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Everybody ought to be rich : the life and times of John J. Raskob, capitalist / David Farber

Author:
Farber, David R  Search this
Subject:
Raskob, John J (John Jakob) 1879-1950  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2013
20th century
Topic:
Capitalists and financiers  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1009019

The Haight : love, rock, and revolution : the photography of Jim Marshall / written by Joel Selvin ; preface by Donovan ; foreword by Jorma Kaukonen ; afterword by John Poppy

Photographer:
Marshall, Jim 1936-2010  Search this
Author:
Selvin, Joel  Search this
Physical description:
296 pages : illustrations ; 34 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
History
Place:
California
San Francisco
Haight-Ashbury (San Francisco, Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Date:
2014
20th century
Topic:
Rock musicians--History  Search this
Counterculture--History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1044883

Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War : the undaunted 369th Regiment & the African American quest for equality / Jeffrey T. Sammons and John H. Morrow, Jr

Author:
Sammons, Jeffrey T (Jeffrey Thomas) 1949-  Search this
Morrow, John Howard 1944-  Search this
Subject:
United States Army Infantry Regiment, 369th  Search this
United States Army American Expeditionary Forces African American troops  Search this
France Armée African American troops History  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 616 pages ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Western Front
Date:
2014
20th century
To 1964
Topic:
World War, 1914-1918--Regimental histories  Search this
World War, 1914-1918--Participation, African American  Search this
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns  Search this
African American soldiers--History  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1024844

Rafael Viñoly Architects / Philip Jodidio ; [Rafael Viñoly]

Author:
Jodidio, Philip  Search this
Viñoly, Rafael 1944-  Search this
Subject:
Rafael Viñoly Architects History and criticism  Search this
Physical description:
459 p. : ill. (some col.), plans (some col.) ; 30 cm
Type:
Designs and plans
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
2011
C2011
20th century
21st century
Topic:
Architectural firms  Search this
Architecture, Modern  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1020943

Swinging the machine : modernity, technology, and African American culture between the World Wars / Joel Dinerstein

Author:
Dinerstein, Joel 1958-  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 415 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Music
Place:
United States
Date:
2003
C2003
20th century
Topic:
African Americans--Intellectual life  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Swing (Music)--History  Search this
African American dance--History  Search this
Swing (Dance)--History  Search this
African Americans in popular culture  Search this
Popular culture--History  Search this
Technology--Social aspects--History  Search this
City and town life--History  Search this
Civilization  Search this
African American influences  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_685836

The meaning of soul Black music and resilience since the 1960s Emily J. Lordi

Author:
Lordi, Emily J. 1979-  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (x, 217 pages)
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2020
20th century
Topic:
Soul music--History and criticism  Search this
Soul musicians  Search this
African Americans--Music--History and criticism  Search this
Music and race--History  Search this
Popular music--History and criticism  Search this
MUSIC--Genres & Styles--Soul & R 'n B  Search this
African Americans--Music  Search this
Music and race  Search this
Popular music  Search this
Soul music  Search this
Call number:
ML3537 .L67 2020 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
Use copy Restrictions unspecified
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1147393

We return fighting : the civil rights movement in the Jazz Age / Mark Robert Schneider

Author:
Schneider, Mark R (Mark Robert) 1948-  Search this
Subject:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People History  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 476 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2002
C2002
20th century
1877-1964
Topic:
African Americans--Civil rights--History  Search this
Civil rights movements--History  Search this
African Americans--History  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_682641

Double-take : a revisionist Harlem Renaissance anthology / edited by Venetria K. Patton and Maureen Honey

Author:
Patton, Venetria K. 1968-  Search this
Honey, Maureen 1945-  Search this
Physical description:
xliv, 619 p. : ill. ; 27 cm
Type:
Literary collections
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Date:
2001
C2001
20th century
Topic:
American literature--African American authors  Search this
American literature  Search this
African Americans  Search this
African American arts  Search this
Harlem Renaissance  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_688021

Faith in the market : religion and the rise of urban commercial culture / edited by John M. Giggie and Diane Winston

Author:
Giggie, John Michael 1965-  Search this
Winston, Diane H. 1951-  Search this
Physical description:
x, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2002
C2002
19th century
20th century
Topic:
City and town life--History  Search this
Cities and towns--Religious aspects--History  Search this
Religion  Search this
Commerce  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_689298

NEA jazz in the schools jazz, an American story produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center

