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Stewart, Regina Serniak, 1942-  Search this

Names:

New York Artists Equity Association  Search this

Blackburn, Robert Hamilton, 1920-  Search this

Candell, Victor, 1903-1977  Search this

Facci, Domenico, 1916-1994  Search this

Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009  Search this

Kuniyoshi, Sara Mazo  Search this

McMurtry, Larry  Search this

Stewart, Jack, 1926-2005  Search this

Extent:

0.8 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Date:

1959-2010

Summary:

Three scrapbooks, 1959-2010, assembled by Regina Serniak Stewart document her career as a costume designer, painter, board member and Executive Director of the New York Artists Equity Association.

Scope and Content Note:

Three scrapbooks, 1959-2010, assembled by Regina Serniak Stewart (b. 1942) document her career as a costume designer, painter, board member and Executive Director of the New York Artists Equity Association.

The scrapbooks contain: letters from Robert Blackburn, Victor Candell, Domenico Facci, Edward M. Kennedy, Sara M. Kuniyoshi, Larry McMurtry, Jack Stewart, and letters from various museums and galleries; costume sketches, 1963-1974, for the Paterson, New Jersey Lyric Opera Theatre; curriculum vitae, awards and profiles of the artist; photographs of Stewart, her work, and events; and printed material including clippings, articles, programs, brochures, flyers, and exhibition catalogs. The collection also includes some loose printed materials consisting of collectors' guides to kitchen utensils and stoneware co-written by Stewart and an article and exhibition catalog about her painting.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 2 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Scrapbooks, 1959-2010 (Boxes 1-2; 0.7 linear ft.)

Series 2: Printed Materials, circa 1977, 2003-2008 (Box 2; 0.1 linear ft.)

Biographical Note:

Regina Serniak Stewart (b. 1942), a painter, administrator, and writer in New York City is the Executive Director of the New York Artists Equity Association.

Stewart is a graduate of the Cooper Union School of Art and Achitecture whose paintings have been exhibited in New York and throughout the United States. In addition to painting, Ms. Stewart was a set and costume designer for the Paterson Lyric Opera Theatre, a jewelry designer, an art consultant, and an art instructor. She was elected to the board of the New York Artists Equity Association in 1989 and is now Executive Director.

Provenance:

Donated by Regina Stewart, July 27, 2010.

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Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

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

Topic:

Costume designers  Search this

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

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women arts administrators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Citation:

The Regina Stewart papers. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.stewregi

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Archives of American Art

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ead_collection:sova-aaa-stewregi

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Creator:

Stewart, Regina Serniak, 1942-  Search this

Subject:

Facci, Domenico  Search this

Candell, Victor  Search this

Blackburn, Robert Hamilton  Search this

McMurtry, Larry  Search this

Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore)  Search this

Kuniyoshi, Sara Mazo  Search this

Stewart, Jack  Search this

New York Artists Equity Association  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Citation:

Regina Stewart papers, 1959-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Costume designers  Search this

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

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women arts administrators  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15834

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)292285

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Women

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Donor:

Hauber, Joseph R.  Search this

Collector:

Stubblebine, Donald J., 1925-2010  Search this

Extent:

285 Cubic feet (600 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Posters

Playbills

Sheet music

Design drawings

Theater programs

Date:

1866-2009, undated

Scope and Contents:

One of the most comprehensive collections of material relating to musical stage and film productions, the collection consists of an assortment of material including sheet music written specifically for or included in stage and screen musicals, television programs, Big Band performances, and radio. Some productions may have been produced under more than one title, especially if the production was presented internationally.

The collection is arranged alphabetically by title of production or personality using proper name. Folders for each entry may include sheet music, ephemeral items related to that specific production or personality such as theater programs, reviews, and posters. There are a number of costume design drawings. Folders will rarely include full printed scores. Published scores were separated from this collection before donation.

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into six series.

