Rock ' n ' Soul Audiovisual History Project Collection

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Rock ' n ' Soul Audiovisual History Project Collection

1992 and 1999

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In 1990, curators at the National Museum of American History began a project to develop a traveling exhibition about American music, and in the course of research, curators repeatedly returned to the Mississippi Delta area and Memphis, Tennessee to conduct interviews. A group in Memphis organized to raise the funds to complete the research, to acquire objects and artifacts, and the project ultimately became the Smithsonian-affiliated Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum, which opened in 2000 at 191 Beale Street.

20 Cubic feet

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11662434

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum (Memphis, Tennessee)

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Meehan, John P.

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McGovern, Charles

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National Museum of American History (U.S.)

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The history of the National Museum of American History's (NMAH) collections dates from the very beginning of the Institution, when Secretary Joseph Henry began to amass a collection of scientific apparatus for historical and demonstration purposes. In 1849 the Institution made a major purchase of fine arts prints, which became the core of the graphic arts collections. In 1858, the United States Patent Office transferred to the Smithsonian the national collections, includin...

Daniel, Pete

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