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Creator:

Asch, Moses  Search this

Distler, Marian, 1919-1964  Search this

Folkways Records  Search this

Names:

Courlander, Harold, 1908-1996  Search this

Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967  Search this

Jenkins, Ella  Search this

Leadbelly, 1885-1949  Search this

Ramsey, Frederic, 1915-1995  Search this

Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014  Search this

Extent:

841 Cubic feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Business records

Correspondence

Phonograph records

Photographic prints

Audiotapes

Date:

1926-1986

bulk 1948-1986

Summary:

This collection, which dates from 1926-1986, documents the output of Moses Asch through the various record labels he founded and co-founded, and includes some of his personal papers. The Asch collection includes published recordings, master tapes, outtakes, business records, correspondence, photographs, and film.

Scope and Contents:

The Moses and Frances Asch Collection measures 841 cubic feet and dates from 1926-1987, with some contemporary, relevant correspondence, clippings, and ephemera added after 1987.

Most of the collection consists of audio recordings (commercial 78 rpm and long-playing records, open reel tapes, acetate discs, and test pressings), correspondence with recording artists and producers, artwork, photographs, ephemera, clippings, record production materials, writings, and business papers relating to Folkways Records. Materials relating to Folkways Records can be found primarily in the Correspondence, Folkways Production, Business Records, Photographs, Artwork, Sound Recordings, and Film series.

The collection also contains some biographical materials and personal correspondence, including materials related to Asch's first business, Radio Laboratories, located in the Biographical Materials series. Correspondence, ephemera, photographs, record production materials, business papers, and recordings relating to Asch's record labels before Folkways Records (Asch Recordings, Disc Company of America, Cub Records) are located in the Early Label Materials series as well as the Audio Recordings and Photographs series.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged in 10 series:

Series 1: Correspondence, 1942-1987

Series 2: Folkways Production, 1946-1987

Series 3: Business Records, 1940-1987

Series 4: Woody Guthrie papers, 1927-1985

Series 5: Early Label Materials, 1940-1949

Series 6: Biographical Materials, 1926-1987

Series 7: Photographs

Series 8: Artwork

Series 9: Audio Recordings

Series 10: Film

At this time, the collection is partially processed. Please contact rinzlerarchives@si.edu for more information.

Biographical/Historical note:

The son of Yiddish writer Sholem Asch, Moses Asch was born in Poland in 1905. His childhood was spent in Poland, France, Germany, and New York. While young, Asch developed an interest in radio electronics, which ultimately lead him to his life's work, recording the music and sounds of the world. He established several record labels in succession, sometimes partnering with other record companies. Two of his fist record companies, Asch Recordings and DISC Co. of America, went bankrupt. They were followed by his best-known label, Folkways Records, which was founded in 1948 with Marian Distler (1919-1964). He was still working on Folkways recordings when he died in 1986.

Folkways Records sought to document the entire world of sound. The 2,168 titles Asch released on Folkways include traditional and contemporary music from around the world, spoken word in many languages, and documentary recordings of individuals, communities, and current events. Asch's business practices revolved around the commitment to keep every recording issued by Folkways in print, despite low sales. Asch stayed afloat by cutting costs where he could (such as color printing) and offering a high-quality product, meticulously recorded and accompanied by extensive liner notes. In doing this, he could charge a slightly higher price than other commercial outfits. Despite a tenuous relationship with financial solvency, Folkways grew to be not only one of the most important independent record companies in the United States in the 20th century, but also one of the largest and most influential record companies in the world.

Moses Asch's record labels featured famous and lesser known American writers, poets, documentarians, ethnographers, and grass roots musicians on commercial recordings. American folk icon Woody Guthrie recorded on the Asch, Disc, and Folkways labels, and the Asch Collection includes some of his correspondence, lyrics, drawings, and writings. The collection also includes correspondence with other notable musicians and artists such as John Cage, Langston Hughes, Margaret Walker, Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, Pete Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl, Alan Lomax, Henry Cowell, and Kenneth Patchen. Also in the collection are ethnographic field notes and photographs by as well as correspondence with Béla Barók, Sidney Robertson Cowell, Harold Courlander, Helen Creighton, Laura Boulton, and Samuel Charters. Asch hired various prominent artists and graphic designers including David Stone Martin, Ben Shahn, John Carlis, and Ronald Clyne to create album cover art for his recordings. Much of the original art and designs for these covers can be found in the Asch Collection.

Asch's output of recordings on various labels, including published recordings, open reel master tapes, outtakes, and acetate disks, in addition to his business papers, correspondence, photographs, and other files were acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1987. The collection came to the Smithsonian with the understanding that all 2168 titles under the Folkways label would be kept available in perpetuity.

Shared Stewardship of Collections:

The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage acknowledges and respects the right of artists, performers, Folklife Festival participants, community-based scholars, and knowledge-keepers to collaboratively steward representations of themselves and their intangible cultural heritage in media produced, curated, and distributed by the Center. Making this collection accessible to the public is an ongoing process grounded in the Center's commitment to connecting living people and cultures to the materials this collection represents. To view the Center's full shared stewardship policy, which defines our protocols for addressing collections-related inquiries and concerns, please visit https://folklife.si.edu/archives#shared-stewardship.

