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"A great school of fine arts in New York City": a study of the development of art in the regular undergraduate curriculum of Columbia College and University, including affiliations with the National Academy of Design and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1860-1914

Author:
Foster, Elaine Elizabeth  Search this
Subject:
Columbia University Columbia College  Search this
National Academy of Design  Search this
Metropolitan Museum of Art  Search this
Type:
Citations
Place:
New York
Date:
1970
Topic:
Art museums  Search this
Museums and schools  Search this
Students  Search this
Data Source:
Museum Studies Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_626

"A great school of fine arts in New York City": a study of the development of art in the regular undergraduate curriculum of Columbia College and University, including affiliations with the National Academy of Design and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1860-1914, by Elaine Foster

Author:
Foster, Elaine Elizabeth 1934-  Search this
Subject:
Columbia College (Columbia University)  Search this
Columbia University  Search this
National Academy of Design (U.S.)  Search this
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 203 p
Type:
Books
Date:
1970
Topic:
Art--Study and teaching  Search this
Call number:
mfm342
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_37751

"Be fruitful and multiply" : the reaction to family limitation in nineteenth-century America / John Paull Harper

Author:
Harper, John Paull 1942-  Search this
Physical description:
273 leaves
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1978
1975
Topic:
Birth control--History  Search this
Family size--History  Search this
Call number:
HQ766.5.U5 H294 1982
HQ766.5.U5H294 1982
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_118406

"Becoming more and more Panamanian" : contemporary constructions of West Indian identity in urban Panama / by Ariana A. Curtis

Author:
Curtis, Ariana A.  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 244 pages
Type:
Books
Place:
Panama
Canal Zone
Date:
2012
20th century
Topic:
West Indians--Race identity  Search this
West Indians--History  Search this
Black people--Race identity  Search this
Race--Political aspects  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1064782

"Currant Program and Considerations of the Future For Earth Resources Survey" presented at the Fifth Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, at the Institute of Science and Technology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Collection Creator:
Newell, Homer Edward, 1915-1983  Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
April 16, 1968
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Permissions Requests
Collection Citation:
Homer E. Newell, Jr., Speech Transcripts, Acc. XXXX-0150, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Homer Edward Newell, Jr. Speech Transcripts
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg22a66887d-7d21-40ce-832d-bf3d8f4234a8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-0150-ref52

"Earth's home"

Extent:
1 Photograph (4x5 in)
Culture:
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Scope and Contents:
Reed lodge and part of bark lodge with arbor in between.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.54829 B
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw318d8e818-eaa6-4596-b448-2823965b6060
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref11992

"Fanny Earth White Snake's home"

Extent:
1 Photograph (4x5 in)
Culture:
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Scope and Contents:
Fanny Earth White Snake and child standing in foreground. Bark lodge in foreground; reed lodge with arbor attached in background.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.54829
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3bfd2868f-106a-45f8-adf3-f3c7ee9d699b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref11990

"Geoff/Bo: Paris,"

Collection Creator:
McCoy, Esther  Search this
Container:
Box 9, Folder 14
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of audiovisual recordings without access copies requires advance notice.
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Esther McCoy papers, circa 1876-1990, bulk 1938-1989. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Esther McCoy papers
Esther McCoy papers / Series 3: Personal Writings / 3.3: Memoirs
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw956d94cd9-b87e-4833-88eb-58dbc82d92d9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-mccoesth-ref184
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"In a Garden of Flowers" Metropolitan A.M.E. Sunday School, Sept. 16 '35 Written and Directed by Mrs Claudia McConnell. [cellulose acetate photonegative, banquet camera format]

Photographer:
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Creator:
Defender (film manufacturer)  Search this
Names:
African Methodist Episcopal Church  Search this
Metropolitan A.M.E. Church (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
McConnell, Claudia  Search this
Subseries Creator:
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994  Search this
Custom Craft  Search this
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964  Search this
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., 10" x 20".)
Container:
Box 14, Folder 31
Culture:
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Banquet camera photographs
Panoramas
Place:
Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
Washington (D.C.) -- 1930-1950 -- Photographs
Date:
1935 September 16
Scope and Contents:
Scan Number: AC0618.004.0001331.tif
Large group of boys and girls inside a church dressed in costumes. There are two lit candlebra in the front of the image and at the back of the church is an arbor. Ink on negative: caption and "Scurlock Photo". "DEFENDER SAFETY BASE" edge imprint.
Subseries Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.

