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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

Description and Travel  Search this

Decoration and ornament  Search this

Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this

Aerial photography  Search this

Abbasids  Search this

Religious buildings  Search this

Numismatics  Search this

Inscriptions  Search this

Architectural drawing  Search this

Genre/Form:

Blueprints

Journals (accounts)

Photographs

Clippings

Notebooks

Drawings

Sketchbooks

Articles

Paper Squeezes

Correspondence

Diaries

Sketches

Rubbings

Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06

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Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3d8456fbe-98f6-4159-bd2f-c485379b84a7

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a-06

Creator:

Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold, 1880-1958  Search this

Names:

Detroit Institute of Arts  Search this

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Bode, Wilhelm von, 1845-1929  Search this

Colenbrander, H. T. (Herman Theodoor), 1871-1945  Search this

Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943  Search this

Heise, Carl Georg, 1890-1979  Search this

Hofstede de Groot, C. (Cornelis), 1863-1930  Search this

McIlhenny, John  Search this

Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937  Search this

Morgan, Anne Tracy, 1873-1952  Search this

Sarre, Maria  Search this

Wills, Helen, 1905-1998  Search this

Extent:

6.9 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Prints

Photographs

Diaries

Place:

Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933

Date:

1853-1977

Summary:

The papers of art historian and museum director Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner measure 6.9 linear feet and date from 1853 to 1977. Found within the collection are biographical materials, including information on the Lepsius and Valentiner families; correspondence with family, friends, art collectors, and art historians; seven diaries; additional writings and notes; printed materials; three clippings scrapbooks; artwork in the form of prints and woodcuts; and photographs of Valentiner and his family and friends, including two photograph albums.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of art historian and museum director Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner measure 6.9 linear feet and date from 1853 to 1977. Found within the collection are biographical materials, including information on the Lepsius and Valentiner families; correspondence with family, friends, art collectors, and art historians; seven diaries; additional writings and notes; printed materials; three clippings scrapbooks; artwork in the form of prints and woodcuts; and photographs of Valentiner and his family and friends, including two photograph albums.

Biographical materials include certificates, membership cards, a curriculum vitae, and genealogical information on the Valentiner and Lepsius families.

Correspondence includes letters in German from Valentiner's parents, siblings, extended family members, and his wife and daughter. General correspondence includes letters and cards in German and English from art historian mentors and peers, including Wilhelm von Bode, Cornelius Hofstede de Groot, Carl Heise, and Herman Colenbrander, as well as art collectors and friends, including John McIlhenny, Andrew Mellon, Edsel Ford, Maria Sarre, and Helen Wills Moody Roark.

Seven diaries dated 1910-1939 were written in German, some of which also contain sketches, photographs, and other enclosures. Additional writings and notes consist of autobiographical writings, numerous essays, lectures, and monographs on Italian and Dutch art and artists, and reports and lectures on exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Lecture seminar notes appear to have been written while Valentiner was a student in Germany, and materials related to Arbeitsrat für Kunst date from the period after Valentiner's military service when he served as a chairman to the newly formed Working Council for the Arts, prior to his return to America in 1921.

Printed material includes bulletins, exhibition catalogs, clippings, and three clippings scrapbooks, which document Valentiner's professional career in New York and Detroit.

Photographic materials are of Wilhelm Valentiner, his immediate and extended family members, and his friends. Photos of Valentiner are from his youth, military service in Germany, and his personal and professional career in the U.S. Photographs of friends include art scholars, collectors, and family friends, including Maria Sarre, Helen Wills Moody Rorke, and Anne Morgan, the daughter of Pierpoint Morgan. There are also a handful of reproductions of artwork used as scholarly references in his writings. The two photo albums focus on Valentiner's family and friends from his youth in Germany, and Valentiner with family members later in his life.

Artwork in the collection consists of prints from a page in a German book, a bookplate, and two woodcuts by unidentified artists.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 8 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1853-1976 (8 folders; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1860-1974 (3.4 linear feet; Box 1-4)

Series 3: Diaries, 1910-1939 (7 folders; Box 3)

Series 4: Writings and Notes, 1890-1970 (1.7 linear feet; Box 4-6, 9)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1915-1977 (0.2 linear feet; Box 6)

Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1908-1933 (0.4 linear feet; Box 6, 9)

Series 7: Photographic Materials, 1840-1970 (0.8 linear feet; Box 6-8)

Series 8: Artwork, 1890-1960 (3 folders; Box 8)

Biographical / Historical:

Art historian and museum director Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner (1880-1958) lived in New York City, N.Y., Detroit, Michigan, and Raleigh, North Carolina and was known for his leadership and collection development during his tenure at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Valentiner was born in Karlsruhe, Germany to Karl Wilhelm Valentiner, a professor of astronomy at Heidelberg University, and his wife, Anna Lepsius Valentiner. The youngest of four children, Valentiner attended the University of Leipzig and continued studies in art history at the University of Heidelberg, where he received his doctorate in 1905 under the mentorship of Henry Thode. His relationship with Thode and with fellow students Edwin Redslob and Hermann Voss would eventually lead to lifelong friendships with a network of European scholars and historians, including Wilhelm von Bode and Cornelius Hofstede de Groot.

Upon von Bode's recommendation to J.P. Morgan, then President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Valentiner joined the staff of the Metropolitan in 1908 as the curator for Decorative Arts. In 1913, he founded the journal Art in America, where he would remain as editor until 1931. At the onset of World War I, Valentiner returned to Germany to enlist and served until the war's end, at which point he spent a brief period working at the Kaiser Friedrich Museum and participated in the Arbeitsrat für Kunst, a new group that questioned the traditional relationship between artists and established art institutions. Though shortlived, his participation as a chairmen for the Working Council for the Arts introduced him to leading German artists and architects, including Walter Gropius, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Käthe Kollwitz, and Lyonel Feininger. At this time, he also met his future wife, Cecelia Odefay, who he married in 1919.

In 1921, Valentiner returned to the U.S. and was asked to serve as a collecting advisor to the Detroit Institute of Arts. In 1924, he was appointed the Institute's director, a position he held until his retirement in 1944. During his tenure, he oversaw the opening of a new wing, the first acquisition of pre-Columbian and African art, the strengthening of Chinese and Islamic art collections, significant acquisitions of European Modernists, and the development of the museum's education and conservation divisions.

