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Making Americans stories of historic struggles, new ideas, and inspiration in immigrant education Jessica Lander

Author:
Lander, Jessica 1987-  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (x, 363 pages)
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
United States
Date:
2022
Topic:
Immigrant students--Education  Search this
Education--Demographic aspects  Search this
Assimilation (Sociology)  Search this
Immigrants--Social conditions  Search this
Call number:
LC3731 .L338 2022 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
1-user
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1161043

prop, political

Physical Description:
homemade (overall production method/technique)
foam board (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 23 1/2 in x 40 in; 59.69 cm x 101.6 cm
Object Name:
prop, political
Associated Place:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Date made:
ca 2018
Associated Date:
March 5, 2018
Subject:
Protest and Civil Disobedience  Search this
Immigration  Search this
ID Number:
2018.0073.16
Accession number:
2018.0073
Catalog number:
2018.0073.16
See more items in:
Political and Military History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection
Government, Politics, and Reform
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-b2a2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1888672
Online Media:

Report of Student Achievement and Effort

Maker:
Francisco I. Madero Middle School  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
folded; printed (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
overall: 10 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 26.035 cm x 13.97 cm
Object Name:
card, report
Place made:
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Associated Place:
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Date made:
1997
Subject:
Immigrants  Search this
Education  Search this
Education, elementary  Search this
Children  Search this
Girls  Search this
Women's History  Search this
ID Number:
2018.0157.04
Accession number:
2018.0157
Catalog number:
2018.0157.04
See more items in:
Political and Military History: Political History, Civil Rights Collection
Government, Politics, and Reform
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-e717-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1890336
Online Media:

Report of Student Achievement and Effort

Maker:
Francisco I. Madero Middle School  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
printed (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
overall: 10 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 26.035 cm x 13.97 cm
Object Name:
Report of Student Achievement and Effort
card, report
Place made:
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Associated Place:
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Date made:
1998
Subject:
Immigrants  Search this
Immigration  Search this
Education  Search this
Education, elementary  Search this
Girls  Search this
Women's History  Search this
Children  Search this
ID Number:
2018.0157.05
Accession number:
2018.0157
Catalog number:
2018.0157.05
See more items in:
Political and Military History: Political History, Civil Rights Collection
Government, Politics, and Reform
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-e1de-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1890337
Online Media:

High School Report of Student Prog

Maker:
Farragut Career Academy  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
printed (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
overall: 4 1/4 in x 5 1/4 in; 10.795 cm x 13.335 cm
Object Name:
card, report
Place made:
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Associated Place:
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Date made:
2002-02
2002-02 February
Subject:
Immigrants  Search this
Immigration  Search this
Children  Search this
Girls  Search this
Education  Search this
Education, High School  Search this
Women's History  Search this
ID Number:
2018.0157.06
Accession number:
2018.0157
Catalog number:
2018.0157.06
See more items in:
Political and Military History: Political History, Civil Rights Collection
Government, Politics, and Reform
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-e528-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1890338

High School Report of Student Progress

Maker:
Farragut Career Academy  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
printed (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
overall: 8 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 13.97 cm
Object Name:
card, report
Place made:
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Associated Place:
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Date made:
2003-06
Subject:
Immigrants  Search this
Immigration  Search this
Education  Search this
Education, High School  Search this
Girls  Search this
Women's History  Search this
ID Number:
2018.0157.07
Accession number:
2018.0157
Catalog number:
2018.0157.07
See more items in:
Political and Military History: Political History, Civil Rights Collection
Government, Politics, and Reform
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-e4c4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1890339

Festival Recordings: Community Talk: Work Experience Stories; Passing on Culture; Cultural Bridging; Promoting Arts

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. African Immigrant Program 1997 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Lee, Bryan (recorder)  Search this
Rust, William (recorder)  Search this
Performer:
Guey, Adiaratou  Search this
Kouyate, Djimo  Search this
Buchanan, Basil  Search this
Macharia, Kanuthia  Search this
Kebede, Hermela  Search this
Mekuria, Raheal  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Gambia
Senegal
Ethiopia
Date:
1997 June 25
Track Information:
101 Work Experience Stories / Guey Adiaratou.

