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Richard O. Marsh papers

Creator:
Marsh, Richard O. (Richard Oglesby), 1883-1953  Search this
Extent:
7 Linear feet
Culture:
Kuna (Cuna)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
Darien (Panama : Province)
Date:
1923-1994
Summary:
Richard Oglesby Marsh (1883–1953) was an engineer, American diplomat and amateur ethnologist who participated in several engineering and ethnological expeditions to Panama. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence and Human Rights of the Tule People of San Blas and the Darien and was the author of White Indians of Darien and several popular articles on Panama.
Scope and Contents:
The Marsh Darien expedition of 1924-1925, the focus of this collection, was sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution together with the American Museum of Natural History, the University of Rochester, the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, the Military Intelligence Division of the U.S. Army, the Canal Zone administration, and the government of Panama. Expedition members included John L. Baer (Smithsonian Institution ethnologist), Paul Benton (Rochester Times-Union reporter), Charles M. Breder, Jr. (New York Aquarium biologist), Raoul Brin (botanist), Charles Charlton (Pathé News cinematographer), Herman L. Fairchild (University of Rochester emeritus geologist), Harry Johnson (taxadermist) Omer Malsbury (Canal Zone Administration), Lieut. Glen Townsend (U.S. Army) and Francisco Pinzón, the expedition cook.

The Marsh Papers include diaries, photographs, correspondence, maps, articles in draft and published form, and miscellaneous papers, chiefly relating to Marsh's experiences as leader of the Marsh Darien expedition to Panama in 1924-1925 and his contacts with the Kuna (also known as Tule). The collection also features materials on the negotiations that took place on the U.S.S. Cleveland with representatives of the U.S. and Panamanian governments and the Kuna Indians during the Kuna uprising of 1925, in which Marsh served as a mediator.

Correspondents include Marsh's wife, Helen Louise Cleveland Marsh; his son Richard O. Marsh, Jr.; and C.L.G. Anderson.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Biographical Note:
Richard O. Marsh (1883-1953) was an engineer, U.S. State Department employee, and ethnologist who made numerous engineering and scientific expeditions around the world. He was the author of The White Indians of Darien [c1934]. The Marsh-Darien expedition of 1924-1925, the focus of this collection, was sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution together with the American Museum of Natural History, the University of Rochester, the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, the Military Intelligence Division of the U.S. Army, the Canal Zone administration, and the government of Panama.

Chronology

1883 -- Born in Illinois

1901 -- Enrolled in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1903 -- Employed by the Army Corps of Engineers in Texas

1905 -- Enrolled in the University of Lausanne, Switzerland

1909 -- Married Helen Cleveland in September

1910 -- Appointed First Secretary of the U.S. legation in Panama in April

1912 -- Secretary, American Embassy, St. Petersburg, Russia

1915 -- Elected mayor of Warsaw, Illinois

1923 -- Returned to Panama as employee of engineer George Goethals in June

1924 -- Headed Marsh-Darien expedition to Panama in January

1925 -- Returned to San Blas, Panama Published "Blond Indians of the Darien Jungle" in The World's Work

1931 -- Traveled to Nicaragua

1933-1935 -- Public Works Administration

1934 -- Published White Indians of Darien (New York: Putnam)

1935-1939 -- Chief engineer, Land Utilization Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture

1941 -- Reconnaissance engineer, U.S. Military, North Africa, in December

1949-1952 -- State Road Department, Florida

1953 -- Died, Vero Beach, Florida, on September 4
Related Materials:
Additional material relating to the Marsh Darien Expedition is included in MS 4550 in the National Anthropological Archives. Additional Marsh correspondence is contained in the Aleš Hrdlicka papers. On Marsh's adventures in Panama, see James Howe, A People Who Would Not Kneel: Panama, the United States, and the San Blas Kuna (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998).
Provenance:
The Marsh papers were donated to the archives by Richard O. Marsh, Jr. in 1997.
Restrictions:
The Richard O. Marsh papers are open for research.