In 1937, Valentiner founded the Art Quarterly journal for the College Art Association, which he edited until 1949. After his retirement from the Institute, Valentiner was called from retirement to serve as director for the Los Angeles County Museum and the Getty Museum in California, and the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Valentiner died from complications of pneumonia in 1958.

Related Materials:

Also found in the Archives of American Art are the Mary E. Adams letters from Wilhelm Valentiner and an oral history interview with Mary and Clinton Adams conducted by Paul Karlstrom, April 24, 1998. The North Carolina Museum of Art also holds papers of Wilhelm Valentiner, most of which are also available at the Archives on microfilm reels D31 and 2140-2144.

Separated Materials:

In 1981 and earlier, the Archives microfilmed the William R. Valentiner papers that were on deposit from the North Carolina Museum of Art onto reels D31 and 2140-2144. The papers were returned to the North Carolina Museum of Art, but the microfilm is still available for use at the Archives research centers and for interlibrary loan.

Reel D31 includes diary entries, 1914-1957, describing Valentiner's service in the German army, 1914-1918, with the War Information Office in Berlin, the overthrow of the monarchy and German politics, relations between Germany and Russia and communist activity in Germany, the administration of Berlin museums and radical artists' activities, his work with the L.A. County Museum, Detroit Institute of Fine Arts, the North Carolina Museum of Art, and private collectors, impressions of friends, including Henry Ford, Carl Hamilton, the Hohenzollerns, Franz Marc, Rainer Maria Rilke, Walter Rathenau, Helen Wills, Benjamin Altman, J. Pierpont Morgan, and recollections of women art collectors, including Mrs. August Belmont, Rita Lydig, and Mrs. Leonard Thomas. A very small portion of the filmed materials may be found among the Valentiner papers at the Archives, but most of the materials were returned to the North Carolina Museum of Art.

Loaned materials on reels 2140-2144 consist of 26 diaries, 1904-1958; autobiographical writings; manuscripts and lectures by Valentiner; correspondence with family, friends, authors, museums, galleries, and dealers, including Harry Bertoia, Charles Culver, Lyonel and Julia Feininger, Walter Gropius, Paul and Mary Weschler, and Morris Graves; and a scrapbook containing clippings, drafts of speeches, and invitations.

Provenance:

From 1972 to 1977, Valentiner's papers were gathered from various sources by historian Margaret Sterne who was researching and writing a biography of Valentiner. Sterne died just prior to publication and the papers were sorted by Archives' staff and returned to the lender when known. After publication of the biography, the bulk of the papers were returned to their respective lenders (primarily the University of North Carolina) and the remaining papers were sorted and accessioned by the Archives. Donors are listed as unknown or anonymous.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archvies' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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.

Occupation:

Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art historians -- Michigan -- Detroit  Search this

Museum directors -- Michigan -- Detroit  Search this

Topic:

Art museums -- United States  Search this

Museum directors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art, Dutch  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Art, Italian  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Prints

Photographs

Diaries

Citation:

Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner papers, 1853-1977. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.valewilh

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Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f81f812b-6e64-4abf-a0a7-8555efae3ac5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-valewilh

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Dietrich Reimer Verlag (Berlin, Germany)  Search this

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

Meyer, Eduard, 1855-1930  Search this

Sarre, Friedrich Paul Theodor, 1865-1945  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

186 Items (Field notes: drawings, sketches, sketchbooks, correspondence, notebooks, photographs, blueprints, notes, diaries, prints, journals (accounts), publications, articles, clippings, rubbings.)

Type:

Archival materials

Articles

Blueprints

Clippings

Correspondence

Drawings

Diaries

Journals (accounts)

Notebooks

Photographs

Rubbings

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Place:

Asia

Iran

Iraq

Lebanon

Syria

Mesopotamia

Bakun, Tall-e (Iran)

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Date:

1906-1945

Scope and Contents:

The material from the excavations at Samarra, except for the photographs mounted in Photo Files 19--3, and drawings which are in Series 5: Drawings.

"Two campaigns of excavation at Samarra in Iraq, carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913 mark the beginning of large-scale archaeological research on Islamic antiquities. During this time, Herzfeld was supported for brief periods by the swiss architect Samuel Guyer, Commander von Ludloff, various technical assistants, and finally Friedrich Sarre, who was the director of the Islamic department at the museum and initiator of the expedition. For most of the time, however, all tasks that today would be divided among a team of archaeologists rested solely on Herzfeld's shoulders: coordinating hundreds of workmen at various sites, measuring buildings, drawing architecture and objects, and cataloging finds, but also negociating with local authorities who were often uncooperative. Still working at a time when the success of a venture such as the Samarra expedition was measured by its spectacular finds in both architecture and precious objects, the immense responsibility for bringing this expedition through the unexplored territories of Islamic archaeology to a successful conclusion presented an enormous physical and psychological challenge. In an effort that from the perspective of modern archaeology must be called Herculean, he excavated and examined nineteen sites [Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil, Congregational Mosque of Madinat al-Mutawakkiliyya, Shiite Shrine Complex, Qubbat al-Ṣulaibiyya; palaces of Balkuwārā, Ṣūr ʿĪṣā, and the Qaṣr al-ʿĀshiq; the Cemetery at Shabbat al-Hawā; Mausoleum of Imām al-Dūr; Tall al-ʿAlīq; Ḥarba Bridge and finally the residential architecture at al-Quraina, al-Qāṭūn, al-Jubairiyya, and west of Ṣūr ʿĪṣā, and the baths] and collected a stupendous corpus of material, one that in many respects still forms the foundation for our knowledge of the city of Samarra and ʼAbbāsid art in the 3rd/9th centuries. What is astonishing is that Herzfeld himself considered his achievements during the first campaign in Samarra to be merely a dress rehearsal for the more ambitious second campaign which focused on the Dār al-Khilāfa." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003. Preface, p.IX."]

Arrangement:

135 units of original materials; numbered subseries, kept in the order in which they arrived, and housed in document boxes.

Biographical / Historical:

"Ernst Emil Herzfeld (1879-1948) was an orientalist whose many talents led him to explore all phases of Near Eastern culture, from the prehistoric period to Islamic times and from linguistics and religion to art and architecture." [Margaret Cool Root, 1976: "The Herzfeld Archive of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 11, pp. 119-124."]