102 Passing On Culture / Djimo Kouyate. Kora.

103 Cultural Bridging / Basil Buchanan, Kanuthia Macharia.

104 Promoting Traditional Arts / Hermela Kebede, Raheal Mekuria.
Local Numbers:
FP-1997-CT-0258-7
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 25, 1997.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. SI Permission.
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:
Oral history  Search this
Kora (Musical instrument)  Search this
Work  Search this
occupational folklore  Search this
Genealogy  Search this
Cultural conservation  Search this
Emigration and immigration  Search this
Community  Search this
Griots  Search this
Rastafari movement  Search this
Copts  Search this
Food habits  Search this
Local history  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1997, Item FP-1997-CT-0258
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife / Series 2: African Immigrant Folklife / 2.3: Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5a86d2e41-8458-40cf-a63c-36d6cf98ec25
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1997-ref621

Festival Recordings: Narrative Stage: History and Styles of Morna; Guitar and Cavaquinho Styles; Planning for a Feast

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Cape Verde Program 1995 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Recorder:
Sutch, John  Search this
Performer:
Moacyr, Gabriel  Search this
Gonçalves, Manuel Nacimento  Search this
Mendes, Ramiro  Search this
Rodrigues, Américo  Search this
da Rosa, Casimiro Santos  Search this
Alves, Joaquim  Search this
Rodrigues, Antonio Moniz  Search this
Perry, Cleofas  Search this
Andrade, Dulce  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Cape Verdeans  Search this
Americans  Search this
Cape Verdean Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Cape Verde
Sô Vicente Island (Cape Verde)
Brockton (Mass.)
Massachusetts
Fogo (Cape Verde)
Santiago (Cape Verde)
Rhode Island
Brava (Cape Verde)
Pawtucket (R.I.)
Date:
1995 June 23
Track Information:
101 History and Styles of Morna / Gabriel Moacyr, Manuel Nacimento Gonçalves, Ramiro Mendes. Guitar.

102 Guitar and Cavaquinho Styles / Américo Rodrigues, Casimiro Santos da Rosa, Joaquim Alves. Guitar,Cavaquinho.

103 Planning for a Feast / Antonio Moniz Rodrigues, Cleofas Perry, Dulce Andrade.
Local Numbers:
FP-1995-CT-0322
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 23, 1995.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Morna  Search this
Mazurkas  Search this
World music  Search this
Caraquinho  Search this
Oral history  Search this
Guitar  Search this
Cavaquinho  Search this
language  Search this
Emigration and immigration  Search this
Colonization  Search this
Fasts and feasts  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1995, Item FP-1995-CT-0322
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife / Series 2: The Cape Verdean Connection / 2.3: Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk52493ba4f-e2f6-4fd0-8755-ecc4e94ac7a8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1995-ref580

Festival Recordings: Narrative Stage: Women in Crafts; Cape Verdean Immigration; Cape Verdean Communities

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Cape Verde Program 1995 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Okubo, Stephanie (recorder)  Search this
Place, Janet L. (recorder)  Search this
Performer:
Lopes, Adelina Pina  Search this
da Moura, Domingas  Search this
Brito, Maria Maria Paulo de  Search this
Perry, Cleofas  Search this
Andrade, Dulce  Search this
Gonçalves, Manuel Nacimento  Search this
Mendes, Ramiro  Search this
Smart, Yvonne  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Cape Verdeans  Search this
Americans  Search this
Cape Verdean Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Cape Verde
Santiago (Cape Verde)
Brava (Cape Verde)
Rhode Island
Pawtucket (R.I.)
Providence (R.I.)
Massachusetts
Brockton (Mass.)
Date:
1995 June 25
Track Information:
101 Women in Crafts / Adelina Pina Lopes, Domingas da Moura, Maria Maria Paulo de Brito.

