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Creator:

Harris & Ewing  Search this

Names:

Deignan, H. G. (Herbert Girton), 1906-1968  Search this

Johnson, David H. (David Horn), 1912-1996  Search this

Setzler, Frank M. (Frank Maryl), 1902-1975  Search this

Extent:

1 Print (silver gelatin)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Photographs

Date:

1949

Scope and Contents note:

Photograph depicting Smithsonian officials Dr. Frank M. Setzler, Dr. David H. Johnson, and H. G. Deignan with opened boxes and artifacts from the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land in 1948. Collection includes a narrative description provided by the news service.

Biographical/Historical note:

The Harris & Ewing photo studio, started in 1905 by George W. Harris and Martha Ewing, was both a portrait studio and news service. The news service was sold in 1945 but maintained the name, "Harris-Ewing Photographic News Service," in its publications after that time.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 80-36

Location of Other Archival Materials:

The artifacts pictured and other artifacts from the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land can be found in the Departments of Anthropology, Vertebrate Zoology, Invertebrate Zoology, and Paleobiology in accession 178294.

Additional photographs by Harris & Ewing can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 33, Photo Lot 77-80, and Photo Lot 78-20.

The National Anthropological Archives holds the Frank Maryl Setzler Papers, which include information on his curatorial activities.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Copyright held by Harris & Ewing. Contact the repository for terms of use and access.

Topic:

American Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, 1948  Search this

Museum curators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 80-36, Harris & Ewing Photographic News Service photograph of Smithsonian officials unpacking boxes from American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.80-36

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-80-36

Creator:

Peale family  Search this

Names:

Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this

Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831  Search this

Ord, George, 1781-1866  Search this

Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827  Search this

Peale, Franklin, 1795-1870  Search this

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this

Peale, Rubens, 1784-1865  Search this

Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885  Search this

Sellers, Charles Coleman, 1903-  Search this

Extent:

3 Microfilm reels (3 partial microfilm reels)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

1803-1854

Scope and Contents:

The microfilmed selected Peale family papers contain papers of Charles Willson Peale, Rembrandt Peale, and Titian Ramsay Peale, mainly related to Peale's Museum. Also included are one item pertaining to Franklin Peale, and one to Rubens Peale.

Microfilmed on Reel P21 are manuscript of memoranda of the Philadelphia Museum, giving records and accessions for 1803-1842; financial statements (1808-1819) listing current expenditures; a manuscript of A Walk Through the Philadelphia Museum by Charles Willson Peale (after 1802); minutes of the Museum (1841-1845); manager's reports to the Board of Trustees (1833-1835), signed by Titian R. Peale (10 reports); Titian Peale's correspondence with George Ord (1827-1854), and his drawing book (circa 1820); extracts of letters written by Charles Willson Peale from Belfield and Philadelphia (1821-1823); extracts of letters written by Rembrandt Peale to Reuben Haines and Coleman Sellers (1828 September 24 and 1829 November 30), and to his wife (1830). Also included (frames 164-182) is a "Catalog of the National Portrait and Historical Gallery, illustrative of American history, comprising 269 original portraits and historical paintings, formerly belonging to Peale's Museum, to be sold without reserve, on Friday 6th October 1854... M. Thomas & Sons, Auctioneers."

Microfilmed on Reels P23 and P29 are miscellaneous Peale related documents from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Society Collection. Included are a report of the Committee of Councils on the use of Charles Willson Peale's windmill (1815 January 5); C. W. Peale's appeal to aid for a soldier; Rubens Peale memorial of the Trustees of the Philadelphia Museum (1831 October 25); and a register made by Franklin Peale of the medal dies of the U. S. Mint, with notes (1841) (reel P29, frames 5-31).

Biographical / Historical:

The Peale family was a family of painters, primarily in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) was a portrait painter and engraver and studied in London with Benjamin West. He is known for his portraits of the founding fathers including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams. In 1786 he founded the Peale Museum, and was one of the founding members of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1805.

Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860) was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and was the second son of Charles Willson Peale. He was known primarily for his historical paintings and portraits, particularly those of George Washington. Peale painted his first Washington portrait in 1795 at the age of 17, in a sitting arranged by his father. With his father, he was also a founding member of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He also established Peale's Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts in 1814.

Titian Ramsay Peale (1799-1885) was a naturalist, photographer, and scientific illustrator. Named for an older brother who died in 1798, he was the only naturalist in the family and documented animals and scenery in watercolors on scientific expeditions including the 1819 Long expedition to the Rocky Mountains.

Benjamin Franklin Peale (1795-1870), called Franklin, was his father's assistant at the museum and managed it after Charles Peale's death. Franklin Peale was also an employee of the Philadelphia Mint from 1833 to 1854.

Rubens Peale (1784-1865) opened the New York Museum of Natural History and Science in 1825. Following the economic Panic of 1837, Rubens became a gentleman farmer in the Pennsylvania countryside. He returned to Philadelphia in 1864 and began painting still lifes.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art holds the Rembrandt and Harriet Peale collection, circa 1820-1932 and the Rubens Peale diaries, 1855-1865. Also found at the Archives of American Art are the microfilmed Charles Willson Peale diaries and exhibition announcement, 1765-1826; microfilmed printed material relating to Rembrandt Peale, 1830-1862; microfilmed Titian Ramsay Peale Collection, 1771-1876; microfilmed selected papers from the Peale-Sellers collection, [circa 1767-1904]; and microfilmed Augusta Barker papers, 1875-1887.

The American Philosophical Society holds the Rembrandt Peale papers, 1808-1833 and the Peale family papers, 1705-1898. New York Public Library Archives and Manuscripts Division holds the Rembrandt Peale letters, 1835-1857.

Provenance:

Microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Topic:

Art, American -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.pealpeal

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-pealpeal

Collector:

Rumsey, Mary Harriman, 1881-1934.  Search this

Names:

Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)  Search this

Photographer:

Averell, William H.  Search this

Coe, Wesley R. (Wesley Roswell), 1869-1960  Search this

Cole, Leon J. (Leon Jacob), 1877-1948  Search this

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952  Search this

Devereux, W. B.  Search this

Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918  Search this

Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909  Search this

Keen, Dora, 1871-  Search this

Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942  Search this

Pillsbury, Arthur C. (Arthur Clarence)  Search this

Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929  Search this

Artist:

Schreyvogel, Charles, 1861-1912  Search this

Extent:

396 Lantern slides

286 Photographic prints

1 Map

Culture:

Suquamish  Search this

Hopi Pueblo  Search this

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this

Yakutat Tlingit  Search this

A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Apache  Search this

Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik)  Search this

Tlingit  Search this

Alaskan Eskimo  Search this

Unangan (Aleut)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Photographic prints

Maps

Place:

British Columbia

Siberia (Russia)

Alaska

Date:

1898-1900

1903

1914

bulk 1899-1899

Summary:

The Mary Harriman Rumsey collection largely consists of photographic prints and lantern slides documenting the Harriman Expedition to Alaska in summer 1899. These depict members of the expedition and Alaskan scenery and people. The collection also includes scenic photographs of Alaska taken by Dora Keen in 1914 and photographs of Blackfeet, Hopi, Apache, and Suquamish Indians made by Edward Curtis in 1900 and 1903.

Scope and Contents:

The bulk of the collection comprises photographic prints, lantern slides, and one map documenting the Harriman Alaska Expedition from May to July of 1899. These photographs were made by members of the expedition, most prominently its official photographer Edward S. Curtis, funder Edward Henry Harriman, and lead scientist C. Hart Merriam. They depict Alaskan scenery, members of the expedition, and Native people and settlements that they encountered. Mary Harriman Rumsey's collection also includes later platinum prints of American Indians made and signed by Curtis (1900, 1903), photographs of glaciers in Alaska by Dora Keen (1914), a photograph of a painting by Charles Schreyvogel (1903), and a photograph of White Pass by Arthur Clarence Pillsbury (1898).

