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Hall, Ridgway M., 1914-1982
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1887-1981
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0.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hallridg
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence, drawings, clippings, photographs and other materials collected by Ridgway Hall in the course of research on painter Josephine Miles Lewis. Included are biographical accounts of Lewis and two diplomas; fourteen business letters to Lewis; correspondence (1959-1981) with Hall primarily concerns Lewis (a 1959 letter contains a copy of L...
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National Museum of American History. Department of Public Programs
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circa 1977-1994
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9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-001
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Shirley E. Cherkasky, who served as Coordinator of Performance Programs at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), Department of Public Programs, from 1983 to 1995. Also includes records that date back to when Cherkasky was Director of Museum Programs in the Division of Performing Arts, 19...
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Purifoy, Noah, 1917-
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1935-1998
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2.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.purinoah
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Noah Purifoy papers contain biographical material including a high school diploma (1935), awards, and curriculum vitae; personal and professional correspondence (1966-1998); lecture notes; outlines of programs for the California Arts Council (1976) and Artists-in-Education Summer Workshop (1977); publications; scrapbooks containing newspaper an...
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late 19th century
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1 Item (59 cm. x 25.3 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7322
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National Anthropological Archives
A print of this type is used in Chinese homes as a talisman. It shows Pangu, the mythological creator of the universe. In this image, he holds in his hands the sun (with yang symbol in ideograph) and the moon (with yin symbol in ideograph), for he created the universe by transforming yin and yang. An ax on a tree stump is an instrument believed to ...
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Chapman, Arthur, 1873-1935
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circa 1912
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8 Stereographs (silver gelatin)
9 Prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.87-2G
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs depicting Spruce Tree House, Cliff Palace, and Balcony House in Mesa Verde. The collection includes one image of Balcony House before restoration.
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Bannister, Edward Mitchell, 1828-1901
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1866-1901
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1 Volume
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bannedwa
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Contains approximately 102 pencil, charcoal, and watercolor drawings depicting landscapes with cattle, trees, brambles, rolling clouds, a few figure studies, seascapes and bibical scenes, undated and 1866-1901 by Bannister; includes newspaper clippings and writings about Bannister including reviews of his exhibitions and tributes by George W. Whita...
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Jacquez, Albert, 1895-1962
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circa 1945
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4 Chromolithographs
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.4561
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Reproductions of Albert Jacquez watercolor paintings relating to Stoney and Blackfoot people, painted in 1945. They depict a Sun dance camp and the process of erecting a Sun dance tree, a Stoney man named Dog Tail in winter dress, and a Blackfoot man named Tom Turn Up Nose.
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Lucretia Deming Family Account Book
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Deming, Lucretia
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1883 January 1-1887 April 27
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0.1 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0173
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This is a single household account book for the period from January 1, 1883 through April 27, 1887, maintained by Lucretia Deming until two days before her death. The final entry is $120.05 for the payment of Litchfield property taxes. The accounts record daily expenditures in substantial detail, i.e oysters, candy, bread, oil, Century Magazine, e...
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Wetherill, John
- Dates:
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1892
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42 Lantern slides
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.106
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains glass lantern slides shot by rancher and explorer John Wetherill (1866-1944). The photographs depict Ancestral Puebloan sites in southwestern U.S., as well as photos of Diné (Navajo) and Ute men and women.
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Beer, Paul
DiGiovanni, Felix V.
Bellis, Tom
- Dates:
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Circa 1938
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102 Photographic prints (Black and white, silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.1995-41
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made by Paul Beer and Felix DiGiovanni depicting indigenous people, primarily the Guahibo, as well as the natural and cultural features of the Vaupés region of Eastern Colombia.