Series 1, Stage Musicals and Vaudeville, 1866-2007, undated

Subseries 1.1, United States Stage Musicals, 1866-2007, undated

Subseries 1.2, Ziegfeld Productions, 1911-1958, undated

Subseries 1.3, British Stage Musicals, 1890-1943, undated

Subseries 1.4, Assorted Countries Stage Musicals, 1896-1935, undated

Series 2, Motion Pictures, 1912-2007, undated

Subseries 2.1, United States Motion Pictures, 1919-2007, undated

Subseries 2.2, British Motion Pictures, 1912-1988, undated

Subseries 2.3, Foreign Motion Pictures, Assorted Countries, 1921-1985, undated

Subseries 2.4, Silent Motion Picture Cue Sheets, 1915-1930, undated

Series 3, Television, 1933-2003, undated

Series 4, Big Bands and Radio, 1925-1998,undated

Subseries 4.1, Big Bands, 1929-1998, undated

Subseries 4.2, Radio, 1925-1948, undated

Series 5, Personalities, 1875-2009, undated

Series 6, Ephemera and Single Sheet Music, 1908-2005, undated

Biographical / Historical:

Donald J. Stubblebine was born on February 4, 1925 in Reading, Pennsylvania, to Edgar W. and Emma Stubblebine. He had an older brother Edgar W. Stubblebine, Jr. His father was a sheet metal worker employed by the railroad in Reading. Stubblebine was first exposed to musicals through motion pictures. His mother attended "dish night" with her son twice a week. During the Great Depression, in order to draw an audience, theaters would give out dishes with each admission. He credited this with beginning his love of musicals. By the 1940 United States Census his mother is listed as a widow. Stubblebine attended the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania. After graduation he was employed for forty years as controller by the Chilton Publishing Company. He retired in 1994.

As a lifelong film and theater fan, Stubblebine began collecting sheet music, programs, and ephemera from stage and film musicals in the early 1970s. As his collection grew, so did his expertise in the history of musical theatre and film. He eventually authored four reference books dealing with United States and British stage and film musicals as well as films from Canada and Australia. He became an often sought-after expert in stage and film music. His obsession with collecting eventually filled his Philadelphia apartment with one of the largest collections of material centered on music in the United States. He collected not only the sheet music and scores from musicals but often collected copies of reviews, programs, photographs, and costume sketches.

Stubblebine died on May 1, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Provenance:

Donated to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smitsonian Institution by Joseph Regis Hauber in memory of Donald J. Stubblebine, in 2010.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research but is stored offsite. Arrangements must be made with the Archives Center staff two weeks prior to a scheduled research visit.

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.

Reproduction restricted due to copyright or trademark.

Topic:

Silent films  Search this

Motion pictures  Search this

Vaudeville  Search this

Music -- United States  Search this

Motion pictures, British  Search this

Musical revue, comedy, etc  Search this

Music -- Performance  Search this

Musicals  Search this

Musical theater  Search this

Music -- 20th century  Search this

Music -- 19th century  Search this

Revues -- 1900-1910  Search this

Theater  Search this

Silent films -- Musical accompaniment  Search this

Genre/Form:

Posters -- 20th century

Playbills

Sheet music

Design drawings

Theater programs

Citation:

Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Musical Theater and Motion Picture Music and Ephemera, 1866-2009, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1211

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Creator:

Bowditch, Nancy Douglas  Search this

Names:

Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941  Search this

Clemens, Jane Lampton, 1880-1909  Search this

Faulkner, Barry, 1881-1966  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Parrish, Stephen, 1846-1938  Search this

Pearmain, William Robert, 1888-1912  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921  Search this

White, Nelson C.  Search this

Extent:

6.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Biographies

Paintings

Diaries

Sound recordings

Sketches

Scrapbooks

Notes

Photographs

Date:

circa 1860-1985

Summary:

The papers of painter, author, and designer Nancy Douglas Bowditch and the George de Forest Brush family measure 6.2 linear feet and date from circa 1860 to 1985. The majority of the collection consists of Bowditch's correspondence with family and friends and her notes and writings, particularly concerning her biography of her father George de Forest Brush The Joyous Painter, and her unpublished biography of her husband painter William Robert Pearmain. Brush family material includes scattered correspondence of George de Forest Brush and other family members, notes, sketches, clippings, and the family home building files, five scrapbooks, including two on William Robert Pearmain, and numerous photographs of the Brush family, Bowditch, and William Robert Pearmain. There is also correspondence between William Robert Pearmain and his family and artwork by Pearmin.

