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Measurements:

overall: 8 1/2 in x 11 in; 21.59 cm x 27.94 cm

Object Name:

Sheet Music

Object Type:

Sheet Music

sheet music

Credit Line:

The Honorable Geraldine O. Ferraro

ID Number:

1986.0540.06

Accession number:

1986.0540

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Political and Military History: Political History

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-d6a3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_538289

Measurements:

overall: 12 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 24.13 cm

Object Name:

Sheet Music

Object Type:

Sheet Music

sheet music

Credit Line:

Loena Music Publishing Company, Hanlit Publications

ID Number:

1981.0037.08

Accession number:

1981.0037

Catalog number:

1981.0037.08

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Political and Military History: Political History, Campaign Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-d6a4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_527807

Measurements:

overall: 13 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in; 34.925 cm x 27.305 cm

Object Name:

Sheet Music

Object Type:

Sheet Music

sheet music

Date made:

1913

Subject:

History, Women's Suffrage  Search this

ID Number:

1980.0606.135

Accession number:

1980.0606

Catalog number:

1980.0606.135

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Political and Military History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-d6a1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_516369

Measurements:

overall: 13 1/4 in x 10 1/2 in; 33.655 cm x 26.67 cm

Object Name:

Sheet Music

Object Type:

Sheet Music

sheet music

Date made:

1910

Subject:

History, Women's Suffrage  Search this

ID Number:

1980.0606.136

Accession number:

1980.0606

Catalog number:

1980.0606.136

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Political and Military History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-47a6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_516370

Measurements:

overall: 13 3/4 in x 10 1/2 in; 34.925 cm x 26.67 cm

Object Name:

Sheet Music

Object Type:

Sheet Music

sheet music

Date made:

1914

Subject:

History, Women's Suffrage  Search this

ID Number:

ZZ.RSN81856Y01

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Political and Military History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-13cf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_507337

Associated person:

Johnson, Lady Bird  Search this

Associated institution:

Democratic National Party  Search this

Measurements:

overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm

Object Name:

Sheet Music

Object Type:

Sheet Music

sheet music

Date made:

1965

Associated date:

1965

Credit Line:

Honorable Michael V. DiSalle in memory of Thomas H. Williams

ID Number:

PL.305360.076

Catalog number:

305360.076

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Political and Military History: Political History, Campaign Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-efb0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_494729

Associated person:

Johnson, Lady Bird  Search this

Measurements:

overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm

Object Name:

Sheet Music

Object Type:

Sheet Music

sheet music

Associated date:

1965

ID Number:

PL.227739.1965.E02

Catalog number:

227739.1965.E02

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Political and Military History: Political History, White House/First Ladies Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-f6d4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_494746

Creator:

Fried, Mary Hill  Search this

Fried, Frederick, 1909-1994  Search this

National Carousel Association.  Search this

Extent:

36 Cubic feet (89 boxes, 10 oversize folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Advertisements

Clippings

Blueprints

Books

Auction catalogs

Design drawings

Date:

circa 1895-1985

Summary:

Processed by Craig Orr, archivist, (1999); Jennifer Shaifer (intern), October-December 2008; Ramona Williamson (volunteer), November 2008; Sarah Allan, November 2008; supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist.

Scope and Contents:

The Fried Collection consists of material created and collected by Frederick Fried and his wife Mary Hill Fried in the course of documenting and writing about American folk arts in America. It includes photographic materials, newspaper and magazine articles, research, lecture notes, published and unpublished writings, brochures, drawings, printed advertisements, blueprints, books, price lists, patents, correspondence, trade literature, sheet music, auction catalogs, oral history interviews and commercially recorded music.

Of particular interest for researchers may be the materials relating to carousels. It was one of the earliest interests of the couple and led to the publication of their first book. There is also a substantial amount of material relating to architecture particularly in New York. Other research interests include carvings, show figures, weathervanes, mechanical and coin operated machines, amusement parks, the circus, tattoos and lesser-known folk arts.

Fried organized the materials primarily by subject. There are some materials that were organized by genre particularly the photographic materials. There is some overlap in the arrangement of the materials therefore the researcher will have to look in more than one place.

Biographical / Historical:

Frederick P. Fried was born December 11, 1908 in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn where his father owned a clock business across the street from Charles Carmel, a carousel carver. Fried acquired a fine-arts education in the 1930s with an emphasis on sculpture. He served with the Air Force during the Second World War. After a successful military career, Fried worked as art director in several fashion agencies. He met Mary McKenzie Hill, an academically trained artist in one of the studios.

Mary McKenzie Hill was born in 1914 in Baltimore, Maryland. She graduated from the Maryland Institute of Fine Arts. After graduation, she spent a year abroad studying before she returned to the United States to work as a fashion illustrator in Baltimore and New York. During World War Two Hill was a draftsman for a firm of architects.

Fried and Mary Hill married in 1949. The couple had two children Robert Hazen and Rachel. Around 1953 Fried began to collect architectural ornaments in New York. Fried served as the art director for Bonwit Teller in New York City from 1955-1962. He left the fashion world in 1962 to pursue his passion for collecting and writing full time. Fried published his first book, Pictorial History of Carousels in 1964. In 1967, Fred and Mary Fried purchased a forty-acre farm in Bristol, Vermont where the family spent their summers.

