The papers of Aleš Hrdlička, curator in the Division of Physical Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, United States National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, offer considerable insight into the development of physical anthropology in the first half of this century. The papers include honors bestowed on Hrdlička, autobiographical notes, correspondence with many of the leading anthropologists of the day, anthropometric and osteometric measurements and observations (forming most of the collection), extensive photographs of Hrdlička's field work, manuscripts, research materials, and "My Journeys" (essentially a diary Hrdlička kept of his field work). In addition, there is material of a personal nature. The papers date from 1875 to 1966, but the bulk of the materials date from 1903 to 1943, the time of Hrdlička's career at the USNM.

- "Photo File 4, Volume 1", which was assembled by Joseph Upton, provides 98 photographic prints related to a trial excavation undertook by Ernst Herzfeld in the Summer 1928 as well as a campaign of excavation at the western mound, Tall-i-Bakun A under the auspice of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, carried out by Alexander Lang...

- Additional information from Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "The prints are from three sources: (1) those from glass negatives; (2) those from cut film; and (3) those for which there are no negatives. The Archive contains Herzfeld's glass negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850. Of most of these he had blueprints made which he ...

- "Photo File 4, Volume 1" is composed of 98 photographic prints, made from the following glass plates, "FSA a.6 04.GN.0890; FSA a.6 04.GN.0509; FSA a.6 04.GN.0510; FSA a.6 04.GN.0512; FSA a.6 04.GN.0513; FSA a.6 04.GN.0516; FSA a.6 04.GN.0517; FSA a.6 04.GN.1169; FSA a.6 04.GN.1170; FSA a.6 04.GN.0342; FSA a.6 04.GN.0511; FSA a.6 04.GN.0518; FSA a...

Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 4: Photographic Files; Prehistoric Persepolis (Photo File 4, vol. 1)

- "Photo File 4, Volume 2", which was assembled by Joseph Upton, provides 98 photographic prints related to a trial excavation undertook by Ernst Herzfeld in the Summer 1928 as well as a campaign of excavation at the western mound, Tall-i-Bakun A under the auspice of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, carried out by Alexander Lang...

- Additional information from Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "The prints are from three sources: (1) those from glass negatives; (2) those from cut film; and (3) those for which there are no negatives. The Archive contains Herzfeld's glass negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850. Of most of these he had blueprints made which he ...

- "Photo File 4, Volume 2" is composed of 95 photographic prints, made from the following glass plates, "FSA a.6 04.GN.0291; FSA a.6 04.GN.0339; FSA a.6 04.GN.0343; FSA a.6 04.GN.0346; FSA a.6 04.GN.0546; FSA a.6 04.GN.0547; FSA a.6 04.GN.0548; FSA a.6 04.GN.0549; FSA a.6 04.GN.0551; FSA a.6 04.GN.0553; FSA a.6 04.GN.0556; FSA a.6 04.GN.0559; FSA a...

Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 4: Photographic Files; Prehistoric Persepolis (Photo File 4, vol. 2)

- "Photo File 5, Volume 1", which was assembled by Joseph Upton, provides 172 photographic prints which may first relate to a visit to Persepolis in November 1905 during his expedition return from the Assur (Kalat Schergat, Iraq) excavation. They may also have been taken during the two last months of 1923 and early March 1924 when Herzfeld spent si...

- Additional information from Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "The prints are from three sources: (1) those from glass negatives; (2) those from cut film; and (3) those for which there are no negatives. The Archive contains Herzfeld's glass negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850. Of most of these he had blueprints made which he ...

- "Photo File 5, Volume 1" is composed of 172 photographic prints, made from the following glass plates, "FSA a.6 04.GN.1576; FSA a.6 04.GN.1577; FSA a.6 04.GN.1654; FSA a.6 04.GN.2365; FSA a.6 04.GN.2364; FSA a.6 04.GN.2368; FSA a.6 04.GN.2367; FSA a.6 04.GN.2253; FSA a.6 04.GN.2254; FSA a.6 04.GN.2255; FSA a.6 04.GN.2256; FSA a.6 04.GN.2257; FSA ...

Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 4: Photographic Files; Persepolis (Photo File 5, vol. 1)

- The second of a series of eighteen sketchbooks (Skizzenbücher), in which Ernst Herzfeld recorded his observations on topography, landscape, archaeological remains, architecture, artifacts and decorative motifs, related to the congregational mosques in Samarra, Mutawakkiliyya, and Balkuwārā; the Qubbat al-Ṣulaibiyya; the palaces of Balkuwārā, Ṣūr ...