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in three series: photographs relating to the Harriman Expedition; photographs of Alaska that were not made on the Harriman Expedition; and other photographs relating to American Indians. The Harriman series is arranged in a rough chronological order.

Biographical / Historical:

Mary Harriman Rumsey (1881-1934) was an important American philanthropist and the oldest child of railroad tycoon Edward Henry Harriman. In 1901, while studying at Barnard College, she co-founded the Junior League for the Promotion of Settlement Movements (later named the Junior League of the City of New York), which facilitated charitable work by privileged women among New York's impoverished groups. Rumsey's efforts lead to the establishment of the Association of Junior Leagues International Inc. in 1921. Additionally, Rumsey co-founded Today magazine with her brother Averell Harriman and others, and in 1933 she chaired the Consumer Advisory Board of the National Recovery Administration.

In 1899, Mary Harriman was among the Harriman family members who accompanied the Harriman Alaska Expedition. Originally planned as a bear-hunting trip for the family, the expedition, was funded by Edward Henry Harriman and organized with the help of ethnographer and naturalist Clinton Hart Merriam. The party of accomplished scientists, naturalists, photographers, artists, and writers cruised from British Columbia to Siberia and back on a private ship, the SS George W. Elder, in June and July of 1899. The scientists' findings were published in the thirteen-volume Harriman Alaska Series, and Harriman also paid the expedition's official photographer, Edward S. Curtis, to compile souvenir albums from the over 5,000 photographs made during the course of the expedition.

Related Materials:

The Smithsonian Institution Archives, University of Washington Special Collections, and Library of Congress have photo albums relating to the Harriman Alaska Expedition. The SI Archives also holds the Harriman Alaska Expedition Collection and photogravure plates from the Harriman Alaska Series.

NMAI holds photogravure plates and proofs made from Edward Curtis's later photographs and Frederick Dellenbaugh's expedition notes in the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation records. The National Anthropological Archives also holds Curtis photographs and papers.

Separated Materials:

The following materials were also part of Mary Harriman Rumsey's estate, gifted to the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, in 1934. Where possible, their current locations have been noted.

33 artifacts, most of which were likely collected in Alaska by the Harriman Alaska Expedition, are now housed in the NMAI object collection (catalog numbers 18/6460 - 18/6494)

A set of Harriman Alaska Expedition books, probably now in the Cornell University Libraries

4 phonograph records

A bundle of botanical specimens

Provenance:

This collection was donated as part of the estate of Mary Harriman Rumsey to the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, in May 1934.

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:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.

Topic:

Scientific expeditions  Search this

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mary Harriman Rumsey Collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition Photographs, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

This collection was processed with funding from the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.053

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Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-053

Publisher:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Names:

Harvard University -- 1920-1930  Search this

Collection Creator:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (4" x 5")

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Place:

Boston (Mass.) -- 1920-1930

Massachusetts

Scope and Contents:

Caption: "Boston, Mass.: Photo shows the Auxiliary schooner Chance, which is to carry a scientific expedition under the leadership of O'Donnell Iselin, to the Coast of Labrador this summer. Mr. Iselin a student at Harvard will captain the boat, while the expedition will be under the direction of Dr. Henry Bigelow o[f] the Peabody Museum of Harvard. The Chance is 77 feet overall, has a 16-foot beam and an 11-foot [draft?] (see press dispatches)."

Local Numbers:

RSN 18436

Video number 17757

General:

Company catalog card included.

U&U caption in file box.1954-A204

Currently stored in box 3.1.71 [227B].

Collection Restrictions:

The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Research facilities -- Massachusetts  Search this

Sailboats -- Massachusetts  Search this

Waterscapes -- Massachusetts  Search this

Universities and colleges -- 1920-1930 -- Massachusetts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1920-1930 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass.

