Chico O'Farrill Papers
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O'Farrill, Chico, 1921-2001
O'Farrill, Lupe
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
- Dates:
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1975 - 1975
1999 - 1999
1949
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1 Cubic foot (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0892
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the professional career of Chico O'Farrill, Cuban-born trumpet player, composer and arranger of Afro Cuban, bebop, and other styles of jazz.
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Bruhl, Joseph R., 1909-
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1925-1938
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1.33 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0869
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection primarily consists of photographs and a scrapbook documenting Joseph Bruhl's experiences playing with territory bands from the early 1920s through the late 1930s. There are also some materials that relate to his personal life.
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Doty, Charles Edward, 1862-1921
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circa 1898-1912
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509 Items (circa 509 negatives and positives, glass)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.73-26A
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made and collected by Charles Edward Doty during his time stationed in Cuba (1899-1902) and the Philippines (1904-1906). Some of the Cuban photographs are marked by the Engineer's Department, with which Doty was employed, and some may relate to his official activities. The bulk of the photographs document the city of Havana as well as...
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Zeigler, Lee Woodward, 1868-1952
- Dates:
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1911-1968
- Size:
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1 Linear foot
- Collection ID:
- AAA.zeiglee
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Biographical material, correspondence files, writings, photographs, and printed material.
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Gampper, Frederick K., Jr.
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1917-1925
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0.45 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1993.0062
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of blueprints, a manual, newspaper articles, brochures and photographs of airships and balloons during the early part of the 20th century, usually relating to Gampper's career. The airships included are the Roma, the Wingfoot Express, and the Pony Blimp at Commercial Air Syndicate.
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Busignies, Henri Gaston, 1905-1981 (electronic/communications engineer)
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1905-1981
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0098
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Documentation of Gaston's role in the development of radio direction finders during World War II.
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Johnson, Victor S., Sr., 1882-1943
Johnson, Victor, Jr., 1906-
Aladdin Industries, Inc. (Nashville, Tenn.).
- Dates:
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1889-2003
- Size:
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50 Cubic feet (120 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0844
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of approximately 50 cubic feet of material documenting Aladdin Industries Inc., manufacturers of vacuum ware and lunch boxes. The majority of the material dates from 1947 to the 1970s. The strength of the collection is with the lunch box documentation and product development, marketing, and sales records. There is some int...
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Holly Manufacturing Company
Worthington Corporation
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1840-1982
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18 Cubic feet (54 boxes, 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0916
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection documents the products and business activities of the Worthington Corporation, its predecessors and its subsidiaries. The records focus on the products that the Worthington Corporation produced, including steam pumps, hydraulic pumps and gas engines.
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Bowker, Howard Franklin
- Dates:
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1930-1970
- Size:
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10 Cubic feet (35 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1462
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Howard F. Bowker, a coin collector and expert in the coinage of East Asia.
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Goodman, Sidney
Pacini, Marina
- Dates:
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1990 November 1
- Size:
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5 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
270 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.goodma90
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Sidney Goodman conducted 1990 November 1, by Marina Pacini, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project. Goodman discusses his family and early life in Philadelphia; his studies at the Philadelphia College of Art with Morris Berd, Jacob Landau, and Larry Day; military service; traveling to Europe and the art collections he...