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Artist:

Unidentified Artist  Search this

Possibly:

George Peabody, 18 Feb 1795 - 4 Nov 1869  Search this

John Marshall, 24 Sep 1755 - 6 Jul 1835  Search this

Medium:

Marble

Type:

Sculpture

Topic:

John Marshall: Male  Search this

John Marshall: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

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

John Marshall: Law and Crime\Judge\Justice\US Supreme Court Justice\Chief Justice of US  Search this

George Peabody: Male  Search this

George Peabody: Business and Finance\Financier  Search this

George Peabody: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Industrialist\Railroad  Search this

George Peabody: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist  Search this

George Peabody: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant\Dry goods merchant  Search this

George Peabody: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Brooklyn Museum

Object number:

27.(15998)

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Catalog of American Portraits

Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4847e60d7-4b16-4276-af28-8d273a48deba

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_27._15998_

Artist:

Joseph Hitchens, 1838 - 1893  Search this

Sitter:

Jerome Bunty Chaffee, 1825 - 1886  Search this

Moses Hallett, 1834 - 1913  Search this

William Newton Byers, 1831 - 1903  Search this

James Belford, 1837 - 1910  Search this

John Evans, 1822 - 1878  Search this

David Halliday Moffat, 1839 - 1911  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

243.8 x 335.3cm (96 x 132")

Type:

Painting

Date:

1884

Topic:

John Evans: Male  Search this

John Evans: Business and Finance\Businessperson  Search this

Moses Hallett: Male  Search this

Moses Hallett: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University  Search this

Moses Hallett: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator\Dean  Search this

Moses Hallett: Law and Crime\Judge\Justice\State Supreme Court Justice\Chief Justice of State Supreme Court\Colorado Territory  Search this

David Halliday Moffat: Male  Search this

David Halliday Moffat: Business and Finance\Banker  Search this

David Halliday Moffat: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive  Search this

David Halliday Moffat: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Industrialist  Search this

David Halliday Moffat: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Industrialist\Railroad  Search this

William Newton Byers: Male  Search this

William Newton Byers: Journalism and Media\Newspaper publisher  Search this

William Newton Byers: Society and Social Change\Administrator\Historical society administrator\President  Search this

William Newton Byers: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor  Search this

William Newton Byers: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster  Search this

William Newton Byers: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Nebraska  Search this

Jerome Bunty Chaffee: Male  Search this

Jerome Bunty Chaffee: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher  Search this

Jerome Bunty Chaffee: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant\Dry goods merchant  Search this

Jerome Bunty Chaffee: Politics and Government\State Senator\Colorado  Search this

Jerome Bunty Chaffee: Business and Finance\Land speculator  Search this

James Belford: Male  Search this

James Belford: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

James Belford: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Colorado  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Colorado History Museum

Object number:

H.6386.1

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Catalog of American Portraits

Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4301f25ea-f7c0-4f9d-8b73-a5ad397edc80

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_H.6386.1

Artist:

Hawksett  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Exhibition Catalogs

Date:

1876

Topic:

State of Being--Disabled--Blind  Search this

State of Being--Emotion--Sorrow  Search this

Figure group  Search this

Occupation--Beggar  Search this

Control number:

AECI 03070997

Data Source:

Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_aeci_63998

Maker:

Levi Strauss and Company  Search this

Physical Description:

cotton (overall material)

metal (part material)

Measurements:

waist circumference: 27 1/2 in; x 69.85 cm

overall length, side: 35 3/4 in; 90.805 cm

fly, top of waistband to rivet: 8 1/2 in; 21.59 cm

front pockets, curved opening (not including waistband): 3 in x 4 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 12.065 cm

front pockets, depth to base of waistband: 8 in; 20.32 cm

patch watch pocket: 3 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 9.525 cm x 8.255 cm

patch pocket, right hip: 6 1/2 in x 6 1/8 in; 16.51 cm x 15.5575 cm

levi strauss label, back waist: 2 1/16 in x 3 1/4 in; 5.23875 cm x 8.255 cm

yoke, back waist, height: 3 in; 7.62 cm

belt, right back: 1 1/4 in x 4 3/8 in; 3.175 cm x 11.1125 cm

waistband, width: 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm

buttons, center front and suspender: 5/8 in; x 1.5875 cm

buttons, fly: 1/2 in; x 1.27 cm

rivets: 3/8 in; x .9525 cm

seat (cb waist to crotch): 15 1/4 in; 38.735 cm

rise (cf waist to crotch to cb waist): 27 in; 68.58 cm

inseam: 26 in; 66.04 cm

ankle circumference: 16 in; x 40.64 cm

ankle, width of front leg: 6 1/2 in; x 16.51 cm

ankle, width of back leg: 9 1/2 in; x 24.13 cm

Object Name:

trousers

Object Type:

