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Collection Creator:

Karp, Ivan C., 1926-2012  Search this

O.K. Harris Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Extent:

32 Linear feet (Boxes 44-76)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1960s-2014

bulk 1969-1999

Scope and Contents:

Photographic materials consist of photographs, slides, negatives, and digital images of artwork by artists associated with OK Harris Works of Art and views of the gallery's exhibition installations from 1960s-2014. The majority of photographs and slides carry identifying information, e.g., titles, dates, media, and photographic credits.

Artists' photo books consist of copy prints of artwork by 59 artists actively represented by OK Harris Works of Art and by artists formerly associated with the gallery. Artists' slides are of artwork that was exhibited at OK Harris and other galleries from the 1960s-2000s.

Installation views preserved in 61 binders document solo exhibitions and other shows presented at OK Harris during its 45 year history. Negatives of OK Harris installations photographed by Eric Pollitzer and Dan Lenore include numbered references, but no key is included. Other installation views include exhibitions by gallery artists at other venues, e.g., the Brevard Museum, New England College and the Studio Art Centers International.

Photographs of miscellaneous subjects include a photo book of the gallery's artists exhibiting at art expositions, art fairs, and museums, among them Tokyo Art Expo (1991), the Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art (1994), and the Chicago Art Fair (1999, 2002). Of particular interest are photographs of exhibition openings at 19 Galerie Des 4 Mouvements in Paris and at Galerie de Gestlo in Dusseldorf held during the 1970s. Also found are loose miscellaneous photographs, and an album of photographs of the OK Harris Works of Art galleries, office, and staff including Ivan Karp.

Arrangement:

The original order of the material has been maintained. Artists' slides are labeled as "Group A" and "Group B." According to gallery staff, the groupings relate to the time artists needed to produce enough new work for an exhibition. Many, but not all volumes are numbered, and damaged binders have been dismantled. Additional photographic materials are included among the artists' files (Series 4) and with Ivan C. Karp's personal papers (Series 8 ).

This series is arranged as 7 subseries:

Missing Title

7.1: Artist Photo Books, Current, circa 1969-circa 2014

7.2: Artist Photo Books, Past, circa 1969-2014

7.3: Artist Slides, Current, Group A, 1960s-2000s

7.4: Artist Slides, Current, Group B, 1969-2000s

7.5: Installation Views, Photo Books, 1969-2014

7.6: Installation Views, Negatives and Slides, 1969-2014

7.7: Photographs - Miscellaneous Subjects, 1970s-2002

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original material requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.

Collection Rights:

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

Collection Citation:

Ivan C. Karp papers and OK Harris Works of Art gallery records, 1960-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.okharr, Series 7

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Ivan C. Karp papers and OK Harris Works of Art gallery records

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9508f9ba9-da34-4699-b30d-f63b15a2f96d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-okharr-ref5

Creator:

Wiseman, Frederick J., 1875-1961  Search this

Names:

Early Birds of Aviation (Organization).  Search this

Wiseman-Peters (Fred Wiseman and J. W. Peters) (Aircraft manufacturer)  Search this

Extent:

0.59 Cubic feet (1 flatbox)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Tickets

Correspondence

Clippings

Date:

1909-1968

bulk [ca. 1910s, 1950s]

Summary:

Fred Wiseman, along with J. W. Peters and D.C. Prentiss, built a biplane named the Wiseman-Peters. During July 1910, both Peters and Wiseman flew the Wiseman-Peters and the following year Wiseman entered the 1911 Aviation Meet at Selfridge Field, Michigan. On February 17, 1911, Wiseman made the first airplane-carried mail flight officially sanctioned by any local U.S. post office and made available to the public when he carried mail, a bundle of newspapers and a sack of groceries from Petaluma, CA, to Santa Rosa, CA. After the 1911 season, Wiseman gave up flying.

This collection consists of a large scrapbook. Inside the scrapbook are newspaper clippings, correspondence, 1st Day Covers, race tickets, and photographs chronicling both Wiseman's automobile and aviation careers.

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of a large scrapbook. Inside the scrapbook are newspaper clippings, correspondence, 1st Day Covers, race tickets, and photographs chronicling both Wiseman's automobile and aviation careers.

