ...
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Segre, Rosa, Estate of
Segre, Emilio
- Dates:
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1942-1997
- Size:
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0691
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relating to the career of the nuclear physicist Emilio Segre, including a set of previously classified, now unclassified government documents including correspondence, laboratory reports and memoranda, relating to Segre's research; several diplomas and honorary awards and the programs from the ceremonies at which they were conferred.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
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1949-1964
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167.20 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (324 document boxes) (10 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 50
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document part of the secretarial administration of Alexander Wetmore and the whole of Leonard Carmichael's tenure. During this period the Smithsonian Institution's capacity to carry out research in its traditional scientific disciplines was substantially strengthened. At the same time the Institution was able to invest much ...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1948-1965
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 623
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit contains some information on post-World War II exhibition planning at the Smithsonian. However, in the main, they document the involvement of the Office of the Director in exhibition planning at the Museum of History and Technology (MHT) from its creation in 1957 through 1965. Directors represented in this collection include ...
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National Museum of American Art. Office of Program Support
- Dates:
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1947-1981
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146.04 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (280 document boxes) (1 5x8 box) (1 film box) (2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 321
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records of the Office of Program Support, National Museum of American Art, 1965-1981, with related records from 1947, were received in the Archives from 1981 through 1994.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Dates:
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July 1-5, 1993
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1993
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.