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Event
A non-persistent, time-based occurrence. Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, and responsible agents associated with an event. Examples include an exhibition, webcast, conference, workshop, open day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea party, conflagration.
Event Type
DC History
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Title
A name given to the resource
Mall Weddings
Description
An account of the resource
Since 1976, the National Park Service has allowed weddings and other special events to be held in 3 areas: the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/34">DC War Memorial</a>, the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/16">George Mason Memorial</a>, and the west lawn of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/31">Jefferson Memorial</a>. Anyone reserving one of these spaces must pay an administrative fee and abide by National Park Service rules meant to protect the property. During the government shutdown in October 2013, the Mall, like all national parks, was closed for public events forcing at least one couple to relocate their wedding. In 2014, 148 permits were given to couples who wed near the majestic monuments.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1950-1979
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc1019.photos.207141p/">View Original.</a>
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People
An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc.
First Name
for nav purposes
Jose
Last Name
for nav purposes
Rivera
Birth Date
September 18, 1904
Birthplace
Baton Rouge, Louisana
Death Date
March 12, 1985
Occupation
Artist
Biographical Text
Jose de Rivera was born Jose A. Ruiz in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He grew up near New Orleans on a sugar plantation where his father worked. de Rivera learned blacksmithing and machine work on the plantation, skills which he would later use to make art. After graduating high school in 1922, he moved to Chicago. There he worked during he day and took art classes at night. It was around this time that he changed his last name to his maternal grandmother’s maiden name. In 1926, he married Rose Covelli, and together they had a child.
In the early 1930s, de Rivera began creating sculpture and spent a year traveling in North Africa and Europe studying art. He then moved to New York City, where he established himself as an artist. By the late 1930s he was working for the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project in the Sculpture Division, creating sculpture for public spaces. Among the pieces he produced for the Federal Art Project was Flight, an installation at the Newark Airport.
He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, then returned to his art career. His first solo exhibition was in 1946 at the Mortimer Levitt gallery in New York City. In 1955, he divorced Rose Covelli and soon after married Lita J. Jeronimo. deRivera died in 1985 in New York City.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Jose de Rivera
Description
An account of the resource
When the architect of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/48">National Museum of History and Technology</a> wanted an outdoor sculpture designed for the new museum opening in the mid-1960s, he recommended artist Jose de Rivera. Rivera was an established sculptor known for his abstract forms, kinetic elements, and experience designing for public spaces. de Rivera created, "Infinity," which stands on the Mall side of the building now called the National Museum of American History. In 1997, following de Rivera's death, his son donated some of the tools used to create "Infinity" for the museum's collections.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1950-1979
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Archives of American Art. <a href="http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/images/detail/jose-de-rivera-2059">View original</a>.
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Event
A non-persistent, time-based occurrence. Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, and responsible agents associated with an event. Examples include an exhibition, webcast, conference, workshop, open day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea party, conflagration.
Event Type
Cultural Gathering
DC History
Event Sort Date
For sort purposes only. Use YYYYMMDD with no spaces. If no MM or DD, use 00. For multi-day events, use first day.
19791217
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Title
A name given to the resource
First National Menorah Lighting
Description
An account of the resource
On the first night of Hanukkah in 1979, President Jimmy Carter walked from the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/66">White House</a> to <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/20">Lafayette Park</a> to light the first public Menorah near the Mall. Sponsored by the American Friends of Chabad-Lubavitch, Abraham Shemtov and Levi Shemtov built the Menorah for several years. It was first called the National Menorah by President Ronald Reagan in 1982. The Menorah remained in Lafayette Square until 1987 when it moved to its current location on the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/315">Ellipse</a>. The National Menorah is always lit by the President or a member of the President’s administration.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Jimmy Carter Library.<a href="http://research.archives.gov/description/6783241"> View original</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
12/17/1979
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1950-1979
work & play
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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Statues and Sculpture
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
Including the base and sculpture, the piece is 34-feet high. The stainless steel shape is 16-feet wide.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Infinity
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Jose de Rivera
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives. <a href="http://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!sichronology&uri=full=3100001~!9357~!0#focus">View original</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
3/28/1967 (dedicated)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1950-1979
Description
An account of the resource
Louisiana-born sculptor, Jose de Rivera designed and built the abstract sculpture "Infinity" that currently welcomes visitors to the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/48">Smithsonian National Museum of American History</a>. The sculpture slowly rotates on its base, completing 1 revolution every 6 minutes. In 1965, the federal Art-in-Architecture program commissioned this statue by reserving half of 1 % of the estimated total construction costs of the new National Museum of History and Technology. Museum architect, Walker Cain, recommended Rivera's proposal for a new art work to accompany the new museum. After two years of design and construction, the sculpture was dedicated in the spring of 1967.
