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Rockwell, David Hadley
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1980-2004, undated
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3.2 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1342
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An extensive collection of advertisements, club cards, ephemera, and invitations publicizing venues and events at entertainment clubs and venues in New York City, New York, New Jersey, and Florida. The materials make use of a variety of graphic arts styles.
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Alice Yamin papers
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Yamin, Alice
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1927-1998
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2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.yamialic
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter, draftsperson, and art consultant Alice Yamin date from 1927-1998, and measure 2.0 linear feet. Found within the papers are letters from artists, writers, galleries, and CIGY-GEIGY Corporation for whom Yamin worked as an art consultant. The collection also contains exhibition files, printed material, and photographs of Yamin, family members, and colleagues.
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Isaacs, Charles
Saché, John Edward, 1824-1882
Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
Kusakabe, Kimbei, 1841-1934
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circa 1850-1900
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73 albumen prints (various sizes.)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2002.01
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
73 albumen photo prints, some mounted, many signed and numbered in the negative and some with hadwritten penciled identifications, various sizes. A small number are hand-tinted. Images depict Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Japan and China. Subjects include portraits, people in daily activities, street scenes, city views, architecture, fauna and gardens, and ...
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Isaacs, Reginald R., 1911-
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circa 1842-1991
bulk 1928-1991
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22.54 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.isaaregi
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Reginald R. Isaacs measure 22.54 linear feet and date from 1842 to 1991, with the bulk of the material from 1928 to 1991. The collection includes Isaacs's personal and professional papers, as well as extensive research material he collected and created for his two-volume biography, Walter Gropius: The Man and His Work.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1851-1965
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9.09 Cubic feet (consisting of 17.5 boxes, 1 folder, 19 oversize folders, 12 map case folders, 3 flat boxes (1 full, 2 partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.World
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: World Expositions forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Rivers, Charles, 1904-1993
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1929-1963
bulk 1929-1930
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0.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0360
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains: twenty-nine silver gelatin photoprints mounted on Fome-Core, Masonite, and cardboard, ranging in size from 5-1/2" x 9-1/4" to 10-11/16" x 13-13/16"; three 5" x 7" unmounted silver gelatin photoprints; a scrapbook which originally contained 56 silver gelatin photoprints, ranging in size from 2" x 3" to 7-1/2" x 9-1/2"; and s...
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Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013
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1875 - 2004
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120 Cubic feet (295 boxes )
2,000 Photographs
450 cassette tapes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0078
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is the result of research conducted by Dr. Alixa Naff 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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Silverman, Sydel
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1939-2010
bulk 1949-2010
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24.96 Linear feet (59 document boxes plus 1 oversize box)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2011-11
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National Anthropological Archives
The Sydel Silverman papers, 1939-2010 (bulk 1949-2010) document her field research in Italy, her work as an educator and foundation executive, and her involvement in professional organizations. Sydel Silverman taught at Queens College in New York, was Executive Officer of the CUNY Ph.D. Program in Anthropology, and served as president of the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Her primary fields of research have been agrarian communities in Italy and the history and practice of anthropology. Materials in the collection include field notes, journals, correspondence, calendars, published and unpublished writings, conference papers and lectures, teaching files, student files, photographs and slides, and sound recordings.
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Nadel, Leonard, 1916-1990
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1950-2006
bulk 1956-1960
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3 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1313
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographer Leonard Nadel's supplemental material relating to and photographs of the Mexican braceros (manual laborers). They were photographed in California, Texas, and Mexico for the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Republic during the late 1950s and early 1960s in support of a report entitled Strangers in Our Fields by Dr. Ernesto Galarza.
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Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989
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1905 - 1987
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3 Cubic feet (6 boxes and 10 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0257
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Irving Berlin was a 20th century American composer and songwriter. This collection has sheet music for over 200 songs composed by Irving Berlin, as well as a sheet music by other composers. In addition to sheet music, there is correspondence, awards, photographs, and posters pertaining to Irving Berlin.