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R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection

Creator:: Davies, R. E. G. (Ronald Edward George) Search this

Extent:: 61.38 Cubic feet (143 document boxes; 4 cassette boxes; 10 shoeboxes; 1 oversize box)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Photographic prints; Timetables; Annual reports; Memorabilia; Notebooks

Date:: bulk 1910s to 2010; 1847 to 2011

Summary:: R. E. G. (Ron) Davies (1921 -2011) was an English airline historian, who worked in airline marketing research before joining the National Air and Space Museum in 1981. He served as a curator until his retirement in 2011. This reference collection was compiled by Davies during his career and consists of historical data and materials—including photographs, timetables, and memorabilia—from the airlines of the world.

Scope and Contents:: This reference collection was compiled by Ron Davies throughout his career both as a market researcher and an academic and curator. Materials consist of 63 loose-leaf binders (called dossiers), each containing historical data on the airlines of a country or region, hand-drawn maps, chronologies, articles and marketing materials; over 5000 aviation prints; over 3500 airline timetables; and miscellaneous airline memorabilia. The collection also contains oral history materials, both transcripts and audio cassettes, and four catalogued videotapes.

Arrangement:: The collection is arranged in six series:

Series 1: Dossiers

Series 2: Photographs

Series 3: Timetables

Series 4: Oral History

Series 5: Personal Materials

Series 6: Motion Picture Materials

Additional title information has been added by the processing archivist in brackets.

Biographical / Historical:: R. E. G. (Ron) Davies (1921-2011) was born in England and educated in Shaftesbury, Dorset. After spending six and a half years in the British Army, Davies joined the newly formed Ministry of Civil Aviation. Davies then spent six years in economic research with British European Airways, before joining British Aeroplane Company in 1957, where he set up a market research department. Davies worked in various manufacturing companies, specializing in market research and traffic analysis.

In 1968, Davies went to work in the United States for Douglas Aircraft, where he remained for 13 years as head of market research. In 1981, Davies was appointed as the Charles Lindbergh Chair of Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC. After his appointment as Lindbergh Chair ended, Davies became a curator in the Aeronautics Division of the Museum. He retired in 2011.

Davies wrote 26 books about airlines, airline personalities and aspects of air transport, including the reference standards: A History of the World Airlines, Airlines of the United States since 1914, Airlines of Latin America since 1919, Airlines of Asia, and Airlines of the Jet Age: A History. He also founded Paladwr Press in 1987, publishing a series of books on various airlines and their aircraft.

Davies was a Fellow of three Royal Societies: Aeronautics, Arts, and Geographical and was an Associate of the Academe National de L'Air et de l'Espace. He was a Fellow National of the Explorers Club and a member of the New York's Wings Club and Washington's Cosmos Club. He received Brazil's Santos Dumont Medal and the Aeronautics Order of Merit.

Provenance:: R. E. G. (Ron) Davies, Gift, 1981, NASM.XXXX.0604.

Restrictions:: No restrictions on access.

Rights:: Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Topic:: Aeronautics, Commercial Search this; Airlines Search this; Air travel Search this; Airplanes Search this

Genre/Form:: Photographic prints; Timetables; Annual reports; Memorabilia -- 20th century; Notebooks

Citation:: R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0604, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:: NASM.XXXX.0604

See more items in:: R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection

Archival Repository:: National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg29424ca5a-d1c8-4305-a392-1808a01b1255

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0604

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Dale-Patterson Family collection

Creator:: Dale, Dianne Search this; Polk, P. H., 1898-1985 Search this

Names:: Barry, Marion, 1936-2014 Search this; Dale, Almore M., 1911-1984 Search this; Dale, Dianne Search this; Dale, John Henry, Jr., 1888-1973 Search this; Dale, Lucille Emma Patterson, 1889-1973 Search this; Dale, Marie Howard, 1914-2011 Search this; Dale, Norman Edward, 1908-1991 Search this; Garner, Araminta Dale, 1913-1987 Search this; Patterson, Frederick D. (Frederick Douglass), 1901-1988 Search this; Patterson, Wilhelmina Bessie, 1888-1962 Search this

Extent:: 6 Linear feet (9 boxes)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Photographs; Programs; Clippings; Correspondence; Ephemera; Postcards

Place:: Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Date:: 1866 - 1990.

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

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

Arrangement note:: The collection is arranged in four series:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Topic:: African Americans Search this; African American families Search this

Genre/Form:: Photographs; Programs; Clippings; Correspondence; Ephemera; Postcards

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

Identifier:: ACMA.06-074

See more items in:: Dale-Patterson Family collection

Archival Repository:: Anacostia Community Museum Archives

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

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-acma-06-074

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Pearl Bowser Audiovisual Collection

Names:: Andrade-Watkins, Claire Search this; Bambara, Toni Cade Search this; Dash, Julie Search this; Gerima, Haile Search this; Greaves, William, 1953-2005 Search this; Gunn, Bill, 1934-1989 Search this; Jafa, Arthur Search this; Jones, Robert Earl, 1904-2006 Search this; Massiah, Louis Search this; Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951 Search this; Moses, Ethel Search this; Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 Search this; Sanchez, Sonia, 1934- (poet, reader) Search this; Snead, James A., 1953-1989 Search this; Spence, Louise, 1945- Search this; Tucker, Lorenzo Search this

Donor:: Bowser, Pearl, 1931- Search this

Extent:: approximately 100 Motion picture films; 213 Sound cassettes (7 boxes)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Motion picture films; Sound cassettes; Sound cassette; Oral histories (document genres); 16mm motion picture film; Vhs (videotape format)

Place:: England; Harlem (New York, N.Y.); Roanoke (Va.); Memphis (Tenn.)

Date:: bulk 1920-2001

Biographical / Historical:: Pearl Bowser is a filmmaker, producer, author, lecturer, and highly acclaimed scholar of African American film who is recognized as an authority on the works of Oscar Micheaux, a noted writer, director, and producer of race films from 1919 to 1948.

Born Pearl Johnson on June 25, 1931, in Sugar Hill, Harlem, New York, she was named after her mother (also Pearl Johnson), a domestic worker who had been raised in a Catholic nunnery. On occasional Saturdays, the younger Pearl would accompany her mother to work in apartments in lower Manhattan, where she would assist her by folding handkerchiefs for a small allowance. After moving to a lower part of Harlem when she was about four years old, she met Harlem entrepreneur "Bumpy" Johnson, for whom she and other children in the neighborhood did odd jobs such as counting coins or attending to his ice-cream stand. Johnson, who would sometimes give the children joy rides in his Cadillac, occasionally allowed Pearl and the other children to borrow books from his extensive library, provided that they read them and submitted to a quiz.

