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Stanley Jacobs on the Official Music of the Virgin Islands: Quelbe [Behind the Scenes Documentary]

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2016-02-02T16:59:26.000Z
YouTube Category:
Music  Search this
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
See more by:
smithsonianfolkways
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
YouTube Channel:
smithsonianfolkways
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_yq5ZkT3U78o

Anchoa lyolepis

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
Atlantic, Caribbean Sea  Search this
Vessel:
Fish Hawk  Search this
Place:
Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, United States, Atlantic
Collection Date:
10 Feb 1899
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, Neopterygii, Osteoglossomorpha, Clupeiformes, Clupeoidei, Engraulidae
Published Name:
Anchoa lyolepis
Stolephorus lyolepis
Accession Number:
037759
USNM Number:
50221
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Vertebrate Zoology
Fishes
Data Source:
NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d0d054de-875d-48e9-8137-f57ad61ad2fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhvz_5012416

Bryopsis sp.

Biogeographical Region:
81 - Caribbean  Search this
Collector:
Y. León  Search this
Place:
Northern edge of Los Frailes islands., Dominican Republic, West Indies - Neotropics
Collection Date:
16 Aug 1995
Taxonomy:
Plantae Chlorophyta Ulvophyceae Bryopsidales Bryopsidaceae
Published Name:
Bryopsis sp.
Barcode:
04130361
USNM Number:
328887
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Botany
Algae
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31acc21bc-8003-4fba-900c-2583e75fb49e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16760666

Lacistema aggregatum (P.J. Bergius) Rusby

Biogeographical Region:
81 - Caribbean  Search this
Collector:
Helen Kennedy  Search this
Place:
Man-O-War Cay; Along Queen's Highway on S side of island., Bahamas, West Indies - Neotropics
Collection Date:
27 Dec 1976
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Malpighiales Lacistemataceae
Published Name:
Lacistema aggregatum (P.J. Bergius) Rusby
Barcode:
01099621
USNM Number:
2771005
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
West Indies Project
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39ad8b000-ecff-4043-b13b-536814aa5c34
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10487995

Waltheria indica L.

Biogeographical Region:
81 - Caribbean  Search this
Collector:
Nathaniel L. Britton  Search this
Elizabeth G. Britton  Search this
Margaret S. Brown  Search this
Place:
W End of Monos Island, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies - Neotropics
Collection Date:
4 Apr 1921
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Malvales Sterculiaceae
Published Name:
Waltheria indica L.
Barcode:
01126513
USNM Number:
1194507
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
West Indies Project
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3abfc5b16-9d5f-4828-bd03-ab0ee7effc9c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10500819

Banara minutiflora (A. Rich.) Sleumer

Biogeographical Region:
81 - Caribbean  Search this
Collector:
Elizabeth G. Britton  Search this
Place:
Eleuthera. Harbour Island., Bahamas, West Indies - Neotropics
Collection Date:
18 Feb 1907 to 4 Mar 1907
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Malpighiales Salicaceae Salicoideae
Published Name:
Banara minutiflora (A. Rich.) Sleumer
Barcode:
03022345
USNM Number:
845086
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31e921034-f17f-4931-adcd-696fe445e6a5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14356716

Bucida buceras L.

Biogeographical Region:
80 - Central America  Search this
Collector:
George Nelson  Search this
Place:
The Swan Islands, (off the coast of Honduras), Larger Island., Honduras, Central America - Neotropics
Collection Date:
14 Apr 1913
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Myrtales Combretaceae
Published Name:
Bucida buceras L.
Barcode:
03047162
USNM Number:
1592692
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39b4b0b98-e500-4733-a0bc-a27eb4468672
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14402299

Bryopsis sp.