Provenance:

Ralph Rinzler arranged the Smithsonian's acquisition of the Moses and Frances Asch Collection in 1987, beginning with Asch before his death in 1986 and continuing with extensive discussions between Rinzler and the Asch family. Since its acquisition, archivist Jeff Place and others have added contemporary, relevant correspondence with Folkways artists and related individuals.

Restrictions:

Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.

Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.

Topic:

Folk music  Search this

Folk dance music  Search this

Electronic music  Search this

Oral interpretation of poetry  Search this

Oral interpretation of fiction  Search this

Music -- 20th century  Search this

Music -- 19th century  Search this

Music -- 18th century  Search this

Jazz  Search this

Folk music -- United States  Search this

World music  Search this

Sounds  Search this

Vocal music  Search this

Popular music -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Business records

Correspondence

Phonograph records

Photographic prints

Audiotapes

Citation:

Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.ASCH

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Moses and Frances Asch Collection

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk533b8a927-559a-44ac-98d2-f32d871058b4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-cfch-asch

Creator:

Harmon, Lily, 1912-  Search this

Names:

Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981  Search this

Neumann, J. B. (Jsrael Ber)  Search this

Nierendorf, Karl  Search this

Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963  Search this

Schmid, Elsa, 1897-  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this

Warburg, Edward M. M.  Search this

Interviewee:

Ashton, Dore  Search this

Avery, Sally  Search this

Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981  Search this

Bruno, Phillip A.  Search this

Copley, Alfred L.  Search this

Dehner, Dorothy, 1901-1994  Search this

Drew, Bettina, 1956-  Search this

Driggs, Elsie, 1898-1992  Search this

Hertzberg, Benjamin  Search this

Hutton, Leonard, Sir  Search this

Isaacs, Lewis  Search this

Kahn, Max, 1903-2005  Search this

Knotts, Howard  Search this

Kuh, Katharine  Search this

Lamm, Johanna Neumann  Search this

Manacher, Frances  Search this

Neumann, Albrecht  Search this

Neumann, Peter, 1928-  Search this

Rothbaum, Nolbert  Search this

Sapanel, Margarete  Search this

Schultz, Margarete  Search this

Solman, Joseph, 1909-2008  Search this

Stix, Hugh  Search this

Vogel, Ilse Margret  Search this

Extent:

6 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Date:

1930-1996

Scope and Contents:

Primarily research files and notes, subject files, interview tapes and transcripts, correspondence, writings, and other materials compiled by Harmon for a never-published biography of art dealer J.B. Neumann, titled The Art Lover. Found are photocopies of J.B. Neuman's correspondence with Karl Nierendorf, Clifford Odets, Elsa Schmid, and Alfred Stieglitz; photocopies and other materials from the J.B. Neumann Collection at the University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities Center, including photocopies of the magazine published by Neumann titled Art Lover Library, 1930-1957 (volume 1, 1930 is original bound volume), copyprints and photocopies of photographs of Neumann, his family, and of other subjects; interview transcripts and audio tapes with numerous artists conducted in the mid-1980s; research notes and files; and subject files on numerous artists (all photocopies).

Harmon's personal papers include resumes; copies of letters from friends, family, dealers and others; photographs of Harmon's paintings; writings, including poems, excerpts from diaries, autobiographical essays, and her autobiography FREEHAND; photocopies of various mss. drafts of Harmon's biography of Neumann, The Art Lover, and related writings by Harmon, including The Art Dealer and the Playwright, and Synopsis of Art Lover, ca. 1987-1990 ; a transcript of an interview of Harmon conducted by Karl Fortress, 1967; magazine and newspaper clippings; exhibition announcements and catalogs; and miscellany.

Interviewees include: Dore Ashton, Sally Avery, Alfred Barr, Phillip Bruno, Al Copley, Dorothy Dehner, Bettina Drew (about Nelson Algren), Elsie Driggs (also found is a video interview and transcript of Driggs by Merryman Gatch, n.d.), Ben Hertzberg, Leonard Hutton, Lewis Isaacs, Max Kahn, Katharine Kuh, Johanna Neumann Lamm, Frances Manacher, Peter Neumann, Albrecht Neumann, Nolbert Rothbaum, Margarete Schultz, Joseph Solman, Margarete Sapanel, Hugh Stix, Ilse Vogel with Howard Knotts, and Edward M.M. Warburg.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter and sculptor; New York City. Harmon worked for the influential art dealer J.B. Neumann, and spent several years preparing a biography of him which was never published. As an artist, she lived in Europe in the early part of the century, and worked on WPA art projects in the 1930s.

Provenance:

Donated 1983 and 1998 by Lily Harmon.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.

Occupation:

Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Identifier:

AAA.harmlily

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f94dc6db-1401-409d-b617-4439c4f8fb03

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-harmlily

Creator:

Davies, R. E. G. (Ronald Edward George)  Search this

Extent:

61.38 Cubic feet (143 document boxes; 4 cassette boxes; 10 shoeboxes; 1 oversize box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Timetables

Annual reports

Memorabilia

Notebooks

Date:

bulk 1910s to 2010

1847 to 2011

Summary:

R. E. G. (Ron) Davies (1921 -2011) was an English airline historian, who worked in airline marketing research before joining the National Air and Space Museum in 1981. He served as a curator until his retirement in 2011. This reference collection was compiled by Davies during his career and consists of historical data and materials—including photographs, timetables, and memorabilia—from the airlines of the world.