102 Cape Verdean Immigration / Cleofas Perry, Dulce Andrade.

103 Cape Verdean Communities / Manuel Nacimento Gonçalves, Ramiro Mendes, Yvonne Smart.
Local Numbers:
FP-1995-CT-0330
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 25, 1995.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Oral history  Search this
Basket making  Search this
Food habits  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Crocheting  Search this
Maritime  Search this
Gender  Search this
Emigration and immigration  Search this
Whaling  Search this
Immigrant communities  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1995, Item FP-1995-CT-0330
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife / Series 2: The Cape Verdean Connection / 2.3: Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5dc4c875b-fdf0-42c0-8ed3-623e19c20891
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1995-ref588

Festival Recordings: Narrative Stage: Instrument Making; Funana and Coladeira: Social Comm.; Morna History and Styles

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Cape Verde Program 1995 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Dye, Craig (recorder)  Search this
Performer:
Pires, Ivo  Search this
Fonseca, João Baptista  Search this
Lopes, Manuel de Jesus  Search this
Ramos, Simão  Search this
Lopes, Simão  Search this
Costa, Malaquias Antonio  Search this
Gonçalves, Manuel Nacimento  Search this
Brito, Protazio  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Cape Verdeans  Search this
Americans  Search this
Cape Verdean Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Massachusetts
Sô Vicente Island (Cape Verde)
Brockton (Mass.)
Cape Verde
Santiago (Cape Verde)
New Bedford (Mass.)
Date:
1995 June 27
Track Information:
101 Musical Instrument Makers / Ivo Pires, João Baptista Fonseca. Violin,Guitar.

102 Funana and Coladeira: Social Commentary / Manuel de Jesus Lopes, Simão Ramos, Simão Lopes. Guitar,Gaita,Accordion,Ferriño,Iron bar.

103 History and Styles of Morna / Malaquias Antonio Costa, Manuel Nacimento Gonçalves, Protazio Brito. Violin,Guitar,Cavaquinho,Ukulele.
Local Numbers:
FP-1995-CT-0335
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 27, 1995.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Oral history  Search this
Coladeira  Search this
Funana (Music) -- Cape Verde  Search this
World music  Search this
Political ballads and songs  Search this
Morna  Search this
Violin  Search this
Guitar  Search this
Gaita  Search this
Accordion  Search this
Ferriǫ  Search this
Iron bar  Search this
Cavaquinho  Search this
Ukulele  Search this
Musical instruments -- Construction  Search this
Musical instruments  Search this
Emigration and immigration  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1995, Item FP-1995-CT-0335
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife / Series 2: The Cape Verdean Connection / 2.3: Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk55dd71f6b-2126-44c6-adee-33264cd8c733
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1995-ref593

Festival Recordings: Narrative Stage: Cape Verdean Immigration; Guitar and Cavaquinho Styles

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Cape Verde Program 1995 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Gilson, Andrew (recorder)  Search this
Hirschfield, Don (recorder)  Search this
Performer:
Lopes, Manuel de Jesus  Search this
DaSilva, Maria Ressurreicao  Search this
Gonsalves, Virginia  Search this
da Graca, Alcides  Search this
Gonçalves, Manuel Nacimento  Search this
Mendes, Ramiro  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Cape Verdeans  Search this
Americans  Search this
Cape Verdean Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Cape Verde
Sô Vicente Island (Cape Verde)
Rhode Island
Brava (Cape Verde)
Massachusetts
Date:
1995 July 4
Track Information:
101 Cape Verdean Immigration / Manuel de Jesus Lopes, Maria Ressurreicao DaSilva, Virginia Gonsalves.

102 Guitar and Cavaquinho Styles / Alcides da Graca, Manuel Nacimento Gonçalves, Ramiro Mendes. Guitar,Cavaquinho,Ukulele.
Local Numbers:
FP-1995-CT-0352
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 4, 1995.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Oral history  Search this
Coladeira  Search this
World music  Search this
Guitar  Search this
Cavaquinho  Search this
Ukulele  Search this
Immigrant communities  Search this
Maritime  Search this
Emigration and immigration  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1995, Item FP-1995-CT-0352
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife / Series 2: The Cape Verdean Connection / 2.3: Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5591e8e78-df18-4e98-bab6-8c2cae51e7fd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1995-ref610

