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Creator:

Fairmont Seminary (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Names:

Bristol School (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

United States Naval Academy  Search this

Extent:

1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Calling cards

Correspondence

Dance cards

Drawings

Greeting cards

Menus

Newsletters

Report cards

Paintings

Photographs

Postcards

Programs

Telegrams

Tickets

Scrapbooks

Date:

circa 1912-1927

Scope and Contents:

Scrapbook compiled by Lee, documenting her time as a student at the Fairmont Seminary in Washington, DC in the 1910s. The scrapbook mostly documents the social lives of Lee and other students at the school, especially the dances, sporting events, graduations, and other activities at the United States Naval Academy. The contents of the scrapbook include a huge variety of types of documents, including letters, postcards, greeting cards and telegrams; photographs of students and their activities; drawings and paintings by Lee; report cards; menus; tickets to events; dance cards; calling cards; and a large number of artifacts (ribbons, cloth flowers, insignias, etc.) are also attached to the pages of the album.

The scrapbook is in poor condition as many of the pages are brittle, torn, and unable to support the weight of the objects attached. The pages are no longer bounded to the covers of the scrapbook. Scrapbook pages have been interleaved with paper to prevent the tranfer of acid from newspaper clippings, telegrams, etc. The scrapbook is also housed into two boxes to better manage the weight of the object. Researchers should handle the book with extreme caution and care.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged into one series.

Biographical / Historical:

The Fairmont Seminary was more customarily known as the Bristol School, named in 1904 for its founder, Alice A. Bristol. It was an Episcopal school for girls, offering two years worth of college work preparatory to college. It was located in Northwest Washington, and ceased operation in the 1940s.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Archives Center Scrapbook Collection, NMAH.AC.0468

Celia K. Erskine Scrapbook of Valentines, Advertising Cards, and Postcards, NMAH.AC.0136

Provenance:

Donated to the Archives Center in 2017 by Carol Jarvis, who acquired it from a family member, who acquired it from a thrift store.

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:

Women -- Education  Search this

Genre/Form:

Calling cards

Correspondence -- 20th century

Dance cards

Drawings

Greeting cards

Menus

Newsletters

Report cards

Paintings

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 20th century

Postcards

Programs

Telegrams

Tickets

Telegrams

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Edith Lavinia Lee Scrapbook, circa 1912-1927, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1415

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8d8a2befd-711e-442b-8881-0cce1b3aa08c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1415

Depicted:

Harvard University  Search this

Physical Description:

paper (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 5 1/2 in x 2 in; 13.97 cm x 5.08 cm

Object Name:

Ticket

ticket, football

Associated Place:

United States: Pennsylvania, Easton

Date made:

2005

Subject:

Sports  Search this

Football  Search this

collegiate  Search this

ID Number:

2006.3100.10

Nonaccession number:

2006.3100

Catalog number:

2006.3100.10

See more items in:

Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-0f37-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1318317

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. American Indian Program 1989 Washington, D.C.  Search this

Nakashima, Marvin (recorder)  Search this

Performer:

Printup, Emmett, 1962-  Search this

Benedict, Frank, 1936-  Search this

Hill, Rick  Search this

Armadillo, Steven, Jr., 1981-  Search this

Armadillo, Steve C., 1954-  Search this

Gough, Bob  Search this

Ackley, Vicki  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Extent:

compact audio cassette

1 Sound cassette (analog.)

Culture:

Indians of North America  Search this

Americans  Search this

Iroquois  Search this

Tuscarora Indians  Search this

Yaqui Indians  Search this

Ojibwa Indians  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Place:

United States

Washington (D.C.)

Canada

Québec (Province)

Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Québec and Ont.)

Arizona

Tucson (Ariz.)

Wisconsin

Crandon (Wis.)

Date:

1989 July 3

Track Information:

101 Access to Recognition: The Case of Lacrosse / Emmett Printup, Frank Benedict, Rick Hill.

102 Yaqui Problems Acquiring Ceremonial Needs / Steven, Jr. Armadillo, Steve C. Armadillo.

103 Ojibway Problems with Access to Wild Rice / Bob Gough, Vicki Ackley.

Local Numbers:

FP-1989-CT-0203

General:

"The Case Of Lacrosse", Rick Hill, Frank Benedict, Emmett Printup; "Yaqui Problems Acquiring Ceremonial Needs", Jim Griffith, Steve Armadillo Jr. And Sr.; "Ojibway Problems Of Access To Wild Rice", Bob Gough, Victoria Ackley

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 3, 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

American Indian  Search this

Games  Search this

Sports  Search this

Lacrosse  Search this

Religion  Search this

Dance  Search this

Natural resources  Search this

Agriculture  Search this

Wild rice -- Lake States  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-0203

See more items in:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife / Series 2: American Indian Program / Audio

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk54f531a6d-b367-48bf-87ef-15f1ad2d704e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1989-ref585

Creator:

Jacques Seligmann & Co  Search this

Subject:

Hauke, Cesar M. de (Cesar Mange)  Search this

Glaenzer, Eugene  Search this

Haardt, Georges  Search this

Seligman, Germain  Search this

Seligmann, Arnold  Search this

Parker, Theresa D.  Search this

Waegen, Rolf Hans  Search this

Trevor, Clyfford  Search this

Seligmann, René  Search this

Seligmann, Jacques  Search this

De Hauke & Co., Inc.  Search this

Jacques Seligmann & Co  Search this

Eugene Glaenzer & Co.  Search this

Germain Seligmann & Co.  Search this

Gersel  Search this

Type:

Gallery records

Citation:

Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Mackay, Clarence Hungerford, 1874-1938 -- Art collections  Search this

Schiff, Mortimer L. -- Art collections  Search this

Arenberg, duc d' -- Art collections  Search this

Liechtenstein, House of -- Art collections  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- France -- Paris  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war  Search this

La Fresnaye, Roger de, 1885-1925  Search this

Art, Renaissance  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Art treasures in war  Search this

Art, European  Search this

Theme:

Art Gallery Records  Search this

Art Market  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9936

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212486

AAA_collcode_jacqself

Theme:

Art Gallery Records

Art Market

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212486

Directed by:

St. Clair Bourne, American, 1943 - 2007  Search this

Produced by:

Chamba Productions, founded 1971  Search this

Composed by:

Herbie Hancock, American, born 1940  Search this

Subject of:

Nairobi College, founded 1969  Search this

The City College of the City University of New York, American, founded 1847  Search this

St. Petersburg College, American, founded 1927  Search this

Clark Atlanta University, American, founded 1988  Search this

Morehouse College, American, founded 1867  Search this

Created by:

California State University, Los Angeles, American, founded 1947  Search this

Owned by:

Pearl Bowser, American, 1931 - 2023  Search this

Medium:

acetate film

Dimensions:

Duration: 30 Minutes

Length (Film): 1190 Feet

Type:

sound films

color films (visual works)

16mm (photographic film size)

Place filmed:

East Palo Alto, San Mateo County, California, United States, North and Central America

Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America

Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1971

Topic:

African American  Search this

Dance  Search this

Education  Search this

Football  Search this

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  Search this

Sports  Search this

Urban life  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser

Object number:

2012.79.1.54.1a

Restrictions & Rights:

Public Domain

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

See more items in:

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

Pearl Bowser Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5360af9b3-a3c4-46c5-83ce-cf770d242c24

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.79.1.54.1a

Directed by:

St. Clair Bourne, American, 1943 - 2007  Search this

Produced by:

Chamba Productions, founded 1971  Search this

Composed by:

Herbie Hancock, American, born 1940  Search this

Subject of:

Nairobi College, founded 1969  Search this

California State University, Los Angeles, American, founded 1947  Search this

The City College of the City University of New York, American, founded 1847  Search this

St. Petersburg College, American, founded 1927  Search this

Clark Atlanta University, American, founded 1988  Search this

Morehouse College, American, founded 1867  Search this

Owned by:

Pearl Bowser, American, 1931 - 2023  Search this

Medium:

acetate film

Dimensions:

Duration: 30 Minutes

Length (Film): 1190 Feet

Type:

sound films

color films (visual works)

16mm (photographic film size)

Place filmed:

East Palo Alto, San Mateo County, California, United States, North and Central America

Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America

Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1971

Topic:

African American  Search this

Dance  Search this

Education  Search this

Football  Search this

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  Search this

Sports  Search this

Urban life  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser

Object number:

2012.79.1.54.2a

Restrictions & Rights:

Public Domain

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

See more items in:

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

Pearl Bowser Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd524c2f261-b674-4590-a965-151338be5c94

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.79.1.54.2a

Collection Collector:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Collection Donor:

Becker, John M.  Search this

Gay Officers Action League. GOAL  Search this

Heritage of Pride (HOP)  Search this

Rohrbaugh, Richard  Search this

Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA)  Search this

Collection Creator:

Hirsch, Leonard  Search this

Guest, Barbara  Search this

Barna, Joseph T.  Search this

Guest, Michael E.  Search this

Cruse, Howard, 1944-2019  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1992-2004, undated

Scope and Contents:

This series contains programs for the Atlantic Stampede, newsletters, photographs, and ephemera from the Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA).

Biographical / Historical:

Gay rodeo competition has been a part of the LGBT culture since the first rodeo was held in Reno, Nevada in 1976. The Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA) is a member of the International Gay Rodeo Association (IGRA). IGRA, founded in 1985, is the sanctioning organization for gay rodeos in the United States and Canada. ASGRA was founded and seated at the 1991 IGRA Convention. ASGRA covers the states of Delaware, Maryland, metropolicant New York, New Jersey, and Virginia as well as the District of Columbia. ASGRA's annual rodeo is the Atlantic Stampede.

From the 2003 Atlantic Stampede program, "What is ASGRA? The Talantice States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA) is a charitable and social organization whose primary purpose is to promote the sport of rodeo and foster country and western lifestyles in the gay and lesbian community. ASGRA members enjoy the fellowship of numerous social, recreational and education activities.

ASGRA educates, trains, and fields individuals and teams to compete in International Gay Rodeo Association (IGRA) rodeos.

ASGRA provides rough stock and camp events training, training in horsemanship and horse speed events, and calf roping, trail riding as well as barbecues and other social events, country and western dance instruction and competition, and promotes awareness and provides information regarding animal welfare. ASGRA also sponsors Atlantic Stampede, the annual rodeo and country western festival held each fall in the Washingon, DC metropolitan area. Atlantic Stampede is one of the largest gay rodeos in the U.S.

Since the founding of ASGRA in 1991, the association has raised and distributed thousands of dollars to gay, lesbian, and other local charities in Maryland, Virginia, New York, and the District of Columbia.

Over the years, ASGRA has grown to become one of the largest gay and lesbian organizations in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, with approximately 200 registered members throughout the United States and Canada." Atlantic Stampede 2003, program, page 3.

ASGRA fully subscribes to the IGRA Animal Welfare Statement.

