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Creator: Shaver, Dorothy, 1893-1959
Donor: Shaver, Elsie
Names: Lord & Taylor
Collector: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Costume
Names: Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0631

Creator: Good Humor Corporation.
Names: Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Eisenhower, Mamie Doud, 1896-1979

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0451

Creator: Beveridge, Frank Stanley; Encyclopedia Britannica; O'Brien, Catherine L.; Squires, Norman W.; Stanley Home Products; Wearever Aluminum
Donor: Squires, Daniel T.

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0927

Creator: Damigella, Ann.; Damigella, Thomas
Names: Tupperware Home Parties; Tupperware International.

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0583

Collector: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Producer: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Department of Public Programs
Funder: Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
Producer: America's Jazz Heritage; Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
Funder: Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund; National Endowment for the Arts
Creator: Smithsonian Institution
Interviewee: Adams, Joe, 1922-; Aguabella, Francisco, 1925-; Akiyoshi, Toshiko, 1929-; Alvarado, Alfredo; Anderson, Chris, 1926-; Armenteros, Alfredo "Chocolate", 1928-2016; Armstrong, Howard, 1909-2003; Ashby, Harold; Atkins, Clarence, 1921-; Avakian, George, 1919-; Baker, David, 1931-
Interviewer: Baker, Lida
Interviewee: Bank, Danny, 1922-; Barker, Danny, 1909-; Barker, Louise, 1913-; Barron, Kenny; Bass, Fontella; Bates, Peg Leg, 1907-; Bauza, Mario, 1911-; Belli, Remo; Bellson, Louis; Benson, George, 1943-; Berger, Ed; Bert, Eddie, 1922-; Betts, Keter, 1928-; Bey, Chief (James), 1913-; Bishop, Walter, 1927-
Interviewer: Bluiett, Hamiett
Interviewee: Brooks, Cecil
Interviewer: Brower, William; Brown, Anthony
Interviewee: Brown, Oscar, Jr., 1926-; Brown, Velzoe, 1910-; Brubeck, Dave; Bryant, Ardie, 1929-; Bryant, Clora; Bryant, Ray, 1931-; Bufalino, Brenda, 1937-; Bunnett, Jane; Burns, Ralph, 1922-2001; Burrell, Kenny
Interviewer: Burstein, Julie
Interviewee: Butts, Jimmy, 1917-; Byrd, Charlie, 1925-; Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994; Camero, Candido, 1921-; Carbonell, Luis
Interviewer: Carner, Gary
Interviewee: Carrington, Terri Lyne; Carter, Benny, 1907-2003; Carter, Ron, 1937-; Casey, Al, 1915-; Cheatham, Doc, 1905-1997; Cheatham, Jeannie, 1917-; Cheatham, Jimmy, 1924-; Claxton, William; Cobb, Jimmy, 1929-; Cohen, Martin, 1939-
Interviewer: Cole, Tom; Coleman, Steve
Interviewee: Collins, John, 1913-; Columbus, Chris, 1902-; Conover, Willis, 1920-
Interviewer: Corporan, Hector
Interviewee: Costello, Diosa
Interviewer: Crease, Bob
Interviewee: Cruz, Alfredo; Cruz, Celia, 1924-2003; Cugat, Xavier, 1900-; D'Rivera, Paquito, 1948-
Interviewer: Dantzler, Russ
Interviewee: De Franco, Buddy, 1923-; DeJohnette, Jack; Dejan, Harold, 1909-; Del Puerto, Carlos, 1951-; Di Novi, Gene, 1928-; Diaz Ayala, Cristobal; Donegan, Dorothy, 1922-; Driggs, Frank, 1930-; Dudley, Bessie, 1902-; Edison, Harry, 1915-; Egũes, Richard, 1923-2006
Interviewer: Elie, Lolis
Interviewee: Farmer, Art, 1928-; Favors, Malachi
Interviewer: Fernandez, Raul
Interviewee: Fernandez, Rosita, 1918-2006; Fernandez, Ruth; Finegan, Bill, 1917-; Flynn, Frank (Marimba player)
Interviewer: Fochios, Steve
Interviewee: Foster, Frank, 1928-; Fournier, Vernel, 1928-
Interviewer: Frank, Rusty
Interviewee: Freeman, Von, 1922-; Fuller, Curtis, 1934-; Fuller, Gil, 1920-; Gensel, John
Interviewer: Geremia, Paul, 1944-
Interviewee: Gilbert, Peggy; Golson, Benny; Gonzalez, Celina; Goodson, Sadie, 1904-; Green, Urbie; Guerrero, Felix, 1916-2001; Guines, Tata
Interviewer: Haddix, Chuck
Interviewee: Hamilton, Chico, 1921-; Hampton, Slide
Interviewer: Harris, Barry