Scope and Contents:

This reference collection was compiled by Ron Davies throughout his career both as a market researcher and an academic and curator. Materials consist of 63 loose-leaf binders (called dossiers), each containing historical data on the airlines of a country or region, hand-drawn maps, chronologies, articles and marketing materials; over 5000 aviation prints; over 3500 airline timetables; and miscellaneous airline memorabilia. The collection also contains oral history materials, both transcripts and audio cassettes, and four catalogued videotapes.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in six series:

Series 1: Dossiers

Series 2: Photographs

Series 3: Timetables

Series 4: Oral History

Series 5: Personal Materials

Series 6: Motion Picture Materials

Additional title information has been added by the processing archivist in brackets.

Biographical / Historical:

R. E. G. (Ron) Davies (1921-2011) was born in England and educated in Shaftesbury, Dorset. After spending six and a half years in the British Army, Davies joined the newly formed Ministry of Civil Aviation. Davies then spent six years in economic research with British European Airways, before joining British Aeroplane Company in 1957, where he set up a market research department. Davies worked in various manufacturing companies, specializing in market research and traffic analysis.

In 1968, Davies went to work in the United States for Douglas Aircraft, where he remained for 13 years as head of market research. In 1981, Davies was appointed as the Charles Lindbergh Chair of Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC. After his appointment as Lindbergh Chair ended, Davies became a curator in the Aeronautics Division of the Museum. He retired in 2011.

Davies wrote 26 books about airlines, airline personalities and aspects of air transport, including the reference standards: A History of the World Airlines, Airlines of the United States since 1914, Airlines of Latin America since 1919, Airlines of Asia, and Airlines of the Jet Age: A History. He also founded Paladwr Press in 1987, publishing a series of books on various airlines and their aircraft.

Davies was a Fellow of three Royal Societies: Aeronautics, Arts, and Geographical and was an Associate of the Academe National de L'Air et de l'Espace. He was a Fellow National of the Explorers Club and a member of the New York's Wings Club and Washington's Cosmos Club. He received Brazil's Santos Dumont Medal and the Aeronautics Order of Merit.

Provenance:

R. E. G. (Ron) Davies, Gift, 1981, NASM.XXXX.0604.

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Topic:

Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this

Airlines  Search this

Air travel  Search this

Airplanes  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographic prints

Timetables

Annual reports

Memorabilia -- 20th century

Notebooks

Citation:

R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0604, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.0604

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R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg29424ca5a-d1c8-4305-a392-1808a01b1255

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0604

Creator:

Dale, Dianne  Search this

Polk, P. H., 1898-1985  Search this

Names:

Barry, Marion, 1936-2014  Search this

Dale, Almore M., 1911-1984  Search this

Dale, Dianne  Search this

Dale, John Henry, Jr., 1888-1973  Search this

Dale, Lucille Emma Patterson, 1889-1973  Search this

Dale, Marie Howard, 1914-2011  Search this

Dale, Norman Edward, 1908-1991  Search this

Garner, Araminta Dale, 1913-1987  Search this

Patterson, Frederick D. (Frederick Douglass), 1901-1988  Search this

Patterson, Wilhelmina Bessie, 1888-1962  Search this

Extent:

6 Linear feet (9 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Programs

Clippings

Correspondence

Ephemera

Postcards

Place:

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Date:

1866 - 1990.

Summary:

The Dale-Patterson family papers, which date from 1866 to 2010 and measure 6 linear feet, document the personal and professional lives of the Dale-Patterson family who came to live in Hillsdale, Anacostia, area of Washington, D.C., in 1892.

Scope and Contents note:

The Dale-Patterson family papers, which date from 1866 to 1990 and measure 6 linear feet, document the personal and professional lives of the Dale-Patterson family who came to live in Hillsdale, Anacostia, area of Washington, D.C., in 1892. The collection is comprised of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and ephemera.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged in four series:

Series 1: Dale-Patterson Family papers Series 2: Charles Qualls papers Series 3: Community Organizations Series 4: Subject Files

Biographical/Historical note:

The Dale family came to Washington, DC in 1886 when John Henry Dale, Sr., a gifted self-taught man, obtained a position as clerk in the newly contracted Pension Bureau building at 5th and G Streets, NW. First they lived near 13th Street and Florida Avenue, NW, then moved to Howard Road in Anacostia. Dale built a house at 2619 Nichols Avenue, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, drawing the plans and supervising the construction. The Dales and only one other family lived in this solidly built house for 100 years before it was sold to a church group and demolished.

General Note:

Finding Aid Note: This finding aid is associated with a MARC collection-level record.361883

Provenance:

The Dale-Patterson Family collection was donated to the Anacostia Community Museum on April 07, 2013.

Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

Rights:

The Dale-Patterson Family collection is the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with the Anacostia Community Museum. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

African American families  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Programs

Clippings

Correspondence

Ephemera

Postcards

Citation:

Dale-Patterson Family collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dianne Dale.