- The identification of the residential sites: "Herzfeld numbered all sites while the excavation was still in progress. When it became obvious that two courtyards with adjacent rooms turned out to belong to the same complex, however, he assigned new numbers. Herzfeld gave numbers to 16 houses in various locations, splitting certain buildings into, ...

- Original handwritten caption on cover reads, "Samarra 2; Funde."

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 1 and 2 reads, "IN-215: House XIV, T-shaped hall ([formerly] Haus VIII, T-saal); IN-215; IN-206: House XI, north room ([formerly] Haus VII, nord zimmer); IN-206; IN-207: House XI, west room ([formerly] Haus VII, westen zimmer); IN-206; IN-219: House XIII, room 11 ([formerly] Haus IX, zimmer ii); IN-225: House XI...

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 3 and 4 reads, "IN-66: [Malwiyya minaret]; IN-67: [Malwiyya minaret]; IN-68: [Malwiyya minaret]; IN-195: [House I, north room]; IN-98: [House III, north room (formerly Haus II, nord zimmer)]; IN-100: [House III, north room (formerly Haus II, nord zimmer)]; IN-104: [House IV (formerly Haus III)]; IN-118: [House I...

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 5 and 6 reads, "IN-145: [House VI (formerly Haus V)]; IN-161: [House VIIa (formerly Haus V)]; IN-161; IN-184: [House IX (formerly Haus VI)]; IN-198: [House IX, room 2 (formerly Haus VI, zimmer 2)]; IN-203: [House IX, room 23 (formerly Haus VI, zimmer 23)]; IN-177: [House VI, northeast room (formerly Haus V, nord...

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 7 and 8 reads, "IN-113: [House I, north room (formerly Haus I, nord zimmer)]; IN-113: [House I, north room (formerly Haus I, nord zimmer)]; IN-113: [House I, north room (formerly Haus I, nord zimmer)]; IN-122: [House III, east room (formerly Haus II, ost zimmer)]; IN-137: [House VIIa (formerly Haus V)]; IN-138: ...

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 9 and 10 reads, "IN-165: [House VIIa (formerly Haus V)]; IN-203: [House IX, room 23 (formerly Haus VI, zimmer 23)]; IN-205: [House IX (formerly Haus VI)]; IN-193: [House IX, room 1 (formerly Haus VI, zimmer i)]; IN-205: [House IX (formerly Haus VI)]; IN-205: [House IX (formerly Haus VI)]; IN-202: [House IX, room...

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 11 and 12 reads, "IN-92: [House II, east room (formerly Haus I, ost zimmer)]; IN-89: [House V (formerly Haus IV)]; IN-91: [House IV, room 6 (formerly Haus III, zimmer 6)]; IN-94: [House III, north room (formerly Haus II, nord zimmer)]."

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 13 and 14 reads, "IN-115: [House II, west room (formerly Haus I, westen zimmer)]; IN-96: [House III, north room (formerly Haus II, nord zimmer)]; IN-179: [House VI (formerly Haus V)]; IN-190: [House VIII (formerly Haus V)]; IN-101: [House III, north room (formerly Haus II, nord zimmer)]; IN-181: [House VII, nort...

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 15 and 16 reads, "IN-124: [House III, west room (formerly Haus II, westen zimmer)]; IN-146: [House VI (formerly Haus V)]; IN-171: [House VI (formerly Haus V)]; IN-180: [House VI (formerly Haus V)]; IN-197: [House IX, room 3 (formerly Haus VI, zimmer 3)]; IN-192: [House IX, room 1 (formerly Haus VI, zimmer i)]."

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 17 and 18 reads, "IN-150: House VIa, courtyard (formerly Haus V, hof); IN-200: House IX, room 2 (formerly Haus VI, zimmer 2); IN-172: [House VI, northeast room (formerly Haus V, nordost zimmer)]; IN-158: [House VIIa (formerly Haus V)]; IN-173: [House VI (formerly Haus V)]."

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 19 and 20 reads, "IN-133: [House VIIa, bath (formerly Haus V, bad)]; IN-132: [House VII, bath (formerly Haus V, bad)]; IN-174: [House VI (formerly Haus V)]; IN-148: [House VI (formerly Haus V)]; IN-183: [House VIIa, Weaver House (formerly Haus V, Weber Haus)]; IN-159: [House VIIa (formerly Haus V)]; IN-213: [Bat...

