Duke Ellington Collection
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Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
- Dates:
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1903 - 1989
- Size:
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400 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0301
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Duke Ellington's career primarily through orchestrations (scores and parts), music manuscripts, lead sheets, transcriptions, and sheet music. It also includes concert posters, concert programs, television, radio, motion picture and musical theater scripts, business records, correspondence, awards, as well as audiotapes, audiodiscs, photographs, tour itineraries, newspaper clippings, magazines, caricatures, paintings, and scrapbooks.
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National Museum of American Art. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1970-1983, with records dating from 1934
- Size:
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48.5 cu. ft. (97 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 322
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the tenure of Joshua C. Taylor as Director, 1970-1981, with small amounts of materials from 1960s. Additionally some records date back to 1934. In addition there is a folder of correspondence with David E. Finley dated 1938-1977. Included are files on museum offices, Smithsonian offices, various art commissions, other ...
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Custom Auto and Equipment Sales
Parlett, John K., 1937-2005
- Dates:
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1859-2011, undated
- Size:
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20 Cubic feet (60 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1225
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The John K. Parlett Collection of Agricultural Ephemera, 1859-2011, undated, is a collection of operator's instruction manuals, parts illustrations manuals, dealership materials, farming, farm life, and agriculture-related ephemera. The material is from national companies as well as local manufacturers and businesses.
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Page, William, 1811-1885
- Dates:
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1815-1947
bulk 1843-1892
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11.06 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.pagewill
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of the portraitist and art theorist William Page and the Page family measure 11.06 linear feet and date from 1815 to 1947, bulk 1843-1892. In addition to the papers of William Page, the papers include documents related to Page's wife's career as a writer and records documenting their personal lives and the lives of their family members. Types of documents found include personal documents and artifacts, correspondence, essays, lectures, diaries, poems, notes and notebooks, financial records, legal records, published works, clippings, catalogs, photographs, and artwork.
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Richardson, Edgar Preston, 1902-1985
Richardson, Constance, 1905-
- Dates:
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1814-1996
bulk 1921-1996
- Size:
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28.7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.richedga
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of art historian E. P. Richardson measure 28.7 linear feet and date from 1814-1996, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1921-1996. Within the papers are scattered biographical materials; acquisition files for Richardson's personal art collection; professional and personal correspondence with colleagues, art historians and critics, artists, museums, galleries, and dealers; numerous writings, including manuscripts and research files for his published books, articles, and lectures; general research notebooks and files compiled by Richardson on a wide variety of art-related topics and artists; professional and committee files; as well as a smaller amount of Constance C. Richardson's papers.
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Bourdon, David
- Dates:
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1941-1998
- Size:
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38 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bourdavi
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York art critic and writer David Bourdon measure 38 linear feet and date from 1941-1998. The papers include scattered biographical materials, manuscript and published writings, extensive art and artists' research files, and printed materials.
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National Museum of American Art. Office of the Registrar
- Dates:
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1963-1987
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54.58 cu. ft. (54 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 453
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the activities of the Office of the Registrar staff and consists of temporary loan files; temporary exhibition files, including shipping, insurance information, and loan agreements; general correspondence files; administrative files; and the files of the Smithsonian Art Commission, 1963-1975.
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- Creators:
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Archives of American Art
- Dates:
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1950-2003
- Size:
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55.43 cu. ft. (54 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-089
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document administrative issues, projects, and special events at the Archives of American Art and regional offices. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes pertaining to grants, loans, fundraising, membership, contributions, policies and goals, marketing, public relations, educational ...
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
- Dates:
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1790-1980s
- Size:
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260 Cubic feet (approximately 1244 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Primarily published sheet music, plus some related ephemera. Originally included 781 boxes of American sheet music and assorted clippings, articles, photographs, etc.; also 93 boxes of 33-1/3 RPM phonograph records, 30 boxes of 45 RPM records, and 20 boxes of 78 RPM records
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- Creators:
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Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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circa 1904-1978
- Size:
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42 cu. ft. (42 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T90122
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the activities of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Records include American Library Association materials, correspondence, a vertical file, and acquisitions and exchanges from the early 20th Century.