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Series Donor:

Becker, John M.  Search this

Gay Officers Action League. GOAL  Search this

Heritage of Pride (HOP)  Search this

Rohrbaugh, Richard  Search this

Series Creator:

Hirsch, Leonard  Search this

Guest, Barbara  Search this

Barna, Joseph T.  Search this

Guest, Michael E.  Search this

Container:

Box 194

Type:

Archival materials

Books

Date:

2019

Series Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

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.

Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

Series 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.

Series Citation:

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection / Series 4: Advertising, Business, and Publications / 4.5: Publications

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8cafa874b-5731-4d17-af57-b1fbd993f595

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref3186

Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

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2017-09-25T16:16:47.000Z

YouTube Category:

Travel & Events  Search this

Topic:

Cultural property  Search this

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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edanmdm:yt_g00P5mh5nFU

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

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2019-12-06T16:30:01.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_3S9ZN2n5dco

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

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2018-03-02T16:30:01.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_6FnKVavRTJw

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

Interviews

YouTube Videos

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2018-03-02T18:29:52.000Z

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Entertainment  Search this

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Smithsonian Channel

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smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_6nYQn6TX0LI

Creator:

Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska  Search this

Type:

Lectures

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2022-03-29T20:17:06.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Arctic Studies;Alaska;Alaska Natives;Native Art;Indigenous Art  Search this

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Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska channel

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Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska

YouTube Channel:

Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska channel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_DmwKvVZ29Xc

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2019-12-06T16:30:01.000Z

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Entertainment  Search this

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Smithsonian Channel

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smithsonianchannel

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edanmdm:yt_GVrjDBu1urE

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

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2019-12-06T16:30:00.000Z

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Entertainment  Search this

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Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

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edanmdm:yt_Tus5QkAj9N0

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2019-12-06T16:30:00.000Z

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Entertainment  Search this

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Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_afVidfUcCK4

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2019-12-06T16:30:02.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

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edanmdm:yt_jL3Z33nSj1U

Creator:

Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2022-03-30T00:18:42.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Arctic Studies;Alaska;Alaska Natives;Native Art;Indigenous Art  Search this

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Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska channel

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Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska

YouTube Channel:

Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska channel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_oKuQIP-axDA

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2018-03-06T16:30:01.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_tnPYP0PCwBY

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2019-12-06T16:30:05.000Z

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Entertainment  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_wGzW_X3x7n0

Creator:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2018-12-14T23:10:51.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Design  Search this

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

YouTube Channel:

cooperhewitt

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_L6KJUmG-GqM

Attribution:

Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896  Search this

Sitter:

William Farrar Smith, 17 Feb 1824 - 28 Feb 1903  Search this

William Buel Franklin, 27 Feb 1823 - 8 Mar 1903  Search this

Samuel Peter Heintzelman, 30 Sep 1805 - 1 May 1880  Search this

Andrew Porter, 10 Jul 1820 - 03 Jan 1872  Search this

Irvin McDowell, 15 Oct 1818 - 4 May 1885  Search this

George Brinton McClellan, 3 Dec 1826 - 29 Oct 1885  Search this

George Archibald McCall, 16 Mar 1802 - 25 Feb 1868  Search this

Don Carlos Buell, 23 Mar 1818 - 19 Nov 1898  Search this

Louis Blenker, 12 May 1812 - 31 Oct 1863  Search this

Silas Casey, 12 Jul 1807 - 22 Jan 1882  Search this

Fitz John Porter, 31 Aug 1822 - 21 May 1901  Search this

Medium:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

Image/Sheet: 22.3 × 39.6 cm (8 3/4 × 15 9/16")

Mat: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28")

Type:

Photograph

Date:

c. 1862

Topic:

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Exterior  Search this

Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Glove\Gloves  Search this

Weapon\Sword  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this

Nature & Environment\Plant\Grass  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Sash  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Belt  Search this

Fitz John Porter: Male  Search this

Fitz John Porter: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel  Search this

Fitz John Porter: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Fitz John Porter: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General  Search this

Irvin McDowell: Male  Search this

Irvin McDowell: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Irvin McDowell: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General  Search this

Irvin McDowell: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General  Search this

Silas Casey: Male  Search this

Silas Casey: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

William Buel Franklin: Male  Search this

William Buel Franklin: Business and Finance\Businessperson  Search this

William Buel Franklin: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Samuel Peter Heintzelman: Male  Search this

Samuel Peter Heintzelman: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Samuel Peter Heintzelman: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General  Search this

George Archibald McCall: Male  Search this

George Archibald McCall: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General  Search this

