Duke Ellington Collection
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Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
- Dates:
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1903 - 1989
- Size:
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400 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0301
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Duke Ellington's career primarily through orchestrations (scores and parts), music manuscripts, lead sheets, transcriptions, and sheet music. It also includes concert posters, concert programs, television, radio, motion picture and musical theater scripts, business records, correspondence, awards, as well as audiotapes, audiodiscs, photographs, tour itineraries, newspaper clippings, magazines, caricatures, paintings, and scrapbooks.
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Wilson, Charles Branch, 1861-1941
- Dates:
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1881-1941 and undated
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1.3 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7235
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987
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1919-1987
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24.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hitchenp
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of architectural historian, author, critic, teacher, and museum director, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, date from 1919-1987 and measure 24.8 linear feet. Almost all of the collection is comprised of Hitchcock's correspondence files relating to academic research, teaching, curatorial interests, and professional associations. Letters are from prominent architectural historians, architects, artists, preservationists, museum directors and curators, and family and friends. Also found are two feet of writings by Hitchcock and others, scattered biographical information, printed material, and photographs of Hitchcock and architecture.
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- Dates:
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circa 1850-1943
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1.6 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7441
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of papers documenting the research of both Stejneger and Baur on tortoises. Much of the Baur material was created during his research for the planned USNM monograph on North American tortoises. The papers consist of correspondence, notes, manuscripts, lists, newspaper clippings, photographs, negatives, and drawings. ...
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Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Department of Exhibitions
- Dates:
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1969-1992
- Size:
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25 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 531
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the conceptualization, development, design, and execution of several exhibitions held by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum from 1973 through 1992, and of exhibitions rejected or cancelled by the museum. Exhibition files include proposals; research files; correspondence with object lenders, scholars, and exhibition designers; ...
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National Museum of American Art. Office of Registration and Collections Management
- Dates:
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1920-1994
- Size:
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34 cu. ft. (34 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-001
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the administrative records of the National Museum of American Art, Office of the Registrar, 1920-1994, with the majority dated 1985-1994. The records include Exhibition Files, 1920-1960 and 1986-1991; Photo Requests, 1987-1992; Read Files, 1985-1993; Loan Forms/Photos Ordered, 1989-1993; Permission Forms, numbered ...
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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
- Dates:
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2000-2004
- Size:
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-208
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of manuscripts of articles edited for publication in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, the official publication of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. These manuscripts were published in volumes 20-24 of the journal. Materials also include rejected manuscripts; correspondence of editors, authors, and othe...
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Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954
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1904-1954 and undated
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14.05 cu. ft. (20 document boxes) (20 3x5 boxes) (1 5x8 box) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7263
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document the multi-faceted career of Arthur deC. Sowerby, especially his work as a naturalist and expedition member. They include correspondence, including a large amount with Robert Sterling Clark; fiscal records; material relating to his genealogical research and "The Sowerby Saga;" manuscripts, newspaper articles, and research ...
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National Museum of American History. Office of the Assistant Director for Academic Programs
- Dates:
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circa 1964-1969, 1978-1994
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7.5 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-092
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Gary Kulik, Assistant Director for Academic Programs, National Museum of American History (NMAH), from 1987 to 1994. Some records date back to when Kulik was Assistant Curator for the Division of Textiles, 1978-1982; Vice-Chairman of the Department of Social and Cultural History, 1980-1982, and Ch...
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Bunting, George L., Jr.
Brinkley, Christie
Ellsworth, Scott, Dr.
Colonel, Sheri
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1959-1990
- Size:
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15.5 Cubic feet (30 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0374
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Cover Girl Make-Up Advertising Oral History and Documentation Project, 1923-1991, is the result of a year-long study in 1990, which examined the advertising created for Noxell Corporation's Cover Girl make-up products from 1959 to 1990. The objective of the project was to document, in print and electronic media, the history of Cover Girl make-up advertising since its inception in 1959.