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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Location
The location of the interview.
The west side of the National Museum of American History.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Statues and Sculpture
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
The sculpture is 40 feet tall and weighs 35 tons. It contains 71 pieces connected by 1,200 bolts all faceing the same direction. Calder instructed that the sculpture be painted with a matte black, lead-based paint. In 2013, conservators repainted the piece with high-tech paint specifically designed for outdoor sculptures.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Gwenfritz
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Alexander Calder
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives. <a href="http://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=14F605S0U9301.1295&profile=sicall&source=~!sichronology&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!9319~!1&ri=3&aspect=power&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=calder&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=power&menu=search&ri=3">View original</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
6/2/1969 (dedicated)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1950-1979
2000-present
Description
An account of the resource
Sculptor Alexander Calder designed "Gwenfritz" in 1965 after Washington philanthropist Gwendolyn Cafritz commissioned him to create a piece for the new Museum of History and Technology. Calder built the 40-foot tall metal stabile in France and shipped it to Washington in 6 crates. Smithsonian staff installed the work in 1969 on a reflecting pool facing 14th Street. In 1984, the Museum moved the sculpture and filled in the pool. In 2013, the Smithsonian began conserving "Gwenfritz," and in October 2014 returned it to the original location. During the restoration, staff repainted the sculpture and replaced all 1,200 bolts connecting its panels.
arts & culture
design & monuments
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People
An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc.
Last Name
for nav purposes
John Stevens Shop
Occupation
Artist
Biographical Text
The Shop was founded in 1705 by John Stevens, an immigrant from Oxfordshire, England. Stevens and his descendants, who owned the shop in Rhode Island, carved gravestones in cemeteries across the state. John Howard Benson bought the shop from the Stevens family in 1927.
The Bensons continued to carve gravestones, while John H. Benson also designed and carved inscriptions for university and other institutional buildings. He designed the inscription on the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery. After John H' death in 1956, ownership passed to his son, John E Benson.
John E designed and carved inscriptions on public and private buildings, national memorials, and the headstones of prominent Americans. In addition to working as a stone carver, he was also a calligrapher and sculptor. In 1993, he retired, maintaining co-ownership of the Shop, but leaving the creative direction to his son Nicholas.
Nicholas Benson studied type design and calligraphy in Basel, Switzerland with European masters. In 2007, he was granted a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 2010 he was a awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship.
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Title
A name given to the resource
John Stevens Shop
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1950-1979
1980-1999
2000-present
Description
An account of the resource
The John Stevens Shop is a stone carving workshop based in Rhode Island and currently co-owned by the father and son team of John E. and Nicholas Benson. They have been involved in the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/506">design and execution of lettering for inscriptions</a> for four memorials on the Mall. The Bensons designed and executed special typefaces, or lettering styles, for the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/27">Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial</a>, the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/61">World War II Memorial</a>, and the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/156">Martin Luther King Memorial</a>. Additionally, John Benson designed the lettering for the date stones in the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/63">Vietnam Veterans' Memorial</a>.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011635591/">View original photograph</a>.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
John Stevens Shop
building the mall
design & monuments
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Event
A non-persistent, time-based occurrence. Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, and responsible agents associated with an event. Examples include an exhibition, webcast, conference, workshop, open day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea party, conflagration.
Event Type
Marches and Rallies
Event Sort Date
For sort purposes only. Use YYYYMMDD with no spaces. If no MM or DD, use 00. For multi-day events, use first day.