Don Carlos Buell: Male  Search this

Don Carlos Buell: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer  Search this

William Farrar Smith: Male  Search this

William Farrar Smith: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

William Farrar Smith: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Andrew Porter: Male  Search this

Andrew Porter: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

Louis Blenker: Male  Search this

Louis Blenker: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

George Brinton McClellan: Male  Search this

George Brinton McClellan: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

George Brinton McClellan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

George Brinton McClellan: Politics and Government\Governor\New Jersey  Search this

George Brinton McClellan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.81.27

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm40c540558-3cdb-410b-b4cc-cd24d4e06847

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.81.27

Artist:

Unidentified Artist  Search this

Copy after:

Alfred R. Waud, 2 Oct 1828 - 6 Apr 1891  Search this

Sitter:

John Milton Hay, 8 Oct 1838 - 1 Jul 1905  Search this

John George Nicolay, 1832 - 1901  Search this

Irvin McDowell, 15 Oct 1818 - 4 May 1885  Search this

Ward Hill Lamon, 1828 - 1893  Search this

Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865  Search this

George Washington Cullum, 1809 - 1892  Search this

John Jacob Astor, 10 Jun 1822 - 22 Feb 1890  Search this

Mary Ann Todd Lincoln, 13 Dec 1818 - 16 Jul 1882  Search this

Salmon Portland Chase, 13 Jan 1808 - 7 May 1873  Search this

Kate Chase, 1840 - 1899  Search this

Miss Cameron, active c. 1962  Search this

Silas Casey, 12 Jul 1807 - 22 Jan 1882  Search this

Charles Alfred Mercier, 1816 - 1894  Search this

John James Peck, 1821 - 1878  Search this

Henry Augustus Wise, 24 May 1819 - 2 Apr 1869  Search this

William Buel Franklin, 27 Feb 1823 - 8 Mar 1903  Search this

Samuel Peter Heintzelman, 30 Sep 1805 - 1 May 1880  Search this

George Archibald McCall, 16 Mar 1802 - 25 Feb 1868  Search this

Medium:

Wood engraving on paper

Dimensions:

Image: 33.8 x 51.6cm (13 5/16 x 20 5/16")

Sheet: 40 x 55.4cm (15 3/4 x 21 13/16")

Type:

Print

Date:

1862

Topic:

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this

Weapon\Sword  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Chandelier  Search this

Architecture\Doorway  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this

Human Figures\Soldier  Search this

Mary Ann Todd Lincoln: Female  Search this

Mary Ann Todd Lincoln: Politics and Government\First Lady\First Lady of US  Search this

John Milton Hay: Male  Search this

John Milton Hay: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

John Milton Hay: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Ambassador  Search this

John Milton Hay: Journalism and Media\Newspaper editor  Search this

John Milton Hay: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of State  Search this

John Milton Hay: Literature\Writer\Novelist  Search this

John George Nicolay: Male  Search this

John George Nicolay: Journalism and Media\Journalist  Search this

John George Nicolay: Journalism and Media\Editor  Search this

John George Nicolay: Law and Law Enforcement\Marshal  Search this

John George Nicolay: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Consul  Search this

Irvin McDowell: Male  Search this

Irvin McDowell: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Irvin McDowell: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General  Search this

Irvin McDowell: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General  Search this

Ward Hill Lamon: Male  Search this

Ward Hill Lamon: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

George Washington Cullum: Male  Search this

George Washington Cullum: Literature\Writer  Search this

George Washington Cullum: Military and Intelligence\Soldier  Search this

Kate Chase: Female  Search this

Miss Cameron: Female  Search this

Silas Casey: Male  Search this

Silas Casey: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Charles Alfred Mercier: Male  Search this

John James Peck: Male  Search this

Henry Augustus Wise: Male  Search this

Henry Augustus Wise: Literature\Writer  Search this

Henry Augustus Wise: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer\Captain  Search this

William Buel Franklin: Male  Search this

William Buel Franklin: Business and Finance\Businessperson  Search this

William Buel Franklin: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Samuel Peter Heintzelman: Male  Search this

Samuel Peter Heintzelman: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Samuel Peter Heintzelman: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General  Search this

George Archibald McCall: Male  Search this

George Archibald McCall: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General  Search this

John Jacob Astor: Male  Search this

John Jacob Astor: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel  Search this

John Jacob Astor: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist  Search this

John Jacob Astor: Business and Finance\Capitalist  Search this

Salmon Portland Chase: Male  Search this

Salmon Portland Chase: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of Treasury  Search this

Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Governor\Ohio  Search this

Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of State  Search this

Salmon Portland Chase: Politics and Government\US Senator\Ohio  Search this

Salmon Portland Chase: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist  Search this