Biogeographical Region:
81 - Caribbean  Search this
Collector:
Diane S. Littler  Search this
Barrett L. Brooks  Search this
Place:
The Lesser Antilles. Windward Islands. Diamond Island., Martinique, West Indies - Neotropics
Collection Date:
20 Jul 1986
Taxonomy:
Plantae Chlorophyta Ulvophyceae Bryopsidales Bryopsidaceae
Published Name:
Bryopsis sp.
Barcode:
04130356
USNM Number:
328884
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Botany
Algae
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32ceba165-a827-4450-a60b-a18d68ea19db
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16770500

Galaxaura sp.

Biogeographical Region:
81 - Caribbean  Search this
Collector:
Diane S. Littler  Search this
Barrett L. Brooks  Search this
Place:
The Lesser Antilles. Windward Islands. Diamond Island., Martinique, West Indies - Neotropics
Collection Date:
20 Jul 1986
Taxonomy:
Plantae Rhodophyta Florideophyceae Nemaliales Galaxauraceae
Published Name:
Galaxaura sp.
Barcode:
04129720
USNM Number:
328761
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Botany
Algae
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a2e6bacc-0752-4f51-ad1e-f94ad9c2a4ba
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16773935

Bryopsis sp.

Biogeographical Region:
81 - Caribbean  Search this
Collector:
Y. León  Search this
Place:
Northern edge of Los Frailes islands., Dominican Republic, West Indies - Neotropics
Collection Date:
16 Aug 1995
Taxonomy:
Plantae Chlorophyta Ulvophyceae Bryopsidales Bryopsidaceae
Published Name:
Bryopsis sp.
Barcode:
04130362
USNM Number:
328888
See more items in:
Botany
Algae
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ea98eda8-b9dd-4b07-8df3-d1bb164d0a00
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16774079

Panicum maximum Jacq.

Biogeographical Region:
81 - Caribbean  Search this
Collector:
Emery C. Leonard  Search this
Place:
Vic of Anse Galette, Gonave Island, Haiti, West Indies - Neotropics
Collection Date:
6 Mar 1920
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Panicoideae
Published Name:
Panicum maximum Jacq.
Barcode:
01047853
USNM Number:
1075346
See more items in:
Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
West Indies Project
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34e258101-ff03-4d3b-8720-dd769580f2c5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10572416

Microcoleus lyngbyaceus Kütz. ex Forti

Biogeographical Region:
Tropical West Atlantic  Search this
Collector:
M. Diaz-Piferrer  Search this
Place:
Porto Marie Baai, Bonaire, ABC Islands, Netherlands Antilles, West Indies - Neotropics
Collection Date:
5 Jun 1958
Taxonomy:
Eubacteria Cyanobacteria Oscillatoriales Microcoleaceae
Published Name:
Microcoleus lyngbyaceus Kütz. ex Forti
Barcode:
02623165
USNM Number:
117710
See more items in:
Botany
Algae
Collection of Francis Drouet
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38b86fb58-f391-4fa9-bf65-c5b175589a19
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2361370

Grand Cayman Villa

Created by:
Kevin Young, Jamaican American  Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
File size: 3.63 MB
Type:
architectural drawings
digital images
digital media - born analog
Place depicted:
Cayman Islands, Caribbean, North and Central America
Date:
2020; scanned 2021
Topic:
African American  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Design  Search this
Housing  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kevin Young, AIA, NOMA, Assoc. JIA
Object number:
2021.100.2
Restrictions & Rights:
© Kevin Young
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Rendering Visible
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b2012c1c-3d47-4850-88f9-af86f26e572a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.100.2

Cephalopod video: Pickfordiateuthis bayeri

Creator:
National Museum of Natural History  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2012-12-19T16:00:24.000Z
YouTube Category:
Science & Technology  Search this
Topic:
Natural History  Search this
See more by:
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Data Source:
National Museum of Natural History
YouTube Channel:
smithsonianNMNH
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_Tzv_ZIFeV_E

