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Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Collection Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Extent:

283 Pages

Type:

Archival materials

Pages

Letters (correspondence)

Place:

Japan

China

Date:

1910-1911

Scope and Contents:

Letters written by Charles Lang Freer to his friend and business associate Frank Hecker (1846-1927) during his last trip to Asia from August 1910 to April 1911. Freer sailed directly from San Francisco to Yokohama, rather than passing through Europe as in his earlier visits to Asia. His visits included Shanghai, Beijing, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Shenyang, Dalian, Hangzhou, Kyoto and Nara. Freer also spent three weeks in the remote Buddhist cave complex of Longmen.

横浜 東京 京都 奈良 北京 上海 杭州 开封 洛阳 沈阳

Arrangement:

Organized chronologically.

Local Numbers:

FSA A.01 02.1Hecker.travel6

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Travel  Search this

Genre/Form:

Letters (correspondence)

Collection Citation:

Charles Lang Freer Papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.

Identifier:

FSA.A.01, File FSA A.01 02.1Hecker.travel6

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Charles Lang Freer Papers

Charles Lang Freer Papers / Series 2: Correspondence / 2.1: Charles Lang Freer Correspondence / Hecker, Frank J., Col., 1892-1917

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-01-ref3174

Creator:

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this

Museum of African Art (U.S.)  Search this

Anacostia Pre-School Program  Search this

Names:

Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this

Ofori-Ansah, Kwaku  Search this

Collection Creator:

Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Extent:

12 Video recordings (open reel, 1/2 inch)

5 Video recordings (U-matic, 3/4 inch)

1 Video recording (VHS)

Culture:

African American  Search this

African  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Video recordings

Folk tales

Musical games

Folk drama

Place:

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Date:

1978

Scope and Contents:

Ofori Ansah explains children in Africa like to make up stories, games, and songs about animals; he also explains folktales. Ofori Ansah and a group of children play the African game of tail or tail, and sing and dance to Kye Kye Kule. The children, dressed as animals, perform a folktale as told by Ofori Ansah.

Performance - music, dance, storytelling, and theater. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Related to Kwanzaa Programs. 17 copies of African Play. 16 black and white copies. 1 color copy [AV003553]. Some copies have audio and/video distortions. Transcribed from AV000841 - AV000845: Kwanzaa African Play. AV002231: dated 19910827. Remainder of the assets: dated 19780821.

Biographical / Historical:

Ofori Ansah was born in Aboasa, Ghana, 1944. Scholar of African and African American art and artists. Professor of African Art History at Howard University where he began a Ghana Travel/Study Program in 2005. Wrote book about children games and folktales from African tradition which were taught at the 1976 Festival of American Folklife, the Smithsonian Institution. Also known as Ofori-Ansah, Kwaku and Ofori-Ansah, Paul, 1944-.;Anacostia Community Museum's Education Department hosted Kwanzaa events, including Kwanzaa workshops and school events as well as Kwanzaa-related films, plays, and storytelling.

Local Numbers:

ACMA AV003195

ACMA AV003197

ACMA AV003199

ACMA AV003542

ACMA AV003544

ACMA AV003553

ACMA AV003566

ACMA AV003568

ACMA AV003571

ACMA AV003577

ACMA AV003579

ACMA AV000841

ACMA AV000842

ACMA AV000843

ACMA AV000844

ACMA AV000845

ACMA AV002231

General:

Title transcribed from opening credits of video recording.

Collection Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

Children  Search this

Games  Search this

Play  Search this

Storytelling  Search this

Folklore  Search this

Folk music  Search this

Dance  Search this

Music  Search this

Theater  Search this

African culture  Search this

Kwanzaa  Search this

Education -- Museums  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Folk tales

Musical games

Folk drama

Citation:

African Play, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV003191

See more items in:

Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-acma-09-023-ref506

Collection Creator:

Ybarra-Frausto, Tomás, 1938-  Search this

Container:

Box 16, Folder 39

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1980

Scope and Contents note:

(appendices A-E: sample syllabus, reading list, slide list and bibliography for a semester course of Chicano art history and appreciation)

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. research facility.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Tomás Ybarra-Frausto research material, 1965-2004. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Tomás Ybarra-Frausto research material

Tomás Ybarra-Frausto research material / Series 1: Subject Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-ybartoma-ref1078

