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Davis, Robert Tyler
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1924-1960, 1979
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0.94 cu. ft. (1 half document box) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-085
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Robert Tyler Davis (1904-1978) was born in Los Angeles, California. He was a museum administrator and an educator in art and art history, specializing in Pacific Northwest Native American art, and decorative arts, particularly tapestries. He graduated from Franklin High School, Los Angeles, and studied art history, drawing, and painting at the...
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of Exhibits Central
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circa 1988-2012
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11 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-079
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the development of exhibitions for the Arts and Industries Building, the Smithsonian Institution Building, and the International Gallery. The Arts and Industries Building, Office of Exhibitions was formed when Ellen Dorn was appointed as Director of Exhibitions for the Arts and Industries Building...
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National Museum of the American Indian, Office of Education and Museum Programs, Publications Office
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2009
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-028
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) publication, "IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas." This publication and associated exhibition were collaborative projects with the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibi...
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Reuben Tam papers
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Tam, Reuben
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1931-2006
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8.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.tamreub
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Archives of American Art
The papers of landscape painter and educator Reuben Tam measure 8.1 linear feet and date from 1931 to 2006. The papers document his career as a painter in New York, Maine, and Hawaii through biographical material; correspondence with family, friends, art organizations, schools, and galleries; diaries, poetry, and other writings; exhibition catalogs, news clippings, other printed material; photographs; artwork, including seventeen sketchbooks; and eight scrapbooks.
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McNamara, Norris
Moon, Moses
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1963-1964
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4 Cubic feet (18 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0556
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Recorded by Moses Moon (known at the time as Alan Ribback) and assisted by Norris McNamara during 1963 and 1964, the collection includes audio recordings of interviews with civil rights leaders and participants as well as free-style recordings of mass meetings, voter registration events, and other gatherings organized by Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). This collection provides a mostly unfiltered documentation of significant moments in the civil rights movement.
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Vever, Henri, 1854-1942
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1867-1932
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2.5 Linear feet (circa 35 items)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1988.04
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
The papers of Parisian jeweler and art collector Henri Vever (1854-1942) include six diaries; a ledger of his art acquisitions; original oil paintings by Vever; and photographs. The materials document Vever's circle of friends, patrons, and other art collectors in turn-of-the-century Paris.
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Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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circa 1900
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0292
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Miscellaneous glass photonegatives and lantern slides, originally housed in cardboard plate boxes, some containing newspaper clipping separators with dates as late as 1961. Subjects include a flood in 1911, family photographs and portraits, and buildings, with labels indicating locations such as Chicago, St.Paul, etc. The lantern slides depict art ...
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Hombordy, Hanna Lore.
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[194-]-1955
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0.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1273
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The project files include booklets: "Elements of Design" (1953-54); "Appearance Design" (1954); packaging and label designs and prototypes, photographs of drawing machinery, clippings, and misc. designs and printed advertisements for shoes, antennas, and candies.,This collection documents Hombordy's work as a graphics designer in the late 1940s and...
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Levine, Jack, 1915-2010
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1923-1999
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3.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.levijack
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York social realist painter and printmaker Jack Levine date from 1923-1999, and measure 3.2 linear feet. Levine's career is documented through biographical material, scattered letters, notes and a speech, writings, student drawings, three scrapbooks, printed material and nearly one linear foot of photographs of Levine, his family, and his colleagues.
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1954-1955
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31 photographic prints ((1 box), black & white, 19 x 31.5 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.XXXX-003
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
A bound notebook of prints picturing a model of the royal palace at Babanki Tungo, West Cameroon. The accompanying caption on the inside of the first image reads, "The model represented in this photographic album is the royal palace at Babanki Tungo, West Cameroon. It was carved by Robert Toh, the royal craver, during 1954-55. The brass figurines were sculpted by Umaru Njasi, a brass-caster from Bamum. The photographs are by Evan G. Schneider and were taken in Southeastern Ohio. Mr. Schneider is also responsible for the printing. Gilbert D. Schneider Athens, Ohio - - 1968." The palace and figurines were also donated in 1979 to the Museum of African Art, now the National Museum of African Art (accession no. 79-1-1).