Joseph Cornell papers
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Cornell, Joseph
- Dates:
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1804-1986
bulk 1939-1972
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24.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.cornjose
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) measure approximately 24.9 linear feet and date from 1804 to 1986 with the bulk of the material dating from 1939-1972. The collection documents the life, work, interests, and creative activities of the self-taught artist, who was best known for his shadow box constructions, assemblages, and collages. Papers include correspondence, diaries, source material, notes, writings, photographs, printed material, two- and three-dimensional ephemera, art works, and books, as well as a limited amount of legal and financial records, and some miscellaneous personal and family papers. The collection also includes the papers of his sister, Betty Cornell Benton, relating to the handling of Cornell's estate and the personal papers of his brother, Robert Cornell.
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Dyer-Bennet Records
Dyer-Bennet, Richard
Cort, Harvey
- Dates:
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1955-1971
- Size:
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1.36 Cubic feet (business records, audiotapes, phonograph records)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.DYER
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Dyer-Bennet audiorecordings, which date from 1955-1974, consist of phonograph records and master audiotapes from Dyer-Bennet Records. The collection also includes a small amount of business records relating to the production of those albums.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Dates:
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October 3-8, 1979
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1979
- Repository:
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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.
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National Museum of Natural History. Biodiversity Program
- Dates:
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1971-1999
- Size:
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4.5 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-062
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the curatorial, research, and administrative activities of Don E. Wilson, Director, Biodiversity Program (1990-2000). Records created prior to 1990 were accumulated by and transferred with Wilson when he assumed the Directorship in 1990. Most of the early records document his activities while ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrate Zoology
- Dates:
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1967-2004
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4.5 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-112
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence and project files of Brian Frederick Kensley, Research Zoologist in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology from 1978-2004. Kensley specialized in the systematics of decapod and isopod crustaceans, and was chairman of the Department from 1991-1995. A significant portion of these records document Ke...
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National Zoological Park. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1976-2000
- Size:
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-051
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of scientific correspondence and letters to and from the public received and written by Director Michael H. Robinson, 1984-2000, with some material dating to the tenure of Theodore H. Reed, 1958-1983.
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Hurd, Peter, 1904-1984
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1917-1993
- Size:
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5.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hurdpete
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painters Peter Hurd and Henriette Wyeth Hurd measure 5.2 linear feet, date from 1917 to 1993, and present an overview of their careers and their lives together through correspondence, notes, writings, artwork, printed material, and photographs.
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Shaner, David, 1934-
- Dates:
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1937-2007
bulk 1968-1998
- Size:
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2.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.shandavi
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of ceramicist David Shaner measure 2.8 linear feet and date from 1937-2007, with the bulk of the material from 1968-1998. Shaner's career as a ceramicist in Big Fork, Montana, is documented through scattered correspondence, subject files, studio working files, writings and notes by Shaner and others, exhibition catalogs and other printed material, and photographs.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Department of Painting and Sculpture
- Dates:
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1980-1993
- Size:
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-026
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the work of Judith K. Zilczer in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden's (HMSG) Department of Painting and Sculpture, as Historian, Associate Curator of Painting, and acting Chief Curator. The records include Zilczer's exhibition files, correspondence and memoranda, research files and professional activities files. ...
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Strasser, Julie
Nike, Inc.
Strasser, Robert (marketing executive)
- Dates:
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1970-1989
- Size:
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2.5 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0525
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Videotapes, internal and external company publications, product catalogs and business files relating to Nike's domestic and international marketing and promotions.
