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Ortega, Tony
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1984-2010
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0.9 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.ortetony
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of muralist, illustrator, and Chicano activist Tony Ortega measure 0.9 linear feet and date from 1984 to 2010. The papers are comprised of project and exhibition files for murals, public art projects, and children's book illustration exhibitions. Also found are printed materials consisting of articles about Ortega, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and a calendar and note cards featuring artwork by Ortega.
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Esta Nesbitt papers
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Nesbitt, Esta
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circa 1942-1981
bulk 1964-1975
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10.05 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.nesbesta
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of illustrator, xerography artist, filmmaker, and educator Esta Nesbitt measure 10.05 linear feet and date from circa 1942-1981. Found within the papers are biographical material, correspondence, writings, xerography research files, project and exhibition files, and printed material. Much of the collection relates to Nesbitt's xerography art work. Additionally, the collection includes motion picture film and sound recordings related to her film and performance work.
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Rattner, Abraham
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1891-1986
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26.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.rattabra
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Abraham Rattner and Esther Gentle papers measure 26.3 linear feet and date from 1891 through the 1980s. The collection documents Rattner's life and career as an artist through interviews, extensive correspondence, gallery files, studio notebooks, writings, notes, date books and diaries, photographs, and works of art.
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Schaeffer Galleries
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circa 1921-1982
bulk 1935-1950
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1.6 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.schagall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Schaeffer Galleries records measure 1.6 linear feet and date from circa 1921 to 1982, with the bulk of the material dating from 1935-1950 when the gallery was most active. Owned by Hanns S. and Kate Schaeffer, the gallery first operated in Berlin from 1925 to 1939 and later in New York City from 1936 to circa 2000. Correspondence, subject and exhibition files, purchase records, printed materials, and photographs document the gallery's operations. Primary correspondents include art collector Arthur C. Tate and the gallery's Pacific Coast Director LeRoy Backus.
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McLaughlin, John, 1898-
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1922-1979
bulk 1936-1976
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3.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mclajohn
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Southern California art dealer and abstract painter John McLaughlin measure 3.4 linear feet and date from 1922 to 1979. The collection documents John McLaughlin's personal life and career through biographical material, correspondence, writings, Tamarind Lithography fellowship files, scattered personal business records, printed materials, artwork, and photographic material.
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Anacostia Community Museum
- Dates:
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1987
- Size:
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2.04 Linear feet
19 video recordings (VHS, 1/2")
3 sound recordings (audio cassette)
1 sound recording (open reel, 1/4")
1 video recording (U-matic, 3/4")
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-012
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Contemporary Visual Expressions was a 1987 exhibition on Black American artists of the 20th century. It featured the work of Washington artists Sam Gilliam, Martha Jackson-Jarvis, and Keith Morrison, as well as guest artist William T. Williams of New York City. It was the inaugural exhibition in the gallery space in the new home of the Anacostia Mu...
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Tooker, George, 1920-2011
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circa 1851-2010
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5.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.tookgeor
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter George Tooker measure 5.1 linear feet and date from circa 1851 to 2010. The papers document Tooker's personal and professional life through biographical material, correspondence, project files, gallery files, exhibition files, printed material, artwork and one sketchbook, and numerous photographs, including some taken by noted photographer George Platt Lynes.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Plant Services
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1965-1986
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9.5 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 89-092
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of fiscal year budgetary/estimate reports, museum maintenance operation attendants, blueprints and drawings, museum exhibit records, correspondence, memoranda, fiscal year employment plans, and construction records pertaining to museum repairs. Museums, buildings and events documented in this collection include: the Na...
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De Vivo, Michael
- Dates:
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circa 1938-1939
- Size:
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0.04 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.devimich
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Mount Rushmore monument photographic transparencies measure 0.04 linear feet and date from circa 1938 to 1939. The color transparencies depict the construction of the presidential portraits atop Mount Rushmore. Several show the sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, and others at work on the project.
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Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
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1872-1920 assembled May 7th, 1932."
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24 Items (Approximately papers Approximately 24 papers)
260 Items (Approximately pages Approximately 260 pages)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4695
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The Story of the Human Race. Notes for Lecture. 1916. (Sketches Nos. I and IX Missing) 2. Bearing of Archeological Evidence on the Place of Origin and on the Question of the Unity or Plurality of the American Race. 1912. 3. Art in Stone. Lithic Art in History. 4. Stone Age Among Eastern and Northern Tribes. 5. The Place of Archeology in Human Histo...