Festival Recordings: Hawaiian Narrative: Celebrations in Hawaii; Plantation Life; Journeys to Hawaii

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Hawaii Program 1989 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Recorder:
Rosenberg, Rennae  Search this
Green, Sharman  Search this
Performer:
Kāne, Ray, 1925-2008  Search this
Kahoonei, Sidney  Search this
Hu'eu, James Keolaokalani, 1914-2002  Search this
Tasaka, Kenichi  Search this
Martines, Manuel  Search this
Nunes, Keone  Search this
Nogelmeier, Puakea  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Americans  Search this
Hawaiians  Search this
Portuguese  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Hawaii
Waianae (Hawaii)
Haiku (Hawaii)
Hanalei (Hawaii)
Date:
1989 June 24
Track Information:
101 Celebrations in Hawaii / Ray Kane, Sidney Kahoonei. Ukulele,Slack key (Guitar playing).

102 Plantation Life / James Keolaokalani Hu'eu, Kenichi Tasaka, Manuel Martines.

103 Journeys to Hawaii / Keone Nunes, Puakea Nogelmeier.
Local Numbers:
FP-1989-CT-0242
General:
Celebrations In Hawaii", Raymond Kane, Sidney Kahoonei; "Plantation Life", Kenichi Tasaka, Manuel Martines, James Keolaokalani Hueu; "Journeys To Hawaii", Pukea Nogelmeister, Keone Nunes
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 24, 1989.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Slack key (Guitar playing)  Search this
Music -- Hawaii  Search this
Oral history  Search this
Ukulele  Search this
Paniolos  Search this
Agriculture  Search this
Plantations  Search this
Local history  Search this
Emigration and immigration  Search this
Migration  Search this
Sandals  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1989, Item FP-1989-CT-0242
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife / Series 5: Hawai'i / Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk50a0185d1-ad6c-4b79-be29-9d3782369e21
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1989-ref718

Festival Recordings: Hawaiian Narrative: Plantation Life; Hawaiian Language; Slack Key Guitar

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Hawaii Program 1989 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Recorder:
Herold, Ruth  Search this
Holt, Alexander  Search this
Performer:
Hu'eu, James Keolaokalani, 1914-2002  Search this
Tasaka, Kenichi  Search this
Reyno, Leodegario, 1923-  Search this
Kanahele, Elama, 1955-  Search this
Kaikaina, Minnette C. Hokulani, 1960-  Search this
Nogelmeier, Puakea  Search this
Kāne, Ray, 1925-2008  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Americans  Search this
Hawaiians  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Hawaii
Hanalei (Hawaii)
Waianae (Hawaii)
Date:
1989 June 26
Track Information:
101 Plantation Life / James Keolaokalani Hu'eu, Kenichi Tasaka, Leodegario Reyno.

103 Hawaiian Language / Elama Kanahele, Minnette C. Hokulani Kaikaina, Puakea Nogelmeier.

102 Slack Key Guitar / Ray Kane. Slack key (Guitar playing).
Local Numbers:
FP-1989-CT-0249
General:
2 of 4
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 26, 1989.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Oral history  Search this
Music -- Hawaii  Search this
Slack key (Guitar playing)  Search this
Emigration and immigration  Search this
Agriculture  Search this
Labor  Search this
Plantations  Search this
language  Search this
Weaving  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1989, Item FP-1989-CT-0249
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife / Series 5: Hawai'i / Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5e494f042-8d53-4a11-b0a3-01eb3b4c9e45
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1989-ref725

Festival Recordings: Hawaiian Narrative: Hawaiian Language; Stringed Instrument Workshop; Okinawans in Hawaii

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Hawaii Program 1989 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Recorder:
Herold, Ruth  Search this
Holt, Alexander  Search this
Performer:
Kanahele, Elama, 1955-  Search this
Kaikaina, Minnette C. Hokulani, 1960-  Search this
Nogelmeier, Puakea  Search this
Isaacs, Barney  Search this
Camarillo, George O., Jr., 1959-  Search this
Kāne, Ray, 1925-2008  Search this
Nakasone, Harry Seisho  Search this
Maeda, James, 1935-  Search this
Hokama, Kay Kimie, 1922-  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Americans  Search this
Hawaiians  Search this
Ryukyuans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Hawaii
Honolulu (Hawaii)
Date:
1989 June 26
Track Information:
101 Hawaiian Language / Elama Kanahele, Minnette C. Hokulani Kaikaina, Puakea Nogelmeier. English language,Hawaiian language.