Identifier:

ACMA.06-074

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Dale-Patterson Family collection

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7c29572e9-2bd6-4b2a-8982-b527693b7885

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-acma-06-074

Names:

Andrade-Watkins, Claire  Search this

Bambara, Toni Cade  Search this

Dash, Julie  Search this

Gerima, Haile  Search this

Greaves, William, 1953-2005  Search this

Gunn, Bill, 1934-1989  Search this

Jafa, Arthur  Search this

Jones, Robert Earl, 1904-2006  Search this

Massiah, Louis  Search this

Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951  Search this

Moses, Ethel  Search this

Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976  Search this

Sanchez, Sonia, 1934- (poet, reader)  Search this

Snead, James A., 1953-1989  Search this

Spence, Louise, 1945-  Search this

Tucker, Lorenzo  Search this

Donor:

Bowser, Pearl, 1931-  Search this

Extent:

approximately 100 Motion picture films

213 Sound cassettes (7 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Motion picture films

Sound cassettes

Sound cassette

Oral histories (document genres)

16mm motion picture film

Vhs (videotape format)

Place:

England

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Roanoke (Va.)

Memphis (Tenn.)

Date:

bulk 1920-2001

Biographical / Historical:

Pearl Bowser is a filmmaker, producer, author, lecturer, and highly acclaimed scholar of African American film who is recognized as an authority on the works of Oscar Micheaux, a noted writer, director, and producer of race films from 1919 to 1948.

Born Pearl Johnson on June 25, 1931, in Sugar Hill, Harlem, New York, she was named after her mother (also Pearl Johnson), a domestic worker who had been raised in a Catholic nunnery. On occasional Saturdays, the younger Pearl would accompany her mother to work in apartments in lower Manhattan, where she would assist her by folding handkerchiefs for a small allowance. After moving to a lower part of Harlem when she was about four years old, she met Harlem entrepreneur "Bumpy" Johnson, for whom she and other children in the neighborhood did odd jobs such as counting coins or attending to his ice-cream stand. Johnson, who would sometimes give the children joy rides in his Cadillac, occasionally allowed Pearl and the other children to borrow books from his extensive library, provided that they read them and submitted to a quiz.

As a child, Bowser had several racist encounters. For example, one of her white kindergarten teachers at her elementary school wore gloves in the classroom as to not touch Black pupils. She was also occasionally teased for having a gap between her teeth but felt insulated from sustained bullying because she had several older brothers who sometimes protected her. On a separate occasion, when she was about nine years old, her mother sent her on a trip from New York to the South to visit relatives. Although her mother had purchased tickets for her to be in a Pullman car, when she changed trains in Washington, DC., she was forced to ride in the car behind the engine, which left her covered in soot.

An avid reader, Pearl excelled in elementary and high school and received a scholarship to attend Brooklyn College, where she majored in biology. She supplemented her income by recording the numbers in one of Bumpy Johnson's shops. Disappointed with the quality of the education she was receiving, Bowser withdrew from Brooklyn College, eventually landing a job at CBS where she worked on a team that analyzed Nielsen ratings.

In 1955, Pearl married fellow New Yorker LeRoy Bowser. By the mid-1960s, although Pearl and LeRoy Bowser had separate interests, they both were working simultaneously in the civil rights movement. While LeRoy was active in Brooklyn CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) and went to the South in the summer to teach for what was the beginning of HeadStart, Pearl, along with other production activists, took to the streets documenting African American culture and issues—working to bring these films to schools. Additionally, Bowser wanted to write a cookbook to earn funds for Brooklyn's CORE organization. She was approached by David Davis, the editor of Tuesday Magazine. Tuesday had distribution in the Herald Tribune across the country as a Sunday supplement. As the urban-world magazine exploded in Black communities, "Joan" Bowser's two-page pictorials on Southern cooking with a set of recipes became very popular in the five years she wrote them. Bowser retained copyrights to the articles, and easily completed her cookbook a short time later.

Bowser's colleague at ABC, Charles Hobson, found a used book written by Peter Noble about Black films and Oscar Micheaux. The volume was slim and contained what little information contained in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) files. Hobson and his colleagues wanted to write a book about the topic, and they assigned Bowser to begin the research. As part of the project, Bowser went to California to interview actors who may have been in early Black films or may have worked with Micheaux. What she learned began her intensive scholarship into Micheaux and his fellow filmmakers.

In 1971, she organized her first film festival, the Black Film History Series. In 1979, she organized the nation's first American women's film festival in New York City. She also presented a major retrospective, Independent Black American Cinema 1920-1980, which toured the country during 1981 and 1982. She also directed the Journey Across Three Continents film and lecture series, which toured the country from 1983-1985. Bowser also served as president of the prestigious Flaherty Film Seminar in 1987. In 1989, she, alongside Grant Munro, programmed the 35th Flaherty Film Seminar, which featured films such as Finzan, Zajota and the Boogie Spirit, Daughters of the Dust, and many more. She has also been a judge at the world-renown Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESCPACO) in Burkina Faso (formerly known as Upper Volta).

In the 1980s Bowser was awarded an independent artists grant by the Ford Foundation to travel west and collect oral histories from individuals in Oscar Micheaux's orbit, loosely following the route he would have travelled decades earlier. Stopping in cities such as Roanoke, Virginia; Memphis, Tennessee; and Jackson, Mississippi, she collected dozens of oral histories from actors, actresses etc. that knew Oscar Micheaux. Through this research she became an eminent figure in the Black independent film industry. Working as a programmer, she travelled around the United States and the world showing films by domestic and Black filmmakers within the Diaspora.

