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Tony Schwartz collection, 1912-2008
90.5 linear feet (230 boxes, 1 map case folder, approximately 76,345 items). -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The Tony Schwartz Collection consists of multiple formats of material documenting Schwartz's work as a media consultant, audio documentarian, author, radio producer, media theorist, and educator.
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Louisiana hayride collection, 1904-2006
5 linear feet (10 boxes, 1 map case folder, approximately 4,375 items) ;. 190 photographic prints : . 110 negatives : . over 200 sound recordings, including 7-inch analog sound tape reels and digital (DAT) sound cassettes; vinyl and shellac analog discs in various sizes and speeds (78, 45, and 33 1/3 rpm); and digital compact discs (CD and CD-R). 37 videocassettes, including 1/2-inch analog VHS and SVHS, and 1/4-inch digital DVCAM videocassettes. -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection documents radio history in Shreveport, Louisiana, with a special emphasis on the Louisiana Hayride country music program. Major topics include the earliest radio broadcasts in Shreveport, the founding and growth of KWKH radio under owner/broadcaster W.K. Henderson, and the legendary performances of the Louisiana Hayride program, which was broadcast live on KWKH radio from the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium. Manuscripts and photographs are available for research; sound and video recordings are still in process.
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John Secrist Jr. papers, 1919-1973
5.75 linear feet (18 boxes). -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Papers, including discographic and photographic materials, included in the John Secrist Jr. Collection of nearly 1,700 operatic sound recordings.
Visual materials from the Blackwell family papers
171 items (chiefly lantern slides and photographic prints) ; 28 x 23 cm. or smaller. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The Blackwell family members worked from women's rights. This collection includes images of events and portraits of notable women and men involved in the women's suffrage movement.
Visual materials from the Clare Boothe Luce papers
3,740 items (chiefly photographic prints). -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection includes photographs relating to Luce's varied careers (journalist, dramatist, editor, and politician) and her personal life.
Visual materials from the Booker T. Washington papers
701 items (chiefly photographic prints); 57 x 41 cm. or smaller.. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Photographs document the activities of Booker T. Washington as a leader and agrarian organizer in the South at the turn of the century. Many depict Booker T. Washington’s speaking engagements at such places as Ocala, Tallahasee, and Daytona, Fla.; Mound Bayou, Miss.; and Baton Rouge, La. The collection also includes photographs that document classes and activities at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., including a parade for the celebration of the visit of President Theodore Roosevelt on October 24, 1905; celebrations for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Institute in 1906; and students building dormitories and other facilities. Also includes a group portrait of the faculty of the Institute in 1897, as well as a few images of such faculty members as Frederick Douglass, Emmett Scott, and George Washington Carver. In addition, the collection contains portraits of other African Americans, including Blanche K. Bruce, Henry O. Tanner, John R. Lynch, Richard T. Greener, and John M. Langston, as well as alumni of Tuskegee Institute. Also includes portraits of African American students at other schools in the South. Many images are unique because of personal inscriptions to Booker T. Washington.
Visual materials from the National Woman's Party records
ca. 550 items. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Includes primarily portraits of National Woman's Party (NWP) officers, suffragists, politicians and business women; NWP meetings and formal gatherings; women delegates at United Nations sessions on human and civil rights; views of the organization's headquarters at Washington, D.C.; postcards depicting women's suffrage slogans; anti-war posters from the National Council for Prevention of War, the American Friends Service Committee, and the Women's International League.
Oskar Ursinus collection of aeronautical pictures
ca. 800 items (photographs, reproductions, drawings). -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Images show model airplanes; sailplanes; motorless hydroplanes; gliders; civilian and military airplanes; rotary wing aircraft; aircraft engines and parts; parachutes; armaments; competitions and air shows; aviators and aerobatic champion pilots; manufacturing; airships and balloons; etc. Also some technical material (design, structural, and analytical drawings) relating to aerodynamics, theory of flight, and aircraft construction; catalogs, advertisements, and magazine covers; etc. Mostly German subject matter.
Visual materials from the Janet Flanner and Solita Solano papers
1,070 items (chiefly gelatin silver and albumen prints) : b&w, some color ; 25 x 38 cm. or smaller. . -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Photographs from scrapbooks chronicling the lives and careers of American writers Janet Flanner and Solita Solano. The album includes many individual and group portraits, mostly informal. Many images document the years Flanner and Solano lived together in Paris as American expatriates, particularly between World Wars I and II. Also documented are prominent literary and artistic individuals, close friends and associates, and many images of Flanner and Solano taken by noted photographers.
Visual materials from the Lawrence E. Spivak papers
ca. 5,750 items. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Collection consists primarily of photographs related to Lawrence Spivak's long career in radio and television journalism. The bulk of the images are routine portrait photos and group shots of national and international political figures who were guests on the public affairs panel series Meet the Press. Also included are numerous autographed portrait photos of Meet the Press guests as well as images from Spivak's two other TV series, Keep Posted and The Big Issue. Further materials include miscellaneous photos relating to Spivak's career. Also, original and reproduction cartoon drawings relating to Meet the Press and to the magazine American Mercury (early 1940s).