102 Stringed Instrument Workshop / Barney Isaacs, George O., Jr. Camarillo, Ray KaÕone. Hawaiian guitar,Slack key (Guitar playing),Bandurria,Cuatro. English language.

103 Okinawans in Hawaii / Harry Seisho Nakasone, James Maeda, Kay Kimie Hokama. Shansin. English language.
Local Numbers:
FP-1989-CT-0250
General:
"Hawaiian Language", Puakea Nogelmeister, Hokulani Kaikaina, Elama Kanahele, Nani Kauai Keamoai; "Stringed Instrument Workshop", Barney Isaacs, Raymond Kane, Julio Rodrigues Jr., George Camarillo Jr.;"Okinawans In Hawaii",Kay Hokama,Jimmy Maeda,Harry
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 26, 1989.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Oral history  Search this
Music -- Hawaii  Search this
Hawaiian guitar  Search this
Slack key (Guitar playing)  Search this
Bandura  Search this
Cuatro  Search this
Shansin  Search this
language  Search this
Emigration and immigration  Search this
Community  Search this
Food habits  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1989, Item FP-1989-CT-0250
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife / Series 5: Hawai'i / Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk54468158b-a066-4aca-83cc-acf24040af05
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1989-ref726

Festival Recordings: Hawaiian Narrative: Samoans in Hawaii; Hawaiian Heritage Awards Recipients; Herbal Healing

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Hawaii Program 1989 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Green, Sharman (recorder)  Search this
Naughton, Momi  Search this
Artist:
Mane, Gloria, 1963-  Search this
Sala, Pita, 1941-  Search this
Zuttermeister, Emily Kauʻi  Search this
Kalama, Meali'I, 1909-1992  Search this
Auwae, Henry A., 1911-2000  Search this
Ma'afala, Lusia, 1933-  Search this
Kennedy, Richard S.  Search this
Sproat, Clyde Halemaʻumaʻu, 1930-2008  Search this
Kāne, Ray, 1925-2008  Search this
Hawes, Bess Lomax, 1921-2009  Search this
Performer:
Mane, Gloria, 1963-  Search this
Sala, Pita, 1941-  Search this
Zuttermeister, Emily Kauʻi  Search this
Kalama, Meali'I, 1909-1992  Search this
Auwae, Henry A., 1911-2000  Search this
Ma'afala, Lusia, 1933-  Search this
Kennedy, Richard S.  Search this
Sproat, Clyde Halemaʻumaʻu, 1930-2008  Search this
Hawes, Bess Lomax, 1921-2009  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Americans  Search this
Hawaiians  Search this
Samoan Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Hawaii
Honolulu (Hawaii)
Samoa
Date:
1989 June 27
Track Information:
101 Samoans in Hawaii / Gloria Mane, Pita Sala.

102 Hawaiian Heritage Awards Recipients / Emily Kau'i Zuttermeister, Meali'I Kalama, Ray Kane, Richard S. Kennedy, Clyde Halema`uma`u, Sproat, Bess Lomax Hawes. Slack key (Guitar playing),Ukulele.