Main Dress

Man

Trousers

Lower Body

Other Terms:

trousers; Lower Body; Main Dress; Male

Place Made:

United States: California, San Francisco

Date made:

1873 - 1896

Related Publication:

Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History

National Museum of American History. Treasures of American History online exhibition

Related Web Publication:

http://americanhistory.si.edu/treasures

Credit Line:

Gift of Walter Haas, Jr.

ID Number:

CS.256979.002

Catalog number:

256979.002

Accession number:

256979

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Home and Community Life: Costume

Clothing & Accessories

Industry & Manufacturing

National Treasures exhibit

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-7a2d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_371609

Producer:

Spottswood, Richard K. (Richard Keith)  Search this

Performer:

Dilleshaw, John  Search this

Doyle, Little Buddy  Search this

Hofner, Adolph  Search this

Johnson, Edwin W., 1905-1984  Search this

Sapps, Booker T.  Search this

Flowers, Willy  Search this

Matthews, Roger  Search this

Steeley, A.L.  Search this

Graham, J. W.  Search this

Amoaku, W. K. (William Komla), 1940-  Search this

Enis, Marvin, 1956-  Search this

Enis, Mike, 1936-  Search this

Macon, Uncle Dave, 1870-1952  Search this

Miles, J. Paul  Search this

Miles, Vernon  Search this

Miles, Wade  Search this

Arteleus Mistric  Search this

Seven Foot Dilly and His Dill Pickles  Search this

Edwin Johnson Swedish Trio  Search this

Bogtrotters  Search this

Red Headed Fiddlers  Search this

Tampa Joe  Search this

East Texas Serenaders  Search this

Mike Enis Group  Search this

Uncle Dave Macon & the Fruit-Jar Drinkers  Search this

Evangeline Band  Search this

Nashville Washboard Band  Search this

Collection Creator:

Rinzler, Ralph  Search this

Extent:

1 Phonograph record (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in.)

Culture:

Americans  Search this

Anglo-American  Search this

Czech-Americans  Search this

Swedish Americans  Search this

Tohono O'Odham Indians  Search this

Cajuns  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Phonograph records

Place:

United States

Georgia

Atlanta (Ga.)

Tennessee

Memphis (Tenn.)

Texas

San Antonio (Tex.)

Minnesota

Saint Paul (Minn.)

Florida

Belle Glade (Fla.)

Virginia

Galax (Va.)

Dallas (Tex.)

Arizona

Tucson (Ariz.)

New York

New York (N.Y.)

North Carolina

Cherry Lane (N.C.)

Louisiana

New Orleans (La.)

Saint Martinville (La.)

Nashville (Tenn.)

Wisconsin

Fort Worth (Tex.)

Lindale (Tex.)

Opelousas (La.)

Sweden

Date:

1976

Contents:

Kenesaw Mountain rag (Seven Foot Dilly and His Dill Pickles) -- She's got good dry goods (Little Buddy Doyle) -- Green meadow waltz (Adolph Hofner and His Orchestra) -- Polska from Boda / Soldier's Joy (Edwin Johnson Swedish Trio) -- Alabama blues ; Boot that thing (Booker T. Sapps, Roger Matthews and Jesse Flowers) -- Days of '49 (The Bog Trotters) -- Far in the mountain (The Red Headed Fiddlers) -- Warm wipe stomp (Macon Ed and Tampa Joe) -- Aldeline waltz (East Texas Serenaders) -- Waltz (Mike Enis Group) -- The rabbit in the pea patch (Uncle Dave Macon and the Fruit-Jar Drinkers) -- John Henry / Cripple Creek (Paul, Vernon, and Wade Miles) -- Belle of Point Clare (Arteleus Mistric) -- Acadian air (Evangeline Band) -- Old Joe (Nashville Washboard Band)

Track Information:

101 Kenesaw Mountain Rag / John Dilleshaw, Seven Foot Dilly and His Dill Pickles. Guitar,Fiddle,Banjo,Bass. English language.

