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White, Dale L., Sr., 1899-1977
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1932-2013
bulk 1932-1939
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2.26 Linear Feet (2 legal-sized boxes; 1 flat box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2013.0050
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Dale L., White, Sr., Papers consist of material relating to the aviation career of Dale L. White, Sr., including his attendance at the Curtiss Wright Aeronautical University and his piloting of the "Goodwill Flight" from Chicago, Illinois, to Washington, DC, to lobby for African-Americans to be able to join the US Army Air Corps. The bulk of the collection covers his flying years between 1932 and 1941, though personal materials from a later date are also included. Materials included are photographs, negatives, telegrams, a scrapbook, aeronautical textbooks, aeronautical notebook, DVDs, newspaper and magazine articles, pilot log books, pilot licenses, and related information.
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Black, Harding, 1912-
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1934-1979
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0.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.blachard
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Archives of American Art
The papers of ceramicist Harding Black measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1934 to 1979. The scattered papers include a transcript of an oral history, correspondence, financial notes and records, printed materials, and photographs.
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National Museum of American Art. Department of Painting and Sculpture
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circa 1969-1986
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16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 460
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of administrative files of the Department and documents the activities of its curators, Rand, Mecklenburg, Truettner, and Breeskin. The files contain information about Department relations with other National Museum of American Art (NMAA) offices concerning loans, shipments, requests for information, conservation, ...
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National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
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2016
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1 videodiscs (blu-ray disc)
1 videodiscs (dvd)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2017-007
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection consists of two copies of the DVD "Arts of the Monsoon," (2016) one standard and one Blu-ray. Produced in 2016 by the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, the film portrays how the dhows, in sailing across the monsoon winds of he Indian Ocwean between Oman and East Africa, brought cross-cultural influences along the coastal areas of Sur, Salalah, and Zanzibar.
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Education and Outreach
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circa 1973-2015
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3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-289
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Margery Gordon, Education Specialist at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), 1984-2015, and at the National Museum of American Art (formerly the National Collection of Fine Arts), 1973-1984, documenting the development and execution of educational and public programs. ...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Office of the Deputy Director
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1977-2001
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-092
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These Records document the acquisition of collections. Records were created and maintained by Charles J. Robertson, Deputy Director, 1986-2001. Materials include correspondence; memoranda; object lists; notes; reference material; valuations, funding and financial records; object descriptions; and related material.
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Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
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1943 May 31
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5 photographic prints (black and white , 8 x 10 inches.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2008-013
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This study collection contains five 8 x 10 inch black and white publicity photographs, dated May 31, 1943, of Liberian officials, U.S. State Department representatives, and Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. personnel, taken as they toured the company's war production plants in Ohio. Each photograph has complete typewritten documentation tipped to the back. Includes images of President Edwin Barclay and President-elect William V.S. Tubman of Liberia, Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.
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Pemberton, John, 1928-2016
- Dates:
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1982-1986
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769 slides (color; 35 mm)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2015-010
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection is comprised of 769 35mm color slides, dates from 1982 to 1986 and documents various Agemo festivals, a performing art of the Yoruba religion. More specifically, Pemberton photographed Agemo funeral rites at the Asu Aluwa house in Olosiwonade, Ijebu, various Agemo priests and their stools, the Odun Agemo festival, Chief Sherafusi's Odun Agemo festival in Igbile, and Egungun dancing at the palace in Oru, Ijebu.
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Washington, DC, Aerial Photography Collection
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bulk 1922
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0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2013.0015
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 45 black and white photographs, mostly 6.5 by 8.5 inches or 9 by 11 inches. Most of the photographs are aerial shots of the Washington, DC, area from 1922, including the following sites: Washington Monument (with aircraft exhibited about base); White House; Lincoln Memorial; United States Capitol; Union Station; Mount Ve...
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Curatorial - American Art
- Dates:
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1999-2004
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1 cu. ft. (2 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-109
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the exhibition records of Kenneth Myers, former Associate Curator of American Art at the Freer Gallery of Art. They primarily cover his work on various exhibitions regarding James McNeill Whistler, including "Young Whistler: Early Prints and the French Set;" "Whistler in Paris: Lithographs from the Belle Epoque, ...