Despite her wealth of experience working as a programmer, it wasn't until the 1990s that Bowser made her directorial debut with the documentary film Midnight Ramble. Funded by American Experience, the film looks at African Americans and Hollywood movies from 1910 through the 1950s. In 2000, she, along with Louise Spence, co-authored Writing Himself into History: Oscar Micheaux, His Silent Films and His Audiences, a book about the pioneering filmmaker. Additionally, she is founder and director of Chamba Educational Film Services, a film distribution company that specialized in distributing films by African American filmmakers. In the early 1980s, she renamed her company/collection as African Diaspora Images, a collection of historical and contemporary films documenting Black film history. She subsequently joined Third World Newsreel, where she was director of their theater department.

In 2012, Pearl Bowser donated her extensive collection of books, sound cassettes, films, film memorabilia, and papers to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Sources:

1940 United States Federal Census; New York, New York, New York, population schedule, p. 61B, house number 1486, family 195, Pearl Bowser; Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012 accessed: 10 Sept 2022); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm: m-t0627-02665

Bowser, Pearl. Pearl Bowser Oral History. Interview by Tuliza Fleming and Jennifer Lyon, July 21, 2011.

Provenance:

Acquired as a donation from Pearl Bowser in 2012.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Access to collection materials requires an appointment.

Occupation:

Filmmakers  Search this

Actors -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Documentary films  Search this

Film festivals  Search this

African American actors  Search this

African American actresses  Search this

African diaspora  Search this

Race films  Search this

African American motion picture producers and directors  Search this

African American women authors  Search this

Meetings  Search this

Conferences  Search this

Lectures and lecturing  Search this

Amateur films  Search this

Motion picture soundtracks  Search this

Oral history  Search this

Radio broadcasts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound cassette

Oral histories (document genres)

16mm motion picture film

VHS (videotape format)

Citation:

Pearl Bowser Collection, National Museum of African American History and Culture

Identifier:

NMAAHC.A2012.79.AV

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Pearl Bowser Audiovisual Collection

Archival Repository:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3209e9c6d-3045-4a0a-941e-6519385b18d5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmaahc-a2012-79-av

Creator:

Archives of American Art  Search this

Names:

Archives of American Art  Search this

Abramsky, Linda  Search this

Barr, David, 1939-  Search this

Cirgenski, Charles F.  Search this

Extent:

1 film reel (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm. + transcript (47 p.), 1 sound cassette, 1 summary (8 p.)

1 Film reel (Duplicate (25 min.), sd., col., 16 mm.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Film reels

Video recordings

Date:

1985

Scope and Contents:

Motion picture made in cooperation with the Michigan Foundation for the Arts and the support of the Michigan Council for the Arts. The film documents the sculpture project undertaken by David Barr, an invisible tetrahedron spanning the inside of the Earth with the outer four corners just protruding from the crust of the Earth. The visible corners are located in Easter Island, South Africa, New Guinea, and Greenland. Barr chose the locations as areas untouched by Western technology and in remote areas in order to bridge diverse cultures. Also included is a cassette and transcript of a portion of the sound portion of the film, and a summary of the project by Barr.

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):

s.l. : Crescent Films, 1985.

Topic:

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Identifier:

AAA.archiv101

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9de2d2099-c06e-4fc7-afa5-bc472144ed47

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-archiv101

Creator:

Archives of American Art  Search this

Names:

Woman's Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this

Savig, Mary, 1982-  Search this

Extent:

0.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

2019

Scope and Contents:

What is Feminist Art? questionnaire responses date from 2019 and measure 0.4 linear feet. The questionnaire asking "What is Feminist Art?" was sent by Mary Savig, Curator of Manuscripts at the Archives of American Art, to artists asking each to respond to the question on a single page of 8 1/2" x 11" paper, for inclusion in an exhibition "What is Feminist Art?" curated by Savig. Responses include collages, handwritten and typescript statements, drawings, photographs, and prints. The fifty-one artists responding include Tanya Aguiñiga, Marla Allison, Jerri Allyn, Helène Aylon, Siri Berg, Regina Bogat, Adrienne Maree Brown, Nanibah Chacon, Ann Chernow, Jesse Chun, Sheila de Bretteville, Judy Chicago, Mercedes Dorame, Kristen Dorsey, Anaïs Duplan, Eiko Fan, Audrey Flack, Vanessa Dion Fletcher, Grace Graup-Pillard, Harmony Hammond, Maren Hassinger, Jodie Herrera, Everyl Ocean Hughes, Ginny Huo, Xandra Ibarra, E. Jane, Arlette Jassel, Laura Kina, Joyce Kozloff, Nina Kuo, Carole Frances Lung, Mia Mackrandilal, Amber McCrary, Susan Michod, Yong Soon Min, Linda Mary Montano, Nora Noranjo Morse, Annysa Ng, Patricia Olson, Howardena Pindell, Liz Whitney Quisgard, L.J. Roberts, Martha Rosler, Mimi Smith, Joan Snyder, Tina Takemoto, Mary Temple, Cynthia Tom, Faith Wilding, Martha Wilson and Terry Wolverton. The Archives' 2019 exhibition will include responses to the same question asked of artists for the 1977 exhibition of the same name organized by the Woman's Building, a feminist art organization in Los Angeles, California.

