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edanmdm:posts_4cb23fdb9a66ebab9028424e46d832f2

Interviewee:

Ringgold, Faith  Search this

Interviewer:

Nadelman, Cynthia  Search this

Names:

Gwathmey, Robert, 1903-1988  Search this

Lippard, Lucy R.  Search this

Lloyd, Tom, 1929-  Search this

Morris, Robert, 1931-2018  Search this

Tucker, Marcia  Search this

Extent:

349 Pages (Transcript)

15 Items (sound files (10 hr., 49 min.), digital)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

1989 September 6-October 18

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Faith Ringgold conducted 1989 September 6-October 18, by Cynthia Nadelman, for the Archives of American Art.

Ringgold discusses Harlem from the 1930s through the 1970s; her background and education; her art and political activities; feminism; the evolution of her work; her paintings, soft sculpture constructions, quilts, and performance pieces. She recalls Robert Gwathmey, Tom Lloyd, Robert Morris, Marcia Tucker, Lucy Lippard, her mother, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Faith Ringgold (1930- ) is an Afro-American painter, sculptor, and performance artist from New York, N.Y.

General:

Originally recorded on 8 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 15 digital wav files. Duration is 10 hr., 50 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics, and administrators. Funding for this interview provided by the Lannan Foundation.

Occupation:

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Quiltmakers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Performance art  Search this

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women performance artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

African American quiltmakers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Lannan Foundation.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.ringgo89

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a7611879-5e18-48a4-8202-96d4af3aaeb9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-ringgo89

Artist:

Sheng Nian 盛年 (active 17th century) painted the template followed by lacquer specialists  Search this

Medium:

Black lacquer on prepared wooden core; carved recesses filled with polychrome pigments and gold (kuancai)

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 216.5 x 50.1 x 606.5 cm (85 1/4 x 19 3/4 x 238 3/4 in)

Type:

Furniture and Furnishing

Origin:

China

Date:

Mid-summer (May-June), 1672 (renzi [year] zhongxia [mid-summer]

Period:

Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign

Topic:

embroidering  Search this

lacquering  Search this

lacquer  Search this

deer  Search this

inscription  Search this

dance  Search this

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this

Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722)  Search this

qin  Search this

boat  Search this

architecture  Search this

fungus-of-immortality  Search this

China  Search this

flower viewing  Search this

mirror  Search this

musician  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

equestrian  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

kuancai  Search this

Coromandel  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1906.42a-l

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e96d6b26-1c55-4716-96fa-6880ba58164b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1906.42a-l

Artist:

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, born 16 Feb 1952  Search this

Sitter:

John Leguizamo, born 22 Jul 1964  Search this

Medium:

Inkjet print

Dimensions:

Image: 86.2 × 68.5 cm (33 15/16 × 26 15/16")

Sheet: 101.8 × 76.1 cm (40 1/16 × 29 15/16")

Type:

Photograph

Date:

May 2011

Topic:

Costume\Jewelry\Chain  Search this

John Leguizamo: Male  Search this

John Leguizamo: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor  Search this

John Leguizamo: Performing Arts\Producer\Film producer  Search this

John Leguizamo: Performing Arts\Performer\Comedian  Search this

John Leguizamo: Literature\Writer\Playwright  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.2015.28

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© 2011 Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

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Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm408188d08-611c-4c7d-a7ec-1d824d999553

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2015.28

Artist:

Unidentified Artist  Search this

Sitter:

Merle Oberon, 19 Feb 1911 - 23 Nov 1979  Search this

Laurence Olivier, 22 May 1907 - 11 Jul 1989  Search this

David Niven, 1 Mar 1910 - 29 Jul 1983  Search this

Medium:

Chromolithograph on paper

Dimensions:

Image: 99.1 × 64.3 cm (39 × 25 5/16")

Sheet: 104.1 × 69.4 cm (41 × 27 5/16")

Mount: 114.3 × 78.9 cm (45 × 31 1/16")

Type:

Print

Date:

c. 1939

Topic:

Home Furnishings\Furniture  Search this

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Costume\Jewelry\Watch  Search this

Imaginary  Search this

Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Lantern  Search this

Poster  Search this

Laurence Olivier: Male  Search this

Laurence Olivier: Literature\Writer  Search this

Laurence Olivier: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Stage actor  Search this

Laurence Olivier: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Movie actor  Search this

Laurence Olivier: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Theater director  Search this

Laurence Olivier: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Television actor  Search this

