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Church of God
Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, Elder
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1950 to 1970
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140 Sound recordings
- Collection ID:
- SC.0036
- Repository:
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Church of God Audio Tape Collection consists of 140 audio recordings of radio broadcasts and church services from approximately 1950 to 1970. The Church of God is based in Washington DC and its founder Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux was an early innovator in radio evangelism, from which many of the recordings in the collection are drawn. Other recordings feature services and events at the various branches of the Gospel Spreading Church of God in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
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Cancel, Luis R.
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circa 1900-1998
bulk 1970-1996
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10.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.cancluis
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Puerto Rican arts administrator and artist Luis Cancel measure 10.1 linear feet and date from circa 1900 to 1998 with the bulk of the material dating from 1970 to 1996. The collection is comprised of biographical material, professional files, arts administration records documenting his directorship at the Bronx Museum of the Arts and as Commissioner for the Department of Cultural Affairs in New York, subject and artist's files, files for the exhibition Legacy / Legado, printed materials, photographs, and unidentified sound recordings.
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National Arts Club
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1898-1960
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32.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.natiartc
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the National Arts Club measure 32.1 linear feet and date from 1898 to 1960. The collection documents the founding of the club, and it's governance, administration, exhibitions, and social activities
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Kondratas, Ramunas A.
Science, Medicine and Society, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1979-2006
bulk 1987-1993
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3.5 Cubic feet (12 boxes, 3 oversized folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1134
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of pamphlets, books, and a wide variety of printed matter and ephemera relating to HIV/AIDS. The collection was principally assembled by National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution curator Ramunas Kondratas.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1827-1985
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26 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S13
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 13, Agriculture, Business, and Law contains approximately 3,300 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards business, commerce, farming and food, finances, labor, law, and social order in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Satellite Tracking Program
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1953-1968
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41 cu. ft. (82 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 263
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists mostly of records documenting the administration and operation of the STP tracking stations and includes files on the stations kept by the Photographic Observation Section, 1956-1961; SOD, 1961-1965; and STADAD, 1965-1968. The station files consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda, reports, a...
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Roche, John P.
Roche, Mary Alice
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circa 1954-1970
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0.5 Cubic feet
28 Transparencies (col. , 4 x 5 in.)
62 Photographic prints (b&w , 8 x 10 in.)
1 Photographic print (col. , 2.5 x 3.5 inches)
3 Transparencies (col. , 120mm)
- Collection ID:
- AAG.ROC
- Repository:
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Archives of American Gardens
The Roche Collection documents some of the work of John and Mary Alice Roche, garden photographers who photographed numerous gardens throughout the United States. Several of the Roches' images appeared in popular gardening magazines and books on flower arranging from the 1950s and 1960s.
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Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960
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1840-1967
bulk 1900-1960
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13.92 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.watsforb
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York City art critic, writer, and lecturer Forbes Watson date from 1840-1967 with the bulk of materials dating from 1900-1960 and measure 13.92 linear feet. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, business records relating to the Arts Publishing Corporation, records documenting Watson's work for the Public Works of Art Project and the Section of Painting and Sculpture, reference files, an exhibition file from the Pepsi-Cola Company's Third Annual Exhibition, writings and notes, ten scrapbooks and loose pages, printed materials, and photographs.
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Downtown Gallery
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1824-1974
bulk 1926-1969
- Size:
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109.56 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.downgall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Downtown Gallery date from 1824 to 1974 (bulk 1926-1969) and measure 109.56 linear feet. The records present a comprehensive portrait of a significant commercial gallery that operated as a successful business for more than forty years, representing major contemporary American artists and engendering appreciation for early American folk art. There is an unprocessed addition to this collection dating circa 1970 of a single financial/legal document.
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Spandorf, Lily
- Dates:
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1967-1998, undated
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3 Cubic feet (754 drawings (visual works))
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SPAN
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
This collection consists of 754 pen-and-ink, watercolor, and gouache drawings and paintings by artist Lily Spandorf. They depict scenes from various years of the Festival of American Folklife and its successor, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.