Joanna Scherer materials relating to her work on the photographer Benjamin Wrensted.
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Related Materials:
The National Anthropological Archives holds Scherer's files related to her work as illustrations researcher for the Handbook of North American Indians in the Handbook of North American Indians records.
The National Anthropological Archives holds photographs by Benedicte Wrensted in Eugene O. Leonard photograph collection relating to Pocatello and Fort Hall, Idaho, circa 1880-1920.
The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds the Joanna Cohan Scherer Papers, 1960-2014.
Provenance:
Received from Joanna Scherer in 1994 and 2009.
Restrictions:
Access to the Joanna Scherer papers requires an appointment.