Bernice Johnson Reagon Collection of African American Sacred Music
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- Creators:
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Richardson, Deborra
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
- Dates:
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circa 1822-1994
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6.55 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0653
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the customs and culture of black gospel song and its performance in 19th- and 20th-century America. Dr. Reagon collected photographs, sheet music, and other primary and secondary sources chronicling the development and legacy of this medium, from the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement, from blues to Gospel to classical to jazz. Among the subjects included in this collection are trailblazers such as Charles Tindley, Thomas A. Dorsey, Rosetta Tharpe, Duke Ellington, and Nathaniel Dett. Noted performers are the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Harmonizing Four, the Hampton University Choir, and the Chick Webb Orchestra.
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Orth, Edward J.
Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization
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1835-2000, undated
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130 Cubic feet (417 boxes, 25 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0560
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. Also includes material relating to other fairs, the Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO), New York City tourism and The Walt Disney Company.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
- Dates:
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1847-1975
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251 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S04
- Repository:
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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 4: Songwriters: A "songwriter" for this series is defined as a composer, a lyricist, or both. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Shurr, Robert L.
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958
- Dates:
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1928
1948 - 1948
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0132
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A photograph, letters written, and pieces of music by African American composer William Christopher "W.C." Handy (1873-1958) sometimes called the "Father of the Blues".
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Riva, Julia
Jones, Jophe
Warren, Harry, 1893-1981
- Dates:
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1894-2000, undated
bulk 1926-1980, undated
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32 Cubic feet (70 boxes, 26 folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0750
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers of popular songwriter Harry Warren, three time Academy Award winner and prolific contributer to the American songbook.
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Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888
- Dates:
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circa 1862-1868
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312 Negatives (photographic) (black and white)
3 Photographic prints (black and white)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.041
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Squier collection consists primarily of glass plate negatives made by Squier in the Central Andes region of Peru from 1862 to 1868 while he served as the United States Commissioner to Peru.
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Underwood & Underwood
- Dates:
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undated
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6 Linear feet (Prints, books and stereographs)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2014.06
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Works from the encyclopedic collection of Dr. Robert J. Del Bontà . Comprised of prints and published volumes from a range of European and North American sources dating from the 16th through 20th centuries, primarily illustrating the visual reception of Indian visual culture through scholarly and popular press. By tracing how these images were inter...
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Edelson, Rachel Goodman
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
- Dates:
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circa 1964
- Size:
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1 Item (1 oversize file folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0381
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A poster documenting Goodman's 1964 tour to Japan and the published sheet music for Brahms's QUINTET FOR CLARINET IN A and SONATA FOR CLARINET IN B.
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Daytime TV Magazine.
Becker, Joyce
Sugarman, Allan
- Dates:
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1977-1983
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0107
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of issues of Daytime TV, from 1977 to 1983. Daytime TV was a magazine devoted exclusively to soap operas and soap opera actors.
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Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
- Dates:
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1899-1927
circa 1980
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96 Photomechanical prints (photogravure proofs)
184 Printing plates (copper printing plates)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.080
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Edward S. Curtis photogravure plates and proofs for The North American Indian include photogravure printing plates and associated proofs made from Curtis photographs and used in the publication of The North American Indian volumes 1-9 and 12-19. The bulk of the images are portraits, though there are also images of everyday items, ceremonial artifacts, and camps.
