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Charles Lang Freer Papers

Creator:
Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this
Extent:
131 Linear feet (29 architectural drawings)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Diaries
Financial records
Correspondence
Photographs
Place:
China
Syria
Egypt
India
London (England)
Japan
Boston (Mass.)
Detroit (Mich.)
Washington (D.C.)
Kandy (Sri Lanka)
Sri Lanka
Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)
Date:
1876-1931
Summary:
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.
Scope Content:
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, financial material, architectural drawings, and photographs.

Correspondence, circa 1860-1921, includes Freer's correspondence, 1876-1920, with artists, dealers, collectors, museums, and public figures; letterpress books contain copies of Freer's outgoing letters, 1892-1910; correspondence collected by Freer of James McNeill Whistler, and his wife Beatrix, 186?-1909, with Lady Colin Campbell, Thomas R. Way, Alexander Reid, Whistler's mother, Mrs. George W. Whistler, and others; correspondence of Whistler collector Richard A. Canfield, 1904-1913, regarding works in Canfield's collection; and correspondence of Freer's assistant, Katharine Nash Rhoades, 1920-1921, soliciting Freer's letters from his associates, and regarding the settlement of his estate.

Also included are twenty-nine pocket diaries, 1889-1890, 1892-1898, 1900-1919, recording daily activities, people and places visited, observations, and comments; a diary kept by Freer's caretaker, Joseph Stephens Warring, recording daily activities at Freer's Detroit home, 1907-1910. Inventories, n.d. and 1901-1921, of American, European, and Asian art in Freer's collection, often including provenance information; vouchers, 1884-1919, documenting his purchases; five volumes of scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeill Whistler, 1888-1931, labeled "Various," "Peacock Room," "Death, etc.," "Paris, etc.," and "Boston...London" ; three volumes of newsclippings, 1900-1930, concerning Freer and the opening of the Freer Gallery of Art.

Correspondence regarding Freer's gift and bequest to the Smithsonian Institution, 1902-1916; and photographs, ca. 1880-1930, of Freer, including portraits by Alvin Langdon Coburn and Edward Steichen, Freer with others, Freer in Cairo, China and Japan, Freer's death mask, and his memorial service, Kyoto, 1930; photographs of artists and others, including Thomas Dewing, Ernest Fenollosa, Katharine Rhoades taken by Alfred Stieglitz, Rosalind B. Philip, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Abbott H. Thayer, Dwight Tryon, and Whistler; and photographs relating to Whistler, including art works depicting him, grave and memorial monuments, works of art, the Peacock Room, and Whistler's memorial exhibition at the Copley Society.
Organization of the Papers:
This collection is organized into twelve series.

Series 1: Genealogical and Biographical Data

Series 2: Correspondence

Series 3: Diaries

Series 4: Freer Colleague Materials

Series 5: Art Inventories

Series 6: Financial Materials

Series 7: Exhibition Loan Files

Series 8: Biblical Manuscripts and Gold Treasure Files

Series 9: American School of Archaeology in China

Series 10: Printed Material

Series 11: Outsize Material

Series 12: Photographs
Biographical Note:
1854 February 25 -- Born in Kingston, New York

1873 -- Appointed accountant and paymaster of New York, Kingston and Syracuse Railroad by Frank J. Hecker (1846-1927)

1876 -- Moves to Indiana to work, with Hecker, for the Detroit and Eel River and Illinois Railroad

1880 -- Moves to Detroit, participates in organization of the Peninsular Car Works with Hecker

1883 -- Becomes vice president and secretary of Peninsular Car Company when it succeeds Peninsular Car Works

1883 -- Begins collecting European prints

1884 -- Peninsular Car Company constructs plant on Ferry Avenue

1887 -- Meets Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)

1887 -- Acquires proofs of 26 etchings, Venice, Second Series(1886), by James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

1887 -- Purchases a small Japanese fan attributed to Ogata Korin(1658-1715)

1887 -- Buys land on Ferry Avenue

1889 -- Meets Frederick Stuart Church (1826-1900) and Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925) in New York

1890 -- Commissions Wilson Eyre (1858-1944) to design house on Ferry Avenue, Detroit, Michigan

1890 -- On first trip to London, meets James McNeill Whistler(1834-1903)