Note: The digital images in this finding aid were repurposed from scans made by an outside contractor for a commercial product and may show irregular cropping and orientation in addition to color variations resulting from damage to and deterioration of the original objects.

Arrangement:

Materials are in the order the donor attached them to the scrapbook. Correspondence is often located within the envelope that is attached to the scrapbook. Some materials are loose and have been left in the arrangement in which they were found, unless a portion of a newspaper article could be matched to its other parts.

Biographical / Historical:

Fred Wiseman (1875-1961) was born in Santa Rosa, California, and after attending local schools he engaged in both the bicycle and automotive businesses. Wiseman won considerable fame racing Stoddard-Dayton cars on the West Coast as well as in the Chicago area. He became interested in aviation after attending the Wright brothers' homecoming celebration in 1909 and the first Los Angeles aviation meet at Dominguez Field in 1910.

After these two events, Wiseman was convinced he wanted to learn to fly and so he returned to his home in Santa Rosa and persuaded Ben Noonan to put up $10,000 to build a plane. Wiseman, along with J. W. Peters and D.C. Prentiss, built a biplane named the Wiseman-Peters. During July 1910, both Peters and Wiseman flew the Wiseman-Peters and the following year Wiseman entered the 1911 Aviation Meet at Selfridge Field, Michigan.

On February 17, 1911, Wiseman made the first airplane-carried mail flight officially sanctioned by any local U.S. post office and made available to the public when he carried mail, a bundle of newspapers and a sack of groceries from Petaluma, CA, to Santa Rosa, CA. (The first air mail flight sanctioned by the U.S. Post Office in Washington, D.C., took place on September 23, 1911, when Earle Ovington carried mail from Garden City, Long Island, to Mineola; and the first continuously scheduled U.S. air mail service began on May 15, 1918, with routes between Washington, Philadelphia, and New York.)

During 1911, Wiseman had an active season of exhibition work, including flying for one week at the California State Fair. However, after this season Wiseman gave up flying because he thought there was no future in it. He sold his plane and returned to the automobile business. He later worked for Standard Oil Company of California. Wiseman was a member of the Early Birds of Aviation, an organization of pilots who flew solo in an aircraft prior to December 17, 1916.

Weldon Cooke, another pioneer aviator from California, bought and modified the Wiseman-Peters aircraft, renaming it the Wiseman-Cooke. Cooke flew the Wiseman-Cooke for exhibition and air mail flights. The Wiseman-Cooke aircraft is currently part of the Smithsonian Institution's collections.

Provenance:

No donor information, Gift?, unknown, XXXX-0618, unknown

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Topic:

Automobile racing  Search this

Air mail service  Search this

Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this

Aeronautics -- Exhibitions  Search this

Airplane racing  Search this

Aeronautics -- Competitions  Search this

Aeronautics -- 1903-1916  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

Air pilots  Search this

Wiseman-Peters #2 Biplane (1910)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Tickets

Correspondence

Clippings

Citation:

Fred Wiseman Scrapbook, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0618, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.0618

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2b1a6ef9c-06ed-414f-adc3-98f31de066e0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0618

Maker:

Whitehead & Hoag Company  Search this

Physical Description:

metal, brass (overall material)

Measurements:

medal: 3.2 cm; x 1 1/4 in

Object Name:

Medal

Other Terms:

Medal; Commemorative

Place made:

United States

Associated place:

United States: Nevada

United States: Hoover Dam

Date made:

1931

Credit Line:

Stack's

ID Number:

NU.73.154.24

Catalog number:

73.154.24

Accession number:

312040

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-1c41-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_965958

Physical Description:

ceramic, stoneware (overall material)

glaze (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 3 1/2 in x 4 in; 8.89 cm x 10.16 cm

Object Name:

Jar

jar

Place made:

China

Place purchased:

United States: California, Nevada City

Date made:

1870 - 1920

Subject:

Food Culture  Search this

Gold Rush  Search this

California  Search this

Chinese  Search this

ID Number:

CL.64.0955

Catalog number:

64.0955

Accession number:

253784

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Home and Community Life: Ethnic

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-daad-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_674996

Physical Description:

metal, iron (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 8 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 20.955 cm x 8.89 cm x 1.27 cm

Object Name:

Scissors

scissors

Object Type:

scissors

Place made:

China

Place used:

United States: California, Nevada City

Date made:

1850 - 1899

Subject:

Gold Rush  Search this

California  Search this

Chinese  Search this

ID Number:

CL.64.0958

Accession number:

253784

Catalog number:

64.0958

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Home and Community Life: Ethnic

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-e221-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_676117

Physical Description:

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 11 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in; 29.21 cm x 24.13 cm

Object Name:

Book

yearbook

Associated Place:

United States: Arizona, Poston

Associated Date:

May 1988

Subject:

World War II  Search this

Japanese Americans  Search this

Related event:

Japanese American Internment  Search this

World War II  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Greg Marutani

ID Number:

2016.3041.04

Catalog number:

2016.3041.04

Nonaccession number:

2016.3041

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Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Japanese American

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-cadc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1806593

Physical Description:

silver (overall material)

gold (wash inside bowl material)

Measurements:

overall: 3/4 in x 7 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 1.905 cm x 18.415 cm x 3.4925 cm

Object Name:

spoon

Object Type:

flatware

Place made:

Germany

Germany: Saxony-Anhalt, Weissenfels

Place purchased; place used:

United States: California, Nevada City

Date made:

1848

Engraved date:

1848

Subject:

Eating  Search this

Gold Rush  Search this

California  Search this

Woman  Search this

Germans  Search this

ID Number:

DL.64.0954

Accession number:

253784

Catalog number:

64.0954

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Home and Community Life: Community Life

Domestic Furnishings

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-3b31-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_676095

Creator:

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Director:

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957  Search this

Dockstader, Frederick J.  Search this

Names:

Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition 1930  Search this

Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)  Search this

Hendricks-Hodge Expedition (1917-1923).  Search this

Huntington Free Library  Search this

Hyde Exploring Expedition (1902-1903)  Search this

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research  Search this

Collector:

Barrett, S. A. (Samuel Alfred), 1879-1965  Search this

Churchill, Clara G.  Search this

Churchill, Frank C. (Frank Carroll), 1850-1912  Search this

Davis, Edward H., b. 1862  Search this

Emmons, George Thornton  Search this

Gridley, Marion E. (Marion Eleanor), 1906-1974  Search this

Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond), 1882-1971  Search this

Harvey, Byron  Search this

Harvey, Fred  Search this

Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956  Search this

Johnson, Frederick, 1904-1994  Search this

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956  Search this

Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland), 1892-1965  Search this

Pepper, George H. (George Hubbard), 1873-1924  Search this

Skinner, Alanson, 1886-1925  Search this

Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950  Search this

Stiles, William F., 1912-1980  Search this

Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1871-1954  Search this

Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1885-1936  Search this

Wildschut, William  Search this

Former owner:

Burnett, Edwin K.  Search this

Force, Roland W.  Search this

Extent:

400 Linear feet

Culture:

Indians of North America  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Administrative records

Photographs

Annual reports

Field notes

Correspondence

Ledgers (account books)

Minutes

Date:

1890-1998

Summary:

These records document the governance and programmatic activities of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation (MAI) from its inception in 1904 until its sublimation by the Smithsonian Institution in 1990. The types of materials present in this collection include personal and institutional correspondence, individual subject files, minutes and annual reports, financial ledgers, legal records, expedition field notes, research notes, catalog and object lists, publications, clippings, flyers, maps, photographs, negatives and audio-visual materials. These materials span a varied range of subjects relating to the activities of the museum which are more fully described on the series level.

Scope and Contents:

These records document the governance and programmatic activities of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation (MAI) from its inception in 1904 until its sublimation by the Smithsonian Institution in 1990. The types of materials present in this collection include personal and institutional correspondence, individual subject files, minutes and annual reports, financial ledgers, legal records, expedition field notes, research notes, catalog and object lists, publications, clippings, flyers, maps, photographs, negatives and audio-visual materials. These materials span a varied range of subjects relating to the activities of the museum which are more fully described on the series level.