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 21 and 22 reads, "IN-220: House XIII, room 12 ([formerly] Haus IX, zimmer 12); IN-57: [F.]; IN-211: [Bath II, west of Great Mosque]; IN-222: House XII, room 10, bath ([formerly] Haus IX, zimmer 10, bad); IN-222: House XII, room 10, bath ([formerly] Haus IX, zimmer 10, bad); IN-227: House XII, room 20 ([formerly]...

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 23 and 24 reads, "IN-242; IN-242; IN-243; IN-243; IN-249: House VII ([formerly] Haus V); IN-245: F.; IN-246: F.."

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 25 and 26 reads, "IN-244; IN-247: [House III (formerly Haus II)]; IN-248: [House III (formerly Haus II)]; IN-251; IN-250; IN-250; IN-250."

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 27 and 28 reads, "IN-252; IN-252; IN-251; [IN-509]; [IN-1032: west of Great Mosque]."

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 29 and 30 reads, "[IN-1031]; IN-262: [House XIII (formerly Haus IX)]; IN-256; IN-259: House XIII ([formerly] Haus IX); IN-261: [House XIII (formerly Haus IX)]; IN-269: [House XIII (formerly Haus IX)]."

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 31 and 32 reads, "IN-265: [House XIII (formerly Haus IX)]; IN-265: [House XIII (formerly Haus IX)]; IN-260: [House XIII (formerly Haus IX)]; IN-268: khirr Gzêïgi; IN-288; IN-270: [Kūrah]; IN-287: [Kūrah]; IN-288."

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 33 and 34 reads, "IN-287: [Kūrah]; IN-284: [Kūrah]; IN-288; IN-284: [Kūrah]; IN-265: [House XIII (Haus IX)]; IN-284: [Kūrah]; IN-284: [Kūrah]; IN-285: [Kūrah]; IN-292: Kūrah."

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 35 and 36 reads, "IN-292: Kūrah; IN-292: Kūrah; IN-293: [Kūrah]; IN-293: [Kūrah]."

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 37 and 38 reads, "IN-294: [Kūrah]; IN-294: [Kūrah]; IN-293: [Kūrah]; IN-293: [Kūrah]; IN-327: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-327: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-294: [Kūrah]; IN-283: [Kūrah]; IN-326: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-283: [Kūrah]; IN-283: [Kūrah]."

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 39 and 40 reads, "IN-273: [Kūrah]; IN-274: [Kūrah]; IN-275: [Kūrah]; IN-276: [Kūrah]; IN-277: [Kūrah]; Harwarān; IN-286: [Kūrah]; IN-325: [Shabbat al-Hawā]."

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 41 and 42 reads, "IN-295: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-296: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-297: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-298: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-299: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-299: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-300: [Shabbat al-Hawā]."

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 43 and 44 reads, "IN-301: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-302: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-303: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-305: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-304: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-306: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-307: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-308: [Shabbat al-Hawā]."

- Original handwritten notes for pg. 45 and 46 reads, "IN-309: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-310: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-311: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-312: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-313: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-314: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-315: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-316: [Shabbat al-Hawā]; IN-317: [Shabbat al-Hawā]."

- "Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Cyanotypes File 6", which was arranged by Ernst Herzfeld, provides 126 photographic prints of Cuneiform and Middle Persian Inscriptions found on Sasanian clay sealings (bullae), tablets and daggers; on rock reliefs at Firuzabad (Iran), Hajiabad (Iran), Naqsh-i Rajab (Iran), Sar Mashhad (Iran); as well as on columns from ar...

- Additional information from Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "The prints are from three sources: (1) those from glass negatives; (2) those from cut film; and (3) those for which there are no negatives. The Archive contains Herzfeld's glass negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850. Of most of these he had blueprints made which he ...

- "Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Cyanotypes File 6" is composed of 126 cyanotype prints (blueprints), made from the following glass plates, "FSA a.6 04.GN.1576; FSA a.6 04.GN.1577; FSA a.6 04.GN.1654; FSA a.6 04.GN.2365; FSA a.6 04.GN.2364; FSA a.6 04.GN.2368; FSA a.6 04.GN.2367; FSA a.6 04.GN.2253; FSA a.6 04.GN.2254; FSA a.6 04.GN.2255; FSA a.6 04.GN.22...

The photographs and negatives consists of views of the Ford-Bartlett expedition to East Greenland.

Images are of the following tribes: Assiniboine, Beaver (Tsattine), Blackfoot (Piegan), Bungi (Older Ojibwa), Chippewa (Older Ojibwa), Cree (Bush, Prairie, Wood, Woodland), Eskimo, Eskimo (Copper River), Kainah (Blood), Loucheux (Gwich'in), Zuni, Slavey (Dene Thá), Yellowknife (Ahtena).