102 She's Got Good Dry Goods / Little Buddy Doyle. Guitar,Harmonica. English language.

103 Green Meadow Waltz (Louka Zelena) / Adolph Hofner. Guitar,Fiddle,Hawaiian guitar,Piano,Accordion. English language.

104 Polska From Boda/Soldier's Joy / Edwin Johnson Swedish Trio, Edwin W. Johnson. Violin.

105 Alabama Blues / Booker T. Sapps, Willy Flowers, Roger Matthews. Guitar,Harmonica. English language.

106 Boot That Thing / Booker T. Sapps, Willy Flowers, Roger Matthews. Guitar,Harmonica. English language.

107 Days of '49 / Bogtrotters. Guitar,Fiddle,Banjo,Autoharp. English language.

108 Far in the Mountain / Red Headed Fiddlers, A.L. Steeley, J.W. Graham. Fiddle,Banjo. English language.

201 Warm Wipe Stomp / Tampa Joe, W.K. Amoaku. Violin,Bottleneck (Guitar playing). English language.

202 Aldeline Waltz / East Texas Serenaders. Guitar,Banjo,Violin,Violoncello. English language.

203 Waltz / Mike Enis Group, Marvin Enis, Mike Enis. Accordion,Saxophone,Bajo sexto.

204 The Rabbit in the Pea Patch / Uncle Dave Macon & the Fruit-Jar Drinkers, Uncle Dave Macon. Guitar,Fiddle,Banjo. English language.

205 John Henry/Cripple Creek / J. Paul Miles, Vernon Miles, Wade Miles. Guitar,Banjo,Mandolin. English language.

206 Belle of Point Claire / Arteleus Mistric. Harmonica. Cajun French dialect.

207 Acadian Air (Waltz) / Evangeline Band. Cornet,Clarinet,Trombone,Tuba.

208 Old Joe / Nashville Washboard Band. Guitar,Mandolin,Washboard band music,Can.

Local Numbers:

FP-RINZ-LP-0922

Library of Congress.LBC 3

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):

Washington, D.C. Library of Congress 1976

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Recorded in: Nashville (Tenn.), Saint Martinville (La.), New Orleans (La.), Louisiana, Cherry Lane (N.C.), North Carolina, New York (N.Y.), New York, Tucson (Ariz.), Arizona, Dallas (Tex.), Galax (Va.), Virginia, Belle Glade (Fla.), Florida, Saint Paul (Minn.), Minnesota, San Antonio (Tex.), Texas, Memphis (Tenn.), Tennessee, Atlanta (Ga.), Georgia, United States.

General:

"A bicentennial project : Library of Congress, Archive of Folk song"; includes recordings from field and commercial sources. Songs sung in English, Czech or French. Program notes with words of the songs, translations, and bibliographical and discographical sources (7 p.) in container.

Restrictions:

Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.

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.

Topic:

Folk songs -- United States  Search this

String band  Search this

Western swing (Music)  Search this

Fiddle tunes  Search this

Waltz  Search this

Cajun music  Search this

Old-time music  Search this

Guitar  Search this

Violin  Search this

Banjo  Search this

Bass  Search this

Harmonica  Search this

Hawaiian guitar  Search this

Piano  Search this

Accordion  Search this

Violin  Search this

Autoharp  Search this

Bottleneck (Guitar playing)  Search this

Violoncello  Search this

Saxophone  Search this

Bajo sexto  Search this

Mandolin  Search this

Cornet  Search this

Clarinet  Search this

Trombone  Search this

Tuba  Search this

Washboard band music  Search this

Can  Search this

World music -- Sweden  Search this

African Americans  Search this

Collection Citation:

Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.RINZ, Item FP-RINZ-LP-0922

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Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings

Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings / Series 9: Audio / Commercial / LPs

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk52f933b41-c05c-42ac-8c1a-ed46cec2f732

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-rinz-ref5906

Creator:

Target Stores  Search this

Extent:

1 Folder

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1990-1991

Summary:

Documents Target Stores use of disabled models in their advertisements from 1990-1991.