In 1968, Fried led a national campaign to preserve the Titanic Memorial Lighthouse (Seamen's Church Institute at South Street). He also became active in politics and served as the campaign manager for a New York State senator. His interest in Indian cigar store figures resulted in his publication Artists in Wood: American Carvers of Cigar Store Indians, Show Figures and Circus published in 1970. The focus of the book was Samuel Anderson Robb a New York wood carver. Fried co-founded the National Carousel Association in 1973. In 1978, Fried wrote America's Forgotten Folk Art with his wife Mary. This publication covered subjects such as carousels, banner painting, scarecrows, beach sand sculpture, tattoos, cast iron toys, amusement park architecture and trade signs.

Fried's collecting goal was to first preserve artifacts and to then make them available through his writings and exhibitions. His most treasured relics were the items he salvaged from the ruins of Coney Island. Fried referred to such artifacts as the uncelebrated arts. He became one of the founders of the Anonymous Arts Recovery Society a group of individuals who saved architectural ornaments from the wreckers' balls. In addition, he was one of the founders of the National Carousel Round Table which was created to preserve hand-carved merry-go-rounds. As a result of his collecting, research and writing Fried became recognized as the authority on carousels, coin-operated machines, and cigar store figures. He served as a consultant to many Museums; in particular as chief consultant on American Folk Art for the Smithsonian Institution.

Frederick and Mary Hill worked together in many ways to document, collect, preserve and increase the awareness about primarily the folk arts. Mary McKenzie Hill Fried passed away in 1988 at the age 74. Frederick P. Fried died July 1994 at the age of 86.

Provenance:

Collection a bequest of the Frederick Fried Estate.

Rights:

Reproduction restricted due to copyright or trademark. Fees for commercial reproduction.

Occupation:

Wood-carvers  Search this

Topic:

Periodicals  Search this

Merry-go-round art  Search this

Signs and signboards  Search this

Weather vanes  Search this

Coin-operated machines  Search this

Architecture -- Details  Search this

Amusement ride equipment industry  Search this

Amusement rides  Search this

Folk art  Search this

Merry-go-round  Search this

Figure sculpture -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 20th century

Advertisements

Clippings

Blueprints -- 20th century

Books

Auction catalogs

Design drawings

Citation:

Frederick and Mary Hill Fried Folk Art Archives, circa 1895-1985, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0528

See more items in:

Frederick and Mary Hill Fried Folk Art Archives

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0528

Creator:

National Portrait Gallery  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2011-06-28T19:47:37.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

See more by:

NatlPortraitGallery

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

YouTube Channel:

NatlPortraitGallery

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_VIwDSDu6Tvo

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2014-05-09T02:50:02.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

See more by:

smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_3garvPnnO6I

Photographer:

Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Camuzzi, M.  Search this

Harris & Ewing  Search this

Creator:

Sommariva, Emilio, Photographer, 1883-1956  Search this

Harris, Fred (photographer)  Search this

Names:

Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993  Search this

Evanti, Lillian, Mme. (Lillian Evans Tibbs), 1890-1967  Search this

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879  Search this

Jones, Lois Mailou, 1905-1998  Search this

Moton, Robert Russa, 1867-1940  Search this

Murray, Daniel Alexander Payne, 1852-1925  Search this

Tibbs, Thurlow Evans, Jr., (1952-1997)  Search this

Extent:

25.54 Linear feet (46 boxes; 3 cabinet drawers)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photograph albums

Sheet music

Letters (correspondence)

Place:

Washington (D.C.)

Oberlin (Ohio)

Date:

circa 1850-1997

Biographical/Historical note:

The Evans-Tibbs collection form part of the family papers acquired from the Evans-Tibbs Collection museum, which closed in 1996, and centers around the life of Lillian Evans Tibbs. The museum was formerly the home of Evans, the first African American woman to sing opera with an organized European company. She was born in Washington, DC to a cultured, well-educated, middle-class family. Her mother was Annie Lillian Evans, a music teacher in the DC public school system, and her father was Wilson Bruce Evans, organizer and first principal of Armstrong Technical High School in Washington, DC. Hiram Revels, the first black U.S. senator, was her great-uncle and two other family members are credited with taking part in John Borwn's raid on Harper's Ferry. She married Howard University music professor, Roy W. Tibbs in 1918. Her stage name, Madame Evanti, is a combination of her last name and her husband's. Evans had one child, Thurlow Tibbs Sr., and two grandchildren, Diane Elizabeth and Thurlow Evans Tibbs. Thurlow Jr., operated the Evans-Tibbs Collection museum until 1996, a year before his death.

Restrictions:

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

Rights:

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

Topic:

African American families  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photograph albums

Sheet music

Letters (correspondence)

Citation:

Evans-Tibbs collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of the Estate of Thurlow E. Tibbs, Jr.