Collection Citation:

Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 3: Underwood & Underwood glass plates / 3.1: Underwood and Underwood Negatives / RSN Numbers 18413-18537

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref14861

Creator:

National Portrait Gallery  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2014-05-13T19:19:31.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

See more by:

NatlPortraitGallery

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

YouTube Channel:

NatlPortraitGallery

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_nx_o_RbApQc

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution Archives  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2013-03-14T19:43:56.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Museum administration  Search this

See more by:

SIArchives

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

YouTube Channel:

SIArchives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_nqYSQaohp60

Interviewee:

Mann, Lucile Quarry 1897-1986  Search this

Subject:

Mann, William M. 1886-1960  Search this

Mann, Lucile Quarry 1897-1986  Search this

Stejneger, Leonhard 1851-1943  Search this

Clark, Austin Hobart 1880-1954  Search this

Coward, Noel 1899-1973  Search this

Woollcott, Alexander 1887-1943  Search this

National Zoological Park (U.S.)  Search this

University of Michigan  Search this

United States Bureau of Entomology  Search this

Interviewer:

Henson, Pamela M  Search this

Physical description:

10 audiotapes (Reference copies). 12 digital .mp3 files (Reference copies)

Type:

Audiotapes

Collection descriptions

Transcripts

Date:

1977

Topic:

Publishing  Search this

Entomology  Search this

Zoos  Search this

Interviews  Search this

Oral history  Search this

Local number:

SIA RU009513

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_217681

Artist:

Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827  Search this

Sitter:

Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Frame: 84.8 x 72.1 x 7.3cm (33 3/8 x 28 3/8 x 2 7/8")

Type:

Painting

Date:

c. 1791

Topic:

Self-portrait  Search this

Charles Willson Peale: Male  Search this

Charles Willson Peale: Literature\Writer  Search this

Charles Willson Peale: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter\Portraitist  Search this

Charles Willson Peale: Visual Arts\Founder\Art Museum  Search this

Charles Willson Peale: Military\Militia\Officer  Search this

Charles Willson Peale: Science and Technology\Scientist\Naturalist  Search this

Charles Willson Peale: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Pennsylvania  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frame conserved with funds from the Smithsonian Women's Committee

Object number:

NPG.89.205

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Exhibition:

Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900

On View:

NPG, East Gallery 150a

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4805f7945-a189-48c3-9148-f5a6fc335c94

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.89.205

Collection Creator:

Junkin, Hattie Meyers, 1896-1985  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 16

Type:

Archival materials

Text

Date:

1931-08

Collection Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Collection 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.

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Hattie Meyers Junkin Papers

Hattie Meyers Junkin Papers / Series 3: General materials of Hattie Meyers Junkin

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-0171-ref129

Biogeographical Region:

50 - Australia  Search this

Collector:

R. L. Specht  Search this

Expedition:

American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

In area approaching monsoon forest on coastal dune.  Search this

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Gulf of Carpenteria  Search this

Place:

Little Lagoon, East Arnhem, Northern Territory, Australia, Australasia

Collection Date:

21 Apr 1948

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Cyperaceae

Published Name:

Cyperus zollingeri Steud.

Cyperus ramosii Kük.

Barcode:

01300066

USNM Number:

2094569

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32b11a577-9fcd-4265-a306-f20e295c65d1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_11747214

Biogeographical Region:

50 - Australia  Search this

Collector:

R. L. Specht  Search this

Expedition:

American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

On sandy soil at edge of marsh.  Search this

Place:

West Arnhem, Northern Territory, Australia, Australasia

Collection Date:

21 Oct 1948

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Celastrales Stackhousiaceae

Published Name:

Stackhousia viminea J.K. Small

Barcode:

00296886

USNM Number:

2125278

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3314e6ce1-04b0-4fac-a70c-cb3cc2d39a4d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2554584

Bay/Sound:

South Bay  Search this

Biogeographical Region:

50 - Australia  Search this

Collector:

R. L. Specht  Search this

Expedition:

American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

In Eucalyptus spenceriana woodland on granite outcrop.  Search this

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Gulf of Carpenteria, South Bay  Search this

Place:

Northern Territory, Australia, Australasia

Collection Date:

18 Jun 1948

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Celastrales Stackhousiaceae

Published Name:

Stackhousia viminea J.K. Small

Barcode:

00296888

USNM Number:

2094811

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3eecc3743-02ae-4cd9-bf44-ae1f482daeaf

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2530920

Bay/Sound:

Hemple Bay  Search this

Biogeographical Region:

50 - Australia  Search this

Collector:

R. L. Specht  Search this

Expedition:

American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

In Eucalyptus tetrodonta open forest on truncated latertitc podsol  Search this

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Gulf of Carpenteria, Hemple Bay  Search this

Place:

Northern Territory, Australia, Australasia

Collection Date:

30 Apr 1948

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Celastrales Stackhousiaceae

Published Name:

Stackhousia viminea J.K. Small

Barcode:

00296887

USNM Number:

2094614

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3769b2f48-a7c9-47bc-b913-e794dd0ca895

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2524925

Creator:

Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949  Search this

Names:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927  Search this

Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949  Search this

Extent:

160 Items (Glass plate photonegatives, Box 1-13, 12.7x20.3 cm, 15.2x25.4 cm)

119 Items (Modern copy prints, Box 14-15, 12x19.5 cm)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Glass negatives, modern copy prints

Place:

Japan

China

Date:

circa 1904

Scope and Contents:

Bailey Willis Glass Plate Photonegatives Collection consists of 160 glass plate photonegatives and 119 modern copy prints mostly of Japanese subjects. Depicting Meiji-era Japan and traditional paintings, the photographs are attributed to the prominent American geologist Bailey Willis, who travelled to Japan in 1904 in his return trip from China to the U.S. From 1903 to 1904, Willis led a scientific expedition to China to conduct geological and paleontological investigations under the auspices of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The expedition was proposed by Dr. Charles D. Walcott, the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, who would become the fourth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1907. After the expedition, the Smithsonian Institution took custody of 375 glass plate photonegatives taken by Willis during his Chinese expedition. The current Willis Collection does not retain Chinese glass plate photonegatives, which appear to be housed in the Huntington Library. Twelve original prints of China are in the Charles Lang Freer Papers, acquired by Freer directly from Willis. The Willis Collection richly documents Japanese local scenes, people, buildings, industries, agriculture, and art. It also contains a small number of Middle Eastern and Western images. These photographs are thought to be taken and/or purchased by Willis during his short stay in Japan in 1904, although there is no direct evidence that Willis was the original photographer of any or all of these. Since there are many views of locations that Willis never visited, it seems likely that the plates were acquired from another photographer.

Arrangement:

Box 1-3 Japanese paintings; Box 4-11 Japanese scenes; Box 12 Middle Eastern scenes, miscellaneous; Box 13 Western scenes, miscellaneous; Box 14 Japanese painting and scenes; Box 15 Japanese scenes

Biographical / Historical:

Bailey Willis was born at his parents' country estate at Idlewild-on-Hudson, near Cornwall, New York in 1857. He was the son of Nathaniel Parker Willis, a poet and journalist, and Cornelia (Grinnell) Willis of the prominent New England Grinnell family. His maternal granduncle, Henry Grinnell, was a benefactor of Arctic expeditions. His mother was instrumental in nurturing young Willis's interest in nature and exploration. After his father's death when Willis was ten years old, his mother, concerned about her son's "tendency to dream ineffectually," decided to train him in the stern disciplines of mathematics and science (Willis, A Yanqui in Patagonia 4). At the age of thirteen, Willis began schooling in Germany, where he received rigorous Prussian education.