Scope and Contents:

Collection documents Target Stores's pioneering use of featuring disabled models in their advertisements. It consists of seven sales circulars dating from 1990-1991 and is contained in one folder.

Arrangement:

Collection arranged in one series.

Biographical / Historical:

The Dayton Company, founded in 1902 as the Dayton Dry Goods Company by American banker and real estate investor, George Draper Dayton (March 6, 1857-February 18, 1938) opened its first Target store in Roseville, Minnesota on May 1, 1962. The new subsidiary was intended to be a discount store chain as opposed to the family run department store chain of its parent company. Company leadership sought a mass market approach to offering consumers quality merchandise at a good price; family-oriented amenities: wide aisles, accessible displays, swift checkout, improved parking; while serving the cultural, social, and economic needs of the community. In the 1990s, the pioneering spirit of the company furthered its goal of serving a more inclusive consumer base and its commitment to the community by using models with disabilities in its advertisements.

Source: corporatetarget.com

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Elaine Ostroff Universal Design Papers (NMAH.AC1356)

Disability Reference Collection (NMAH.AC.1319)

Provenance:

Immediate source of acquisition unknown.

Restrictions:

Unrestricted research access on site by appointment.

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:

People with disabilities  Search this

Consumers with disabilities  Search this

Disabilities  Search this

advertising  Search this

Fashion merchandising  Search this

Fashion  Search this

Citation:

Target Stores Collection of Fashion Advertising Using Disabled Models, 1990-1991, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0436

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82a6e0849-be68-4972-bb40-26b8aa026a3a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0436

Creator:

Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2015-08-25T15:43:55.000Z

YouTube Category:

Nonprofits & Activism  Search this

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianAnacostia

Data Source:

Anacostia Community Museum

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianAnacostia

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_KKC9VrKo3HQ

Artist:

Thomas Sully, 19 Jun 1783 - 5 Nov 1872  Search this

Sitter:

Margaret Siddons, 1791 - 1868  Search this

Formerly identified as:

Margaret Harbeson Kintzing, 1764 - 1824?  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

91.4cm x 73.6cm (36" x 29"), Estimate

Type:

Painting

Place:

United States\Pennsylvania\Philadelphia\Philadelphia

Date:

1812

Topic:

Nature & Environment\Clouds  Search this

Architecture\Column  Search this

Artist's Effects\Canvas  Search this

Home Furnishings\Curtain  Search this

Margaret Siddons: Female  Search this

Margaret Siddons: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant\Dry goods merchant  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Worcester Art Museum

Object number:

1917.35 WOR

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Catalog of American Portraits

Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44264768a-28d7-40e2-86be-c53d2fa2a280

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_1917.35_WOR

Creator:

Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013  Search this

Names:

American Arab Anti-discrimination Committee  Search this

Arab American Institute  Search this

National Association of Arab Americans  Search this

Syrian Protestant Church  Search this

Naff, Faris  Search this

Naff, Yamna  Search this

Former owner:

Archdioceses of Antiochan Orthodox, Melkites, and Maronites  Search this

Southern Federation of Lebanese Clubs  Search this

Spring Valley (Ill.) Syrian Orthodox Church  Search this

Extent:

120 Cubic feet (295 boxes )

2,000 Photographs

450 Cassette tapes

Culture:

Arab Americans  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Cassette tapes

Advertisements

Audiotapes

Books

Correspondence

Diaries

Journals (accounts)

Newspaper clippings

Oral history

Scrapbooks

Place:

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Cedar Rapids (Iowa)

Dearborn (Mich.)

Detroit (Mich.)

Fort Wayne (Ind.)

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Spring Valley (Ill.)

Date:

1862-2004, undated

Summary:

The collection is the result of research conducted by Dr. Alixa Naff (1920-2013) relating to the study of the early Arab immigrant experience in the United States from about 1880-World War II. The study began with oral history interviews in 1962 and became a major project in 1980 with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It documents the assimilation of Arabic speaking immigrants in the United States.