As a child, Bowser had several racist encounters. For example, one of her white kindergarten teachers at her elementary school wore gloves in the classroom as to not touch Black pupils. She was also occasionally teased for having a gap between her teeth but felt insulated from sustained bullying because she had several older brothers who sometimes protected her. On a separate occasion, when she was about nine years old, her mother sent her on a trip from New York to the South to visit relatives. Although her mother had purchased tickets for her to be in a Pullman car, when she changed trains in Washington, DC., she was forced to ride in the car behind the engine, which left her covered in soot.

An avid reader, Pearl excelled in elementary and high school and received a scholarship to attend Brooklyn College, where she majored in biology. She supplemented her income by recording the numbers in one of Bumpy Johnson's shops. Disappointed with the quality of the education she was receiving, Bowser withdrew from Brooklyn College, eventually landing a job at CBS where she worked on a team that analyzed Nielsen ratings.

In 1955, Pearl married fellow New Yorker LeRoy Bowser. By the mid-1960s, although Pearl and LeRoy Bowser had separate interests, they both were working simultaneously in the civil rights movement. While LeRoy was active in Brooklyn CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) and went to the South in the summer to teach for what was the beginning of HeadStart, Pearl, along with other production activists, took to the streets documenting African American culture and issues—working to bring these films to schools. Additionally, Bowser wanted to write a cookbook to earn funds for Brooklyn's CORE organization. She was approached by David Davis, the editor of Tuesday Magazine. Tuesday had distribution in the Herald Tribune across the country as a Sunday supplement. As the urban-world magazine exploded in Black communities, "Joan" Bowser's two-page pictorials on Southern cooking with a set of recipes became very popular in the five years she wrote them. Bowser retained copyrights to the articles, and easily completed her cookbook a short time later.

Bowser's colleague at ABC, Charles Hobson, found a used book written by Peter Noble about Black films and Oscar Micheaux. The volume was slim and contained what little information contained in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) files. Hobson and his colleagues wanted to write a book about the topic, and they assigned Bowser to begin the research. As part of the project, Bowser went to California to interview actors who may have been in early Black films or may have worked with Micheaux. What she learned began her intensive scholarship into Micheaux and his fellow filmmakers.

In 1971, she organized her first film festival, the Black Film History Series. In 1979, she organized the nation's first American women's film festival in New York City. She also presented a major retrospective, Independent Black American Cinema 1920-1980, which toured the country during 1981 and 1982. She also directed the Journey Across Three Continents film and lecture series, which toured the country from 1983-1985. Bowser also served as president of the prestigious Flaherty Film Seminar in 1987. In 1989, she, alongside Grant Munro, programmed the 35th Flaherty Film Seminar, which featured films such as Finzan, Zajota and the Boogie Spirit, Daughters of the Dust, and many more. She has also been a judge at the world-renown Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESCPACO) in Burkina Faso (formerly known as Upper Volta).

In the 1980s Bowser was awarded an independent artists grant by the Ford Foundation to travel west and collect oral histories from individuals in Oscar Micheaux's orbit, loosely following the route he would have travelled decades earlier. Stopping in cities such as Roanoke, Virginia; Memphis, Tennessee; and Jackson, Mississippi, she collected dozens of oral histories from actors, actresses etc. that knew Oscar Micheaux. Through this research she became an eminent figure in the Black independent film industry. Working as a programmer, she travelled around the United States and the world showing films by domestic and Black filmmakers within the Diaspora.

Despite her wealth of experience working as a programmer, it wasn't until the 1990s that Bowser made her directorial debut with the documentary film Midnight Ramble. Funded by American Experience, the film looks at African Americans and Hollywood movies from 1910 through the 1950s. In 2000, she, along with Louise Spence, co-authored Writing Himself into History: Oscar Micheaux, His Silent Films and His Audiences, a book about the pioneering filmmaker. Additionally, she is founder and director of Chamba Educational Film Services, a film distribution company that specialized in distributing films by African American filmmakers. In the early 1980s, she renamed her company/collection as African Diaspora Images, a collection of historical and contemporary films documenting Black film history. She subsequently joined Third World Newsreel, where she was director of their theater department.

In 2012, Pearl Bowser donated her extensive collection of books, sound cassettes, films, film memorabilia, and papers to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Sources:

1940 United States Federal Census; New York, New York, New York, population schedule, p. 61B, house number 1486, family 195, Pearl Bowser; Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012 accessed: 10 Sept 2022); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm: m-t0627-02665

Bowser, Pearl. Pearl Bowser Oral History. Interview by Tuliza Fleming and Jennifer Lyon, July 21, 2011.

Provenance:: Acquired as a donation from Pearl Bowser in 2012.

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research. Access to collection materials requires an appointment.

Occupation:: Filmmakers Search this; Actors -- Interviews Search this

Topic:: Documentary films Search this; Film festivals Search this; African American actors Search this; African American actresses Search this; African diaspora Search this; Race films Search this; African American motion picture producers and directors Search this; African American women authors Search this; Meetings Search this; Conferences Search this; Lectures and lecturing Search this; Amateur films Search this; Motion picture soundtracks Search this; Oral history Search this; Radio broadcasts Search this

Genre/Form:: Sound cassette; Oral histories (document genres); 16mm motion picture film; VHS (videotape format)

Citation:: Pearl Bowser Collection, National Museum of African American History and Culture

Identifier:: NMAAHC.A2012.79.AV

See more items in:: Pearl Bowser Audiovisual Collection

Archival Repository:: National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3209e9c6d-3045-4a0a-941e-6519385b18d5

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmaahc-a2012-79-av

Archives Center Scrapbook Collection

Creator:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Search this

Names:: Harvard University Search this

Extent:: 13 Cubic feet (51 boxes)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Advertising cards; Brochures; Diaries; Letterheads; Menus; Newspaper clippings; Pamphlets; Postcards; Scrapbooks; Stationery; Trade cards

Place:: Asia; Ausable Chasm (N.Y.); California; Canada; Colorado; Coney Island (New York, N.Y.); Connecticut; Europe; Hawaii; Illinois; Indiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Mexico; Michigan; Middle East; New England; New York; New Hampshire; New Jersey; North Carolina; Ohio; Panama; Pennsylvania; Plymouth (England); Rhode Island; Rochester (N.Y.); South Carolina; Tennessee; Vermont; Virginia; Washington (D.C.)