103 Herbal Healing / Henry A. Auwae, Lusia Ma'afala, Momi Naughton.
Local Numbers:
FP-1989-CT-0252
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 27, 1989.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Oral history  Search this
Slack key (Guitar playing)  Search this
Ukulele  Search this
Food habits  Search this
Diet  Search this
Emigration and immigration  Search this
Awards  Search this
Hula (Dance)  Search this
Quilting  Search this
Okra  Search this
Natural resources  Search this
Horticulture  Search this
Herbs -- Theraputic use  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1989, Item FP-1989-CT-0252
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife / Series 5: Hawai'i / Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk50221feaa-d6af-4b7a-b700-fdb07bc955d8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1989-ref728

Festival Recordings: Hawaiian Narrative: Plantation Life; Journeys to Hawaii; Guitar Styles Workshop

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Hawaii Program 1989 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Jones, Green (recorder)  Search this
Performer:
Hu'eu, James Keolaokalani, 1914-2002  Search this
Tasaka, Kenichi  Search this
Reyno, Leodegario, 1923-  Search this
Lum, Clement, 1945-  Search this
Carvalho, Mary L., 1914-2003  Search this
Camarillo, George O., Jr., 1959-  Search this
Rodrigues, Julio, Jr.  Search this
Kāne, Ray, 1925-2008  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Americans  Search this
Hawaiians  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Hawaii
China
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Date:
1989 July 1
Track Information:
101 Plantation Life / James Keolaokalani Hu'eu, Kenichi Tasaka, Leodegario Reyno.

102 Journeys to Hawaii / Clement Lum, Mary L. Carvalho.

103 Guitar Styles Workshop / George O., Jr. Camarillo, Julio, Jr. Rodrigues, Ray KaÕone. Cuatro,Slack key (Guitar playing).
Local Numbers:
FP-1989-CT-0265
General:
"Plantation Life", Leodegario Reyno, Kenichi Tasaka, James Hueu; "Journeys To Hawaii", Mary Carvalho, Clement Lum; "Guitar Styles Workshop", Raymond Kane, Julio Rodrigues, George Camarillo Jr., Elodia Kane
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 1, 1989.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Oral history  Search this
Music -- Hawaii  Search this
Slack key (Guitar playing)  Search this
Cuatro  Search this
Labor  Search this
Agriculture  Search this
Migrant workers  Search this
Plantations  Search this
customs  Search this
Food habits  Search this
Lion dance  Search this
Emigration and immigration  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1989, Item FP-1989-CT-0265
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife / Series 5: Hawai'i / Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5b5b8cc1d-b243-47da-9742-2d323ee34275
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1989-ref741

Black Jews, Jews, and other heroes how grassroots activism led to the rescue of the Ethiopian Jews Howard M. Lenhoff

Author:
Lenhoff, Howard M  Search this
Author:
Weaver, Jerry L  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 324 pages illustrations (some color), map 22 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Ethiopia
Israel
Éthiopie
Israël
Sudan
Falascha
Date:
2007
Topic:
Jews--History  Search this
Operation Moses, 1984-1985  Search this
Operation Solomon, 1991  Search this
Jews, Ethiopian  Search this
Juifs--Histoire  Search this
Opération Moïse, 1984-1985  Search this
Opération Salomon, 1991  Search this
Falacha  Search this
Emigration and immigration  Search this
Ethnic relations  Search this
Jews  Search this
Evakuierung  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153704

Sikh challenges in North America past, present, future Amrik Singh Chattha

Author:
Chattha, Amrik Singh  Search this
Physical description:
217 pages illustrations, portraits 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2022
Topic:
Sikhs--Social conditions  Search this
Sikhism  Search this
Sikhs--Cultural assimilation  Search this
South Asian Americans  Search this
East Indian Americans  Search this
Immigrants  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1158878

Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection

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
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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
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Mike Grgich Papers

Creator:
Grgich Hills Cellar (California)  Search this
Grgich, Mike (Miljenko)  Search this
Chateau Montelena (California)  Search this
Extent:
4.3 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Immigration records
Photographs
Business records
Publications
Correspondence
Place:
Napa Valley (Calif.)
Croatia
Date:
1923-2013
bulk 1950-2008
Summary:
Papers of a Croatian-born California winemaker documenting his career in the California wine industry since 1958, especially his years at Chateau Montelena winery (1972-1977) and the subsequent creation of the Grgich Hills Cellar winery (1977- ). There also are records of Grgich's immigration journey and materials about the evolution of the California wine industry. The papers include correspondence, business records, handwritten notes, publications, and a few photographs.
Scope and Contents:
The Mike Grgich Papers document his career in the California wine industry, especially his years at Chateau Montelena winery (1972-1977) and the subsequent creation of the Grgich Hills Cellars winery. There also are records of Grgich's immigration journey and materials about the evolution of the California wine industry. The papers include correspondence, business records, publications, handwritten notes, and a few photographs. Although the collection covers Grgich's life from young adulthood into the twenty-first century, the record is fragmentary, especially for the early years after his arrival in California in 1958.