Salmon Portland Chase: Law and Law Enforcement\Judge\Justice\US Supreme Court Justice\Chief Justice of US  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Male  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\State Senator\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Crafts and Trades\Boat builder  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.83.241

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4892f264d-5e7b-4ea3-b157-03c1220db6f9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.83.241

Editor:

Sanchez, Gabriel R. 1979-  Search this

Fraga, Luis Ricardo  Search this

Ramírez, Ricardo 1973-  Search this

Physical description:

1 online resource (xix, 324 pages) illustrations, map

Type:

Electronic resources

Electronic books

Place:

United States

États-Unis

Date:

2020

2016

Topic:

Hispanic Americans--Politics and government  Search this

Presidents--Election  Search this

Voting research  Search this

Political participation  Search this

Sociologie électorale  Search this

Participation politique  Search this

SOCIAL SCIENCE / General  Search this

Elections  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1155940

Author:

Conference on the Collecting and Collections of Southern Traditional Music (1989 : Chapel Hill, N.C.)  Search this

Patterson, Daniel W (Daniel Watkins) 1928-  Search this

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library Southern Folklife Collection  Search this

Physical description:

xiv, 219 pages illustrations 22 cm

Type:

Congresses

Congrès

Congress

Conference papers and proceedings

Actes de congrès

Place:

Southern States

États-Unis (Sud)

États-Unis

États-Unis (sud)

Date:

1991

Topic:

Folk music  Search this

Popular music  Search this

Popular music--Southern States--History and criticism  Search this

Musique populaire  Search this

Musique traditionnelle--Histoire et critique  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_471268

Published by:

Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019  Search this

Photograph by:

Win Muldrow, American  Search this

Subject of:

Nat King Cole, American, 1919 - 1965  Search this

Maria Cole, American, 1922 - 2012  Search this

Casey Cole, American, born 1961  Search this

Timolin Cole, American, born 1961  Search this

Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976  Search this

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968  Search this

Willie Howard Mays Jr., American, born 1931  Search this

Owned by:

Clayton Sinclair, American  Search this

Hazel Sinclair, American  Search this

Created by:

Ebony, American, founded 1945  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper (fiber product) with metal

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 13 7/16 × 10 3/16 × 3/16 in. (34.2 × 25.8 × 0.4 cm)

Type:

magazines (periodicals)

Place collected:

Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America

Place printed:

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States

Date:

August 1963

Topic:

African American  Search this

Advertising  Search this

Baseball  Search this

Black Enterprise  Search this

Black Press  Search this

Business  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Families  Search this

Journalism  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Segregation  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

Sports  Search this

Travel  Search this

U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.

Object number:

2011.12.53.1

Restrictions & Rights:

© Ebony Media Group LLC. Permission required for use.

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Classification:

Documents and Published Materials

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5703e8ea0-1ac1-4236-b38c-fad08039eafe

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.12.53.1

Creator:

Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1875-1942  Search this

Names:

American Ambulance Field Hospital (Juilly, France)  Search this

Greenwich House (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this

Whitney Studio Club  Search this

Cushing, Howard Gardiner, 1869-1916  Search this

De Meyer, Adolf, Baron, 1868-1949  Search this

Miller, Flora Whitney  Search this

Strelecki, Jean de, count  Search this

Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960  Search this

Whitney, Harry Payne, 1872-1930  Search this

Extent:

36.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Lithographs

Photographs

Interviews

Sketchbooks

Diaries

Scrapbooks

Blueprints

Sketches

Date:

1851-1975

bulk 1888-1942

Summary:

The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers measure approximately 36.1 linear feet and date from 1851 to 1975, with the bulk of the material dating from 1888 to 1942. The collection documents the life and work of the art patron and sculptor, especially her promotion of American art and artists, her philanthropy and war relief work, her commissions for memorial sculpture, and her creative writing. Papers include correspondence, journals, writings, project files, scrapbooks, photographs, artwork, printed material, two sound recordings, and miscellaneous personal papers.

Scope and Content Note:

The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers measure approximately 36.1 linear feet and date from 1851 to 1975, with the bulk of the material dating from 1888 to 1942. The collection documents the life and work of the art patron and sculptor, especially her promotion of American art and artists, her philanthropy and war relief work, her commissions for memorial sculpture, and her creative writing. Papers include correspondence, journals, writings, project files, scrapbooks, photographs, artwork, printed material, two sound recordings, and miscellaneous personal papers.