Interviewee: Harris, Joe; Harrison, Nelson; Haynes, Roy, 1926-; Heath, Jimmy, 1926-; Heath, Percy, 1923-2005; Hemphill, Julius, 1938-; Henderson, Bill, 1930-; Henderson, Luther; Hendricks, Jon, 1921-; Hentoff, Nat; Hill, Roger, 1928-; Hinton, Milt, 1910-2000
Interviewer: Holley, Eugene
Interviewee: Holman, Bill, 1927-; Horn, Shirley, 1934-; Humphries, Roger; Hutcherson, Bobby
Interviewer: Jackson, Reuben
Interviewee: Jarvis, Jane, 1915-
Interviewer: Jenkins, Willard
Interviewee: Jimenez, Flaco; Johnson, J.J., 1924-; Jones, Elvin; Jones, Hank, 1918-2010; Jones, Jonah; Jones, Quincy, 1933-; Jordan, Kidd, 1935-; Jordan, Sheila, 1928-; Keepnews, Orrin, 1923-; Kimball, Narvin, 1909-
Interviewer: Kimery, Kennith; Kirchner, Bill
Interviewee: Klein, Manny, 1908-; Konitz, Lee; Lateef, Yusef, 1920-; Laws, Hubert; LeGon, Jeni, 1916-; LeRoy Neiman; Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010
Interviewer: Levin, Floyd, 1922-2007
Interviewee: Levy, John, 1912-2012; Lewis, Edna, 1907-; Lewis, Ramsey (1935-2022); Liebman, Dave; Lincoln, Abbey, 1930 -; Liston, Melba; Livelli, Vincent; Longoria, Valerio, 1924-2000; Lopez, Israel, 1918-
Interviewer: Lopez, Rene
Interviewee: Lucie, Lawrence, 1907-; Lutcher, Nellie, 1912-; Lynton, Charles, 1904-; Mandel, Johnny; Manning, Frank, 1914-; Marsalis, Delfeayo; Marsalis, Ellis; Marsalis, Jason
Interviewer: McDaniel, Ted; McDonough, John
Interviewee: McGettigan, Betty; McIntosh, Tom, 1927-; McKibbon, Al, 1919-; McKusick, Hal, 1924-; McPartland, Marian; Mendoza, Lydia; Miller, Eric; Miller, Norma, 1919-; Mondello, Toots, 1911-; Moody, James, 1925-; Morgenstern, Dan
Interviewer: Murphy, Molly
Interviewee: Murray, Albert, 1916-; Myers, Amina
Interviewer: Newton, James
Interviewee: Nicholas, Fayard, 1918-; Nicholas, Harold, 1924-; Norvo, Red, 1908-1999; O'Brien, Peter F.; O'Farrill, Chico, 1921-2001
Interviewer: O'Meally, Bob; Ouelette, Dan
Interviewee: Owens, Jimmy, 1943-; Palmier, Remo, 1923-
Interviewer: Pelote, Vincent
Interviewee: Peraza, Armando, 1924-; Perez, Graciela; Peterson, Oscar, 1925-
Interviewer: Placksin, Sally; Porter, Lewis
Interviewee: Puente, Tito; Pullen, Don, 1941-
Interviewer: Pullman, Peter
Interviewee: Rachell, Yank; Ray, Carline, 1925-; Reed, Leonard, 1907-; Richards, Red, 1912-
Interviewer: Ritz, David
Interviewee: Rivers, Sam; Robinson, Charles; Robinson, Les, 1912-
Interviewer: Rodrique, Jessie
Interviewee: Rogers, Shorty, 1924-; Rollins, Sonny; Ross, Annie, 1930-; Royal, Marshall, 1912-1995; Rugolo, Pete, 1915-; Russell, George, 1923-2009; Rutherford, Rudy; Sager, Jane, 1914-; Santamaria, Mongo, 1917-
Interviewer: Schoenberg, Loren; Schwartz, Scott
Interviewee: Scott, Jimmy; Settle, Cucell, 1914-; Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004; Slyde, Jimmy, 1927-
Interviewer: Smith, Ernie
Interviewee: Smith, Hale G.; Smith, Johnny
Interviewer: Sneed, Ann; Stitt, Katea
Interviewee: Stoll, Jerrold "Jerry" Keith , 1923-2004
Interviewer: Talbot, Bruce
Interviewee: Taylor, Arthur, 1929-; Taylor, Billy; Teagarden, Norma, 1911-; Terry, Clark; Thielemans, Toots; Tinney, Al, 1921-; Toro, Yomo; Tucker, Bobby, 1923-2008
Interviewer: Tucker, Sherrie
Interviewee: Tyner, McCoy; Valdes, Bebo, 1918-; Valdez, Carlos, 1926-; Valdez, Chucho, 1941-; Valentin, Val, 1920-; Valeria, Chuy; Van Gelder, Rudy; Van Lake, Turk, 1918-; Viola, Al, 1919-; Walton, Cedar, 1934-
Interviewer: Watson, Matt
Interviewee: Wein, George; Wess, Frank, 1922-; Weston, Randy, 1926-; White, Andrew, 1942-
Interviewer: White, Michael; Whitfield, Weslia
Interviewee: Wilder, Joe, 1922-
Interviewer: Willard, Patricia
Interviewee: Willcox, Spiegle, 1902-; Williams, Claude, 1908-2004
Interviewer: Williams, James
Interviewee: Williams, John, 1905-; Wilson, Gerald, 1918-; Wilson, Nancy, 1937-; Wofford, Mike
Interviewer: Wong, Herb
Interviewee: Woods, Phil
Interviewer: Yamazaki, Paul
Interviewee: Ybarra, Eva; Yoshida, George, 1922-; Young, Al (Saxophinist); Young, Lee, 1917-; Young, Webster, 1932-
Interviewer: Zimmerman, James