Collection 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.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

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

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1146, Series 27

See more items in:

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

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c304e370-7d41-4464-be94-c791a1b6cbbf

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref3279

Collection Collector:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Collection Donor:

Becker, John M.  Search this

Gay Officers Action League. GOAL  Search this

Heritage of Pride (HOP)  Search this

Rohrbaugh, Richard  Search this

Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA)  Search this

Collection Creator:

Hirsch, Leonard  Search this

Guest, Barbara  Search this

Barna, Joseph T.  Search this

Guest, Michael E.  Search this

Cruse, Howard, 1944-2019  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Ink on paper., 10-3/4" x 8-1/4".)

Container:

Box 10

Type:

Archival materials

Programs

Date:

August, 1986

Scope and Contents:

Color cover.

Local Numbers:

AC1146-0000008.tif (AC Scan No.: front cover)

Exhibitions Note:

Shown in "Stonewall" display, Archives Center display case, June-July 2000.

Collection 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.

Collection 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:

Homosexuality  Search this

Gay rights  Search this

Sports  Search this

Genre/Form:

Programs -- 1980-2000

Collection Citation:

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

See more items in:

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

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection / Series 3: Community Life / 3.7: Gay Games / Gay Games II (San Francisco, California)

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep841da02b1-0ac6-413d-a276-210cc7682856

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref2711

Collection Collector:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Collection Donor:

Becker, John M.  Search this

Gay Officers Action League. GOAL  Search this

Heritage of Pride (HOP)  Search this

Rohrbaugh, Richard  Search this

Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA)  Search this

Collection Creator:

Hirsch, Leonard  Search this

Guest, Barbara  Search this

Barna, Joseph T.  Search this

Guest, Michael E.  Search this

Cruse, Howard, 1944-2019  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1825-2023, undated

bulk 1969-2022, undated

Scope and Contents:

This series is arranged alphabetically by title. It includes programs from street fairs, the Gay Games, PRIDE programs and guides (arranged by state), Pride ephemera, and other LGBT related functions. There are general category folders for Health, Historical, Legal, Political, Religion (Dignity, Affirmation, Metropolitan Community Church and others), Sports, and Travel. This series includes posters from the Defense of Marriage Act hearing demonstration at the Supreme Court in March 2013 and the Supreme Court hearing on Marriage Equality in 2015.

Collection 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.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

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

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1146, Series 3

See more items in:

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

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep815e88be6-b4a6-4ee4-a570-b74db60e17a0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref412

Referenced:

New York Giants  Search this

Chicago White Sox  Search this

Thorpe, Jim  Search this

Mathewson, Christy  Search this

Depicted (sitter):

Comiskey, Charles  Search this

McGraw, John  Search this

Physical Description:

paper (overall material)

white (overall color)

brown (overall color)

blue (overall color)

Measurements:

overall: 8 in x 10 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 26.67 cm

Object Name:

Program

program, baseball

Date made:

1913

Subject:

Sports  Search this

Baseball  Search this

Professional  Search this

ID Number:

1990.0552.02

Catalog number:

1990.0552.02

Accession number:

1990.0552

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Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-5615-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1067524

Depicted:

Washington Redskins  Search this

New York Giants  Search this

Physical Description:

ink (overall material)

paper (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 10 1/2 in x 7 3/4 in; 26.67 cm x 19.685 cm

Object Name:

Book

ticket stubs (2)

program

program, football

Date made:

1961

Subject:

Football  Search this

Professional  Search this

Sports  Search this

Credit Line:

Rochambeau A. Herosian

ID Number:

1981.0858.06

Accession number:

1981.0858

Catalog number:

1981.0858.06

See more items in:

Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-d675-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_665773

Creator:

Nixdorff, Louis S., 1906-1992 (Olympic athlete)  Search this

Names:

Baltimore Sun  Search this

Johns Hopkins University  Search this

Olympic Games (9th : 1928 : Amsterdam, Netherlands)  Search this

Properties Incorporated  Search this

Anderson, Harry  Search this

Biddison, Tom  Search this

Eagan, James  Search this

Fairinholt, Larkin  Search this

Hamm, Ed  Search this

Helfrich, George  Search this

Kegan, Bill  Search this

Lang, John  Search this

Logan, William  Search this

MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964  Search this

Mallonee, C. Gardner  Search this

McKim, Josephine  Search this

Meany, Helen  Search this

Merrill, Vale  Search this

Nice, Deely  Search this

Owens, Helen  Search this

Ray, Joie  Search this

Robinson, Elizabeth (Babe)  Search this

Schwarz, Bill  Search this

Weismuller, Johnny  Search this

Wingate, W. Wilson  Search this

Extent:

1 Cubic foot (3 boxes )

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Diaries

Photographs

Postcards

Clippings

Place:

Thousand Islands

Mohawk Trail

Europe -- description and travel -- 1910-1950

Chesapeake Bay

Virginia Beach

St. Lawrence River

Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Cherbourg (France)

Switzerland

Marken (Holland)

Scheueningue (Holland)

Fontainebleau (France)

Volendam (Holland)

New York (N.Y.)

Québec (Québec)

Paris (France)

Reims (France)

Date:

1926 - 1987

Summary:

The collection documents Louis S. Nixdorff's participation in the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. He was a member of the University lacrosse team that represented the United States.

Scope and Contents:

This collection contains an oversize scrapbook of newspaper clippings, loose clippings from a Baltimore newspaper Sunday supplements, a diary recorded by Nixdorff, and an album of photographs that Nixdorff took on the Amsterdam visit and several other trips.

