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Photographs from the Mary Margaret McBride collection, 1934-1968, and undated
3 boxes, including approximately 620 photographic prints, 23 negatives, and 15 folders of textual material. -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Photographs and accompanying paper documents that form part of the much larger Mary Margaret McBride Collection in the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center of the Library of Congress. The collection represents McBride's long and influential career as a journalist and pioneering woman radio personality; photographs show McBride, some of her guests, program anniversary events, and featured places and products.
Transcripts and photographs from the John Peter collection, 1951-1995
9.2 linear feet (15 boxes, approximately 5,250 items). -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Photographs and audiotape transcripts used by John Peter in his books on 20th-century architects.
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.
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Papers, including discographic and photographic materials, included in the John Secrist Jr. Collection of nearly 1,700 operatic sound recordings.
Paula Morin collection : Honest horses, wild horses in the Great Basin, 1999-2001
1459 items; 2 containers; 5 linear inches.. 1377 photographs (negatives) : film, black & white.. 21 photographic prints (giclee prints, handcolored) : inkjet, color ; various sizes.. 2.5 linear inches.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Collection of photographic documentation of wild horse herds in the Nevada Great Basin made by Paula Morin during her work for the Nevada Arts Council, 1999-2001. The photographs were exhibited by the Nevada Arts Council in an exhibiton titled, "Honest Horses: A Portrait of the Mustang in Nevada's Great Basin." The collection includes 21 prints described by the artist as giclee prints made from handpainted black-and-white photographs; one print log, and related publicity materials.
James Madison Carpenter collection, 1928-1987
29.5 linear feet. 58 boxes, 21,044 items in collection. 19,417 manuscript items (12 linear feet manuscripts), 397 sound recordings [178 wax cylinders and 221 12-inch acetate discs], 180 cylinder containers, 1233 graphic materials (40 ink-and-pencil drawings, with 10 of these in color; 352 black-and-white film negatives, 17 color slides [positive transparencies], 1 black-and- white contact sheet, 592 black-and-white photographic prints, 4 color photographic prints, 112 black-and-white glass negatives, and 115 glass positives). -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The James Madison Carpenter Collection consists of manuscript materials, sound recordings, and graphic materials that document folk songs, ballads, sea songs, folk music, dance, and British folk drama. The materials span the years 1928-1955, with some related material generated by other scholars dated 1972 and 1987. The bulk of the material was collected between 1928-1935 by Carpenter during fieldwork in England, Scotland, and Wales; other material was collected in the United States between 1937 and 1941 by Carpenter and his Duke University students.
Lands' End all-American quilt collection, 1992-1997
61.5 linear feet (154 boxes). Total approximately 80,543 items.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The collection consists of photographs of quilts and quilters, essays, entry forms, and a few fabric and needlework samples submitted in three nationwide contests in 1992, 1994, and 1996 sponsored by Coming Home, a division of Lands’ End, Inc. home shopping service, and Good Housekeeping magazine. Approximately 13,100 entries for the three contests came from all 50 states and the District of Columbia with a few from Canada. Many styles of needlework, quilting, patchwork, appliqué, and embroidery are represented in the visual materials. The collection also includes correspondence and surveys from some contestants and administrative files related to judging the entries, exhibitions, and publicity.
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Arthur Hamilton Bridge collection, 1941-2005 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)
1071 items. camera master.: 1 videocassette of 1 (VHS) (90 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.. 190 photographs.. manuscripts: 58 items.. graphic materials: 538 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 35 mm.. graphic materials: 278 slides : black and white, color ; 35 mm.. artifacts: 5 items.. 1 computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in.. -- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Proxy interview with the veteran's wife, Catherine Vail Bridge, was conducted by Athena Chiera for the Veterans History Project in 2005. Collection includes a biography of Arthur Hamilton Bridge by his wife, books, civilian papers, clippings, correspondence, diaries and journals, maps, memoirs, military papers, periodicals, printed matter, unit histories, a transcript, digital prints, negatives, original photographic prints, photocopies of photographic prints, slides and a VHS video recording of the 2005 interview. The collection also includes a transcript of an interview with Arthur Hamilton Bridge conducted January 18, 1980.
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Children's Express/Children's PressLine Collection, 1970-2011
approximately 13,480 items. 40 containers. 16.3 linear feet. -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Children's Express was a globally syndicated news service with children reporters and teen editors. The collection contains news articles, photographs, slides, and publications documenting the contribution Children's Express made to journalism.
Alanna Nash archive, 1924-2008
approximately 2,573 items. 9 containers. 3.36 linear feet. -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Alanna Nash is an American journalist and biographer. Articles, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs in this collection document Nash’s research of John Dillinger, D.W. Griffith, and Jean Muir.
Jim Metzner collection, 1979-2007
approximately 27,825 items. 80 containers. 33.6 linear feet. -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Field recordist and radio producer. Collection contains research and program sheets mostly that highlight Metzner's work with Pulse of the planet and Sounds of science.
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