1892 -- Moves to Ferry Avenue house

1892 -- Tryon and Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) undertake decoration of reception rooms

1893 -- Lends American paintings to World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago

1893 -- Purchases first piece of Chinese art, a small painting of white herons by an anonymous Ming dynasty (1368-1644) artist

1894 -- Begins yearlong trip around the world, which includes visit to the Whistlers in Paris and first trip to Asia, stopping in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), India, China, and Japan

1896 -- Meets Matsuki Bunkyo (1867-1940) in Boston

1899 -- Takes part in consolidation of railroad-car building companies then retires from active business

1900 -- Attends Exposition International Universelle in Paris

1900 -- Buys villa in Capri with Thomas S. Jerome

1901 -- Meets Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) in Paris and Ernest Fenollosa(1853-1908), who visits Freer in Detroit

1902 -- Meets Dikran Kelekian (1868-1951)

1902 -- Spends summer in Britain building Whistler collection

1902 -- Views Whistler's, Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room

1904 -- Purchases Whistler's Peacock Room

1904 -- Offers his art collections and funds to build a museum in which to house them to the Smithsonian Institution

1905 -- Smithsonian committee visits Freer in Detroit

1906 -- United States government formally accepts Freer's gift on January 24

1906 -- Freer signs Deed of Gift to Smithsonian Institution on May 5

1907 -- On second tour of Asia, meets Hara Tomitaro 1868-1939) in Yokohama, Japan

1908 -- Takes third trip to Asia, specifically to West Asia to study Rakka ware

1909 -- Tours Europe to study art museums

1909 -- On fourth trip to Asia, attends memorial ceremony for Fenollosa (d.1908 September) at Miidera, Japan, and meets Duanfang (1861-1911) in China

1910 -- On last trip to Asia, visits Longmen Buddhist caves in China

1911 -- Suffers stroke

1912 -- Lends selection of objects for exhibition at Smithsonian Institution

1913 -- Meets Eugene (1875-1957) and Agnes E. (1887-1970) Meyer

1913 -- Commissions Charles Adams Platt (1861-1933) to design museum building in Washington

1914 -- Meets Katharine Nash Rhoades (1885-1965) in Detroit

1915 -- Settles in New York City

1915 -- Site of future Freer Gallery of Art is determined

1916 -- Platt's plans for Freer Gallery are approved by Smithsonian Regents and Commission of Fine Arts and ground is broken in September

1918 -- After falling ill in Detroit, Freer travels to New York for treatment

1918 -- Work on the museum building is delayed by the war

1919 -- Freer appends codicil to will permitting acquisitions of Asian, Egyptian, and Near Eastern (West Asian) art

1919 -- Dies in New York City on 25 September and is buried in Kingston, New York

1919 -- Construction of Freer Gallery completed

1920 -- John Ellerton Lodge (1876-1942) is appointed director of the Freer Gallery

1923 -- Freer Gallery opens to the public on May 9

1930 -- Memorial ceremony for Freer is held at Koetsuji, Kyoto

Charles Lang Freer was an American industrialist who founded the Freer Gallery of Art. He was a well-known collector of Asian art, and strongly supported the synthesis of Eastern art and Western art. One of his most famous acquisitions was James McNeill Whistler's Peacock Room.
Index:
Index to cross-referenced correspondents in the series Charles Lang Freer correspondence

Beal, Junius E. -- See: -- Warring, Joseph Stephens

Black, George M. -- See: -- Saint-Gaudens, Augustus

Board of Education (Kingston, New York) See: Michael, M. J.

Bonner, Campbell See: University of Michigan

Boughton, George H. See: Yardley, F. C.

British Museum See: Binyon, Laurence; Hobson, R. L.

Brown, Harold H. See: Art Association of Indianapolis

Buchner, Evelyn B. See: Knoedler, M., and Company

Buckholder, C. H. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Butler, S. B. See: Unidentified correspondents

Carnegie Institute See: Balken, Edward Duff; Harshe, Robert B.

Carpenter, Newton H. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Caulkins, Horace James See: Pewabic Pottery

Chao, Shih-chin See: Gunn, Chu Su

Chicago & North Western Railway Co. See: Hughett, Marvin

Clark, Charles Upson See: Clark, Arthur B.