The newspaper clippings in an oversize scrapbook follow the fortunes of the Johns Hopkins University lacrosse team, national champions for 1926 and 1927, through its 1928 season, a post-season series, the playoffs to represent the United States at the Olympic Games in the summer of 1928, and the Olympic lacrosse games in Amsterdam. Newspaper clippings years later reminisce about the 1928 lacrosse team at the Olympic games in Amsterdam.

The newspaper clippings recounting various games are seldom identified and most of the articles are not dated. Some are from the Baltimore Post, later taken over by the News and were written by Yale Merrill. Others are from the Sunpapers, morning and evening. Some carry an Associated Press identification. Many of the accounts of the 1928 intercollegiate season prior to the Olympic Games were written by W. Wilson Wingate. Some of the news clippings are incomplete.

The trip of the 268 Olympic athletes to Amsterdam on the S.S. President Roosevelt is described graphically by Louis S. Nixdorff in his diary. The diary transcript included later in this Register has been transcribed exactly as written by the author, regardless of omissions of obvious words or occasional misspellings. The diary entries relating to the voyage clearly depict the boredom of the long voyage for young athletes eager to get to Amsterdam and compete in the Olympics. Training was continued during the trip insofar as it was possible on shipboard. Training and meals represented welcome relief from the monotony of the journey.

The diary is written in a clear hand in a soft-cover, lined notebook. Nixdorff presumably purchased it specifically to put his thoughts and observations down on this exciting and, to him, historic trip. The diary covers the period from the departure of the lacrosse team from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad station in Baltimore for New York on July 10, 1928, to the departure from Cherbourg for home on August 15, 1928. It includes Mr. Nixdorff's accounts of shipboard life, the game against the Canadians that the Americans won and their loss to the English team on the following day. England's subsequent loss to Canada meant that each team had a win and a loss. No team was declared a victor. The diary also covers a one-week stay in Paris, including a trip to the nearby World War I battlefields.

The collection contains snapshots that Nixdorff took on the S.S. President Roosevelt en route to Amsterdam, and images of Olympic events and of sightseeing in and around Amsterdam and Paris. These photographs mounted in an album portray an individual's effort to document his travels in a meaningful way.

Other material in the collection includes copies of three reminiscent articles published in the Baltimore Sun magazine section on April 5, 1951, June 26, 1955, and April 23, 1978; photogravure pictures of a Hopkins University of Virginia game and a Hopkins-University of Maryland game without attribution or date; Mr. Nixdorff's visa for France; Gen. Douglas MacArthur's report on the ninth Olympiad to the president of the United States; the official program for August 5, 1928; the passenger list for the S.S. President Roosevelt's return to New York; a cloth Olympic blazer patch; and two cloth lacrosse numbers.

This collection represents a contribution to both sports history and the history of the Olympics. The collection complements several Archives Center photographic collections, emphasizing international travel and touring by an American between the two World Wars.

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into five series.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1926-1987

Series 2: Diary, 1928

Series 3: Photographs, 1928

Series 4: Newspaper clippings/Scrapbook, 1928, 1951, 1955, 1978

Series 5: Programs, Awards, Invitations, 1928

Biographical / Historical:

Louis S. Nixdorff (October 1, 1906-January 23, 1992), a native Baltimorean, spent his life there. He graduated from the Polytechnic Institute in 1924 and from the Johns Hopkins University in 1928 with a degree in business administration. While attending Johns Hopkins he was a member of the University lacrosse team that represented the United States at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. He later became a real estate executive and president of Properties Incorporated in Baltimore. Mr. Nixdorff continued to make real estate appraisals and to manage properties after retirement. He belonged to the Johns Hopkins Club, the Baltimore City Real Estate Brokers Round Table and the Maryland Historical Society. He also was an enthusiastic golfer.

The tremendous interest and excitement generated by lacrosse in Baltimore in 1928 is clear from the press coverage of intercollegiate lacrosse for that year. Stories on important games began at least a day before the event, continued during the day of the game in morning and evening papers and lasted for at least a day afterward.

The process that culminated in the selection of the Johns Hopkins University team to represent the United States in the Olympic games in Amsterdam was a formal one. The lacrosse ladder selected by the Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association to place before the Olympic Committee included ten teams. Of these, six were chosen by the Olympic Lacrosse Committee for national playoffs: the Mount Washington Club, Army, Navy, the University of Maryland, Rutgers and the Johns Hopkins University. In the playoffs the University of Maryland defeated Rutgers 7-2 and Navy 6-2. Hopkins defeated Mt. Washington 6-4 and Army 4-2. In ever-mounting excitement, Hopkins on June 23, 1928, overwhelmed Maryland 6-3. The executive committee of the American Olympics Commission formally ratified this selection of the Johns Hopkins University lacrosse team to represent the United States at the 1928 Olympics. Four members of that team are in the Lacrosse Hall of Fame: C. Gardner Mallonee, John Lang, Tom Biddison, and Bill Logan.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History

George W. Sims Collection (AC0127)

Clyde W. Stauffer Photographic Album (AC0139)

Donald Sultner-Welles Collection (AC0145)

Separated Materials:

An Olympic blazer patch and two lacrosse numbers are in the Division of Community Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life).

Provenance:

The collection was donated to the Archives Center by Mrs. Anne Byrd Nixdorff, January 1992.