Biographical / Historical:

The Archives of American Art compiled these documents for the exhibition "What is Feminist Art?" at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery, 2019 where they will be presented along with responses to the same question posed to artists, 1976 and 1977, that were organized into an exhibition at the Woman's Building, Los Angeles, California, February 1977.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds the Woman's Building Gallery records.

The Archives of American Art also holds the records of the Woman's Building which include responses and other documentation relating to the 1977 exhibition "What is Feminist Art?".

Provenance:

The responses were donated individually by each artist in 2019 and 2020.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.

Topic:

Feminism and art  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.whatisfe

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93448ca06-38cb-4f40-8ad1-e2d3e7cb4a67

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-whatisfe

Collection Donor:

Eudaily, Daniel  Search this

Flautt Antiques. Calvin R.  Search this

Franklin, Sue  Search this

Fry, Robert E.  Search this

Groves, Ruth Ann Empie  Search this

Johnson, Marjorie  Search this

Otto, Carlin, Ms.  Search this

Ravnitzky, Michael  Search this

Rupp, Gloria  Search this

Collection Creator:

Fogel, Byron J.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Container:

Box 1

Box 10

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:

Archives Center Postcard Collection, twentieth century, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Archives Center Postcard Collection

Archives Center Postcard Collection / Series 1: Subjects

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep832c4b92a-eaba-4583-bf28-4259974dde95

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0483-ref11

Collection Donor:

Eudaily, Daniel  Search this

Flautt Antiques. Calvin R.  Search this

Franklin, Sue  Search this

Fry, Robert E.  Search this

Groves, Ruth Ann Empie  Search this

Johnson, Marjorie  Search this

Otto, Carlin, Ms.  Search this

Ravnitzky, Michael  Search this

Rupp, Gloria  Search this

Collection Creator:

Fogel, Byron J.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Container:

Box 1

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:

Archives Center Postcard Collection, twentieth century, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Archives Center Postcard Collection

Archives Center Postcard Collection / Series 1: Subjects

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep837fb7fa8-d807-43ad-91de-d3c92c07db65

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0483-ref5

Collection Donor:

Eudaily, Daniel  Search this

Flautt Antiques. Calvin R.  Search this

Franklin, Sue  Search this

Fry, Robert E.  Search this

Groves, Ruth Ann Empie  Search this

Johnson, Marjorie  Search this

Otto, Carlin, Ms.  Search this

Ravnitzky, Michael  Search this

Rupp, Gloria  Search this

Collection Creator:

Fogel, Byron J.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Container:

Box 1

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:

Archives Center Postcard Collection, twentieth century, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Archives Center Postcard Collection

Archives Center Postcard Collection / Series 1: Subjects

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8fd229827-2268-414b-94f4-fcd50bddd763

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0483-ref6

Collection Donor:

Eudaily, Daniel  Search this

Flautt Antiques. Calvin R.  Search this

Franklin, Sue  Search this

Fry, Robert E.  Search this

Groves, Ruth Ann Empie  Search this

Johnson, Marjorie  Search this

Otto, Carlin, Ms.  Search this

Ravnitzky, Michael  Search this

Rupp, Gloria  Search this

Collection Creator:

Fogel, Byron J.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Container:

Box 1

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:

Archives Center Postcard Collection, twentieth century, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Archives Center Postcard Collection

Archives Center Postcard Collection / Series 1: Subjects

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b8e5a0b3-a182-4a13-86bb-53e6f0989ef7

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0483-ref7

Collection Donor:

Eudaily, Daniel  Search this

Flautt Antiques. Calvin R.  Search this

Franklin, Sue  Search this

Fry, Robert E.  Search this

Groves, Ruth Ann Empie  Search this

Johnson, Marjorie  Search this

Otto, Carlin, Ms.  Search this

Ravnitzky, Michael  Search this

Rupp, Gloria  Search this

Collection Creator:

Fogel, Byron J.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Container:

Box 1

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:

Archives Center Postcard Collection, twentieth century, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Archives Center Postcard Collection

Archives Center Postcard Collection / Series 1: Subjects

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8db826f25-648a-466b-b820-e0b26293afa9

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0483-ref8

Collection Creator:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Container:

Box 40

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1911-1913

Scope and Contents:

This album has an "Art Nouveau" cover and contains postcards primarily from Hawaii showing Native Hawaiians surfing, processing sugar cane, rice fields, beach scenes, volcanos, and hula dancing. A few postcards from New York's Fort Slocum, Panama abd the Philippines.

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:

Archives Center Scrapbook Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Archives Center Scrapbook Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8339927b0-598b-447e-ae12-23e32c4e70f9

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0468-ref574

Collection Creator:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Container:

Box 44

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1905-circa 1912

Scope and Contents:

Gray green art nouveau cover with flowers and beach scene with tourists. Scrapbook of postcards about half of which are of buildings and scenes in New York City and Brooklyn. There are also postcards of Albany along the udson, port scenes and boats, Newburgh, Yonkers, Dehli (New York), Auburn and Syracuse. Several images of New York City subway.