Series 8: Business Records, Subseries 8.1: Studio Session Registers are restricted. Digital copies available for research. See repository for details.

Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view negatives due to cold storage. Using negatives requires a three hour waiting period. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.
Subseries Rights:
When the Museum purchased the collection from the Estate of Robert S. Scurlock, it obtained all rights, including copyright. The earliest photographs in the collection are in the public domain because their term of copyright has expired. The Archives Center will control copyright and the use of the collection for reproduction purposes, which will be handled in accordance with its standard reproduction policy guidelines. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Costumes -- 1930-1940  Search this
Plays  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
Banquet camera photographs -- 1930-1940
Panoramas
Subseries Citation:
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.12: Banquet Negatives
Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.12: Banquet Negatives / 4.12: Banquet Negatives
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8fcd2b8b4-09db-48f8-9bad-8f980df222f2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0618-s04-12-ref815

"It was in the air" : Adolph Gottlieb, the pictographs, New York, and the zeitgeist of the 1940s / by Martha Neighbors

Title:
Adolph Gottlieb, the pictographs, New York, and the zeitgeist of the 1940s
Author:
Neighbors, Martha  Search this
Subject:
Gottlieb, Adolph 1903-1974 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Physical description:
iv, 60 leaves ; 29 cm
Type:
Manuscripts
Place:
Northwest Coast of North America
Date:
1994
Topic:
Art--Influence  Search this
Indian art--Influence  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.G68 N39 1994a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_492860

"Nothing now goes down by burnt cork" : blackface minstrelsy and ethnic impersonation in South Africa, 1862-1968 / by Chinua Thelwell

Title:
Blackface minstrelsy and ethnic impersonation in South Africa, 1862-1968
Author:
Thelwell, Chinua  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 419 p
Type:
Books
Place:
South Africa
Date:
2011
C2011
Topic:
Minstrel shows  Search this
Blackface entertainers  Search this
White people--Race identity  Search this
Black people--Race identity  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
GT3650.5.S6 T44 2011a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_987718

"Oatmeal Drop Cookies Mrs. Schindler" item of ephemera

User:
Lou Slade  Search this
Mary Slade  Search this
Medium:
paper; ink
Type:
Archival Material
Place:
Missouri
Date:
January 23, 1931
Object number:
2009.2033.1.208.6
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8adcdeb86-7883-42e0-8d9a-363fde35b785
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2009.2033.1.208.6
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"Raqqa" Ceramics in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C

Author:
Bloom, Jonathan Max  Search this
Subject:
Freer Gallery of Art  Search this
Date:
August 1975
Topic:
Art, Asian  Search this
Art--History  Search this
Art museums  Search this
Art objects  Search this
Ceramics  Search this
Publisher:
Ann Arbor University of Michigan
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_2555

"Testimony of Robert L . Cummings before the Aviation Sub-Committee of the Sentate Committee on Commerce on behalf of New York Airways"

Collection Creator:
Wheatland, Richard, II, 1923-2009  Search this
Container:
Box 5, Folder 6
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
March 1965
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
New York Airways Collection, Acc. NASM.1992.0052, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
New York Airways Collection
New York Airways Collection / Series 2: 1973 Acquisition / Documents, Miscellaneous (1)
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2ada4b174-20d2-49da-af6d-6e153fca9e4a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1992-0052-ref707
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"The (New) World in the time of the surrealists" : European surrealists and their Mexican contemporaries / by Courtney Gilbert

Title:
European surrealists and their Mexican contemporaries
Author:
Gilbert, Courtney  Search this
Physical description:
2 volumes (xiii, 410 leaves) : illustrations ; 28 cm
Type:
Manuscripts
Place:
Mexico
Date:
2001
20th century
Topic:
Surrealism  Search this
Art, Mexican  Search this
Art, Modern  Search this
Art--Political aspects  Search this
Ethnology in art  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1087314

#1976-#2351. A. S. Hitchcock : Oregon, Washington, California, 1927; Newfoundland and Labrador, 1928, Africa, 1929

