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Artist:

Flying Out  Search this

Silver Horn, 1860-1940  Search this

Names:

Field Museum of Natural History  Search this

Collector:

Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this

Depicted:

White Shield (Cheyenne)  Search this

Extent:

8 Drawings (visual works) (graphite, colored pencil, and ink; laminated)

Container:

Folder 233124

Culture:

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)  Search this

Kiowa  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Graphic Materials

Drawings (visual works)

Works of art

Drawings

Place:

North America

Date:

circa 1904

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of eight (8) drawings on large sheets of paper, now laminated. Seven are of Cheyenne battles and one is of preparations for a Kiowa ceremony. The sheets are inscribed with various notations in the hand of James Mooney, identifying some individuals depicted and naming the place and date of the fight. The Kiowa drawing (08600900) has been attributed to Silver Horn (Haungooah) on the basis of style. The authorship of the Cheyenne drawings is not certain, but they appear to be by one hand. One drawing (08600300) is inscribed "Flying Out del March 1906," which may be the name of the artist. The date is confusing, as the materials were entered into the Anthropology catalog book in May 1905.

Mooney's captions and numbers appear on the drawings. The significance of "Cheyenne Curtin" and "Elk River" prefaced to the numbers has not been determined. Notations on the drawings that depict the "Republican River" encounter refer to "Stone," probably a source giving an account of the battle. This source has not been identified. It is possible that the drawings were made later, from material that Mooney brought into the USNM in 1904. Or the drawings may have been copied from Mooney's Cheyenne specimen collection at Field Columbian Museum, Chicago.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Biographical Note:

James Mooney (1861-1921) was a self-taught ethnologist. He was employed by the Bureau of American Ethnology from 1885 until his death. In this capacity, he worked extensively among the Cherokee, Kiowa, and Cheyenne. Among the Kiowa and Cheyenne, his studies focused on pictorial calendars, the peyote religion, and heraldry, the term he used to refer to the designs on shields and painted tipis. In the course of his study of Kiowa and Cheyenne heraldry, he commissioned many illustrations by native artists.

White Shield (nd) a.k.a. Young Black Bird White Shield, a Northern Cheyenne, was the son of Spotted Wolf and grandson of Whistling Elk. He fought side by side with his adopted brother Yellow Nose in the Rosebud fight. According to accounts of the battle, White Shield was fishing with his nephews when he heard the gunfire of Reno's attack on the south end of the village. He overtook Bobtail Horse and others who were the first to meet Custer in the fight. He was still living in 1908.

Silver Horn, Haungooah in Kiowa, was born in 1860. His name also appears as Hugone, Hangun or Hawgon. He was a member of a prominent Kiowa family. His residential band, led by his father Agiati (Gathering Feathers), actively opposed the governments efforts to confine the Kiowa to a reservation. Members of his family participated in the Red River War of 1874-1875 and were among the last Kiowa to surrender to the military. In 1891, Silver Horn enlisted in Troop L of the 7th U.S. Cavalry. He served with Troop L, which was part of broader experiment involving the enlistment of all-Indian troops, until 1894. In 1901, Silver Horn secured employment with James Mooney, an ethnologist with the Bureau of American Ethnology. Mooney was interested in the designs on Kiowa shields and tipis and hired Silver Horn to produce illustrations of the designs and models of the shields and tipis. The project provided Silver Horn with steady work between 1902 and 1904 and occassional employment between 1904 and 1906. Silver Horn also produced illustrations for Hugh Scott, an army officer and avocational ethnologist. Silver Horn was active in the religious life of the Kiowa. He was a Tsaidetalyi bundle keeper and participated in the Sun Dance, Ghost Dance, and Peyote religion. He was also a member of the Ohoma society. Silverhorn died on December 14, 1940.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 233124

Related Materials:

The Cheyenne images were preliminary drawings made in planning production of a painted hide tipi liner in the collection of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (Cat. No. 96,808). Other drawings relating to the tipi liner are held by the National Anthropological Archives in MS 2538 James Mooney notes and drawings on Cheyenne and Kiowa heraldry.