Date:: circa 1880s-2002

Summary:: Collection consists of miscellaneous late nineteenth/early twentieth century scrapbooks containing postcards, trade cards, greeting cards, decals, and other ephemera.

Scope and Contents note:: Miscellaneous late nineteenth/early twentieth century scrapbooks containing postcards, trade cards, greeting cards, decals, and other ephemera. Included are: (1) trade cards for thread, tobacco, barbers, sewing machines, toiletries and shaving products, tobacco, undertakers and patent medicine; (2) images of women, children, pets, and flowers; (3) greeting cards celebrating Christmas, birthdays, Halloween, and St. Patrick's Day; and (4) postcards from the United States and around the world. Some of the items in the scrapbooks are comical or picturesque. Most of the scrapbooks were created by women. Also included are several twentieth century diaries, including two travel diaries written by women.

Arrangement:: Collection is arranged into one series.

Provenance:: Scrapbook donated by Mike Blakeslee on September 19, 1997. The collection continues to add accruals.

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:: Barbering Search this; Greeting cards -- 20th century Search this; Lighthouses Search this; Shaving Search this; Travel Search this; Wit and humor Search this; Women -- History -- 20th century Search this; Women -- History -- 19th century Search this; Women -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Search this

Genre/Form:: Advertising cards; Brochures; Diaries -- 20th century; Letterheads; Menus; Newspaper clippings; Pamphlets; Postcards; Scrapbooks -- 19th century; Scrapbooks -- 20th century; Stationery; Trade cards

Citation:: Archives Center Scrapbook Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.0468

See more items in:: Archives Center Scrapbook Collection

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c03232e1-be37-4838-91c9-12318c18e192

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0468

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Lois Leota Teal, trip diary

Collection Creator:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Search this

Container:: Box 31

Type:: Archival materials

Date:: 1948

Scope and Contents:: Small black leather loose-leaf notebook contains a travel diary of Lois Teal's trip to Scandinavia. She describes the Atlantic crossing to Denmark aboard the Gripsholm and visits to Copenhagen, Stockholm and several other towns. Her trip continues to England and Paris and she returns to the United States on the QueenMary. She was about 65 years old at the time of the trip.

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.

Collection Citation:: Archives Center Scrapbook Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:: Archives Center Scrapbook Collection

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep801ba4fae-8b9a-49b5-845f-0b722fd1fb09

EDAN-URL:: ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0468-ref557

MS 4886 Plates from Portraits of Distinguished Indians from Several Tribes Who Visited Washington in 1837

Creator:: Pettrich, Ferdinand, 1798-1872 Search this

Extent:: 9 Lithographs

Container:: Folder 4886

Culture:: Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox) Search this; Muskogee (Creek) Search this; Sioux Search this; Mohegan Search this; Fox Search this; Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Search this; Sauk Search this

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Graphic Materials; Lithographs; Works of art

Date:: 1842

Scope and Contents:: The collection consists of plates from Portraits of Distinguished Indians from Several Tribes Who Visited Washington in 1837. Baltimore: Edward Weber &amp: Co., 1842. The complete work was issued in a large folio containing 5 lithographs depicting a total of 48 figures. The collection contains one complete set of all 5 plates (Plate V is in two parts) and duplicates of Plates I, III, and IV. The collection does not have the title page for the volume. The complete set of plates has been laminated.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Biographical Note:: Ferdinand Pettrich grew up in the city of Dresden, Germany, and apprenticed to his father Franz Johann Pettrich, a court sculptor for the king of Saxony. When he was twenty-one, he traveled to Rome to study with the internationally known Danish sculptor and teacher Albert B. Thorvaldsen. In 1835, Pettrich traveled to America with his wife and settled in Washington, where he modeled portrait busts of political figures and visiting Native Americans. In 1842 he was stabbed in his Washington studio and to recuperate moved to Brazil's warmer climate. He became the court sculptor for Emperor Dom Pedro II and carved monumental statues of the monarch and his court officials before returning to Europe. Pettrich settled in Rome where, after he presented his sculptures of Native Americans to the Museum of St. John Lateran, the Vatican honored him with a life-term papal pension.

Local Numbers:: NAA MS 4886

Variant Title:: Lithographs of American Indians

Related Materials:: The National Anthropological Archives holds Lantern slides of Ferdinand Pettrich sculptures related to Native Americans (Photo Lot 20).

The Smithsonian American Art Museum holds sculptures by Pettrich.

Restrictions:: The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:: Contact the repository for terms of use.

Genre/Form:: Works of art; Lithographs

Citation:: MS 4886 Plates from Portraits of Distinguished Indians from Several Tribes Who Visited Washington in 1837, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:: NAA.MS4886

See more items in:: MS 4886 Plates from Portraits of Distinguished Indians from Several Tribes Who Visited Washington in 1837

Archival Repository:: National Anthropological Archives

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36f72812e-cd16-40c8-a528-e01391d84e16

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4886

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

Collector:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Search this

Donor:: Becker, John M. Search this; Gay Officers Action League. GOAL Search this; Heritage of Pride (HOP) Search this; Rohrbaugh, Richard Search this; American Federation of Teachers Search this; Department of Defense, Comprehensive Review Working Group Search this; Gay Officers Action League. GOAL Search this; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland Search this; ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives Search this; San Diego LGBT Pride Search this; Servicemembers Legal Defense Network Search this; Smith College Search this; University of Connecticut Search this; William Way Community Center Search this; Biren, Joan E. Search this; Bushnell, Megan Search this; Davidson, James, Dr. Search this; Dietrich, Joe Search this; Exline, Gregory Search this; Florence, Laura Search this; Huebner, David Search this; Jain, Shawn Search this; Karazsia, Amy Search this; Karazsia, William G. Search this; Lombardi, Angela Search this; Lynch, Patsy Search this; Meinke, Mark Search this; Nitz, Ryan Search this; Reichard, Bradley Search this; Robinson, Franklin A., Jr., 1959- (actor) Search this; Ros, Silvia Search this; Sabatino, Michael Search this; Shannon, Michael A. Search this; Sheets, Justin Search this; Snodgrass, Adam Search this; Voorheis, Robert Search this

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

Other:: Larson, Gordon P., 1910-1988 -- 20th century Search this

Names:: McWaine, Dwayne, Dr. Search this

Extent:: 66 Cubic feet (198 boxes, 21 map-folders); 64.2 Cubic feet (193 boxes, 21 map-folders)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Passports; Postcards; Photographs; Posters; Videocassettes; Advertising; Dvds; Songbooks; Periodicals

Place:: Canada -- Description and Travel; Germany -- description and travel; Amsterdam (Netherlands); Washington, D.C. -- history; Los Angeles (Calif.); New York, New York

Date:: 1825-2023, undated; bulk 1960-2022

Summary:: This collection contains a variety of periodicals, photographs, correspondence, business and advertising ephemera (corporate and non-profit, personal), organizational records and ephemera, created by, for, and in reaction to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) community.