Identifier:

ACMA.06-016

See more items in:

Evans-Tibbs Collection

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-acma-06-016

Artist:

J. H. Bufford Lithography Company, active 1835 - 1890  Search this

Copy after:

Christopher S. German, 25 Dec 1814 - 15 May 1896  Search this

Publisher:

Oliver Ditson & Co.  Search this

Sitter:

Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865  Search this

Medium:

Lithograph on paper

Dimensions:

Image: 20.7 x 15.7cm (8 1/8 x 6 3/16")

Sheet: 42.5 x 25.3cm (16 3/4 x 9 15/16")

Type:

Print

Date:

1860

Topic:

Home Furnishings\Drape  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this

Architecture\Column  Search this

Sheet music  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Male  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Military\Soldier  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government Official\Surveyor  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\State Senator\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government Official\Postmaster  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Crafts and Trades\Boat builder  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.84.81

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm490a1158a-fbcf-4b68-97e3-93f0020c174e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.84.81

Artist:

Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896  Search this

Publisher:

E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, active 1852 - 1901  Search this

Sitter:

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, 11 Apr 1837 - 24 May 1861  Search this

Medium:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

Image/Sheet: 8.6 × 5.6 cm (3 3/8 × 2 3/16")

Mount: 10.4 × 6.2 cm (4 1/8 × 2 7/16")

Mat (Verified): 35.6 × 27.9 cm (14 × 11")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\New York\Kings\New York

Date:

c. 1861

Topic:

Interior  Search this

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Artist's Effects  Search this

Home Furnishings\Drape  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Tie  Search this

Costume\Jewelry\Chain  Search this

Costume\Outerwear\Coat  Search this

Photographic format\Carte-de-visite  Search this

Equipment\Walking stick  Search this

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth: Male  Search this

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth: Military\Army\Soldier  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.77.355

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4dbe83f44-1489-434c-801d-ff8485b8436e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.77.355

Artist:

William F. Draper, 24 Dec 1912 - 26 Oct 2003  Search this

Sitter:

Richard Rodgers, 28 Jun 1902 - 30 Dec 1979  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Stretcher: 101.6 x 97.5 x 2.2cm (40 x 38 3/8 x 7/8")

Frame: 127.6 x 123.8 x 6.4cm (50 1/4 x 48 3/4 x 2 1/2")

Type:

Painting

Date:

1970

Topic:

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this

Music\Sheet music  Search this

Richard Rodgers: Male  Search this

Richard Rodgers: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Composer  Search this

Richard Rodgers: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Pianist  Search this

Richard Rodgers: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Lyricist  Search this

Richard Rodgers: Pulitzer Prize  Search this

Richard Rodgers: Oscar  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rodgers; Frame conserved with funds from the Smithsonian Women's Committee

Object number:

NPG.70.72

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© January 1, 1966, Margaret Draper

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4a1b3f9a9-c68d-42ec-842d-c33385ef735d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.70.72

Creator:

Jefferson, Yvonne Runtz  Search this

Jefferson, Maceo  Search this

Donor:

Cargill, Thomas  Search this

Cargill, Darlene Johnson  Search this

Names:

Washingtonians, The.  Search this

Extent:

8 Cubic feet (26 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Hymnals

Programs

Correspondence

Legal records

Marriage certificates

Business records

78 rpm records

Passports

Sheet music

Music

Photographs

Contracts

Clippings

Birth certificates

Date:

1800s-1974

Scope and Contents:

The collection documents the life and career of jazz musician, arranger, songwriter, and bandleader Maceo Jefferson. It includes biographical documents such as birth and marriaige certificates and passports; letters, mostly relating to the music business and including carbon copies of letters sent by Jefferson; photographs, many inscribed, including photographs of performers from the early jazz era; a hymnal used by Jefferson; several pieces of published sheet music written by Jefferson; concert programs, including a hand-made one for a concert given inside a Nazi internment camp where Jefferson was detained for two years; lyrics to songs; some business records, many in French; legal records; recordings, including 78 rpm records; and music manuscripts, which comprise roughly three fourths of the collection. Additionally, Jefferson's wife, Yvonne Runtz Jefferson, was a costume designer, and there are photographs relating to her work in the collection.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into seven series.

Series 1: Personal Papers, 1891-1978, undated

Series 2: Correspondence, 1909-1976, undated

Series 3: Business Records and Performance Materials, 1932-1971, undated

Series 4: Legal Records, 1920s-1970s, undated

Series 5: Music Manuscripts, Published Sheet Music, and Folios, 1891-1972, undated

Subseries 5.1: Jefferson Compositions, 1920-1972, undated

Subseries 5.2: Compositions by Oother Composers, 1921-1971, undated

Subseries 5.3: Sheet Music, 1891-1970, undated

Subseries 5.4: Folios, Songbooks and Instruction, 1870s-1950s

Series 6: Photographs, 1800s-1960s

Series 7: Recordings, undated

Biographical / Historical:

Maceo Buchannan Jefferson was born on July 14, 1898 in Beaufort, South Carolina to Reverend Paul William Jefferson and Julia Rose Singleton. The oldest of five children, Jefferson showed an early aptitude for both banjo and guitar. He enlisted in the Navy on April 6, 1917 and was released from service on December 24, 1919. According to the 1920 census, Jefferson lived in Portsmouth Monroe Ward, Portsmouth, Virginia as a laborer with the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. During this time, he played with Gus Perry at the Limelight's Nightclub. Jefferson then moved to Norfolk, Virginia for two years before moving to Washington, DC. As noted in his resume, while in the District of Columbia Jeffersone, he performed with the J. R. Branson Orchestra in a dance hall on U Street and the Roscoe Lee Orchestra at the Better Old Club. He married Riccolin E. Sutherland on October 21, 1922. Jefferson spent another two years in a nightclub in Washington, where he met Duke Ellington and joined his band, the Washingtonians. By early 1923, Jefferson had joined Wilber Sweatman, and worked in a succession of nightclubs and theaters in New York, Brooklyn, and New Jersey. He also accompanied singer Ethel Waters on a recording session for Columbia Records. In 1926, he joined the Lew Leslie Blackbirds Plantation Orchestra and went on a European tour in 1927 with the band and singer Florence Mills. Jefferson joined Leon Abbey's band in 1928, and eventually relocated to Paris, France. During this time, he performed with several jazz bands and musicians including Louis Armstrong before returning to New York where he played in Willie "The Lion" Smith's band and toured with W. C. Handy. The late 1930s and 1940s found him back in France where he married a Parisian woman, Yvonne Josephine Stephanie Runtz, in 1937. Jefferson toured with different bands in France, England, Scotland, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, and Italy until the end of May 1940. In June, he drove a truck for the American Hospital of Paris to the base hospital of Angouleme for which he received no salary. From August to November, Jefferson worked for the American Red Cross as a driver transporting the sick and, injured, and distributing medicine and food. Jefferson resumed his musical career arranging, composing, copying, and playing music from December 1940-December 1941. His career took a dramatic turn when the Nazis, under the Vichy government, imprisoned him, three days after the United States declared war on Germany. Jefferson spent twenty-seven months in prison camp stalag 122 in Compiegne, France and while imprisoned led an orchestra. In 1944, the Nazis released and sent Jefferson back to the United States where he lived in New York before relocating to Bridgeport, Connecticut. In the latter part of his life and musical career, he focused on composition and developing new arrangements for old songs. He never fully regained his health after his time in the concentration camp. Jefferson died on June 15, 1974 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

Duke Ellington Collection (AC0301)

Duncan Schiedt Jazz Collection (AC1323)

W. C. Handy Collection (AC0132)

Gottlieb and Bodansky Family Papers (AC1245)

Provenance:

Donated to the Archives Center in 2015 by Jefferson's grand-nephew Thomas Cargill and his wife Darlene Johnson Cargill.

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.

Occupation:

Composers  Search this

Composers -- 20th century  Search this

Topic:

World War, 1939-1945  Search this

Music -- 20th century  Search this

Concentration camps -- France  Search this

Jazz musicians  Search this

Banjoists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Hymnals

Programs -- Concerts -- 20th century

Correspondence -- 20th century

Legal records -- 20th century

Marriage certificates

Business records -- 20th century

78 rpm records

Passports

Sheet music -- 20th century

Music -- Manuscripts

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

Contracts -- 20th century

Clippings -- 20th century

Birth certificates

Citation:

Maceo Jefferson Papers, 1898-1974, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1370

See more items in:

Maceo Jefferson Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1370

Creator:

Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996  Search this

Producer:

Decca (recording company).  Search this

Verve Records (Firm)  Search this

Granz, Norman  Search this

Performer:

Jazz at the Philharmonic (Musical group)  Search this

Musician:

Betts, Keter, 1928-  Search this

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974  Search this

Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993  Search this

Pass, Joe, 1929-1994  Search this

Peterson, Oscar, 1925-  Search this

Names:

Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David), 1909-1986  Search this

Arranger:

Riddle, Nelson  Search this

Extent:

50 Cubic feet (92 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Awards

Videocassettes

Audiotapes

Programs

Sound recordings

Manuscripts

Phonograph records

Photographs

Posters

16mm motion picture film

Clippings

Contracts

Greeting cards

Date:

circa 1935-1996

Summary:

Ella Fitzgerald, often called the "First Lady of Song," was one of the 20th century's most important musical performers. The collection reflects her career and personal life through photographs, audio recordings, and manuscript materials.

Scope and Contents:

The Ella Fitzgerald Papers document the performing and personal life of the "First Lady of Song." The collection contains music manuscripts, sheet music, photographs, scripts, correspondence, clippings, business records, sound recordings and video. The bulk of the materials reflect Fitzgerald's career as a singer and performer. The collection comprises materials found in Ella Fitzgerald's home at the time of her death.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into 10 series.

Series 1: Music Manuscripts and Sheet Music, 1919-1973

Suberies 1.1: Television Shows

Series 2: Photographs, 1939-1990

Subseries 2.1: Ella Fitzgerald Performing Alone

Subseries 2.2: Ella Fitzgerald Performing With Others

Subseries 2.3: Publicity

Subseries 2.4: Ella Fitzgerald With Family, Colleagues, and Friends

Subseries 2.5: Ella Fitzgerald Candid Photographs

Subseries 2.6: Performing Venues

Subseries 2.7: Photographs From Friends and Fans

Series 3: Scripts, 1957-1981

Series 4: Correspondence, circa 1960-1996

Series 5: Business Records, 1954-1990

Series 6: Honorary Degrees and Awards, 1960-1996

Series 7: Concert Programs and Announcements, 1957-1992, undated

Series 8: Clippings, 1949-1997

Subseries 8.1: Magazine Articles, 1949-1997

Subseries 8.2: Newspapers, circa 19650-circa 1990

Series 9: Emphemera, 1950-1996

Subseries 9.1: Album Jackets

Subseries 9.2: Miscellaneous

Series 10: Audiovisual, 1939-1995

Subseries 10.1: Sound Discs: Test Pressings, Transcription Discs, and Performer Copies

Subseries 10.2: Commercial Sound Recordings

Subseries 10.3: Demonstration Sound Discs: Other Artists

Subseries 10.4: Videotapes

Biographical / Historical:

Born in Newport News, Virginia on April 25th, 1918, Ella Fitzgerald was sent to an orphanage in Yonkers, New York at the age of six. In 1934, she was discovered as a singer in New York's famed Apollo Theater Amateur Contest. This led to a stint with drummer Chick Webb's Band, with whom she recorded her first big hit, "A -tisket A-tasket" in 1938.