The drawing of preparations for the Kiowa Medicine Lodge ceremony was a preliminary sketch for the hide painting now in the Department of Anthropology object collection, Cat. No. E229,894.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

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Genre/Form:

Works of art

Drawings

Citation:

Flying Out drawings of Cheyenne battles and a Silver Horn drawing of the Kiowa medicine lodge ceremony (MS 233134), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS233124

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Flying Out drawings of Cheyenne battles and a Silver Horn drawing of the Kiowa medicine lodge ceremony

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37458f9ab-266d-4c59-a83a-6b27fe1b2437

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms233124

Collector:

Carl Lumholtz  Search this

Donor Name:

Field Museum Of Natural History  Search this

Culture:

Tarahumara (Rarámuri, Ralámuli)  Search this

Object Type:

Blanket

Place:

Mexico, North America

Accession Date:

14 Oct 1897

Collection Date:

1892

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

032689

USNM Number:

E177901-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fefe6324-8e9b-40d5-9e6d-3e27a820c957

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8352302

Collector:

Carl Lumholtz  Search this

Donor Name:

Field Museum Of Natural History  Search this

Culture:

Tarahumara (Rarámuri, Ralámuli)  Search this

Object Type:

Sash

Place:

Mexico, North America

Accession Date:

14 Oct 1897

Collection Date:

1892

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

032689

USNM Number:

E177902-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3738562a6-ea60-4bce-b8dd-8f153138ae93

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8352303

Collector:

Carl Lumholtz  Search this

Donor Name:

Field Museum Of Natural History  Search this

Culture:

Tarahumara (Rarámuri, Ralámuli)  Search this

Object Type:

Sash

Place:

Mexico, North America

Accession Date:

14 Oct 1897

Collection Date:

1892

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

032689

USNM Number:

E177903-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30891f501-cba0-41ff-8c80-28b988fc0ee0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8352304

Collector:

Carl Lumholtz  Search this

Donor Name:

Field Museum Of Natural History  Search this

Culture:

Tarahumara (Rarámuri, Ralámuli)  Search this

Object Type:

Sash

Place:

Mexico, North America

Accession Date:

14 Oct 1897

Collection Date:

1892

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

032689

USNM Number:

E177904-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ceccb31a-b0cd-4bab-bff8-bd4605783c04

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8352305

Collector:

Carl Lumholtz  Search this

Donor Name:

Field Museum Of Natural History  Search this

Culture:

Tarahumara (Rarámuri, Ralámuli)  Search this

Object Type:

Serape

Place:

Mexico, North America

Accession Date:

14 Oct 1897

Collection Date:

1892

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

032689

USNM Number:

E177905-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35fd854f5-4df0-4ee7-ab96-aad1fc9fc91c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8352306

Donor Name:

Field Museum Of Natural History  Search this

Culture:

Lengua  Search this

Object Type:

Snail Shell

Place:

Paraguay, South America

Accession Date:

13 Jun 1901

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

038093

USNM Number:

E210552-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/331baae97-14b7-4f4f-9943-f941188581df

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8359159

Biogeographical Region:

80 - Central America  Search this

Collector:

Julian A. Steyermark  Search this

Max. Elevation:

900  Search this

Min. Elevation:

500  Search this

Place:

Field Museum of Natural History Expedition, 1941-42. Dept. Alta Verapaz: along route no. 5 between Chirriacté and Semococh., Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Central America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

10 May 1942

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Panicoideae

Published Name:

Setaria scandens Schrad. ex Schult.

Barcode:

04326894

USNM Number:

2208618

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36d65ca1f-1929-49d3-a90c-28a3184f01dc

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16103063

Biogeographical Region:

80 - Central America  Search this

Collector:

Paul C. Standley  Search this

Min. Elevation:

3300  Search this

Place:

Stanley Field Expedition of Field Museum of Natural History. Dept. Huehuetenango: Cumbre de la Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, between the first cumbre and La Pradera., Huehuetenango, Guatemala, Central America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

28 Dec 1940

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Chloridoideae

Published Name:

Muhlenbergia vaginata Swallen

Barcode:

04199036

USNM Number:

2236501

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d5575fb9-af71-4846-81ba-e2b353242455

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16331996

Biogeographical Region:

80 - Central America  Search this

Collector:

Julian A. Steyermark  Search this

Max. Elevation:

2900  Search this

Min. Elevation:

2500  Search this

Place:

Field Museum of Natural History Expedition, 1941-42. Dept. Huehuetenango: La Sierra (Tujimach), across river from San Juan Atitán, Sierra de los Cuchumatanes., Huehuetenango, Guatemala, Central America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

8 Sep 1942

Taxonomy:

Plantae Bryophyta Bryopsida Hypnales Meteoriaceae

Published Name:

Papillaria imponderosa (T. Taylor) Broth.