Scope and Contents:: The Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection contains periodicals, ephemera, posters, postcards, advertisements, photographs, organizational records, publications, correspondence, and other materials related to all aspects of the LGBT community and the civil rights issues pertaining thereto. The collection was created by the Archives Center to bring together materials specifically pertaining to the LGBT community. This collection contains material from communities and individuals throughout the United States. The collection is currently strongest in periodicals, newspapers and ephemera and very strong in material from California and New York. The collection continues to add new items and the researcher would be wise to take a broad view in targeting their research topics in the collection.

Arrangement:: The collection is divided into twenty-five series.

Series 1: Periodicals, 1937-2021

Series 2: Agencies, Associations, and Organizations, 1965-2023, undated

Series 3: Community Life and Subject Files, 1825-2022, undated

Subseries 3.1: Photographs and Slides, 1870-2009, undated

Subseries 3.2: Ephemera and Buttons, 1969-2022, undated

Subseries 3.3: Posters and Prints, 1825-2018, undated

Subseries 3.4: Subject Files, 1958-2019, undated

Subseries 3.5: Pride, 1976-2022, undated

Subseries 3.6: HIV and AIDS, 1987-2020, undated

Subseries 3.7: Gay Games, 1982-2018

Series 4: Advertising, Business, and Publications, 1970-2021, undated

Subseries 4.1: Advertising, 1970-2018, undated

Subseries 4.2: Business, 1986-2021, undated

Subseries 4.3: Television, Theater, and Motion Pictures, 1978-2022, undated

Subseries 4.4: Bar ephemera and advertisement, 1979-2018, undated

Subseries 4.5: Publications, 1976-2019, undated

Series 5: Biren, Joan E. (JEB), 195-2018, undated

Subseries 5.1: Xerographic Copies of Photoprints, 1971-1995, undated.

Subseries 5.2: Posters and Oversize Advertisement, 1973-2018, undated

Series 6: Dietrich, Joseph A., 1992-2010

Series 7: Mattachine Society Records, 1942-1996, undated

Subseries 7.1: Correspondence, 1952-1991, undated

Subseries 7.2: Board of Directors Minutes, 1954-1974, undated

Subseries 7.3: Organizational Information, 1942-1993, undated

Subseries 7.4: Councils, Chapters, and Committees, 1953-1965, undated

Subseries 7.5: Conventions, 1953-1960, undated

Subseries 7.6: Publications, 1944-1996, undated

Series 8: Rainbow History Community Pioneers, 2003-2012, undated

Series 9: Strub, Sean O., addendum, 1987-2011, undated

Series 10: Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore (GLCCB, 1990-2014, undated

Series 11: Ros, Silvia, 2009-2011

Series 12: Huebner, David, 2009-2014

Series 13: St. George, Philip, 1945-1955, undated

Series 14: Will & Grace, 1995-2006

Series 15: Barna, Joseph T. and Heritage of Pride (HOP), New York, New York, 1910-2014, undated

Subseries 15.1: Photographs, Photographic Negatives, and Slides, 1985-2010, undated

Subseries 15.2: Heritage of Pride (HOP), 1984-2014, undated

Subseries 15.3: Barna, Joseph T., 1910-2013, undated,

Series 16: Becker, John M., 1999-2014, undated

Series 17: Rohrbaugh, Richard, 1972-1986, undated

Series 18: Guest, Michael E., 2001-2009

Series 19: The Fosters, 2013

Series 20: Pride at Work, 1990-2015

Series 21: Sabatino, Michael and Voorheis, Robert, 1980-2016, undated

Subseries 21.1: Archilla, Gustavo A. and Lokkins, Elmer T., 1916-2014, undated

Series 22: Gay Officers Action League (GOAL), 1982-2016, undated

Series 23: Brown, Adele "Del" and Herizon's Bar, 1985-1991, undated

Subseries 1: Changing Herizons, and Herizons Newsletter, 1983-1991

Series 24: Universal Fellowship Metropolitan Community Churches (UFMCC), 1957-2019, undated

Series 25: The Christmas House, Crown Media Family Networks, 2020-2021

Historical Note:: While the quest for equal rights has been pursued by generations, it is generally acknowledged that the modern day Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) civil rights movement began in New York City in June 1969 with the Stonewall Riots. Prior to this time a number of activists, individuals, and organizations such as The Mattachine Society, Daughters of Bilitis and others, fought to bring recognition of LGBT civil rights to the forefront of American society. While the movement was primarily, and most visably, centered in New York City and San Francisco, periodicals, guide books, and ephemeral material interconnected the larger LGBT community throughout the United States. The increased visibility of the LGBT movement inspired affinity groups at odds with the LGBT community's new found visibility and quest for broader civil rights. The challenge to what was termed "traditional" values encouraged these counter-LGBT groups to define and solidfy their constituency and also become more pro-active. This collection comprises material that is generated by individuals and organizations promoting both points of view.

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DC Cowboys Dance Company Records (AC1312)

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Leonard P. Hirsch Federal Globe Records (AC1357)

Corbett Reynolds Papers (AC1390)

Mark Segal Papers (AC1422)

The Mattachine Society of Washington "Love in Action" Collection (AC1428)

Academy of Washington Records (AC1458)

Matthew Shepard Papers (AC1463)

I'm From Driftwood Records (AC1503)

The Division of Political History holds artifacts related to gay activist Franklin Kameny and a variety of political buttons. They also hold LGBT related artifacts from Joan E. Biren (JEB).

The Division of Medical and Science holds objects donated from Dr. Renee Richards, Sean O. Strub, and Leonard Hirsch.

The Division of Entertainment and the Arts holds objects donated by The Fosters, Will & Grace, and The Christmas House.

Provenance:: This collection was assembled by the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian, beginning in 2004.

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.