Collection Creator:

Ybarra-Frausto, Tomás, 1938-  Search this

Container:

Box 6, Folder 24

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1984

Scope and Contents note:

(monograph - Jacinto Quirarte, ed. Chicano Art History: A Book of Selected Readings, San Antonio, TX: Research Center for the Arts and Humanities, The University of Texas at San Antonio)

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. research facility.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Tomás Ybarra-Frausto research material, 1965-2004. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Tomás Ybarra-Frausto research material

Tomás Ybarra-Frausto research material / Series 1: Subject Files / Chicano Art

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-ybartoma-ref410

Collection Creator:

Ybarra-Frausto, Tomás, 1938-  Search this

Extent:

(photocopy of the conference publication)

Container:

Box 9, Folder 54

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1992

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. research facility.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Tomás Ybarra-Frausto research material, 1965-2004. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Tomás Ybarra-Frausto research material

Tomás Ybarra-Frausto research material / Series 1: Subject Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-ybartoma-ref667

Interviewee:

Barraza, Santa  Search this

Interviewer:

Cordova, Cary  Search this

Creator:

Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas  Search this

Names:

Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas  Search this

Bailey, Ben  Search this

Bustamante, Jorge  Search this

De Rivera, José Ruiz, 1904-1985  Search this

Delgado, Viola  Search this

Dodson, Nora Gonzales  Search this

Garza, Carmen Lomas  Search this

Juarez, Isabel  Search this

King-Hammond, Leslie, 1944-  Search this

Orozco, Sylvia, 1954-  Search this

Peña, Amado Maurilio, 1943-  Search this

Quirarte, Jacinto, 1931-2012  Search this

Reyna, Israel  Search this

Ringgold, Faith  Search this

Schmidt, Maurice  Search this

Starpattern, Rita  Search this

Tibol, Raquel  Search this

Trevino, Barbina Modesta  Search this

Vargas, Kathy  Search this

Wilson, Liliana, 1953-  Search this

Extent:

76 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2003 November 21-22

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Santa Barraza conducted 2003 November 21-22, by Cary Cordova, for the Archives of American Art, in Kingsville, Texas.

Barraza speaks of her childhood, family and early education; picking cotton in the summer; the University of Texas, Kingsville; meeting Carmen Lomas Garza and learning graphic design; her daughter Andrea; involvement with Mayo, a Mexican-American Youth Organization; Austin, Tex. and the differences between UT Kingsville and UT Austin; and Acuña Rodolfo's book, "Occupied America: the Chicano's Struggle Toward Liberation," 1972. Barraza also discusses Jacinto Quirarte and the first formal art history class on Mexican-American art; the formation of MAS, Mujeres Artistas del Suroeste; the Conferencia del Plástica Chicana, held September 13-16, 1979 in Austin, Texas; Con Safo; use of the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe in her artwork; stories of witchcraft; La Llorona; MACLA, the Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, founded in 1989 in San Jose, California; teaching at Pennsylvania State University; her studio space in Kingsville, Texas; the distinction between Chicana and Latina; the visual artists Faith Ringgold and Leslie King Hammond whom Barraza admires; her travels to Oaxaca and other places; her book, "Santa Barraza, Artist of the Borderlands," 2001. Barraza also recalls Ben Bailey, Maurice Schmidt, José Rivera, Amado Peña, Israel Reyna, Sylvia Orozco, Barbina Modesta Treviño, Nora González Dodson, Rita Starpattern, Raquel Tibol, Jorge Bustamante, Liliana Wilson, Isabel Juárez, Viola Delgado, Kathy Vargas, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Santa Barraza (1951-) is an artist from Kingsville, Texas. Cary Cordova (1970-) is an art historian from Austin, Texas.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 13 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Chicano artists  Search this

Chicano art movement  Search this

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Mexican American artists  Search this

Mexican American art  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

This interview is part of the series "Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas," supported by Federal funds for Latino programming, administered by the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives.

The digital preservation of this interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Identifier:

AAA.barraz03

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-barraz03

Collection Creator:

Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960  Search this

Container:

Reel 5290, Frame 1494-1541

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1941

Collection Restrictions:

The microfilm of this collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Holger Cahill papers, 1910-1993, bulk 1910-1960. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the digitization of the microfilm of this collection was provided by Jane Blumenfeld.

