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Memorandum in Relation to the Establishment of an American Trans-Pacific Cable Between the United States and China, undated

Collection Creator:
United Telegraph Workers.  Search this
Western Union Telegraph Company  Search this
Container:
Box 850
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but Series 11 and films are stored off-site. Special arrangements must be made to view some of the audiovisual materials. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Western Union Telegraph Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Western Union Telegraph Company Records
Western Union Telegraph Company Records / Series 27: Addenda / Addenda for Miscellaneous
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep89babbcd6-659b-4589-aa1d-54368b578fc1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0205-ref11996

Hawks, Francis. Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, Under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, 1856. (2 copies)

Collection Creator:
United Telegraph Workers.  Search this
Western Union Telegraph Company  Search this
Container:
Box 856
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but Series 11 and films are stored off-site. Special arrangements must be made to view some of the audiovisual materials. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Western Union Telegraph Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
See more items in:
Western Union Telegraph Company Records
Western Union Telegraph Company Records / Series 27: Addenda / Addenda for Miscellaneous
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f7f8b42c-3583-42f7-a83c-0313dac701f2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0205-ref12138

Regong Tangka yi ren yan jiu

Title:
无名的造神者 : 热贡唐卡艺人研究 = The anonymous : Regong Tang-kha painters research / 陈乃华著
Anonymous Regong Tang-kha painters research
Author:
Chen, Naihua 1979-  Search this
Physical description:
6, 392 pages illustrations 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Tongren Xian (Qinghai Sheng)
Xi zang
Date:
2013
Topic:
Tankas (Tibetan scrolls)  Search this
Painters  Search this
Painting, Tibetan  Search this
Buddhist painting  Search this
Tang ka--zong jiao yi shu--yan jiu  Search this
Min jian yi ren--ren wu yan jiu  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1108040

Dunhuang Mogao Ku yu Qian fo tu gui lü xing chuang zao de zong jiao kong jian

Title:
敦煌莫高窟与千佛图 : 规律性创造的宗教空间
Author:
Suemori, Kaoru 1980-  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 326 pages illustrations 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Dunhuang Caves
Date:
2020
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration, Chinese  Search this
Buddhist mural painting and decoration  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145302

云南两栖爬行动物 = Amphibia and reptilia of Yunnan / 杨大同主编

Title:
Amphibia and reptilia of Yunnan
Editor:
Yang, Datong  Search this
Physical description:
2, 2, 2, 2, 10, 411 pages illustrations (some color), color maps 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Yunnan Sheng
Chine
Yunnan (Sheng)
Date:
2008
Topic:
Amphibians  Search this
Reptiles  Search this
Amphibiens  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1147178

Wood-block cutters and typefaces in Qing dynasty

Author:
Zheng, Xing (Associate professor of Chinese literature)  Search this
Physical description:
2, 314 pages illustrations, facsimiles 24 cm
Type:
Bibliography
Bibliographies
Place:
China
Chine
Date:
2022
Topic:
Wood-engravers  Search this
Block books, Chinese  Search this
Graveurs sur bois  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156120

One fine day

Author:
T'ae, Hyŏn-sŏn 1968-  Search this
Leeum, Samsŏng Misulgwan  Search this
Rodaeng Kaellŏri (Seoul, Korea)  Search this
Samsŏng Saengmyŏng  Search this
Physical description:
95 pages color illustrations 26 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Exhibition, pictorial works
Place:
East Asia
Date:
2007
21st century
21e siècle
Topic:
City and town life  Search this
Quality of life  Search this
Satisfaction in art  Search this
Art, East Asian  Search this
Art extrême-oriental  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1163631

Contemporary photography in China

Editor:
Chiu, Melissa  Search this
Johnson, Betsy (Curator)  Search this
Contributor:
Roberts, Claire 1959-  Search this
Schell, Orville  Search this
Smith, Karen (Art historian)  Search this
Warsh, Larry  Search this
Issuing body:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 225 pages (some folded) illustrations (chiefly color), portraits 29 cm
Type:
Books
Pictorial works
Exhibition catalogs
Photobooks
Illustrated works
Catalogues d'exposition
Livres de photographies
Place:
China
Chine
Date:
2023
20th century
21st century
20e siècle
21e siècle
Topic:
Photography--History  Search this
Photography, Artistic--History  Search this
Photographie--Histoire  Search this
Photographie artistique  Search this
Photography  Search this
History  Search this
Photography, Artistic  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1163665