Scope and Contents note:

The papers of painter, author, and designer Nancy Douglas Bowditch and the George de Forest Brush family measure 6.2 linear feet and date from circa 1860 to 1985. The majority of the collection consists of Bowditch's correspondence with family and friends and her notes and writings, particularly concerning her biography of her father George de Forest Brush The Joyous Painter, and her unpublished biography of her husband painter William Robert Pearmain. Brush family material includes scattered correspondence of George de Forest Brush and other family members, notes, sketches, clippings, and the family home building files, five scrapbooks, including two on William Robert Pearmain, and numerous photographs of the Brush family, Bowditch, and William Robert Pearmain. There is also correspondence between William Robert Pearmain and his family and artwork by Pearmin.

Scattered family biographical materials include invitations, biographical sketches of George de Forest Brush, a ship's register, certificates, an obituary, and a sound recording of Nancy Bowditch.

Scattered personal business records include deeds of gift from various institutions and agreements from the publishing of The Joyous Painter.

One-third of the collection is correspondence with Nancy Douglas Bowditch, William Robert Pearmain, George de Forest Brush, and other members of the Brush, Pearmain, and Bowditch families. The majority of Nancy Douglas Bowditch's correspondence is from family and friends, although professional correspondence is also found. Nancy's notable correspondents include Jane Clemens, Barry Faulkner, Rockwell Kent, members of the Abbot Handerson Thayer family, and Nelson C. White. Also found are Nancy's letters to her first husband, William Robert Pearmain. Pearmain's correspondence includes letters from his parents, siblings, and his father-in-law, and a few letters from Pearmain to his family. George de Forest Brush's correspondence includes letters from friends and a few copies of letters written by Brush.

Writings and notes are primarily by Nancy Douglas Bowditch, the majority of which pertain to her biography of George de Forest Brush, The Joyous Painter, and her unpublished biography of William Robert Pearmain. Other writings are by George de Forest Brush, Tribbie Brush, Barry Faulkner, and William Robert Pearmain.

Artwork consists of approximately 78 drawings and sketches by William Robert Pearmain, 5 drawings and paintings by Nancy Bowditch, and one drawing by George de Forest Brush.

Brush family home and building files contain materials relating to a log cabin in New Hampshire, and the family home Brushwood which was built by William Robert Pearmain in 1911.

Five scrapbooks were compiled by members of the Brush, Pearmain, and Bowditch families. Two are about Pearmain, two are about George de Forest Brush, and one was organized by Harold Bowditch that contains family photographs.

Within printed materials are exhibition announcements and catalogs for George de Forest Brush, Barry Faulkner, Stephen Parrish, and Abbot Handerson Thayer.

Extensive photographs are of members of the Brush family, the Pearmain family, the Bowditch family, friends, and works of art by Bowditch, Brush, Pearmain and Douglas Volk. Included are portraits, snapshots, travel photos, wedding photos, and photos of the Brush family homes.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged as 9 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Information, 1909-1965 (Box 1; 7 folders)

Series 2: Personal Business and Financial Records, 1908-1974 (Box 1; 3 folders)

Series 3: Correspondence, 1895-1979 (Boxes 1-3; 2.0 linear feet)

Series 4: Writings and Notes, circa 1900-1975 (Boxes 3-4; 1.0 linear feet)

Series 5: Artwork, 1898-1950 (Boxes 4, 9-10; 4 folders)

Series 6: Printed Material, 1889-1974 (Box 4; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 7: Brush Family Home Building Files, 1910-1971 (Boxes 4, 8, 10; 0.7 linear feet)

Series 8: Scrapbooks, circa 1907-circa 1985 (Boxes 5, 8; 0.7 linear feet)

Series 9: Photographs, circa 1860-1979 (Boxes 5-7, 11; 1.0 linear feet)

Biographical/Historical note:

Nancy Douglas Bowditch (1890-1979) worked primarily in the New Hampshire area as a painter, author, and costume and set designer. Bowditch's father was painter George de Forest Brush and she was first married to painter William Robert Pearmain, who died at an early age.