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Holger Cahill papers

Holger Cahill papers / Series 4: Writings, Lectures and Speeches / 4.1: Lectures and Speeches by Cahill

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-cahiholg-ref812

Interviewee:

Crimp, Douglas  Search this

Interviewer:

Fialho, Alex, 1989-  Search this

Names:

ACT UP (Organization)  Search this

Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.)  Search this

Gay Activists Alliance  Search this

Rutgers University -- Faculty  Search this

Tulane University -- Students  Search this

University of Rochester -- Faculty  Search this

Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project  Search this

Baker, Elizabeth C., 1934-  Search this

Belaygue, Christian  Search this

Bordowitz, Gregg  Search this

Cooke, Lynne  Search this

Copjec, Joan  Search this

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968  Search this

Elovich, Richard  Search this

Jonas, Joan, 1936-  Search this

Kohlmeyer, Ida, 1912-1997  Search this

Krauss, Rosalind E.  Search this

Lemann, Bernard, 1905-  Search this

Leonard, Zoe  Search this

Michelson, Annette  Search this

Olander, William  Search this

Owens, Craig  Search this

Robinson, Marilynne  Search this

Santos, René, 1954-1986  Search this

Torm, Fernando  Search this

Waldman, Diane  Search this

Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987  Search this

Wodiczko, Krzysztof  Search this

Wolfe, Daniel, 1960-  Search this

Extent:

5 Items (Sound recording: 5 sound files (6 hr., 2 min.), digital, wav)

69 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Germany -- description and travel

New York (N.Y.) -- Description and Travel

Date:

2017 January 3-4

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Douglas Crimp, conducted 2017 January 3-4, by Alex Fialho, for the Archives of American Art's Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project, at Crimp's home in New York, New York.

Crimp speaks of growing up in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; his athleticism in water skiing and ice skating; sibling rivalry as a child; seeing art for the first time at the Seattle World Fair; being closeted and conflicted as a young gay man in 1950s Idaho; attending Tulane University in New Orleans and the culture shock he experienced there; his first year in Tulane's rigorous architecture program and ultimately changing his major to art history; the pageantry of Mardi Gras parades and the gay society he explored; writing an undergraduate paper analyzing Marcel Duchamp's "The Large Glass"; deciding to go to New York City; finding his voice as an art critic while beginning his career at Art News and Art International; his extensive analysis of Joan Jonas; attending Firehouse dances sponsored by Gay Activist Alliance and coming into his sexuality; being a patient of esteemed doctor Dr. Dan William; first learning of the AIDS crisis and epidemic through a New York Times article in 1981 describing a gay cancer; receiving an NEA art critic grant and spending a year in Germany from 1985-86; returning to find friends and acquaintances sick with HIV/AIDS or having died from it; the Dia Conversations; his role as editor of October and bringing queerness and AIDS to the forefront; joining ACT UP; the genesis of October's AIDS double issue in 1987-1988 and its success; how the journal issue changed the course of his career and steered him to teach gay studies and further his work with AIDS activism; the inner workings of ACT UP meetings; the sense of community ACT UP provided and the empowerment everyone felt; noting a sense of personal and professional urgency during the crisis; the timeline of his AIDS writings; his reaction to seeing the AIDS quilt for the first time at the March on Washington; writing to a wide, non-academic audience; his 1988 course at Rutgers University on AIDS video; his complex relationships with Rosalind Krauss and Annette Michelson; the poor coverage of the AIDS epidemic in the media and how it informed his writing; the understanding of the need for safe sex practices and writing "How to Have Promiscuity in an Epidemic;" teaching courses on AIDS at the University of Rochester and how his teaching interest evolved into queer theory and studies; evaluating Warhol's work with a queer lens; writing about his experience with queer life in New York City in the 1970s to counter the condescending conservative narrative; his current writing projects and interests; experience in demonstrations held by ACT UP; and the tremendous communal support he felt during his seroconversion. Crimp also recalls Marilynne Summers (Robinson), Bernard Lemann, Marimar Benetiz, Ida Kohlmeyer, Lynn Emory, Diane Waldman, Betsy Baker, Lucinda Hawkins, Christian Belaygue, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Rosalind Krauss, Joan Copjec, Gregg Bordowitz, Terri Cafaro, Rene Santos, Craig Owens, Fernando Torm, Bill Olander, Richard Elovich, Daniel Wolfe, Hector Caicedo, Lynne Cooke, and Zoe Leonard.