Cleveland Museum of Art See: Whiting, Frederic Allen

Columbia University See: Braun, W. A.; Gottheil, Richard; Hirth, Friederich

Commission of Fine Arts See: Moore, Charles

Corcoran Gallery of Art See: Minnigerode, C. Powell

Crocker, Anna B. See: Portland Art Association

Dannenberg, D. E. See: Karlbeck, Orvar

De Menoncal, Beatrice See: Lien, Hui Ch'ing Collection

De Ricci, Seymour See: Ricci, Seymour de

Defnet, William A., Mrs., See: Franke, Ida M.

DeMotte See: Vigouroux, J.

Detroit Institute of Arts See: Detroit Museum of Art

Detroit Publishing Company See: Livingstone, W. A.

Detroit School of Design See: George Hamilton; Stevens, Henry

DeVinne Press See: Peters, Samuel T.; Witherspoon, A. S.

Dyrenforth, P. C. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Eddy, Arthur J. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Eggers, George Williams See: Art Institute of Chicago

Farr, Daniel H. See: Robinson and Farr

Farrand School (Detroit) See: Yendall, Edith

Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago) See: Laufer, Berthold

Flagg, Frederick J. See: Allen, Horace N.

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University See: Forbes, Edward; Pope, Arthur Upham; Sachs, Paul J.

French, M. R. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Fu, Lan-ya See: Pang, Lai-ch'en

Fujii, Yoshio See: Yoshio, Fujii

Gerrity, Thomas See: Knoedler, M., and Company

Goupil Gallery See: Marchant, William

Gray, William J. See: Barr, Eva

Great Lakes Engineering Works See: Hoyt, H. W.

Grolier Club See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Heinemann, W. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Holden, Edward S. See: West Point, U. S. Military Academy

Hudson, J. L. See: Weber, William C.

Hutchins, Harry B. See: University of Michigan

Hutchins, Charles L. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Kelekian, H. G. See: Kelekian, Dikran G.

Kent, H. W. See: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lee, Kee Son See: Li, Chi-ch'un

Levy, John See: Schneider, A. K.

Library of Congress See: Rice, Richard A.; Wright, Helen

Louvre (Paris, France) See: Midgeon, Gaston

Matsuki, Z. See: Matsuki, Kihachiro

McKim, Mead and White See: White, Stanford

Mills, A. L., Colonel See: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus

Miner, Luella See: Lien, Hui Ch'ing Collection

Minneapolis Institute of Arts See: Breck, Joseph; Van Derlip, John R.

Monif, R. Khan See: Rathbun, Richard

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston See: Lodge, John Ellerton

Naser, Katen & Nahass See: Katen, K.

Nordlinger, Marie, Miss See: Meyer-Riefstahl, Marie

Panama Pacific International Exposition See: Moore, Charles C.; Trask, John E. D.

Peabody Museum See: Morse, Edward Sylvester

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts See: Trask, John E. D.

Perry, Mary Chase, Miss., See: Pewabic Pottery

Philip, Ronald M. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Pope, G. D. See: Barr, Eva

Reinhart, A. G. See: Gottschalk, E.

Reitz, Sigisbert Chrétien Bosch See: Bosch-Reitz, Sigisbert Chrétien

Rutgers College See: Van Dyke, John C.

Saint-Gaudens, Augusta H. See: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus

Saint-Gaudens, Homer See: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus

Samurai Shokai See: Nomura, Yozo

San Francisco Art Association See: Laurvik, J. Nilsen

Scribner's, Charles, Sons See: Van Dyke, John C.

Shaw, Wilfred B. See: University of Michigan

Shirae, S. Z. See: Yamanaka and Company

Smith College See: Clark, Arthur B.

Smithsonian Institution See: Holmes, William Henry; Rathbun, Richard; Ravenel, Walcott, Charles D.