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0808

Creator: Stanley Home Products; Beveridge, Frank Stanley
Donor: Perkins, Homer
Creator: O'Brien, Catherine L.

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0788

Creator: Unanue, Prudencio; Goya Foods, Inc.; Unanue family

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0694

Creator: Bellefleur-Burbidge, Cile; Priscilla of Boston.; Burbidge, John (costume designer)

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0562

Creator: Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc.

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0395

Creator: McNamara, Norris; Moon, Moses
Names: Freedom Singers (SNCC); Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990; Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993; Baez, Joan; Baker, Ella, 1903-1986; Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975; Baldwin, James, 1924-1987; Barry, Marion, 1936-; Bikel, Theodore; Carawan, Guy; Conyers, John, 1929-; Donaldson, Ivanhoe; Dylan, Bob, 1941-; Ferebee, Dorothy Boulding , 1898?-1980; Forman, James, 1928-2005; Gregory, Dick; Guyot, Lawrence, 1939-; Hamer, Fannie Lou; Height , Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-2010; Horne, Lena; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Lewis, John; Moses, Robert; Moses, Robert Parris; Odetta, 1930-2008; Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005; Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-2024; Reagon, Cordell; Robinson , Amelia Boynton, 1911-2015; Robinson, Jackie; Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987; Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014; Sherrod, Charles, 1937-; Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0556

