Audiotapes (2)
Audiocassettes (1)
Card files (1)
Film reels (1)
Microfilms (1)
African American entertainers (1)
Assemblage (Art) (1)
Assemblage artists (1)
Dancing in motion pictures, television, etc. (1)
Entomologists (1)
Folk festivals (1)
Folk music (1)
DeVincent, Sam (3)
Ellington, Duke (2)
Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David) (2)
Miró, Joan, 1893- (2)
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1)
American Stereoscopic Co. (1)
Apollo Theatre (New York, N.Y.) (1)
Arms, John Taylor (1)
Austin, Darrel, 1907- (1)
Barnet, Will (1)
Basie, Count, 1904- (1)
Benton, Elizabeth Cornell (1)
Bloom, Hyman, 1913- (1)
Bocour, Leonard (1)
Brooks, Van Wyck (1)
Brummer Gallery (New York, N.Y.) (1)
Burroughs, Bryson (1)
Cadmus, Paul (1)
Cafritz, Gwendolyn (1)
Cafritz, Morris, 1886?-1964 (1)
Canaday, John (1)
Charlot, Jean (1)
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) (2)
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)
Nevis (1)
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections (1)
Query: Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970
Levine, Jack, 1915-2010
AAA.levijack
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.
J. Horace McFarland company collection
McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace), 1859-1948
30 Cubic feet (2718 photographs: black and white; 448 glass lantern slides; 41 glass negatives; color records; plant patents; publications. )
AAG.MCF
The J. Horace McFarland Collection includes over 3,100 photographic images of private and public gardens throughout the United States, as well as some from foreign countries, dating from 1899 to 1963. Many of these images, generated for Mount Pleasant Press (later the J. Horace McFarland Company), were used to illustrate trade catalogs published by the firm as well as journal and newspaper articles. The collection also contains color records that were used as reference aids during the printing process, plant patents, and various publications of the McFarland Company.
George Sidney Collection
Music, Sports and Entertainment, Division of, NMAH, SI
Sidney, Corinne Entratter
Sidney, George, 1916-2002
54 film reels
96 Cubic feet (288 boxes, 6 oversize folders)
George Sidney (1916-2002) was a film director during the Golden Age of Hollywood filmmaking (1927-1954). He spent the longest period of his career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) until the 1950s. He later produced and directed films for Columbia Pictures and Paramount Pictures. He was a president of the Directors Guild of America and an avid photographer. He was the recipient of three awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscar). The collection consists of photographs, photographic negatives, personal and business materials, and film. The collection also contains material created by George Sidney's uncle, George Sidney, vaudevillian and motion picture actor.
Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 7: Sports
DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
NMAH.AC.0300.S07
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 7: Sports contains 1,254 pieces of sheet music and song folios. Most of the sheet music is either piano or piano/ vocal arrangements. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 4: Songwriters Volumes I and II
251 Boxes
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 4: Songwriters: A "songwriter" for this series is defined as a composer, a lyricist, or both. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 3: African-American Music
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 3: African-American Music, contains circa 7,800 pieces of sheet music and folios dating from the 1820s to the 1980s; most of the material dates from after 1890. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
Perls Galleries records
Perls Galleries
AAA.perlgall
The records of the Perls Galleries measure 79.6 linear feet and date from 1937 to 1997. Founded by Klaus Perls in 1937 and operating until 1997, the gallery dealt primarily in modern French art and the artwork of Alexander Calder. Found within the records are extensive correspondence (circa 44 linear feet) with artists, dealers, galleries, museums, and collectors; photographs and negatives of inventory and other artwork; exhibition files, scattered financial records; and exhibition catalogs and clippings.
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1979 Festival of American Folklife
Photographs and Biographical Information
Systematic Entomology Laboratory
1797-1988 and undated
9.19 cu. ft. (17 document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
This collection was created by combining two separate accessions of biographical information on and photographs of entomologists. Series 1 consists mostly of biographical materials on dipterists (entomologists who specialize in the study of flies) but also includes information about other entomologists and scientists in general. The material,...
Joseph Cornell papers
Cornell, Joseph
AAA.cornjose
The papers of Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) measure approximately 24.9 linear feet and date from 1804 to 1986 with the bulk of the material dating from 1939-1972. The collection documents the life, work, interests, and creative activities of the self-taught artist, who was best known for his shadow box constructions, assemblages, and collages. Papers include correspondence, diaries, source material, notes, writings, photographs, printed material, two- and three-dimensional ephemera, art works, and books, as well as a limited amount of legal and financial records, and some miscellaneous personal and family papers. The collection also includes the papers of his sister, Betty Cornell Benton, relating to the handling of Cornell's estate and the personal papers of his brother, Robert Cornell.