History of possible encounters

Title:
Taiping Tianguo
太平天國
Ai Weiwei, Frog King Kwok, Tehching Hsieh and Martin Wong in New York
Editor:
Chong, Doryun  Search this
Costinaș, Cosmin 1982-  Search this
Host institution:
Para Site (Hong Kong, China)  Search this
Physical description:
143 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 24 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition
Place:
China
Chine
Date:
2015
Topic:
Art, Chinese  Search this
Artists  Search this
Art chinois  Search this
Artistes  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1164132

Mengche ya zhi wen wan jia ju

Title:
孟澈雅製文玩家具
Many fair blossoms make a fine tree
Commissions of scholar's objects and furniture by Kössen Ho
Author:
He, Mengche  Search this
Subject:
He, Mengcha Art collections  Search this
Physical description:
2 volumes (579 pages) color illustrations 38 cm + 1 introduction (103 pages ; 38 cm)
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
China
Chine
Date:
2023
Topic:
Decorative arts--Art collections  Search this
Decoration and ornament--Art collections  Search this
Art objects, Chinese--Private collections  Search this
Arts décoratifs  Search this
Décoration et ornement  Search this
Objets d'art chinois  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1164368

Zhou Hansheng zhu ke yi shu

Title:
周漢生竹刻藝術
Bamboo carvings of Zhou Hansheng
Editor:
He, Mengche  Search this
Author:
Zhou, Hansheng 1942- Works Selecitons 2017  Search this
Subject:
Zhou, Hansheng 1942- Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Zhou, Hansheng 1942-  Search this
Physical description:
xxv, 371 pages color illustrations 31 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
China
Date:
2017
Topic:
Bamboo carving  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1164371

Michine slogan postmarks of Taiwan (1951-2007) (and also those used in the Japanese-occupied period)

Title:
Fu Ri zhi shi qi ji xuan chuo
附日治時期機宣戳
Editor:
Yang, Rongyi  Search this
Physical description:
400 pages color illustrations 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Taiwan
Date:
2018
Topic:
Postmarks  Search this
Postage stamps--History  Search this
Call number:
HE6185.T34 T34 2018
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1165259

Yōkai

Author:
Yumoto, Kōichi 1950-  Search this
Subject:
Yumoto, Kōichi 1950- Art collections  Search this
Miyoshi Mononoke Myūjiamu  Search this
Physical description:
509 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 31 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Catalogues
Catalog
catalogs (documents)
Place:
Japan
Miyoshi-shi
Date:
2021
Edo period, 1600-1868
1600-1868 (Époque d'Edo)
Topic:
Yōkai (Japanese folklore) in art  Search this
Painting, Japanese  Search this
Monsters in art  Search this
Yōkai dans l'art  Search this
Peinture japonaise  Search this
Monstres dans l'art  Search this
Art--Private collections  Search this
Painting, Japanese--Edo period  Search this
YMkai  Search this
Nihonga -- gashk  Search this
Nihonga-Gashū  Search this
Yōkai  Search this
Kaiga(nihon) -- gashk  Search this
YMkai -- bijutsujM  Search this
ART / General  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1165459

Daniel Varney Thompson papers, 1848-1979, bulk 1923-1979

Creator:
Thompson, Daniel V. (Daniel Varney), 1902-1980  Search this
Subject:
Berenson, Bernard  Search this
Greene, Belle da Costa  Search this
McKean, Mary Sargeant  Search this
Winslow, Henry  Search this
Thompson, Randall  Search this
Courtauld Institute of Art  Search this
Type:
Notebooks
Diaries
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Watercolors
Photographs
Poetry
Musical scores
Prints
Oil paintings
Manuscripts
Citation:
Daniel Varney Thompson papers, 1848-1979, bulk 1923-1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Food  Search this
Gardening  Search this
Engineers -- United States  Search this
Authors -- Massachusetts  Search this
Kermes (Insect)  Search this
Theme:
Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9246
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211441
AAA_collcode_thomdani
Theme:
Sketches & Sketchbooks
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211441
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Paul Jenkins papers, circa 1915-2010

Creator:
Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012  Search this
Subject:
De Kooning, Willem  Search this
Jenkins, Esther Ebenhoe  Search this
Bluhm, Norman  Search this
Krasner, Lee  Search this
Baber, Alice  Search this
Erma, Thomas  Search this
Prantl, Karl  Search this
Dusanne, Zoe  Search this
Prince, Frank  Search this
Guggenheim, Peggy  Search this
Gilot, Francoise  Search this
Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
New York University  Search this
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Martha Jackson Gallery  Search this
Type:
Travel diaries
Manuscripts
Sketches
Watercolors
Prints
Collages
Visitors' books
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Place:
China -- description and travel
Citation:
Paul Jenkins papers, circa 1915-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Abstract expressionism  Search this
Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this
Medals -- Design  Search this
Painters -- France -- Paris  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)13668
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)274646
AAA_collcode_jenkpaul2
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_274646
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Bulbophyllum lepidum