Material relating to more personal aspects of Whitney's life include school papers, a paper doll book dating from her childhood, financial material, interviews, awards and honorary degrees, address and telephone books, committee files, and other items. Correspondence consists of incoming and outgoing letters concerning both personal and professional matters, including her patronage of the arts and sponsorship of artists, her sculpture commissions and exhibitions, and her war relief work and other philantrophic activities. Also found are family correspondence and correspondence received by the Flora Whitney Miller and the Whitney Museum of American Art after Whitney's death. Journals include personal ones that she kept periodically from the time she was a child to near the end of her life, in which she recorded her travels, her impressions of people, her experiences with friends, and her thoughts on art, among other topics; and social ones, in which she recorded dinners and dances attended, and people invited to different social gatherings, and in which she collected invitations received and accepted.

Scattered files can be found that relate to the Whitney Studio Club and the Whitney Museum of American Art, consisting of notebooks, catalogs, a financial report, and other material. Files relating to Whitney's own sculpture projects are more extensive and consist of correspondence, contracts, printed material, notes, financial material for proposed and completed commissions for fountains, memorials, and monuments. The Whitney Museum of American Art, rather than Whitney herself, seems to have kept these files. Files relating to Whitney's philanthropic activities span from the time just before to just after the First World War and consist of correspondence, minutes, reports, and printed material stemming from her contributions to charities and war relief organizations, her sponsorship of the war hospital in Juilly, France, and her support of the Greenwich House Social Settlement.

Whitney's writings include extensive drafts, and handwritten and typed manuscripts and copies of novels, plays, and stories, as well as some autobiographical and early writings, notes and writings on art, and clippings of published writings, documenting her principle means of creative expression towards the end of her life. Also found are some writings by others. Scrapbooks consist of clippings, photographs, letters and other material, compiled by Whitney, Flora Whitney Miller, and possibly others, documenting Whitney's public life, her sculpture commissions and exhibitions, exhibitions at the Whitney Studio, the war hospital in Juilly, France, the death of Harry Payne Whitney in 1930, and the sickness and death of Whitney in 1942.

Photographs include ones of the Whitney and Vanderbilt families, ones of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (including portraits taken by Baron Adolf de Meyer and Count Jean de Strelecki), ones of various Vanderbilt and Whitney residences and of Whitney's studios, ones of Whitney's sculpture exhibitions as well as exhibitions at her studio, and ones of her sculptures, as well as some miscellaneous and unidentified ones. Artwork consists of sketchbooks and sketches by Whitney (including sketches for sculptures) and artwork by others (including a sketchbook of Howard Cushing's containing a sketch of her and albums of World War I lithographs) collected by Whitney. Also found amongst the collection are printed material (clippings, exhibition catalogs, programs, and publications) and blueprints (including drawings for Whitney's studio on MacDougal Alley and various of her sculptures).

Arrangement:

The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers are arranged into twelve series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Miscellaneous Personal Papers, 1888-1947, 1975 (Boxes 1-3, 33-34, OV 42; 2.5 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1889-1949, 1959 (Boxes 3-9; 6 linear feet)

Series 3: Journals, circa 1886-1939 (Boxes 9-12, 33; 2.5 linear feet)

Series 4: Whitney Studio Club and Whitney Museum of American Art Files, 1921-1943 (Box 12; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 5: Sculpture Files, 1900-1960 (bulk 1909-1942) (Boxes 12-15; 3 linear feet)

Series 6: Philanthropy Files, 1902-1923 (bulk 1915-1920) (Boxes 15-17; 2 linear feet)

Series 7: Writings, 1889-1942, 1974 (Boxes 17-26; 10 linear feet)

Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1893-1942 (Boxes 26-27, 33, 35; 1.5 linear feet)

Series 9: Printed Material, 1859-1942 (Boxes 27-28, 36; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 10: Photographs, 1862-1942 (Boxes 28-32, 36-41, OV 43-51; 6.4 linear feet)

Series 11: Artwork, 1871-1930s (Boxes 32, 41, OV 52-54; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 12: Blueprints, 1913-1945 (OV 55; 0.1 linear feet)

Biographical/Historical note:

New York art patron and sculptor, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942), was the eldest daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt, and founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Whitney was born January 9, 1875 in New York City, the. She was educated by private tutors and attended Brearley School in New York. From the time she was a young girl, she kept journals of her travels and impressions of the people she met, and engaged in creative pursuits such as sketching and writing stories. In 1896, she was married to Harry Payne Whitney. They had three children, Flora, Cornelius, and Barbara.