Axe head

Culture/People:
possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed); including Saladoid and Troumassan Troumassoid Traditions and Cayo Complex  Search this
Collector:
Reverend Thomas Huckerby, Non-Indian, 1869-1927  Search this
MAI agent:
Reverend Thomas Huckerby, Non-Indian, 1869-1927  Search this
Object Name:
Axe head
Media/Materials:
Stone
Techniques:
Ground, carved, drilled
Object Type:
Tools and Equipment (General)
Place:
Saint Vincent; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Archipelago:
Lesser Antilles
Island Name:
Saint Vincent
Island Grouping:
Windward Islands
Geographical Areas:
Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
Date created:
250 BC-AD 1500
Catalog Number:
2/7764
Barcode:
027764.000
See related items:
Multiple archaeological cultures
Tools and Equipment (General)
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d952a92f-80f7-40b9-b87d-3ce3fbe65896
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_29555
Online Media:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1988 Festival of American Folklife

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
Correspondence
Memorandums
Sound recordings
Audiocassettes
Contracts
Negatives
Video recordings
Slides (photographs)
Plans (drawings)
Videotapes
Audiotapes
Digital images
Notes
Photographic prints
Place:
Caribbean Area
Trinidad and Tobago
Puerto Rico
Date:
June 23-July 4, 1988
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 1988 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: American Folklore Society Centennial

Series 3: Festival Music Stage

Series 4: Ingenuity and Tradition: The Common Wealth of Massachusetts

Series 5: Migration to Metropolitan Washington: Making a New Place Home

Series 6: Music from the Peoples of the Soviet Union
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 1988 Festival of American Folklife was produced by the Smithsonian Office of Folklife Programs and cosponsored by the National Park Service.

For more information, see Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
Introduction:
The 1988 Festival celebrated the centennial of the American Folklore Society, founded one hundred years earlier because of the need to document and study cultures that were seen as disappearing. Much of the Society's attention today, however, is engaged in the documentation and interpretation of emerging traditions and cultural expressions. Folklorists work in inner cities, conduct research on occupational groups, analyze processes of traditionalization and cooperate with other professionals in devising natural conservation and historical preservation strategies, which also promote cultural continuity, equity and integrity. Visitors to the 1988 Festival could learn about what it is that folklorists do and what impacts they have on the communities with which they work.

The other living exhibitions that made up this year's Festival also provided ample illustrations of this same view of the traditional. The Massachusetts program told a paradigmatic American story. Gay Head Wampanoag, Yankee settlers, Afro American migrants, and immigrants from Italy, Greece, Poland, the Cape Verde Islands, Puerto Rico, and Southeast Asia have not only preserved their traditions; through ingenious acts of individual and community creativity they have adapted them and endowed them with new meanings, as circumstances have changed. The Metropolitan Washington program pointed to the heightened consciousness of cultural issues associated with the migration experience. The program asked how immigrants from El Salvador, Ethiopia, China, Trinidad and Tobago, as well as domestic Anglo and Afro American groups historically migrating from nearby states, discard, reinvent, and reconstitute their traditions as they actively make a new place home. A varied contingent of musicians and performers from several republics of the Soviet Union demonstrated how truly ancient traditions nurtured in various pastoral, tribal, and religious environments have not merely survived but actually flourished in contemporary Soviet life. Also at the Festival were American musicians who, as part of a groundbreaking cultural exchange with the Soviet Union, would later travel to Moscow to participate in the International Folklore Festival in August 1988 and be reunited with the Soviet musicians participating in the Smithsonian's Festival.

The 1988 Festival took place for two five-day weeks (June 23-27 and June 30-July 4) between Madison Drive and Jefferson Drive and between 10th Street and 14th Street, south of the National Museum of American History and the National Museum of Natural History (see site plan).

The 1988 Program Book included schedules and participant lists for each program; the Program Book essays provided a larger context for the Festival presentations, extending beyond the traditions actually presented at the 1988 Festival.

The Festival was co-presented by the Smithsonian Institution and National Park Service and organized by the Office of Folklife Programs.