Access to the Richard O. Marsh papers requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Citation:
Richard O. Marsh papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.1997-18
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3759a350a-977a-40ec-a136-5c280fad440a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-1997-18

Chicago -- Douglas Park

Landscape architect:
Jensen, Jens, 1860-1951  Search this
Provenance:
Chicago Park District Special Collections  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Douglas Park (Chicago, Ill.)
United States of America -- Illinois -- Chicago
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes a slide list and excerpts from publications featuring the gardens. The Douglas Park Formal Garden contains formal beds with sixteen thousand annuals, a waterlily pool, and a natural lagoon. The garden is open to the public.
General:
"Douglas Park Formal Garden (near Ogden Ave. and Sacramento Blvd.) has formal beds with sixteen thousand annuals, a waterlily pool and a natural lagoon."
Persons associated with property include: Jens Jenson (landscape architect); Chicago Park District Special Collections (Provenance).
Related Materials:
Douglas Park related holdings consist of 1 folder (2 35 mm. slides)
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File IL072
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Illinois
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6dbb8891b-d0ce-4fb4-ab1b-b10c837c1a0c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref6757

Chicago -- Garfield Park Conservatory

Landscape architect:
Jensen, Jens, 1860-1951  Search this
Provenance:
Chicago Park District Special Collections  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Garfield Park Conservatory (Chicago, Illinois)
United States of America -- Illinois -- Chicago
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes a slide list and excerpts from publications featuring the gardens.
General:
"Garfield Park holds Chicago's famous conservatory. Built in 1893, the 4 1/2 acre Garfield Park Conservatory (300 N. Central Park Blvd.) represents one of the largest and finest publicly owned conservatories in the world. Its enormous collection contains over five thousand varieties and species, and its propagating houses grow nearly three hundred thousand plants each year. Displays include the Palm House, the Fernery (over a hundred kinds of ferns), the Aroid House (tropicals), the Cactus House and and Economic Plant Houses (tropicals, citrus, spices), and the Main Horticultural Hall and the Show House, where massive floral exhibitions are held four times yearly. Near the conservatory is the large Garfield Park garden, 4 acres containing over twenty-four formal flower beds (fifteen thousand annuals), and a pool containing the best waterlily collection (fifty varieties) in the Midwest."
Persons associated with property include: Jens Jenson (landscape architect); Chicago Park District Special Collections (Provenance).
Related Materials:
Garfield Park Conservatory related holdings consist of 1 folder (2 35 mm. slides)
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File IL073
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Illinois
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6bb1c0cf0-fb9c-4280-81ea-c347a10ed0d8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref6758

Amblystegium serpens var. juratzkanum (Schimp.) Rau & Herv.

Biogeographical Region:
75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
P. M. Eckel  Search this
Richard H. Zander  Search this
Place:
Niagara Co., City of Niagara Falls, by Robert Moses Pkwy Overpass and Lower Arch Bridge, upper path., New York, United States, North America
Collection Date:
2 Jun 1985
Taxonomy:
Plantae Bryophyta Bryopsida Hypnales Amblystegiaceae
Published Name:
Amblystegium serpens var. juratzkanum (Schimp.) Rau & Herv.
Barcode:
04573256
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Botany
Bryophytes and Lichens
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e116161c-d7b7-4630-81c6-8e725b6f3cc5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16511289

Heterocladium squarrosulum Lindb.

Biogeographical Region:
75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
William G. Farlow  Search this
Place:
Cabot Path., New Hampshire, United States, North America
Collection Date:
Oct 1897
Taxonomy:
Plantae Bryophyta Bryosidea Hypnales Lembophyllaceae
Published Name:
Heterocladium squarrosulum Lindb.
Barcode:
04585443
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Botany
Bryophytes and Lichens
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d86a3b45-1abf-4f4c-a3f6-045e7a22f707
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16521232

Cephalozia media Lindb.

