Jack Siefert Woody Herman Collection
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Herman, Woody, 1913-1987
Siefert, Jack William, 1918-
- Dates:
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1913-1990.
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16 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0659
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sound recordings, business records, photographs, correspondence, and concert posters documenting the career of Woodrow Charles "Woody" Herman.
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Hardart, Paul
Hardart, Tom
Horn and Hardart.
- Dates:
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1895-2002
- Size:
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2.5 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0922
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the Horn and Hardart chain of restaurants and retail stores.
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Gaskin, Mary
Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-
- Dates:
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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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Williams, Claude, 1908-2004
Fouse-Williams, Blanche Y.
- Dates:
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1920-2005
- Size:
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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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Olympic Games (19th : 1968) (Mexico City, Mexico)
- Dates:
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1968
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4 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1402
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection was created by the Archives Center to bring together materials relating to the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Items relate to team members and include postcards, event programs, press guides, magazines, articles, and dining hall tickets.
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Messmore, George Harold
Messmore and Damon Company
Damon, Joseph
- Dates:
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1892 - 1998
- Size:
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16 Cubic feet (40 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0846
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records document Messmore and Damon's work in the design and construction of parade floats, museum dioramas, exhibitions, displays and scenery. The materials include business records, photographs, patents, scrapbooks, promotional materials, sound recordings and moving image.
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Kendall, Evelyn Way
- Dates:
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1783-1969
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4.41 Cubic feet (8 boxes; 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2015.0053
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Evelyn Way Kendall Early Aviation and Balloon Collection documents early aeronautical history from the 18th century to the 1960s in art, prints, photographs, posters, manuscripts, and ephemera.
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Spark, Victor D. (Victor David), 1898-1991
- Dates:
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circa 1830-1983
bulk 1930-1970
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22.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.sparvict
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Archives of American Art
The Victor D. Spark papers measure 22.2 linear feet and date from circa 1830 to 1983, with the bulk of the material from 1930 to 1970. The papers document Spark's career as a New York City art dealer and appraiser who was most active from World War II through the 1970s, focusing on Old Masters paintings and 19th and early 20th century American art. Found within the papers are biographical materials, artist files, client files, financial records, legal records, printed material, and photographs.
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Espada, Jason
Espada, Frank, 1930-
- Dates:
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1962-2008
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17 Cubic feet (52 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1395
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of photographic materials taken by Frank Espada, mostly images from the Puerto Rican Diaspora Documentary Project, which documents these communities across the Unites States. In addition, there are materials relating to his earlier work documenting civil rights activities, also in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Beers, Royce. L., 1888-
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circa 1900-1969
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1.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0880
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents stokers and fuel burners and includes patents, awards, articles, notebooks, graphs, drawings, tables, and company publications.