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Historical photographs & documents

CONTENTS Catalog

January 1998

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Cataloged as “CONTENTS Catalog” (Text; Magazines (periodicals)).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref830
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Historical photographs & visual records

Continuation of Ritual and Back to the Mission after Ara

1975

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Cataloged as “Continuation of Ritual and Back to the Mission after Ara” (Slides [32056000030563]).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2005-002_ref477
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Continuous service records for Alton Augustus Adams, Sr.

1917-1945

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A tri-fold booklet holding Alton Augustus Adam’s Continuous Service Records from 1917-1945. The notebook has five interior pages that are off-white with black type. The pages are divided by titled columns at the top, with fill-in-the-blank squares below.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.263.5
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

Contos dos Orixás

2018

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This Portuguese-language comic book “Contos dos Orixás” (Tales of the Orishas) is 120 pages and is printed in color on coated paper. On the front cover, the title is printed in white text at the top and centered [CONTOS DOS / ORIXÁS]. The background is a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.45.1.1
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Books and Published Materials

Contos dos Orixás Artbook Vol. 01

February 2019

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An artbook of Contos dos Orixás by Hugo Canuto printed in color on paper with 28 pages.The contents of the book contain the 16 art pieces of the Orishas collection, plus sketches and concepts of Tales of Orishas comic book. The title of the art book is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.45.3.1
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Documents and Manuscripts

Contract between Count Basie and Richard Wright regarding "King Joe"

1941

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A single-paged letter to Count Basie from Richard Wright with a contract concerning royalties and shared monies for the collaboration on the song "King Joe," about the boxer Joe Louis. The document is typed on white paper with a William Morris Agency…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.3.20.1
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Racist and Stereotypical Objects

Contract for a Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels performance

1879

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A contract for Haverly's "Genuine Colored" Mastodon Minstrels to perform at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. The contract is a long folio leaf, with pre-printed fields that have been filled out by hand. An edit, by hand in ink, adds: "Genuine Colored"…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.64
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Documents and Manuscripts

Contract for B.B. King and Orchestra

August 18, 1955

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A typewritten ink on Buffalo Booking Agency letterhead, contract "No. 3016" for a performance of "Four hours with usual intermission." Signature of B.B. King in lower left corner. It is unsigned by the second party.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.172.3
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Documents and Manuscripts

Contract for Gone with the Wind signed by Hattie McDaniel

January 27, 1939

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Signed contract between Selznick International Pictures, Inc for the motion picture "Gone with the Wind" with Hattie McDaniel. Contract includes seventeen (17) pages of onionskin paper with ink and mimeographed text printed throughout. The last page…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.270.1.1
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Documents and Manuscripts

Contract signed by Otis Redding for "Mr. Pitiful"

1965

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A contract signed by Otis Redding. The contract has black print on legal paper with signatures on the bottom right of the front. The contract establishes the payment distribution regarding the song "Mr. Pitiful" between writers Otis Redding and Steve…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.50.1
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Historical photographs & documents

Contracts

Jan. 1866

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Cataloged as “Contracts”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, Item 3.43.5.1
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Historical photographs & documents

Contracts of Employees

July 1865–Oct. 1868

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Cataloged as “Contracts of Employees”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, Item 2.4.9.1
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Time-based Media - Audio

Control

1986

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An audio cassette of Janet Jackson "Control" (1986). 2015.263.18a: An audio cassette tape. The cassette is white plastic with black type on each side. Both sides have headers reading: [PROGRAM 1 19:53 / CONTROL/NASTY/WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY / YOU…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.263.18abc
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Historical photographs & visual records

Controlled wildfire in grasslands, Atsimo-Andrefana Region, Madagascar

2003-09-03

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Controlled wildfires in grasslands. Malagasy people slash and burn to fertilize fields. Original Carousel 18, slide 61.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2247
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Record Albums

Controversy

1981

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A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled, Controversy, by Prince. This object is comprised of a vinyl disc (a) of the long-playing record and an album cover. 2015.172.31a: A vinyl record from the 33 1/3 rpm record album titled, Controversy, by Prince. The vinyl…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.172.31ab
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Historical photographs & documents

Conversation about the film Burning an Illusion

1983

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Cataloged as “Conversation about the film Burning an Illusion” (Audio; Audio cassette).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2012.79.av_ref298
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Historical photographs & documents

Conversation between Pearl Bowser and francophone interlocutors

1983 November 06

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Cataloged as “Conversation between Pearl Bowser and francophone interlocutors” (Audio; Audio cassette).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2012.79.av_ref157
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Historical photographs & documents

Conversation: Norma Sklarek FAIA from Architecture California [photocopy]

1985

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Cataloged as “Conversation: Norma Sklarek FAIA from Architecture California [photocopy]” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.23_ref112
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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Conversations with Roy DeCarava

1984

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A documentary film with the title Conversations with Roy DeCarava. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. Through the use of DeCarava’s still photography and first-hand interviews with him and his closest friends and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.62.1a
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Historical photographs & visual records

"Convoi de porteure sur le pont de Tabili" [Porter convoy on the Tabili bridge], Guinée

Date not recorded

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Colonies Françaises; GUINÉE. -- Convoi de porteure sur le pont de Tabili; CARTE POSTALE; La correspondance au recto n'est pas acceptée par tous les pays étrangers[,] (Se renseigner à la Poste); Partie réservée à la correspondance; Adresse du Destinataire.…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-1035
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"Convoi Européen à Friguiagbé." [European convoy in Friguiagbé.], Friguiagbé, Guinée

c. 1907

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Colonies Française. -- GUINÉE. -- Convoi Européen à Friguiagbé.; CARTE POSTALE; Tous les pays étrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto. (Se renseigner à la poste).. Photographed by Salesse - Corporate Entity. Published by.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-1034
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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Conway the Machine

1982–

Demond Price (born February 16, 1982), known professionally as Conway the Machine, or simply Conway, is an American rapper and co-founder of the hip hop label Griselda Records, alongside his paternal half-brother Westside Gunn, and Mach-Hommy. Acclaimed…

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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Conya Doss

1972–

Conya Doss (born June 13, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, and educator. She is known as The Queen of Indie Soul. In the late 1990s, Doss formed a music duo called Lyrik.

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