Life Form:
Epiphytic
Bloom Characteristics:
Inflorescence is 6-9" (15.25-22.7 cm) long, shiny and purple, with 11-13 flowers. Flowers are 1" (2.5 cm) across.
Range:
Indo-China to Hainan and W and C Malesia
Habitat:
Semi-deciduous and evergreen forests; 985-3600ft (300-1100m)
Topic:
Orchids  Search this
Living Collections  Search this
Common Name:
Fan of Venus Bulbophyllum
The Beautiful Bulbophyllum
Group:
[vascular plants]
Class:
Equisetopsida
Subclass:
Magnoliidae
Superorder:
Lilianae
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Genus:
Bulbophyllum
Species:
lepidum
Accession Number:
2008-1093A
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
Data Source:
Smithsonian Gardens
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax741dbd47f-ccde-4fc1-b65b-488a6abee29e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2008-1093A
Online Media:

Bulbophyllum lepidum

Life Form:
Epiphytic
Bloom Characteristics:
Inflorescence is 6-9" (15.25-22.7 cm) long, shiny and purple, with 11-13 flowers. Flowers are 1" (2.5 cm) across.
Range:
Indo-China to Hainan and W and C Malesia
Habitat:
Semi-deciduous and evergreen forests; 985-3600ft (300-1100m)
Topic:
Orchids  Search this
Living Collections  Search this
Common Name:
Fan of Venus Bulbophyllum
The Beautiful Bulbophyllum
Group:
[vascular plants]
Class:
Equisetopsida
Subclass:
Magnoliidae
Superorder:
Lilianae
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Genus:
Bulbophyllum
Species:
lepidum
Accession Number:
2011-2497B
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
Data Source:
Smithsonian Gardens
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax74215ff02-031a-4b6e-9cd5-153b0ce5d763
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2011-2497B
Online Media:

Bulbophyllum lepidum

Life Form:
Epiphytic
Bloom Characteristics:
Inflorescence is 6-9" (15.25-22.7 cm) long, shiny and purple, with 11-13 flowers. Flowers are 1" (2.5 cm) across.
Range:
Indo-China to Hainan and W and C Malesia
Habitat:
Semi-deciduous and evergreen forests; 985-3600ft (300-1100m)
Topic:
Orchids  Search this
Living Collections  Search this
Common Name:
Fan of Venus Bulbophyllum
The Beautiful Bulbophyllum
Group:
[vascular plants]
Class:
Equisetopsida
Subclass:
Magnoliidae
Superorder:
Lilianae
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Genus:
Bulbophyllum
Species:
lepidum
Accession Number:
2012-0806A
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
Data Source:
Smithsonian Gardens
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7597cb55f-95ef-4f82-b892-e8b1d244ca71
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2012-0806A
Online Media:

Bulbophyllum lepidum

Life Form:
Epiphytic
Bloom Characteristics:
Inflorescence is 6-9" (15.25-22.7 cm) long, shiny and purple, with 11-13 flowers. Flowers are 1" (2.5 cm) across.
Range:
Indo-China to Hainan and W and C Malesia
Habitat:
Semi-deciduous and evergreen forests; 985-3600ft (300-1100m)
Topic:
Orchids  Search this
Living Collections  Search this
Common Name:
Fan of Venus Bulbophyllum
The Beautiful Bulbophyllum
Group:
[vascular plants]
Class:
Equisetopsida
Subclass:
Magnoliidae
Superorder:
Lilianae
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Genus:
Bulbophyllum
Species:
lepidum
Accession Number:
2014-0999A
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
Data Source:
Smithsonian Gardens
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax771ade089-d9f8-471c-82d2-1eb658729039
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2014-0999A
Online Media:

5 Yuan, Farmers Bank of China, China, 1935

Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 7.9 cm x 14.85 cm x .01 cm; 3 1/8 in x 5 27/32 in x in
Object Name:
note
Place made:
China
Date made:
1935
Crowdsourcing:
Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
Credit Line:
Steven E. Hodges and Susan S. Hodges
ID Number:
1986.0353.33
Catalog number:
1986.0353.33
Accession number:
1986.0353
Serial number:
GX108500
See more items in:
Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Chinese Banknotes
NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_05
Chinese Paper Money
NNC Chinese Bank Notes
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-c3ee-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1888940
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