Scope and Contents:

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

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

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

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged into the eight series created by Alixa Naff.

Series 1, Personal Papers, 1891-2002, undated

Series 2, Photographs, 1890-1996, undated

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

Series 4, Publications, 1862-2000, undated

Series 5, Subject Files, 1888-2000

Series 6, Project Files, 1977-1995

Series 7, Alixa Naff Personal Papers, 1943-1996, undated

Series 8, Audio Visual Materials, 1908-1994, undated

Biographical / Historical:

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

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

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

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

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

Related Materials:

Materials at the National Museum of American History

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

Materials at the Smithsonian Institution

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

Provenance:

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

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

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

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

Rights:

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

Topic:

Associations, institutions -- voluntarism  Search this

Automobile industry workers  Search this

Businessmen -- Arab Americans  Search this

Emigration and immigration  Search this

Emigration and immigration -- Arab Americans  Search this

Ethnic groups -- cultural history  Search this

Naturalization -- Arab Americans -- United States  Search this

Peddlers  Search this

Press -- Arabic language  Search this

Transcripts  Search this

voluntarism -- associations, institutions, etc  Search this

Genre/Form:

Advertisements

Audiotapes

Books

Correspondence -- 19th-20th century

Diaries

Journals (accounts)

Newspaper clippings

Oral history -- Arab Americans

Photographs -- 20th century

Photographs -- 1850-1900

Scrapbooks

Citation:

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

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0078

See more items in:

Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a88907b6-52b1-4275-beca-efb48f9cff4a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0078

Artist:

Murdoch  Search this

Subject:

Carson, Kit  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Exhibition Catalogs

Date:

1876

Topic:

Western  Search this

History--United States--Exploration  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Figure(s) In Exterior--Frontier  Search this

State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this

Control number:

AECI 03070806

Data Source:

Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_aeci_63807

Artist:

Unknown  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Exhibition Catalogs

Date:

1876

Topic:

Occupation--Crime--Brigand  Search this

State of Being--Evil--Violence  Search this

Figure group  Search this

State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this

Control number:

AECI 03070816

Data Source:

Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_aeci_63817

Artist:

Unknown  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Exhibition Catalogs

Date:

1876

Topic:

Occupation--Crime--Brigand  Search this

State of Being--Evil--Violence  Search this

Figure group  Search this

State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this

Control number:

AECI 03070817

Data Source:

Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_aeci_63818

Artist:

Unknown  Search this

Type:

Art works

Exhibition Catalogs

Date:

1876

Topic:

Mythology--Classical--Cupid  Search this

Figure group--Nude  Search this

State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this

Allegory--Passion--Love  Search this

Control number:

AECI 03071713

Data Source:

Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_aeci_64712

Creator:

Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this

Sylestine, Harden  Search this

Extent:

5,400 Items (cards )

4 Boxes

Culture:

Alibamu  Search this

Coushatta (Koasati)  Search this

Alabama Indians  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Dictionaries

Date:

1906-1913

Scope and Contents:

Alabama-English, 2433 typed cards in 2 boxes; English-Alabama, approximately 3000 typed and autograph A. cards in 2 boxes. Includes terms written in pencil and marked "(K)," which may be terms in Koasati. Informants are Harden Sylestine and others.

Swanton's arrangement of the Alabama-English section is generally alphabetical, with many terms grouped together by stesm. The cards have been stamped with consecutive numbers 1-2433, and Swanton's order has been preserved. Cards that had been clipped together now have a second number, beginning with 1 for the first in a clipped group (e.g., if cards 25-27 were found clipped together, they would now be numbered 25-1, 26-2, 27-3).

The Alabama-English section (with sequentially numbered cards) contains utterances identifiable by a following number in parentheses. If the number does not begin with zero, apparently if refers to Swanton's page numbers in his rough field notes (M 4151 "second set"). Numbers beginning with zero seem to refer to the"first set," MS 4151-- Karen Lupardus, August 18, 1978.

Biographical / Historical:

The note by Swanton preceding Alabama-English section reads? "The material marked (H) was furnished by an Alabama Indian, Harden Sylestine, who translated in his own way. His translation is usually preserved lest a mistake be made in altering; the material is to be corrected later. This includes all of my Alabama material except 12 pages of text by native informants and a vocabulary which for the most part duplicates what has been given."