Biogeographical Region:
75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
A. W. Evans  Search this
Caroline C. Haynes  Search this
Annie Lorenz  Search this
Winifred J. Robinson  Search this
Place:
Franconia Mountains. Appalachian Club Meeting. Wildwood Path., New Hampshire, United States, North America
Collection Date:
3 Jul 1908 to 11 Jul 1908
Taxonomy:
Plantae Marchantiophyta Jungermanniopsida Jungermanniales Cephaloziaceae
Published Name:
Cephalozia media Lindb.
Barcode:
04624903
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Botany
Bryophytes and Lichens
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37468dbdf-5781-4ab0-87d2-9abe82417b81
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16538375

Tritomaria exsecta (Schmidel) Schiffn. ex Loeske

Biogeographical Region:
75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
A. W. Evans  Search this
Caroline C. Haynes  Search this
Annie Lorenz  Search this
Winifred J. Robinson  Search this
Place:
Franconia Mountains. Near Profile Lake. Wildwood Path., New Hampshire, United States, North America
Collection Date:
3 Jul 1908 to 11 Jul 1908
Taxonomy:
Plantae Marchantiophyta Jungermanniopsida Jungermanniales Jungermanniaceae
Published Name:
Tritomaria exsecta (Schmidel) Schiffn. ex Loeske
Barcode:
04626240
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Botany
Bryophytes and Lichens
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37c4ef0ce-c436-4c5b-a0f7-d0cdce7db5d6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16548907

Geocalyx graveolens (Schrad.) Nees

Biogeographical Region:
75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
A. W. Evans  Search this
Caroline C. Haynes  Search this
Annie Lorenz  Search this
Winifred J. Robinson  Search this
Place:
Franconia Mountains. Appalachian Club Meeting. Wildwood Path., New Hampshire, United States, North America
Collection Date:
3 Jul 1908 to 11 Jul 1908
Taxonomy:
Plantae Marchantiophyta Jungermanniopsida Jungermanniales Geocalycaceae
Published Name:
Geocalyx graveolens (Schrad.) Nees
Barcode:
04624404
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Botany
Bryophytes and Lichens
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ce5a79d3-a329-4ea7-b5fe-04d74daa6280
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16548911

Forever George Morrison: Spirit Path, New Day Red Rock Variation single

Title:
Scott Catalogue USA 5691
Medium:
paper; ink
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
April 22, 2022
Topic:
U.S. Stamps  Search this
Contemporary (1990-present)  Search this
Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
2022.2018.220
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8adc1f35c-aabd-48e2-84f1-51f15bb0b350
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2022.2018.220

Indocalamus herklotsii McClure

Biogeographical Region:
36 - China Southeast  Search this
Collector:
Floyd A. McClure  Search this
Place:
Tung ch'ung path, New Territories, Hong Kong, China, Asia-Temperate
Collection Date:
13 Jul 1938
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Bambusoideae
Published Name:
Indocalamus herklotsii McClure
Barcode:
00029566
Other Numbers:
Lingnan Univ. Herb. : 45755
BG : 2738
Multi-sheeted specimen : Sheet 01 of 03
USNM Number:
2804130
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dd0842c0-485c-4e0a-905e-76b567cc7431
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2499678

Indocalamus herklotsii McClure

Biogeographical Region:
36 - China Southeast  Search this
Collector:
Floyd A. McClure  Search this
Place:
Tung ch'ung path, New Territories, Hong Kong, China, Asia-Temperate
Collection Date:
13 Jul 1938
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Bambusoideae
Published Name:
Indocalamus herklotsii McClure
Barcode:
00029567
Other Numbers:
Lingnan Univ. Herb. : 45755
BG : 2738
Multi-sheeted specimen : Sheet 02 of 03
USNM Number:
2804129
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a279368d-d296-44f0-a7c8-ff0aba48ec7c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2499679