Local Numbers:

FSA A.06 07

General:

- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive, Thomas Leisten's publication, "Excavation of Samarra, vol 1," and Alastair Northedge's publication, "An Interpretation of the Palace of the Caliph at Samarra (Dar Al-Khilafa or Jawsaq Al-Khaqani). In Ars Orientalis, Vol. 23."

Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Field notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Papyrus  Search this

Abbasids  Search this

Aerial photography  Search this

Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this

Antiquities  Search this

Architectural drawing  Search this

Art of the Islamic World  Search this

Decoration and ornament  Search this

Description and Travel  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

History  Search this

Inscriptions  Search this

Numismatics  Search this

Pottery  Search this

Religious buildings  Search this

Genre/Form:

Articles

Blueprints

Clippings

Correspondence

Drawings

Diaries

Journals (accounts)

Notebooks

Photographs

Rubbings

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, Series 7

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Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3580e42ce-5d00-4c2c-85db-fcaa3aa760e7

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10431

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

1 Notebook (43.3 cm. x 27 cm.)

Container:

Volume S-1

Type:

Archival materials

Notebooks

Journals (accounts)

Place:

Asia

Iraq

Mesopotamia

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Date:

1910-1913

Scope and Contents:

- Original caption in German reads, "Fund Journal." Translated caption in English reads, "Finds Journal."

- Additional information for the first campaign reads, "Herzfeld started to excavate at the Great Mosque of Samarra on January 9 and finished the work on February 26, 1911 [According to the Finds Journal, finds were collected and listed as IN-1 through IN-46]. The same day that the excavation in the Great Mosque was closed, work began at al-Quraina. Here, Houses I-X were excavated mainly during March and the first week of April 1911. Work on House IX continued through May since outstanding fresco paintings were discovered there [According to the Finds Journal, finds were collected and listed as IN-47 through IN-50; IN-61 through IN-65; IN-69 through IN-205; IN-208]. In the first week of April, Herzfeld split his groups of workers to be able to examine three more sites simultaneously. In a two-day campaign he cleared House XI at Qātūn [According to the Finds Journal, finds were collected and listed as IN-206 and IN-207]. At the same time, excavation began on a residential complex situated to the west of Ṣūr ʿĪṣā palace [According to the Finds Journal, finds were collected and listed as IN-209; IN-215 through IN-227; IN-257 through IN-266]. Finally two baths were discovered to the west of the Great Mosque [According to the Finds Journal, finds were collected and listed as IN-210 through IN-214; IN-267]. Activity at all three sites ended between April 9 and 11. Herzfeld spent the third week of April documenting the excavations in the Great Mosque and registering small finds. In the second half of May [May 8-28] Herzfeld started to work on two more sites. During work at a place called Shabbat al-Hawā, they found a pre-islamic cemeterey beneath the Islamic layers. The cemetery was explored between May 15-25 [According to the Finds Journal, finds were collected and listed as IN-295 through IN-384; IN-477 through IN-480]. A second excavation was carried out in what Herzfeld then referred to as House XVII (May 15-28) north of Jubairiyya [According to the Finds Journal, finds were collected and listed as IN-385 through IN-403]. More excavations of residential architecture were undertaken to the north of the modern city in an area called 'kūra,' [May 8-13] [According to the Finds Journal, finds were collected and listed as IN-270 through IN-294]. With a few of the remaining workers Herzfeld moved to the Qaṣr al-ʿĀshiq on May 28, only to leave them on June 3 for the first of a series of excursions he took in the course of both campaigns. He returned as late as June 30 [According to the Finds Journal, finds were collected and listed as IN-404 through IN-476]. On the way back he visited the mausoleum at al-Dūr for the first time. On July 13, Herzfeld complained that work in ʿĀshiq had not brought results. In an attempt to change this situation he sent his trusted friend Shaul to Ḥilla to hire workmen from this region. With a total of 70 workers he began to clear structures at Manqūr during the last week of July that soon turned out to be the central audience hall of Balkuwārā [According to the Finds Journal, finds were collected and listed as IN-481 to IN-488; IN-491 to IN-499]. On August 30, Herzfeld, convinced of the need for plans in order to obtain funding for a second campaign in Samarra, decided to stop the excavation at Manqūr immediately and to suspend all excavations for two more months until the arrival of Friedrich Sarre in October 1911. During the first week of December 1911, Herzfeld was still at work finishing the leveling of Qaṣr al-ʿĀshiq [According to the Finds Journal, finds were collected and listed as IN-500 through IN-508]. Only now, in the last two weeks of the first campaign in Samarra [December 9-25], were Viollet's finds examined. On the last day before he left {December 9-11], Bartus by chance found a building on the west side of the Shāriʿ al-Aʿẓam. The walls were covered with a set of frescoes showing human figures and various animals, the most interesting so far discovered in this campaign [According to the Finds Journal, finds were collected and listed as IN-513 to IN-516]. [The last registered entry (IN-553) for the first campaign in Samarra reads, "December 18, 1911."]. On December 25, Bedri Bey arrived at Samarra and drew up an official letter ending the campaign according to the proposal of both Sarre and Herzfeld. An inventory of all the finds and tools was made and they were prepared for storage." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003. p. 11-19."]

- Additional information for the second campaign reads, "The second campaign's excavation was mainly concerned with the Dār al-Khilāfa. According to the Finds Journal, The first find (IN-554) of the second campaign was collected and registered on December 3, 1912. Finds registered as IN-554 through IN-829 were carefully listed with sketches, location, description, date of discovery, inventory number and cross-references to photographs and sketchbooks. The last find of the second campaign (IN-1004) has no date since dates of discovery were consistently provided through IN-948 only."

- Additional information for the end section of the Finds Journal reads, "The remaining registered finds (IN-1005 through IN-1161) appear to have been unconsistently listed at a later period. Sketches, location, description, date of discovery, and cross-references to photographs and sketchbooks are partly missing for most of the entries. The locations appear to cover various excavated sites from both the first and the second campaign in Samarra."

- Additional information from staff reads, "IN-874 (7/9, p.2)."

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Finds Journal

Arrangement:

Drawings, sketches, notes and prints are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.

Local Numbers:

S-1

FSA A.06 07.01

General:

- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.

- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Abbasids  Search this

Antiquities  Search this

Art of the Islamic World  Search this

Pottery  Search this

Genre/Form:

Journals (accounts)

Notebooks

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, File FSA A.06 07.01

See more items in:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers

Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3727478b5-e695-445c-ba30-78f29291121f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10433

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

1 Notebook (22.5 cm. x 12 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Notebooks

Journals (accounts)

Place:

Asia

Iraq

Mesopotamia

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Date:

1910-1913

Scope and Contents:

- Original title on cover in German reads, "Samarra, kleinfund, text - abb., S-4:1."

- Original handwritten notes for page 01 reads, "[First, for each finds, Herzfeld has entered the original sketchbook number followed then by the inventory number]: Holz (Wood): I 3, IN-16; I 8, IN-21; IV 20, IN-xx; V 18, IN-658, IN-660; V 29, IN-597; V 30, IN-597, IN-598; V 34, IN-619; V 35, IN-618; VI 2, IN-724; VI 21, IN-702; VI 22, IN-706 ; VI 23, IN-793; VI 24, IN-793, IN-809; VI 25, IN-793; VI 30, IN-793; VI 35, IN-885; VI 39, IN-890; VII 12, IN-783, IN-877, IN-886; VII 13, IN-774, IN-886; VII 14, IN-886, IN-597, IN-823; VII 15, IN-783, IN-809; VII 16, IN-597; VII 17, IN-658."

- Original handwritten notes for page 02 reads, "Marmor (Marble): I 3; I 8; I 9, IN-29; I 10; I 14; I 17; I 19; I 21; I 22;I 27, IN-70, IN-69; I 35-36, IN-185 to IN-188; I 37, IN-199; I 38, IN-151, IN-196; I 41, IN-129; II 2, IN-209; II 21, IN-57; II 21, IN-211, IN-220, IN-222, IN-227; II 24, IN-245, IN-246; II 34, IN-284, IN-285; II 34, IN-292; II 35, IN-292; III 2, IN-323; III 12, IN-370; III 20, IN-440; III 25, IN-452; IV 1; IV 4; IV 19, IN-695, IN-693, IN-752, IN-802, IN-880, IN-881."

- Original handwritten notes for page 03 reads, "Perlmutt; Elfenbein; Alabaster (Mother of Pearl, Ivory, Alabaster): I 1, IN-2; I 4; I 38, IN-110; I 40, IN-141, IN-95, IN-116; I 41, IN-160, IN-168, IN-125; I 42, IN-176, IN-111, IN-112; II 7, IN-138; II 8, IN-191; II 9, IN-165; II 10, IN-224; II 23, IN-249; II 29, IN-262; II 31, IN-265; II 33, IN-284, IN-288, IN-265; II 38, IN-326; II 40, IN-325; III 12, IN-368; III 17, IN-392; III 18, IN-391; III 22, IN-447; III 23, IN-448, IN-450, IN-451, IN-452; III 24, IN-449, IN-450; V 26, IN-557; V 27, IN-596; V 28, IN-585; V 46, IN-711."

- Original handwritten notes for page 04 reads, "Glas (Glass): I 1, IN-1; I 7; III 26, IN-473; III 34-35, IN-487; III 37; III 44, IN-508; V 19, IN-603; V 20-21, IN-561; V 22, IN-561; V 22-23, IN-604, IN-562; V 25, IN-610; V 30; V 46, IN-707; VII 28, IN-986; VIII 27, IN-784, IN-887; VIII 28, IN-265; II 33, IN-284, IN-288, IN-265; II 38, IN-326; II 40, IN-325; III 12, IN-368; III 17, IN-392; III 18, IN-391; III 22, IN-447; III 23, IN-448, IN-450, IN-954; VIII 29, IN-887, IN-779, IN-781, IN-750; VIII 30, IN-899; VIII 41, IN-767, IN-888, IN-951; VIII 42-43."

- Original handwritten notes for page 05 reads, "Bronze (Metal): I 14, IN-26; II 2, IN-225; II 3, IN-68; II 7, IN-113, IN-137, IN-139, IN-144, IN-122; II 8, IN-144, IN-154, IN-155, IN-162, IN-147; II 9, IN-193, IN-202, IN-203, IN-205, IN-226; II 17, IN-150, IN-200; II 22, IN-241; II 23, IN-242, IN-243; II 37, IN-327; III 2, IN-324, IN-327; III 11, IN-358, IN-366; III 18, IN-393; III 25, IN-454; III 26, IN-457, IN-458; III 27, IN-471; III 30, IN-490; IV 5, IN-55; V 26, IN-662, IN-670."

- Original handwritten notes for page 06 reads, "Schwarze stein (Blackstone): I 39, IN-108, IN-126; II 25, IN-244; II 25, IN-247; III 25, IN-248; II 25-26, IN-250, IN-251; II 27, IN-251, IN-252; II 31-32, IN-287, IN-288; II 33, IN-287; II 40, IN-286; III 18, IN-390; III 19, IN-443; III 20, IN-444; III 21, IN-441, IN-444; III 22, IN-445; IV 17, IN-513; V 29, IN-586; V 28, IN-587; VI 30; VI 31; VI 32, IN-734; VI 33, IN-816, IN-851; VI 34."

- Original handwritten notes for page 07 reads, "II 21; V 32-33, IN-601, IN-686; VI 5, IN-735; VI 6, IN-704; VI 7, IN-704; VI 47, IN-861."

- Original handwritten notes for page 08 reads, "Marmor (Marble): V 2-3, IN-556, IN-559, IN-637; V 6, IN-621, IN-622; V 6, IN-634; V 7; V 12, IN-628, IN-633; V 13, IN-637; V 14, IN-632, IN-620; V 15, IN-623; V 16, IN-620, IN-621; V 36, IN-664; V 37, IN-689; V 38, IN-691; V 39, IN-693; V 40, IN-693; V 41, IN-699; V 42, IN-703; V 43, IN-703; V 44, IN-703; V 45, IN-709; VI 1, IN-717; VI 6, IN-704; VI 11, IN-742; VI 11, IN-732; VI 12, IN-746; VI 13, IN-737; VI 14, IN-737; VI 16-17, IN-751, IN-752, IN-753; VI 19, IN-751."