The Grgich papers had no overall filing system when they were donated. The largest body of materials consists of personal files, arranged by the processing archivist into chronological and subject (topical) sub-series respecting, when possible, the original order of materials. Groups of materials directly related to Chateau Montelena and Grgich Cellars have been kept together but divided into chronological files and subject files. Publications constitute the fourth series. Further information on the organization of the collection is found below in the "System of Arrangement" note.

A single folder of photographs in Subseries 2 of Series 1 includes several snapshots of Grgich in a winery, two group photographs (likely of classes at the University of California-Davis), and several publicity shots. A few additional photographs are found in the Chateau Montelena publicity files and scattered elsewhere within the collection.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into four series.

Series 1, Personal Files, 1950-2006, undated

Subseries 1, Chronological Files, 1954-1992, undated

Subseries 2, Subject Files, 1950-2006, undated

Series 2, Chateau Montelena, 1972-1978, undated

Subseries 1, Chronological Files, 1972-1977, undated

Subseries 2, Subject Files, 1973-1978, undated

Series 3, Grgich Hills Cellars, 1976-2008, undated

Series 4, Publications, 1923, 1959-1996, undated

The Grgich papers were found in packing cartons in his garage and an adjacent storage area in his home in Calistoga, California. Mike Grgich had recently moved to the home. The papers had no discernible overall filing system. Papers found together in folders, mailing envelopes, and other enclosures have been kept together when they constituted a meaningful grouping. Grgich seems often to have retained materials as they accumulated over time. In arranging this collection, some of these materials have been organized chronologically by year. Some of Grgich's papers were found organized by topic or subject. These groupings have been retained; original folder or envelope titles or headings are given in quotation marks.

About one fourth of the collection consists of materials directly related to the Chateau Montelena and Grgich Hills wineries; some of these materials were found intermingled with purely personal papers while others were filed separately. These materials are grouped separately. Printed materials were sometimes found with loose documents inserted; these were maintained together within a folder when they appeared to be related and when no other location within the collection seemed apparent.
Biographical / Historical:
Miljenko Grgich, born April 1, 1923 in Desne, a small farming village in the Croatian region of Yugoslavia, was one of eleven children. His father, along with other agricultural activities, kept a small vineyard where the children helped in cultivation and winemaking. As a young man Grgich worked in a store in his hometown. He was drafted and served a year, 1944-1945, in the Yugoslav army.

Grgich entered the University of Zagreb in 1949, studying a range of science subjects and taking brief courses in English and Russian. In 1954 Grgich entered West Germany on a student visa but soon declared himself a refugee and "stateless" person. Unable to secure an American visa, he was quickly approved by Canada where he arrived in February, 1956.

Grgich lived for two years in British Columbia holding a variety of jobs while seeking admission to the United States. He began to use the name "Mike" during these years. In 1958 the pioneering wine maker Lee Stewart at Souverain Cellars responded to an "employment wanted" ad that Grgich placed in a California wine industry newsletter and on the basis of that offer Grgich was able to enter the country. Grgich has remained in the Napa Valley since that time. He married Tatjana Cizmic in 1962 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1964.

Between 1958 and 1972 Grgich worked at Souverain, the Christian Brothers winery, Beaulieu Vineyard, and Robert Mondavi winery. At Beaulieu Grgich worked under Andre Tchelistcheff, Napa's best known winemaker in this era. The two developed techniques for malolactic fermentation and microfiltration that became standards in the industry. As Grgich developed his technical skills and winery experience he also nurtured an ambition to become head winemaker and co-owner in a winery. In the spring of 1972, Grgich joined Los Angeles attorney James Barrett, commercial real estate developer Ernest Hahn, and Napa Valley businessman Lee Pasich in forming Chateau Montelena winery. Passich and Grgich were "limited partners" while Barrett and Hahn were major investors. Barrett regularly visited the winery and was closely involved in its management. In three hectic months Grgich oversaw conversion of a nineteenth century winery building into a fully equipped modern facility which crushed its first grapes, purchased from various growers in the region, in September. Chateau Montelena also began to replant its vineyards in vines that would produce premium wines, a process that would take several years.