Nancy Douglas Bowditch was born to Mary and George de Forest Brush on July 4, 1890 in Paris, France. Along with her siblings Mary, Jane, Thea, Gerome, Tribbie, and Georgia, she often served as a subject of her father's paintings. The family lived in the artist colony of Dublin, New Hampshire where Nancy became close friends with their neighbor Samuel Clemens' (Mark Twain) daughter Jean Clemens.

Nancy met and became close to one of her father's pupils, William Robert Pearmain while traveling through Europe in 1907. Two years later, Nancy married Robert at the Brush family farm in Dublin, New Hampshire. Together, they had one daughter, Mary Alice whom they called Polly. Robert developed a strong political interest in growing anarchist movements, gave up painting and went to Pittsburgh to work in a factory. Shortly after, he became seriously ill and, upon the advice of a doctor, moved back to New Hampshire with Nancy. He soon died from leukemia in September 1912. In 1918, Nancy married her second husband Dr. Harold Bowditch from Boston, Massachusetts. With her second husband, Nancy had three more children, Martha, Henry, and George de Forest Bowditch.

Professionally, Nancy worked as a painter, wrote plays, and designed theatrical sets and costumes. In 1971, Bowditch published a biography of George de Forest Brush entitled The Joyous Painter. Nancy Douglas Bowditch died in 1979.

Related Archival Materials note:

Also among the collections at the Archives of American Art are the William Robert Pearmain and Pearmain family papers, 1888-1955, and an oral history with Nancy Douglas Bowditch conducted on January 30, 1974 by Robert F. Brown.

Provenance:

The Nancy Douglas Bowditch papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in several installments by Nancy Douglas Bowditch between 1968 and 1979. Bowditch's daughter, Mary A. Marlowe donated additional materials in 1982. In 2008, Joan Morgan, biographer of George de Forest Brush, donated additional papers she had acquired during her research.

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Occupation:

Painters -- New Hampshire  Search this

Set designers -- New Hampshire  Search this

Costume designers -- New Hampshire  Search this

Authors -- New Hampshire  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women designers  Search this

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Genre/Form:

Biographies

Paintings

Diaries

Sound recordings

Sketches

Scrapbooks

Notes

Photographs

Citation:

Nancy Douglas Bowditch and Brush family papers, circa 1860-1985. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.bowdnanc

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a9a08d45-4271-4656-ab7b-5272d47f5465

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Collection Creator:

André Emmerich Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 61, Folder 37

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1963, 1969-1971

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Access of diaries and appointment books required written permission.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, circa 1929-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Leon Levy Foundation.

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André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers / Series 6: Artists Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94f054bb0-b0f6-4674-8e09-0c91fbe4a0bc

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-andremmg-ref3055

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Introduction:

Three programs at the 1980 Festival focused attention on immigrant communities, two of which involved what was called the "New Immigration", subsequent to passage of the 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act. The 1965 Act represented an effort to equalize opportunity for immigrants to the United States without favoring the traditional Western-Northern European or Western Hemispheric source countries. The new immigrants tended to be largely urban located and oriented. Because of their visibility and the discrimination against visible minorities, they often suffered multiple levels of disregard by the larger population. The life styles, cultures, and languages of the new immigrants were perceived to be little known, appreciated, or regarded by the general American public as the decade began.

American cities were seen as the frontiers of the new immigrants; the arenas where the wills, interests, and cultures of each group came into contest with those of other ethnic groups; and the settings where competition or coalescence took place among them. It was cities that saw scenes of confrontation between traditions and of adjustments from both sides - natives and immigrants. The cities were also the sites of the celebrations and the contributions of most new immigrants. This was true both for the Southeast Asian Americans program and for the Caribbean Americans program.