After Webb died in 1939, Fitzgerald took over leadership of the band for three years, during which time they were featured on a live radio series. She then embarked upon a solo career, which included recording for Decca Records, and in 1946, she began a pivotal association with producer Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic series, which brought her a large international following.

In 1956, Fitzgerald left Decca Records to join Granz's newly formed Verve label. Among her notable Verve recordings were a series of "songbooks" featuring the work of major American composers such as Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and Harold Arlen as well as classic collaborations with Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Fitzgerald's toured and performed extensively and her immense popularity also led to appearances on television, in movies, and in commercials and magazine ads.

Despite increasing health problems, Fitzgerald continued to tour, perform and record into her seventies with musicians such as guitarist Joe Pass, arranger-producer Quincy Jones, and pianist Oscar Peterson. Throughout her life, Fitzgerald was active in charitable work with particular emphasis on the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and the Ella Fitzgerald and Harriette E. Shields Child Care Centers.

Ella Fitzgerald was admired and honored world-wide. In addition to receiving more than a dozen Grammy awards, she was awarded numerous honorary degrees and many states and cities had commemorative Ella Fitzgerald days. Fitzgerald was a Kennedy Center honoree in 1979 and Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Club named her "Woman of the Year" in 1982.

The "First Lady of Song" died on June 17, 1996, of complications from diabetes.

Related Materials:

Materials at the Archives Center

Benny Carter Collection, 1928-2000 (AC0757)

Charismic Productions Records of Dizzy Gillespie, 1940s-1993 (AC0979)

Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program Collection, 1992-2012 (AC0808)

Milt Gabler Papers, 1927-2001 (AC0849)

Tad Hershorn Collection, 1956-1991 (AC0680)

Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, circa 1910- circa 1970 (AC0491)

Separated Materials:

The National Museum of American History, Division of Culture ands the Arts holds Ella Fitzgerald artifacts including costumes and clothing.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by the Fitzgerald 1989 Trust, Richard Rosman, trustee on April 14, 1997. The Ella Fitzgeral Charitable Foundation is the successor to the Fitzgerald 1989 Trust.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials can be used.

Rights:

The Archives Center can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions apply and limit reproduction for other purposes. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Jazz  Search this

Genre/Form:

Awards

Videocassettes

Audiotapes

Programs -- 1930-2000

Sound recordings

Sound recordings -- 1930-1990

Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century

Phonograph records

Photographs -- 20th century

Posters -- 20th century

16mm motion picture film

Clippings -- 20th century

Contracts

Greeting cards

Citation:

Ella Fitzgerald Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0584

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Ella Fitzgerald Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0584

Composer:

Godlis, Albert  Search this

Lyricist:

Street, Wolcott D.  Search this

Bush, Prescott S.  Search this

Publisher:

Miller, Bob, Inc.  Search this

Names:

United Service Organizations (U.S.)  Search this

Collection Collector:

Kovan, Florice Whyte  Search this

Collection Author:

Whyte, Virgil (bandleader)  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Ink on paper., 12" x 9".)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1942

Scope and Contents:

2 folded sheets. Words by Wolcott D. Street and Prescott S. Bush, music by Albert Godlis, publ. by Bob Miller, Inc., 1619 Broadway, New York City. Cover drawing, printed in red and blue, "by Barbelle from Howard Scott," shows a helmeted soldier holding a cup of coffee, a cigarette, and a bayonet. At top of cover: "Official march of the U S O".

General:

In Box A.

Exhibitions Note:

National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution: World War II exhibit, 1995.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

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:

Bayonets  Search this

Soldiers -- 1940-1950  Search this

Collection Citation:

Virgil Whyte's "All-Girl" Band Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Virgil Whyte "All-Girl" Band Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0503-ref560

Creator:

Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989  Search this

Extent:

3 Cubic feet (6 boxes and 10 oversize folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Awards

Paintings

Sheet music

Posters

Date:

1905 - 1987

Summary:

Irving Berlin was a 20th century American composer and songwriter. This collection has sheet music for over 200 songs composed by Irving Berlin, as well as a sheet music by other composers. In addition to sheet music, there is correspondence, awards, photographs, and posters pertaining to Irving Berlin.

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists primarily of sheet music for over 200 songs composed by Irving Berlin, as well as sheet music by others, published before 1925. Additionally, there are awards, photographs, correspondence and posters relating to Irving Berlin.

Series 1, Sheet Music by Irving Berlin, circa 1907-1966,and undated, contains sheet music from musicals and films written by Irving Berlin. These are alphabetized by song title.

Series 2, Miscellaneous Sheet Music, 1905-1925, contains a miscellaneous assortment of sheet music from the early 1900s by various composers and lyricists, including two pieces by Irving Berlin. The series is arranged alphabetical by song title. Key: (L) indicates "Lyrics", (W) indicates "Words" and (M) indicates "Music" after composer's name(s).

