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Kramer, Carol, 1943-2002
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1943-2002,
bulk 1961-2002
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31 Linear feet (64 boxes, 2 cassette tapes, 1 oversize box, 1 map drawer)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2006-14
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National Anthropological Archives
The bulk of these papers document the professional life of Carol Kramer, a leading figure in ethnoarchaeology, specializing in the Middle East and South Asia. She was also a major advocate for the professional development of women in anthropology and archaeology. Dating 1943-2002, the collection includes field notes, writings, correspondence, daily planners, teaching files, photographs, sound recordings, maps, computer disks, and botanical specimens. Her ethnoarchaeological research in "Shahabad" (a.k.a. "Aliabad") in Iran and in Rajasthan, India is well-represented in the collection.
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Maury, Curt
- Dates:
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1953-circa 1985
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12.7 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1989.05
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
The Curt Maury papers, dating from 1953 to circa 1985, measure 12.7 linear feet and include writings and notes for planned and published books; travel files and expense ledgers for trips to India; photograph ledgers; and extensive photographs and slides of India.
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Koch, Emma Augusta, 1847-1932
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circa 1862-1885
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165 mounted prints (circa 165 mounted prints, albumen)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.161
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs collected by Emma A. Koch documenting the people and natural and built environments of India, South Asia, and Australia. The collection largely consists of images of East Indian peoples, structures, scenery, and activities, including tea making and entertainment; areas of India most commonly depicted are Assam, Bengal, and the Andaman...
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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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Elizabeth Moynihan Collection
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Moynihan, Elizabeth B.
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undated
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16 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2013.06
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Elizabeth Moynihan is an architectural historian and author, specializing in the study of Mughal gardens in India. This collection measures 7.13 linear feet and documents Elizabeth Moynihan's research of the Lotus Garden of Dholpur, the Jai Mahal Garden in Jaipur, Mehtab Bagh, and many other Mughal Gardens in India. It includes correspondence; fiel...
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1994-2000
- Size:
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-173
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document significant events involving travel for Milo Cleveland Beach, Director (1987-2001), including extended trips to India, England, and Southeast Asia. A list of Beach's travels during each fiscal year is summarized in the first six folders of the collection. Materials include correspondence, itineraries, and related ma...
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Walkinshaw, Lawrence H
- Dates:
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1960-1983
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2.25 cu. ft. (3 3x5 boxes) (5 5x8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7410
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Lawrence H. Walkinshaw (1904-1993) graduated from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in 1929. Though a dentist by training, he was a leading authority on cranes on which he published 61 articles and two books: The Sandhill Cranes (1949) and Cranes of the World (1973). He described the Canadian sandhill crane (Grus canadensis r...
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Walkinshaw, Lawrence H
- Dates:
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1920s-1980s
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 83-133
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of field notes, research notes, correspondence, photographs and negatives (including cellulose nitrate negatives) documenting Walkinshaw's research on cranes.
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Smithsonian Foreign Currency Program
- Dates:
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circa 1975-1985
- Size:
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 87-151
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of closed Foreign Currency Program files. Material includes correspondence, study proposals, progress and financial reports, and applications.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 26-July 7, 2002
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.2002
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.