Many factors, including the growing acceptance of "cultural pluralism" rather than "Anglo-conformity" as a model for the United States, imbued the contemporary Caribbean immigrant community with the confidence to proclaim and practice openly their Caribbean heritage. An obvious example was the proliferation in many North American cities of the Caribbean festival of Carnival that had been featured in the 1979 Festival. In Boston, Hartford, New York, Montreal, Toronto, and Los Angeles, this festival has emerged as a full-scale annual community celebration, while in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Miami, and other cities, some aspects of Carnival can be seen on a smaller scale. One function of these carnivals was the impetus they give to the internal unification of the Caribbean communities themselves. Considerations of class and island origin have tended to divide members of the American Caribbean community from each other, but the carnivals have emerged as Caribbean, and their acceptance by the community as such held the potential for even greater unification in the future.

In addition to Carnival, the Caribbean immigrant community contributed to the American scene in sports, religion, music, dance, literature, and the arts. Cricket, once considered an elite British game, is the sport that every child is introduced to in the Caribbean. West Indians have been credited with bringing to a game that was once considered stylish but stuffy a spirit of fun and fete that can now be enjoyed any Saturday or Sunday afternoon in West Indian communities in such cities as Hartford, Boston, and New York.

In Miami, New York, and Washington, the distindly Caribbean religions of Santeria, the worship of Vodun (Voodoo), and Rastafarianism can be found. Santeria, practiced by many Cubans, is a synthesis of Catholicism with the Yoruba religion of West Africa. Vodun, a Haitian religion, is a similar blend of Christianity and the religious worship of ancient Dahomey. Rastafarianism, however, is a modern religion that originated in Jamaica in the 1930s based on belief in the divinity of the former Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, and the perception of Ethiopia as the original homeland to which Black people in the Western Hemisphere should repatriate. Caribbean music was part of the sound of many an American city - whether the Yoruba drumming of Santeria, the reggae rhythms that originated with the Rastafarians, or the rumba, the samba, and the calypso - and likewise part of the 1980 Festival. Syncretism between these Caribbean rhythms and the rhythm-and-blues beat of the United States was demonstrated in such new dance beats as the "salsa" and "soca" (soul-calypso).

Caribbean contributions to American community life featured at the 1980 Festival thus included an impressive record of achievement and an infusion of cultural forms adding to the vitality and diversity of American life through the contributions of immigrant communities.

Katherine Williams was Caribbean Americans Program Coordinator, and Roy Bryce-LaPorte was Special Consultant

Participants:

Miguel Alpizar, Santero, Silver Spring, Maryland

George Andre, 1946-, Brazilian music discussant, Washington, D.C.

Ruthven John Blake, 1947-, publicist & M.C., Silver Hill, Maryland

Elliott P. Boisdore, Mardi Gras discussant, New Orleans, Louisiana

Brightwood Elementary School, Hispanic American games, Washington, D.C.

Marie Brooks & Claude Brooks, dancer and drummer, New York, New York

William Brown, Umbanda discussant leader, Brazilian costumed band, Washington, D.C.

Selwyn Callendar, stick fighter, Washington, D.C.

Isolina Campbell, Botanica, Washington, D.C.

Caribbean American Carnival Day Association (Edward Harry, leader), costume band, Boston, Massachusetts

Carifolk Singers (Augustus Howell, 1944-, leader), Caribbean folk singers, Washington, D.C.

Lucy Carvajal, 1923-2002, craftsperson, Washington, D.C.

Mildred Catuy, Cornelia Cotillion Square Dance Club, New York, New York

Byron Chambers, Cricket discussant, Teaneck, New Jersey

Hector Corporan, 1945-, presenter, Washington, D.C.

Ruben O. Davis, Cornelia Cotillion Square Dance Club, New York, New York

Joan Dupigny, 1941-, Ole Mas & Kiddies costume band, Washington, D.C.

Camboy Estevez, Dominican costume band, Washington, D.C.

Sylvia Fisher, Cornelia Cotillion Square Dance Club, New York, New York

Winston T. Fleary, 1943-, leader, Afro-Caribbean Dancers, Big Drum Nation, Brooklyn, New York

Iona Forbes, Cornelia Cotillion Square Dance Club, New York, New York

Randolph Forbes, Cornelia Cotillion Square Dance Club, New York, New York

Henry Frank, Vodun discussant, New York, New York

Paul Greenhall, kite flyer, Washington, D.C.