Series 3, Awards, 1938-1987 and undated, contains awards to Berlin from schools, cities and professional musicians' associations. The earliest in the collection is August 1938, the Box Office Ribbon Award for the best picture of the month, "Alexander's Ragtime Band." The latest one is an accolade by the United States Senate, duly noted in the Congressional Record of October 30, 1987. Series 4 contains correspondence related to the awards.

Series 4, Correspondence, Photographs, and Posters, 1916-1980s and undated, contains correspondence, photographs, and posters. Also included are many large copy prints of Irving Berlin paintings, almost all of which are portraits or still lifes. Some date from the 1970s and 1980s. Nearly all are either signed or initialed. Photographs include Irving Berlin and one of his pianos. A document folio contains photographs of a number of canceled envelopes and a composition manuscript, "I Am Just a Dreaming Fool." There are several posters relating to Irving Berlin musicals.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into four series.

Series 1, Sheet Music by Irving Berlin, circa 1907-1966, and undated

Series 2, Miscellaneous Sheet Music, 1905-1925

Series 3, Awards, 1938-1987, and undated

Series 4, Correspondence, Photographs and Posters, 1916-1980s and undated

Biographical / Historical:

Irving Berlin, composer of about 1,500 popular songs, a number of stage musicals and film scores, was born in Russia on May 11, 1888. Named Israel by his parents, Moses and Leah Baline, he fled to the United States with them in 1893. Upon arrival he adopted his American name, and the family settled on the lower east side of New York City. Irving attended public school there for two years, but dropped out to work and help support his family.

In 1907 while employed as a waiter in New York's Chinatown, Irving Berlin wrote his first song, "Marie from Southern Italy". A year later he was employed as a lyricist by a music publishing house and soon was a partner in the company, Waterson, Berlin and Snyder. In 1910 Irving Berlin wrote "My Wife's Gone to the Country" and "Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon". These launched his career as a world famous composer of popular songs and in 1911 "Alexander's Ragtime Band" was a sensational hit. It was this song, along with the others he made at this time, that many consider the advent of Modernism within the musical field.

During World War I, Irving Berlin was stationed at Camp Upton, Long Island, where he wrote patriotic songs, including an all-soldier musical revue and the song "God Bless America" (this was not released until twenty years later). After the war he established his own music publishing company in New York City, Irving Berlin Inc. In 1921 he partnered with Sam Harris and and built the Music Box Theater.

Irving Berlin was married twice. The first marriage in 1912 was to Dorothy Goetz, who died shortly afterward. In 1926 he married Ellin Mackay, the daughter of C. H. Mackay, chairman of the board of Postal Telegraph Cable Company. They had four children: Mary Ellin Barret, Elizabeth Irving Peters, Linda Louise Emmet, and little Irving, who died in infancy.

During World War II, Mr. Berlin toured the United States and the European and Pacific battle zones. Proceeds from these appearances were assigned to the Army Emergency Relief and other service agencies. He was the recipient of the Medal of Merit, the Congressional Gold Medal, and the President's Medal of Freedom and was a member of the Legion of Honor of France.

After the war, Berlin continued to write songs, scores, and musicals. It was during these decades that the score for the movie "White Christmas" and the play "Annie Get Your Gun" were produced. He took up painting as a hobby later in life. He died on September 22, 1989 at the age of 101. He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetary, the Bronx, New York City.

Related Materials:

Material in the Archives Center

Sam DeVincent Illustrated Sheet Music Collection

Groucho Marx Collection

Material in Other Institutions

Library of Congress

University of New Hampshire, Milne Special Collections

Provenance:

Donated to National Museum of American History (formerly the the Museum of History and Technology) by Irving Berlin on March 27, 1975.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

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.

Occupation:

Composers -- 20th century  Search this

Topic:

Popular music -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Portraits -- 1900-1950  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Awards

Paintings

Sheet music

Posters -- 1940-1960

Citation:

Irving Berlin Collection, 1905-1987, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0257

See more items in:

Irving Berlin Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0257

Composer:

Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989  Search this

Collector:

Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989  Search this

Donor:

Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989  Search this

Collection Creator:

Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Ink on paper., 11.9" x 8.9")

Container:

Box 1, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Sheet music

Date:

1949

Scope and Contents:

From the musical comedy "Miss Liberty"

Local Numbers:

AC0257-0000001 (AC scan no.)

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

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:

Musicals  Search this

Theater  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sheet music

Collection Citation:

Irving Berlin Collection, 1905-1987, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

See more items in:

Irving Berlin Collection

Irving Berlin Collection / Series 1: Sheet Music by Irving Berlin / "Homework"

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0257-ref856

Artist:

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975  Search this

Collector:

Marx, Groucho (Julius Henry), 1890-1977 (comedian)  Search this

Names:

Four Nightingales  Search this

Marx Brothers  Search this

Paramount Pictures  Search this

RKO Pictures (studio)  Search this

Three Nightingales  Search this

United Artists  Search this

Warner Brothers  Search this

Marx, Chico  Search this

Marx, Harpo  Search this

Palmer, Minnie  Search this

Extent:

12 Cubic feet (39 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Personal papers

Photographs

Motion pictures (visual works)

Photographic prints

Scrapbooks

Sheet music

Correspondence

Place:

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Date:

1911-1978

Scope and Contents:

Series 1: Correspondence, 1932-1977 is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. In 1965, Marx gave the Library of Congress a portion of his correspondence with well-known personages. The majority of the correspondence in this collection dates from the post World War II era (Marx's early correspondence is located at the Library of Congress.) This series includes correspondence from well-known persons, fans, admirers and friends. There is an extensive amount of correspondence with the screenwriter Nunnally Johnson. The series includes letters concerning public relations, Walt Disney caricatures of the Marx Brothers, The Grouchophile permission letters, unidentified correspondence and one letter from Chico Marx to Gummo Marx.

