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Collection Collector:

McKinley, Ray, 1910-1995 (musician, bandleader)  Search this

Container:

Box 54, Folder OT7 635.1

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

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Collection Citation:

Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera, ca 1945-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera / Series 3: Audiovisual Materials / 2.10: Original Tapes

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Collection Collector:

McKinley, Ray, 1910-1995 (musician, bandleader)  Search this

Container:

Box 54, Folder OT7 635.2

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

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Collection is open for research.

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Collection Citation:

Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera, ca 1945-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera / Series 3: Audiovisual Materials / 2.10: Original Tapes

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Collection Collector:

McKinley, Ray, 1910-1995 (musician, bandleader)  Search this

Container:

Box 54, Folder OT7 635.6

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

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Collection Citation:

Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera, ca 1945-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera / Series 3: Audiovisual Materials / 2.10: Original Tapes

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Collection Collector:

McKinley, Ray, 1910-1995 (musician, bandleader)  Search this

Container:

Box 54, Folder OT7 635.8

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

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Collection Citation:

Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera, ca 1945-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera / Series 3: Audiovisual Materials / 2.10: Original Tapes

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Collection Collector:

McKinley, Ray, 1910-1995 (musician, bandleader)  Search this

Container:

Box 54, Folder OT7 635.9

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

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Collection is open for research.

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Collection Citation:

Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera, ca 1945-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera / Series 3: Audiovisual Materials / 2.10: Original Tapes

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Collection Collector:

McKinley, Ray, 1910-1995 (musician, bandleader)  Search this

Container:

Box 52, Folder 13

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

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Collection Citation:

Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera, ca 1945-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera / Series 3: Audiovisual Materials / 2.9: Reference Videotapes / Series 3: Miscellaneous

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Creator:

Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013  Search this

Names:

Naff, Faris  Search this

Naff, Yamna  Search this

Extent:

120 Cubic feet (295 boxes )

2,000 Photographs

450 Cassette tapes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Cassette tapes

Date:

1875 - 2004

Summary:

The collection is the result of research conducted by Dr. Alixa Naff relating to the study of the early Arab immigrant experience in the United States from about 1880-World War II. The study began with oral history interviews in 1962 and became a major project in 1980 with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It documents the assimilation of Arabic speaking immigrants in the United States.

Scope and Contents:

The collection documents the immigration and assimilation of mostly Christian Syrian-Lebanese who came to America at the turn of the twentieth century. The immigrants were predominately-small land-owning peasants and artisans from the village of Syria and Lebanon. According to Alixa Naff, immigrants knew exactly where they were going to live and what they were going to do once they immigrated to America. They mostly chose to live in cities where earlier immigrants had already created communities. The majority of the immigrants became peddlers. Peddlers carried packs containing scissors, razors, pins, buttons, ribbons, threads, needles, combs, mirrors, soap, voile and muslin, lace and crotchet crafts, perfume, scarves, picture frames, oriental rugs, fine linens, leather goods, pictures of saints, religious notions from the holy land, confections and cakes. Peddling offered the immigrants a source of income and a way to learn the English language, American customs and lifestyles. It often led to ownership of a small dry goods store. More successful businesspersons then went on to own a department store or a chain of stores. For those Syrian/Lebanese who chose not to pursue peddling as a source of income other occupations included farming, work in New England textile mills, Midwestern factories, Pittsburgh and Birmingham steel mills and Detroit's automobile assembly lines.

It was in these Syrian communities created by Arab immigrants that Dr. Naff sought interviews, photographs and personal papers. For Alixa Naff this pioneering generation of people offered a wealth of information on the immigrant experience and the critical role that peddling played. Naff conducted interviews in urban and small town communities with an emphasis on Midwestern states. Her informants included first and second generation Christians, Druze and Muslims. Locations of interviews included Detroit, Michigan because it was an industrial city with a large and stable Syrian population of all faiths. Cedar Rapids, Iowa was smaller, a railroad depot at the turn of the century and home to the earliest Muslim groups. Peoria, Illinois was also a small, railroad depot at the turn of the century and it consisted predominately of the Maronite Sect originally from one village in Mount Lebanon. Spring Valley, Illinois was a small mining town with a Christian community and the remnant of a once flourishing peddling settlement. Their Eastern Rite Syrian Orthodox Church was the only one in Illinois until 1961 and served smaller Syrian groups.