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:

Photographers (amateur)  Search this

Olympics  Search this

Sailing  Search this

Travel photography -- 1910-1950  Search this

Travel  Search this

Sports  Search this

Genre/Form:

Diaries -- 20th century

Photographs -- 20th century

Postcards

Clippings

Citation:

Louis S. Nixdorff 1928 Olympic Games Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0443

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Louis S. Nixdorff 1928 Olympic Games Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8773e0336-e9e7-46e0-857f-330cdcdae694

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0443

User; actor:

Selleck, Tom  Search this

Associated institution:

Detroit Tigers  Search this

Maker:

New Era  Search this

Physical Description:

cotton (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 7 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 19.05 cm

Object Name:

Cap

cap

Date made:

ca 1980

Subject:

Television  Search this

Baseball  Search this

Television  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Tom Selleck and Universal Pictures

ID Number:

1988.0409.01

Accession number:

1988.0409

Catalog number:

1988.0409.01

See more items in:

Culture and the Arts: Entertainment

Popular Entertainment

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-4a75-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_683481

User:

Selleck, Tom  Search this

Maker:

Roman Pro  Search this

Physical Description:

polyester (overall material)

cotton (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 7 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in; 18.415 cm x 18.415 cm

Object Name:

Cap

cap

Place made:

United States: Massachusetts, Brockton

Date made:

1980s

Date made:

ca 1980

Subject:

Television  Search this

Baseball  Search this

Television  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Tom Selleck and Universal Pictures

ID Number:

1988.0409.02

Accession number:

1988.0409

Catalog number:

1988.0409.02

See more items in:

Culture and the Arts: Entertainment

Popular Entertainment

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-ef31-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_683482

Photographer:

Whitney, Kate Lucey (Kathryn Lucey)  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Digital image (JPEG file, col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Digital images

Place:

Wildacre (Newport, Rhode Island)

United States of America -- Rhode Island -- Newport -- Newport

Date:

2013 Sep.

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 -- Rhode Island -- Newport  Search this

Vista  Search this

Lawn sports  Search this

Hedges  Search this

Topiary work  Search this

Ocean  Search this

Genre/Form:

Digital images

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, Item RI091008

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Rhode Island / RI091: Newport -- Wildacre

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb629ebf19d-cd99-4c4f-8875-8c6f4151c24c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref10778

Photographer:

Wiedenman, Charlotte  Search this

Garden designer:

Phelps, Claudia (Claudia Lea)  Search this

Provenance:

The Garden Club of Aiken (Aiken, South Carolina )  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Digital images

Slides (35mm transparencies)

Place:

Rose Hill Estate (Aiken, South Carolina)

United States of America – South Carolina – Aiken County – Aiken

Scope and Contents:

1 35mm slides (1942), 24 digital images (2023) and 2 file folders (one physical, one digital).

General:

Rose Hill was the estate of Sheffield and Claudia (nee Lea) Phelps. The 4.14 acre estate encompasses an entire city block at one of the highest points in Aiken, South Carolina. It was built as a winter retreat for the Phelps family of Teaneck, New Jersey on the site of an antebellum plantation that had burned. Aiken is situated in the western sand hills of South Carolina, a high sandy ridge situated across the midlands of the State. It is known for its sandy, rapidly draining soil and thus a lower annual humidity compared to other areas in South Carolina. The sandy soil also provides excellent footing for equestrian pursuits. Due to its favorable climate, Aiken became a health and sporting retreat in the late 1800s to early 1900s and thus a "Winter Colony" of wealthy Northerners was formed. Those that could afford a second home would build estates that were typical of the English Country aesthetic with pleasure grounds having both formal and woodland areas using native trees and shrubs as well as exotic ornamentals that looked as if they naturally belonged.

Mrs. Phelps designed her garden after the house was constructed in 1901. The front half of the property includes the home, the garden and a former tennis court; the back half was the working portion of the property with a large stable, dog kennel, carriage house and dependency cottages. Claudia Phelps was both a gardener and keen plant collector. She sourced plants from around the globe through familial connections, her travels abroad and through trade with fellow gardeners. Fruitlands Nursery in Augusta, Georgia, now the home of the Augusta National, was a local source for many of the plants at Rose Hill. Mrs. Phelps was a highly regarded Camellia japonica collector and Rose Hill has many old varieties that one does not typically see in the large retail garden centers. She produced a pamphlet on camellia cultivation and kept detailed lists of her collection. Her botanical book collection was donated to the Thomas Cooper Library of the University of South Carolina. Most notable in the collection were the rare books about camellias.

The garden demonstrates strong axes with hedges of cherry laurel and azaleas that line the garden paths. The pathways lead to water features and a summer tea cottage. Situated between the walkways are expanses of lawn that are dotted with ornamentals especially winter blooming plants like camellias and native azaleas. She made use of the iron cemented sandstone that is unique to the sand hills region. It is frequently found in old Aiken gardens. She used it to edge pathways and beds, to build seating areas, pediments, fountains, planters, and pond edging. The former tennis courts were converted by Mrs. Phelps first to a boxwood maze and then later to a lawn with a brick gazebo in the center. Legend recounts that the tennis court encouraged too much drinking and gambling so she converted the court into a garden area and placed a gazebo in the center.

In 1924, Mrs. Phelps invited 24 women to Rose Hill to form the Garden Club of Aiken, South Carolina's first garden club. In 1930, she would go on to help found the Garden Club of South Carolina and would be elected its first president and only lifetime president. She patterned many of the endeavors of the Garden Club of Aiken after those of the Garden Club of America.