- Original handwritten notes for page 09 reads, "Metall (Metal): V 31, IN-600; V 36, IN-675, IN-697; V 46-47, IN-712; VII 1, IN-780, IN-825, IN-860; VII 3, IN-670, IN-675, IN-860; VII 4, IN-788, IN-895; VII 5, IN-600, IN-788; VII 6, IN-600, IN-769, IN-810; VII 7, IN-769, IN-825, IN-788; VII 8, IN-895; VII 9, IN-590, IN-769, IN-895; VII 10, IN-769, IN-788, IN-825; VII 22; VII 38, IN-990; VII 46, IN-995; VII 48, IN-995."

- Original handwritten notes for page 10 reads, "Perlmutt; Elfenbein; Onyx (Mother of Pearl, Ivory, Onyx): VI 2, IN-2; VI 5, IN-733; VI 14, IN-793; VI 15, IN-740; VI 34-35, IN-790; VI 35, IN-798; VI 36-37, IN-816; VII 10, IN-764; VII 11, IN-795; VII 13, IN-886; VII 14, IN-857, IN-774, IN-783; VII 22, IN-793; VII 26, IN-989; VII 27, IN-989; VII 28, IN-986; VII 46, IN-999; VII 47, IN-997."

- Original handwritten notes for page 11 reads, "Marmor (Marble): VI 30, IN-587; VII 41, IN-983; VII 42, IN-983; VII 44, IN-982; VIII 1, IN-917; VIII 2, IN-917; VIII 2-3, IN-918; VIII 8, IN-968; VIII 9, IN-977; VIII 10-11, IN-916, IN-967; VIII 12, IN-916; VIII 13, IN-967; VIII 16; VIII 17, IN-918; VIII 26, IN-912."

- Original handwritten notes for page 12 reads, "Holz (Wood): VII 20-21, IN-924; VII 23, IN-923, In-924; VII 24, IN-963; VII 26, IN-980; VII 27, IN-980; VII 39, IN-965; VII 40, IN-965; VII 41, IN-965; VIII 23; VIII 24; VIII 24; VIII 46."

- Original handwritten notes for page 13 reads, "Kleine Plane (Small plans)."

- Original handwritten notes for page 14 are in English

- Original handwritten notes in red for page 15 reads, "to Throne-names...."

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Small Finds Journal

Arrangement:

Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.

Local Numbers:

S-4

FSA A.06 07.04.1

General:

- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble,FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.

- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Abbasids  Search this

Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this

Antiquities  Search this

Art of the Islamic World  Search this

Decoration and ornament  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

History  Search this

Genre/Form:

Journals (accounts)

Notebooks

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, File FSA A.06 07.04.1

See more items in:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers

Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc306611fb0-2677-4584-8ee9-fd90aa7cb465

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10436

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

1 Notebook (11 pages, 22.5 cm. x 12 cm.)

Container:

Volume S-4

Type:

Archival materials

Notebooks

Place:

Asia

Iraq

Mesopotamia

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Date:

1910-1913

Scope and Contents:

- Finding aid title reads, "marked 'Samarra.' Miscellaneous notes dealing primarily with derivations and meanings of Arabic, Persian and Greek terms." [Joseph M. Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive, compiled in 1974]

- Additional annotations in Arabic, German, English, French deal with publication's excerpts as well as local people's informal accounts.

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Miscellaneous Notes

Arrangement:

Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.

Local Numbers:

S-4:2

FSA A.06 07.04.2

General:

- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble,FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.

- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Abbasids  Search this

Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this

Art of the Islamic World  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

History  Search this

Genre/Form:

Notebooks

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 07.04.2

See more items in:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers

Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / FSA A.06 07.04.1: S-4: Scrapbook

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc34aaa93d3-c52b-4abe-899e-cd3ac8752fa9

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10438

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

19 Items (photographic prints, b&w, 17.1 cm. x 24.5 cm., 20 cm. x 22cm.)

15 Items (photographic prints, b&w, 18.7 cm. x 18 cm.)

1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 12.5 cm. x 17.6 cm.)

Container:

Volume S-4

Type:

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Place:

Asia

Iraq

Mesopotamia

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Date:

bulk 1917

Scope and Contents:

- Finding aid title reads, "Manilla envelope with airplane photographs of Samarra (British Airforce and British Museum)." [Joseph M. Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive, compiled in 1974]

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Airplane Photographs of Samarra (British Airforce and British Museum)

Arrangement:

Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.

Local Numbers:

S-4:3

FSA A.06 07.04.3

General:

- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble,FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.

- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Abbasids  Search this

Aerial photography  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographic prints

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 07.04.3

See more items in:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers

Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / FSA A.06 07.04.1: S-4: Scrapbook

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc30a343033-9e1b-4ea0-87a5-a9382a33ba2c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10439

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

77 Blueprints (b&w, 18.6 cm. x 18.3 cm.)

Container:

Volume S-4

Type:

Archival materials

Blueprints

Place:

Asia

Iraq

Mesopotamia

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Date:

bulk 1917

Scope and Contents:

- Finding aid title reads, "Blueprints of airplane photographs of Samarra (British Airforce and British Museum)." [Joseph M. Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive, compiled in 1974]

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Airplane Photographs of Samarra (British Airforce and British Museum)

Arrangement:

Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.

Local Numbers:

S-4:4

FSA A.06 07.04.4

General:

- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble,FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.

- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Abbasids  Search this

Aerial photography  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Blueprints

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 07.04.4

See more items in:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers

Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / FSA A.06 07.04.1: S-4: Scrapbook

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc38b34a9ef-ac1c-4f22-9e4a-def1c4152f2b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10440

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

1 Notebook (18 pages, 25.4 cm. x 20 cm.)

Container:

Volume S-4

Type:

Archival materials

Notebooks

Place:

Asia

Iraq

Mesopotamia

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Date:

1910-1913

Scope and Contents:

- Finding aid title reads, "marked 'Samarra.' Arabic quotations dealing with place-names or the uses of certain words." [Joseph M. Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive, compiled in 1974]

- Transcripts of inscriptions in Persian and Arabic language, found on architecture, potteries, as well as in monasteries around Samarra. Additional handwritten annotation in German.

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Miscellaneous Notes

Arrangement:

Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.

Local Numbers:

S-4:5

FSA A.06 07.04.5

General:

- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble,FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.

- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Abbasids  Search this

Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this

Architectural drawing  Search this

Art of the Islamic World  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

History  Search this

Inscriptions  Search this

Genre/Form:

Notebooks

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 07.04.5

See more items in:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers

Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / FSA A.06 07.04.1: S-4: Scrapbook

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc34239258f-8ca1-485e-834a-ea4bd05f6f3f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10441

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

1 Notebook (16.8 cm. x 10.4 cm.)

Container:

Volume S-4

Type:

Archival materials

Notebooks

Place:

Asia

Iraq

Mesopotamia

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Date:

1910-1913

Scope and Contents:

Original information in German reads, " Samarra. Vergleich von in den abgepackten und abgelieferten Kisten enthaltenen Inventarnummern." Translated information in english reads, "Samarra. Revised inventory of packaged items and shipped cases."

- Finding aid title reads, "Another list of cases with Inventory numbers." [Joseph M. Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive, compiled in 1974]

- Additional information from staff reads, "IN-874 (2/9, p.1)."

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Detailed List of Cases Containing Small Finds, mostly Fragments of Ceramics

Arrangement:

Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.

Local Numbers:

S-4:8

FSA A.06 07.04.8

General:

- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble,FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.

- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Abbasids  Search this

Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this

Antiquities  Search this

Art of the Islamic World  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

History  Search this

Genre/Form:

Notebooks

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 07.04.8

See more items in:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers

Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / FSA A.06 07.04.1: S-4: Scrapbook

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3dc7fd99e-71ad-4412-838f-9d939d740004

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10444

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Correspondence (3 leaves), 32.7 cm. x 20.9 cm)

Container:

Volume S-5

Type:

Archival materials

Correspondence

Place:

Asia

Iraq

Mesopotamia

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Scope and Contents:

- Original caption for item 'a' reads, "SAMARRA. REIHE IV. Privat hauser und Wanddecorationen." Translated caption reads, "Samarra. Series IV. Private Houses and Wall-decorations."

- Finding aid title reads, "marked 'Samarra. Aufstellungen für die Gesamtpublication, etc.'." [Joseph M. Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive, compiled in 1974]

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Contents of a Planned Volume Devoted to the Architecture of the Private Houses and their Wall Decorations

Arrangement:

- S-5 is organized into 8 subdivisions representing each one or several items of original materials.

- Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.

Local Numbers:

S-5a

FSA A.06 07.05.1

General:

- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble,FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.

- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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Genre/Form:

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Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 07.05.1

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Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-5: "Samarra. Aufstellungen für die Gesamtpublication, etc."

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc31ce1ed63-9dde-40c1-9816-d28e8d896978

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ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10446

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Sarre, Friedrich Paul Theodor, 1865-1945  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Correspondence (2 leaves), 33 cm. x 20.5 cm)

Container:

Volume S-5

Type:

Archival materials

Correspondence

Place:

Asia

Iraq

Mesopotamia

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Date:

bulk 1910

Scope and Contents:

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Copy of the Agreement between Sarre and Herzfeld Governing the Conduct of the Expedition

Arrangement:

- S-5 is organized into 8 subdivisions representing each one or several items of original materials.

- Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.

Local Numbers:

S-5b

FSA A.06 07.05.2

General:

- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble,FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.

- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

History  Search this

Genre/Form:

Correspondence

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 07.05.2

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Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-5: "Samarra. Aufstellungen für die Gesamtpublication, etc."

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3993858f2-34be-4509-941d-d057e84588fa

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10447

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Correspondence (6 leaves), 32.7 cm. x 20.9 cm)

1 Item (Correspondence (28 leaves), 33 cm. x 21 cm)

Container:

Volume S-5

Type:

Archival materials

Correspondence

Place:

Asia

Iraq

Mesopotamia

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Scope and Contents:

Finding aid title reads, "marked 'Samarra. Aufstellungen für die Gesamtpublication, etc.' Herzfeld's 'Entwurf für die Publication des Materials von Samarra. Zugleich Inventar des Photographien und Zeichnungen'." [Joseph M. Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive, compiled in 1974]

Additional information from staff reads, "IN-874 (2/5, p.2 and 3)."

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Detailed Draft Listing the Contents of the Unpublished Report on the Architecture of Samarra

Arrangement:

- S-5 is organized into 8 subdivisions representing each, one or several items of original materials.

- Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.

Local Numbers:

S-5c

FSA A.06 07.05.3

General:

- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble,FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.

- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Abbasids  Search this

Antiquities  Search this

Architecture  Search this

Art of the Islamic World  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

History  Search this

Genre/Form:

Correspondence

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 07.05.3

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Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-5: "Samarra. Aufstellungen für die Gesamtpublication, etc."

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3c99fdd89-b646-432a-a16f-033e061d8b70

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ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10448

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Correspondence (1 leaf), 28.5 cm. x 22.3 cm)

Container:

Volume S-5

Type:

Archival materials

Correspondence

Place:

Asia

Iraq

Mesopotamia

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Date:

bulk 1918

Scope and Contents:

Finding aid title reads, "marked 'Samarra. Aufstellungen für die Gesamtpublication, etc.' Request from Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft ... for a brief report of work at Samarra for the annual report. September 16, 1918." [Joseph M. Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive, compiled in 1974]

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Request from Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft for a Brief Report of Work

Arrangement:

- S-5 is organized into 8 subdivisions representing each one or several items of original materials.

- Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.

Local Numbers:

S-5d

FSA A.06 07.05.04

General:

- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble,FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.

- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913."

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

History  Search this

Genre/Form:

Correspondence

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 07.05.04

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Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-5: "Samarra. Aufstellungen für die Gesamtpublication, etc."

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3440c5257-c23a-4a15-b273-632bc4d726af

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ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10449

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Correspondence (1 leaf), 28.5 cm. x 22 cm)

Container:

Volume S-5

Type:

Archival materials

Correspondence

Place:

Mesopotamia

Asia

Iraq

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Date:

bulk 1906

Scope and Contents:

Finding aid title reads, "marked 'Samarra. Aufstellungen für die Gesamtpublication, etc.' Draft of Herzfeld letter to the Generalverwaltung der Königlichen Museen requesting a position as Assistant on an Expedition in Babylonia or Assyria [1906?]." [Joseph M. Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive, compiled in 1974]

Draft of Herzfeld Letter Requesting a Position as Assistant on an Expedition in Babylonia or Assyria

Arrangement:

- S-5 is organized into 8 subdivisions representing each one or several items of original materials.

- Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.

Local Numbers:

S-5e

FSA A.06 07.05.05

General:

- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble,FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.

- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

History  Search this

Genre/Form:

Correspondence

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 07.05.05

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Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-5: "Samarra. Aufstellungen für die Gesamtpublication, etc."

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3ae958384-e59a-4a1e-8125-9674db365df5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10450

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Verlag Philipp von Zabern  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Sarre, Friedrich Paul Theodor, 1865-1945  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Correspondence (2 leaves), 30.9 cm. x 22 cm)

Container:

Volume S-5

Type:

Archival materials

Correspondence

Place:

Asia

Iraq

Mesopotamia

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Date:

bulk 1919

Scope and Contents:

Finding aid title reads, "marked 'Samarra. Aufstellungen für die Gesamtpublication, etc.' Printer's revised estimate of costs of publication of the first two volumes of the Samarra Series. August 11, 1919. (The letter was written by Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein and is addressed to Prof. Sarre)." [Joseph M. Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive, compiled in 1974]

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Publisher's Revised Estimate of Costs of Publication of the First Two Volumes of the Samarra Series

Arrangement:

- S-5 is organized into 8 subdivisions representing each one or several items of original materials.

- Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.

Local Numbers:

S-5g

FSA A.06 07.05.07

General:

- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble,FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.

- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

History  Search this

Genre/Form:

Correspondence

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 07.05.07

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Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-5: "Samarra. Aufstellungen für die Gesamtpublication, etc."

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3c676eb6d-e2c9-42ee-b9df-f01077789834

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10452

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Sarre, Friedrich Paul Theodor, 1865-1945  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Correspondence (8 leaves), 32.7 cm. x 21 cm)

Container:

Volume S-5

Type:

Archival materials

Correspondence

Place:

Asia

Iraq

Mesopotamia

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Date:

bulk 1919

Scope and Contents:

Finding aid title reads, "marked 'Samarra. Aufstellungen für die Gesamtpublication, etc.' Copy of Prof. Sarre's letter to Exz. von Harnack, President of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft, requesting funds for the Samarra publications. May 5, 1919." [Joseph M. Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive, compiled in 1974]

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Copy of Prof. Sarre's Letter Requesting Funds for the Samarra Publications

Arrangement:

- S-5 is organized into 8 subdivisions representing each one or several items of original materials.

- Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.

Local Numbers:

S-5h

FSA A.06 07.05.8

General:

- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble,FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.

- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

History  Search this

Genre/Form:

Correspondence

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 07.05.8

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Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-5: "Samarra. Aufstellungen für die Gesamtpublication, etc."

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3d9b02d66-8ef3-4e78-adbf-e5729b132c0a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10453

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

1 Diary (1 volume (137 pages), 25.8 cm. x 21.3 cm.)

Container:

Volume S-6

Type:

Archival materials

Diaries

Notebooks

Place:

Asia

Iraq

Syria

Lebanon

Mesopotamia

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Date:

1910 October 10–1911 September

1910-1911

Scope and Contents:

Account of trip from Berlin via Brindisi, Beirut, Raqqa, Baghdad, arriving in Samarra January 9, 1911. Followed by description of excavations through September 11, 1911.

- Original caption reads, "Samarra Tagebuch I, Ernst Herzfeld."

- Additional information reads, "Diary 1 starts with Herzfeld's journey from Lebanon to Aleppo, Syria, in the winter of 1910. It describes the crossing of Herzfeld's little caravan through eastern Syria along the Euphrates with frequent stops at sites of archaeological interest (Abu Huraira, Salihiyya-Dura Europos) and his way from Abu Kamal via Hit and Ana to Baghdad, which he reached in early December of 1910. [The bulk of the diary] conveys a remarkably consistent picture of the work carried out by Herzfeld between 1911 and 1912. It [is] a critical presentation of the congregational mosques in Samarra and Mutawakkiliyya as well as the mosques at Balkuwārā, followed by the enigmatic Qubbat al-Ṣulaibiyya. [It also focuses on] the history of the Samarra excavation before [...] World War I, [which is] inseparable from the international politics of its time. In addition, the life of an excavator at the turn of the century in such rough circumstances was inherently an adventure, as Herzfeld's diaries [and letters to Sarre] testify, in a tone that ranges from dry to emotional, and even humorous. [Finally] under the heading 'Samarra, January 9th, 1911, three pages containing a list of buildings that Herzfeld had visited or documented during his sojourn in Baghdad; eight pages containing topographical and personal names that Herzfeld encountered in the Samarra area and their correct Arabic spelling, pronounciation, etymology, and localization; two pages containing columns of figures; and three pages on desiderata in Aleppo." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003. p. 153; p. 162; p. 168.; pg. IX and X."]

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): First Campaign, Diary 1

Arrangement:

Journals, letters, diaries and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.

Local Numbers:

S-6

FSA A.06 07.06

General:

- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble,FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.

- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Notes related primarly to the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Abbasids  Search this

Antiquities  Search this

Architectural drawing  Search this

Architecture  Search this

Art of the Islamic World  Search this

Decoration and ornament  Search this

Description and Travel  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

History  Search this

Genre/Form:

Diaries

Notebooks

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, File FSA A.06 07.06

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Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3a8758a8d-9c1b-4698-898c-6272ebf9648b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10454

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

1 Diary (1 volume (98 pages), 25.8 cm. x 21.3 cm.)

Container:

Volume S-7

Type:

Archival materials

Diaries

Notebooks

Place:

Asia

Iraq

Syria

Lebanon

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Date:

1911

Scope and Contents:

- FSA A.6 01.07, on which Joseph Upton's classification mentions "S-7", provides first an account of a round-trip expedition (June 3, 1911 to June 29, 1911) from Samarra to Paikuli; and second an account of a round-trip expedition (September 12, 1911 to October 8, 1911) from Samarra to Baghdad-Ktesiphon. Both journeys include topographical and archaeological notes, especially of Budkhaneh (Paikuli), Kerkuk, Imām Dūr, Balad, and Ctesiphon.

