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Cheatham, Doc, 1905-1997
Cheatham, Amanda
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1939-1998
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11 Cubic feet (23 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0814
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting Cheatham's career as a jazz trumpeter. The papers include passports, appointment and address books; photographs, both personal and professional; a transcript of an interview of Cheatham; sheet music, including parts for various instruments; home movies from Cheatham's travels; awards and certificates; printed material including posters, programs, clippings.
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Marvin, Ursula B.
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circa 1928-2012
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-001
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document Ursula Marvin's professional career and personal life. Materials include correspondence with friends, family and colleagues; biographical information about Marvin; detailed dairy-like journals of her work and travels; and photographs and slides of her family, work, lectures, and travels. Of special note are journals detai...
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Hall, Chenoweth, 1908-1999
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circa 1870s-2001
bulk 1938-1999
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5.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hallchen
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of sculptor, writer, and teacher Chenoweth Hall measure 5.9 linear feet and date from circa 1870s-2001, with the bulk of the records dating between 1938-1999. The papers document Hall's career through personal and professional files, correspondence, writing files, printed materials, photographs, and some artwork.
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Rosenthal, Nan
- Dates:
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circa 1940-2013
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17.1 Gigabytes
26.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.rosenan
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of curator Nan Rosenthal measure 26.6 linear feet and 17.1 gigabytes and date from circa 1940-2013. There is a small amount of biographical material; correspondence, mostly letters from her first husband Otto Piene; project and research files encompassing her work as a curator and historian; as well as teaching files; and thousands of slides organized by subject. Among Rosenthal's research and project files are sound recordings and transcripts from dozens of interviews Rosenthal conducted with artists including Howard Hodgkin, Anselm Kiefer, friends and family of Yves Klein, Robert Rauschenberg and friends, George Rickey, Claus Oldenburg, and Sangbin Im. In addition to paper records, the collection also includes a large number of sound recordings, video recordings, and born digital material.
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Vanderbilt, Paul
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1854-1992
bulk 1945-1992
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25.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.vandpaul
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of librarian, curator, and photographer Paul Vanderbilt (1905-1992) measure 25.2 linear feet and date from 1854 to 1992 with the bulk of the material dating from 1945 to 1992. The papers are comprised of biographical materials, personal and business correspondence, interviews, writings and notes, fourteen diaries and two diary fragments, reference and project files, photographic materials, sound recordings, and professional files.
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Robinson, Franklin A., Jr., 1959- (actor)
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1838-2017, undated
bulk 1872-1985
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23.1 Cubic feet (71 boxes, 3 map-size folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0475
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting the farming and family life of the Robinson family of Prince George's County and after 1975, Charles County, Maryland. Papers documenting the farming and family of the Via family of Greene County, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Prince George's and Calvert Counties, Maryland, by 1949.
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Koblick, Freda
- Dates:
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1934-2011
- Size:
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5.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.koblfred
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of sculptor Freda Koblick measure 5.8 linear feet and date from 1934 to 2011. The collection documents her career through scattered biographical material, correspondence with family and friends, personal business records, writings, printed material, artwork, and photographs.
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National Air and Space Museum. Department of Astronautics
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1965-1984, with materials dating from circa 1953
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32 cu. ft. (64 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 398
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection deals chiefly with Durant's tenure as Assistant Director for Astronautics at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM). Perhaps the single topic of greatest interest is the effort to obtain a building for NASM, which was accomplished on July 1, 1976, when the new museum opened. A parallel theme concerns the drive to plan and com...
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Hopkins, Peter, 1911-1999
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1823-2001
bulk 1935-1994
- Size:
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2.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hopkpete
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Peter Hopkins papers measure 2.4 linear feet and date from 1823-2001, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1935-1994. Writings, letters and diaries make up most of the collection. Printed materials relate to exhibitions of Hopkins' artwork and theatrical performances of his wife, Gertrude Beach Hopkins. There also are writings by both Hopkins and his wife that appeared in the Christian Science Monitor. Of particular interest is a group of vintage family photographs and family papers dating from the 19th century, as well as diaries Hopkins kept while traveling and working in a mental hospital in inland China in the mid 1930s.
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United Shoe Machinery Corporation
- Dates:
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1898 - 1987
- Size:
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145 Cubic feet (296 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0277
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the activities of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation of Beverly, Massachusetts, manufacturers of shoe machinery equipment. The collection consists of engineering records, legal records, research and development records, employee/personnel records, correspondence, company catalogs, product literature, advertising materials, photographs, and moving images.