United States of America -- Ohio -- Franklin County -- Columbus
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets, site plans, and other information.
General:
Located on ten acres, Sessions Village is divided into 29 plots with freestanding homes. French Norman Manor House is the centerpiece of the complex with numerous dramatic touches such as a tower, surround of a stone wall, and attached espaliered Belgian fence that attracts residents and visitors. A damaging fire in 1979 brought changes to the interior and garden. Originally, three tiered, Jack Cobel, architect, created a new garden that features a swimming pool and cabana at the higher elevation and a lower terraced area adjoining the house. The surround stone wall provides complete privacy and is lined with trees and shrubs, perennials and colorful pots of flowers are all around the garden.
Persons associated with the garden include: Bessie Smith (former owner, 1931-1978); Frank Benson (former owner, 1979-1993); Robert (Roy) Reeves, Sr.; (architect, 1929-1937) and Jack Cobel (architect, 1979)
There is additional documentation of other gardens in Sessions Village. See OH226000, OH230000-231000, and OH233000-235000.
Related Materials:
French Norman Manor House related holdings consist of 1 folder (5 35 mm. slides (photographs))
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.
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.
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
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.
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
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.
St. Louis blues --I ain't gonna play no second fiddle --You've been a good ole wagon --Sobbin' hearted blues --Reckless blues --J.C. Holmes blues --Careless love blues --Cold in hand blues --Nashville woman's blues --Jailhouse blues -- Ticket agent ease your window down --Down hearted blues.
Track Information:
101 St. Louis Blues / Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong.
102 I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle / Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong.
103 You've Been a Good Old Wagon / Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong.
104 Sobbin' Hearted Blues / Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong.
105 Reckless Blues / Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong.
201 Careless Love Blues / Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong.
202 Cold in Hand Blues / Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong.
203 Nashville Woman's Blues / Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong.
204 Jailhouse Blues / Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong.
205 Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down / Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong.
206 Down Hearted Blues / Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-3398
Columbia.503
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
New York Columbia 1956
General:
Program notes by George Avakian on container. Performer(s): Blues songs; Bessie Smith, vocals ; with Louis Armstrong, cornet ; Fred Longshaw, harmonium or piano (tracks 1-10) ; Irving Johns, piano (tracks 10-11) ; Clarence Williams, piano (track 12) ; Robert Robbins, violin (track 11) ; Charlie Green, trombone (tracks 2, 6-7, and 9). Production notes: Recorded Feb. 17, 1923 to May 27, 1925.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
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Gimme a pigfoot --Take me for a buggy ride --Do your duty -- I'm down in the dumps --Black Mountain blues --New Orleans hop scop blues --Weeping willow blues --Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town --The gin house blues --Poor man's blues --Me and my gin --Nobody knows you when you're down and out.
Track Information:
101 Weeping Willow Blues.
102 Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town.
103 The Gin House Blues.
104 Poor Man's Blues.
105 Me and My Gin.
106 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out.
201 Gimme a Pigfoot.
202 Take Me for a Buggy Ride.
203 Do Your Duty.
204 I'm Down in the Dumps.
205 Black Mountain Blues.
NEW Orleans Hop Scop Blues.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-3399
Columbia.504
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
New York Columbia 1952
General:
Biographical and program notes by George Avakian on container. Production notes: Recorded between Sept. 26, 1924 and Nov. 24, 1933
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
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.
Cake walking babies - Young woman's blues - At the christmas ball - There'll be a hot time in old town to-night - Lost your head blues - Muddy water (a Mississippi moan) - The yellow dog blues (He's gone where the southern cross' the yellow dog) - One and two blues - Money blues - After you've gone.
Track Information:
101 Cake Walking Babies.
102 Young Woman's Blues.
103 At the Christmas Ball.
104 There'll be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight.
105 Lost Your Head Blues.
106 Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan).
201 Alexander's Ragtime Band.
202 Baby Doll.
203 Yellow Dog Blues, The (He's Gone Where the Southern Cross'the Yellow Dog).
204 One and Two Blues.
205 Money Blues.
206 After You've Gone.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-3400
Columbia.505
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
New York Columbia 1956
General:
Originally recorded: May 1925 - March 1927. Performer(s): Bessie Smith, vocal; Joe Smith, trumpet; Charlie Green, trombone; Buster Bailey, clarinet; Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax; Fletcher Henderson, piano; Charlie Dixon, banjo; Kaiser Marshall, drums; Jimmy Harrison, trombone.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
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.
Trombone cholly - Send me to the 'lectric chair - Long old road - Shipwreck blues - Empty bed blues - Back water blues - Preachin' the blues - Moan, mourners - He's got me goin' - Blue spirit blues - On revival day.
Track Information:
101 Back Water Blues.
102 Preachin' the Blues.
103 Moan, Mourners.
104 He's Got Me Goin'.
105 Blue Spirit Blues.
106 On Revival Day.
201 Trombone Cholly.
202 Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair.
