Pauline B. and Myron S. Falk, Jr. Papers
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Falk, Johnny, 1906-1992
Falk, Pauline
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1904-1998
bulk 1935-1980
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24 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2002.03
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Papers of art collectors Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000) and Myron (Johnny) Falk Jr. (1906-1992), 1904-1998. Created and collected by the Falks, this collection includes: biographical data; black-and-white and color prints of art objects and people; photo albums of art objects in the Falk's art collection; symposium papers, scholarly reviews, and...
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Singer, Paul, 1904-
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circa 1880s-1997
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23 Linear feet (Boxes 1-28, 30-40, OV29)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1991.01
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
The Paul Singer papers measure 23 linear feet and date from circa 1880s to 1997. Materials include biographical documents, correspondence, writings and notes, exhibition and symposium files, travel files, personal art collection records, personal business records, printed material, artwork, artifacts, and photographs.
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circa 1920s
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1 Item (75 pages of typescript)
79 Items (silver prints, black and white)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1996.02
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Detailed account recalling travel to and in Outer Mongolia along three routes that led to Urga (now Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia), with descriptions of the travel conditions, modes of transportation, trade practices, the Russian, Mongolian, and Chinese people of the region, an encounter with the "Andrews expedition" (likely the Central Asiatic Expedition ...
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Parker, Richard Bordeaux, 1923-
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1965-1979
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1.75 Linear feet (200 Prints: black & white; 2 contact sheets: black & white; 481 Negatives (photographic): black & white)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2002.06
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
A collection of black and white prints and negatives of Islamic monuments taken by former ambassador Richard B. Parker. The collection includes 200 prints and 481 negatives. The images document Islamic architecture throughout Algeria, Cairo, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Morocco, and Spain.
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Gordon, Elizabeth, 1906-2000
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1958-1987
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3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1988.03
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Papers, 1959-1987, of Elizabeth Gordon, editor of the periodical, House Beautiful from 1941-1964, mostly related to her research for the August and September 1960 issues of House Beautiful regarding the Japanese aesthetic concept of "shibui", and the subsequent travelling "shibui exhibition" from 1961-1964. Included are correspondence, some photocopies, 1959-1963; notes; drafts for articles and lectures; printed material including magazine and newspaper clippings, 1959-1987; 2 books, and exhibition announcements; drawings of paper and foil art; a photo album containing photos of exhibition installations; and photographs, slides, color transparencies, and lantern slides depicting people, sites, and objects reflecting the "shibui" aesthetic.
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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
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undated
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98 lantern slides (black and white and color)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1991.04
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Lantern slides, undated, some hand-tinted, assembled by the Foreign Missions Library of New York City to document missionary activities in Iran, probably during the early part of the twentienth century. Included are images of missionaries and evangelists, Fiske seminary, The American High School for Boys in Tehran, the Memorial School for Boys in T...
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Soper, Alexander Coburn, 1904-1993
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1977-1992
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2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1990.05
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Offprints of articles by Sherwood F. Moran compiled by Alexander Coburn Soper, accompanied by photographs, a reproduction, and Soper's introduction typescript, assembled in preparation for an unpublished book of Moran' writing entitled "Studies in Japanese Art Treasures."
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Frith, Francis
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undated
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1 Print (albumen, image 16 x 21 cm., mounted 26 x 37 cm)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1999.05
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
One albumen print, circa 1860s-1870s, of a view of a temple complex in India. A black ink inscription in the lower left corner reads "Trickaleecoondrum", probably Tirukalikundram, Tamil Nadu. Blindstamped "Frith's Series"
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Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
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undated
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18 Photographs
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1998.03
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Color photoprints, matted, and housed in a portfolio entitled Iran, dated 1957, taken by Nelson A. Rockefeller (1908-1979) of architecture, mostly in the city of Isfahan, including The Cihil Sutun; and the Darius relief momument at Bistun.
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Bishop, Carl Whiting, 1881-1942
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1923-1934
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20 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.02
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
An associate curator and associate in archaeology at the Freer Gallery of Art from 1922 to 1942, the collection of Carl Whiting Bishop (1881-1942) document his Gallery-sponsored travels to China from 1923 to 1934 and include an unpublished manuscript describing his archaeological research in China; line drawings; rubbings; maps; note cards; and nearly 4,000 glass and film negatives with corresponding original silver prints. These document his expeditions in northern and central China, illustrating archaeological sites in Henan, Shanxi, and Hebei provinces. Specific digs include the large neolithic site at Wanquan, Shanxi, and sixth century C.E. tombs near Fenyin. Additional images show Chinese cityscapes, daily life and customs, topography, temples, pagodas, caves, and sculpture.