Leonard Gaskin Papers
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Gaskin, Mary
Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-
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undated
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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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Puente, Tito
Puente, Margaret
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1962-2001, undated
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 box )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0894
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of photographs and personal papers documenting the career of Latin Jazz musican Tito Puente.
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Mack, Beverly B. (Beverly Blow), 1952-
- Dates:
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2002, 2005
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664 digital images (JPEG.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2006-007
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection contains 664 digital images (JPEG files) depicting the built environment, landscape and people of Morocco, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and South Africa. A large number of images depict people in and around the Gidan Rumfa palace in Kano, Nigeria, including spectators of and participants in a ceremonial procession celebrating Eid ul-Fitr (the end of Ramadan); servants, concubines, praise singers and musicians in and near the palace harem; members of the royal household and the royal guards; and Alhaji Ado Bayero, the Emir of Kano. Other images depict architectural features of the palace. Images from Morocco, Ghana, Niger and South Africa include various scenes of daily life, architecture, markets, cemeteries and landscapes.
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Ryman, Robert, 1930-2019
Cummings, Paul
- Dates:
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1972 October 13-November 7
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31 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.ryman72
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Robert Ryman conducted 1972 October 13-November 7, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
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Camnitzer, Gabo, 1984-
Franco, Josh T., 1985-
- Dates:
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2020 August 7
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1 Item ((21 min.), digital, mp4)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.camnitg20
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview with Gabo Camnitzer conducted 2020 August 17, by Josh Franco, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Camnitzer's home in Brooklyn, New York.
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Hazen, Margaret Hindle
Hazen, Robert M.
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circa 1818-1931
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13.5 Cubic feet (20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0253
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Large collection of photographs, picture postcards, printed ephemera, and music related to the brass band movement in the United States: includes 8 ambrotypes, 36 tintypes, 59 stereographs, 66 cabinet prints, 90 cartes-de-visite, 150 large photoprints, and 874 picture postcards; also posters, concert programs, instrument manufacturers' advertisemem...
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Young, Helen May Butler
Musical Instruments, Division of (NMAH, SI)
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1899-1937
bulk 1902-1902
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes, one oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0261
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The materials cover the career of a woman bandmaster with an all women's traveling military band from 1898-1913, with the bulk of the material ca. 1902. Contents include clippings, photographs, programs, sheet music, hand noted music, posters, post cards, advertising fliers, letters, telegram, biographical article announcing candidacy for U.S. Sena...
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Celley, Al
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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1943 - 1989
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2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1240
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A diverse collection of papers assembled by Duke Ellington's road manager, Al Celley. The collection includes correspondence, photographs of Ellington and his orchestra at various times and locations; concert ephemera; handwritten notes; business and financial documents, primarily receipts; and travel ephemera.
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Williams, Claude, 1908-2004
Fouse-Williams, Blanche Y.
- Dates:
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1920-2005
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1 electronic_discs_cd
13 Cassette tapes
4.66 Cubic feet (14 boxes, 3 map- folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0909
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Business and personal papers, photographs, and audio recordings of Claude "Fiddler" Williams, an award-winning jazz fiddler. Although Williams played music for almost a century the materials in this collection date largely from 1970 to 2005.
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Musical Instruments, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Alderman, Alonzo (Tony) Elvis, 1900-1983 (musician)
Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
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1927-1983
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4 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0211
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Alonzo Elvis "Tony" Alderman played country music with the Galax Dixie Concert Band and The Hill Billies. During the 1950s through 1970s he recorded old-time and early country music, primarily at festivals and conventions. Alderman recorded many of the open-reel audiotapes in the collection at the Old Time Fiddlers Convention in Galax, Virginia.