Marjorie Hall, 1955-, Rastafari discussant, Washington, D.C.

Errol Hosein, 1936-, Cricket discussant, Bloomfield, Connecticut

Oscar Anstey Hunte, 1942-, fire, eater, Montreal, Quebec

Image (John Roseman, leader), Calypso Band, Rockville, Maryland

Lucille Jacob, costume band, Hartford, Connecticut

Edgar King, 1909-1993, Cornelia Cotillion Square Dance Club, New York, New York

Allen Labertis, costumed individual (Moko Jumbie), Baltimore, Maryland

Urban Lane, costume band, Washington, D.C.

Steve LaRoche, costumed individual (bat), Washington, D.C.

Hollis Lashley, Master of Ceremonies, Washington, D.C.

Sylvie S. Lee Kin, 1945-1995, kite flyer, Silver Spring, Maryland

Vernon Lee Kin, kite flyer, Silver Spring, Maryland

Elliott Mannette, 1929-, steelpan tuner, Long Island, New York

Godfrey Marchand, 1940-, costume designer, Miami, Florida

Dianne Marshall, dancer, Washington, D.C.

Von Martin, publicist & M.C., Seabrook, Maryland

Maryland Pacesetters (Pasley Graham, 1937-, agent), steelband, Baltimore, Maryland

Sandra Mendoza, Cuban costume band dancer, Washington, D.C.

Stephenson Michael, 1952-, leader, Duro Ladipo Theatre Ensemble, costume band, Silver Spring, Maryland

Will Morris, 1948-, stick fighter, Washington, D.C.

Loline F. Payne, 1918-1990, Cornelia Cotillion Square Dance Club, New York, New York

Winston Peters ("Gypsy"), 1952-, extemporaneous calypsonian, Brooklyn, New York

James Porter, Cornelia Cotillion Square Dance Club, New York, New York

Premier International (Nadine Howell, leader), Reggae band, Silver Spring, Maryland

Rosalie Roman, Puerto Rican costume band, Washington, D.C.

Ralph Roper, Cornelia Cotillion Square Dance Club, New York, New York

Samba Batucada Group (William Brown, leader), Samba workshop, Washington, D.C.

Silver Stars Steel Orchestra (Kelvin Griffith, captain), steel band, Boston, Massachusetts

Sons of His Majesty (Satta Blue, 1954-, leader), Nyabingi drummers, Rastafari discussants, Washington, D.C.

Triangle Systems (Linda Phifer, leader), kiddies and costume band, Washington, D.C.

The Trinidad and Tobago Baltimore Steel Orchestra (Paul Gervais, 1941-, leader), steelband, Baltimore, Maryland

The Trinidad and Tobago Steelband of Washington, D.C. (Franklin Harding, 1941-, leader), steelband, Washington, D.C.

Brian Walker, 1957-, dancer, costume band, Washington, D.C.

Levi Warren, Cornelia Cotillion Square Dance Club, New York, New York

Reginald Warren, Cornelia Cotillion Square Dance Club, New York, New York

The West Indian American Labor Day Association (Carlos Lezama, 1923-, leader), carnival organizer, New York, New York

Peter Whiteman, 1944-, costume designer, costume band leader, Washington, D.C.

The Wild Tchoupitoulas (Jason Berry, agent), Mardi Gras krewe, New Orleans, Louisiana

Connie Williams, cook, Brooklyn, New York

Collection 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.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1980 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.SFF.1980, Series 3

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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1980 Festival of American Folklife

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk51e991f8c-e944-4f8c-b8ab-4399b82cc006

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1980-ref25

Creator:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2020-08-05T22:30:03.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, modern  Search this

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Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

YouTube Channel:

hirshhornmuseum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_QxPT-C6f9l8

Creator:

Travis, Michael  Search this

Donor:

Lavdas, George  Search this

Names:

5th Dimension (Musical group)  Search this

Supremes (Musical group)  Search this

Liberace, 1919-1987  Search this

Sinatra, Nancy  Search this

Warwick, Dionne  Search this

Extent:

15 Cubic feet (35 boxes, 1 map-folder )

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pastels (drawings)

Pencil works

Drawings

Design drawings

Date:

1947-1986

Summary:

The collection contains approximately 2,500 costume designs in colored pencil and pastels, on tissue paper mounted on mat boards. The designs were created for entertainers such as Liberace, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Dionne Warwick, the Fifth Dimension, Nancy Sinatra, and others. Some were created for the television show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of the sketches and finished renderings of costumes created over approximately thirty years by Michael Travis. Many are signed by the artist; most are not, which may indicate that Travis collected renderings done by other designers to save them from destruction. They are done in a variety of media and many pencil "roughs" are present as well as the finished art presented to clients. The earlier works are relatively small in size and are believed to have been created in the late 1950s and 1960s for New York costume houses and theatrical productions. The larger format works are primarily designs for the musical performers and television productions that comprised Travis's clients in Los Angeles in the 1970s and 1980s.

During his career his style of illustration evolved and he may also have used several different styles to suit the subject. It is likely that he used assistants for some of the drawings, especially for large productions. In any case, the liveliness of the drawings, the brilliance of their color, the sheer panache they posess is the essence of the drama and excitement that is the lifeblood of the entertainment industry. Many of the illustrations have one (or many) fabric swatches attached to them; a group of large fabric samples is included as well.

Other materials include ephemera, a few publications, and photographs. There is also a small group of artworks by other artists, particularly Waldo Angelo, a long-time friend and colleague.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into five series.

Series 1: Costume Designs for Individual Performers and Performing Groups, 1961-1986, undated

Series 2: Costume Designs for Theatrical and Television Productions, 1958-1978, undated

Series 3: Ephemera, Publications, and Photographs, 1977-1985, undated

Series 4: Fabric Samples, undated

Series 5: Artworks by Others, 1947-1968, undated

Biographical / Historical:

Costume designer Michael Travis was born Louis Torakis to a Detroit Greek-American family in 1928. While serving in the postwar United States Army he was stationed in Paris. Upon his discharge in1949 he remained in the city to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Sorbonne on the GI Bill. Also studying haute couture, he met the designers Jacques Fath and Pierre Balmain and occasionally provided sketches for their collections.

Travis left Paris to seek work in New York and was hired at Eaves Costume Company. The company had been founded in 1863 and was the premier costumer for Broadway productions. He was hired as a secretary (his army employment) but became an assistant to the designers. With the owner's encouragement, he passed the exam for the costumers union and became a member of the Designers Guild. This made him eligible to design for Broadway shows and union films.

Travis became an assistant at Brooks Costume Company where he worked with famous Broadway and Hollywood designers such as Raul Pene du Bois and Irene Sharaff. This would lead to his designing the costumes for Ionesco's play Rhinosceros, starring Zero Mostel. The director of the play then hired Travis for a series of Public Television theater productions. Following these, he became the designer for two television programs featuring operatic and theatrical stars, The Voice of Firestone and The Bell Telephone Hour.

Beginning in 1958, Travis worked on the Motion Picture Acadmey of Arts and Sciences (MPAAS) Academy Awards, the Oscars, for eight years as assistant to well-known costume designer Edith Head. She persuaded him to move from New York to Los Angeles in the mid 1960s and he was hired to design for The Steve Lawrence Show, produced by George Schlatter. Travis and Schlatter became close friends and when Schlatter produced the ground-breaking comedy-variety show Laugh-In, Travis was hired as costume designer. The show ran for six seasons, 1968-1973, and required as many as 300 costumes per episode for a large cast, numerous guest stars, and the corps of dancers. He was nominated for an Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) award, the Emmy, and more importantly, met and worked with a great many of the musical, film, and theatrical stars of the time. When the show ended in 1973 he was himself a star in his field. Travis was now able to concentrate on his clientele of musical performers and groups. These included The Supremes, The Temptations, The 5th Dimension, Tony Orlando and Dawn, and solo artists Dionne Warwick, Connie Stevens, Nancy Sinatra, John Denver, Wayne Newton and many others. He also acquired his most extravagant client, Liberace, when the flamboyant pianist's designer retired in 1973.