Creator: Gaskin, Mary; Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0900

Creator: Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996
Producer: Decca (recording company).
Performer: Jazz at the Philharmonic (Musical group)
Producer: Verve Records (Firm)
Musician: Betts, Keter, 1928-; Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974; Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
Names: Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David), 1909-1986
Producer: Granz, Norman
Musician: Pass, Joe, 1929-1994; Peterson, Oscar, 1925-
Arranger: Riddle, Nelson

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0584

Creator: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Names: Duke Ellington Orchestra
Collector: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Musical History
Names: Washingtonians, The.; Ellington, Mercer Kennedy, 1919-1996 (musician); Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0301

Creator: Northlight of Colorado, Inc.; Jacobson, Jake

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0866

Author: Parke, Davis Company
Collector: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
Names: Pfizer Inc.; Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis; Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis. Pharmaceutical Research Division; Davis, George S.; Duffield, Samuel P., Dr. (physician, pharmacist); Parke, Hervey Coke , 1827-1899

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0001

Creator: Blanch, Gertrude; Bloch, Richard M.; Bradburn, James; Brainerd, John G.; Brown, George W.; Brown, Gordon S.; Buchholz, Werner; Burns, Robert; Atanasoff, John V.; Atchison, William; Auerbach, Issac; Bartik, Jean; Bauer, William; Beek, Allan; Bernstein, Mort; Bigelow, Julian; Coleman; Cohen, I. Bernhard; Computer History Forum.; COT Meeting.; Coombs, John; Crawford, Perry O.; Couret, Lynn; Campbell, Robert V.; Campaigne, Howard; Cannon, Edward; Canning, R.G.; Clem, Mary; Cass, James; CODASYL Meeting.; Clippinger, Richard F.; MIT Club Talks (Brown & Wiener).; Andrews, Ernest G.; American Federation of Information Processing Societies; Alt, Franz; Alrich, John; Association for Computing Machinery.; Association for Computing Machinery.; Argonne National Laboratories R.; Allard, Gerry; Aiken, Howard; Adams, Charles; Acton, Forman; Halstead, Maurice H.; Harmon, Leon; Harvey, Samuel; Hazen, Dean Harold; Gruenberger, Fred; Gunning, William; Hagen, Glenn E.; Hall, W.; Greenwald, Irwin; Greenwarld, Sidney; Griswold, Ralph E.; Grosch, Herbert R. J.; Goheen, Harry E.; Good, I.J.; Goteib, C.C.; Granholm, Jackson; Israel, David R.; Huskey, Harry D.; Kates, Josef; Juncosa, Mario; Householder, Alston S.; Horwitz, Bernhard R.; Hurd, Cuthbert R.; Howard, Bernard; Hopper, Grace Murray, 1906-1992; Holbrook, Bernard; Horner, Joseph; Horn, Robert J.; Herold, Henry; Herget, Paul; Holberton, Betty; Hertz, Ted; Elkins, Harold; Estrin, Gerald; Edwards, Walt; Elbourn, Robert; Eckert, J. Presper (John Presper), 1919-1995; Eddy, Robert Philip; Downey, William; Eckdahl, Donald; Dodd, Stephen; Dotts, Richard D.; Dietzhold, Robert; Dimsdale, Bernard; Desch, Joseph; Dickinson, Arthur H.; Curtiss, John H.; Dederick, Louis S.; Glazer, T.; Givens, Wallace; Gill, Stanley; Geisler, Murray; Garrison, Ken; Frankel, Stanley; Forrester, Jay W.; Forrest, Cameron B.; Forbes, George; Fenaughty, Alfred