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2435

Place:

Texas Polk County

Other Archival Materials:

Related Collection: Manuscript 4151

Related Collection: Manuscript 7360

Related Collection: Manuscript 7361

Topic:

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this

Genre/Form:

Dictionaries

Citation:

Manuscript 2435, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS2435

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a7cf5734-ebaa-4e0c-82f2-e8a0b15d0fe6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2435

User:

Lou Slade  Search this

Mary Slade  Search this

Medium:

paper; ink

Type:

Archival Material

Place:

Missouri

Date:

c. 1909

Object number:

2009.2033.1.1.1

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm847a79dc0-2c75-43a7-a0b3-1b7980cd138a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_2009.2033.1.1.1

Landscape architect:

Smith, Sibley Coslett  Search this

Former owner:

Smith, Silas O., 1783 or 4-1863  Search this

Willard, Ernest R.  Search this

Willard, Mary L.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Woodside (Rochester, New York)

United States of America -- New York -- Monroe County -- Rochester

Scope and Contents:

The folders include worksheets, photocopies of articles about the house and garden, photocopies of Sibley C. Smith's designs and sketches, and additional information about the property.

General:

Woodside was originally built around 1838 in the Greek Revival style by Silas O. Smith, a dry-goods merchant.. Landscape architect Sibley Coslett Smith, whose parents lived next door (but were not related to Silas O. Smith), designed a garden for the property about 1917, when it was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest R. Willard. After years of neglect the garden was restored in 1978 according to the original blueprints and sketches. The restoration featured crabapple, lilac, hollies, and perennials as well as structural details such as a gazebo and tuteurs. An island in the driveway was planted with ferns, Japanese maple, and dwarf Scotch pines. Woodside was for many years the home of the Rochester Historical Society, but was sold around 2009 and returned to private ownership.

Persons associated with the site include Sibley Coslett Smith (landscape architect, 1917), Silas O. Smith (former owner, ca. 1838), and Ernest R. and Mary L. Willard (former owners, 1917).

Related Materials:

Woodside related holdings consist of 2 folders (1 glass negative; 2 slides (photographs))

See others in:

Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection, 1900-1966.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- New York -- Rochester  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File NY254

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New York

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb67dd09778-44fd-4da5-b6a5-74c68781afc1

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref27041

Creator:

Walinska, Anna  Search this

Names:

Guild Art Gallery  Search this

Avery, Milton, 1885-1965  Search this

Beata, Welsing  Search this

Hacohen, Bracha  Search this

Littlefield, William Horace, 1902-1969  Search this

Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988  Search this

Walinsky, Louis Joseph, 1908-2001  Search this

Extent:

2.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Interviews

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Transcripts

Travel diaries

Place:

Europe -- description and travel

Israel -- Description and Travel

Date:

1927-2002

bulk 1935-1980

Summary:

The papers of New York-based painter, teacher and art director Anna Walinska measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1927 to 2002, with the bulk of material from 1935 to 1980. The papers include biographical material, correspondence, writings, travel diaries, printed material, scrapbooks, artwork, sketchbooks, and photographs.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of New York-based painter, teacher and art director Anna Walinska measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1927 to 2002, with the bulk of material from 1935 to 1980. The papers include biographical material, correspondence, writings, travel diaries, printed material, scrapbooks, artwork, sketchbooks, and photographs.

Biographical material consists of awards, certificates, curriculum vitae, biographical outlines, exhibition lists, passports and other material. There is a partial transcript from a radio interview of Anna Walinska. Also included are limited financial records.

Correspondence includes Anna Walinska's letters to her family from her 1954-1955 trip abroad to multiple countries in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. There is personal and professional correspondence with friends, artists and art institutions. Notable correspondents include Milton Avery, Louise Nevelson, Beata Welsing, Bracha Hacohen, William Littlefield, and Walinska's brother Louis Walinsky.

Writings consist of Walinska's notes, notebooks, lectures, essays, and a handwritten prospectus for Guild Art Gallery. There is one folder of writings by others about Walinska at the end of the series. There are four travel diaries that describe Walinska's trip around the world from 1954-1955, during which she traveled to many countries, and later trips to locations such as Israel and Trinidad.