Society of Arts and Crafts (Detroit) See: Plumb, Helen

Societe des Beaux-Arts See: Reid, Alexander

Stevens, George W. See: Toledo Museum of Art

Stratton, Mary Chase Perry See: Pewabic Pottery

Tanaka, Kichijiro See: Yamanaka and Company

Tuttle, William F. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Union Trust Company (Detroit) See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

United States Military Academy See: West Point, U. S. Military Academy

University of Chicago See: Zug, George Breed

University of Pennsylvania, Univ. Mus. See: Gordon, George Bryon

Ushikubo, D. J. R. See: Yamanaka and Company

Wallis & Son See: Barr, Eva; Thompson, C. Croal Ward, Clarence See: Oberlin College

Warren, Edward K. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Warring, Stephen See: Warring, Joseph Stephens

Watkin, Williams R. T. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Watson, Margaret, Miss See: Parker, Margaret Watson

Whistler, Anna See: Stanton, Anna Whistler

Whiting, Almon C. See: Toledo Museum of Art

Williams College See: Rice, Richard A

Wright, F. G. See: Orbach and Company

Yatsuhashi, H. See: Yamanaka and Company
Index to cross-referenced correspondence in the series Whistler correspondence

Bell, William See: Unidentified correspondents

Brown, Ernest See: Painter Etchers' Society, Committee

Cowen, John T. See subseries: Charles Lang Freer Correspondence

Ford, Sheridan See: Reid, Alexander

Haden, Francis Seymour See: Painter Etchers' Society, Committee

Haden, Francis Seymour, Lady See: Haden, Deborah Whistler

Leighton, Frederick, Baron See: Campbell, Lady Colin

Moore, Albert See: Reid, Alexander

Morley, Charles See: Pall Mall Gazette

Morris, Harrison S. See: Reid, Alexander

Pennell, Joseph See: Miscellaneous typescripts

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts See: Reid, Alexander

Prange, F. G. See: Reid, Alexander

Societe des Beaux-Arts See: Reid, Alexander

Society of Portrait Painters See: Reid, Alexander

Stevens Fine Art See: Reid, Alexander

Studd, Arthur See: Miscellaneous typescripts

[Vanderbilt?], George, Mrs. See: George, Mrs.

Whistler, William McNeill, Mrs. See: Whistler, Nellie

Whistler Memorial Committee See: Miscellaneous typescripts
Related Material:
The Archives of American Art microfilmed portions of the Freer papers in 1992. The microfilm is available at the Archives of American Art's Washington D.C. office, the Freer Gallery of Art Library, and through interlibrary loan.
Provenance:
Gift of the Estate of Charles Lang Freer.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Art, American -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Art, Asian -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Architecture -- Asia  Search this
Genre/Form:
Diaries
Financial records
Correspondence
Photographs
Citation:
Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.
Identifier:
FSA.A.01
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Charles Lang Freer Papers
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3f1a0e3e0-630c-48d4-ba28-485946b1d615
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-fsa-a-01
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Douglas World Cruiser Chicago

Manufacturer:
Douglas Aircraft Company  Search this
Materials:
Wings: Sitka Spruce, Cotton Covering
Fuselage: Steel Tube, Sitka Spruce, Cotton Covering
Empennage: Sitka Spruce, Cotton Covering
Cowling: Aluminum
Dimensions:
3-D: 1089.7 × 396.2cm, 1858.8kg, 15.392m (35 ft. 9 in. × 13 ft., 4098lb., 50 ft. 6 in.)
Wingspan: 15.4 m (50 ft 6 in)
Length: 11.2 m (35 ft 9 in)
Height: 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
Weight: 1,991 kg (4,380 lb) with wheels,
2,355 kg (5,180 lb) with pontoons
Type:
CRAFT-Aircraft
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Date:
1924
Credit Line:
Transferred from the U.S. War Department
Inventory Number:
A19250008000
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Air and Space Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv95c04038d-e0c6-45d0-a5e7-35b3e7645899
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nasm_A19250008000
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Male Torso

Donor Name:
National Institute  Search this
Height - Object:
58 cm
Width - Object:
29.84 cm
Culture:
Greek, Classical  Search this
Object Type:
Figure
Place:
Not Given
Accession Date:
1862
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
000081
USNM Number:
A295528-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3031d71b6-85e1-4736-8b4c-235a34651917
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8076680
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Head Of Zeus