Oral history interviews deal with the sociological factors of the assimilation process. Most tapes have been fully transcribed or abstracted. Information from the interviews are supported with published articles; demographic statistics; articles from the Arab-American press, books, journals and dissertations published in the United States or in Arab countries. Personal papers collected from individuals and families provide evidence of the experiences discussed in the interviews and add a personal touch to the reference materials. While there are a number of original items included among the personal papers, there is a substantial amount of duplicate materials. Naff would often collect the originals make copies and then return the originals to the donors.

Arrangement:

[Alixa Naff arranged the collection materials and the Archives Center staff maintained this arrangement due to the size of the collection. Materials are arranged mostly by subject and type.]

The collection is arranged into eight series:

Series 1: Personal Papers

Subseries 1.1: Individuals

Subseries 1.2: Organizations

Series 2: Photographs

Series 3: Oral interviews, Abstracts, Transcripts and Supporting Materials, 1962-1995

Subseries 3.1: Abstracts and Transcripts

Subseries 3.2: By Topic

Subseries3.3: Other Projects

Series 4: Publications

Series 5: Subject Files

Series 6: Project Files

Series 7: Alixa Naff Personal Papers

Series 8: Audio Visual Materials

Biographical / Historical:

The Faris and Yamna Naff Collection is the result of the dedication and research efforts of Dr. Alixa Naff, the daughter of Syrian-Lebanese immigrants. She has spent most of her life documenting the early American experience of the generation of Arabs, mostly Christian, from Syria/Lebanon who came to this country around the turn of the century.

After an administrative career in private industry, Alixa Naff enrolled at the University of California to obtain her B.A. degree. During her senior year, she was required to write a paper for an American history seminar. The topic for the seminar was immigration. Alixa Naff chose Arabs in America as her subject. According to Naff, there was a lack of reference materials relating to her topic. Therefore, she relied mostly on conversations with her parents' friends. Impressed by her work, Alixa Naff's professor offered her a grant to collect Arab folklore.

Alixa Naff conducted her research during the summer of 1962. She interviewed eighty-seven people in sixteen communities across the United States and eastern Canada. All of her informants were at least sixty years old at the time of the interviews and represented the last surviving members of her parents' pioneer immigrant generation. After completing her fieldwork, Naff went on to earn her master's and Ph.D. degrees. She taught on the college level at California State University and the University of Colorado. In 1977, she left teaching citing anti-Arab feelings as the reason for her shift in career paths. Her desire to counter the anti-Arab stereotyping with accurate sources of information created yet another opportunity for her to pursue more research about Arab Americans.

Later in 1977, Alixa Naff served as a consultant on a documentary film relating to Arabs in America. She again realized existed on the subject of the Arab immigrant experience in America. Moreover, much of what she found conflicted with what pioneer informants had told her. Naff was also painfully aware that family members of decreased Arab immigrants often discarded the early artifacts, personal papers, photographs and books brought to America. Shortly after, she began working on a study on the history of Arab immigrants. In 1979, Alixa Naff met Gino Baroni, then undersecretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and founder of the National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs. His center helped her secure funding for her research from the National Endowment for the Humanities and provided an office for her to work. The result of this work was a book entitled Becoming American: The Early Arab Immigrant Experience published in 1985. Richard Ahlborn, then curator of the Smithsonian's Community Life Division (now its Department of Cultural Affairs), convinced Naff to donate the collection to the Smithsonian in honor of her parents, Faris and Yamna Naff, and their generation of Arabs who immigrated to America.

Alixa Naff died on June 1, 2013 at the age of 93.

Related Materials:

Materials at the National Museum of American History

The Division of Home and Community Life holds artifacts related to this collection including. See Accession #: 2007.3245.

Materials at the Smithsonian Institution

Photo Lot 2011-02, Alixa Naff photographs of Europe, the Middle East and the Mediterranean and audio tapes on Mediterranean folklore, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Provenance:

The collection is the result of research conducted by Dr. Alixa Naff relating to the study of the early Arab immigrant experience in the United States from about 1880-World War II. The study began with oral history interviews in 1962 and became a major project in 1980 with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Researchers must use microfilm copies. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Viewing film portions of collection require special appointment; please inquire with a reference archivist. Do not use when original materials are available on reference video or audio tapes.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Citation:

Faris and Yamna Naff Arab-American Collection Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0078

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator:

Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Researchers must use microfilm copies. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Viewing film portions of collection require special appointment; please inquire with a reference archivist. Do not use when original materials are available on reference video or audio tapes.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Faris and Yamna Naff Arab-American Collection Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection / Series 1: Personal Papers / Magazines and Newsletters

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0078-ref135

Collection Creator:

Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013  Search this

Extent:

1 Videocassettes (VHS)

Container:

Box 288

Type:

Archival materials

Moving Images

Videocassettes (vhs)

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Researchers must use microfilm copies. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Viewing film portions of collection require special appointment; please inquire with a reference archivist. Do not use when original materials are available on reference video or audio tapes.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Faris and Yamna Naff Arab-American Collection Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection / Series 8: Audiovisual Materials / 8.6: Moving Image

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Dowd, William R.  Search this

Extent:

33 Cubic feet (81 boxes, 6 oversize folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Business records

Design drawings

Date:

1949-1997

Scope and Contents:

The collection documents Dowd's career as a maker and scholar of harpsichords through correspondence, photographs, drawings, notes, and financial materials. The collection contains templates and drawings for harpsichords built or restored by Dowd. The collection also documents the activities of small business and its owner in Boston from 1959-1988.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into ten series.

Series 1: William Dowd (Boston Office), 1958-1993

Subseries 1.1: Background Matreials, 1965-1993

Subseries 1.2: Desk Calendars, 1982-1989

Subseries 1.3: Wall Calendars, 1964-1985

Subseries 1.4: Address Books, undated

Subseries 1.5: Telephone Logs, 1985-1988

Subseries 1.6: Catalogs, 1962-1988

Subseries 1.7: Shop Books, 1949-1986

Subseries 1.8: Maintenance, 1981-1993

Series 2: General Files, 1949-1993

Series 3: Design Notes and Drawings, 1952-1990

Subseries 3.1: Drawings, 1952-1990

Subseries 3.2: Design Notes, 1959-1987

Series 4: Suppliers/Services, 1958-1988

Series 5: Owner's Files, 1960s-1980s

Subseries 5.1: Owners Files (alphabetical)

Subseries 5.2: Former Owners (alphabetical)

Series 6: Antique Files, 1949-1979

Series 7: Financial Records, 1961-1987

Series 8: Photographs, 1949-1988

Series 9: Publications, 1969-1994

Series 10: William Dowd (Paris Office), 1971-1985

Series 11: Newspaper Clippings, 1949-1993

Biographical / Historical:

William Richmond Dowd (1922–2008) was an American harpsichord maker. Dowd graduated from Harvard University (1948) and apprenticed with John Challis, a harpsichord maker in Detroit. In 1949, Dowd partnered with Frank Hubbard (1920-1976), a fellow Harvard classmate and harpsichord maker to form Hubbard and Dowd in Boston, operating the Boston School of Harpsichord from 1949-1958. Dowd and Hubbard built harpsichords based on historical principles and dedicated themselves to research and restoration techniques of historical keyboard instruments. The first harpsichords built by Dowd were based on the 1637 Johannes Ruckers single harpsichord. In 1956, Charles Fisher joined the firm as a third partner.

Dowd formed Dowd Harpsichord Shop in 1959, building the Pascal Taskin model of harpsichord. Taskin (1723-1793) was a French harpsichord and piano maker. In 1972, Dowd established an office in Paris in association with Reinhard von Nagel. The Paris office closed in 1985. Dowd closed his workshop in Boston on September 1, 1988 and died in November 1988.

Separated Materials:

The Division of Culture and the Arts contains two harpsichords built by William Dowd. See accessions 1980.0274.1 (Compass: FF - f3. Copy of 1730 Blanchet instrument) and 2009.0229.01 (double manual, serial number 336-75).

Provenance:

The collection was donated by William R. Dowd and Pegram Dowd on June 12, 1997.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Musical instrument makers  Search this

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Genre/Form:

Business records

Design drawings

Citation:

Dowd Harpsichord Collection, 1949-1997, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0593

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Collection Creator:

Dowd, William R.  Search this

Extent:

1 electronic_discs_dvd (William Dowd Boston/Paris, Total Running Time: 73:00. )

Container:

Box 47, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Electronic_discs_dvd

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Dowd Harpsichord Collection, 1949-1997, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Dowd Harpsichord Collection / Series 1: William Dowd (Boston Office) / 1.1: Background Materials

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator:

Dowd, William R.  Search this

Container:

Box 47, Folder 11

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Dowd Harpsichord Collection, 1949-1997, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Dowd Harpsichord Collection / Series 1: William Dowd (Boston Office) / 1.1: Background Materials

