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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Curatorial - Ancient Near Eastern Art
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1987-1994
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-252
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Ann C. Gunter, Curator of Ancient Near Eastern Art, documenting the development of exhibitions and programs. The two exhibitions featured are "When Kingship Descended from Heaven: Masterpieces of Mesopotamian Art from the Louvre" (1992) and "Nomads and Nobility: Art of the Ancient ...
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Curatorial - Ancient Near Eastern Art
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circa 1987-2008
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-025
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence created and maintained by Ann Clyburn Gunter, Assistant Curator, 1987-1994, and Associate Curator, 1994-2008, documenting interactions with dealers, scholars, researchers, and museum professionals.
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Curatorial - Ancient Near Eastern Art
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circa 1996-2001
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-037
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the curatorial activities of Ann Clyburn Gunter, Associate Curator, 1994-2008. Curatorial activities documented in this accession include organizing symposiums, collecting objects, and writing articles. Materials include memoranda, correspondence, notes, pamphlets, articles, newsletters, participa...
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Curatorial - Ancient Near Eastern Art
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1983-1984, 1990-2008
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-346
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the curatorial activities of Ann Clyburn Gunter, Assistant Curator of Ancient Near Eastern Art, 1987-1994; Associate Curator, 1994-2004; and Curator, 2004-2008. Curatorial activities documented in this accession include research, exhibition development, publishing, and collection management. ...
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
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Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
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1903-1947
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150 Linear feet (circa 30,000 items)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.06
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
An outstanding scholar in the field of Iranian studies, Ernst Herzfeld (1879--1948) explored all phases of Near Eastern culture from the prehistoric period to Islamic times. This collection documents Herzfeld's excavations at Samarra, Persepolis, Pasargadae, and Aleppo and includes correspondence; field notebooks; drawings; sketchbooks; inventories of objects; "squeeze" copies of architectural details; and photographs.
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Shepherd, Dorothy
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undated
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35 Items (mm color slides 23,500)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2015.12
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Images of Near Eastern art objects, world sites, and architectural sites. The slide collection contains irreplaceable images of textiles, art objects and architectural sites from the Middle East and Iran. Highlights of the collection are the textile, Sasanian metal works and Middle Eastern and Iranian architectural sites.
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Lippe, Aschwin, 1914-1988
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1930 - 1988
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36 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2012.01
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Aschwin Lippe was a research fellow and later curator in the Department of Far Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The collection includes his early research and writings on East Asian art, particularly Chinese paintings. It has substantial material on his involvement in selecting the paintings and writing the catalog for the 1961 Chinese Art Treasures Exhibition. He later shifted his research focus to medieval Indian sculpture. The collection includes journals kept during several years of field research in India as well as his extensive photo-documentation of Indian temples and religious sculpture.
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Wormington, Hannah Marie
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1930-1993
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25.8 Linear feet (58 boxes, 1 oversized, 1 lantern slide tray)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.1995-19
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National Anthropological Archives
The Hannah Marie Wormington papers, 1930-1993, document her professional career as an archeologist through correspondence, film, grant proposals, lantern slides, lecture notes, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, photographs, presentations, publications, reports, slides, and sound recordings, including her field work at the Folsom Site.
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National Museum of American History. National Numismatic Collection
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circa 1921-1989
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26.91 cu. ft. (26 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box) (3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 359
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of correspondence and memoranda pertaining to publications, exhibitions, acquisitions, numismatic conferences in foreign countries, and materials on loan; annual reports of the Division of Numismatics; budgetary files; American Numismatic Association convention information; exhibition scripts for the Hall of Monetary ...
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Department of Education
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1987-1998
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4.5 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-010
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the planning, development and execution of public programs associated with collections and exhibitions. Programs provide additional opportunities to augment and enhance public awareness of Asian and Eastern culture beyond traditional exhibitions. Programs include hands-on projects for families, musical and dance performa...