Title:
Jazz in the schools
Jazz, an American story
Author:
Jazz at Lincoln Center (Organization)  Search this
National Endowment for the Arts  Search this
NEA Jazz in the Schools (Organization)  Search this
Physical description:
1 teacher guide, 1 videodisc, 2 audio discs, 1 timeline poster in container 32 x 25 x 4 cm
Type:
Video recordings
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
United States
Date:
2008
Topic:
Jazz--History and criticism--Study and teaching (Secondary)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_975993

Highbrow/lowdown : theater, jazz, and the making of the new middle class / David Savran

Author:
Savran, David 1950-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 326 p. : ill ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2009
C2009
20th century
Topic:
Music--Social aspects--History  Search this
Jazz--History and criticism  Search this
Theater--History  Search this
Middle class--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_944184

Sun Ra's Chicago Afrofuturism & the city William Sites

Author:
Sites, William  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (313 pages) illustrations
Type:
Biography
Electronic books
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc
History
Place:
Illinois
Chicago
South Side (Chicago, Ill.)
Date:
2020
20th century
Topic:
African American musicians  Search this
Afrofuturism  Search this
Jazz--History and criticism  Search this
MUSIC / General  Search this
Jazz  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
ML410.S978 S58 2020 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
1-user
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153148

The hearing eye : jazz & blues influences in African American visual art / edited by Graham Lock and David Murray

Author:
Lock, Graham 1948-  Search this
Murray, David  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 366 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2009
C2009
20th century
Topic:
African American art  Search this
Art and music--History  Search this
Jazz in art  Search this
Blues (Music) in art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_931718

Rebel imaginaries labor, culture, and politics in depression-era California Elizabeth E. Sine

Author:
Sine, Elizabeth E. 1984-  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
History
Place:
California
Date:
2021
20th century
Topic:
Working class--Political activity--History  Search this
Working class--Economic conditions--History  Search this
Labor movement--History  Search this
Labor market--History  Search this
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century  Search this
Economic history  Search this
Labor market  Search this
Labor movement  Search this
Working class--Economic conditions  Search this
Working class--Political activity  Search this
Economic conditions  Search this
Call number:
HD8083.C2 S564 2020 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
1-user
Use copy Restrictions unspecified
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153146

The ghosts of Harlem : sessions with jazz legends / photographs and interviews by Hank O'Neal ; foreword by Charles B. Rangel

Author:
O'Neal, Hank  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 488 p. : ill. ; 31 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital : 4 3/4 cm.)
Type:
Interviews
Biography
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Date:
2009
C2009
20th century
Topic:
Jazz musicians  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_928694

In the spirit : the photography of Michael P. Smith from the Historic New Orleans Collection / with essays by John H. Lawrence ... [et al.] ; edited by Erin Greenwald

Author:
Historic New Orleans Collection  Search this
Smith, Michael P (Michael Proctor) 1937-2008  Search this
Lawrence, John H  Search this
Greenwald, Erin  Search this
Subject:
Smith, Michael P (Michael Proctor) 1937-2008  Search this
Historic New Orleans Collection  Search this
Physical description:
109 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Pictorial works
Place:
Louisiana
New Orleans
New Orleans (La.)
Date:
2009
20th century
Topic:
Photography, Artistic  Search this
African Americans--Social life and customs  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_964606

Sound in the age of mechanical reproduction / edited by David Suisman and Susan Strasser

Author:
Suisman, David  Search this
Strasser, Susan 1948-  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 309 p. : ill ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2010
C2010
20th century
Topic:
Social history  Search this
Popular culture--History  Search this
Economic history  Search this
Sound--Social aspects--History  Search this
Sound--Political aspects--History  Search this
Sound--Economic aspects--History  Search this
Mechanization--History  Search this
Hearing--History  Search this
Listening--History  Search this
Radio--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_929103

Black arts West : culture and struggle in postwar Los Angeles / Daniel Widener

Author:
Widener, Daniel  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 368 p. : ill ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
California
Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Date:
2010
20th century
Topic:
African American arts--Political aspects--History  Search this
African American artists--Political activity--History  Search this
Race relations  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_937303

Bring your questions and curiosity to #AskACurator Day 2015

Creator:
National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Conversations and talks
Blog posts
Published Date:
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 21:05:44 +0000
Topic:
American History  Search this
See more posts:
Blog Feed
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_b70e2293d2703044843f2c43fe3a2739

The Chicagoan : a lost magazine of the jazz age / Neil Harris ; with the assistance of Teri J. Edelstein

Author:
Harris, Neil 1938-  Search this
Edelstein, T. J  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 385 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 37 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Illinois
Chicago
Chicago (Ill.)
Date:
2008
20th century
Topic:
Arts  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_947641

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