Returning to New York in 1874, Willis entered the School of Mines at Columbia University, graduating with degrees in Mining Engineering in 1878 and Civil Engineering in 1879. After graduation Willis worked as an assistant for Raphael Pumpelly, a prominent geologist, by estimating iron and coal resources for the Northern Pacific Railroad. Geological work in the Pacific Northwest convinced Willis to support the preservation of Mount Rainier and its surroundings. The Mount Rainier National Park was established by law in 1899.

In 1882 Willis married his cousin Altona Holstein Grinnell. After her death in 1896, he married Margaret Delight Baker, daughter of anatomist Frank Baker. Margaret assisted Willis as draftsman and secretary.

Willis first earned international recognition as a geologist in the field of structural geology. Following the bankruptcy of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1884, Willis worked on assignments from the United States Geological Survey. While working in the southern Appalachian Mountains, he became interested in what had caused folding and faulting. By using laboratory experiments, Willis investigated the conditions causing the deformation of strata and published his new interpretation of the deformation in the report "The Mechanics of Appalachian Structure" (1893). This study established him as one of the country's leading structural geologists. His later book Geologic Structures (1923) went into three editions.

In addition to geological studies in the United States, Willis actively engaged himself in foreign expeditions throughout his life. From 1903 to1904, Willis led a scientific expedition to China under the auspices of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. With Eliot Blackwelder, an associate geologist, and R. H. Sargent, a topographer, the expedition investigated the geomorphology, stratigraphy, and paleontology of the country. The result of the expedition appeared as Research in China in 1907, which won a gold medal from the Geographic Society of France. Furthermore, in recognition of this work, Willis was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Berlin in 1910. In the same year the Argentine government invited Willis to conduct a geological survey of Patagonia for the region's irrigation potential.

In 1915, at age 59, Willis accepted a position of Chairman of the Department of Geology at Stanford University, where he remained affiliated as a professor emeritus after his retirement. In California, Willis extended his research to the area of seismology, and served as President of the Seismological Society of America. Believing in the permanence of continents, he held an oppositional view to the continental drift theories. In 1949, Willis died in Palo Alto, California at age 91.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1991.06

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

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

Topic:

Geology  Search this

Photographs  Search this

Genre/Form:

Glass negatives, Modern copy prints

Citation:

Bailey Willis Glass Plate Photonegatives Collection. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A1991.06

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a1991-06

Author:

Spix, Johann Baptist von 1781-1826  Search this

Schmid, Michael d. 1825  Search this

Overstreet, Leslie K  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Libraries  Search this

Type:

Electronic resources

Electronic information resources

Place:

Brazil

Date:

2000

Topic:

Bats  Search this

Monkeys  Search this

Vespertilionidae  Search this

Zoology  Search this

Call number:

QL737.P925 S64 1823

Electronic Resource QL737.P925S64 1823

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_596474

Collector:

Medical Sciences, Division of, NMAH, SI.  Search this

Medical Sciences, Division of, NMAH, SI.  Search this

Author:

Parke, Davis Company  Search this

Names:

Davis, George S.  Search this

Duffield, Samuel P., Dr. (physician, pharmacist)  Search this

Parke, Harvey  Search this

Extent:

300 Cubic feet (389 boxes, 42 map folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Blueprints

Notebooks

Lantern slides

Annual reports

Newsletters

Employee records

Brochures

Date:

1867-1971

Summary:

The collection documents Parke-Davis and Company, one of the most important and oldest pharmaceutical firms in America.

Scope and Contents:

The collection documents Parke, Davis and Company, one of America's oldest and largest drug makers. Parke, Davis had the first research laboratory in the American pharmaceutical industry. The company played a major role in the development of some of the principle new drugs of the twentieth century and pioneered in the field of drug standardization. They were one of the first American firms to produce antitoxins, hormones, and other biologicals. They introduced new and important drugs such as adrenalin, dilantin, chlorenpleniol, and other antibiotics. They also did important research on vitamins, disinfectants, and pencillin.