L.; Fein, Louis; Feign, David; Farrand, William R.; Fall Joint Computer Conference, 12/6/72.; Fall Joint Computer Conference, 11/17/71.; Everett, Robert; Nelson, Eldred; Neisius, Vincent; Northrop, John; Neovius, G.; Parker, R.D.; Palevsky, Max; Phelps, Byron R.; Patrick, Robert; Pickrell, D.; Phister, Montgomery; Pollmyer, R.; Polachek, Harry; Quady, Emmett; Postley, John A. R.; Rajchman, Jan; Ream, Norman; Reed, Irving S.; Rees, Mina; Rhodes, Ida; Rice, Rex; Rochester, Nathaniel; Rogers, Jim; Rogers, Stanley; Rosenberg, Milton; Rosenthal, Paul R.; Rubinoff, Morris R.; Salzer, John M.; Samuel, Arthur L. R.; Sarkissian, Harold; Schuette, Roger; Serrell, Robert R.; King, Paul; Kilpatrick, Lester; Killian, James; Kaufold, Leroy R.; Lanzarotta, Sandy R.; Kreuder, Norman L.; Korn, Irving; Kirsch, Russell; Lovell, Clarence A.; Lehmer, Derrick H.; Legvold, Sam; Larson, Harry; Martin, Richard R.; Marden, Ethel; Madden, Don R.; Lowe, John; McPherson, John C.; Mendelson, Jerry; Mason, Daniel R.; Mauchly, John R.; Michel, J.G.L. R.; Miller, Frederick G.; Menzel, Donald H.; Metropolis, Nicholas C.; Mitchell, Joel; MITRE Meeting.; Mills, Roger L.; Morton, Paul; Mumford, Louis; Mock, Owen; Morse, Philip B.; Wilkinson, James H. R.; Wilkes, Maurice R.; Wizenbaum, Joe; Williams, Charles; Wieselman, Irving; Wiener, Robert; Wild, Arthur; Wieser, C. Robert; Wrench, John W. R.; Woodger, Michael; Yowell, E.C. R.; Youtz, Pat; Woo, Way Dong; Wolfe, Philip; Woodbury, William R.; Wood, Ben D.; Zemanek, Heinz; Zuse, Konrad; Smagorinsky, Joseph; Slutz, Ralph R.; Skramstad, Harold R.; Skillman, Sherwood R.; SIAM/SIGNUM Meeting.; SIAM-72.; SHARE XXXVIII.; SHARE Meeting for Pioneers.; Taylor, Norman; Tanaka, David; Strong, Jack; Stibitz, George; Steele, Floyd G. R.; Sprague, Richard E.; Snyder, Samuel; Smith, Charles V.L.; TV Program KQED.; Uncapher, Keith; Torfeh, Mark; Travis, Irven; Todd-Tausskky, Olga; Tomash, Erwin; Toben, Gregory; Todd, John; Wheeler, R.J.; Whirlwind Discussion.; Ware, Willis H.; Wegstein, Joseph Henry; Wagner, Frank; Wang, An R.; von Hippel, Arthur; von Neumann, John; Armer, Paul, 1924- (computer technician)
Interviewee: Rabinow, Jacob, 1910-
Former owner: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Computers, Information and Society

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0196

Creator: Becker, Richard; Bradford, Alex

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0761

Creator: Mangione, Chuck, 1940-

Identifier: NMAH.AC.1151

Creator: Grant, Felix, 1918-1993; Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0410

Creator: Challis, John, 1907-1974
Donor: Frayer, William W.
Creator: Truesdale, Ephraim

Identifier: NMAH.AC.1375

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Dorothy Shaver Papers

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Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program Collection

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Goya Foods, Inc. Collection

John Burbidge and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection

Hills Bros. Coffee Company, Incorporated Records

Moses Moon Civil Rights Movement Audio Collection

Leonard Gaskin Papers

Ella Fitzgerald Papers

Duke Ellington Collection

Jake Jacobson "Heart & Hands" Color Iris Photoprints

Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records.

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