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Creator:

Karger, Fred, 1950-  Search this

Extent:

5 Cubic feet (15 boxes, 2 map folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Brochures

Magazines (periodicals)

Newsletters

Newspaper clippings

Posters

Television scripts

Place:

California -- Motion pictures

Date:

1950-2015, undated

Summary:

Papers documenting Fred Karger's acting career, his activism for marriage equality, preservation of the Boom Boom Room (Laguna Beach, California) and other LGBT concerns, Karger's political consulting, and his candidacy for United States President, 2012, as the first openly gay candidate of a major political party.

Content Description:

The Fred Karger Papers consist mostly of secondary materials, film scripts, newspapers, periodicals, and clippings documenting activist and former presidential candidate Fred Karger's brief film and television acting career, his activism for preservation of the Boom Boom Room (originally the South Seas) at the Coast Inn, "Save the Boom", and material from his candidacy for president in 2012. The papers contain material related to Karger's activism for marriage equality and other LGBT concerns.

The collection includes material relating to his childhood education, such as school photographs; his acting career, scripts from television shows and motion pictures he appeared in; and brochures and flyers from his political activism, including boycotts of businesses supporting Proposition 8 (protecting "traditional marriage") in California. The bulk of material relates to Karger's efforts to save the Boom Boom Room (Laguna Beach, California) credited with being the oldest gay bar in West of the Mississippi. The collection includes protest posters, some hand made; columns, articles, clippings and magazines containing articles by and about Karger, some gay-oriented, others not. Material from his presidential campaign is also included such as yard signs, posters, and posters from the 2014 documentary, Fred. There is also a framed letter from Richard M. Nixon.

There are also vintage magazines and newspaper articles covering major events, such as President John F. Kennedy's assassination and the attack on 9/11.

Arrangement:

These papers are arranged into four series.

Series 1: Activism and Presidential Campaign, 1988-2014, undated

Series 2: Theatrical Scripts, 1971-1976

Series 3: Newspapers and Magazines, 1963-2025

Series 4: Photographs and Ephemera, 1950-2010, undated

Biographical / Historical:

Portions of this biography were supplied by the donor, Fred Karger.

Fred S. Karger was born on Januray 31, 1950 in Glencoe, Illinois, the son of Richard (1911-1998) and Jean Foreman Karger (1918-2003). He attended primary and secondary schools in Glencoe. In the mid-1970s Karger pursued an acting career in Los Angeles, California. He later pursued a career in political consulting.

"Fred Karger is an American political consultant, LGBTQ rights activist, author, political pundit, writer, public speaker, former actor and 2012 presidential candidate for the Republican nomination for President. Karger has worked on ten presidential campaigns and served as a senior consultant during the campaigns of President's Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Gerald Ford.

Karger was a partner in the Dolphin Group, a California based political consulting firm for 27 years. He retired in 2004 and has since worked as an LGBTQ activist. He began in 2006 trying to save a Laguna Beach, California landmark gay bar, the Boom Boom Room.

In 2008 he founded Californians Against Hate, now Rights Equal Rights and led boycotts of four of the biggest donors to California's Proposition 8. He successfully settled three of those boycotts. Immediately after Prop 8 passed, Fred called for the State of California to investigate The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon Church) and later the states of Maine, Iowa, Hawaii and California to investigate the rabidly anti-gay National Organization for Marriage (NOM). In the summer of 2012, he launched the ongoing global Boycott of Amway after its owners, the DeVos family, contributed $750,000 to NOM.

Fred's running for the Republican nomination for president in 2012 made him the first openly gay presidential candidate from a major political party in American history, helping to pave the way for Mayor Pete Buttigieg's run in 2020." [Fred Karger Biography, AC/NMAH Control File, AC1439]

During his presidential campaign Karger appeared on six ballots; New Hampshire, Michigan, Puerto Rico, Maryland, California, and Utah. He campaigned in over 30 states and received, "widespread praise for paving the way for future LGBT candidates." Karger has been interviewed on many local, national, and international television, radio, and webcast programs. His autobiography, Fred Who? was published in 2011.

Provenance:

Donated to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution by Fred Karger in November 2017.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

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

Topic:

Gay activists  Search this

Homosexuality  Search this

Lesbian and gay experience  Search this

LGBT  Search this

Political activists  Search this

Political campaigns  Search this

Presidential campaigns  Search this

Presidential candidates  Search this

Protest  Search this

Genre/Form:

Brochures

Magazines (periodicals)

Newsletters

Newspaper clippings

Posters

Television scripts

Citation:

Fred Karger Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1439

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Fred Karger Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep83a324618-1842-4d58-891e-d85129e19037

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1439

Author:

Neal, Valerie  Search this

Editor:

Trefil, James  Search this

Object Type:

Smithsonian staff publication

Year:

2014

Citation:

Neal, Valerie. 2014. "Space Shuttle." In Discoveries in Modern Science: Exploration, Invention, Technology. Trefil, James, editor. Farmington Hills, Michigan: MacMillan Reference USA, a part of Cengage Learning.