Arrangement:

The MAI, Heye Foundation records have been arranged into 21 series and 50 subseries: Series 1: Directors, 1908-1990 (1.1: George Gustav Heye, 1863-1962, 1.2: Edwin K. Burnett, 1943-1960, 1.3: Frederick Dockstader, 1950-1976, 1.4: Alexander F. Draper, 1972-1977, 1.5:Roland W. Force, 1963-1990, 1.6: George Eager, Assistant Director, 1977-1990) Series 2: Board of Trustees, 1916-1990 (2.1: Board of Trustee Minutes, 1916-1990, 2.2: Individual Board Correspondence, 1943-1990, 2.3: Subject Files, 1917-1990) Series 3: Administrative, 1916-1989 (3.1: Subject Files, 1904-1991, 3.2: Personnel, 1956-1991, 3.3: Legal, 1900-1989, 3.4: Task Force, 1976-1986, 3.5: George Abrams, 1980-1991) Series 4: Financial, 1916-1990 (4.1: Ledgers, 1900-1962, 4.2: Correspondence, 1905-1985, 4.3: Subject Files, 1916-1990) Series 5: Expeditions, 1896-1973Series 6: Collectors, 1872-1981Series 7: Registration, 1856-1993Series 8: Collections Management, 1937-1988Series 9: Curatorial, 1963-1990 (9.1: Curatorial Council, 1973-1990, 9.2: Gary Galante, 1979-1991, 9.3: Mary Jane Lenz, 1974-1994, 9.4: James G. E. Smith, 1963-1990, 9.5: U. Vincent Wilcox, 1968-1984, 9.6: Anna C. Roosevelt, 1973-1988) Series 10: Exhibits, 1923-1991 (10.1: MAI Exhibits, 1923-1990, 10.2: Non-MAI Exhibits, 1937-1991) Series 11: Public Programs, 1935-1990Series 12: Publications, 1904-1994 (12.1: Annual Reports, 1917-1989, 12.2: Publications by MAI, 1904-1990, 12.3: Publications by Other Sources, 1881-1990, 12.4: Administration, 1920-1988, 12.5: Archival Set of Official Publications, 1907-1976) Series 13: Public Affairs, 1938-1991Series 14: Development, 1927-1991 (14.1: Administration, 1979-1990, 14.2: Donors, 1978-1990, 14.3: Fundraising, 1973-1990, 14.4: Grants, 1970-1990, 14.5: Subject Files, 1976-1990) Series 15: Other Departments, 1914-1990 (15.1: Archives, 1914-1990, 15.2: Conservation, 1972-1989, 15.3: Education, 1921-1990, 15.4: Indian Information Center, 1977-1989, 15.5: Museum Shop, 1947-1989, 15.6: Photography, 1918-1990, 15.7: Physical Anthropology, 1919-1956) Series 16: Huntington Free Library, 1926-1991Series 17: Museum Relocation, 1969-1992 (17.1: Subject Files, 1979-1990, 17.2: American Museum of Natural History, 1980-1987, 17.3: Dallas, Texas, 1984-1987, 17.4: Smithsonian Institution, 1979-1990, 17.5: U.S. Custom House, 1977-1990, 17.6: Other Locations, 1974-1987) Series 18: MediaSeries 19: PhotographsSeries 20: Miscellaneous, 1837-1990Series 21: Oversize, 1873-1972 (21.1: Maps, 1873-1975, 21.2: Miscellaneous, 1884-1982)

History of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation:

The Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation was established by wealthy collector George Gustav Heye in 1908. Heye began collecting American Indian artifacts as early as 1897 and his collection rapidly increased over the next several years. Based in New York, Heye bought collections and documentary photographs, sponsored expeditions, and traveled and collected items himself. In addition, once MAI was established he sponsored numerous expeditions across the Western Hemisphere, including North American, Canada, South America and Central America.

