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"Bully for the band!" : the Civil War letters and diary of four brothers in the 10th Vermont Infantry band / Charles George, Herbert George, Jere George and Osman George ; edited by James A. Davis

Author:
Davis, James A (James Andrew) 1962-  Search this
Subject:
United States Army Vermont Infantry Regiment, 10th (1862-1865)  Search this
Physical description:
x, 290 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Sources
Correspondence
Personal narratives
Place:
United States
Vermont
Date:
2012
C2012
19th century
Civil War, 1861-1865
Topic:
Military music--History and criticism  Search this
Soldiers  Search this
History  Search this
Music and the war  Search this
Regimental histories  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_992055

"Mother donit fore the best" : correspondence of a nineteenth-century orphan asylum / Judith A. Dulberger

Author:
Dulberger, Judith A  Search this
Subject:
Albany Orphan Asylum (N.Y.)  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Texts
History
Records and correspondence
Place:
New York (State)
Albany
Date:
1996
19th century
Topic:
Orphanages--History  Search this
Orphans--Correspondence  Search this
Foster children--Correspondence  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1094145

"My heart is a large kingdom" : selected letters of Margaret Fuller / edited by Robert N. Hudspeth

Title:
Selected letters of Margaret Fuller
Author:
Fuller, Margaret 1810-1850  Search this
Hudspeth, Robert N  Search this
Subject:
Fuller, Margaret 1810-1850  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Correspondence
Place:
United States
Date:
2001
C2001
19th century
Topic:
Authors, American  Search this
Feminists  Search this
Call number:
CT275.F965 A1 2001
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_613291

"New negroes from Africa" slave trade abolition and free African settlement in the nineteenth-century Caribbean Rosanne Marion Adderley

Author:
Adderley, Rosanne Marion  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 337 pages illustrations, maps 25 cm
Type:
Case studies
Études de cas
Place:
Bahamas
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad
Trinité-et-Tobago
Trinité (Île)
Bahanas
Pays étrangers
Westindien
Schwarze
Afrikaner
Date:
2006
19th century
19e siècle
Topic:
Black people--Social conditions  Search this
Africans--Social conditions  Search this
Black people--Cultural assimilation  Search this
African diaspora  Search this
Personnes noires--Conditions sociales  Search this
Africains--Conditions sociales  Search this
Personnes noires--Acculturation  Search this
Africains  Search this
15.85 history of America  Search this
Soziale Situation  Search this
Assimilation  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145839

"Private Papers," Memoirs

Collection Creator:
Cummings, Thomas Seir, 1804-1894  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 8
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1825-circa 1860s
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Thomas Seir Cummings papers, circa 1824-1983, bulk circa 1824-1894. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Thomas Seir Cummings papers
Thomas Seir Cummings papers / Series 1: Thomas Seir Cummings Papers / Writings and Notes
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9fa760da0-afdc-46c0-88c1-76bdd54cd636
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-cummitho-ref10

#443 Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in 19th Century America, 1/15/1985-4/7/1985

Collection Creator::
National Museum of American Art. Office of the Registrar  Search this
Container:
Box 49 of 55
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 453, National Museum of American Art. Office of the Registrar, Records
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Records
Records / Box 49
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru0453-refidd1e13514

0.08 Mortar and Pestle, Bowl of Hygeia, 19th Century Medicine Bottles design file

Physical Description:
Design file may contain any of the following: stamp designs; documents; correspondence; newspapers; articles; press releases; artists' guides; descriptions; designs; drawings; memorandums; and photographs.
Date:
ca. 1972
Topic:
Postage stamps--United states--History  Search this
Postage stamp design  Search this
Catalog number:
Scott Catalogue USA 1473
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Stamp Design Files, Third Postmaster General's Office at the National Postal Museum Library, Smithsonian Libraries
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILDF_USA1473

