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Artist:

Harris & Ewing Studio, active 1905 - 1977  Search this

Sitter:

Ethel Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 13 Aug 1891 - 10 Dec 1977  Search this

Kermit Roosevelt, 10 Oct 1889 - 4 Jun 1943  Search this

Quentin Roosevelt, 19 Nov 1897 - 14 Jul 1918  Search this

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 6 Aug 1861 - 30 Sep 1948  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., 13 Sep 1887 - 12 Jul 1944  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt, 27 Oct 1858 - 6 Jan 1919  Search this

Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, 09 Apr 1894 - 13 Oct 1979  Search this

Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth, 12 Feb 1884 - 20 Feb 1980  Search this

Nicholas Longworth, 5 Nov 1869 - 9 Apr 1931  Search this

Medium:

Brown-toned gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 25.2 × 33 cm (9 15/16 × 13")

Sheet: 34.6 × 41.8 cm (13 5/8 × 16 7/16")

Mat: 40.6 × 55.9 cm (16 × 22")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\District of Columbia\Washington

Date:

1908-09

Topic:

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Muff  Search this

Costume\Jewelry\Pin\Tie pin  Search this

Architecture\Window  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Costume\Jewelry\Chain  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses\Pince-nez  Search this

Architecture\Column  Search this

Architecture\Building\White House  Search this

Exterior\Architecture\Porch  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie  Search this

Nicholas Longworth: Male  Search this

Nicholas Longworth: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Nicholas Longworth: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Speaker of the House  Search this

Nicholas Longworth: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Ohio  Search this

Nicholas Longworth: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Ohio  Search this

Nicholas Longworth: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\Board of Education  Search this

Nicholas Longworth: Politics and Government\State Senator\Ohio  Search this

Quentin Roosevelt: Male  Search this

Quentin Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Son of US President  Search this

Quentin Roosevelt: Military and Intelligence\Army\Army pilot  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.: Male  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.: Business and Finance\Businessperson  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.: Literature\Writer  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.: Politics and Government\Public official  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.: Journalism and Media\Magazine editor  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.: Politics and Government\Son of US President  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.: Politics and Government\Governor\Puerto Rico  Search this

Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt: Male  Search this

Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Son of US President  Search this

Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Lieutenant Colonel  Search this

Kermit Roosevelt: Male  Search this

Kermit Roosevelt: Literature\Writer  Search this

Kermit Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer  Search this

Kermit Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Son of US President  Search this

Kermit Roosevelt: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Shipping  Search this

Kermit Roosevelt: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major  Search this

Kermit Roosevelt: Military and Intelligence\Intelligence agent\OSS  Search this

Ethel Kermit Carow Roosevelt: Female  Search this

Ethel Kermit Carow Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Daughter of US President  Search this

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt: Female  Search this

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt: Politics and Government\First Lady\First Lady of US  Search this

Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth: Female  Search this

Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth: Politics and Government\Daughter of US President  Search this

Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth: Society and Social Change\Socialite  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Male  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\State Legislator\New York  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Literature\Writer  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Governor\New York  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Historian  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Rancher  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Nobel Prize  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Joanna Sturm

Object number:

NPG.81.126

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49455d994-6dbf-41fd-8d4d-8c4e4593c9f5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.81.126

Architect:

Davis, Richard Drummond  Search this

Landscape architect:

Presnall, Betty  Search this

Landscape designer:

Johnston, Kelly  Search this

Simpson, David  Search this

Stone mason:

Gialdi, Lazaro  Search this

Horticulturist:

Gant, Hillary  Search this

Erickson, Helena  Search this

Turner, Jimmy  Search this

Cauble, Chad  Search this

Cauble, Emily  Search this

Clint, Chip  Search this

Provenance:

Founders Garden Club of Dallas  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Barbara Hunt Crow Garden (Dallas, Texas)

United States of America -- Texas -- Dallas

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes an information sheet, a features plan, a slide view plan, a slide list and a plant list.