The collection contains complete documentaion of all the research activities done, including research laboratory notes, correspondence, and published papers. The collection also contains corporate, financial, advertising and sales materials, photographs, and audiovisual materials. The collection is important for those researchers interested in the history of public health, the history of biologicals, pharmaceutical manufacturing and business history.

Arrangement:

Collection is divided into 13 series.

Series 1: Corporate Materials, 1887-1951

Series 2: Financial Materials, 1880-1970

Series 3: Employee/Personnel Materials, 1900-1989

Series 4: Advertising/Sales Materials, 1868-1980

Series 5: Photographs, 1932-1952

Series 6: Notebooks, 1908-1968

Series 7: Control Department Records, 1884-1931

Series 8: Formulas, 1882-1967

Series 9: Equipment Data Files, 1922-1978

Series 10: Publications, 1968-1988

Series 11: Research Materials, 1920-1978

Series 12: Drawings, 1911-1971

Series 13: Addenda, 1867-1970

Series 14: Audio Materials, 1956-1957

Biographical / Historical:

Parke-Davis and Company traces it's origins to Samuel Pearce Duffield (1833-1916), a physician and pharmacist. Duffield was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and his family moved to Detroit when he was an infant. Duffield graduated from the University of Michigan in 1854 and he attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, latter leaving for Germany where he studied chemistry and sought treatment for his eyesight. He subsequently earned a Doctor of Philosophy from Ludwig University at Giessen in Germany. Duffield returned to Detroit in 1858 and established a retail drugstore with a strong interest in manufacturing pharmaceuticals. Duffield sought financial partners for his retail and manufacturing venture with A.L. Patrick and Francis C. Conant. Both men retracted their investments and Duffield met Hervey Coke Parke (1927-1899), a native of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Duffield and Parke formed a formal partnership in 1866. George S. Davis, a third partner and traveling salesman previously with Farrand, Sheley and Company, was added 1867. Duffield withdrew in 1869. Augustus F. Jennings joined the company as a partner to head manufacturing. The company became known as Duffield, Parke, Davis, & Jennings Company. Duffield withdrew in 1869 and the name Parke, Davis & Company was adopted in 1871. The company incorporated in 1875 and began planning world-wide scientific expeditions to discover new vegetable drugs such as Guarana, Bearsfoot, Eucalyptus Globulus, and Coca. The company first showed a profit in 1876, and the first dividend paid to shareholders in 1878 and dividends paid until mid-1960s. Research was a major activity of the company. Due to a weakening financial position, the company became susceptible to take-over, and was purchased by Warner-Lambert in 1970. Warner Lambert, was then acquired by Pfizer in 2000. In 2007, Pfizer closed its research facilities in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Materials at Other Organizations

Detroit Public Library, Special Collections

Parke, Davis & Company records, 1892-1959

Scrapbook of clippings, 1929-44; Excursions & Announcements, 1892-1902; and company newsletters.

University of California San Francisco

Drug Industry Documents was created by the University of California San Francisco Library in collaboration with faculty members C. Seth Landefeld, MD and Michael Steinman, MD. Originally established to house documents from an off-label marketing lawsuit against Parke-Davis (United States of America ex rel. David Franklin vs. Parke-Davis), the archive has grown to include documents from additional sources illustrating how the pharmaceutical industry, academic journals and institutions, continuing medical education organizations and regulatory/funding agencies operate in ways that are detrimental to public health.

Separated Materials:

Division of Medicine and Science, National Museum of American History

The division holds objects related to Parke, Davis. See accessions: 1978.0882; 1982.0043; 1982.0043; 1984.0351; 1985.0475; 1988.3152; 1991.0415; 1992.3127; 2001.3066; 2012.0165; and 2018.5001.