Indocalamus herklotsii McClure

Biogeographical Region:
36 - China Southeast  Search this
Collector:
Floyd A. McClure  Search this
Place:
Tung ch'ung path, New Territories, Hong Kong, China, Asia-Temperate
Collection Date:
13 Jul 1938
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Bambusoideae
Published Name:
Indocalamus herklotsii McClure
Barcode:
00029568
Other Numbers:
Lingnan Univ. Herb. : 45755
BG : 2738
Multi-sheeted specimen : Sheet 03 of 03
USNM Number:
2804128
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/303d29ab2-ead1-442d-9760-bf4d2715461a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2499680

Carex magellanica subsp. irrigua (Wahlenb.) Hiitonen

Biogeographical Region:
75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
George Golding Kennedy  Search this
Place:
White Mts. Mt. Crawford path, New Hampshire, United States, North America
Collection Date:
20 Aug 1891
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Cyperaceae Cyperoideae
Published Name:
Carex magellanica subsp. irrigua (Wahlenb.) Hiitonen
Carex paupercula Michx.
Barcode:
02128091
USNM Number:
1365285
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3307f739b-1b75-4f7a-8caf-bf643348048c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_13611177

Agricola I

Artist:
David Smith, American, b. Decatur, Indiana, 1906–1965  Search this
Medium:
Steel and paint
Dimensions:
74 1/2 × 55 1/4 × 24 5/8 in. (189.2 × 140.3 × 62.5 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1951-1952
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number:
66.4638
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
School:
Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)
Data Source:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py21051c49d-c18e-4bcf-8d75-ce9c70d312be
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:hmsg_66.4638

Umbilicaria proboscidea (L.) Schrad.

Biogeographical Region:
75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
Edwin Faxon  Search this
Place:
Crawford Bridle Path., New Hampshire, United States, North America
Collection Date:
15 Jun 1883
Taxonomy:
Fungi Ascomycota Lecanoromycetes Umbilicariales Umbilicariaceae
Published Name:
Umbilicaria proboscidea (L.) Schrad.
Barcode:
04556484
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Botany
Bryophytes and Lichens
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/395a17999-868d-49c4-b5a2-03a8cfbe5ad6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16728380

Charles Rivers Photographs

Creator:
Rivers, Charles, 1904-1993  Search this
Names:
Chrysler Building (New York, N.Y.) -- Pictorial works  Search this
Empire State Building -- Construction--1929-1930  Search this
Pathe News  Search this
Bates, Ruby  Search this
Extent:
0.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes )
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Albums
Place:
New York (N.Y.) -- 1920-1930
Washington (D.C.) -- 1960-1970
Date:
1929-1963
bulk 1929-1930
Scope and Contents:
The collection contains: twenty-nine silver gelatin photoprints mounted on Fome-Core, Masonite, and cardboard, ranging in size from 5-1/2" x 9-1/4" to 10-11/16" x 13-13/16"; three 5" x 7" unmounted silver gelatin photoprints; a scrapbook which originally contained 56 silver gelatin photoprints, ranging in size from 2" x 3" to 7-1/2" x 9-1/2"; and silver gelatin film negatives (presumably acetate) for the prints. The scrapbook includes a New York Daily News clipping about Rivers: "Builds a Bridge to Students" by Anthony Burton (dated May 12, 1970 by Rivers) with a photograph showing him speaking to a crowd, Most of the photographs depict the construction of the Chrysler and Empire State Buildings--iron workers on the job and relaxing during breaks, and pictures of the buildings at various stages of completion. Other subjects are: a demonstration to prevent World War II (1935), a color photoprint of the Civil Rights March and Demonstration in Washington, D.C. (1963), and two magazine clippings from a Soviet publication, New Times, in which Rivers's prize-winning "Self Portrait" (1930) was reproduced.

