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Random records of a lifetime, 1846-1931 [that is, 1932] [microform] : Cullings, largely personal, from the scrap heap of three score years and ten, devoted to science, literature and art

Catalog Data

Compiler:
Holmes, William Henry 1846-1933  Search this
Contributor:
Neary, Ella  Search this
Zilber, Susan  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Subject:
Dutton, Clarence E (Clarence Edward) 1841-1912  Search this
Gilbert, Charles H (Charles Henry) 1859-1928  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš 1869-1943  Search this
Holmes, William Henry 1846-1933  Search this
Jackson, William Henry 1843-1942  Search this
McGee, W J 1853-1912  Search this
Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902  Search this
Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906  Search this
Freer Gallery of Art  Search this
Smithsonian Institution History  Search this
National Gallery of Art (U.S. : 1906-1937)  Search this
Geological Survey of the Territories (U.S.)  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
Physical description:
21 volumes in 22 : illustrations (mounted, part color) clippings, letters, photographs, ephemera ; 27 cm
Type:
Microforms
Place:
North America
United States
West (U.S.)
Date:
1864
1932
Notes:
Chiefly a typewritten manuscript, with additional related materials
Vol. 12 accompanied by supplement containing additional documents
The water color sketches from volume 20 are owned by the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Volumes 17-20 are not owned by the Smithsonian American Art Museum Library
Table of contents (volume 21) compiled by Susan Zilber
Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Photographic Services, National Museum of History and Technology, 1973? 7 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
AAPG holdings do not include volumes 17-20, "Personal." The originals of those volumes are in possession of Holmes' descendants. The microfilm reels for these volumes are RESTRICTED ACCESS TO SI STAFF ONLY
Contents:
volume 1. Brief Biography, Positions Held, Loubat Prizes, Medals, etc., Societies and Clubs, Bibliography -- volume 2. Explorations, Episodes and Adventures, Expositions and Congresses -- volume 3, part 1. Yellowstone Explorations, 1872. Part 2. Yellowstone Explorations, 1878 -- volume 4, part 1. Colorado Explorations, 1873, 74, 75, 76 & 87. Part 2. The Cliff Dwellers -- volume 5. Europe 1879-80; Grand Canyon of the Colorado; Explorations in Mexico with Jackson and the Chains; Colorado with Powell and Langley, 1887 -- volume 6. Aboriginal Bowlder Quarries, Piney Branch, D.C., Soapstone Quarries, Paint Mines, and Lay Figure Groups -- volume 7. The Chicago Venture, University Exposition, Field Museum, Yucatan, Return to Washington,1892-97 -- volume 8. Cuba with Powell; Jamaica with Langley; Mexico with Gilbert and Dutton; California with McGee; Physical Anthropology, Hrdlicka, Current Work 1900
(continued) -- volume 9. Chief Period, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1902-1910; Visits to Stuttgart and Chile, 1908 -- volume 10. Transfer to the Museum June 10, 1910, the Guatemalian Trip, Powell Monuments, Seventieth Birthday Celebration, 1920 -- volume 11. Director of the National Gallery of Art -- volume 12, part 1. The Freer Gallery of Art -- volume 12, part 2. The Freer Gallery of Art (continued) -- volume 13. Portraits, Smithsonian Institution -- volume 14. Portraits, Bureau of American Ethnology. National Gallery of Art, and Miscellaneous -- volume 15. Masterpieces of Aboriginal American Art -- volume 16. Various Articles on Art and the Art Gallery -- volumes 17-19. Personal -- volume 20. Personal. Water Color Sketches -- volume 21. Tables of contents, volumes 1-16
Topic:
Anthropology  Search this
Museums--History  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
mfm 1200
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_382162