Religion

One hallmark of the American experience captured in the Museum's collections is the nation's broad diversity of religious faiths. Artifacts range from Thomas Jefferson's Bible to a huge "Sunstone" sculpture carved for a Mormon temple in Illinois in 1844 to a household shrine from the home of a Pueblo Indian in the 1990s. Furniture, musical instruments, clothing, cooking ware, and thousands of prints and figures in the collections have all played roles in the religious lives of Americans. The most comprehensive collections include artifacts from Jewish and Christian European Americans, Catholic Latinos, Protestant Arab Americans, Buddhist and Christian Asian Pacific Americans, and Protestant African Americans. One notable group is the Vidal Collection of carved figures known as santos and other folk religious material from the practice of Santeria in Puerto Rico.

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1951
Associated Date
1951
graphic artist
Barrios, B
printer
Kistler, Lynton R.
ID Number
1978.0650.0984
accession number
1978.0650
catalog number
1978.0650.0984
78.0650.0984
The Chosen Gospel Singers. side 1: I'm Goin' Back With Him; side 2: No Room in the Hotel (Specialty 864).78 rpm.Currently not on view
Description
The Chosen Gospel Singers. side 1: I'm Goin' Back With Him; side 2: No Room in the Hotel (Specialty 864).
78 rpm.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1954
recording artist
Chosen Gospel Singers
manufacturer
Specialty
ID Number
1996.0153.08717
catalog number
1996.0153.08717
label number
864
accession number
1996.0153
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1954
maker
Erwitt, Elliott
ID Number
PG.72.13.74
accession number
2001.0310
catalog number
72.13.74
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1954
maker
Erwitt, Elliott
ID Number
PG.007610
accession number
252364
catalog number
7610
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1958
maker
Avedon, Richard
ID Number
PG.66.64.010B
accession number
264003
catalog number
66.64.010B
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1954
associated date
1954
maker
Vaughan, J. D.
ID Number
CL.306787.82A
accession number
306787
catalog number
306787.82A
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
ca 1920 - 1950
maker
Brown & Bigelow
ID Number
CL.306787.36A
catalog number
306787.36A
accession number
306787
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
ca 1920 - 1950
maker
G. B. Co.
ID Number
CL.306787.37
accession number
306787
catalog number
306787.37
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
ca 1920 - 1950
ID Number
CL.306787.51
accession number
306787
catalog number
306787.51
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
ca 1950
maker
Rau, W. H.
ID Number
CL.306787.39
accession number
306787
catalog number
306787.39
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
ca 1950
ID Number
CL.306787.78
accession number
306787
catalog number
306787.78
patent number
1120797
1948978
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
ca 1950
ID Number
CL.306787.48
accession number
306787
catalog number
306787.48
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1957
associated date
1957
maker
Gospel Publishing House
ID Number
CL.306787.87
accession number
306787
catalog number
306787.87
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1950
maker
Allied Printing Trades Council
ID Number
CL.306787.45
accession number
306787
catalog number
306787.45
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
ca 1920 - 1950
maker
Brown & Bigelow
ID Number
CL.306787.36B
accession number
306787
catalog number
306787.36B
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
copyright
1957
maker
Scheer, A.
ID Number
CL.306787.77
accession number
306787
catalog number
306787.77
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1952
series
Little Golden Books
visual artist
Wilken, Eloise
publisher
Golden Press
Maker
Golden Books
Mitchell, Lucy Sprague
Golden Press
Stanton, Jessie
Simon and Schuster
Little Golden Books
Little Golden Books
Little Golden Books
Little Golden Books
maker
Wilken, Eloise
ID Number
1992.0634.035
accession number
1992.0634
catalog number
1992.0634.035
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1954
ID Number
1998.0311.01
accession number
1998.0311
catalog number
1998.0311.01
CBS Trumpeteers. side 1: Milky White Way; side 2: Right John (Nashboro 641).78 rpm.Currently not on view
Description
CBS Trumpeteers. side 1: Milky White Way; side 2: Right John (Nashboro 641).
78 rpm.
Location
Currently not on view
release date
1959
recording artist
CBS Trumpeteers
arranger
Johnson, Joseph
manufacturer
Nashboro
ID Number
1996.0153.08691
catalog number
1996.0153.08691
label number
641
accession number
1996.0153

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