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:

Archives Center Scrapbook Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Archives Center Scrapbook Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88e825b33-a9eb-440e-b4af-a19d37623b4a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0468-ref578

Creator:

Archives of American Art  Search this

Names:

American Film House  Search this

Archives of American Art  Search this

Abramsky, Linda  Search this

Barrie, Dennis  Search this

Brown, Roger, 1941-1997  Search this

Cirgenski, Charles F.  Search this

Graham, Ralph  Search this

Hegarty, John, 1938-  Search this

Hunt, Richard, 1935-  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (videocassette (45 min.), sd., col., 3/4 in.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1983

Scope and Contents:

Dennis Barrie, Midwest director of the Archives of American Art, narrates three separate documentaries about Chicago artists, including painter Roger Brown, sculptor Richard Hunt, and realist painter John Hegarty. Version combines three separate 15 min. video productions on one cassette.

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):

Birmingham, Mich. : American Film House, 1983.

Provenance:

A film by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Artists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.archamea2

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96062790c-5aac-445c-94e6-fbd85b46a12c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-archamea2

Collection Creator:

National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this

Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this

Schecter, Steven  Search this

Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this

Extent:

Slides (color, 35mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Date:

1978 July 18

Scope and Contents:

Slide photographs shot in Mathoo Monastery, Mathoo Village, Ladakh, India. Numbers 1Art, buddhist diety with white face and clouds of blue and green behind him, mostly wearing red, a dragon with a birds face is beside him, has hat of red with a tuff of white hair coming out of top; 2 Art, a buddhist diety with an orange face holding an orange stick with smoke all around him, set in a landscape; 3 Art, a buddhist diety with a red face and clouds of blue and greent behind him holding a gold cup with a gold lid, has a gold crown with a red hat; 4 Art, a buddhist painted woman without a shirt on, a crown with snakes and holding a red, orange, and white object, is on edge of painting so part of red border is in photo; 5 Art, painted hand strumming guitar that has a dragon painted on it; 6 Art, three statues of monks with large red hats, middle one holding its hand up in mudras (hand gestures); 7 Art, Buddha statue in yellow with white scarf on his lap and two monk statues aon either side of him, infront of statues from #6; 8-9 monk statue in tall red hat with white scarf over his arm and offerings infront of him; 10 Art, low shot of #7; 11 boy monk walking under a covered area of the courtyard past a paingint on the wall carrying 2 pots; 12 column details and ceiling with a boys back in the foreground; 13 column with a monk walking past; 14 boys sitting on ledge of balcony, shot across courtyard; 15-16 monk in foreground with back to camera, out of focus, behind him a monk is talking to someone; 17 monk talking, looking at camera; 18 boy partially lit by sunlight holding pots and looking past the camera; 19 two men standing, one with long hair, the other with a tan cap and tan sweater; 20 Art, gilded sculpture of buddhist diety with crown of turquoise; 21-22 building with lions painted on the outside (temple??); 23 landscape, village in valley; 24 building in foreground, valley in background; 25 monks leaning out of window into courtyard, yellow building; 26 valley, green fields from top of village (stacked buildings and terraces on hillside);27 mountain with little vegetarian and marjo erosion; 28 landscape of mountain and valley fields with building in foreground, shot through a window; 29 details of top of column; 30 casted objects of metal and stone (offerings?) infront of painting of red, white and black dancing skeletons; 31 two men leaning against faded painted walls, one has tan cap on, other one wearing red robe; 32 four children standing infront of stone raised porch; 33 long shot of valley turning around mountains with green firles and vilalge in foreground; 35-36 whitewashed buildings with woman and child standing infront of them; 37 woman washing child in small stream

General:

Local Numbers: HSFA 86.13.3-1OP

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National Anthropological Film Center films and slides of Ladakh

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9cc9eb9fe-b67e-46cd-b0e5-809c99283913

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13ldkh-ref11

Collection Creator:

National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this

Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this

Schecter, Steven  Search this

Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this

Extent:

Slides (color, 35mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Date:

1978 July 18

Scope and Contents:

Slide photographs shot in Mathoo Monastery, Mathoo Village, Ladakh, India. Numbers 1-3 Art, statue of monk with long ears, one hand to his side holding a cup, the other infront of him, wearing an orange shirt and a red robe; 5-6 Art, statue with hands infront of it, tall red hat and gold skin wearing brown cape; 8-9 Art, gilded statue with small painted red hat with blue trim, holding a dorje (small scepter) and has one hand infront of him, wearing orand and blue cape; 10 Art, black and white photograph of monk infront of busy pattern cloth; 11-12 Art, row of statues, 5 with gold faces and tall red hats, Buddha in yellow with tall monk statue by him; 13 Art, same statue as #6; 14-18 monks sitting with a boy monk standing behind him; 19-21 boy sitting on balcony ledge of yellow building, shot taken from patio below; 22-25 monk with red robe over gold standing near front of dukang (main prayer room) talking to other monk; 26 Art, painting of buddhist diety with hair piled up, white face, gold crown, white clouds behind her, holding white cup; 27-28 Art, statues of gilded dieties, diety is black with large mouth and fangs, crown and red hat; 29 Art, diety in gilded robe, diety has white smiling face and a crown; 30 whitewashed buildings of village, focused on courtyard; 31-34 Temple (?) with white lions painted on the outside; 35 white washed buildings; 35 monks looking through window of yellow building into courtyard; 36 art, painting of hand strumming guitar