Barcode:

04592562

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Botany

Bryophytes and Lichens

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a4356978-6533-4749-a2cf-b94421e5a498

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16490236

Biogeographical Region:

80 - Central America  Search this

Collector:

Julian A. Steyermark  Search this

Max. Elevation:

3700  Search this

Min. Elevation:

2600  Search this

Place:

Field Museum of Natural History Expedition, 1941-42. Dept. Sololá: Volcán Atitlán., Solola, Guatemala, Central America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

12 Jun 1942

Taxonomy:

Plantae Bryophyta Bryopsida Hypnales Prionodontaceae

Published Name:

Prionodon luteovirens (T. Taylor) Mitt.

Barcode:

04425337

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Botany

Bryophytes and Lichens

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/306ceb30c-76d9-43c8-9502-b2415f4e5a10

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16495113

Biogeographical Region:

80 - Central America  Search this

Collector:

Paul C. Standley  Search this

Max. Elevation:

2300  Search this

Min. Elevation:

1800  Search this

Place:

Stanley Field Expedition of Field Museum of Natural History. Dept. Guatemala: Slopes of Volcán de Pacaya, between San Francisco Sales and the base of the active cone., Guatemala, Central America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

20 Dec 1940

Taxonomy:

Plantae Bryophyta Bryopsida Hypnales Thamnobryaceae

Published Name:

Porotrichodendron superbum (T. Taylor) Broth.

Barcode:

04588072

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Botany

Bryophytes and Lichens

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/380f4263d-408e-44c7-9284-90ee27f8f5f0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16518357

Biogeographical Region:

80 - Central America  Search this

Collector:

Paul C. Standley  Search this

Max. Elevation:

3150  Search this

Min. Elevation:

2700  Search this

Place:

Stanley Field Expedition of Field Museum of Natural History. Dense Abies-Cupressus forest. Dept. San Marcos: Mountains along the road between San Marcos and Serchil., San Marcos, Guatemala, Central America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

30 Jan 1941

Taxonomy:

Plantae Bryophyta Bryopsida Hypnales Brachytheciaceae

Published Name:

Steerecleus scariosus (T. Taylor) H. Rob.

Barcode:

04630012

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Botany

Bryophytes and Lichens

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/399abb59a-3c42-4f37-bc5f-2f0abc8a4d3c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16551068

Biogeographical Region:

80 - Central America  Search this

Collector:

Julian A. Steyermark  Search this

Max. Elevation:

4400  Search this

Min. Elevation:

4100  Search this

Place:

Field Museum of Natural History Expedition, 1939-40. Volcán Tacaná. Dry rocky portions of boulder at base of rocky summit. Dept. San Marcos: upper slopes of Volcán Tacaná., San Marcos, Guatemala, Central America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

19 Feb 1940

Taxonomy:

Plantae Bryophyta Bryopsida Grimmiales Grimmiaceae

Published Name:

Racomitrium crispipilum (T. Taylor) A. Jaeger

Barcode:

04681279

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Botany

Bryophytes and Lichens

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cff377c3-5ecd-4050-aa32-ba5c2a87bf51

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16557728

Biogeographical Region:

80 - Central America  Search this

Collector:

Julian A. Steyermark  Search this

Max. Elevation:

2650  Search this

Min. Elevation:

1250  Search this

Place:

Field Museum of Natural History Expedition, 1941-42. Dept. Suchitepéquez: Volcán Santa Clara, between Finca El Naranjo and upper slopes., Suchitepequez, Guatemala, Central America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

23 May 1942

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Panicoideae

Published Name:

Ichnanthus pallens (Sw.) Munro ex Benth.