Series 2: Publications, Manuscripts and Print Articles by Marx, 1930-1958, undated is arranged chronologically with circa and undated material placed before the book manuscripts. This series contains written material by Groucho Marx excepting scripts and sketches. The series includes articles written by Marx for national magazines, various speeches and manuscripts for three of Marx's books.

Series 3: Scripts and Sketches, 1939-1959, undated, is arranged alphabetically with television scripts and sketches placed before full-length movie and theatre scripts. This series contains television, motion picture and theatre scripts and sketches, monologues, and related written material pertaining to works starring or featuring Marx. It also contains scripts for the one theatrical play written by Marx, A Time for Elizabeth.

Series 4: Scrapbooks, 1923-1978 is arranged chronologically and contains sixteen scrapbooks spanning Marx's career from his first Broadway success, I'll Say She Is to the year after his death. Of particular interest are the early scrapbooks for the Marx Brothers career, a scrapbook spanning the years 1934-1958 complied by Marx himself for his daughter Melinda, a photographic scrapbook compiled by the staff of Life magazine documenting a 1963 magazine layout of Marx and his then wife Eden Hartford Marx. There is also a scrapbook devoted to Chico Marx's brief career as a bandleader in the mid-late 1940s.

Series 5: Music,circa 1930-1975, undated is arranged alphabetically and includes original music manuscripts written by Marx and songs for Marx's shows and motion pictures and unidentified manuscripts perhaps written by Marx, his friends, his daughter Melinda or her music teacher. It also includes commercially produced sheet music purchased by Marx, copies of songs featured in Marx's motion pictures, music from "Minnie's Boys the theatrical production based on the Marx Brothers and their mother, an autographed copy of "Stay Down Here Where You Belong" by Irving Berlin, songs written by Marx published commercially, and Marx's copy of a collection of songs by Gilbert and Sullivan.

Series 6: Publicity, ca. 1911-1977 contains theatre programs, motion picture reviews, newspaper clippings both foreign and domestic, record album covers, a book cover and one poster of the Marx Brothers. There are items related specifically to Chico Marx. This series is arranged chronologically.

Series 7: Artwork and Photographs, 1911-1976, undatedis arranged according to subject matter and includes artwork, features cartoons and caricatures of the Marx Brothers by various artists including the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer art department and Hirschfield, sketches of the Marx Brothers by Sheila Smith, Peggy Jacobs, Bridget Crowe and Mark E. Williams (all probably fans of the Marx Brothers), various candid photographs, publicity photographs and studio portraits of Marx, his brothers, his immediate family, correspondence and related images and photographic negatives and transparencies.

Series 8: Personal and Family Documents, 1925-1975, undated contains documents relating to Marx's personal life and his brothers Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, and his daughter Melinda. Of particular interest is Marx's copy of the transcript of his divorce deposition from Eden Hartford Marx, two proclamations from the City of Los Angeles and a portfolio cover made for him by his daughter Melinda. This series is arranged chronologically.

Series 9: Audiovisual, 1929-1970 includes home movies of Groucho, brothers Harpo and Chico, and Groucho's wife and children as well as film and kinescope copies of television programs featureing Groucho as the star or guest.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into 9 series.

Series 1: Correspondence,1932-1977

Series 2: Publications, Manuscripts, and Print Articles by Groucho Marx, 1930-1958, undated

Series 3: Scripts and Sketches, 1939-1959, undated

Series 4: Scrapbooks, 1923-1978

Series 5: Music, circa 1930-1975, undated

Subseries 5.1: Original Music Manuscrpts

Subseries 5.2: Commercially Produced Sheet Music and Collections

Series 6: Publicity, circa 1911-1977

Series 7: Artwork and Photographs, 1911-1976, undated

Subseries 7.1: Artwork

Subseries 7.2: Photographs

Subseries 7.3: Photographic Negatives and Transparencies

Series 8: Personal and Family Documents, 1925-1978, undated

Series 9: Audiovisual

Subseries 9.1: Moving Images

Subseries 9.2: Sound Recordings

Biographical / Historical:

One of 20th century America's most enduring comics and cultural icons was Groucho Marx. Julius Henry Marx, better known as Groucho, was born in New York City on October 2, 1890. He was the third of five sons born to Minna and Samuel Marx. Minna's brother, Al Shean, was a part of the well-known vaudeville team, Gallagher and Shean.

The Marx family consisted of five boys: Leonard (Chico), Arthur (Harpo), Julius (Groucho), Milton (Gummo) and Herbert (Zeppo). The family lived in the Yorkville section of New York City. Groucho had a high soprano singing voice and his first job was singing in the choir of an Episcopal church. He joined Gus Hall and his vaudeville troupe when he was eleven. Groucho attended P.S. 86 but never went beyond the 7th grade. Minna organized the Three Nightingales with Groucho, Gummo and a girl singer. The girl was eventually replaced by a boy tenor and Harpo joined the troupe. The name of the group was changed to The Four Nightingales. Minnie acted as the group's manager. The group became known as the Marx Brothers with everyone except Gummo taking part in the act. The family moved to Chicago ca. 1904 where their grandfather lived.