Biographical / Historical:

Douglas Crimp (1944- 2019) was a professor and art critic in New York, New York. Alex Fialho (1989- ) is a curator and arts writer who is the Programs Director for Visual AIDS in New York, New York.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Occupation:

Art critics -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Educators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

AIDS activists  Search this

AIDS (Disease) and the arts  Search this

Art -- History -- Study and teaching  Search this

Gay activists  Search this

Gay and lesbian studies  Search this

AIDS (Disease)  Search this

Mardi Gras  Search this

NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt  Search this

Queer theory  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funded by the Keith Haring Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.crimp17

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-crimp17

Creator:

Braun, Adolphe, 1811-1877  Search this

Names:

British Museum  Search this

Musée du Louvre  Search this

Collector:

Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887  Search this

Van Beek, Gus W. (Gus Willard), 1922-  Search this

Extent:

68 Mounted prints (albumen)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Mounted prints

Photographs

Date:

circa 1866-1877

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs depicting Roman, Greek, Assyrian, and Egyptian sculpture in European museums. Most of the images were made in the British Museum, but others were made at the Vatican, the Louvre, and in Florence.

Biographical/Historical note:

Adolphe Braun (1811-1877) was a French photographer and pioneer of photographic reproduction techniques at his studios in Paris and Dornach. Mostly created after 1866, his photographs of famous works of art helped advance the field of art history; this was his most successful photographic project.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 79-34, USNM ACC 57117

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Photographs and drawings of paleolithic sites, previously filed in 79-34, have been relocated to National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 157.

Material found in Gus Van Beek's office can also be found in the National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 79-38.

Additional photographs donated by Lucy Hunter Baird as part of accession 57117 can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24 and Photo Lot 97.

Lucy Hunter Baird also donated artifacts to the anthropology collections of the National Museum of Natural History in accession 57117.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Sculpture, Greek  Search this

Sculpture, Roman  Search this

Sculpture, Egyptian  Search this

Sculpture, Assyro-Babylonian  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 79-34, Adolphe Braun photographs of art in European museums, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.79-34

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-79-34

Donor:

Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).  Search this

Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).  Search this

Extent:

1 Cubic foot

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Photographs

Place:

Chicago (Ill.)

St. Paul (Minn.)

Washington (D.C.)

Date:

circa 1900

Scope and Contents note:

Miscellaneous glass photonegatives and lantern slides, originally housed in cardboard plate boxes, some containing newspaper clipping separators with dates as late as 1961. Subjects include a flood in 1911, family photographs and portraits, and buildings, with labels indicating locations such as Chicago, St.Paul, etc. The lantern slides depict art historical subjects and may be academic lecture materials.

Arrangement:

Organization by plate size. Unarranged at this time.

Biographical / Historical:

The lantern slides and glass photographs include miscellaneous family photographs and portraits, photographs of buildings, and art historical subjects.

Provenance:

Immediate source of acquisition unknown.

Restrictions:

Unrestricted research use on site.,Contact David Haberstich, Head of Photographic Collections, for an appointment.,As this collection is glass, it must be handled with extreme care. Researchers must handle the material with gloves.

Rights:

Photographs available for reproduction. Most probably in public domain. Fees for commercial use.

Topic:

Art -- History -- Lectures  Search this

Floods -- 1910-1920 -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lantern slides -- Lectures

Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass -- 1900-1920

Citation:

Domestic Life Glass Photograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0292

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0292

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum  Search this

Verlag Philipp von Zabern  Search this

Anistās Mārī, al-Karmilī, ab, 1866-1947  Search this

Becker, Carl Heinrich, 1876-1933  Search this

Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926  Search this

Berchem, Max van, 1863-1921  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Krefter, Friedrich, 1898-1995  Search this

Meyer, Eduard, 1855-1930  Search this

Sarre, Friedrich Paul Theodor, 1865-1945  Search this

Extent:

150 Linear feet (circa 30,000 items)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Blueprints

Journals (accounts)