Donor Name:
National Institute  Search this
Height - Object:
21.6 cm
Width - Object:
13 cm
Culture:
Classical  Search this
Object Type:
Figure
Place:
Not Given
Accession Date:
1862
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
000081
USNM Number:
A295529-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33794ca92-b1bb-4d1d-83fb-a73b6281eade
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8076681
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Relief of a Hoplite

Donor Name:
National Institute  Search this
Length - Object:
23 cm
Width - Object:
13 cm
Culture:
Classical  Search this
Object Type:
Figure
Place:
Not Given
Accession Date:
1862
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
000081
USNM Number:
A295532-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/304e8e5e5-e0a3-4aba-ae90-2ae64b43b194
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8076685
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Egyptian Head

Donor Name:
National Institute  Search this
Culture:
Egyptian  Search this
Object Type:
Relief
Place:
Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
Accession Date:
1862
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
000081
USNM Number:
A295534-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35a5cdb79-6ac8-449b-bc4a-2fa1dd18ba6e
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edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8076687
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Headdress

Collector:
Lt. Charles Wilkes  Search this
Donor Name:
United States Exploring Expedition  Search this
Length - Object:
ca. 71 cm
Width - Object:
ca. 30 cm
Culture:
Fijian  Search this
Object Type:
Headdress
Place:
Somosomo, Taveuni Island, Fiji, Melanesia
Accession Date:
1858
Collection Date:
1840
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
66A00050
USNM Number:
ET316-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dc07bea9-3809-4687-98a1-d67cdc10b9f3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8498462

Eubalaena glacialis (Muller, 1776)

Collector:
New England Aquarium (NEA)  Search this
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean  Search this
Length - Total:
1350 cm
Preparation:
Mounted Skeleton
Remarks:
skeleton at PRI
Sex:
Female
Place:
Cape May, Off Cape May?, New Jersey, United States, North America, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
20 Oct 1999
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenidae
Published Name:
Eubalaena glacialis (Muller, 1776)
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : 2030
USNM Number:
MME16815
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Vertebrate Zoology
Mammals
Data Source:
NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e51d0bde-9882-48e7-8392-746e78c111c8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhvz_7582231
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Barleria lupulina Lindl.

Biogeographical Region:
81 - Caribbean  Search this
Collector:
M. M. Mejia  Search this
Thomas A. Zanoni  Search this
Place:
Jardín Botánico Nacional in Santo Domingo, adjacent to Education and Museum buildings., Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic, West Indies - Neotropics
Collection Date:
2 Jun 1980
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Lamiales Acanthaceae Acanthoideae
Published Name:
Barleria lupulina Lindl.
Barcode:
01124143
USNM Number:
3658652
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
West Indies Project
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33cc60acb-08d9-4f47-98c1-506ee189428e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10997197

Monarda fistulosa L.

Biogeographical Region:
78 - Southeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
Mark T. Strong  Search this
Jennifer L. Strong  Search this
Carol L. Kelloff  Search this
Min. Elevation:
143.5  Search this
Place:
Boone County: Shaded floodplain along small stream, ca. 0.2 km N of park museum building. Big Bone Lick State Park, ca. 9 km SW of Union., Kentucky, United States, North America
Collection Date:
28 Jun 2012
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Lamiales Lamiaceae Nepetoideae
Published Name:
Monarda fistulosa L.
Barcode:
02807124
USNM Number:
3647563
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bfb41c2e-ec9e-4e10-96b0-d9a5997e6878
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14043841

Monarda clinopodia L.

Biogeographical Region:
78 - Southeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
Mark T. Strong  Search this
Jennifer L. Strong  Search this
Carol L. Kelloff  Search this
Min. Elevation:
143.5  Search this
Place:
Boone County: Shaded floodplain along small stream, ca. 0.2 km N of park museum building, Big Bone Lick State Park, ca. 9 km SW of Union., Kentucky, United States, North America
Collection Date:
28 Jun 2012
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Lamiales Lamiaceae Nepetoideae
Published Name:
Monarda clinopodia L.
Barcode:
02807580
USNM Number:
3647554
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/371699395-8b36-4f94-b524-6995eb812cf0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14043876