From 1908 to 1917 Heye housed his artifacts on temporary loan at the University of Pennsylvania's University Museum, Pennsylvania, in lofts on East 33rd Street in New York City, and at other depositories. In 1917, the collections moved from his apartment to their permanent museum location at Audubon Terrace, at 155th Street and Broadway in New York City. The museum, containing ethnographic and archaeological collections from North, Central and South America, opened to the public in 1922. Less than ten years later, Heye completed a storage facility in the Pelham Bay area of the Bronx, known as the Research Branch. Heye served as Chairman of the Board and Museum Director until his death in 1957. After growing concern about the financial and other management of the collections came to a head, the museum became part of the Smithsonian Institution in 1989 and in 1994 opened exhibit space in the U.S. Customs House at Bowling Green near New York City's Battery Park. The Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, Maryland later opened in 1999 and the main Washington, DC museum opened in 2004.

Please visit the following links for more information about the history of the museum; History of the Collection, Collections Overview, and Significance of the Collection. Moreover, for information about how the museum currently cares for and exhibits the collection, please see the Conservation department and recent entries regarding Exhibitions and Conservation on the NMAI Blog. In addition, see portions of the NMAI Archive Center's collections highlighted in the SIRIS Blog.

Related Materials:

In 2004, the Huntington Fee Library, once part of the MAI/Heye Foundation, was transferred to the Cornell University Library Rare Book and Manuscript Collection. While this collection mainly contained books, it also contained a significant amount of archival materials. The Huntington Free Library's Native American Collection contains outstanding materials documenting the history, culture, languages, and arts of the native tribes of both North and South America, as well as contemporary politics and human rights issues are also important components of the collection. Further information about the collection and links to finding aids can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/collections/HFL_old.html.

Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Rights:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Topic:

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Peru  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Tennessee  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- New York (State)  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Panama  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- New Jersey  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- New Mexico  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Missouri  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Nevada  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- California  Search this

Indians of South America  Search this

Indians of Central America  Search this

Pre-Columbian objects  Search this

Museum exhibits  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Texas  Search this

Museums -- Collection management  Search this

Archaeological expeditions  Search this

Ethnological expeditions  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

Museums -- Acquisitions  Search this

Museums -- Curatorship  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Cuba  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Ecuador  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arkansas  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Canada  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Guatemala  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Haiti  Search this

Genre/Form:

Administrative records

Photographs

Annual reports

Field notes

Correspondence

Ledgers (account books)

Minutes

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.001

See more items in:

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv412df8cf1-44c0-41fd-9101-eefb477e5aef

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-001

Collection Creator:

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Collection Director:

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957  Search this

Container:

Box 232, Folder 11

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1927 - 1934

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

See more items in:

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records / Series 6: Collectors

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4dbb8f231-27e7-4a4a-a091-babbe6d52ccf

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-001-ref14766

Collection Creator:

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Collection Director:

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Biographical / Historical:

M. R. Harrington (1882-1971) was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on July 6, 1882, to Rose Martha Smith Harrington and Mark Walrod Harrington, astronomer, meteorologist, and then director of the University of Michigan's Detroit Observatory. The family later lived in Washington DC; Seattle, Washington; and Mount Vernon, New York. Harrington's early interest in Indians and the discoveries of ancient sites and artifacts near his home in New York led him to F. W. Putnam of the American Museum of Natural History. While still a teenager, Harrington worked for Putnam, excavating sites around New York City. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in anthropology from Columbia University in New York, writing his 1908 master's thesis on Iroquois archaeology.

Harrington met and worked for George Gustav Heye in collecting ethnological and archaeological artifacts even before Heye transformed his extensive collection into the Museum of the American Indian. In February 1916, Harrington came to Fulton (Hempstead County) to lead an archaeological expedition in the Red River valley for the newly formed museum. Harrington's team explored Caddo mound and village sites in Hempstead, Howard, and Garland counties. Harrington then published descriptions of the sites, interpreted sequences of building and mound construction, and illustrated representative artifacts in Certain Caddo Sites in Arkansas. Harrington's work in northwest Arkansas began after the Museum of the American Indian purchased a collection from W. C. Barnard of Missouri, including Indian basketry and other organic objects preserved by the unusually arid conditions of some Ozark Mountain rock shelters. Harrington directed an expedition to the area for the museum in 1922 and 1923. Harrington published an article on this work in American Anthropologist in 1924, but his book on the subject, The Ozark Bluff-Dwellers, was not published until 1960. From 1919 to 1928, Harrington also led expeditions in Tennessee, Nevada, and Texas for the Museum of the American Indian before moving to Los Angeles, California, to become the Director of Research and later curator of the Southwest Museum. He focused his archaeological investigations on Nevada and California for the remainder of his career. In 1956, Harrington was awarded an honorary doctorate from Occidental College in Los Angeles. M. R. Harrington died on June 30, 1971, in Los Angeles. He is buried in San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, California.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