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's music Search this; Transgender people -- Identity Search this; Sexual orientation Search this; Political activists Search this; Lesbianism Search this; Lesbian and gay experience Search this; Gay activists Search this; Homosexuality Search this; HIV and AIDS Search this; Feminism Search this; Bisexuality Search this; Bars (Drinking establishments) Search this; Gay Pride Search this

Genre/Form:: Passports; Postcards; Photographs -- 2000-2010; Posters; Videocassettes; Advertising; DVDs; Photographs -- 20th century; Songbooks; Periodicals

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

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.1146

See more items in:: Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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[U.S. Passport for Henry A. Bonynge, physician, and his wife Bessie Bonynge : black and white photoprint stapled to folded sheet of paper]

Creator:: United States of America, Department of State (issuer) Search this

Donor:: Strange, Susan B. Search this

Collection Creator:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Search this; Ravnitzky, Michael Search this

Extent:: 1 Item (12" x 8.5".)

Type:: Archival materials; Photographs; Passports

Date:: 1925

Scope and Contents:: Photographer unidentified. Back and inside of passport has visas for France, Great Britain and Holland.

Local Numbers:: AC0404-0000037.tif (AC Scan)

General:: In Passports box.

Restrictions:: Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.

Collection Rights:: Possible copyright and/or trademark restrictions on material in collection. Consult repository.

Topic:: Travel -- 1920-1930 Search this; Tourism -- 1920-1930 Search this

Genre/Form:: Photographs -- 1920-1930 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin; Passports -- 1920-1930

Collection Citation:: Archives Center Business Americana Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

See more items in:: Archives Center Business Americana Collection; Archives Center Business Americana Collection / Passports

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Milton Wolf Brown papers

Creator:: Brown, Milton Wolf (Milton Wolf), 1911-1998 Search this

Names:: Archives of American Art Search this; Armory Show 50th anniversary exhibition (1963 : New York, N.Y.) Search this; Brooklyn College -- Faculty Search this; Century Association (New York, N.Y.) Search this; City University of New York -- Faculty Search this; Whitney Museum of American Art Search this; Brown, Blanche Search this; Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000 Search this; Lozowick, Louis, 1892-1973 Search this; Lynes, Russell, 1910-1991 Search this; Meltzoff, Stanley Search this; Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968 Search this; Prendergast, Charles, 1863-1948 Search this; Prendergast, Maurice Brazil, 1858-1924 Search this; Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965 Search this

Extent:: 26 Linear feet; 0.225 Gigabytes

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Gigabytes; Travel diaries; Articles; Interviews; Essays; Drafts (documents); Transcripts; Photographs; Notebooks; Lectures; Scripts (documents)

Date:: 1908-1998

Summary:: The papers of art historian and educator Milton Wolf Brown date from 1908 to 1998 and measure 26.0 linear feet and 0.225 GB. The collection documents Brown's career through scattered biographical material, correspondence with friends, publishers, colleagues, artists, museums, and art organizations, travel journals, files for the Prendergast Catalogue Raisonne Project, exhibition, research, teaching, and organization files, printed and digital material, and scattered photographs. A large portion of this collection consists of writings by Brown including notebooks, draft writings for books and other publications, lectures, and his writings as a student.

Scope and Content Note:: The papers of art historian and educator Milton Wolf Brown date from 1908 to 1998 and measure 25.8 linear feet and 0.225 GB. The collection documents Brown's career through scattered biographical material, correspondence with friends, publishers, colleagues, artists, museums, and art organizations, travel journals, files for the Prendergast Catalogue Raisonne Project, exhibition, research, teaching, and organization files, printed and digital material, and scattered photographs. A large portion of this collection consists of writings by Brown including notebooks, draft writings for books and other publications, lectures, and his writings as a student.

Biographical material includes academic records, travel documents, financial documents, Brown's military records, and a transcript of a 1997 interview. Correspondence is with students, museums, universities, publishers, art organizations, and others. The bulk of these letters document Brown's professional activities, but also found are scattered letters from friends, artists, and colleagues such as Russell Lynes, Stanley Meltzoff, Louis Lozowick, Erwin Panofsky, and Paul Sachs.

This collection also contains 33 detailed travel journals written primarily by Milton Brown's wife, Blanche, documenting their travels in Europe, the United States, and other parts of the world. Within the writings series are notebooks from the period that Brown was a student and while traveling in Europe in 1959 and 1960; book project files, which include draft writings as well as related correspondence, research material, notes, photographs and other material. Files are found for American Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts, Photography (1979), American Painting, From the Armory Show to the Depression (1955), The Story of the Armory Show (1963, 1988 2nd ed.), and other books. Among the writings are files for lectures written by Brown; essays, articles, and scripts written for various publications; general research notes and student writings; and writings by others sent to Brown for review and feedback.

Brown maintained a set of files documenting his work on the Prendergast Catalogue Raisonne Project, which consist of correspondence, drafts, reports, and research materials, including notes on twenty meetings with Mrs. Prendergast. Exhibition files document Brown's work as curator on several major exhibitions, including a Jacob Lawrence exhibition at the Whitney Museum, and his contributions to others. Also found here are three interviews of Milton Brown and Marcel Duchamp concerning the 50th Anniversary of the Armory Show and anniversary exhibition. Research files include notes, research material, and printed material on various art-related subjects that were maintained by Milton and Blanche Brown for regular use for lectures, teaching, and writing projects. Brown's teaching files contain scattered lecture notes, syllabi, correspondence, faculty records, and other materials from his time at CUNY, Brooklyn College, and other visiting professorships. Organization Files contain correspondence, reports, planning documents, and event materials. These records document his membership or advisory role in various organizations such as the Archives of American Art and Century Association.

This collection also contains printed material, such as exhibition announcements, newsletters, brochures, journals, event programs, and magazine and newspapers clippings compiled by Brown. Scattered photographs include nine photographs of Milton Brown, a few photographs of friends, and photographs of artwork.

Arrangement:: The collection is arranged as 11 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1932-1998 (Box 1; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1908, 1934-1998 (Boxes 1-3; 1.8 linear feet)

Series 3: Travel Journals, 1941-1996 (Boxes 3-4; 1.6 linear feet)

Series 4: Writings, circa 1929-1990s (Boxes 4-13, 25; 8.7 linear feet)

Series 5: Prendergast Catalogue Raisonne Project, circa 1952-1990 (Boxes 13-14, 25; 1.8 linear feet)

Series 6: Exhibition Files, 1962-circa 1997 (Boxes 14-16, 28; 2.0 linear feet, ER01; 0.225 GB)

Series 7: Research Files, circa 1930s-1986 (Boxes 16-19; 3.0 linear feet)

Series 8: Teaching Files, circa 1946-1993 (Boxes 19-21; 2.0 linear feet)

Series 9: Organization Files, 1959-1995 (Boxes 21-22; 1.3 linear feet)

Series 10: Printed Material, 1925-1990s (Boxes 22-24, 26, 27; 3.2 linear feet)

Series 11: Photographs, circa 1956-1990s (Boxes 25, 27; 0.2 linear feet)

Biographical Note:: Milton Wolf Brown (1911-1998) was an art historian and educator in New York City.