The Rose Hill garden fell into considerable neglect in the late 1980s. Using garden notes from Mrs. Phelps' lead gardener, her great-granddaughter, Stephanie Wilds, was able to return the garden to much of its original layout. Today Rose Hill retains many relics that were described in the 1935 book, Carolina Gardens, by E.T.H. Shaffer. He remarks that Mrs. Phelps beautifully combines plants native to South Carolina, the Southeast and those from far off places. Mrs. Phelps died in 1955. Her daughter, Claudia Lea Phelps, also an active member of the Garden Club of Aiken and the Garden Club of South Carolina, lived at the property her entire life. She died in 1974. Rose Hill is a private property that has operated as an inn and events facility for the past twenty years.

Persons associated with the garden's design: Claudia Phelps (nee Lea) (plant collector, designer, gardener, 1898-1955); Claudia Lea Phelps (gardener, 1924-1974); Stephanie Wilds (gardener, 1991-2003).

Related Materials:

Home movies of the garden are located in the Phelps sisters collection, The University of South Carolina University Libraries in Columbia, South Carolina.

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 -- South Carolina -- Aiken  Search this

Private gardens  Search this

Landscape gardens  Search this

Formal gardens  Search this

Historic landscapes  Search this

Allées  Search this

Benches  Search this

Containers  Search this

Exedrae (site elements)  Search this

Fountains  Search this

Garden walks  Search this

Sculptures  Search this

Teahouses  Search this

Tennis courts  Search this

Terraces  Search this

Wall fountains  Search this

Pools  Search this

Genre/Form:

Digital images

Slides (35mm transparencies)

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 SC016

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

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

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6a0bd962f-9976-4567-a25f-1bfb413d6a6a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref12433

Former owner:

Carter, George  Search this

Carter, George Mrs.  Search this

Carter, George II  Search this

Eustis, William Corcoran  Search this

Eustis, William Corcoran Mrs  Search this

Finley, David E. Jr.  Search this

Finley, Margaret Morton Eustis  Search this

Williams, Dick  Search this

Williams, Joan, Mrs  Search this

Sculptor:

Righetti, Francesco  Search this

Hancock, Walter  Search this

Manship, Paul, 1885-1966  Search this

Finley, Margaret Eustis  Search this

Provenance:

Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Little Oatlands (Leesburg, Virginia)

United States of America -- Virginia -- Loudoun -- Leesburg

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes worksheets, photocopies of articles and biographical information.

General:

Little Oatlands has a two-acre formal garden originally designed in the mid-1930's by the owners David and Margaret Finley, and the garden rooms, allées, stone walls, gazebo, statues and sculptures have been maintained with few changes for 80 years. The first garden room inside the main gate was installed in 1935 and has four parterres bordered with boxwood around a central fountain, originally a sundial. The original English boxwood borders have been replaced with Korean and American box cultivars in this and the other three rooms. Three more garden rooms were developed in 1937: two bisecting cedar allées that lead to a gazebo set over the stone wall, a flowering cherry allée that leads to a wall fountain, and another room with a large planted urn, a statue of St. Francis Assisi and a swath formerly used as a bowling green bordered by statues of the four seasons. A swimming pool was added in 1952. Boxwood hedges define the rooms within the perimeter of stone walls and ornamental iron gates provide entry to the different rooms. Some of the statues and fountains were copied from classical Italian pieces, and the gazebo was copied from one in England. Original sculptures include "Suzanna at the Bath" by Paul Manship and "The Little Shepherd Boy" by Walter Hancock. In addition to the main house there is a guest cottage on the property. Recent work in the gardens includes replanting long borders of ephemeral spring bulbs under the flowering cherry allée.

In the early 18th century this country house was a tenant farmer's stone cottage on the 63,093 acre estate known as Oatlands Plantation. In 1887 the Carter family was forced to sell the large property but continued to own a few cottages and 180 acres, and called it Little Oatlands. Members of the Eustis family have owned this property since 1927 and have enlarged this house and converted the Carter's vegetable garden into the existing formal garden. In 1965 Oatlands mansion, garden and more than 250 surrounding acres were deeded to the National Trust for Historic Preservation with easements for the family.

Persons associated with the garden include George Carter (former owner, 1798-1847); Mrs. George Carter (former owner, 1847-1897); George Carter II (former owner, 1897-1926); Mr. and Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis (former owner, 1927-1932); David E. Finley, Jr. (1890-1977) and Margaret Morton Eustis Finley (1903-1977) (former owners, 1932-1977); Dick and Joan Williams (former owners, 1977-2014); Paul Manship (sculptor, 1947); Francesco Righetti (sculptor); Walter Hancock (sculptor, c. 1960); Margaret Eustis Finley (sculptor, c. 1930)

Related Materials:

Little Oatlands related holdings consist of 2 folders (21 digital images)

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 -- Virginia -- Leesburg  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 VA445

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

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

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6c15ea0bc-5111-4d8e-9aca-e4e55700c2b0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref18840

Provenance:

Albemarle Garden Club  Search this

Garden designer:

Harriman, Sigrid  Search this

Owner:

Frierson, Melinda Byrd  Search this

Frierson, Henry F.  Search this

Sculptor:

Oba, Toru  Search this

Photographer:

Erler, Catriona Tudor  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

The Frierson Garden (Charlottesville, Virginia)

United States of America -- Virginia -- Albemarle -- Charlottesville

Scope and Contents:

13 digital images (2013, 2018-2019) and 1 file folder.

