Audiotapes (296)
Brochures (292)
Videotapes (241)
Business records (214)
Motion pictures (visual works) (138)
Records (documents) (123)
Oral histories (document genres) (112)
Aeronautics (221)
Art museums (162)
Historians (119)
Inventors (99)
Art, American (73)
Artists' studios (70)
Mural painting and decoration (69)
Printmakers (68)
Warshaw, Isadore (518)
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI (122)
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (55)
Smithsonian Folklife Festival (54)
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. (53)
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI (49)
Ellington, Duke (36)
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications (36)
Anacostia Community Museum (32)
DeVincent, Sam (32)
Howard University (28)
Washington, Booker T. (28)
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) (26)
Scurlock, Addison N. (26)
Custom Craft (25)
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.) (25)
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison) (25)
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders) (25)
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary (25)
Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI (22)
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI. (22)
National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division. (21)
Smithsonian Productions (21)
Adams, Ansel (16)
Navajo Indians (36)
Hopi Indians (23)
Seri Indians (20)
Apache Indians (19)
Pueblo Indians (19)
Absaroke Indians (16)
Indians of South America (14)
Tohono O'Odham Indians (14)
Arapaho Indians (12)
Japanese Americans (12)
Shoshoni Indians (12)
Taos Indians (12)
Teton Indians (12)
Ute Indians (12)
Caribbean Area (26)
Shaw (Washington, D.C.) (26)
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.) (17)
Boston (Mass.) (15)
Panama Canal (Panama) (12)
Archives Center, National Museum of American History (1730)
Smithsonian Institution Archives (1002)
National Air and Space Museum Archives (236)
National Museum of the American Indian (79)
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections (67)
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art (56)
National Museum of African American History and Culture (49)
Archives of American Gardens (36)
Smithsonian Libraries (7)
National Portrait Gallery (4)
Query: Seri language
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World House Galleries
9.8 Linear feet (11 boxes, 1 OV)
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The records of New York City World House Galleries measure 9.8 linear feet and date from 1927 to 1991, with the bulk of them dating from 1953 to 1980. The collection documents the gallery's general business affairs, sales, and relationships with artists from 1953-1968, and later gifts and sales by founder entrepreneur and art collector Herbert Mayer. Artists for which files are found include Jean Dubuffet, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee and Georgio Morandi, among many others. Additional records include correspondence, inventory records, sales and purchase records, records of gifts and auctions, and shipping and consignment records.
Judith Wechsler papers
Wechsler, Judith
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The papers of filmmaker and art historian Judith Wechsler measure 17.4 linear feet and consist of film production material from several of Wechsler's documentary films released between 1989 and 1994. Most of the collection consists of sound recordings and motion picture film. Notable content includes interviews with Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, David Hockney, Philip Pearlstein, Joel Meyerowitz, Jo Spence, Yolanda Sonnabend, Dominique de Menil, Walter Hopps, Aaron Siskind, and Harry Callahan, as well as footage of artists working in their studios. Production elements found include original sound recordings, original camera negative outtakes, work print picture and soundtrack, trims, various pre-print master material, and video copies of completed works.
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1974 Festival of American Folklife
459 Sound tape reels (approximate)
June 16-September 6, 1976
Walter Tandy Murch papers
Murch, Walter
AAA.murcwalt
The papers of New York City still life painter and art instructor Walter Tandy Murch date from 1880-1970 and measure 8.2 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical materials, four diaries, correspondence with colleagues and family members, personal business records, exhibition files, notes and writings, two sketchbooks and additional art work, printed material, and photographs of Murch, family members, and art work.
The Zorach Family papers
Zorach Family
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The Zorach Family papers measure 4.4 linear feet and consist of materials relating to the lives and careers of sculptor and painter William Zorach, his wife painter and weaver Marguerite, and their children, painter and multi-media artist Dahlov Ipcar and collector and art dealer Tessim Zorach. The bulk of the papers consists of letters to Tessim regarding his parent's artwork. Additional materials include scattered letters to William Zorach; writings and notes by William, Marguerite, and Tessim; a sketchbook and drawings by William; prints by Marguerite; Marguerite's scrapbook; printed materials; and photographs of the Zorach family and of William Zorach in his studio and at work.
Albert Kahn papers
Kahn, Albert, 1869-1942
7.02 Linear feet
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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.
John Frazee papers
Frazee, John, 1790-1852
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The papers of sculptor and architect John Frazee measure 0.6 linear feet, and date from 1819-1966, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1819-1893. These scattered papers contain documentation of Frazee's early career as a gravestone carver, his commission to design the New York Customs House, and his busts of John Jay, the Marquis De Lafayette, and other famous figures. There is also correspondence with family members, genealogical materials, sketches of Frazee monuments and stone engravings, poems and notes by Frazee, printed materials, a few financial documents, photographs of works of art, and a plaster cast of a medal.
Mildred Constantine Papers
Constantine, Mildred
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The papers of Mildred Constantine measure 5.3 linear feet and are dated 1945-2009. Subject files, writings, photographs, and a scrapbook provide an overview of her curatorial work in the Architecture and Design department of the Museum of Modern Art, and subsequent activities as an independent curator, and art consultant. Especially well documented is Whole Cloth, a book written with Laurel Reuter that presents an historical overview of how artists have used cloth in their work.
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
1970-1978, with related materials from 1938
13.12 cu. ft. (10 document boxes) (14 tall document boxes)
This record unit consists of audiotape recordings of Smithsonian Institution (SI) special events including concerts, exhibitions, lectures, interviews, symposia, and openings. Of special interest are recordings of the 1876 exhibition opening, 1976; Festival of American Folklife events; Smithsonian National Associates Program events; and a...