National Anthropological Archives

MS 7125 Catalogs of collections of American and European antiquities

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS7125
Creators:
Rau, Charles, 1826-1887
Dates:
1878-1880
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
77 Pages
4 Volumes
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Three volumes concern American specimens and the fourth European specimens. Each entry includes Rau's number(s), United States National Museum catalog number(s), a description, location, and donor. Occasionally, there are notes concerning the condition of specimens, circumstances of discovery, and use. For casts, there are often notes on the location of the original. Also included is a note by Margaret Blaker concerning the use of Rau's catalog to add information to the USNM catalog cards.
Scope and Contents
The catalogs relate to accession 19,931, catalog 137,073-137,546; 137,618-138,984.

Administration

Custodial History
Transferred from the Processing Lab by Bruce Smith, 2/20/80.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 7125, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 7125


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
United States -- Archeology Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Europe -- Archeology Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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