Alternate Title:
A.S. Hitchcock: Oregon, Washington, California, 1927; Newfoundland and Labrador, 1928; Africa, 1929. Vol. 5, nos. #1976-#2351.  Search this
Collection name:
United States National Museum, Division of Grasses, Records, 1884, 1888, 1899-1965
Physical Description:
1 photograph album
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 21
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Photograph albums
Place:
Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls
Fort Victoria
Kilimanjaro
Kenya
Oregon
Washington
Newfoundland and Labrador
Umpqua National Forest
Saint John’s
Teneriffe
Nairobi
Cape Town
St. Helena
Kew Gardens
Date Range:
1927-1929
Start Date:
1927
End Date:
1929
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Botanists  Search this
Grasses  Search this
Accession #:
SIA RU000229
Access Information:
Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
See more records from this collection:
United States National Museum, Division of Grasses, Records, 1884, 1888, 1899-1965
See more records associated with this person:
Hitchcock, A. S. (Albert Spear), 1865-1935
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI120
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#5 Westward Ho-In the Days of the Gold Rush, (painting)

Title:
Number Five Westward Ho-In the Days of the Gold Rush, (painting)
Painter:
Courlander, David 1866-1961  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas board
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
University of Michigan Museum of Art 525 South State Street Ann Arbor Michigan 48109 Accession Number: 1985/2.88
Topic:
Landscape--United States  Search this
Primitive  Search this
Western  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Animal--Horse  Search this
Landscape--Water  Search this
Control number:
IAP 23800202
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_308286

(32) Flower-lovers lunching under beautiful Wisteria arbors- N.from round bridge, Kameido,Tokyo, Japan

Publisher:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Collector:
Rosin, Henry D., Dr.  Search this
Rosin, Nancy  Search this
Collection Collector:
Rosin, Henry D., Dr.  Search this
Rosin, Nancy  Search this
Collection Creator:
Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920  Search this
Ueno, Hikoma, 1838-1904  Search this
Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825  Search this
Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911  Search this
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph (8 x 17 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Stereographs
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Tokyo (Japan)
Kameido (Japan)
Japan -- Description and Travel
Shinto Temple
Date:
1904 or earlier
Underwood & Underwood, 1904 or earlier
Local Numbers:
R541 (Rosin Number)

FSA A1999.35 541
General:
Title printed on stereograph.
Item is number 32 in a series.
Copyright 1904 by Underwood & Underwood.
Photographer is unidentified.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Topic:
Photography -- Japan  Search this
Photography -- 19th century  Search this
Wisteria  Search this
Tea houses  Search this
Religion  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Stereographs -- 1870-1910
Collection Citation:
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. FSA.A1999.35. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
Identifier:
FSA.A1999.35, Item FSA A1999.35 541
See more items in:
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan / Series FSA A1999.35 A4: Set of Underwood & Underwood stereographs of Japan
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3bd1ef411-d74f-476c-a972-fd49fc26a5c1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a1999-35-ref275
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(56) An arboreal wonder - a single Pine trained into shape of a boat, (S.) Kinkakuji monastery , Kyoto, Japan

Publisher:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Collector:
Rosin, Henry D., Dr.  Search this
Rosin, Nancy  Search this
Names:
Kinkaiji Monastery (Kyoto, Japan)  Search this
Collection Collector:
Rosin, Henry D., Dr.  Search this
Rosin, Nancy  Search this
Collection Creator:
Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920  Search this
Ueno, Hikoma, 1838-1904  Search this
Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825  Search this
Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911  Search this
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph (8 x 17 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Stereographs
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Kyoto (Japan)
Japan -- Description and Travel
Date:
1904 or earlier
Underwood & Underwood, 1904 or earlier
Local Numbers:
R565 (Rosin Number)

FSA A1999.35 565
General:
Title printed on stereograph.
Item is number 56 in a series.
Copyright 1904 by Underwood & Underwood.
Photographer is unidentified.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Topic:
Photography -- Japan  Search this
Photography -- 19th century  Search this
Monasteries  Search this
Trees  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Stereographs -- 1870-1910
Collection Citation:
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. FSA.A1999.35. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
Identifier:
FSA.A1999.35, Item FSA A1999.35 565
See more items in:
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan / Series FSA A1999.35 A4: Set of Underwood & Underwood stereographs of Japan
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3a514f473-0245-4a0d-b866-d8fc5af2d3a1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a1999-35-ref196
Online Media:

(Arbor I), (painting)

Painter:
Eirich, Edward Conrad 1877-1929  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on paper
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Ca. 1911-1912
Topic:
Landscape--Road  Search this
Control number:
IAP 9D580002
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_346967

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