Laurence Olivier: Performing Arts\Producer\Theater producer  Search this

Laurence Olivier: Oscar  Search this

Merle Oberon: Female  Search this

Merle Oberon: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor  Search this

David Niven: Male  Search this

David Niven: Literature\Writer  Search this

David Niven: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor  Search this

David Niven: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\British Army  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquisition made possible through Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

Object number:

NPG.2017.97

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Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4a6db89b5-10f0-4ab2-957f-22452a7cf0ae

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2017.97

Artist:

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, born 16 Feb 1952  Search this

Sitter:

Tyler Perry, born 13 Sep 1969  Search this

Medium:

Inkjet print

Dimensions:

Image: 85.1 × 67.9 cm (33 1/2 × 26 3/4")

Sheet: 101.6 × 75.8 cm (40 × 29 13/16")

Type:

Photograph

Date:

November 18, 2008

Topic:

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Interior\Studio  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this

Tyler Perry: Male  Search this

Tyler Perry: Literature\Writer  Search this

Tyler Perry: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor  Search this

Tyler Perry: Performing Arts\Producer\Film producer  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Agnes Gund

Object number:

NPG.2020.72

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

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Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4a6415a90-8a51-4d29-99ce-28e58124472b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2020.72

Manufacturer:

Kaman Helicopter Company  Search this

Dimensions:

Overall: 14 ft. 2 in. (431.8cm)

Other (Rotor): 38 ft. × 14 ft. 2 in. × 38 ft. (1158.2 × 431.8 × 1158.2cm)

3-D (Kaman K-225, Manual Tow Bar): 186.7 × 26.7 × 3.8cm, 2.7kg (6 ft. 1 1/2 in. × 10 1/2 in. × 1 1/2 in., 6lb.)

3-D (Hexboard Storage): 203.2 × 61 × 12.7cm, 6.8kg (6 ft. 8 in. × 2 ft. × 5 in., 15lb.)

Type:

CRAFT-Rotary Wing

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Date:

1949, 1951

Credit Line:

Transferred from the U.S. Navy.

Inventory Number:

A19571016000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Location:

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA

Exhibit Station:

Vertical Flight

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv91ec31b87-ed36-4e14-9f1d-e5e07b7bb0e0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19571016000

Manufacturer:

Bell Helicopter Corporation  Search this

Dimensions:

Rotor Diameter: 11.3 m (37 ft 2 in)

Length: 9.9 m (32 ft 5 in)

Height: 2.8 m (9 ft 4 in)

Weights: Empty, 862 kg (1,900 lb)

Gross, 1,293 kg (2,850 lb)

Type:

CRAFT-Rotary Wing

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the United States Air Force, Headquarters

Inventory Number:

A19690013000

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv96c156473-c5a6-4ada-9a27-995810de1a8c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19690013000

Collection Collector:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Collection Donor:

Becker, John M.  Search this

Gay Officers Action League. GOAL  Search this

Heritage of Pride (HOP)  Search this

Rohrbaugh, Richard  Search this

Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA)  Search this

Collection Creator:

Hirsch, Leonard  Search this

Guest, Barbara  Search this

Barna, Joseph T.  Search this

Guest, Michael E.  Search this

Cruse, Howard, 1944-2019  Search this

Container:

Box 79

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

Collection Rights:

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

Collection Citation:

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

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

Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection / Series 10: Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore (GLCCB) / 10.3: Photographs

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep89e3bd7d4-2f54-4bf8-9840-c5de1dfc3313

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref3031

Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Names:

Chicago Jazz Ensemble  Search this

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974  Search this

Extent:

87 Cubic feet (188 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Motion pictures (visual works)

Music

Audiotapes

Business records

Photographs

Correspondence

Librettos

Awards

Posters

Programs

Scrapbooks

Scores

Lecture notes

Date:

1920-2002

Summary:

Papers and audiovisual materials documenting Russo's career in music.

Scope and Contents:

The collection includes Russo's original and published music scores, parts and arrangements; audiovisual materials including recordings of broadcasts of Russo's radio show, performances of Russo's compositions, including performances by Duke Ellington, and film and video recordings of Russo's productions in theater and opera; and personal papers such as correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, publicity files, contracts, etc. Among the most significant items in the collection are experimental jazz arrangements for Stan Kenton in the late 1940s-early 1950s, undated arrangements for Gerry Mulligan, Russo's original arrangement of Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert, scores to his first and second symphonies, and scores and libretti to several early rock operas. The photographs include images of persons such as Ellington, Kenton, and Billy Strayhorn, and photographs by jazz photographers Herman Leonard and William Claxton. 2007 addendum includes correspondence, mostly between Russo and his family; eighteen diaries for 1946-1967 (not all years are present) with sparse entries, some in Italian; and additional music manuscripts, parts, scores and libretti.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into nine series.