Printed Material include clippings about Anna Walinska, group and solo exhibition catalogs, announcements, event invitations, and course catalogs for the Master Institute of United Art in New York City, where Walinska taught painting and drawing classes.

There are three scrapbooks: one scrapbook is about Guild Art Gallery, the second scrapbook is about the Holocaust exhibition, the third oversized scrapbook documents Walinska's career and activities overall.

Artwork consists of two bound sketchbooks as well as drawings and sketches in a variety of mediums from pencil and ink to watercolors and oils.

Photographs are of Walinska, friends, family, artists, artwork, exhibition installations, and other subjects. One album includes photos of Anna Walinska and her travels, along with images of friends and colleagues. The second album includes photographs of Walinska's solo exhibition at Sunken Meadow Gallery (1959). There is also one folder of photocopies of photos of assorted artwork by Walinska.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 8 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1927-2002 (Box 1; 11 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1949-1995 (Box 1; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1935-circa 1983 (Box 1; 8 folders)

Series 4: Travel Diaries, 1954-1973 (Box 1; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1942-2002 (Boxes 1-2; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 6: Scrapbooks, circa 1929-1980 (Boxes 2, 4; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 7: Artwork, circa 1929-1963 (Box 3; 5 folders)

Series 8: Photographs, circa 1932-1980 (Box 3; 0.3 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Anna Walinska (1906-1997) was a New York artist, teacher and gallery director who traveled widely and is most well known for her paintings related to the subject of the Holocaust.

Anna Walinska was born in London, England in 1906 to labor organization leader Ossip Walinsky and poet Rosa Newman Walinska. She had two siblings, Emily and Louis. The family immigrated to New York City in 1914, and Anna Walinska began studying at the Art Students League in 1918. In 1926, she travelled to Paris and studied art at the Academie de Grande Chaumier with Andre L'Hote. France was her primary residence until 1930.

In 1935, Walinska and artist Margaret Lefranc co-founded the Guild Art Gallery at West 57th Street in New York and gave Arshile Gorky his first solo exhibition in the city. The gallery closed its doors in 1937. In 1939, Walinska was the Assistant Creative Director of the Contemporary Art Pavilion at the New York World's Fair. During this time, Walinska also pursued her own art and exhibited work in numerous group shows.

From 1954 to 1955, Walinska traveled around the world, visiting the capitals and major cities of many countries in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Places she went included Japan, Burma (now known as Myanmar), Pakistan, Greece, Italy, France and Spain. During her four month stay in Burma, she painted a portrait of Prime Minister U Nu and she later became a highly respected portrait artist who painted numerous illustrious subjects such as First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, artists Louise Nevelson and Mark Rothko, and many others.

In 1957, Walinska became the artist-in-residence at the Riverside Museum where she also taught and exhibited with other artists. That same year, she had her first retrospective at the Jewish Museum in New York City.

Walinska exhibited widely and often. Holocaust: Paintings and Drawings, 1953-1978, which opened at the Museum of Religious Art at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, is probably the most well-known of her exhibitions and it traveled across the country to several other sites such as the War Memorial Building in Baltimore and Mercy College of Detroit. Works from this exhibition were acquired by multiple museums to become part of their permanent collections.

Walinkska died on December 19, 1997 at the age of 91 in New York City. In 1999, there was a retrospective of her work titled Echoes of the Holocaust: Paintings, Drawings, and Collage, 1940-1989 held at Clark University's Center for Holocaust Studies. The Onisaburo Gallery at New York's Interfaith Center also held a solo exhibition titled Portraits of Faith (2000). Her art is part of the collections at the Denver Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery, National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Rose Art Museum, and other museums.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also has the Guild Art Gallery records, which consists of material related to the gallery that was co-founded by Anna Walinska.

Provenance:

The papers were donated by Anna Walinska in two installations in 1976 and 1981. Rosina Rubin, Anna Walinska's niece, made a third donation of material in 2017.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Gallery directors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

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

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

Topic:

Drawing--Study and teaching  Search this

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art  Search this

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

Asia--Description and travel  Search this

Middle East--Description and travel  Search this

Trinidad and Tobago--Description and travel  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Interviews

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Transcripts

Travel diaries

Citation:

Anna Walinska papers, 1927-2002, bulk 1935-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by Rosina Rubin.