Time: 10am

General:

Local Numbers: HSFA 86.13.3-2OP

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National Anthropological Film Center films and slides of Ladakh

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9959b47f3-4a5c-4ee3-abc4-67ec5ab0b40c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13ldkh-ref12

Collection Creator:

National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this

Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this

Schecter, Steven  Search this

Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this

Extent:

Slides (color, 35mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Date:

1978 July 18

Scope and Contents:

Slide photographs shot in Mathoo Monastery, Mathoo Village, Ladakh, India. Numbers 1 girl leading three sheep through field past a man who is crouching onthe path; 2-4 buddhist diety carving on the cliff face of a mountain, in foreground white washed building; 5-8 buddhist diety carving on the cliff face of a mountain; 9 valley with road and small whitewashed buildings along the road in a line; 11-16 landscape, vilalge and monastery on hill in valley; 18 art, wheel design with three eyed red faced diety above the circle, a red center with a bird, snake and dark animal, landscape in design; 20 Art, a buddhist diety with a red face and blue and green clouds behind him, holding a gold object, wearing a gold crown and a red hat; 21 Art, painting of man with white cloth over his hair holding a white horn and not wearing a shirt, holding a blue basket of colorful fruit; 22 Art, painting of face of a dragon with an orange face and green curls with a cloth in its mouth; 23 painting of peacock on a white background with peacock feather pattern in background; 26 Art, same dragon as in 22 but resting chin on cloth; 27 Art, painting of buddhist diety with a large mouth and fangs, orange with flowing red hair with a raised staff; 29-32 boy sitting on ledge of balcony of yellow building, shot from patio below and across courtyard; 34-36 old man in purple robe with tall black hat; 37 long shot of valley with white washed buildings

Time: 10am

General:

Local Numbers: HSFA 86.13.3-3OP

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National Anthropological Film Center films and slides of Ladakh

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc921d34834-f883-4a98-ba07-598a6ceb4a32

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13ldkh-ref13

Collection Creator:

National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this

Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this

Schecter, Steven  Search this

Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this

Extent:

Slides (color, 35mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Date:

1978 July 18

Scope and Contents:

Slide photographs shot in Mathoo Monastery, Mathoo Village, Ladakh, India. Numbers 1-2 monks looking out a window of a yellow building; 3-5 buildings shot from above, showing houses and plants and peole; 6-10 Art, statue of buddhist diety with legs crossed, hands infront, gold crown, darker skin, white scarf on it lap; 11-12 older paintings on wall, frescos that are chipping of buddhist dieties; 13-14 statue of buddhist diety with blue skin and gold crown, female goddess with necklace and orange shoulder wrap, legs crossed sitting; 15 same as 6-10; 16 carving of diety with owl-like face and wings, feathers on legs, looking down; 17 statue from 6-10 below birdlike carving from 16 in elaborate shrine with monkeys and animals carved; 18 carving of large three eyed black diety with red nose and behind the eyes with skulls on the crown and 4 arms, white scarves on its arms and lap; 20-22 man looking at camera leaning against an old cracking painted wall; 23 close up of the carving in #16 centered right above the sitting figure with the crown; 24 same as 20-22; 25 carving side of wall of dog (?); 26 close up of diety cave in 6-10; 27 same carving as 18; 29-30 old painting or tapestry hanging up with buddhist diesties on it; 31 alleyway between two building with door and window; 32-33 shot up the valley at climbing whitewashed buildings; 34-35 whitewashed buildings against the mountains and valley; 36-37 the valley and a road on a hillside, 37 is double exposed

Time: 2:45pm

General:

Local Numbers: HSFA 86.13.3-4OP

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National Anthropological Film Center films and slides of Ladakh

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9a8f34803-b2d2-47a1-8de9-65cdfedf9261

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13ldkh-ref14

Collection Creator:

National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this

Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this

Schecter, Steven  Search this

Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this

Extent:

Slides (color, 35mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Date:

1978 July 18

Scope and Contents:

Slide photographs shot in Mathoo Monastery, Mathoo Village, Ladakh, India. Numbers 1 woman washing child in small stream; 2-16 woman washing baby, picking him up, baby walking towards her, white washed building behind her; 17-20 zoom in on woman washing baby in little stream; 21-25 man walking two mules with blankets ontheir backs into shade other mans head out of focus in foreground; 26-28 art, differeint painting of monks with legs crossed with their hands infront of them; 29-30 monks painting with 20 monks in lines on wall with legs crossed, old painting; 31 wall painting of dieties of 4 figures; 32-33 carved and painted blue and other colors doorway with seperate carving infront of and above doorway of animals; 34 carving of diety with multiple tiers of faces painted blue; 36-37 boy opening and standing inthe door described in #32-33; 38 boy closing door

Time: 3:15pm

General:

Local Numbers: HSFA 86.13.3-5OP

See more items in:

National Anthropological Film Center films and slides of Ladakh

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9640e6f27-d2c8-4b32-b312-bcabeb190d12

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13ldkh-ref15