Floyd Levin Jazz Reference Collection
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Garland, Ed
Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890-1941
Levin, Floyd, 1922-2007
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1880 - 2010
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42.5 Cubic feet (110 boxes, 12 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1222
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Floyd Levin was a Los Angeles textile manufacturer who turned his passion for jazz into a second career as an influential jazz journalist and historian. The collection consists of research materials including biographical files. In addition, there are numerous photographs that were taken and collected by Levin.
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Horowitz, Raymond J., 1916-2005
- Dates:
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1903-2007
bulk 1960-2007
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5.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hororaym
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of collectors Raymond and Margaret Horowitz measure 5.4 linear feet and date from 1903-2007, with the bulk of the material dating from 1960- 2007. The collection documents the Horowitzes' activities as collectors through art collection files, including appraisals, sales information, printed material, and photographs of artwork; files of artwork sold or donated; accession records, including inventory lists of paintings and prints; and catalog information.
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Holton, Gladys Reid, 1898- (museum curator)
Des Grange, Jane
- Dates:
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1800-1978
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19 Cubic feet (50 boxes, 7 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0466
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A wide range of dated ephemeral material collected by Gladys Reid Holton covering the period circa 1800 to circa 1978.
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Nelson, Scott
Bobcat Company
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1940s-2009
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24 Film reels
56 Cubic feet (128 boxes, 8 oversized folders)
10 Electronic discs (CD)
5 Electronic discs (DVD)
14 Videocassettes (BetacamSP)
38 Videocassettes (U-matic)
9 Videocassettes (VHS)
1 Videocassettes (Digital Betacam)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1129
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Bobcat Company Records document a post-war invention process and American manufacturing system through the case study of a dynamic machine, the Bobcat skid-steer loader. The records focus primarily on Bobcat's products, marketing, and advertising through product literature, photographs, advertisements, posters, newsletters, and audiovisual materials.
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Booth, Henry, 1895-1969
- Dates:
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1942 - 1974
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2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0726
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers document Henry Booth's invention, use, and marketing of the PhotoMetriC custom tailoring system.
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LaDuke, Betty
- Dates:
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circa 1981-2018
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2 Electronic discs (DVD)
4 Boxes (Printed Material (non-photographic))
11 Posters ((Oversize))
24 Prints (visual works)
2488 Negatives (photographic) (color , 35 mm)
3,194 Photographs (color , 20 x 24 inches or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2007-003
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection dates from circa 1981 to 2018 and consists of photographic prints, negatives, posters, art prints, DVDs and printed and manuscript materials. Photographs depict architecture, agricultural work, beadwork, weaving, village scenes, artists, artists at work, artworks, markets, celebrations, scenic views, animals, churches and mosques. Most depict Kunama or Saho peoples, particularly women and children. LaDuke also regularly photographed war zones during the Border War, especially those in Nakfa and Gelebe, portraying Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps. Locations include villages in Ethiopia and Eritrea, particularly Senafe, Nakfa and Massawa, as well as Border War zones various battlefields and camps for internally displaced persons.
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Orange Bowl Committee
- Dates:
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1933-2000
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29 Cubic feet (67 boxes, 124 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1191
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The complete records of the Orange Bowl Parade, Miami, Florida containing float renderings, programs, and photographs.
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Sutnar, Ladislav
- Dates:
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1927-1976
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85 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CH.2001-26-1
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Libraries
Material relates to Sutnar's career including exhibitions, designs for corporate clients, designs for books on packaging design and catalog information. Little office correspondence and personal information is provided.The major part of the collection consists of Sutnar's designs, including logos, letterheads, catalogs, and advertising campaigns for a large number of clients, notably Addo-X, Carr's Department Stores, JC Penney, RCA, and Vera, as well as product and catalog design for Sweet's Catalog Service. Also included are drafts of books, sketches, over 5,000 photographs, photoprints, and photonegatives. Other materials include clippings, page layouts, brochures and booklets about package design and magazine layouts.
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Christopher, William R, 1924-1973
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circa 1920s-circa 1973
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8.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.chriwill
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The William Christopher papers measure 8.2 linear feet and date from circa 1920s to circa 1973. Materials include biographical materials, correspondence, writings and notes, five diaries, subject/project files, printed materials, photographs, numerous sketches and eleven sketchbooks, and five short film reels containing amateur footage of New York City. The subject/project files include correspondence, printed materials, and two additional diaries about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
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Glicksman, Hal
- Dates:
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1936-2010
bulk 1960-1974
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2.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.glichal
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Hal Glicksman papers relating to California artists measures 2.3 linear feet and date from 1936-2010, with the bulk of the records dating from 1960-1974. The collection is composed of artist files documenting Glicksman's relationship with various California artists as well as some of his personal papers.