- Original title reads, "Samarra Tagebuch 2, Reise nach Sulaymānīyah und nach Ktesiphon Baghdad, Ernst Herzfeld."

- The account of the trip to Sulaymānīyah reads, "Dalu'iyyah, June 3, 1911 (pp. 6-8); Mandjūr, June 4, 1911 (pp. 8-10); Dalkāwah, June 5, 1911 (pp. 11-13); Abu Saidah, June 6, 1911 (pp. 13-16); Shahrabān, June 7, 1911 (pp. 17-18); Qyzrubāh (Qizil Robat, Qyzyl-ābād), June 8, 1911 (pp. 19-20); Khânigūn (Khanigin, Khāndjûn), June 9, 1911 (pp. 21-25); Khânigūn (Khanigin, Khāndjûn), June 11, 1911 (pp. 25-27); Haush Dury, June 12, 1911 (pp. 27-28); Qasr i Shirin, June 14, 1911 (pp. 28-31); Gūn gurūsh, June 15, 1911 (pp. 31); Būd Khāuch, Tel i Paikuli, June 17, 1911 (pp. 32-35); Būd Khāuch, June 18, 1911 (pp. 36-38); Qaradagh (Kara Dāgh), June 19, 1911 (pp. 38-39); Suleimēniyyah (Soleymaniyeh,Sulaymānīyah, Sulaimaniya), June 20, 1911 (p. 39); Suleimēniyyah (Soleymaniyeh, Sulaymānīyah, Sulaimaniya), June 23, 1911 (pp. 42); Tēnāw, June 22, 1911 (pp. 41); Tshemtshemāl, June 4, 1911 (pp. 46-48); Kerkūk (Karkūk, Kirkūk), June 24, 1911 (pp. 42-43); Kerkūk (Karkūk, Kirkūk), June 25, 1911 (pp. 43-45); Kerkūk (Karkūk, Kirkūk), June 26, 1911 (pp. 45-48); Busheriyyah, June 27, 1911 (pp.45-48); Hamrīn, June 28, 1911 (pp. 45-48); Imām Dūr, June 29, 1911 (pp. 48-50)."

- Additional information reads, "Draft of reply to Joseph Strzygowski's review of "Die Genesis der islamischen Kunst," (pp.51-57)."

- Additional information reads, "Notes on Gertrude Bell's Amurath to Amurath (london, 1911), (pp.58-62)."

- The account of the trip to Ctesiphon reads, "Balad, September 12, 1911 (pp. 63-67); Sumaikah, September 13, 1911 (pp. 68-73); Shari'ah al-Azam, September 14, 1911 (pp. 73-79); Ktesiphon, September 17, 1911 (pp. 79-82); Ktesiphon, September 18, 1911 (pp. 82-89); Seleukia, September 19, 1911 (pp. 89-94); Samarra, October 8, 1911 (p. 95)."

- Additional information reads, "Desiderata in Aleppo, (pp.96-98)."

Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 1: Travel Journals; Diary of Two Expeditions From Samarra (Iraq) to Sulaimaniya (Iraq) and to Ctesiphon (Iraq)

Arrangement:

In the original arrangement of the Ernst Herzfeld Archive, Travel Journals were included in a larger body of diverse material acknowledged by Ernst Herzfeld as his study collection. In the early 1970s, Joseph Upton, for research purpose, rearranged the collection and created a specific series (Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 1: Travel Journals, 1905-1928) for eight travel journals. For some reason, Upton has given this journal an accession number related to the series he created for the Samarra material (Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions, 1906-1945), probably following Herzfeld's original organization.

Local Numbers:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers, S-7

FSA A.06 07.07

FSA A.06 07.07

General:

Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Ernst Herzfeld's original diaries.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Abbasids  Search this

Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this

Antiquities  Search this

Architecture  Search this

Art of the Islamic World  Search this

Description and Travel  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

Parthians  Search this

Sassanids  Search this

Genre/Form:

Diaries

Notebooks

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, File FSA A.06 07.07

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Ernst Herzfeld Papers

Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3af53e060-fe1f-4c98-b37b-d7b73c892e34

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10455

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Sarre, Friedrich Paul Theodor, 1865-1945  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

1 Diary (1 volume (84 pages), 25.8 cm. x 21.3 cm.)

Container:

Volume S-8

Type:

Archival materials

Diaries

Notebooks

Place:

Asia

Iraq

Mesopotamia

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Date:

1911-1912

Scope and Contents:

- Original caption reads, "Samarra, Tagebuch 3. Ernst Herzfeld."

- Additional information from Diary 3 reads, "Samarra, October 14, 1911 (p. 1-9); ?, October 15, 1911 (p. 9-10); ?, October 22, 1911 (p. 10-13); ?, October 29, 1911 (p. 13-15); ?, November 03, 1911 (p. 16-18); ?, November 04, 1911 (p. 18-22); al-Dūr, November 09, 1911 (p. 23-34); al-Dūr, November 10, 1911 (p. 35-36); Samarra, November 12, 1911 (p. 36-40); ?, November 17, 1911 (p. 41-49); ?, November 22, 1911 (p. 50-59); ?, November 23, 1911 (p. 60); ?, November 24, 1911 (p. 61); ?, November 25, 1911 (p. 61); ?, November 27, 1911 (p. 62-66); ?, December 03, 1911 (p. 67-68); ?, December 08, 1911 (p. 68-73); ?, December 11, 1911 (p. 73-74); ?, December 21, 1911 (p. 74-75); Tell al-Aswad, December 24, 1911 (p. 75-68); ?, December 25, 1911 (p. 79); ?, December 27, 1911 (p. 79-80); ?, December 29, 1911 (p. 81-82); ?, January 14, 1912 (p. 82-84)."

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): First Campaign, Diary 3

Arrangement:

Journals, letters, diaries and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.

Local Numbers:

S-8

FSA A.06 07.08

General:

- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble,FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.

- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

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

Topic:

Abbasids  Search this

Antiquities  Search this

Architectural drawing  Search this

Architecture  Search this

Art of the Islamic World  Search this

Decoration and ornament  Search this

Description and Travel  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

History  Search this

Genre/Form:

Diaries

Notebooks

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, File FSA A.06 07.08

See more items in:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers

Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc39b03c016-0f52-4917-9980-84a39a354309

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10456