AMPAS Certificate of Nomination, presented to Harry Warren: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This plaque is a made of wood with a laminated paper certificate with a gold border and silver seal with ribbons. The certificate is printed:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION FOR AWARD>br>Be it known that Harry Warren was nominated for an Academy Award of Merit for Outstanding Achievement Song "On The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe" from "The Harvey Girls" This judgement being rendered with reference to Motion Pictures First Regularly Exhibited in the Los Angeles district during the year ending December 31 - 1946 [date handwritten]

This certificate of nomination was presented by AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) to composer Harry Warren for the song, "On the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe," from the 1946 movie The Harvey Girls. Judy Garland sang this song in the film. In 1947, Harry Warren won the Oscar for Best Original Song for this song.

Materials, dates and provenance

• presentation date: 1946
• recipient: Warren, Harry
• presenter: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• manufacturer: Perma Plaque Corp.
• Object Name: plaque
• Physical Description: wood (overall material)
• Physical Description: paper (overall material)
• Physical Description: ink (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 14 1/8 in x 12 5/8 in x 1/2 in; 35.8775 cm x 32.0675 cm x 1.27 cm
• place made: United States: California, Los Angeles, Hollywood
• Subject: Awards and Prizes
• related event: Academy Awards, 1946
• ID Number: 2002.3101.02
• catalog number: 2002.3101.02
• nonaccession number: 2002.3101
• Credit Line: Gift of Jophe Jones and Julia Riva
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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