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1892-1960
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22 cu. ft. (44 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 311
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the administration of William Henry Holmes, first Curator of the National Gallery of Art (NGA), 1907-1920, and Director of the Gallery, 1920-1932. To a lesser extent, it also documents the administration of Ruel P. Tolman, Acting Director of NGA, 1932-1937, and the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA), 1937-1946, ...
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1871-1874
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1 Folder (Papers :)
70 Stereographs (albumen)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.4501
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made on the Geographical Explorations and Surveys west of the 100th meridian, under Lieutenant George M. Wheeler, War Department, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. 1871-74. They include images of expedition party members, archeological sites, pueblos and puebloan and other Indigenous people of the southwest (including Zuni, Navajo, Apache, Coy...
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circa 1880s-1920s
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1 Engraving
1 Print (platinum)
18 Prints (silver gelatin)
38 Prints (albumen)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.28
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs relating to archeology, most of which were made by Bureau of American Ethnology photographers and ethnologists. Much of the collection consists of photographs by Cosmos and Victor Mindeleff of Southwest pueblos. Images depict mounds and excavations (including Grant Mound in Pennsylvania and additional mounds in West Virginia, Alabama,...
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Palestine Exploration Fund
- Dates:
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circa 1890-1895
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56 Mounted prints (albumen)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.158
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs collected by the Palestine Exploration Fund depicting sites and peoples in Syria, Israel, and Palestine that relate to Biblical events. Sites include the Great Mosque in Damascus, Nazareth, a Samaritan camp, remains of synagogues, Mount Gerizim, and Jerusalem. The photographs, which were either made or funded by members of the Palesti...
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Boulton, Laura, 1899-1980
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1934-1985
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Film reels (16mm)
0.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1987.09
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Human Studies Film Archives
Film and video of the ethnomusicology collection of Laura C. Boulton, shot primarily by Dr. Boulton among traditional peoples around the world. (See inventory attached to agreement). Collection contains supplementary material: associated texts, sound recordings, annotations, sound logs, and field notes. Please note that the contents of the colle...
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Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
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late 19th century-early 20th century
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70 Stereographs (circa, albumen)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.140
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National Anthropological Archives
Stereographs documenting Native North Americans, including studio portraits, camps and dwellings, graves, infants in cradleboards, and pottery. Specific images portray Sitting Bull's camp at Fort Randall, Curly at the Custer monument, and a Southern Plains delegation at the White House Conservatory. Tribes represented include Winnebago, Tuscarora...
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Jones, R. Bryson
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circa 1930-1941
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10 Film reels (black-and-white silent, 16mm; 35mm)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1995.11
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Human Studies Film Archives
9 travelogues filmed in the 30s by R.Bryson Jones. Geographical areas include Canada, U. S. South, Australia Fiji, U. S. West, Morocco, Palestine, South America, and Western Europe. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical do...
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La Flesche, Francis, 1857-1932
Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923
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1873-1939
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19 Linear feet (50 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4558
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
These papers reflect the professional lives of Alice Cunningham Fletcher (1838-1923), an ethnologist with the Peabody Museum of Harvard and collaborator with the Bureau of American Ethnology, and Francis La Flesche (1856-1923), an anthropologist with the Bureau of American Ethnology. Due to the close professional and personal relationship of Fletcher and La Flesche, their papers have been arranged jointly. The papers cover the period from 1874 to 1939. Included in the collection is correspondence, personal diaries, lectures, field notes and other ethnographic papers, drafts, musical transcriptions, publications by various authors, maps and photographs.
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Douglas, Luther A., 1919-1976
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April 1964
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195 Color slides
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.393
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 195 slides that were taken by photographer Luther A. Douglas on the Navajo (Diné) Reservation in April of 1964.
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1945-1982
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270 Film reels (color black-and-white sound, 16mm)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1994.21
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Human Studies Film Archives
Titles are educational films of ethnographic interest dating back to late 40s but primarily from 60s and 70s. Some film titles came with teacher instructional information found in film cans. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an hist...