The brothers toured the South and Midwest performing a vaudeville skit called, "Fun in Hiskule". It is noted that the comedy act began in Nacogdoches, Texas. The Marx Brothers first big success came in 1919 with their vaudeville act entitled "Home Again". In 1920, they were booked into the Palace Theatre in New York City and played there for thirteen months. They were later banished from the circuit due to a contract violation - they had accepted employment without Albee's permission. Groucho married Ruth Johnson on February 4th, 1920 and divorced her in July 1942. They had one daughter, Miriam and one son, Arthur born in 1921.

In 1923, they toured with the show, "I'll Say She Is", a collection of vaudeville routines that Groucho had written in collaboration. The show ran on Broadway for thirty-eight weeks. On December 8, 1925, the brothers (using their nicknames professionally for the first time) opened on Broadway in "The Cocoanuts". The play was written expressly for them by George S. Kaufman and Morris Ryskind with music by Irving Berlin. The brothers made a silent film circa 1924 called "Humor Risk" but it was never released. "Animal Crackers" opened on October 23, 1928. It was in this show that Groucho created one of his most famous characters, Captain Spaulding, the African explorer. Groucho was by this time paired with Margaret Dumont, stooge and foil, whom Groucho claimed never, really understood the Marx Brothers comedy.

On the strength of their success in "The Cocoanuts", they were signed to a film contract. In 1929, they made the film version of "The Cocoanuts" while performing "Animal Crackers" on the stage. Their mother, Minna Marx died the same year. The following year they starred in the film version of "Animal Crackers". Both films were made in New York City. In 1931, Groucho moved to Hollywood where The Marx Brothers made thirteen films. The brothers signed with Paramount Pictures and made "Monkey Business" (1931), "Horsefeathers" (1932) and "Duck Soup" (1933) while at the studio. In 1933, Zeppo left the troupe and Samuel Marx died.

In February 1934, Groucho and Chico teamed up in a radio program called, "Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel", about characters who were comic lawyers. In March 1934, they replaced Ethel Waters on a weekly radio series sponsored by the American Oil Company. In 1935, the brothers starred in "A Night at the Opera" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a film produced by Irving Thalberg and a sequel, "A Day at the Races" (1937). In addition to working for MGM, the brothers starred in "Room Service" (1938) for the RKO studio.

The brothers discontinued the act in September 1941 but reunited for the film "A Night in Casablanca" (1946) and "Love Happy" (1949). Groucho found work as a solo artist making films for RKO, Warner Brothers and Paramount. In March 1943, the Pabst Blue Ribbon Brewery sponsored a half-hour variety show on CBS starring Groucho. Groucho married his second wife, Catherine "Kay" Gorcey in July 1945, they had one daughter Melinda. They divorced in 1951. Groucho continued to guest on many radio shows and continued to be at his peak when ad-libbing. John Guedel created "You Bet Your Life" for Groucho in October 1947. The show aired over the ABC radio network. It moved to CBS and in 1950 it was purchased by NBC and ran on television until 1961. The show ran for a total of four years on radio and eleven years on television. Groucho won radio's Peabody Award as best comedian on radio in 1948; an Emmy award in 1951; and the Motion Picture Daily Annual TV poll from 1951-1954.

Groucho was also musical. He played the guitar, but never as part of his shows. He was also an author and a playwright. He wrote the stage play, "A Time for Elizabeth", in 1948 with Norman Krasna. The play ran for eight days on Broadway but had longer runs in summer stock. In July 1954, Groucho married his third and final wife Eden Hartford. They divorced in December of 1969. In 1967, Simon and Schuster published excerpts from letters Groucho had donated to the Library of Congress in 1965. The book was entitled The Groucho Letters. Groucho authored other books, Groucho and Me (1959) his autobiography, The Secret Word is Groucho (1976) with Hector Arce and The Grouchophile (1976).

Groucho retired in 1961 but in 1972 with the help Erin Fleming, his companion and manager since 1969, he toured in a solo act. The show entitled, "An Evening with Groucho" played Carnegie Hall in New York City in May 1972. Groucho was made a Commander of the French Order of Arts and Letters at the Cannes Film Festival in 1972. In 1974, Groucho received an honorary Academy Award (Oscar) for the contribution of the Marx Brothers to the art of film. Marx died on August 19th, 1977.

Provenance:

Collection donated by Julius H. (Groucho) Marx, through the Estate of Groucho Marx, August 5, 1987.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Reference copies of audiovisual materials must be used.

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:

Comedians -- 1920-1970  Search this

Entertainment  Search this

Radio comedies  Search this

Comedy  Search this

Theater  Search this

Radio programs  Search this

Vaudeville  Search this

Television programs  Search this

Genre/Form:

Personal papers

Photographs -- 20th century

Motion pictures (visual works)

Photographic prints

Scrapbooks

Sheet music

Correspondence -- 1930-1950

Citation:

Groucho Marx Collection, 1911-1978, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0269

See more items in:

Groucho Marx Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0269