Frank Ortiz had designed an elaborately beaded and decorated jacket for Liberace as early as 1959 and, with other designers, continued to design elaborate costumes for him throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Following this tradition, Travis was encouraged by Liberace to create the most fabulous, beautiful, and exquisitely crafted suits, vests, boots, and capes possible. The costumes were made using the finest fabrics, embroideries, crystals, sequins, feathers and furs—even lights! Anna Nateece, Liberace's longtime furrier, continued to supply his furs. One of these ensembles was valued at $300,000 dollars and they could weigh over 100 pounds. They were objects of awe for his audiences and made a spectacular appearance with the pianos and automobiles in his stage show. One of Liberace's favorite sayings was "Too much of a good thing is wonderful!" Travis was able to demonstrate how right he was and continued as his designer and friend until the pianist died in 1987.

When Travis was in his forties he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The disease gradually disabled him to the point that walking was extremely difficult and eventually he became wheelchair-bound. After Liberace's death, he retired from his work but continued an active social life and traveled with his care-givers both within the United States and to European countries. In 2010 he received The Career Achievement in Television Award at the 12th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills. His friends, George Schlatter and Nancy Sinatra, were with him at the ceremony. He died on May 1, 2014 at the age of 86.

Source

Liberace Extravaganza! by Connie Furr Soloman and Jan Jewett, HarperCollins 2013

Provenance:

Donated to the Archives Center in 2015 by George Lavdas.

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:

Costume  Search this

Costume design  Search this

Costume designers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Pastels (Drawings)

Pencil works

Drawings -- 20th century

Design drawings -- 20th century

Citation:

Michael Travis Costume Design Collection, 1947-1986, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1347

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Michael Travis Costume Design Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82867bc01-86fa-4fa0-90ad-f34f04cf3737

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1347

Collection Creator:

Travis, Michael  Search this

Collection Donor:

Lavdas, George  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1977-1985, 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:

Michael Travis Costume Design Collection, 1947-1986, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1347, Series 3

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Michael Travis Costume Design Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8fff1773c-676a-42e6-8f17-6b1c0e26e9ed

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1347-ref532

Collection Creator:

Travis, Michael  Search this

Collection Donor:

Lavdas, George  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 10

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1967

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:

Michael Travis Costume Design Collection, 1947-1986, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Michael Travis Costume Design Collection

Michael Travis Costume Design Collection / Series 3: Ephemera, Publications, and Photographs

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8bccec6f6-3e21-43fb-a567-437108d57fa7

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1347-ref572

Collection Creator:

Travis, Michael  Search this

Collection Donor:

Lavdas, George  Search this

Container:

Box 9, 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:

Michael Travis Costume Design Collection, 1947-1986, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Michael Travis Costume Design Collection

Michael Travis Costume Design Collection / Series 1: Costume Designs for Individual Performers and Performing Groups

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep860b87bac-63b3-4d42-a5bd-1447a13715b3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1347-ref591

Collection Creator:

Travis, Michael  Search this

Collection Donor:

Lavdas, George  Search this

Container:

Box 10, Folder 2

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:

Michael Travis Costume Design Collection, 1947-1986, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Michael Travis Costume Design Collection

Michael Travis Costume Design Collection / Series 1: Costume Designs for Individual Performers and Performing Groups

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f32954be-c48c-4d5c-9ff3-95639f14a034

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1347-ref599

Collection Creator:

Travis, Michael  Search this

Collection Donor:

Lavdas, George  Search this

Container:

Box 13, Folder 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:

Michael Travis Costume Design Collection, 1947-1986, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Michael Travis Costume Design Collection

Michael Travis Costume Design Collection / Series 1: Costume Designs for Individual Performers and Performing Groups

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep89bbb6dec-9f42-4e8a-8312-2a089175779a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1347-ref651