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Digitized Content Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1983 Festival of American Folklife
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Dates:
June 23-July 4, 1983
Size:
1 Cubic foot (approximate)
Collection ID:
CFCH.SFF.1983
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

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Digitized Content Annie Leibovitz Color Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, [color photoprint]
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Creators:
American Express (New York)
Leibovitz, Annie, 1949-
Dates:
1988.
Size:
1 Item (1 folder, 15" x 12," in mat with Mylar overlay, 21-3/8" x 18-1/8")
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0588
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Image shows Ella Fitzgerald in red dress and hat with fur (designed by Don Loper), posed with a Mercedez-Benz automobile. The picture was created for an American Express Card advertisement, ca. 1987, part of a popular "portraits" campaign for American Express, for which the photographer won the Clio Award and the Campaign of the Decade Award from A...

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Imogen Cunningham papers
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Creators:
Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976
Dates:
1903-1991
Size:
5.9 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.cunnimog
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of photographer and teacher Imogen Cunningham, date from 1903 to 1991. The collection measures 5.9 feet of material, including correspondence, business and financial records, writings, printed matter, and photographs, and provides a good overview of Cunningham's life and career.

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Artists' Gallery records
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Creators:
Artists' Gallery (New York, N.Y)
Dates:
1929-1967
Size:
6.8 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.artigall
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The Artists' Gallery records measure 6.6 linear feet and date from 1929 to 1967. The collection sheds light on the gallery's operations through adminstrative records, artist files, exhibition files, and printed material.

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Digitized Content Albert Kahn papers
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Creators:
Kahn, Albert, 1869-1942
Dates:
1875-1970
Size:
7.02 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.kahnalbp
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of architect Albert Kahn date from 1875-1970, bulk 1875-1945, and measure 7.02 linear feet. Found within the papers is biographical material, correspondence, personal business records, nine sketchbooks, art work, notes and writings, two scrapbooks, printed material, photographs and photograph albums, artifacts, and motion picture film.

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Digitized Content Reginald R. Isaacs papers
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Creators:
Isaacs, Reginald R., 1911-
Dates:
circa 1842-1991
bulk 1928-1991
Size:
22.54 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.isaaregi
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of Reginald R. Isaacs measure 22.54 linear feet and date from 1842 to 1991, with the bulk of the material from 1928 to 1991. The collection includes Isaacs's personal and professional papers, as well as extensive research material he collected and created for his two-volume biography, Walter Gropius: The Man and His Work.

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Productions
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Dates:
1984-1991, 1995-1998, 2003
Size:
10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 08-081
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of videotapes created during the production of "Smithsonian World," an educational television series that explored people, ideas, and events that shape world culture, blending art, science, history, and the humanities to create an exciting harmony among disciplines. The production was narrated by historian David G....

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Smithsonian World, Records
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Dates:
circa 1984-1991
Size:
99.46 cu. ft. (97 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (2 16x20 boxes) (1 tall document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 91-164
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of production elements and records, maintained by Sandra Wentworth Bradley, created for "Smithsonian World," an educational television series that explored people, ideas, and events that shape world culture, blending art, science, history, and the humanities to create an exciting harmony among disciplines. The productio...

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Digitized Content 55 Mercer Artists, Inc. records
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Creators:
55 Mercer St. Gallery
Dates:
1939-2007
bulk 1970-2007
Size:
5.1 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.55mercga
Repository:
Archives of American Art

55 Mercer Artists, Inc. records, 1939-2007, bulk 1970-2007, measure 5.1 linear feet. The records, which are incomplete with sizeable gaps, consist of administrative records, exhibition files, artists' files, financial records, scrapbooks, guest books, and printed material that document one of the most successful and long lived artist run cooperative galleries in SoHo. The only item pre-dating 55 Mercer Artists, Inc. is a 1939 newspaper clipping in the artists' files.

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Lowell Nesbitt papers
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Creators:
Nesbitt, Lowell, 1933-1993
Dates:
circa 1903-1993
bulk 1950-1993
Size:
50.2 Linear feet
0.001 Gigabytes
Collection ID:
AAA.nesblowe
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of painter, photographer and sculptor Lowell Nesbitt measure 50.2 linear feet and 0.001 GB and date from circa 1903-1993 (bulk 1950-1993). The collection documents Nesbitt's career through biographical material, correspondence, subject files, business and financial records, source material, artwork, photographs and audiovisual records, printed material and scrapbooks.

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