General:

The Barbara Hunt Crow Garden is a less than one acre garden in the Old Highland Park neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. It was established in 2001 and is comprised of multiple gardens rooms, including a cottage garden, a woodland garden, a shade garden, a stone terrace and two small meditation gardens. Prominent features of this garden include a large lawn in front of the house, high holly hedges, a large oak tree, perennial garden beds and a wide variety of plants suited for the Texas climate and soil.

This garden was redocumented in 2013 to show the addition of hte Peggy Martin Rose

Persons associated with the property include: Betty Presnall (landscape architect, 1999-2001), Kelly Johnston (landscape designer and project manager, 1999-2001), David Simpson (landscape designer of the rear terrace and fountain, 2001-2002), Lazaro Gialdi (stone mason of the rear terrace and fountain, 2002), Hillary Gant (horticulturist, 2002-2005), Helena Erickson (horticulturist, 2001-2003), Jimmy Turner (horticulturist, 2005-present), Chad and Emily Cauble (horticulturists, 2005-present) and Chip Clint (horticulturist, 1998-present).

Related Materials:

Barbara Hunt Crow Garden related holdings consist of 2 folders (17 35 mm. slides (photographs) + 1 photographic print)

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 -- Texas -- Dallas  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 TX082

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The Garden Club of America collection

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

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb61bde0469-d20e-49d3-bd6c-7d4de46baaeb

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref13471

Creator:

Office of Public Affairs  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2011-08-15T15:13:31.000Z

YouTube Category:

Science & Technology  Search this

Topic:

Science  Search this

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SmithsonianScience

Data Source:

Office of Public Affairs

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianScience

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_puCnWbGvcAU

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2020-07-15T15:30:00.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_8IJEKUwAZMA

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2022-01-29T16:30:01.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_AeSziLZYKjE

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2021-11-27T16:30:01.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_NnbixM6RSno

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2019-02-20T16:30:01.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_O1RlaCdmmGA

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2019-08-01T15:30:00.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_RCqQYpM1hCA

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2013-08-13T20:33:08.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_hX2JBOOu96s

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2017-03-10T12:00:03.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_roIdL0-RFtc

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2022-09-10T15:30:12.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_s3YOzIYaao8

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2019-12-14T16:30:01.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_tON8iNt5CZ8

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2020-08-17T15:30:02.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_u3dEuGBUd7w

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2020-01-02T16:30:04.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_ukUGF-6AKSg

Creator:

Smithsonian Music  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2016-08-17T15:39:26.000Z

YouTube Category:

Music  Search this

Topic:

Music;Entertainers  Search this

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SmithsonianMusic

Data Source:

Smithsonian Music

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianMusic

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_1rArTcRoc4g

Creator:

National Zoo  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2022-10-21T13:59:21.000Z

YouTube Category:

Pets & Animals  Search this

Topic:

Zoology;Animals;Veterinary medicine;Animal health  Search this

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Data Source:

National Zoo

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNZP

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_alWgeYnQd98

Landscape architect:

Wheeler, Perry H., 1914-1989  Search this

Photographer:

Stengle, James M., Dr.  Search this

Creator:

University of Georgia  Search this

Garden Club of America  Search this

Emory University  Search this

American Society of Landscape Architects  Search this

Names:

Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.)  Search this

National Arboretum (U.S.)  Search this

Washington National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Bonnet, Henri, Ambassador  Search this

Bonnet, Henri, Madam  Search this

Estes, Billie Sol  Search this

Harriman, Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward, 1920-1997  Search this

Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007  Search this

Mellon, Paul  Search this

Mellon, Rachel Lambert  Search this

Mesta, Perle, 1889-1975  Search this

Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994  Search this

Palmer, Bertha Honoré, 1849-1918  Search this

Truman, Margaret  Search this

Extent:

25.75 Cubic feet

3,958 Photographs

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Lists

Awards

Certificates

Invoices

Negatives

Correspondence

Clippings

Invitations

Slides (photographs)

Photographic prints

Plans (drawings)

Place:

Canada

White House (Washington, D.C.)

Africa

Europe

Caribbean

South America

West (U.S.)

Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)

Date:

1880-1984

bulk 1950-1965

Summary:

The Perry H. Wheeler Collection includes the design, client and business records of Perry H. Wheeler, a landscape architect best known for his work on numerous townhouse gardens in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., during the 1960s as well as the redesign of the White House Rose Garden in collaboration with Rachel Lambert ('Bunny') Mellon during the Kennedy administration.

Scope and Contents note:

The Perry H. Wheeler Collection includes the design, client and business records of Perry H. Wheeler, a landscape architect best known for his work on numerous townhouse gardens in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. during the 1960s as well as the redesign of the White House Rose Garen in collaboration with Rachel ('Bunny') Lambert Mellon during the Kennedy adminstration. The collection includes photographic images, plans, drawings, client correspondence, plant lists, invoices, newspaper and magazine clippings, certificates, awards, and invitations. The bulk of the collection and most of the professional papers date from about 1950 to 1965 and relate to various garden design projects by Wheeler, many of them located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Of particular note are documents for Wheeler's public design work including the White House grounds, Washington National Cathedral, U. S. National Arboretum, President John F. Kennedy's gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery, and the British and Cambodian Embassies in Washington, D.C. Noteworthy correspondents include President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, Ladybird Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, and Margaret Truman.

There are also over 3,000 35mm slides dating from the 1950s and 1960s that document Wheeler's personal travels to Europe, Africa, South America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the American West.

Biographical/Historical note:

Perry Hunt Wheeler (1913-1989), a Georgia native, began his higher education at Emory University, going on to graduate from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1937. Immediately afterward Wheeler enrolled in Harvard University from which he earned a graduate degree in Landscape Architecture in 1938. After graduation, Wheeler collaborated on garden projects in Atlanta, Georgia with fellow landscape architect Helen Hawkins Clarke. During World War II, Wheeler moved to Washington, D.C. to serve under the Office of Civilian Defense and the Office of Strategic Services Camouflage Division. Following the war, Wheeler worked at Garden House a Georgetown shop where he advised homeowners on tasteful garden design, accessories, and furnishings. By 1948 Wheeler had established a landscape architecture practice in Washington, D.C. His practice grew via word of mouth through Washington's social circles and through a shared office with landscape architect Rose Ishbel Greely, and later with architect Gertrude Sawyer.

In 1947, he formed a 'bachelor household' in Georgetown with James Snitzler. Later, at the invitation of Rachel Lambert "Bunny" Mellon, he and Snitzler created a second home outside of Washington called "Spring Hill" on property owned by Mellon. Shortly after Snitzler's death in 1968, Wheeler moved permanently to Middleburg, Virginia and continued to travel, lecture, and consult with clients. Wheeler semi-retired in 1981 to 'Budfield,' a property in Rectortown, Virginia where he passed away in 1989, leaving his estate to his partner, James M. Stengle.

Wheeler is best known for his work on private gardens in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood. He frequently employed the use of intricate brickwork, low-maintenance planting, and simple water features in creating his charming and functional designs. His most noteworthy commissions outside the private realm include collaboration with Bunny Mellon on the White House Rose Garden, designing a Garden Club of America-commissioned gazebo and its surroundings for the U.S. National Arboretum, and plantings for the National Cathedral and President John F. Kennedy's gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery.

Provenance:

Gift from the estate of James M. Stengle, 1993.

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.

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:

Presidents -- United States  Search this

Landscape architects  Search this

Presidents' spouses -- United States  Search this

Gardens -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lists

Awards

Certificates

Invoices

Negatives

Correspondence

Clippings

Photographs

Invitations

Slides (photographs)

Photographic prints

Plans (drawings)

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Perry H. Wheeler collection.