Photographs

Clippings

Notebooks

Drawings

Sketchbooks

Articles

Paper squeezes

Correspondence

Diaries

Sketches

Rubbings

Place:

Turkey

Mesopotamia

Bakun, Tall-e (Iran)

Iran

Iraq

Lebanon

Persepolis (Iran)

Pasargadae (Extinct city)

Taq-e Bostan Site (Iran)

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Syria

Date:

1903-1947

Summary:

An outstanding scholar in the field of Iranian studies, Ernst Herzfeld (1879--1948) explored all phases of Near Eastern culture from the prehistoric period to Islamic times. This collection documents Herzfeld's excavations at Samarra, Persepolis, Pasargadae, and Aleppo and includes correspondence; field notebooks; drawings; sketchbooks; inventories of objects; "squeeze" copies of architectural details; and photographs.

Scope and Contents:

Papers (1899--1962) of German born archaeologist Ernst Emil Herzfeld (1879--1948), a preeminent scholar of Near Eastern and Iranian studies. The collection measures 150 linear feet (circa 30,000 items) and documents Herzfeld's work as a pioneer in the field and sheds light on his excavations at Samarra, Persepolis, Pasargadae, and Aleppo. Formats include correspondence; field notebooks; drawings; sketchbooks; inventories of objects; "squeeze" copies of architectural details; and photographs.

Arrangement:

This collection is organized into seven series.

Series 1: Travel journals

Series 2: Sketchbooks

Series 3: Notebooks

Series 4: Photographic files 1-42

Series 5: Drawings and maps

Series 6: Squeezes

Series 7: Samarra Expedition

Biographical / Historical:

The Ernst Herzfeld Papers document the career of Ernst Herzfeld (1879--1948), a German architect, archaeologist, and historian of Islamic and Pre-Islamic studies. After training as an architect he studied archaeology under Delitzch from 1903 to 1906 at the excavations at Assur in Mesopotamia. A student of Latin, Greek, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Hebrew, Herzfeld received a doctorate in Humanistic Studies at universities in Munich and Berlin in 1907. His work with Friedrich Sarre to survey the monuments of the Tigris-Euphrates valleys resulted in landmark studies in architectural history, published in 1911 and 1920.

In 1920 Herzfeld was appointed to the chair of Historical Geography in Berlin and began his excavation at Samarra. Herzfeld's work there led to a six-volume publication. He published widely throughout his life on the sources of Islamic architecture and ornament, including the Royal Palace at Persepolis.

From 1934 until the end of his life Herzfeld spent his time producing many books and articles, lecturing, and working at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton (1936--1945.) Many of his works continue to be published post-humously.

1879 July 23 -- Born in Celle, Germany.

1897 -- Received diploma from Joachimsthaler Gymnasium, Berlin.

1897-circa 1898 -- Fulfilled military service.

circa 1899 -- Studied architecture at the Technical University and Assyriology, art history, and philosophy at the Friedrich-Wilhems Universität in Berlin.

1903 -- Passed exam in structural engineering.

1903-1905 -- Assistant to Walter Andrae (1875-1956) in Assur.

1905-1906 -- Traveled throughout Iran and Iraq.

1907 -- Excavation in Cilicia. Passed oral exam in February. Awarded doctorate in Humanistic Studies by Friedrich-Wilhems Universtät zu Berlin. After receiving Ph.D. traveled extensively in Syria and Iraq with Friedrich Sarre, director of the Islamic Museum in Berlin.

1910 -- Herzfeld and Sarre jointly publish, Iranische Felsreliefs (Berlin, 1910).

1911-1913 -- Field Director under direction of Sarre during expedition to Samarra.

circa 1914 -- Drafted into service in France and Poland during World War I. Sent to Iraq where he functioned as a surveyor.

1916 -- Father died.

1917 -- Appointed associate professor for Historical Geography and Art History of the Ancient Orient at Berlin. Along with Friedrich Sarre and others, founded the German-Persian Society to increase cultural and economic exchange between Germany and Persia.

1920 -- Appointed world's first full professor of Near Eastern Archeology. Begins excavation at Samarra.

1922 -- Mother died.

1923-1934 -- In Persia, where he completed many excavations and studies.

1928 -- Excavation at Pasargadae.

