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1947-1981
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146.04 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (280 document boxes) (1 5x8 box) (1 film box) (2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 321
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records of the Office of Program Support, National Museum of American Art, 1965-1981, with related records from 1947, were received in the Archives from 1981 through 1994.
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Gaskin, Mary
Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-
- Dates:
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1895-2006
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30 Cubic feet (129 boxes, 4 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0900
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting the life and career of bass player Leonard Gaskin, as well as documenting the numerous other musicians he was associated with in his long career. Gaskin's career encompasses a wide range of musical genres, including gospel, rock, folk, and Caribbean music. The papers include photographs, newspaper clippings, diaries, music manusc...
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Ayer (N W) Incorporated.
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1817-1851
1869-2006
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270 Cubic feet (1463 boxes, 33 map-folders, 7 films)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0059
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of records documenting one of the oldest advertising agencies created in Philadelphia. The company then moves to New York and expanses to international markets. During its history NW Ayer & Sons acquires a number of other advertising agencies and is eventually purchased. The largest portion of the collection is print advertisements but also includes radio and television. NW Ayer is known for some of the slogans created for major American companies.
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Pope, John Alexander, 1906-1982
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circa 1925-1982
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45 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1988.01
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
The John Alexander Pope papers contain limited biographical, personal and professional information. The bulk of the collection consists of published and unpublished writings, research materials and correspondence.
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Perls Galleries
- Dates:
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1937-1997
- Size:
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79.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.perlgall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Perls Galleries measure 79.6 linear feet and date from 1937 to 1997. Founded by Klaus Perls in 1937 and operating until 1997, the gallery dealt primarily in modern French art and the artwork of Alexander Calder. Found within the records are extensive correspondence (circa 44 linear feet) with artists, dealers, galleries, museums, and collectors; photographs and negatives of inventory and other artwork; exhibition files, scattered financial records; and exhibition catalogs and clippings.
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Jacques Seligmann & Co
- Dates:
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1904-1978
bulk 1913-1974
- Size:
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203.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.jacqself
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of Jacques Seligmann & Co. measure approximately 203.1 linear feet and date from 1904 to 1978, with bulk dates from 1913 to 1974. The collection includes extensive correspondence files, reference material on American and European collectors and their collections, inventory and stock records, financial records, exhibition files, auction files, and the records of subsidiary companies. The collection is an invaluable resource in tracing the provenance of particular works of art and provides a comprehensive view of the activities of collectors and art dealers in the years leading up to and following World War II.
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Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013
- Dates:
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1862-2004, undated
- Size:
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120 Cubic feet (295 boxes )
2,000 Photographs
450 Cassette tapes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0078
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is the result of research conducted by Dr. Alixa Naff (1920-2013) relating to the study of the early Arab immigrant experience in the United States from about 1880-World War II. The study began with oral history interviews in 1962 and became a major project in 1980 with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It documents the assimilation of Arabic speaking immigrants in the United States.
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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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1903 - 1989
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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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Grepke, Donald, 1932-
Grepke, Carolyn, 1937-1995
- Dates:
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circa 1800s-1998, undated
- Size:
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70 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0752
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Abstract: Collection consists of over a century of paper dolls documenting their use as advertisements, and depictions of popular culture, fashion trends, family lifestyles, gender roles, ideal communities,and cultural heroes.
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- Dates:
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1960-2016
- Size:
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400 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.ARHO
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