Most of these prints were made by Charles Rivers many years after the creation of the original negatives, probably ca.1970s 1980s. The collection is in generally good condition, except that many of the print surfaces are scratched.
Biographical / Historical:
Charles Rivers created a certain amount of confusion about his origins, whether accidentally or intentionally. Born Constantinos Kapornaros[1] (or Kostandinos Kapernaros)[2] in the small town of Vahos in Mani, an isolated area in the southern Peloponnesian region of Greece, on May 20, 1904, he emigrated to the United States as a child of five or six with his parents. His school record showed that he was enrolled in 1911 at the age of seven.[3] The family lived in Maine or New Hampshire, then Massachusetts, and later other locations in New York state. It is believed that his new name was derived from the Charles River in Boston.[4] The change may have been occasioned by a need to conceal his deep involvement in left-wing political and union activities.[5] Mr. Rivers settled in New York City in 1950 and resided there until 1993.[6] He sometimes identified his birthplace as Denver, Colorado,[7] but this may have been a fabrication or simplification, based on the fact that Greek church baptismal records were kept in Denver.[8] His sons James and Ronald believe that he never became an official American citizen. Late in life, in order to visit his birthplace, he was issued a passport, based on his school records, which stated that he was born in Denver. Rivers photographed the construction of the Chrysler Building (1929) and the Empire State Building (1930) in New York City. He was inspired to take up photography by seeing the work of the influential documentary photographer Lewis Hine, whose famous images of working children helped win passage of protective child labor laws. Rivers and Hine both photographed the Empire State Building and the men building it, yet Rivers apparently was unaware until years later that his idol had been present. Employed as an iron worker, Rivers traded his pail of tools for a Zeiss Ikon[9] camera during his lunch hour or when photographic opportunities arose. While the workers depicted in some of the photographs clearly are aware of the photographer's presence, Rivers's project presumably was conducted more or less surreptitiously. It is not known for certain if the paths of Rivers and Hine ever crossed, but his son Ron considers it unlikely: Hine photographed only the Empire State Building in connection with his "Men at Work" project,[10] not the earlier Chrysler Building, and Rivers did not work on the Empire State Building for a very long period. His self-portrait on the Empire State Building, "The Bolter-Up," may have been intended as a memento during one of his last days on that job.[11]

Rivers became unemployed in the Depression and consequently became involved in national efforts to create Social Security, unemployment insurance, and housing programs. These experiences apparently encouraged his active participation in politically leftist activities, as coverage about him in Soviet publications attests. A pacifist, in 1935 he was involved in demonstrations aimed at preventing World War II, and in the 1960s he took part in anti-Vietnam demonstrations and encouraged young people to continue such resistance.

In the 1950s Rivers worked in steel fabrication, in a chemistry lab as a technician, and briefly as a legislative aide for a New York state senator.

In 1986 Rivers submitted his 1930 self-portrait, posed on the Chrysler Building, to the International Year of Peace art contest sponsored by the New Times, published in Moscow: it was awarded a prize and diploma.

Mr. Rivers died in 1993, only two weeks after moving to Arlington, Texas to enter a nursing home near his sons' homes.

1. The page on Rivers in New York University=s Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives web site (http://laborarts.org/collections/item.cfm?itemid=82) --noted 5 June 2002), claims Rivers was born in 1905 and changed his name Ato resemble those of the Mohawk Indians working on the high steel of New York City=s skyscrapers and bridges".

2. This spelling is given in an e-mail from James Rivers to Helen Plummer, Aug. 19, 2002.

3. Ibid.

4. Telephone conversation between Ron Rivers and the author, 6 June 2002. Additional information was provided by Ron Rivers in electronic mail messages, 5 June and 12 June 2002.

5. James Rivers, op. cit.

6. Telephone conversation with Ron Rivers, 6 June 2002.

7. In a biographical statement for the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art (copy supplied by Helen Plummer), Charles Rivers called Denver his birthplace. The George Eastman House photographer database also included this apparently erroneous information, probably derived from the Amon Carter statement (telephone conversation with Helen Plummer, 3 June 2002).