Office of Folklife Programs

Richard Kurin, Acting Director; Diana Parker, Festival Director; Anthony Seeger, Curator, Folkways Records; Thomas Vennum, Jr., Senior Ethnomusicologist; Peter Seitel, Senior Folklorist; Marjorie Hunt, Phyllis M. May-Machunda, Heliana Portes de Roux, Frank Proschan, Nicholas R. Spitzer, Folklorists; Jeffrey Place, Assistant Archivist

National Park Service

William Penn Mott, Jr., Director; Manus J. Fish, Jr., 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: 1988 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:
Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.
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:
World music  Search this
Food habits  Search this
Folk art  Search this
arts and crafts  Search this
Folk festivals  Search this
Folk music  Search this
Folklore  Search this
Genre/Form:
Business records
Correspondence
Memorandums
Sound recordings
Audiocassettes
Contracts
Negatives
Video recordings
Slides (photographs)
Plans (drawings)
Videotapes
Audiotapes
Digital images
Notes
Photographic prints
Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1988 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1988
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1988 Festival of American Folklife
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk59e9f3773-cd55-493f-94e0-c53650d914c4
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-cfch-sff-1988
Online Media:

Gracilaria sp.

Biogeographical Region:
Tropical West Atlantic  Search this
Collector:
Mark M. Littler  Search this
Diane S. Littler  Search this
Barrett L. Brooks  Search this
Depth (m):
23 - 24
Place:
Algae flats, Saba, ABC Islands, Netherlands Antilles, West Indies - Neotropics
Collection Date:
6 Jan 2006
Taxonomy:
Plantae Rhodophyta Florideophyceae Gracilariales Gracilariaceae Gracilarioideae
Published Name:
Gracilaria sp.
Barcode:
01861853
USNM Number:
224890
See more items in:
Botany
Algae
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38eee81dc-646c-4731-beb4-4ec7bffab987
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_11064882
Online Media:

Hypoglossum hypoglossoides (Harv.) Womersley & Shepley, nom. illeg.

Biogeographical Region:
Tropical West Atlantic  Search this
Collector:
Mark M. Littler  Search this
Diane S. Littler  Search this
Barrett L. Brooks  Search this
Depth (m):
27
Place:
Saba, ABC Islands, Netherlands Antilles, West Indies - Neotropics
Collection Date:
13 Jan 2006
Taxonomy:
Plantae Rhodophyta Ceramiales Delesseriaceae
Published Name:
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides (Harv.) Womersley & Shepley, nom. illeg.
Barcode:
01862025
USNM Number:
225051
See more items in:
Botany
Algae
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e5c19905-f5be-4094-9179-0e216c3566f9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_11065007
Online Media:

Halymenia floresii (Clemente) C. Agardh

Biogeographical Region:
Tropical West Atlantic  Search this
Collector:
Mark M. Littler  Search this
Diane S. Littler  Search this
Barrett L. Brooks  Search this
Depth (m):
27
Place:
Saba, ABC Islands, Netherlands Antilles, West Indies - Neotropics
Collection Date:
13 Jan 2006
Taxonomy:
Plantae Rhodophyta Florideophyceae Halymeniales Halymeniaceae
Published Name:
Halymenia floresii (Clemente) C. Agardh
Barcode:
01862026
USNM Number:
225052
See more items in:
Botany
Algae
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3325057c9-0f0a-4889-8895-8ec1e11a5a2a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_11065101
Online Media:

Dictyopteris justii J.V. Lamour.

Biogeographical Region:
Tropical West Atlantic  Search this
Collector:
Mark M. Littler  Search this
Diane S. Littler  Search this
Barrett L. Brooks  Search this
Depth (m):
18
Place:
Brown Fields, Saba, ABC Islands, Netherlands Antilles, West Indies - Neotropics
Collection Date:
12 Jan 2006
Taxonomy:
Chromista Ochrophyta Dictyotales Dictyotaceae
Published Name:
Dictyopteris justii J.V. Lamour.
Barcode:
01861990
USNM Number:
225044
See more items in:
Botany
Algae
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/379735a7f-bbce-4971-b8d2-0af27002a6b5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_11065159
Online Media:

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