203 Long Old Road.
204 Shipwreck Blues.
205 Empty Bed Blues (Parts I & II).
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-3401
Columbia.506
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
New York Columbia 1956
General:
Originally recorded: Feburary 1927 - June 1931. Performer(s): Bessie Smith, vocal; Joe Smith, trumpet; Charlie Green, trombone; James P. Johnson, piano; Fletcher Henderson, piano; Porter Grainger, piano; Clarence Williams, piano; Louis Bacon, trumpet; Floyd Casey, percussion; Bessemer Singers.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
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.
Careless love --I used to be your sweet mama --Thinking blues --Backwater blues --Muddy water --Money blues -- Soft pedal blues --At the Christmas ball.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-3499
Jolly Roger.5002
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Jolly Roger 195x
General:
Joe Smith, coronet ; Charlie Green, trombone ; Buster Bailey, clarinet ; Fletcher Henderson, piano.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
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.
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Cold in hand blues. You've been a good ole wagon. Cake walking babies. Young woman's blues. Lost your head blues. Baby doll. Empty bed blues
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-78-1166
Columbia.C-31
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
New York Columbia
Participant or Performer Note:
Bessie Smith, vocals. Vol. 1: Louis Armstrong, cornet; Fred Longshaw, Fletcher Henderson, Porter Grainger, pianos; Henderson's Hot Six; Blue Boys; Joe Smith, trumpet; Charlie Green, trumpet.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Vol. 1 recorded from Jan. 1925 to Mar. 20, 1928
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
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.
Collection Citation:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
St. Louis blues --Reckless blues --Weeping willow blues -- Careless love blues --Alexander's Ragtime Band --There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight --Muddy water (a Mississippi moan) --Money blues --Yellow dog blues --Trombone Cholly --Back-water blues --Nobody knows you when you're down and out.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-78-2162
Columbia.c-8
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
New York Columbia 194x
General:
Bessie Smith, vocals (all works); Louis Armstrong, cornet, Fred Longshaw, organ (1st-2nd works); Fletcher Henderson, piano, with others (3rd-4th, 8th works); Bessie Smith and her Blue Boys (5th-7th, 9th-10th works); James P. Johnson, piano (11th work); Clarence Williams, piano, with others (12th work).
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
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.
Collection Citation:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
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Collection Citation:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
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Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
The collection, which dates from the 1980s and measures 1.42 linear feet, was compiled in the course of preparations for the "Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds" exhibit, which was staged at the Anacostia Museum from February 1976 to December 1976. This collection documents the lives and achievements of African American women in a variety of fields, including law, medicine, education, politics, science and the arts. The collection is comprised of documents, magazine and newspaper clippings, correspondence, photocopies, brochures and pamphlets.
Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Cover Illustration: Photograph of Bessie Smith. Printed in blue and orange.
Local Numbers:
AC0300-0000052.tif (AC Scan : cover)
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Cover design includes photograph of Bessie Smith along with cartoon birds and the titles of other blues songs. Printed in blue and orange.
Local Numbers:
AC0300-0000047.tif (AC Scan: cover)
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
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.
White, Walter, 1893-1955 (President, N.A.A.C.P) Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4 inch)
1 Sound recording (audio cassette)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Narration
Place:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Date:
circa 1985
Scope and Contents:
During the audio tour of exhibition, The Renaissance: Black Arts of the Twenties, narrator Robert Hall presents the evolution and achievements of black creative expression beginning in Harlem and spreading across the United States during th 1920s. Literary, visual, performance, and cinematic achievements are profiled. Including brief biographical histories and achievements by Marcus Garvey, James Weldon Johnson, Jessie Fauset, A. Philip Randolph, Claude McKay, Nella Larson, Carl Van Vechten, Countee Cullen, Alain Locke, Harry T. Burleigh, Paul Robeson, Roland Hayes, Lois Mailou Jones, Jules Bledsoe, Fletcher Henderson, Bessie Smith, and Mamie Smith.
Self guided audio tour narration. Part of The Renaissance: Black Arts of the Twenties Audiovisual Records. AV001362: master. Undated.
Biographical / Historical:
The exhibition - The Renaissance: Black Arts of the Twenties - showcased the evolution and achievements of the Renaissance, which was the explosion of literary, visual, performance, and cinematic creativity generated by black artists between the end of World War I and the early days of the Great Depression. Represented is the creativity of Marian Anderson, Richard Barthe, Countee Cullen, Aaron Douglas, Duke Ellington, Meta Warrick Fuller, Roland Hayes, Zora Neale Hurston, Malvin Gray Johnson, Alain Locke, "Jelly Roll" Morton, Paul Robeson, George Schuyler, and Wallace Thurman, among others. The exhibition, held at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, ran from September 1985 - December 1986.
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV001362
General:
Title transcribed from physical asset.
Series Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