8. Ron Rivers, telephone conversation, 6 June 2002.

9. Identified by Charles Rivers as the camera used in the skyscraper photographs: interview by Carol Sewell, "Photographer looked at U.S. from high view," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Dec. 27, 1986. Rivers also used a Rolleiflex, according to Ron Rivers (see note above), but the folding Zeiss Ikon camera would have been a more convenient addition to a lunchbox than the bulkier Rolleiflex. The collection negatives are not in the Rolleiflex square format, moreover.

10. See Judith Mara Gutman, Lewis W. Hine and the American social conscience. New York: Walker, 1967.

11. Ron Rivers, telephone conversation, 6 June 2002.
Related Materials:
Materials at the Smithsonian Institution

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Included Rivers's self-portrait, "The Bolter Up," in its summer 2002 exhibition, "Metropolis in the Machine Age," in the form of a new print made from a digital copy of the Archives Center's original negative. The author discussed the new print from the Rivers negative and other photographs in this exhibition in an invited gallery lecture, "The Skyscraper Photographs of Lewis Hine and Charles Rivers," Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, June 6, 2002.

Materials at Other Organizations

Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

See Barbara McCandless and John Rohrbach, Singular moments: photographs from the Amon Carter Museum, with select entries by Helen Plummer. Reproduction of a Rivers photograph, with description and analysis, p. 30. Additional information has been generously supplied by Ms. Plummer, curatorial associate, and Barbara McCandless, curator of photography, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth Texas.

Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University

Museum of the City of New York

Some of his photographs were included in the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art exhibition, "Looking at America: Documentary Photographs of the 1930s and 1940s," December 1986.
Provenance:
The collection is a gift from Mr. Charles Rivers, 1989.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Archives Center claims copyright. Rights were conveyed to the Archives Center through a Deed of Gift signed by the donor.
Topic:
Self-portraits, American  Search this
Iron and steel workers -- 1920-1930 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Construction workers -- 1900-1950 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Structural steel workers -- 1920-1930 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Labor unions  Search this
Civil rights demonstrations -- 1960-1970  Search this
Skyscrapers -- 1920-1930 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Civil rights  Search this
Peace movements -- 1960-1970  Search this
Peace movements -- 1930-1940  Search this
Scottsoro boys case  Search this
Fires  Search this
Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931  Search this
Self-portraits  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1900-1950
Scrapbooks -- 20th century
Albums
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1970-1990
Citation:
Charles Rivers Photographs, 1929-1963, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0360
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Charles Rivers Photographs
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82c2fc0d6-34f9-422b-b6e3-c1d1072e975f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0360
Online Media:

Forever George Morrison: Spirit Path, New Day Red Rock Variation FDC

Title:
Scott Catalogue USA 5691
Medium:
paper; ink
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
April 22, 2022
Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
2022.2018.232
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm85766b52c-813c-4417-8a1e-ec3b4051fd33
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2022.2018.232

Forever George Morrison: Spirit Path, New Day Red Rock Variation FDC

Title:
Scott Catalogue USA 5691
Medium:
paper; ink
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
April 22, 2022
Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
2022.2018.233
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm82e7a8130-c165-4e80-b48a-3133d3bb7ec9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2022.2018.233

Forever George Morrison: Spirit Path, New Day Red Rock Variation DCP

Title:
Scott Catalogue USA 5691
Medium:
paper; ink
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
April 22, 2022
Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
2022.2018.242
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8348d41b3-c07e-4f76-97c6-f32a0dadcedd
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2022.2018.242

Forever George Morrison: Spirit Path, New Day Red Rock Variation DCP

Title:
Scott Catalogue USA 5691
Medium:
paper; ink
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
April 22, 2022
Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
2022.2018.243
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8d126e5b3-bc07-425d-81cb-0ad1d76335dc
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2022.2018.243

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