1931-1934 -- Appointed director of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago and moved to Persepolis.

1934 -- As grandson of Jews, Nazi legislation expelling state employees of Jewish descent forced Herzfeld to retire as a professor employed by the state. Moved to London.

1936 -- Delivered Lowell Lectures. Moved to Boston. Lectured on Iranian history and appointed a member of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.

1944 -- Retired from Princeton University.

1948 January 20 -- Died.

Provenance:

Ernst Herzfeld donated his papers to the Freer Gallery of Art in 1946.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Ayyubids  Search this

Art of the Islamic World  Search this

Antiquities  Search this

History  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

Pottery  Search this

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Genre/Form:

Blueprints

Journals (accounts)

Photographs

Clippings

Notebooks

Drawings

Sketchbooks

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Paper Squeezes

Correspondence

Diaries

Sketches

Rubbings

Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946

Identifier:

FSA.A.06

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Ernst Herzfeld Papers

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a-06

Artist:

Don Brown  Search this

Medium:

Drawing, Felt Tip Pen on Paper

Dimensions:

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 45.7 × 31.6cm (1 ft. 6 in. × 1 ft. 7/16 in.)

Type:

ART-Drawings

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Inventory Number:

A19780693000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv981738b36-4287-41e8-80d3-c7fb8ec15d5b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19780693000

Artist:

Don Brown  Search this

Medium:

Drawing, Felt Tip Pen on Paper

Dimensions:

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 31.6 × 45.7cm (1 ft. 7/16 in. × 1 ft. 6 in.)

Type:

ART-Drawings

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Inventory Number:

A19780694000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9c87affd2-0ea0-4cfc-8bc3-0be1f2088ab4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19780694000

Artist:

Don Brown  Search this

Medium:

Drawing, Felt Tip Pen on Paper

Dimensions:

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 31.7 × 44.4cm (1 ft. 1/2 in. × 1 ft. 5 1/2 in.)

Type:

ART-Drawings

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Inventory Number:

A19780696000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9c80637b7-bde8-4965-80af-cb058d6f6c19

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19780696000

Artist:

Don Brown  Search this

Medium:

Drawing, Felt Tip Pen on Paper

Dimensions:

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 45.9 × 31.6cm (1 ft. 6 1/16 in. × 1 ft. 7/16 in.)

Type:

ART-Drawings

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Inventory Number:

A19780700000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv96398e23e-f17e-4dc8-b5a2-eb7edd978ae6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19780700000

Artist:

Robert Shore  Search this

Medium:

Painting, Watercolor and Ink on Board

Dimensions:

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 34.9 × 41.3cm (1 ft. 1 3/4 in. × 1 ft. 4 1/4 in.)

Type:

ART-Paintings

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Inventory Number:

A19781015000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv99d1201c9-b8c8-4921-b8c9-3286beb48728

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19781015000

Artist:

Alfred Hennen McAdams  Search this

Medium:

Drawing, Pen and Ink on Paper

Dimensions:

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 44.5 x 30.5cm (17 1/2 in. x 12 in.)

Type:

ART-Drawings

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Inventory Number:

A19781036000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv91029294e-60c1-42e6-96be-4a7f9efe3e0a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19781036000

Artist:

Alfred Hennen McAdams  Search this

Medium:

Drawing, Pen and Ink on Paper

Dimensions:

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 44.5 x 30.5cm (17 1/2 in. x 12 in.)

Type:

ART-Drawings

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Inventory Number:

A19781037000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv90a7aa5a5-e4b9-49e3-be00-51a5a82b0f34

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19781037000

Artist:

Alfred Hennen McAdams  Search this

Medium:

Drawing, Felt Tip Pen on Paper

Dimensions:

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 30.5 x 44.5cm (12 in. x 17 1/2 in.)

Type:

ART-Drawings

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Inventory Number:

A19781038000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9577bd5e9-a4cf-470b-b21c-58804f9ff2af

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19781038000

Artist:

Alfred Hennen McAdams  Search this

Medium:

Drawing, Felt Tip Pen on Paper

Dimensions:

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 44.5 x 30.5cm (17 1/2 in. x 12 in.)

Type:

ART-Drawings

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Inventory Number:

A19781039000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv99233a90e-dbd2-44af-83fa-4648d3215a2f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19781039000