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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1852-1965
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2.8 Cubic feet (consisting of 6 boxes , 1 folder, 4 oversize folders, plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Menus
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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: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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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Cron, Rosalind
International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Piney Woods School
Moon, Dixie Hardy
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1933-2010
bulk 1939-1946
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1218
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm Collection focuses on the all-female, racially and ethnically diverse big band group that started in 1937 and disbanded in 1949. The collection contains news clippings, photographs, correspondence, ephemera from USO travels, and newsletters. Also included are books related to the group, as well as a tribute CD and a 33 rpm vinyl sound recording.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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circa 1795-1965
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6.1 Cubic feet (consisting of 7.5 boxes, 3 folders, 87 oversized folders, 46 map case folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Newspapers
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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: Newspapers 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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Borgatti, Jean
- Dates:
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1971-2003
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3617 slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm)
166 contact sheets ((2 binders))
3555 negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35 mm)
4 Notebooks ((1 box))
1 cassette tape ((2 boxes))
25 Film reels (Super 8)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2016-007
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Jean Borgatti's collection dates from 1971 to 2003 and was created in Nigeria and Ghana. Much of the collection documents masquerades, shrines, festivals, market scenes, and ceremonies, and includes images of Urhobo, Uzairue, Ishan (Esan), Etsako, and Otuo peoples.
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Provincetown Art Association
- Dates:
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1916
circa 2006
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0.44 Linear feet
0.116 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.philanth
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Archives of American Art
The glass plate negatives of the Provincetown Art Association measure 0.44 linear feet and 0.116 GB and date from 1916 and include images believed to have been taken for A. J. Philpott's August 1916 Boston Globe article entitled "Biggest Art Colony in the World at Provincetown." In addition to the twelve glass plate images of artists at work in Provincetown, including George Elmer Browne and E. Ambrose Webster, the collection includes the original negative box, a circa 2006 photocopy of Philpott's article, and digital copies of the glass plates.
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United States. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Brett, George W.
Bureau Issues Association
United States. Post Office Dept.
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[189-?]-1940
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27 Volumes (approximately 6,900 p.; 1 index v., 29 cm. +)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-NPM.XXXX-0012
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Smithsonian Libraries
The collection consists chiefly of hand-written notes made by Southgate on a wide range of postal history topics and related matters, generally on lined or graph paper measuring 25 x 15 cm. or smaller, for keeping in triple-post binders. Some of the notes were made in "Lefax" or other commercially-available notebooks. The collection includes numerous mounted newsclippings, brochures, and excerpted articles from philatelic journals, as well as statistical data, advertisements, copies of correspondence, and diagrams made by Southgate to illustrate plate variations, etc.
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Howland, Isabella, 1895-1974
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1899-1979
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1.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.howlisab
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Archives of American Art
The papers of artist Isabella Howland measure 1.2 linear feet and date from 1899-1979. The collection documents her career through biographical material, correspondence, personal business records, writings, printed material, artwork, and photographs.
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Jackson, Harry
Stall and Dean Co.
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1898-1998
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes, 2 oversized folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0669
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Series 1, Stall and Dean's product catalogs, 1904-1973; Series 2, Stall and Dean's price lists, 1919-1966, and order blanks, 1998; Series 3, Promotional brochures, 1913 and 1926; Series 4, Catalogs of Stall and Dean's competitors, 1898-1966; Series 5, Non-sports catalogs, manuals and other printed materials, 1934-1962; and Series 6, Illustrations and graphic materials, undated.
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Harper, Marion, 1916-1989 (advertising executive)
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circa 1911-1990, undated
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27 Cubic feet (51 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0394
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Notes, clippings, published and unpublished manuscripts on business and marketing; but primarily personal materials.
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Doanmoe, Etahdleuh, 1856-1888
Kobay, (Comanche chief)
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1875-1878
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33 Drawings (graphite, colored pencil, crayon, ink, and watercolor, 12 x 18 cm.-20 x 55 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS39C
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National Anthropological Archives
The manuscript contains 28 drawings depicting warfare, courting, hunting, dances, a horse race, and an intertribal meeting. The drawings also include 5 pages with pictographs representing various words and the names of the prisoners. Included in the manuscript are rosters of the Ft. Marion prisoners listing the prisoners' names and tribal affiliati...