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator:

Dowd, William R.  Search this

Container:

Box 75, Folder 8

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Dowd Harpsichord Collection, 1949-1997, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Dowd Harpsichord Collection / Series 10 : William Dowd (Paris Office)

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

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Photographer:

Garbo (Chicago)  Search this

Laverne, Gene (Buffalo, NY)  Search this

Kriegsmann, James J.  Search this

Maurice (Chicago)  Search this

Seymour, Mamie ((New York))  Search this

Bruno ((Bernard?) of Hollywood (New York City))  Search this

Bakchy, Boris ((New York))  Search this

Collector:

Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Michaels, Dewey, 1898- (theater owner, director, producer)  Search this

Names:

Palace Burlesque Theatre (Buffalo, N.Y.)  Search this

Extent:

0.33 Cubic feet (2 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Clippings

Photographs

Place:

Buffalo (N.Y.) -- photographs -- 1920-1970

Date:

late 1920's-1967

Scope and Contents:

Newspaper clippings; advertising brochures; and photoprints of performers at the Palace Theatre (including studio publicity portraits). The majority of the items are silver gelatin photoprints. Some photographers are listed below as index terms. Subjects of photographs include strippers and comedians; photographs of women include portraits as well as full-length figures, nude or in costume.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into one series. Arranged alphabetically by subjects' names within categories.

Biographical / Historical:

George Dewey Michaels (1898-1982) was owner, director, general manager and producer of the Palace Burlesque Theater in Buffalo, New York until it closed on September 29, 1977, when Michaels was 79 years old. Michaels started in the business when he was 19 years old. Through the years, he featured Abbott and Costello, Phil Silvers, Jerry Lewis, Red Buttons, and Sammy Davis, Jr. who was then a dancer with the Will Master Trio which included his father and uncle. The Palace Burlesque was part of a 40-city circuit. Michaels was married in 1920 to Phyllis Boasberg. She died in 1969, leaving two sons and one daughter. On December 4, 1980, Michaels donated a backdrop, used in the theatre, to the Smithsonian. The backdrop had a musical theme with a clarinetist and notes rendered in extravagant art nouveau. Michaels was then 83 years old. Other backdrops were distributed to other theatres and collectors. They were 60-100 years old, painted in Diamond Dye, and worth about $1,000 apiece.

Related Materials:

Theatrical backdrops and director's chair located inthe Division of Home and Community Life.

Provenance:

Collection donated by Mr. Dewey Michaels, January 31, 1981.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Glamour photography -- 1920-1970  Search this

Striptease -- 1920-1970  Search this

Stripteasers -- 1920-1970  Search this

Nudity in the performing arts  Search this

Theatrical producers and directors -- 1920-1970  Search this

Comedians -- 1920-1970  Search this

Entertainers -- 1920-1970  Search this

Musicians -- 20th century  Search this

Burlesque shows -- 1920-1970  Search this

Burlesque (Theater) -- 1920-1970  Search this

Entertainment -- Photographs -- 1920-1970  Search this

Genre/Form:

Clippings -- 20th century

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 19th-20th century

Citation:

Dewey Michaels Burlesque Collection, circa 1920s-1967, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0065

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Photographer:

Garbo (Chicago)  Search this

Laverne, Gene (Buffalo, NY)  Search this

Kriegsmann, James J.  Search this

Maurice (Chicago)  Search this

Seymour, Mamie ((New York))  Search this

Bruno ((Bernard?) of Hollywood (New York City))  Search this

Bakchy, Boris ((New York))  Search this

Collection Collector:

Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Michaels, Dewey, 1898- (theater owner, director, producer)  Search this

Container:

Box 2, Folder 5

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Dewey Michaels Burlesque Collection, circa 1920s-1967, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Photographer:

Garbo (Chicago)  Search this

Laverne, Gene (Buffalo, NY)  Search this

Kriegsmann, James J.  Search this

Maurice (Chicago)  Search this

Seymour, Mamie ((New York))  Search this

Bruno ((Bernard?) of Hollywood (New York City))  Search this

Bakchy, Boris ((New York))  Search this

Collection Collector:

Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Michaels, Dewey, 1898- (theater owner, director, producer)  Search this

Container:

Box 2, Folder 15

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Dewey Michaels Burlesque Collection, circa 1920s-1967, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0065-ref611

Collection Photographer:

Garbo (Chicago)  Search this

Laverne, Gene (Buffalo, NY)  Search this

Kriegsmann, James J.  Search this

Maurice (Chicago)  Search this

Seymour, Mamie ((New York))  Search this

Bruno ((Bernard?) of Hollywood (New York City))  Search this

Bakchy, Boris ((New York))  Search this

Collection Collector:

Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Michaels, Dewey, 1898- (theater owner, director, producer)  Search this

Container:

Box 2, Folder 34

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Dewey Michaels Burlesque Collection, circa 1920s-1967, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0065-ref630

Collection Photographer:

Garbo (Chicago)  Search this

Laverne, Gene (Buffalo, NY)  Search this

Kriegsmann, James J.  Search this

Maurice (Chicago)  Search this

Seymour, Mamie ((New York))  Search this

Bruno ((Bernard?) of Hollywood (New York City))  Search this

Bakchy, Boris ((New York))  Search this

Collection Collector:

Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Michaels, Dewey, 1898- (theater owner, director, producer)  Search this

Container:

Box 2, Folder 35

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Dewey Michaels Burlesque Collection, circa 1920s-1967, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Dewey Michaels Burlesque Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0065-ref631

Collection Photographer:

Garbo (Chicago)  Search this

Laverne, Gene (Buffalo, NY)  Search this

Kriegsmann, James J.  Search this

Maurice (Chicago)  Search this

Seymour, Mamie ((New York))  Search this

Bruno ((Bernard?) of Hollywood (New York City))  Search this

Bakchy, Boris ((New York))  Search this

Collection Collector:

Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Michaels, Dewey, 1898- (theater owner, director, producer)  Search this

Container:

Box 2, Folder 36

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Dewey Michaels Burlesque Collection, circa 1920s-1967, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Dewey Michaels Burlesque Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0065-ref632

Creator:

Custom Craft  Search this

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964  Search this

Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005  Search this

Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994  Search this

Names:

Howard University. -- 20th century  Search this

DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963  Search this

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915  Search this

Extent:

320 Boxes

Note:

Cold Storage

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Matrices, color separation

Photographs

Dye transfer process

Color separation negatives

Studio portraits

Place:

Washington (D.C.) -- Small business -- 20th century

Shaw (Washington, D.C.)

Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans

Date:

1928-1994

Scope and Contents:

The materials document the orders placed by the clients of the Scurlock Studio. The photographs primarily depict individual portrait sittings but there are also portraits of children, groups, and other subjects.

Arrangement note:

The negatives are arranged by job number.

Biographical/Historical note:

The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). More...

Forms Part Of:

Subseries 4.5 forms part of Series 4, within the Scurlock Studio Records group.

Scurlock Studio Records

Series 1: Black and White Photographs

Series 2: Color Photographs

Series 3: Framed Prints

Series 4: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives

Series 5: Color Negatives

Series 6: Color Transparencies, Slides, and Other Formats

Series 7: Black-and-White Color Separation Negatives and Matrices

Series 8: Scurlock Studio Business Records

Series 9: Custom Craft Business Records

Series 10: Capitol School of Photography

Series 11: Washington Stock

Series 12: Background Materials and Publications

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Series 8: Business Records, Subseries 8.1: Studio Session Registers are restricted. Digital copies available for research. See repository for details.

Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view negatives due to cold storage. Using negatives requires a three hour waiting period. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.

Rights:

When the Museum purchased the collection from the Estate of Robert S. Scurlock, it obtained all rights, including copyright. The earliest photographs in the collection are in the public domain because their term of copyright has expired. The Archives Center will control copyright and the use of the collection for reproduction purposes, which will be handled in accordance with its standard reproduction policy guidelines. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

African American photographers  Search this

Politicians -- 20th century  Search this

Portraits -- 20th century  Search this

African Americans -- History -- 20th century  Search this

Photography -- 20th century -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

African American entertainers -- 20th century  Search this

Commercial photography -- 20th century -- Washington (D.C)  Search this

Segregation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Matrices, color separation

Photographs -- 20th century

Dye transfer process

Color separation negatives

Studio portraits

Citation:

Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

The collection was acquired with assistance from the Eugene Meyer Foundation. Elihu and Susan Rose and the Save America's Treasures program, provided funds to stabilize, organize, store, and create digital surrogates of some of the negatives. Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0618.S04.05

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Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.5: Black and white negatives in cold storage arranged by job number

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0618-s04-05