Oxalis corniculata L. var. corniculata

Biogeographical Region:
84 - Brazil Southeast  Search this
Collector:
George Eiten  Search this
Liene T. Eiten  Search this
Place:
Grounds of Horto Florestal at Cantareira, 9 km due north of center of São Paulo (Praça da Sé). Among rocks in RR cut near km 11, a few hundred meters from museum building, São Paulo, Brazil, South America - Neotropics
Collection Date:
11 Dec 1960
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Oxalidales Oxalidaceae
Published Name:
Oxalis corniculata L. var. corniculata
Barcode:
01853620
Other Numbers:
Duplicate distribution : SP; US
USNM Number:
2758015
See more items in:
Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Reflora Project
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3564f89be-f99a-43fb-b846-a644f251eaa9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_12649991
Online Media:

Mahonia trifoliolata (Monic.) Fedde

Biogeographical Region:
75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
Michael H. Nee  Search this
Place:
Bronx Co., Bronx, at the New York Botanical Garden, in well in front of Museum Building., New York, United States, North America
Collection Date:
23 May 1993
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Ranunculales Berberidaceae Berberidoideae
Published Name:
Mahonia trifoliolata (Monic.) Fedde
Barcode:
03576907
USNM Number:
3258503
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38f638c3b-ba68-42ed-81b0-b9321da55551
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15188225

Spermacoce ernstii Fosberg & D.A. Powell

Biogeographical Region:
62 - Northwestern Pacific  Search this
Collector:
David H. Lorence  Search this
T. Flynn  Search this
Diane Ragone  Search this
G. Cornelius  Search this
Max. Elevation:
10  Search this
Min. Elevation:
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Place:
Micronesia, Lelu District. Tofol; government buildings complex, around museum building, Kosrae, Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific Islands
Collection Date:
4 Dec 1996
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Gentianales Rubiaceae Rubioideae
Published Name:
Spermacoce ernstii Fosberg & D.A. Powell
Barcode:
02554311
USNM Number:
3353595
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Flora of Micronesia
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fde3b9f0-fea8-4951-996f-3388ef0af419
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_13789000

Quercus laurifolia Michx.

Biogeographical Region:
78 - Southeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
Eugene A. Smith  Search this
Place:
Near Museum building. Campus of Univty. Ala., Alabama, United States, North America
Collection Date:
12 Oct 1894
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Fagales Fagaceae Quercoideae
Published Name:
Quercus laurifolia Michx.
Barcode:
03406104
USNM Number:
780226
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e44cfa2c-a844-4ac8-99fa-579bea783dcb
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14968016

The Beaver and the Mink

Culture/People:
Coast Salish  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Susan A. Point (Susan Point), Coast Salish, b. 1952  Search this
Commissioner:
Canadian Government (Government of Canada)  Search this
Donor:
Canadian Government (Government of Canada)  Search this
Title:
The Beaver and the Mink
Object Name:
Sculpture and base
Media/Materials:
Red cedar, copper, paint
Techniques:
Carved, painted, hammered
Dimensions:
190.6 x 121.9 x 228.7 cm
Object Type:
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Place:
Vancouver; Greater Vancouver Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
Date created:
2004
Catalog Number:
26/4557
Barcode:
264557.000
See related items:
Coast Salish
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fc5b07d3-476c-4774-80ac-a27ceb57bf2e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_280456
Online Media:

Frag. of Male Torso

Donor Name:
National Institute  Search this
Height - Object:
41.9 cm
Width - Object:
24.76 cm
Culture:
Classical  Search this
Object Type:
Figure
Place:
Not Given
Accession Date:
1862
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
000081
USNM Number:
A295530-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c337fc8f-7381-4013-be91-3c5139155219
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8076683

Head Of Satyr

Donor Name:
National Institute  Search this
Height - Object:
28.57 cm
Width - Object:
19.1 cm
Culture:
Classical  Search this
Object Type:
Figure
Place:
Not Given
Accession Date:
1862
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
000081
USNM Number:
A295531-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38b457f22-0caa-4882-8213-6646d6f2c2cb
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8076684

100th Anniversary of the Museum's Building

Creator:
National Postal Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2015-05-22T21:07:15.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Postal service;Letter mail handling;Stamp collecting  Search this
See more by:
SmithsonianNPM
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianNPM
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_IqCs_P1Y9kY

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