See more items in:

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records / Series 6: Collectors

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4b3d22929-ca9e-4011-8cd7-2aaf36ea44f1

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-001-ref15747

Collection Creator:

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Collection Director:

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957  Search this

Container:

Box 587, Folder 12

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1983 - 1984

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records / Series 17: Museum Relocation / 17.6: Other Locations

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4bd51ecea-b813-403e-8357-cdac43687388

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-001-ref4281

Collection Creator:

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Collection Director:

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957  Search this

Container:

Box 587, Folder 13

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1981 - 1984

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records / Series 17: Museum Relocation / 17.6: Other Locations

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv45445f91b-5cfe-45f4-bc68-d40a3eca6f5e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-001-ref4282

Collection Creator:

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Collection Director:

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957  Search this

Container:

Box 224, Folder 22

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1967

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records / Series 6: Collectors

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv48dde19e2-a3a5-4824-bdf3-9b6dcad3e440

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-001-ref6183

Collection Creator:

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Collection Director:

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957  Search this

Container:

Box 224, Folder 23

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1967

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records / Series 6: Collectors

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4a84a989b-88bb-4fbc-bf6b-0d6912991315

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-001-ref6185

Collection Creator:

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Collection Director:

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957  Search this

Container:

Box 231, Folder 8

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1915 - 1922

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records / Series 6: Collectors

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4fd489c14-9d1e-4d1f-ac88-1c075b95da4c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-001-ref6455

Collection Creator:

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Collection Director:

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957  Search this

Container:

Box 231, Folder 12

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1902-1913, 1919-1926

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records / Series 6: Collectors

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4092386d4-591b-42e7-8da2-d1c9348fabf7

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-001-ref6543

Collection Creator:

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Collection Director:

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957  Search this

Container:

Box 231, Folder 13

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1926 - 1928

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

See more items in:

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records / Series 6: Collectors

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv498f228e6-217f-4343-afdc-5cd2945335c9

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-001-ref6545

Collection Creator:

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Collection Director:

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957  Search this

Container:

Box 232, Folder 13

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1917 - 1924

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

See more items in:

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records / Series 6: Collectors

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv441c8edd4-a9c0-4752-8fb9-a74bf0ab32d1

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-001-ref6817

Biogeographical Region:

76 - Southwestern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

M. Yeoman  Search this

A. Straub  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

Sandy clay loam. Soil derived from sedimentary rock.  Search this

Min. Elevation:

2108  Search this

Place:

Egan Range, both sides of Bothwick Road, White Pine, Nevada, United States, North America

Collection Date:

26 Aug 2018

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Rosales Rosaceae Rosoideae

Published Name:

Rosa woodsii Lindl.

Barcode:

01968767

USNM Number:

3735186

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3400da773-5a52-4c03-9efb-6558952c7fda

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16322648

Biogeographical Region:

76 - Southwestern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

M. Yeoman  Search this

A. Straub  Search this

E. Gaare  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

Clay. Soil derived from sedimentary rock.  Search this

Min. Elevation:

2410  Search this

Place:

Schell Creek Range, Horse and Cattle Camp Loop, south for 6.3 mi. on Robbers Roost Rd., White Pine, Nevada, United States, North America

Collection Date:

2 Jul 2018

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Asterales Asteraceae Asteroideae

Published Name:

Chaenactis douglasii Hook. & Arn.

Barcode:

01968772

USNM Number:

3735193

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3250874f6-7cd3-41a0-802c-c66dabe7bc60

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16322660