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Education & Scholarship

Arsania Williams

1875–1954

Arsania M. Williams (January 1875 – March 24, 1954) was an American educator and clubwoman based in St. Louis, Missouri. She taught for over fifty years in segregated schools, and was president of the Missouri State Association of Negro Teachers, the…

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Arts & Performance

Arsenio Hall

1956–

Arsenio Hall (born February 12, 1956) is an American comedian, actor and talk show host. He hosted a late-night talk show, The Arsenio Hall Show, from 1989 until 1994, and again from 2013 to 2014. He has appeared in Martial Law, Coming to America (1988),…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Art and architecture students working in a studio, Pretoria (South Africa)

1947

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Cataloged as “Art and architecture students working in a studio, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068231
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ARCHIVE FILE
Historical photographs & visual records

Art and Ceremonial Objects, Market Scenes and Yoruba, Ewe and Ila Peoples, Iperu, Ikenne, Togo and Itasa

circa 1970-circa 1983

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Cataloged as “Art and Ceremonial Objects, Market Scenes and Yoruba, Ewe and Ila Peoples, Iperu, Ikenne, Togo and Itasa” (Slides [32056000030563]).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2005-002_ref572
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Historical photographs & visual records

Art and Religious Objects

circa 1973-circa 2000

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Cataloged as “Art and Religious Objects” (Slides [32056000030571]).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2005-002_ref588
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Archival documents & files

Art, Artist, and Influences Series - Hatch-Billops Interview with Talley Beatty — Series 4: The Art Smith Project and Retrospective Exhibitions

1981

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Cataloged as “Art, Artist, and Influences Series - Hatch-Billops Interview with Talley Beatty”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2022.64_ref231
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

Art, Artists, and Society: Origins of a Modern Dilemma, Painting in England and France, 1750-1850

1963

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Paperback copy with 180 pages. At the top of the front cover there is black printed text on a white background which reads [ART, ARTISTS / & SOCIETY / Origins of a Modern Dilemma / Painting in England and France, 1750-1850 / by Geraldine Pelles]. Below…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.26.5.28
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Music

Art Blakey

1919–1990

Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s. Blakey made a name for himself in the 1940s in the…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

Art Blakey

2007

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This oil painting depicts the jazz drummer Art Blakey playing the drums. Wearing a blue striped jacket, yellow shirt and red striped tie, he holds a pair of raised drumsticks, his head thrown back, his mouth open and his eyes closed. In the background is a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.130.6
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Art Blakey, 1980

1980

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A black-and-white photograph of jazz musician and bandleader Art Blakey playing drums during a 1980 performance. Blakey is photographed in left-profile through his drumkit, with a cymbal partly obscuring his face. His eyes are closed and he wears a striped…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.164.137
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Historical photographs & visual records

[Art by George Pemba in the Johannesburg Art Gallery] Johannesburg, South Africa

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “[Art by George Pemba in the Johannesburg Art Gallery] Johannesburg, South Africa” (Slides (photographs); Color slides).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2010-010, Item EEPA 2010-010-1008
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Art by Michael Adonai and Berhane Adonai displayed at an art show, Woki Duba, Eritrea

2001

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Cataloged as “Art by Michael Adonai and Berhane Adonai displayed at an art show, Woki Duba, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1771
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Art by Patrick Mautloa Johannesburg, South Africa

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Art by Patrick Mautloa Johannesburg, South Africa” (Slides (photographs); Color slides).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2010-010, Item EEPA 2010-010-1239
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Sports

Art Carrington

Biography

Arthur Carrington is an American former professional tennis player. Born and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Carrington attended Hampton University on an athletic scholarship. Carrington competed in the American Tennis Association (ATA), which was a…

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Music

Art Davis

1934–2007

Arthur David Davis (December 5, 1934 – July 29, 2007) was a double-bassist, known for his work with Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner and Max Roach.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

Art Director's Work Book of Type Faces

1963

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Hardcover book with retractable book stand and 212 pages of text. The front cover has a glossy coating, with an orange background and a white and black design. The front cover has black text of [Arco Publishing Co.] in the upper left and [J. I. Biegeleisen…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.26.5.4
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Sports

Art Dorrington

1930–2017

Art Dorrington (March 13, 1930 – December 29, 2017) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. Dorrington became the first black hockey player to sign a National Hockey League (NHL) contract when he joined the New York Rangers organization in 1950.…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Art exhibition, South Africa

1970-1999

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Cataloged as “Art exhibition, South Africa” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2012-010, Item EEPA 2012-010-1426
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Music

Art Farmer

1928–1999

Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, double bassist Addison…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Art gallery/shop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2010-10-13

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Original Carousel 28, slide 67.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3518
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Sports & Achievement

Art Gardner

1952–

Arthur Junior Gardner (born September 21, 1952) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Houston Astros and San Francisco Giants in part of three seasons spanning 1975–1978. Gardner was the Astros' opening day center fielder in 1977.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Art in Embassies

ca. 2018

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This is a thirty-eight page catalog designed by Gail Anderson titled “Art In Embassies.” The front cover depicts a section of the map of the world, with the continents colored orange and the oceans pale blue. There are numerous circles in a lighter shade…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.11.14
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