1880 - 1895 Commemorative Ribbon Parlor Throw

Maker:
unknown  Search this
Physical Description:
fabric, silk, satin, velvet, taffeta, ribbon, cotton (overall material)
thread, silk, cotton, metallic (overall material)
filling, cotton (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 62 in x 44 in; 156 cm x 112 cm
Object Name:
quilt
Place made:
United States
Date made:
1880-1895
Subject:
Quilting  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Commander Arthur Wallace Dunn, Jr.
ID Number:
TE.T12899
Accession number:
245700
Catalog number:
T12899
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Textiles
Government, Politics, and Reform
Family & Social Life
Textiles
Domestic Furnishings
Quilts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-bebd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_556407
Online Media:

19th Century Book Correspondence

Collection Creator::
Reingold, Nathan, 1927-  Search this
Container:
Box 16 of 29
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7470, Nathan Reingold Papers
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Nathan Reingold Papers
Nathan Reingold Papers / Box 16
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru7470-refidd1e3130

19th Century Genre

Collection Correspondent:
Hanson, James A.  Search this
Conner, Stuart W.  Search this
Dempsey, Hugh A.  Search this
Brasser, Ted J.  Search this
DeMallie, Raymond  Search this
Schaeffer, Claude E.  Search this
Taylor, Colin F.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Ewers, John C. (John Canfield), 1909-1997  Search this
Container:
Box 32
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
1993
Collection Restrictions:
The John Canfield Ewers papers are open for research.
Collection Rights:
Contact repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
John Canfield Ewers papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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John Canfield Ewers Papers
John Canfield Ewers Papers / Series 2: Research and Subject Files / Painting:
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3605d5696-828a-4fd8-872b-d978c1daf6ce
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-1998-35-ref3527

19th-Century Art, Meeting Notes and Correspondence

Collection Creator:
Rosenblum, Robert  Search this
Container:
Box 6, Folder 16
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1978
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information. Use of archival audiovisual recordings and electronic media with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Robert Rosenblum Papers, circa 1927-2009, bulk 1950-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Robert Rosenblum Papers
Robert Rosenblum Papers / Series 3: Lectures, Writings, and Writing Project Files / Books
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92533928c-f872-408f-9c07-a99e1a0e40c8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-roserobe-ref129

26. - Type de Mulâtresse de la Martinique

Title:
French Colonial postcard from Martinique
Published by:
Chauvet  Search this
Designed by:
Compagnie antilles, French, 1900 - 1910  Search this
Photograph by:
Unidentified  Search this
Subject of:
Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 5 9/16 × 3 9/16 in. (14.1 × 9 cm)
Type:
postcards
Place captured:
Martinique, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
Cultural Place:
France, Europe
Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia
Date:
ca. 1920
Topic:
African American  Search this
African diaspora  Search this
Clothing and dress  Search this
Colonialism  Search this
Fashion  Search this
Freedom  Search this
French colonialism  Search this
Gender  Search this
Identity  Search this
Photography  Search this
Travel  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2016.151.8
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Media Arts-Photography
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59951f08e-e63c-4a26-a70f-b4d02d194af6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.151.8
Online Media:

306 - MARTINIQUE - Yon ti ma coumè zébage

Title:
French Colonial postcard from Martinique
Published by:
Armand Benoit-Jeannette  Search this
Photograph by:
Armand Benoit-Jeannette  Search this
Subject of:
Unidentified Child or Children  Search this
Medium:
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, with ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 8.9 cm)
Type:
postcards
Place captured:
Martinique, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
Cultural Place:
France, Europe
Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia
Date:
1920-1940
Topic:
African American  Search this
African diaspora  Search this
Clothing and dress  Search this
Colonialism  Search this
Correspondence  Search this
Fashion  Search this
Freedom  Search this
French colonialism  Search this
Gender  Search this
Identity  Search this
Photography  Search this
Travel  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2016.151.7
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Media Arts-Photography
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d6d5f5ee-9d1c-4f01-96dc-5409ff8ec36e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.151.7
Online Media:

Historical Records of the DeWolf Family

Created by:
James DeWolf, American, 1764 - 1837  Search this
Dimensions:
Archives (Cubic feet): 1.8 ft
Type:
photographs
shipping records
correspondence
Place depicted:
Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States, North and Central America
West Indies, Caribbean, North and Central America
Date:
1757-1947
Topic:
African American  Search this
Business  Search this
Commerce  Search this
Domestic slave trade  Search this
Finance  Search this
Illegal slave trade  Search this
Middle Passage  Search this
Photography  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Sugarcane  Search this
Trans Atlantic slave trade  Search this
U.S. History, 1783-1815  Search this
U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this
U.S. History, 1865-1921  Search this
U.S. History, Colonial period, 1600-1775  Search this
U.S. History, Revolution, 1775-1783  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2018.17.2
Restrictions & Rights:
The NMAAHC Archives can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions may apply and limit reproduction for other purposes.
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Historical Records of the DeWolf Family
Classification:
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Archival Collections
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d4d09cdf-0a71-4ca7-90a8-1acf1fe75124
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_A2018.17.2

I. - Marchande de bananes aux Antilles

Title:
French Colonial postcard from Martinique
Published by:
Chauvet  Search this
Designed by:
Compagnie antilles, French, 1900 - 1910  Search this
Photograph by:
Unidentified  Search this
Subject of:
Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this
Medium:
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions:
H x W: 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 8.9 cm)
Type:
postcards
Place captured:
Martinique, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
Cultural Place:
France, Europe
Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia
Date:
ca. 1910
Topic:
African American  Search this
African diaspora  Search this
Agriculture  Search this
Business  Search this
Clothing and dress  Search this
Colonialism  Search this
Fashion  Search this
Foodways  Search this
Freedom  Search this
French colonialism  Search this
Gender  Search this
Identity  Search this
Labor  Search this
Photography  Search this
Travel  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2016.151.11
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Media Arts-Photography
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd570cf3446-5ad5-458d-af71-a3bd2c7cb2b3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.151.11
Online Media:

A yujo sitting outside a brothel and looking at a blank paper

Medium:
Full color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 73 x 32.3 cm (28 3/4 x 12 11/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
18th-19th century
Period:
Edo period
Topic:
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
Japan  Search this
ukiyo-e  Search this
kakemono  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1898.425
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye332356610-2184-4c1c-85e1-570fc4e28d65
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1898.425

A Courtesan and attendant

Artist:
Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演 (1761-1816)  Search this
Medium:
Color and gold on silk panel
Dimensions:
H x W: 79 x 36.3 cm (31 1/8 x 14 5/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
late 18th-early 19th century
Period:
Edo period
Topic:
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
courtesan  Search this
Japan  Search this
ukiyo-e  Search this
kakemono  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
attendant  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1898.120
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye30f1ef8f1-d96d-4914-80f6-62a6b44f8e5a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1898.120

A Courtesan tying her sash in the wind

Artist:
Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英 (1762-1819)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W: 91 x 32.8 cm (35 13/16 x 12 15/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
18th-19th century
Period:
Edo period
Topic:
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
child  Search this
courtesan  Search this
Japan  Search this
ukiyo-e  Search this
kakemono  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1899.18
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3ca937336-8a7b-4902-99c7-66f329c198ca
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1899.18

A Girl at the end of a small boatlanding with a maid-servant who lights the way

Artist:
Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美 (1764-1824)  Search this
Medium:
Full color on silk panel
Dimensions:
H x W: 81.9 x 33.3 cm (32 1/4 x 13 1/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
18th-19th century
Period:
Edo period
Topic:
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
child  Search this
Japan  Search this
ukiyo-e  Search this
kakemono  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1898.430
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3384443f9-c38d-41d7-9ab5-a92517615ad7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1898.430

A Representation of M: Blanchard's Balloon, & Apparatus

Publisher:
C. Heydinger  Search this
Medium:
Print, Engraving on Paper
Dimensions:
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 90.5 x 70.8cm (35 5/8 x 27 7/8 in.)
8 3/4X6,19 1/8X15 1/8 FRAMED
Type:
ART-Prints, Original
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Credit Line:
Gift of Harry F. Guggenheim
Inventory Number:
A19680110000
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
National Air and Space Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv91934539d-6554-4f15-9927-e34c40a828a0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nasm_A19680110000

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