Known to his friends as "Mainey," Brown was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1911. At a young age he intended to be a painter and studied with Louis Lozowick. However, instead of attending art school, he entered New York University to study education and eventually received his master's and doctorate in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts. While there he took courses with Walter Friedlander, Erwin Panofsky, and Mayer Schapiro. He also received fellowships to the Courtauld Institute of Art in 1934 and Brussels in 1937, and studied from 1938-1939 at the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University. In 1938 he married fellow student Blanche Levine. After serving in World War II, he began teaching in the art department at Brooklyn College in 1946. There he developed a specialization in American art history and his doctoral dissertation, American Painting from the Armory Show to the Depression, was published in 1955. In 1963 he participated in the fiftieth anniversary exhibition of the 1913 Armory Show. The publication of his book Story of the Armory Show coincided with this event.

In 1971 Brown established the graduate program in Art History at the City University of New York, which became preeminent in the areas of modern art and American art history. During the 1980s he remained a resident professor at CUNY, though he retired in 1979, and he held visiting professorships at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art. From 1983 to 1987 he had a senior fellowship at Williams College for the Prendergast Catalogue Raisonne Project.

Over the course of his career Brown curated exhibitions, including an exhibition on the works of Jacob Lawrence and The Modern Spirit: American Painting and Photography, 1908-1935, and wrote for numerous publications. He also served as an active member of several professional societies. Brown was close friends with art scholars and artists, such as Jack Levine, Moses and Raphael Soyer, Ad Reinhardt, and Paul Strand. In 1991 he returned to painting landscape watercolors, and had the opportunity to exhibit his work before his death in 1998.

Related Material:: Also at the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Milton Wolf Brown, conducted in 1976 by Paul Cummings.

Provenance:: The Milton Wolf Brown papers were donated in 2000 and 2001 by Blanche R. Brown, Brown's widow. Three reel-to reel sound recordings were lent for duplication to cassette and transcript in 1986 by Milton Brown. A cassette copy of the Martha Deane interview was donated in 2006 by Milton Brown's estate, via Naomi Rosenblum. Additional material was donated in 2002 and 2004 by Naomi Rosenblum, executor for the estate of Blanche R. Brown, who died in 2002.

Restrictions:: Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Rights:: The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:: Art museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York Search this; Educators -- New York (State) -- New York Search this; Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York Search this

Topic:: Art, American History Sources Search this

Genre/Form:: Travel diaries; Articles; Interviews; Essays; Drafts (documents); Transcripts; Photographs; Notebooks; Lectures; Scripts (documents)

Citation:: Milton Wolf Brown papers, 1908-1998. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:: Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Identifier:: AAA.browmilt

See more items in:: Milton Wolf Brown papers

Archival Repository:: Archives of American Art

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E.P. (Edgar Preston) and Constance Richardson papers

Creator:: Richardson, Edgar Preston, 1902-1985 Search this; Richardson, Constance, 1905- Search this

Names:: Archives of American Art Search this; Castano Galleries (Boston, Mass.) Search this; Detroit Institute of Arts Search this; Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum Search this; Historical Society of Pennsylvania Search this; Macbeth Gallery Search this; National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.) Search this; National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) Search this; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Search this; Philadelphia Museum of Art Search this; White House (Washington, D.C.) Search this; Peale family Search this; Allen, Joseph Search this; Allston, Washington, 1779-1843 Search this; Andrews, Wayne Search this; Aram, Siegfried F. Search this; Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988 Search this; Bostick, William A. Search this; Bouché, Louis, 1896-1969 Search this; Boyd, Julian P. (Julian Parks), 1903- Search this; Castano, Giovanni, 1896-1978 Search this; Cohn, Harold Search this; Copeland, Lammot du Pont Search this; Culver, Charles B. (Charles Beach), 1908-1967 Search this; Fleischman, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Arthur), 1925-1997 Search this; Flexner, James Thomas, 1908-2003 Search this; Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981 Search this; Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 Search this; Freeman, Michael W. Search this; Garrison, Eve Josephson, 1903-2003 Search this; Groce, George C., 1899- Search this; Hardy, Jeremiah Pearson, 1800-1889 Search this; Heil, Walter, 1890-1973 Search this; Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967 Search this; Jungwirth, Irene G. (Irene Gayas), 1913- Search this; Krentzin, Earl, 1929- Search this; Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953 Search this; Lee-Smith, Hughie Search this; Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979 Search this; Lynes, Russell, 1910-1991 Search this; Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954 Search this; Mast, Gerald, 1908-1971 Search this; McDermott, John Francis, 1902- Search this; Middeldorf, Ulrich Alexander, 1901- Search this; Morse, John D., 1906- Search this; Moser, Liselotte, 1906-1983 Search this; O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986 Search this; Oliver, Andrew, 1906- Search this; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 Search this; Pleasants, J. Hall (Jacob Hall), 1873-1957 Search this; Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon), 1913-2001 Search this; Rockefeller, John D., 1906- Search this; Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 Search this; Rutledge, Anna Wells Search this; Sellers, Charles Coleman, 1903- Search this; Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965 Search this; Simper, Fred, 1914- Search this; Simpson, Corelli C. W. Search this; Soria, Regina, 1911- Search this; Spark, Victor D. (Victor David), 1898-1991 Search this; Speck, Walter, 1895- Search this; Stevens, William B. Search this; Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold, 1880-1958 Search this; Vose, Robert C. (Robert Churchill), 1911-1998 Search this; Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972 Search this; Wedda, John Search this; Woolfenden, William E. (William Edward), 1918-1995 Search this; Wyeth, Andrew, 1917-2009 Search this

Extent:: 28.7 Linear feet

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Photographs; Manuscripts; Interviews; Diaries; Transcripts; Sketches; Lectures

Place:: Detroit (Mich.)