General:

Previous owners had gardened this one-fifth acre property with a 1939 Dutch Colonial revival house, and some elements from earlier gardens have been retained by the current owners, including a Japanese maple, cleyera, deutzia, hemlock and Osmanthus, or relocated including a peony, hosta, primroses, snowdrops and Spanish bluebells. Otherwise in 1985 the gardens were overgrown, dying or filled with weeds. After clearing the owners planted a small herb garden and some flowering shrubs but had issues with drainage. They also became interested in boxwood species and cultivars and have gone on to assemble a collection of more than 30 varietals including sports. They hired a stonemason to replace the concrete front walk with soapstone and have continued to employ the artisan Toru Oba to lay a new patio, build a dry stone bed that aids drainage, lay paths, install rockwork including huge blocks that serve as benches or a table, and many other projects. The overgrown foundation beds in front of the house were replaced by four varieties of boxwood: diamond parterres now filled with ferns and taller border plants.

English boxwood declined and were replaced with layers of specimen boxwood and shade perennials. Garden beds were designed to incorporate the boxwood collection along with flowering trees, bulbs and perennials, some propagated by the owners or shared by associates. Zoysia grass was planted for a more durable lawn, gravel or grass paths were replaced with soapstone pavers. The owners have planted pocket gardens in nooks including a bog garden for pitcher plants, sundews and calapogon orchids (grass pinks) in a spot that was hard to mow. A trellis built from tree limbs supports crossvine and yellow jessamine. There still is an herb garden below the back porch with lemon balm, sage, oregano, chives, tarragon, basil, lavender, and mints contained in a strawberry jar. Persons associated with the garden include: Edward F. Gilley (former owner, 1939-1950); Gordon and Mildred Wiley (former owners, 1950-1977); Robert and Tanya Artinian (former owners, 1978-1979); Ellen Thackara (former owner, 1979-1985); Henry F., Jr. and Melinda Byrd Frierson (owners, 1985- ); Sigrid Harriman (garden designer, 1997); Toru Oba (stonemason and sculptor, 1991-2012)

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.

Rights:

Restricted. No commerical use of images.

Topic:

Gardens -- Virginia -- Charlottesville  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 VA493

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

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

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb686c1e951-2b55-41dd-aed7-6622b917e331

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref33169

Creator:

Bryson, Bernarda  Search this

Names:

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 -- Photographs  Search this

Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993  Search this

Javitz, Jacob  Search this

Knight, Gwendolyn  Search this

Lionni, Leo, 1910-  Search this

Lynes, Russell, 1910-1991  Search this

Osborn, Robert Chesley, 1904-1994  Search this

Robbins, Warren M.  Search this

Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979  Search this

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969  Search this

Shahn, Jonathan, 1938-  Search this

Extent:

14.6 Linear feet

5.88 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Sound recordings

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Diaries

Photographs

Drawings

Sketchbooks

Watercolors

Date:

1872-2004

bulk 1904-2004

Summary:

The papers of painter, printmaker, and illustrator Bernarda Bryson Shahn measure 14.6 linear feet and 5.88 GB and date from 1872 to 2004, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1904-2004. Found within the papers are family and biographical materials, correspondence, writings including sound recordings of lectures by the Shahns, some in digital format, voluminous notebooks, five diaries, exhibition files, personal business records, printed material, seven scrapbooks, one sketchbook and other art work, and photographs. Although the bulk of the collection documents Bernarda's work, there are materials about or created by Ben Shahn scattered throughout the collection.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of painter, printmaker, and illustrator Bernarda Bryson Shahn measure 11.9 linear feet and 5.88 GB and date from 1872 to 2004, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1904-2004. Found within the papers are family and biographical materials, correspondence, writings including sound recordings of lectures by the Shahns, voluminous notebooks, five diaries, exhibition files, personal business records, printed material, seven scrapbooks, one sketchbook and other art work, and photographs. Although the bulk of the collection documents Bernarda's work, there are materials about or created by Ben Shahn scattered throughout the collection.

There is a 2.7 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2011 that includes administrative files regarding Bernarda Shahn's work on the board of Skowhegan correspondence of both Bernarda and Ben Shahn; an inventory ledger with names of works of art by Ben Shahn; a scrapbook regarding Ben Shan's work in Japan; photographs of Ben and Bernarda Shahn and images of works of art by Ben Shahn; sketchbooks and notebooks by Ben and Bernarda Shahn; and printed material. One additional letter donated in 2022 is from Deborah Martin Kao, Harvard University Art Museums, to Bernarda B. Shahn, 1996.

Biographical material includes biographical accounts for Bernarda and Ben Shahn, identification cards, membership cards, awards, appointment books and calendars, address books, and a video recording.

Correspondence is primarily between Bernarda Bryson Shahn and publishers, educational institutions, and colleagues and friends including Leo Lionni, Russell Lynes, Robert Osborn, and Warren Robbins.

There are four linear feet of notes, notebooks, typescripts, and other writings by Bernarda Bryson Shahn and others, many of which concern Ben Shahn. Included are numerous files of research notes for published and planned books about Ben Shahn, notebooks concerning art-related topics, card files of art work, lists, sound recordings of lectures by the Shahns and Gwen Knight, some in digital format, and many typescripts of writings about art and Ben Shahn, among other topics. There is also a folder of notes by Ben Shahn for the Mural for the Rural Rehabilitation Program. Five of Bernarda Shahn's diaries contain very brief daily entries and some illustrations. The 1972 diary contains much more elaborate illustrations.

The exhibition files contain letters, notes, and printed material concerning exhibitions of art work by Ben Shahn.