Barcode:

04258255

USNM Number:

2208619

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3708bbb5c-457b-4acb-96b1-d94ea763aec6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16123980

Creator:

Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933  Search this

Photographer:

Parker  Search this

Doty, Charles Edward, 1862-1921  Search this

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this

Kildare, Edward James  Search this

Matteson, Sumner W., 1867-1920  Search this

Waite, C. B. (Charles Betts), 1861-1927  Search this

Extent:

150 Prints (circa, silver gelatin and albumen)

1 Print (halftone)

Culture:

Mexicans  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Photographs

Place:

Cuba

Mexico

Guatemala

Chile

Date:

circa 1895-1907

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs documenting Mexican people in built and natural environments, as well as industries, markets, and agriculture. The photographs were originally contained in envelopes labeled by William Henry Holmes, who may have collected them during his travels to Mexico. The collection also includes some photographs made in Cuba, Guatemala, and Chile, as well as Holmes's notes on Argentina. The bulk of the photographs were made by William Henry Jackson; additional photographs were made by Charles Edward Doty, E. J. Kildare, Sumner W. Matteson, C. B. Waite, and Corral and Parker studios.

Biographical/Historical note:

William Henry Holmes (1846-1933) was an artist, geologist, and archeologist who spent most of his career with the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, United States Geological Survey, Bureau of American Ethnology, and Department of Anthropology of the Smithsonian. From 1894-1897, he was the head of anthropology at the Field Columbian Museum (Field Museum of Natural History) and on the staff of the University of Chicago. During this time, he carried out investigations of ancient ruins in the Yucatan and other areas of Mesoamerica as a member of an expedition of Allison V. Armour. Holmes served as head curator for the US National Museum Department of Anthropology from 1897-1902 and head of the BAE from 1902-1909.

William Henry Jackson was a photographer for the US Geological and Geographical Surveys (1870-1878) before he opened a studio in Denver, Colorado, and began making official photographs for various railroad companies. In 1883, he made his first trip to Mexico under the sponsorship of the Mexican Central Railway. On one of his subsequent trips, he was accompanied by William Henry Holmes, who may have collected Jackson's photographs because of this trip.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 87-20

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Manuscripts and notes by Holmes can be found throughout the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4698, MS 2125, MS 7112, and MS 7570.

The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds the William Henry Holmes Papers, 1870-1931 (SIA RU007084).

Additional photographs by Jackson can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 37, Photo Lot 40, Photo Lot 60, Photo Lot 93, Photo Lot 143, Photo Lot 87-2P, Photo Lot 90-1, Photo Lot 92-3, the records of the Department of Anthropology, and the BAE historical negatives.

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The collection is open for research.

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Rights:

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Topic:

Agriculture  Search this

Markets  Search this

Cities and towns  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 87-20, Photographs of Mexico and Latin America, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.87-20

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a7153716-1c66-43c7-9ff5-16769f2fec20

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-87-20

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

Collector:

H. C. Raven  Search this

Preparation:

Skin

Skull

Sex:

Female

Place:

Makam River, S Bank, Indonesia, Asia

Collection Date:

23 Oct 1912

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Primates, Haplorrhini, Hylobatidae

Published Name:

Hylobates muelleri funereus

Other Numbers:

Mammals Field Number : 268

USNM Number:

196782

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Vertebrate Zoology

Mammals

Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c6c9d0ad-bc66-4f30-8cd6-9ac7a51dc570

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhvz_7266459

Collector:

H. C. Raven  Search this

Preparation:

Skin

Skull

Sex:

Male

Place:

Sungai Karangan, Indonesia, Asia

Collection Date:

30 Nov 1913

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Primates, Haplorrhini, Hylobatidae

Published Name:

Hylobates muelleri funereus

Other Numbers:

Mammals Field Number : 1181

USNM Number:

198269

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Vertebrate Zoology

Mammals

Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dec23269-f80a-460b-883c-b03c901ecbf9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhvz_7266977

Collector:

H. C. Raven  Search this

Preparation:

Skeleton

Skin

Skull

Sex:

Female

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Sungai Djambajan, Indonesia, Asia

Collection Date:

27 Apr 1914

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Primates, Haplorrhini, Hylobatidae

Published Name:

Hylobates muelleri funereus

Other Numbers:

Mammals Field Number : 1501

USNM Number:

198840

See more items in:

Vertebrate Zoology

Mammals

Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37ba039ca-8e96-4f1e-8a5e-8c70d19642ea

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhvz_7267215