Series 1: William Russo's Music

Series 2: Teaching Notes

Series 3: Correspondence

Series 4: Publicity, Programs, and Reviews

Series 5: Posters and Artwork

Series 6: Photographs

Series 7: Books and Lecture Notebooks

Series 8: Memorabilia

Series 9: Audiovisual Materials

Biographical / Historical:

William Russo, renowned American jazz composer, arranger, and founder of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, had a music career that spanned five decades and included performance, conducting and composition. During his career he worked with such diverse talents as Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Leonard Bernstein, Cannonball Adderly, Yehuidi Menuhin, Dizzy Gillespie, Seiji Ozawa, and Billie Holiday. Although critics acknowledged Russo mainly for his pioneering contributions to the big-band jazz canon, his talents extended to a far wider range of musical styles, creating groundbreaking jazz scores, rock operas, classical works, film scores, and educational textbooks on jazz orchestration and arrangement. In all, he composed over 200 pieces for jazz orchestra with more than 25 recordings of his work. In 1990, Russo received a Lifetime Achievement award from NARAS, the organization that presents the Grammy Awards.

As a young trombonist, Russo studied with Lennie Tristano, the pianist and theorist who became a leader in the progressive jazz movement. During the late 1940s, Russo led the revolutionary Experiment in Jazz band. At age 21, he became one of the chief composers/arrangers for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, one of the most innovative and influential jazz orchestras of the postwar era. In his four years with Kenton, Russo penned such classic Kenton works as "23° North – 82° West," and "Frank Speaking."

Russo made several major jazz recordings under his own name before his classical "Symphony No. 2 in C (TITANS)" received a Koussevitsky award in 1959; it was performed by the New York Philharmonic that same year under Leonard Bernstein, who had commissioned the work. This award marked Russo's "official" entry into the world of classical music. Russo continued to write major symphonic works throughout his career, including his 1992 grand opera, "Dubrovsky."

After his tenure with Kenton, in the early 1950s, Russo led his own successful bands, The Russo Orchestra in New York, and the London Jazz Orchestra, before returning to Chicago to form the Chicago Jazz Ensemble in 1065. With the Ensemble, he presented Duke Ellington's "First Concert of Sacred Music" in 1967. This was one of the rare times when Ellington allowed one of his compositions to be arranged and performed by a jazz orchestra other than his own, and was a reflection of Ellington's respect for Russo. Shortly after this performance, Russo composed a rock cantata, "The Civil War," that led him into the field of rock opera. After concentrating on classical music again in the 1970s, in the late 1980s, Russo began to re-explore the history of jazz through his revived Chicago Jazz Ensemble. In 1995, the Chicago Jazz Ensemble made history with the first-ever complete live performance of Gil Evans' and Miles Davis' "Sketches of Spain" in its original form. Recent Russo works that premiered in Chicago included "Chicago Suite No. 1," and "Chicago Suite No. 2," a recording that was published posthumously in the spring of 2003.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

William Russo Transcription and Arrangement of Duke Ellington's First Concert of Sacred Music, 1967-1968 (AC0406)

Provenance:

Bequeathed to the Smithsonian by William Russo. Papers collected after Russo's death in 2003. The 2007 addendum sent by Russo's sister and daughter were also part of the bequest.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

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

Occupation:

Composers -- 20th century  Search this

Topic:

Opera  Search this

Jazz musicians -- United States  Search this

Jazz  Search this

Music -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Motion pictures (visual works)

Music -- Manuscripts

Audiotapes

Business records -- 20th century

Photographs -- 20th century

Correspondence -- 20th century

Librettos

Awards

Posters -- 20th century

Programs

Scrapbooks

Scores

Lecture notes

Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0845

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William Russo Music and Personal Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep888a8d92a-3927-49c1-ace4-466bb766a9d6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0845

Artist:

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)  Search this

Medium:

Drypoint; ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 23.2 x 15.8 cm (9 1/8 x 6 1/4 in)

Type:

Print

Origin:

United States

Date:

ca. 1875

Topic:

drypoint  Search this

music  Search this

piano  Search this

United States  Search this

musician  Search this

American Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

cancelled plate  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1893.58

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye31c0fa985-8c91-4a55-92d6-5055f8a53547

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1893.58