Charismic Productions Records of Dizzy Gillespie
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Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
Fishman, Charles
- Dates:
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1940-2006
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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True, Frederick William, 1858-1914
- Dates:
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circa 1886-1910
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2 cu. ft. (4 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7181
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit contains correspondence of Frederick William True with zoologists, naturalists, museum officials, Smithsonian administrators, and friends concerning specimens, publication of manuscripts, exhibitions, his trip to the Pribilof Islands in 1895, and USNM affairs. Also included are files concerning the preparation of exhibits, ...
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Nelson, Scott
Bobcat Company
- Dates:
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1940s-2009
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24 film reels
56 Cubic feet (128 boxes, 8 oversized folders)
10 electronic discs (cd)
5 electronic discs (dvd)
14 videocassettes (betacamsp)
38 videocassettes (u-matic)
9 videocassettes (vhs)
1 videocassettes (digital betacam)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1129
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Bobcat Company Records document a post-war invention process and American manufacturing system through the case study of a dynamic machine, the Bobcat skid-steer loader. The records focus primarily on Bobcat's products, marketing, and advertising through product literature, photographs, advertisements, posters, newsletters, and audiovisual materials.
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Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Sam, Watt, 1876-1944
Gurny, John ?
- Dates:
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ca. 1907-1911
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17 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4144
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Also autograph document, 6 pages. Includes: Notes on pottery, baskets, implements, stars and constellations, tribal subdivisions, chiefs, medicine, burials, beliefs and taboos, month names, names of other tribes, personal names, clan names, relationship terms, place names, Natchez counting. Text, "The Snake and the Moon," mentions Nancy Taylor.
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- Dates:
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1927
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28 lantern slides (28, lantern slides)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.20
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs of statues, busts, and reliefs in the Vatican's Museo Missionario Etnologico. Included are portraits of Creek, Dakota, Fox, Sauk, Shawnee, and Winnebago Indians, as well as scenes of scalping, hunting, and a council between Indians and United States government officials.
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National Museum of American History. Assistant Director for Administration
- Dates:
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circa 1983-1993
- Size:
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-073
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession includes the working files of Elizabeth E. Greene, former Administrative Officer, 1986-1989; Assistant Director for Finance and Personnel, 1990; and Assistant Director for Administration, 1991-1993; at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). Materials include correspondence and memoranda pertaining to asbestos remov...
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True, Allen Tupper, 1881-1955
- Dates:
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1841-1987
- Size:
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8.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.truealle
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Allen Tupper True and True family papers date from 1841 to 1987 and measure 8.2 linear feet. The collection presents a good overview of True's personal life and and his career as mural painter and illustrator specializing in Western themes.
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary, Special Assistant to the Secretary for Bicentennial Planning
- Dates:
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1969-1977
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1.2 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 341
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of correspondence between Slocum and various persons and organizations he dealt with in carrying out his duties. They also document some of his personal interests, notably numismatics and the work of the English Speaking Union.
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Muray, Nickolas, 1892-1965
- Dates:
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1910-1978
- Size:
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0.9 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.muranick
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of photographer Nickolas Muray measure 0.9 linear feet and date from 1910 to 1978. Found within the papers are biographical materials; business and personal correspondence, including a handful of letters from Frida Kahlo; writings; teaching files, primarily of photography courses taught at New York University; printed material; artwork; and photographic materials of Muray, his family and friends, and his work.
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Walton, Marion, b. 1899
- Dates:
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1915-1976
- Size:
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0.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.waltmari
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
This small collection of the papers of sculptor Marion Walton measures 0.8 linear feet and dates from 1915-1976. Fifteen folders of letters written to Marion and her mother Blanche Wetherill Walton include many from artists and photographers, writers, musicians and composers, and political figures. Also found are printed materials, photographs, and a file concerning a reception for author Jonathan Daniels.