Personal business records include files concerning property, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, miscellaneous contracts, files concerning publishing, art price lists, and other scattered legal and/or financial records.

Printed material includes clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, press releases for Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Ben Shahn, and others, books including A Partridge in a Pear Tree, illustrated by Ben Shahn, and printed reproductions of art work. Seven scrapbooks also contain printed materials, notes, and photographs. Scrapbooks 1-4 document the creation of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial for which Jonathan Shahn created the large portrait bust. Scrapbooks 5-7 concern a book by Bernarda Bryson Shahn, and scrapbook 8 contains obituaries for Ben Shahn.

Art work includes a sketchbook with annotations, drawings, a portfolio of drawings, lettering designs, watercolor sketches, and layouts for publications.

Photographs are of unidentified and identified Shahn family members, Ben Shahn, Ben Shahn with friends and colleagues including Alexander Calder, Helen Hayes, Senator Jacob Javitz, and Nelson Rockefeller, Ben Shahn's studio, exhibition installations, and art work by Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Ben Shahn, and others. There are also travel photographs.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 11 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1937-1999 (Box 1, 13; 35 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1934-2004 (Box 1-5, 13, OV 14; 3.6 linear feet)

Series 3: Notes and Writings, 1946-2001 (Box 5-9; 4.0 linear feet, ER01-ER09; 5.88 GB)

Series 4: Diaries, 1965-1985 (Box 9; 5 folders)

Series 5: Exhibition Files, 1955-2000 (Box 9; 5 folders)

Series 6: Personal Business Records, 1932-2001 (Box 9, 10; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1904-2004 (Box 10-11, 13, OV 14-15; 1.2 linear feet)

Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1945-1978 (Box 11, 13, OV 15; 30 folders)

Series 9: Art Work, 1970-2002 (Box 11-13, OV 14; 70 folders)

Series 10: Photographs, 1872-1985 (Box 12; 34 folders)

Series 11: Unprocessed Addition, circa 1904-2004 (Box 16-19, OV 20; 2.7 linear feet)

Biographical Note:

Bernarda Bryson Shahn (1903-2004) worked primarily in New Jersey as a painter, printmaker, and illustrator. She was married to Ben Shahn and often collaborated with him.

Bernarda Bryson was born on March 7, 1903 in Athens, Ohio, the daughter of the owner-editor of newspaper The Athens Morning Journal. After receiving early drawing and painting lessons from her mother, Bryson attended a private girls' school where she continued her studies in art and art history.

At Ohio University, Bryson majored in philosophy and attended art classes in which David Smith was a classmate. She later attended the Cleveland Art School where she studied printmaking.

Following graduation, Bryson taught etching and lithography at the art school of the Columbus Gallery of Fine Art. She also wrote for The Ohio State Journal and became editor of community paper The South Side Advocate. While in New York City to interview Diego Rivera, she met Ben Shahn who was assisting Rivera in painting the mural at Rockefeller Center. Bernarda Bryson and Ben Shahn were married in 1935.

Bernarda Bryson Shahn moved to New York and helped organize the Artists' Union and exhibited at the Whitney Gallery on Eighth Street. She then went to Woodstock to study lithography with Bolton Brown and was invited to set up a lithographic shop for the Resettlement Administration in Washington, D.C.

During the 1950s and 1960s, Bernarda Bryson Shahn executed illustrations for Harper's Magazine, Scientific American and Fortune in addition to random assignments from Life, Sports Illustrated and other publications. She illustrated many books including Wuthering Heights and Pride and Prejudice as well as writing and illustrating her own books Gilgamesh, The Twenty Miracles of Saint Nicolas, and The Zoo of Zeus. Following the death of her husband in 1969, she wrote and designed a large monograph Ben Shahn, published by Abrams.

In the mid-1970s, Bernarda Bryson Shahn won further recognition when she returned to painting.

Bernarda Bryson Shahn died on December 12, 2004 in Roosevelt, New Jersey.

Related Material:

Also found in the Archives of American Art are two oral histories with Bernarda Bryson Shahn, one completed in 1983 by Liza Kirwin and another in 1995 by Pamela Meecham. The Archives also holds the Ben Shahn papers.

Provenance:

Donated 1983 by Bernarda Bryson Shahn and in 2005 and 2011 by Bernarda Brsyon Shahn estate via Jonathan Shahn and Abigail Shahn, co-executors. An additional letter donated in 2022 by Newton Paul, Armand-Paul Family Collection.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Rights:

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Occupation:

Painters -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

Printmakers -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

Illustrators -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Diaries

Photographs

Drawings

Sketchbooks

Watercolors

Citation:

Bernarda Bryson Shahn papers, 1872-2004, bulk 1904-2004. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.brysbern

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Bernarda Bryson Shahn papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92fd13bb8-cc8e-4a0d-a22a-1f1b269ca189

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-brysbern

Collection Creator:

Granatelli, Andy, 1923-2013  Search this

Grancor Automotive Specialists  Search this

Hurricane Hot Rod Association  Search this

Studebaker Corporation  Search this

Collection Donor:

Granatelli, Vincent, 1944-2022  Search this

Container:

Box 76, Folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1951-04-12-1951-04-15

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Viewing film and audio portion of collection requires special appointment. See repository for details.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Andy Granatelli Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Andy Granatelli Collection

Andy Granatelli Collection / Series 7: Racing Programs, Publications, and Ephemera / 7.1: Racing Programs

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep848c1f3a6-b499-4b04-9ebe-4ec2bfd76c47

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1403-ref1728