Identifier:

AAG.WHE

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb62b29cd93-c01c-4a8c-ae82-fdd6e8499072

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aag-whe

Author:

Fenton, Jordan  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Subject:

Ekpe (Society)  Search this

Type:

Articles

Place:

Nigeria

Calabar

Date:

2016

Topic:

Ekpe (Masquerade)  Search this

Efik masquerade performance  Search this

Masquerade performance  Search this

Masquerade contests  Search this

Call number:

BH301.M54 B44 2016

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1101288

Collector:

R. J. Dowsett  Search this

Preparation:

Alcoholic: Partial

Skeleton: Whole

Remarks:

trachea - syrinx, flat skin

Sex:

Female

Stage:

Juvenile

Place:

Odzala National Park, Mboko Hunting Area, Congo, Africa

Collection Date:

27 Jan 1995

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Aves, Passeriformes, Pycnonotidae

Published Name:

Neolestes torquatus

Accession Number:

416559

Other Numbers:

Field Number : 2454

USNM Number:

620817

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Vertebrate Zoology

Birds

Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Birds Division

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33d097b93-2e8a-4bf4-bfaf-87563ebdd1af

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhvz_4321379

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival  Search this

Extent:

1 Cubic foot (approximate)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Business records

Sound recordings

Negatives

Video recordings

Correspondence

Plans (drawings)

Memorandums

Photographic prints

Videotapes

Notes

Audiocassettes

Contracts

Slides (photographs)

Audiotapes

Digital images

Date:

June 23-July 4, 1995

Summary:

The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

Scope and Contents note:

This collection documents the planning, production, and execution of the 1995 Festival of American Folklife. Materials may include photographs, audio recordings, motion picture film and video recordings, notes, production drawings, contracts, memoranda, correspondence, informational materials, publications, and ephemera. Such materials were created during the Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as well as in the featured communities, before or after the Festival itself.

Arrangement note:

Arranged in 6 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Program Books, Festival Publications, and Ephemera

Series 2: The Cape Verdean Connection

Series 3: The Czech Republic: Tradition and Transformation

Series 4: Heartbeat: The Voices of First Nations Women

Series 5: Russian Roots, American Branches: Music in Two Worlds

Series 6: Special Events

Historical note:

The Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998.

The 1995 Festival of American Folklife was produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies and cosponsored by the National Park Service.

For more information, see Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

Introduction:

The 1995 Festival featured American Indian women's musical traditions, the heritage of the Czech Republic and Czech Americans, music of Russian and Russian American groups, and the cultural life of the Cape Verdean community. These programs testified to the vitality of the human spirit, and to how people, ideas, and forms of cultural expression increasingly cross boundaries of geography, politics, language, race, and gender. Special events included evening concerts devoted to African immigrant communities in the Washington, D.C. area and a memorial concert for Festival founding director, Ralph Rinzler.

Heartbeat: The Voices of First Nations Women presented the musical culture of American Indian women. The program examined how these women express their identity through the use of a variety of musical forms - from traditional songs of home to contemporary songs of Indian life, from the appropriation of men's music to the fusion of root music with country, folk, blues, and gospel.

The Czech Republic: Tradition and Transformation provided a broad survey of the ways national, regional, ethnic, and local traditions have been defined in a complex state located at the crossroads of Central Europe. The "Velvet Revolution" of 1989 and the separation of the Czech and Slovak Republics in 1993 have prompted further examinations of cultural identity, the relationship between the state and popular expression, creativity and tradition. Czech Americans, too, have looked at these changes and the reestablishment of relationships to their ancestral homeland.

A third program, Russian Roots, American Branches: Music in Two Worlds, explored the musical culture of Old Believers and Molokans, Russian religious communities created in the 17th and 18th centuries. The program united immigrant communities long established in the United States with those from Russia, and brought together people who, although separated by generations and different social environments, have nonetheless faced parallel issues with regard to cultural persistence and adaptation.

All these programs involved complex institutional arrangements, local-level research and documentation, and strong commitment to and pride in Festival representation. The Cape Verdean Connection program well demonstrated these processes. Cape Verde is an independent island nation and former Portuguese colony located off the west coast of Africa. Cape Verdean Americans, now numbering about 400,000, most born and raised here, historically settled in New England during the 18th century, playing instrumental roles in the whaling and cranberry industries. Cape Verdeans had an important story to tell about their role in American life, their immigrant and continuing transnational cultural experience, their multiracial heritage, and their enduring sense of community - a story with much to tell others as well. Cape Verdeans provided the impetus for the Festival program, carried out most of the research in concert with Smithsonian scholars, led the effort to raise funds from governments, foundations, corporations, and individuals through benefit dances, auctions, and other community events, and, as is fitting, joined with the Smithsonian to share their experiences with the American public.