Identifier:

AAA.walianna

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Anna Walinska papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9995d1f6a-668f-4e1e-8abe-bb24edfb016b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-walianna

Creator:

Omata, Hiroko  Search this

Extent:

1 Cubic foot (1 box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Genealogical tables

Genealogies

Date:

ca. 1900-2006.

Summary:

The collection documents family history in Japan and in America and consists of photographs, documents and genealogical charts. There are also original audio recordings of Japanese poetry recitations and a transcript of an oral history interview relating to the internment of Japanese Americans.

Scope and Contents note:

This collection consists of genealogical and historical information about the Kamikawa, Omata, and Matsumoto families and their descendants compiled by Hiroko Kamikawa Omata. The materials include ancestry charts, copies of photographs, letters, interviews, and copies of official documents such as diplomas, naturalization papers, as well as announcements regarding the internment of Japanese-American citizens during World War II. The collection was arranged by the donor, and the Archives Center has maintained this arrangement. All dates in this collection refer to the original creation date of the collected materials. The family papers were originally amassed in 2004 and were edited in 2006.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: Kamikawa, Omata and Matsumoto Families Papers, 1850-2006, undated

Series 2: Oral History Interview, 2004

Biographical/Historical note:

: Four Kamikawa brothers, Riichi, Mitsuiji, Masuichi and Koichi, emigrated from Japan to Fresno, California, just before the turn of the twentieth century. They married and started a merchant business, Kamikawa Brothers, which operated in Fresno, Selma, San Francisco and Del Rey, California, and in Japan. The brothers expanded the business to include banking, a hotel, grocery, restaurant, public bath, vineyard and other enterprises. During World War II, family members were interned at a camp in Arkansas. After the war many settled in New Jersey and Maryland.

Members of the Omata family -- a brother, George, and two sisters, also immigrated to California in the 1890s, though the sisters eventually returned to Japan. George established grocery and dry good stores in Hanford, California, and was successful in securing day laborers for community businesses. George's son, Robert, married Hiroko, the daughter of Masuichi Kamikawa, in 1948. Some members of the Omata family also were interned, and they too eventually settled on the East Coast.

The Matsumoto family was a well-to-do family in Japan. They were involved in the production of fertilizer and steel. Katsu (Kazu) Masimoto was the wife of Masuichi Kamikawa, and mother of Hiroko Kamikawa Omata.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

Bishop Mitsumyo Tottori Memorial Notebooks (NMAH.AC.0926)

Japanese American Documentary Collection (NMAH.AC.0305)

Gerald Lamboley Collection of Japanese-American Letters (NMAH.AC.0450)

Catherine Hann Papers (NMAH.AC.0921)

Juanita Tamayo Lott Filipino American Photographs and Papers (NMAH.AC.0925)

Provenance:

Collection donated by Hiroko Omata, 2006.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research and access on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

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:

Merchants -- 20th century  Search this

Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment -- 1942-1945  Search this

Japanese American families -- Photographs  Search this

Japanese American families  Search this

Immigrants  Search this

Genre/Form:

Genealogical tables

Genealogies

Citation:

Kamikawa and Omata Family Papers, circa 1900-2006, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0924

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Kamikawa and Omata Family Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c1938ba6-f7f7-4a6c-b78d-e19c978f9e18

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0924

Collection Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Container:

Box 51, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Collection Citation:

Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.

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Charles Lang Freer Papers

Charles Lang Freer Papers / Series 2: Correspondence / 2.2: Charles Lang Freer Letterpress Books, 1892-1910

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3f6471071-2585-4b50-b90a-73e1917dcd71

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-01-ref668

Collection Creator:

Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922  Search this

Beals, Jessie Tarbox  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Binder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

January 1-February 28, 1907

Collection Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Early Aeronautical Newsclippings (Alexander Graham Bell) Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0086, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

See more items in:

Early Aeronautical News Clippings (Alexander Graham Bell) Collection

Early Aeronautical News Clippings (Alexander Graham Bell) Collection / Series 1: Scrapbooks

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg21fbb2c2d-8ffe-4a18-aab8-55f47c2aeba5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-0086-ref508