Identifier:

166007

ISBN:

9780028662473

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:slasro_166007

Author:

Neal, Valerie  Search this

Editor:

Trefil, James  Search this

Object Type:

Smithsonian staff publication

Year:

2014

Citation:

Neal, Valerie. 2014. "Space Station: Salyut to ISS." In Discoveries in Modern Science: Exploration, Invention, Technology. Trefil, James, editor. Farmington Hills, Michigan: MacMillan Reference USA, a part of Cengage Learning.

Identifier:

166008

ISBN:

9780028662473

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:slasro_166008

Designer:

Ruth Adler Schnee, (American, born Germany, 1923–2023)  Search this

For:

Creative Looms Inc.  Search this

Medium:

Medium: linen Technique: screen printed on plain weave

Dimensions:

Warp x Weft: 30 x 99 cm (11 13/16 x 39 in.)

Type:

printed, dyed & painted textiles

Fragment

Object Name:

Fragment

Made in:

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Date:

1950

Credit Line:

Gift of T. John Bauernfeind

Accession Number:

1994-97-1

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4920339cf-9263-438a-bae0-955f24264462

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1994-97-1

Designer:

Ruth Adler Schnee, (American, born Germany, 1923–2023)  Search this

Producer:

Ruth Adler Schnee, (American, born Germany, 1923–2023)  Search this

Medium:

Medium: cotton Technique: screen printed on twill weave

Dimensions:

H x W: 218.4 × 125.4 cm (7 ft. 2 in. × 49 3/8 in.)

Type:

printed, dyed & painted textiles

Textile

Object Name:

Textile

Made in:

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Date:

1947

Credit Line:

Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund

Accession Number:

2019-23-4

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e3c80e59-f7b5-43f9-a720-5a35c62df72f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_2019-23-4

Measurements:

overall: 34 in x 14 in; 86.36 cm x 35.56 cm

Object Name:

Apparatus, Anesthesia

Other Terms:

Apparatus, Anesthesia; Dentistry

Patent date:

1884-03-04

Credit Line:

Northwestern University Dental School

ID Number:

MG.M-06796

Catalog number:

M-06796

Accession number:

203911

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-95e4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_735014

Creator:

Dale, Dianne  Search this

Polk, P. H., 1898-1985  Search this

Names:

Barry, Marion, 1936-2014  Search this

Dale, Almore M., 1911-1984  Search this

Dale, Dianne  Search this

Dale, John Henry, Jr., 1888-1973  Search this

Dale, Lucille Emma Patterson, 1889-1973  Search this

Dale, Marie Howard, 1914-2011  Search this

Dale, Norman Edward, 1908-1991  Search this

Garner, Araminta Dale, 1913-1987  Search this

Patterson, Frederick D. (Frederick Douglass), 1901-1988  Search this

Patterson, Wilhelmina Bessie, 1888-1962  Search this

Extent:

6 Linear feet (9 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Programs

Clippings

Correspondence

Ephemera

Postcards

Place:

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Date:

1866 - 1990.

Summary:

The Dale-Patterson family papers, which date from 1866 to 2010 and measure 6 linear feet, document the personal and professional lives of the Dale-Patterson family who came to live in Hillsdale, Anacostia, area of Washington, D.C., in 1892.

Scope and Contents note:

The Dale-Patterson family papers, which date from 1866 to 1990 and measure 6 linear feet, document the personal and professional lives of the Dale-Patterson family who came to live in Hillsdale, Anacostia, area of Washington, D.C., in 1892. The collection is comprised of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and ephemera.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged in four series:

Series 1: Dale-Patterson Family papers Series 2: Charles Qualls papers Series 3: Community Organizations Series 4: Subject Files

Biographical/Historical note:

The Dale family came to Washington, DC in 1886 when John Henry Dale, Sr., a gifted self-taught man, obtained a position as clerk in the newly contracted Pension Bureau building at 5th and G Streets, NW. First they lived near 13th Street and Florida Avenue, NW, then moved to Howard Road in Anacostia. Dale built a house at 2619 Nichols Avenue, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, drawing the plans and supervising the construction. The Dales and only one other family lived in this solidly built house for 100 years before it was sold to a church group and demolished.

General Note:

Finding Aid Note: This finding aid is associated with a MARC collection-level record.361883

Provenance:

The Dale-Patterson Family collection was donated to the Anacostia Community Museum on April 07, 2013.

Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

Rights:

The Dale-Patterson Family collection is the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with the Anacostia Community Museum. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

African American families  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Programs

Clippings

Correspondence

Ephemera

Postcards

Citation:

Dale-Patterson Family collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dianne Dale.

Identifier:

ACMA.06-074

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Dale-Patterson Family collection

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7c29572e9-2bd6-4b2a-8982-b527693b7885

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-acma-06-074

Series Donor:

Becker, John M.  Search this

Gay Officers Action League. GOAL  Search this

Heritage of Pride (HOP)  Search this

Rohrbaugh, Richard  Search this

Series Creator:

Hirsch, Leonard  Search this

Guest, Barbara  Search this

Barna, Joseph T.  Search this

Guest, Michael E.  Search this

Container:

Box 196, Folder 8

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1988-1994

Series Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

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.

Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

Series 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.

Series Citation:

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection / Series 26: Cones, Myra L. and Harris, G. Yvonne / 26.4: Periodicals and Publications

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f66dd903-a838-4e6f-988e-695823e30cd3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref3230

Series Donor:

Becker, John M.  Search this

Gay Officers Action League. GOAL  Search this

Heritage of Pride (HOP)  Search this

Rohrbaugh, Richard  Search this

Series Creator:

Hirsch, Leonard  Search this

Guest, Barbara  Search this

Barna, Joseph T.  Search this

Guest, Michael E.  Search this

Container:

Box 27, Folder 17

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

1977-1983

Series Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

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.

Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

Series 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.

Series Citation:

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection / Series 5: Biren, Joan E. (JEB) / 5.1: Xerographic Copies of Photoprints and Photographs

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b0143895-a2bf-4943-98ed-dfb11bdb6d8d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref702

Series Donor:

Becker, John M.  Search this

Gay Officers Action League. GOAL  Search this

Heritage of Pride (HOP)  Search this

Rohrbaugh, Richard  Search this

Series Creator:

Hirsch, Leonard  Search this

Guest, Barbara  Search this

Barna, Joseph T.  Search this

Guest, Michael E.  Search this

Container:

Map-folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1974

Series Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

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.

Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

Series 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.

Series Citation:

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection / Series 5: Biren, Joan E. (JEB) / 5.2: Posters and Oversize Advertisements

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86b44d48e-e68f-4acb-acf9-156c78adb8a3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref729

Creator:

Fleischman, Lawrence Arthur, 1925-1997  Search this

Subject:

Sellers, Charles Coleman  Search this

Ryder, Albert Pinkham  Search this

Burchfield, Charles Ephraim  Search this

Rattner, Abraham  Search this

Richardson, Edgar Preston  Search this

Richardson, Constance  Search this

Pollack, Peter  Search this

Watkins, Franklin Chenault  Search this

Bailey, Grace  Search this

Arms, John Taylor  Search this

Allston, Washington  Search this

Evergood, Philip  Search this

Eakins, Thomas  Search this

Culver, Charles B. (Charles Beach)  Search this

Bohrod, Aaron  Search this

Bailey, Truman E.  Search this

Krentzin, Earl  Search this

Gentle, Esther  Search this

Fleischman, Barbara  Search this

Marin, John  Search this

University of Michigan. Museum of Art  Search this

United States Information Agency  Search this

Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this

Archives of American Art  Search this

Kraushaar Galleries  Search this

American Federation of Arts  Search this

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)  Search this

Detroit Institute of Arts  Search this

Corcoran Gallery of Art  Search this

M. Knoedler & Co.  Search this

Kennedy Galleries  Search this

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum  Search this

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  Search this

Philadelphia Museum of Art  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Midtown Galleries (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Milwaukee Art Center  Search this

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Typescripts

Photographs

Citation:

Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman papers, 1837-1984, bulk 1935-1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painting, American  Search this

Art patrons Michigan Detroit  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Philanthropists  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States  Search this

Theme:

Patronage  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10245

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213339

AAA_collcode_fleilawr

Theme:

Patronage

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213339

Creator:

National Air and Space Museum  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2015-12-24T18:22:52.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Aeronautics;Flight;Space Sciences  Search this

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airandspace

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

YouTube Channel:

airandspace

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_O00wQsXCf7o

Creator:

National Air and Space Museum  Search this

Type:

Lectures

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2019-11-18T17:57:09.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Aeronautics;Flight;Space Sciences  Search this

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airandspace

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

YouTube Channel:

airandspace

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_dVgIzrbeTtQ

Creator:

National Air and Space Museum  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2019-08-17T18:00:05.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Aeronautics;Flight;Space Sciences  Search this

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airandspace

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

YouTube Channel:

airandspace

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_m9dg3HU7hs0

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2021-02-16T19:33:17.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_IpMUaBSRD80

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-12-03T00:00:31.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_P6V_sYJl3Os

Creator:

National Zoo  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2019-05-03T16:44:51.000Z

YouTube Category:

Pets & Animals  Search this

Topic:

Zoology;Animals;Veterinary medicine;Animal health  Search this

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SmithsonianNZP

Data Source:

National Zoo

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNZP

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_U-LGQxNX7qA

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-01-18T17:47:56.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_gagnnGKprBE

Creator:

Archives of American Art  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2014-04-21T14:15:14.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

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SmithsonianAAA

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianAAA

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_-juK0PTbAiI

Creator:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

Type:

Conversations and talks

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2021-04-13T18:18:00.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

Topic:

Design  Search this

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cooperhewitt

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

YouTube Channel:

cooperhewitt

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_aEGyg2Z2XMw