Provenance:

The initial collection of approximately 185 cubic feet was donated by the Warner-Lambert Company, through Jerry A. Weisbach, Vice-President and President of the Pharmaceutical Research Division, on February 3, 1982.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Pharmaceutical industry -- 1900-1950  Search this

Medical scientists -- 1900-1950  Search this

Drugs -- 1900-1950  Search this

Pharmacology -- 1900-1950  Search this

Photographs  Search this

Genre/Form:

Blueprints -- 20th century

Notebooks -- 1900-1950

Lantern slides -- 1900-1950

Annual reports -- 20th century

Newsletters -- 20th century

Employee records

Brochures -- 20th century

Citation:

Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0001

See more items in:

Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0001

Author:

McCarthy, Frederick D  Search this

Setzler, Frank M (Frank Maryl) 1902-1975  Search this

Australian Museum  Search this

Physical description:

p. 215-295. : ill. ; 25 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Australia

Arnhem Land (N.T.)

Date:

1960

1960]

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Prehistoric peoples  Search this

Antiquities  Search this

Call number:

GN875.A7 M123 1960

GN875.A7M123 1960

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_439173

Creator::

Smithsonian African Expedition (1909-1910)  Search this

Extent:

0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Black-and-white photographs

Place:

Africa

Date:

circa 1909-1910, 1989

Descriptive Entry:

This accession consists of eight hand-colored glass lantern slides from the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition. It is unclear as to who the photographer was. Also included are black-and-white prints made of the lantern slides by Smithsonian Photographic Services (SPS) in 1989.

Historical Note:

On June 20, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt wrote to Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution concerning Roosevelt's proposed trip to Africa. Roosevelt offered to take two naturalist-taxidermists selected by the United States National Museum for the purpose of caring for specimens that might be acquired. The offer was accepted and eventually three naturalists were chosen to accompany the expedition. Edgar Alexander Mearns was selected as head naturalist and bird-collector, Edmund Heller was to care for the large mammals and John Alden Loring was to have charge of the small mammal collecting.

The party left New York on March 23, 1909 and sailed for British East Africa, arriving on April 21. From there, the expedition traveled by the Uganda Railway to Kapiti Plains where their safari awaited them. The party followed a route that took them to Nairobi, the vicinity of Mt. Kenja, the Loita Plains, Lake Victoria, Lake Albert and up the Nile to Khartoum. The expedition broke up there on March 14, 1910.

The official photographer for the expedition was Roosevelt's son Kermit Roosevelt, although other members of the party also took a number of photographs, especially Edmund Heller.

Topic:

Scientific expeditions  Search this

Safaris  Search this

Naturalists  Search this

Taxidermists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lantern slides

Black-and-white photographs

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 06-093, Smithsonian African Expedition (1909-1910), Lantern Slides from the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition

Identifier:

Accession 06-093

See more items in:

Lantern Slides from the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa06-093

Biogeographical Region:

50 - Australia  Search this

Collector:

R. L. Specht  Search this

Expedition:

American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

In water at edge of fresh water lagoon.  Search this

Place:

West Arnhem, Northern Territory, Australia, Australasia

Collection Date:

21 Oct 1948

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Cyperaceae

Published Name:

Actinoscirpus grossus (L. f.) Goetgh. & D.A. Simpson

Scirpus grossus L. f.

Barcode:

01300281

USNM Number:

2125282

See more items in:

Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38bbdd4bf-6b1f-4592-adaa-9da64b9ff075

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_11763059

Biogeographical Region:

50 - Australia  Search this

Collector:

R. L. Specht  Search this

Expedition:

American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

In hollow on damp soil plain.  Search this

Place:

West Arnhem, Northern Territory, Australia, Australasia

Collection Date:

28 Oct 1948

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Cyperaceae

Published Name:

Schoenoplectus praelongatus (Poir.) J. Raynal

Scirpus articulatus L.

Barcode:

01300280

USNM Number:

2125322

See more items in:

Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/352b7aacf-afc9-4542-bb3d-531c1ba6dfcd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_11763061