The 1995 Festival took place during two five-day weeks (June 23-27 and June 30-July 4) between Madison Drive and Jefferson Drive and between 10th Street and 13th Street, south of the National Museum of American History and the National Museum of Natural History (see site plan). It featured four programs and several special events.

The 1995 Program Book included schedules and participant lists for each program; essays provided background on the Festival and each of the four programs.

The Festival was co-presented by the Smithsonian Institution and National Park Service and organized by the Center for Folklife Programs & Cultural Studies.

Center for Folklife Programs & Cultural Studies

Richard Kurin, Director; Richard Kennedy, Deputy Director; Diana Parker, Festival Director; Anthony Seeger, Director, Smithsonian/Folkways Recordngs; Peter Seitel, Senior Folklorist; Thomas Vennum, Jr., Senior Ethnomusicologist; Betty Belanus, Olivia Cadaval, Amy Horowitz, Marjorie Hunt, Diana Baird N'Diaye, Curators, Folklorists, Educational and Cultural Specialists; Carla M. Borden, John W. Franklin, Charlene James-Duguid, Program Managers; Felicia Erickson, Arlene L. Reiniger, Mary Van Meter, Program Specialists; Jeffrey Place, Archivist; Kenneth M. Bilby, Roland Freeman, Ivan Karp, Corrine Kratz, Alan Lomax, Worth Long, Yook Jung Park, Kate Rinzler, Research Associates & Collaborators

Folklife Advisory Council and Folkways Advisory Council

Roger Abrahams, Jacinto Arias, Michael Asch, Jane Beck, Don DeVito, Pat Jasper, Ella Jenkins, Jon Kertzer, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, John Nixdorf, Bernice Reagon, John Roberts, Carol Robertson, Gilbert Sprauve, Jack Tchen, Ricardo Trimillos, Carlos Vélez-Ibáñez

National Park Service

Roger Kennedy, Director; Robert G. Stanton, Regional Director, National Capital Region

Shared Stewardship of Collections:

The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage acknowledges and respects the right of artists, performers, Folklife Festival participants, community-based scholars, and knowledge-keepers to collaboratively steward representations of themselves and their intangible cultural heritage in media produced, curated, and distributed by the Center. Making this collection accessible to the public is an ongoing process grounded in the Center's commitment to connecting living people and cultures to the materials this collection represents. To view the Center's full shared stewardship policy, which defines our protocols for addressing collections-related inquiries and concerns, please visit https://doi.org/10.25573/data.21771155.

Forms Part Of:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife forms part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival records .

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: Papers

1967 Festival of American Folklife records - [Ongoing]

Related Archival Materials note:

Within the Rinzler Archives, related materials may be found in various collections such as the Ralph Rinzler papers and recordings, the Lily Spandorf drawings, the Diana Davies photographs, the Robert Yellin photographs, and the Curatorial Research, Programs, and Projects collection. Additional relevant materials may also be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives concerning the Division of Performing Arts (1966-1983), Folklife Program (1977-1980), Office of Folklife Programs (1980-1991), Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies (1991-1999), Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present), and collaborating Smithsonian units, as well as in the administrative papers of key figures such as the Secretary and respective deputies. Users are encouraged to consult relevant finding aids and to contact Archives staff for further information.

Restrictions:

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Genre/Form:

Business records

Sound recordings

Negatives

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Plans (drawings)

Memorandums

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Videotapes

Notes

Audiocassettes

Contracts

Slides (photographs)

Audiotapes

Digital images

Citation:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.SFF.1995

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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5d0f338f7-ff86-4399-82c5-39d8a73d9b35

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-cfch-sff-1995