In 1900, Whitney began to study sculpture under Hendrik Christian Anderson, and then under James Fraser. Later, she studied with Andrew O'Connor in Paris. From the time she started studying sculpture, her interest in art grew, as did her particular concern for American art and artists. In 1907, she organized an art exhibition at the Colony Club, which included several contemporary American paintings. She also opened a studio on MacDougal Alley, which became known as the Whitney Studio and was a place where shows and prize competitions were held. (She also had other studios in Westbury, Long Island and Paris, France.) Over the years, her patronage of art included buying work, commissioning it, sponsoring it, exhibiting it, and financially supporting artists in America and abroad. From 1911 on, she was aided in her work by Juliana Force, who started out as Whitney's secretary, was responsible for art exhibitions at the Whitney Studio, and became the first director of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

The first recognition Whitney received for her sculpture came in 1908 when a project on which she had collaborated (with Grosvenor Atterbury and Hugo Ballin) won a prize for best design from the Architectural League of New York. The following year she received a commission to do a fountain sculpture for the Pan-American Building in Washington, D. C. She went on to do numerous other commissioned works over the next several decades, including: a fountain for the New Arlington Hotel in Washington D.C. (the design of which was reproduced in various sizes and materials, one cast being submitted to the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition where it won a bronze medal and a later cast being installed on the campus of McGill University, Montreal, Canada in 1930); the Titanic Memorial (designed in 1913 and erected in 1930); the Buffalo Bill Memorial (1924) in Cody, Wyoming; the Columbus Memorial (1929) in Port of Palos, Spain; the Peter Stuyvesant statue in Stuyvesant Square (1939); and The Spirit of Flight (1939) for the New York World's Fair. In 1916, she had her first one-man show at the Whitney Studio, another at the Newport Art Association, and a retrospective at the San Francisco Art Association Palace of Fine Arts. A traveling exhibition in the Midwest followed in 1918.

During the First World War, Whitney was involved with numerous war relief activities, most notably establishing and supporting a hospital in Juilly, France. She made several trips to France during the war, keeping a journal and eventually publishing a piece on the hospital in several newspapers. Her sculpture during this period was largely focused on war themes. In 1919, she exhibited some of these works at the Whitney Studio in a show called "Impressions of War." In the years after the war, she was also commissioned to do several war memorials, including the Washington Heights War Memorial (1922) and the St. Nazaire Memorial (1926) commemmorating the landing of the American Expeditionary Force in France in 1917.

In 1918, Whitney opened the Whitney Studio Club, which served as pioneering organization for American art, putting on exhibition programs and offering social space and recreational amenities to its members (one point numbering over four hundred artists living in New York). She planned an "Overseas Exhibition" of American art, which traveled to Paris and other European cities in 1920-1921, and had her own shows in Paris and London in 1921. In 1928, the Whitney Studio Club was transformed into an art gallery, known as the Whitney Studio Galleries and directed by Juliana Force, which eventually became the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1931.

Whitney pursued creative writing throughout her life, but beginning in the 1930s writing became her principle means of creative expression. Over the years, she produced numerous manuscripts for stories, novels, and play. One novel, Walking the Dusk, was published in 1932 under the pseudonym L. J. Webb. Beginning in 1940, Whitney took a "Professional Writing" course at Columbia University with Helen Hull, which resulted in the production of numerous short stories. In 1941, she collaborated with Ronald Bodley to adapt one of her stories as a play and attempted to get it produced, although unsuccessfully.

In 1934, Whitney was involved in a custody battle for her niece, Gloria Vanderbilt (daughter of her late brother, Reginald Vanderbilt and his wife, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt). In an agreement reached by the court, custody was awarded to Whitney and visitation rights to Gloria's mother. Litigation continued in the ensuing years.

In 1935, Whitney established the World's Fair Five Organization, with Juliana Force and four architects, to work on preparing a plan for the site of the 1939 New York World's Fair at Flushing Meadow, although the fair's own Board of Design ended up coming up with its own plan.

Whitney continued her work in sculpture, writing, art patronage, and philanthropy throughout the remaining years of her life. She died on April 18, 1942.

Related Archival Materials note:

Related material found in the Archives includes Research Material on Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney compiled by Flora Miller Irving and the Whitney Museum of American Art artists' files and records, available on microfilm only (originals are located in the Whitney Museum of American Art). Also found in the Archives of American Art's Miscellaneous Exhibition Catalog Collection are a bundle of Whitney Studio Club and Mrs. H. P. Whitney's Studio catalogs and announcements.

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The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers were donated in 1981 and 1991 by Whitney's granddaughter, Flora Miller Irving.

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Whitney Museum of American Art, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Papers, 1851-1975 (bulk 1888-1942). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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