19700619
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Title
A name given to the resource
Black Panther Rally
Description
An account of the resource
In June 1970, the Black Panther Party held a rally on the steps of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/33">Lincoln Memorial</a> promoting the proposed "Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention," to be held that September in Philadelphia. The goal of the Convention was to rewrite the US Constitution to ensure equal rights for oppressed groups, including African Americans, women, and young people. The organizers of the rally chose June 19, or Juneteenth, for its significance as the day in 1865 when enslaved peoples living in Texas were finally freed. Roughly 1,000 people attended the Mall rally.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003688170/">View Original</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
06/19/1970
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Thomas J. O'Halloran (photographer )
Warren K. Leffler (photographer)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1950-1979
civil rights
politics & protest
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Event
A non-persistent, time-based occurrence. Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, and responsible agents associated with an event. Examples include an exhibition, webcast, conference, workshop, open day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea party, conflagration.
Event Type
Openings and Dedications
Event Sort Date
For sort purposes only. Use YYYYMMDD with no spaces. If no MM or DD, use 00. For multi-day events, use first day.
19750711
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Title
A name given to the resource
Spitfire Airplane Arrives at the Air and Space Museum
Description
An account of the resource
Before the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/269">National Air and Space Museum</a> opened in July 1975, objects like this WWII-era "Spitfire" airplane arrived. To get the plane inside the museum, its wings were temporarily removed and it was led through the museum's west end windows. These windows were designed to open in such a way that <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/484">large objects, such as aircraft and missiles</a>, could easily move in and out of the museum.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Smithsonian Institution Archives. <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_10377?back=%2Fsearch%2Fsia_search_collections%2Fair%2520and%2520space%2520windows">View original</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
07/11/1975
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1950-1979
design & monuments
everyday life
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Event
A non-persistent, time-based occurrence. Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, and responsible agents associated with an event. Examples include an exhibition, webcast, conference, workshop, open day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea party, conflagration.
Event Sort Date
For sort purposes only. Use YYYYMMDD with no spaces. If no MM or DD, use 00. For multi-day events, use first day.
19620906
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Title
A name given to the resource
Statue of George Washington moving across the Mall
Description
An account of the resource
<a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/117">Horatio Greenough</a>'s 1841 <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/17">sculpture of George Washington</a> has lived in 4 different locations on the Mall. Originally built for the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/59">US Capitol Rotunda</a>, Congress did not like the statue and moved it outside to the east lawn 1 year later. Still unhappy with the statue, Congress transferred it to the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/52">Smithsonian for display at the "Castle"</a> in 1908. It remained there until 1962, when Smithsonian staff moved the statue by crane across the Mall to the new <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/48">National Museum of History and Technology</a>. Staff had to remove a glass window and several bricks in the Castle to move the statue out of the building, because it was too large to fit through the doors.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Smithsonian Institution Archives. <a href="http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_9335">View original.</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
9/6/1962
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1950-1979
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Horatio Greenough
design & monuments
everyday life
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Object
Representation of an object, e.g. plate, instruments, tools.
Appearance
Physical description of the object
Created between 1000 and 800 BC, the sculpture is a part the Olmec civilization's art legacy of "colossal head" statues. The Olmec head was discovered in 1946 by a Smithsonian anthropoligst.
Size
Approximate size of original object
5 tons
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Olmec Head
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Smithsonian Institution Archives. <a href="http://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!sichronology&uri=full=3100001~!8749~!0#focus">View original</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1978 (delivered to Smithsonian)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1950-1979
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
No restrictions.
Description
An account of the resource
In 1978, the National Museum of Natural History hosted "Treasures of Mexico: From the Mexican National Museum" that featured this large stone Olmec head. The Olmecs lived in south-central Mexico from approximately 1400 BC to 400 BC and are considered Mexico's earliest prominent civilization. The head weighed 5 tons and required a special steel-frame platform to display it safely inside the museum. In this photograph, riggers are unloading the head at the Mall entrance of the Museum.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Olmec Civilization
design & monuments