Chateau Montelena and Mike Grgich achieved international celebrity in May, 1976 when their 1973 Chardonnay wine topped a list of French and American wines at a highly publicized blind tasting in Paris. (The red wine winner was made by Warren Winiarski at Stag's Leap Wine Cellars about twenty-five miles further south in the Napa Valley.) Staged during the bicentennial year of the American Revolution, the Paris tasting confirmed and further contributed to the rise of premium winemaking in California and to changes in American wine consumption. In 1996, the National Museum of American History recognized the 1976 event with a symposium on the history of winemaking and the addition of wines from the winning vintages of the two wineries.

In the fall of 1976 Grgich began discussions leading to the creation of a new winery, Grgich Hills Cellar. In this venture he joined Austin Hills, grandson and great nephew of the founders of the Hills Bros. coffee business and a Columbia Business School MBA. Hills already owned a vineyard, and on July 4, 1977, they broke ground for the new wine production and storage facility in Rutherford. Grgich Hills at first specialized in white wines but added Cabernet Sauvignon in 1984. In 2006 the entire estate was certified organic, making it "the country's largest biodynamic winegrower." In 2007 the business was renamed Grgich Hills Estate ("in recognition that all of its wines now come from its own vineyards"). Today Mike Grgich remains involved in the business while his daughter, Violet, and nephew, Ivo Jeramaz, are active in day-to-day management.

Grigich never lost interest in his homeland, and in 1990 he returned there for the first time. In 1995 he received his degree in enology and viticulture from the University of Zagreb and the following year established a new winery, Grgić Vina, in Croatia. He has been a generous supporter of Roots of Peace, an international organization dedicated to the removal of landmines.

Sources:

George M. Taber, Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine (Scribner: 2005). Taber covered the Paris Tasting in 1976 for Time magazine. He interviewed Mike Grgich at length, and Grgich's annotated revisions of Taber's drafts about him are in this collection. Bottle Shock, a 2008 feature film, a highly fictionalized version of the story of Chateau Montelena and the Paris Tasting, is not based on this book.

Miljenko Grgich, "A Croatian-American Winemaker in the Napa Valley," an oral history conducted in 1992, in The Wine Spectator California Winemen Oral History Series, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/food_wine/wine.html .

Mike Grgich Oral History Interview, September 7, 1997, American Wine Documentation Project, Archives Center, National Museum of American History (ACNMAH#817).

Mike Grgich: 50 Napa Valley Years (Grgich Hills Estate, 2008) (Series 3: Grgich Hills Cellar, box 8, folder 11) A twenty-seven page booklet published by the winery to celebrate Grgich's fifty years in Napa Valley, 1958-2008.
Related Materials:
The Division of Work and Industry holds artifacts donated by Mike Grgich, including a suitcase which he carried from Croatia, a blue beret, pocketknife, tasting cup, two spoons, boxed laboratory instrument, framed religious picture, ten books from Croatia on viticulture and enology, and an atlas of grape varieties. See Accession number 2006.0157 and 2006.3084.

The Division also holds examples of the wines from Chateau Montelena and Stag's Leap Wine Cellars that won the 1976 Paris Tasting. Accession numbers 1996.0028.01 and 1996.0029.01
Provenance:
This collection was donated by Mike Grgich, July 2, 2006.
Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access: Researchers must use reference copies of audiovisual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Technical Access: Do not use original materials when 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.
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Photographs -- 2000-2010
Business records -- 1950-2010
Publications -- wine industry
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Correspondence
Citation:
Mike Grgich Papers, 1923, 1929, 1950-2008, 2013 undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0923
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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