Date:: 1814-1996; bulk 1921-1996

Summary:: The papers of art historian E. P. Richardson measure 28.7 linear feet and date from 1814-1996, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1921-1996. Within the papers are scattered biographical materials; acquisition files for Richardson's personal art collection; professional and personal correspondence with colleagues, art historians and critics, artists, museums, galleries, and dealers; numerous writings, including manuscripts and research files for his published books, articles, and lectures; general research notebooks and files compiled by Richardson on a wide variety of art-related topics and artists; professional and committee files; as well as a smaller amount of Constance C. Richardson's papers.

Scope and Contents:: The papers of art historian E. P. Richardson measure 28.7 linear feet and date from 1814-1996, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1921-1996. Within the papers are scattered biographical materials; acquisition files for Richardson's personal art collection; professional and personal correspondence with colleagues, art historians and critics, artists, museums, galleries, and dealers; numerous writings, including manuscripts and research files for his published books, articles, and lectures; general research notebooks and files compiled by Richardson on a wide variety of art-related topics and artists; professional and committee files; as well as a smaller amount of Constance C. Richardson's papers.

Biographical materials include certificates, awards, and honorary degrees, membership information, personal and family photographs, a few sketches, and a transcript of an oral history Interview with E.P. Richardson conducted by the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1982.

There are acquisitions files for the Richardsons' personal art collection that invoices, photographs, correspondence with galleries and collectors, appraisals, price lists, and artwork examination forms.

Correspondence is with colleagues, art dealers, collectors, museums and museum curators, foreign scholars, organizations, galleries, artists, art historians and critics, publishers, editors, librarians, friends, and family. Topics regard purchasing art for various collections, consultations about art and collecting including authentications and attributions, publishing, general art history, lectures, and personal matters, among other topics. There is correspondence with the Archives of American Art, Castano Galleries, Lawrence Fleischman, James Thomas Flexner, Alfred V. Frankenstein, George Croce, Walter Heil, Earl Krentzin, Wilmarth Lewis, Russel Lynes, John Francis McDermott, Philadelphia Museum of Art, J. Hall Pleasants, Anna Rutledge, Charles Sellers, Smithsonian Institution, Regina Soria, Victor Spark, William Stevens, Robert Vose, William Woolfenden, and many others. Scattered correspondence with artists is with Isabel Bishop, Louis Bouche, William Bostick, Eve Garrison, Edward Hopper, Irene Jungwirth, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Hughie Lee-Smith, Reginald Marsh, Gerald Mast, Georgia O'Keefe, Charles Sheeler, Walt Speck, and John Wedda, among many others. The greatest extent of correspondence is with Andrew Wyeth, Harold Cohn, and Frederick Simper. There is also personal correspondence with family and friends, and between E.P. and Constance Richardson.

E.P. Richardson's prominence as an art historian, writer, and expert on collecting is well documented through his prolific writings. Materials include drafts, notes, typescripts, and outlines for articles, exhibition catalog essays, and lectures. Also found are research files and publishing documentation for Richardson's books, including Washington Allston: A Study of the Romantic Artist in America (1948), Painting in America (1956), Charles Willson Peale and his World (1983), and American Romantic Painting (1944). There are also miscellaneous notes and four diaries. Two of the diaries comment on the social and cultural life of Detroit; the authenticity of paintings; Richardson's reflections on contemporary American painting, thoughts about museums, dealers, artists, and art historians (especially Wilhelm R. Valentiner); and travel.

Notebooks compiled by Richardson on a wide variety art-related topics cover nearly six decades. There are also numerous research files organized Richardson about individual artists and art history. And, the art collector files contain reference materials about art collectors and their collections including Lamont du Pont Copeland, Michael W. Freeman, Nelson Rockefeller, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Allen, and the Marquis de Somerlous. There are three index card file boxes containing bibliographic data on published books and articles.

Professional and committee files document Richardson's professional and consulting work for the Art Quarterly, Detroit Institute of Arts, National Collection of Fine Arts, the National Portrait Gallery, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the John D. Rockefeller III collection, Winterthur Museum, the White House, and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Constance C. Richardson's papers include business and professional correspondence with various institutions, most extensively with the Macbeth Gallery. In addition, there is a smaller amount of personal correspondence, photographs and slides of her artworks, printed materials, two illustrated notebooks on her work, and miscellaneous notes. Also included is Constance's artist palette.

Biographical / Historical:: Art historian, museum director, and writer E. P. (Edgar Preston) Richardson (1902-1985) served as director of the Detroit Institute of Arts (1945-1962) and Winterthur Museum (1963-1966). He was also a board member of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1966-1977 and, in 1954, co-founded the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

E. P. Richardson was born in 1902 in Glens Falls, New York and died in Philadelphia in 1985. He graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts in 1925 and studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for the three years following graduation. In 1930 he became educational secretary at the Detroit Institute of Arts, was quickly named assistant director in 1933, and served as director from 1945 to 1962. He left Detroit to take the position of director of the Winterthur Museum, where he remained until 1966. Richardson married Constance Coleman in 1931. Born in Berlin, Germany in 1905, Constance Coleman Richardson was an award-winning and widely exhibited realist style painter of American landscapes. She gave up painting in the 1960s and died in 2002.

While at the Detroit Institute of Arts, E. P. Richardson co-founded the Archives of American Art with Lawrence Fleischman, and served as the Archives' first director. Richardson was also art advisor to John D. Rockefeller III for over ten years, editor of Art Quarterly from 1938 to 1967, and a member of various boards, including the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Smithsonian Arts Commission, and the National Portrait Gallery. He authored numerous books including ones on artists Washington Allston and Charles Willson Peale, and The Way of Western Art: American Romantic Painting (1939), Painting in America: The Story of Four Hundred and Fifty Years (1956), A Short History of Painting in America (1963), and American Art, an Exhibition of the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, 3d (1976).

Related Materials:: Related collections among the holdings of the Archives of American Art include an interview with E.P. Richardson dated February 6, 1978 conducted by Linda Downs; and several miscellaneous manuscripts that include an E.P. Richardson Letter to Rockwell Kent, June 15 1959; E.P. Richardson letters to Lawrence Arthur Fleischman, May 13, 1962 and August 22 1954; and a Yasuo Kunioshi letter to E.P. Richardson, July 25 1948.

Additional E.P. Richardson papers are found at the Detroit Institute of Arts and in the archives of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.

Separated Materials:: The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reel D46) including E.P. Richardson's research material on Jeremiah P. Hardy. These materials are housed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Library and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:: Edith Wilkinson first donated a letter to E. P. Richardson from herself in 1957. E.P. Richardson donated papers to the Archives of American Art in 1958 and 1960 and lent materials for microfilming in 1961. Addition material was donated by Constance Richardson in 1985, and by Martha Fleischman in 2003.

