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Pope, John Alexander, 1906-1982
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circa 1925-1982
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45 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1988.01
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
The John Alexander Pope papers contain limited biographical, personal and professional information. The bulk of the collection consists of published and unpublished writings, research materials and correspondence.
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John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection
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Cox, John Hadley, b. 1913
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circa 1936-1939
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105 Lantern slides (approximate count)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1991.07
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Period latern slides taken in the mid to late 1930's pertaining to objects in Mr. Cox's collection, namely ceramics, bronzes, lacquer and figures found at archaeological sites in Changsha, Hunan province, dating primarily from the Zhou and Han Dynasties and from the Warring States period.
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Bahr, A. W.
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1919-1957
bulk 1947-1957
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1.25 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2001.14
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Abel William Bahr was a coal merchant and general importer born in China who became an important collector of Chinese art. Several books and catalogues have been published about his collection. His papers include numerous drafts and notes about his memoirs as a collector, correspondence with other collectors and photographs of Chinese art objects, from jade to pottery to paintings.
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1928-2008
bulk 1945-1982
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6.15 Cubic feet (consisting of 14 boxes and 1 flat box.)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2019.04
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
The Helen D. Ling Papers, dating from 1928-2008 with the bulk of material dating from 1945-1982, measure 6.15 cubic feet and include biographical material, research, writings, correspondence, printed material, and audiovisual material related to Ling's life and work as a collector and dealer of Asian art.
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Lippe, Aschwin, 1914-1988
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1930 - 1988
- Size:
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36 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2012.01
- Repository:
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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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Watkins, C. Malcolm
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1935-1979 and undated
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12.59 cu. ft. (23 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 16x20 box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7322
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of C. Malcolm Watkins provide comprehensive documentation of his professional career from 1934 to 1980. The collection documents his interest in early American culture; his research on ceramics, historic archeology, and early California history; his curatorial and administrative activities in the Department of Anthropology, USNM, ...
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Graham, David Crockett
- Dates:
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1923-1936
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3.64 cu. ft. (3 document boxes) (2 3x5 boxes) (5 5x8 boxes) (2 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7148
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee. The materials in the David Crockett Graham Papers (Record Unit 7148) were sent to Alexander Wetmore, Director of the United States National Museum (USNM), between 1925 and 1935 by Graham. Wetmore deposited them in the Division of E...
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Bonaparte, Roland, prince, 1858-1924
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circa 1883-1884
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138 Mounted prints (albumen, 5 album boxes)
13 Photographic prints (collotype, 1 album box)
64 Photographic prints (color, 1 album box)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.80-52
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographic portfolios made by Prince Roland Bonaparte in his "Collection Anthropologique" group. The bulk of the collection consists of individual portraits of "Peaux-Rouges" (Omaha Indians), "Kalmouks" (Kalmyks), "Hindous" (Hindus), "Hottentots" (Khoikhoi), Somalis, "Atchinois" (Acehnese), and Surinamese. There are also some images of clothing, dwellings and animals, including camels and horses.
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Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919
- Dates:
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1876-1931
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131 Linear feet (29 architectural drawings)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.01
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
The personal papers of Charles Lang Freer, the industrialist and art collector who founded the Freer Gallery of Art. The papers include correspondence, diaries, art inventories, scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeil Whistler and other press clippings, and photographs.
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United States National Museum
- Dates:
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1877-1975
- Size:
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337.16 cu. ft. (672 document boxes) (116 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 192
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Records prior to 1907 consist mostly of incoming correspondence (outgoing correspondence can be found in record unit 112). After 1907 the records contain both incoming and outgoing correspondence. Much of the material consists of routine public inquiries. In addition, these records document museum accessions and Smithsonian expeditions and ...