Restrictions:: Use of original material requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact References Services for more information.

Rights:: The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:: Authors -- Michigan -- Detroit Search this; Art historians -- United States Search this

Topic:: Art -- Collectors and collecting Search this; Painting, American Search this; Art, American Search this; Romanticism Search this; Art -- History -- Study and teaching Search this

Genre/Form:: Photographs; Manuscripts; Interviews; Diaries; Transcripts; Sketches; Lectures

Citation:: Edgar P. Richardson papers, 1814-1996, bulk 1921-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:: Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care and Preservation Fund.

Identifier:: AAA.richedga

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Archival Repository:: Archives of American Art

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Emilio Herbruger Photographs

Extent:: 44 Photographic prints (albumen)

Culture:: Kaqchikel Maya (Cakchiquel) Search this; Tz'utuhil Maya (Tzutuhil/Zutigil) Search this; Pipil Search this; K'iche' Maya (Quiché) Search this

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Photographic prints

Place:: Guatemala

Date:: Circa 1860-1880

Summary:: The Emilio Herbruger Photographs consist mostly of full length portraits of Mayan people in Guatemala. The photos depict adults and children, sometimes demonstrating a domestic task, or wearing garments indicating leadership status or for special occasions.

Scope and Contents:: The Emilio Herbruger Photographs consists of 44 carte de visite photographs taken in Guatemala of Mayan peoples, prinicpally from the Kaqchikel, Quiché, and Tz'utujil ethnic communities. Many of the prints are hand labeled with a description of the ethnicity and place of origin of the person(s) photographed. It is not known if Herbruger traveled to take the photographs, nor if he provided any part of the regalia or objects depicted in them.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Arrangement:: The materials are arranged in alphabetical order, first by the name of the ethnic and linguistic community of the person(s) photographed, then by town of origin, when indicated. It is not known whether the location reference refers to the location the photo was taken, or the origin of the subject of the photo. Prints lacking specification are located at the end.

Biographical / Historical:: Emilio ("Emil") Herbruger, Sr. was born in Rheda-Wiedenbruck, Germany in 1808 and died in New Jersey in 1894. Principally a daguerreotypist, ambrotypist, and photographer, he was also a composer, musician, and pharmaceutical agent. After immigrating to New Jersey as a young man, he lived and worked in several Latin American countries beginning in the 1840s. These include Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Honduras, and Panama. He is considered the first commercial photographer in Guatemala, where he established a gallery in Guatemala City around 1846. His photographs often depict local people, nature, and city scenes. He worked on occasion with his sons, Florencio C. Herbruger and Emilio Herbruger, Jr., also known as Emilio Herbruger Rietbrok. Additionally, the noted Guatemalan photographer Alberto Valdeavellano studied with the Herbrugers in Antigua, Guatemala.

Sources Consulted

Cruz, Keneth. "Día Mundial de la fotografía: ¿Por qué se celebra el 19 de agosto?" Prensa Libre. 19 August 2019. https://www.prensalibre.com/vida/escenario/dia-mundial-de-la-fotografia-por-que-se-celebra-el-19-de-agosto/

Garzon Díaz, Valia. "Panamá a través de la lente de Emil Herbruger Wheling (1808-1894),"Mesoamérica 45 (Enero-Diciembre 2003), Pp. 85-99.

Palmquist, Peter, and Thomas Kailbourn. "Herbruger, Emil, Sr.," Pioneer photographers of the far west: A biographical dictionary, 1840-1865, 295-296. Stanford UP, 2000.

Chronology

1808 April 24 -- Born in Rheda-Wiedenbruck, Germany

1834 -- Emigrated to U.S. Participated in exhibition in Louisville, Kentucky

1840 -- Travelled through Cuba, Mexico, and Central America

1846 -- Established a gallery in Guatemala City, Guatemala

1849-1951 -- Lived in Colombia

1852-1857 -- Traveled in Peru and Brazil

1861 -- Opened Emilio Herbruger e Hijos in Panama City, Panama

1866 -- Opened gallery in Guatemala City, Guatemala

1868 -- Displayed at exhibition sponsored by Sociedad Económica Published polka composition "La Unión"

1868-1870 -- Worked and traveled through Honduras

1871 -- Established Fotografía Imperial gallery in Guatemala City, Guatemala

1870s -- Operated gallery with son Emilio Herbruger, Jr. in Panama City, Panama

1894 -- Died in Egg Harbor, New Jersey

Related Materials:: Information about the articles of clothing worn by the subjects of these photos is avaiable in the NAA vertical file.

Photographs by Emilio Herbruger are also held by the Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica in the Fototeca Guatemala, and the Archivo Fotográfico of the Bilbioteca Pública Piloto in Colombia. Sheet music by Emil Herbruger is held by the Library of Congress.

Provenance:: There is currently no information available regarding the provenance of this collection.

Restrictions:: The Emilio Herbruger Photographs are open for research.

Access to Emilio Herbruger Photographs requires an appointment.

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Identifier:: NAA.PhotoLot.175

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Archival Repository:: National Anthropological Archives

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John Hiller lantern slide collection

Donor:: Hiller, John Search this

Extent:: 0.75 Cubic feet (216 lantern slides:, color autochromes; , 3.25 x 4 inches.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Lantern slides; Autochromes (photographs)

Date:: circa 1910-1920

Summary:: The John Hiller Lantern Slide Collection contains 216 glass autochromes dated circa 1910-1920 documenting homes and gardens, house interiors, scenes from domestic and foreign travel, flower arrangements, and people in Europe and unidentified locations.

Scope and Contents Note:: The John Hiller Collection contains 216 glass autochromes dated c. 1910-1920. The images cover a wide array of subjects and regions, with many of them showing landscapes and travel destinations. Some show house interiors, flower arrangements, or casual groups of people. Several of the autochromes show historic towns and ruins in Greece and Switzerland along with some in Croatia, Italy, Bulgaria and Austria. Scattered amongst these are slides of various unidentified sites and gardens. It is not known if any of the unidentified images show sites in the United States.

The photographer(s) of these images is unknown. The uniformity of the type of tape used to seal each of the autochromes suggests that the images are likely the work of one photographer or photo studio rather than a collection compiled by an individual from multiple sources.

Provenance:: John Hiller, an employee in the Smithsonian's Office of Exhibits Central, donated the collection to the Archives of American Gardens in 2005. The collection had been on deposit in the Archives for a few years prior to it being formally donated.

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:: 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.