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Photographer:

Alland, Alexander, Sr. (Alexander Landschaft), 1902-1989  Search this

Author:

Kaslov, Steve, ca. 1888-1949 (King of the Red Bandanna Romany Gypsies )  Search this

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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life  Search this

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Jura, Chaiko (Gypsy leader)  Search this

Kaslov, Pupa  Search this

Kaslov, Steve, ca. 1888-1949 (King of the Red Bandanna Romany Gypsies )  Search this

Extent:

4.3 Cubic feet (15 boxes)

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Collection descriptions

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Photographs

Journals

Dissertations

Scrapbooks

Manuscripts

Place:

West Virginia -- 1930-1950

New Jersey -- 1930-1950

Maspeth (Queens, Long Island, N.Y.) -- 1930-1950

New York (N.Y.) -- photographs -- 1930-1950

Date:

circa 1920-1975

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of 4.3 cubic feet of manuscript, print, and photographic materials created or collected by Carl de Wendler-Funaro (1898-1985) in pursuit of his interest in Gypsy life and culture. (Carlos de Wendler-Funaro used several forms of his name; he wrote mostly as Carl de Wendler-Funaro.) The -collection was brought to the attention of the Division of Community Life, National Museum of American History, by Matt T. Salo and donated to the Smithsonian by Dr. de Wendler-Funarol's widow, Cornelia de Funaro, in May 1985, through Richard E. Ahlborn, Curator.

The number and breadth of the photographic materials, especially, the accompanying documentation and their representation of many Gypsy groups in a single time period, make this collection an important resource for research.

Print and Manuscript Materials

The print and manuscript materials in the collection are organized-into six series: (1) materials for which Carl de Wendler-Funaro is author, co-author or editor; (2) materials about de Wendler-Funaro; (3) correspondence; (4) journals, books, or extracts from them, by various authors; (5) newspaper and magazine articles; (6) photomechanical images from newspapers, magazines, and books.

The manuscript materials include drafts of portions of planned books, reading notes, and Gypsy language notes and transcriptions. De Wendler-Funaro seems to have planned two books. One was to have been a book of his photographs, with accompanying essays describing his encounters with Gypsies, the other a work on Gypsies, especially those in the United States. The major element of the second book was to have been the history of the Rom in this country as told by Steve Kaslov. The second work was to have included the manuscripts, 'The Last Caravan,' on Romnichels in the United States; 'Romanian Gypsies in Maspeth Village,' on the Ludar; 'Hungarian Gypsies,' orx these musicians in the United States; and some folk tale materials. Several outlines for the two books are in the collection.

The draft materials written with Steve Kaslov include an account of the Gypsy leader Chaiko Jura. The account, which seems to approach legend at some points, describes his immigration to the United States, adventures in this country, and death. Also among the draft materials, and intended to follow in the proposed book, is what may be termed an official biography of Steve Kaslov (c. 1888-1949). Apparently tentatively entitled "The Ways of my People,' the manuscript recounts a few incidents, told at length, in the experiences of Kaslov's family and social network from about 1900 to about 1938.

De Wendler-Funaro's notes suggest that the Kaslov biography was dictated to an unnamed lawyer in the early 1930s and given to de Wendler-Funaro in 1934. Kaslov dictated the story of Chaiko to de Wendler-Funaro. (Perhaps this is the source of a statement in the New York Sun, June 20, 1941, that Kaslov had written two books.)

The okaslov manuscripts' are written mostly in a variety of American English common among American Rom. Parts of the biographical section are written in the first person, others in the third. Cultural material includes descriptions of weddings, funerary ritual, business transactions, conflicts and conflict resolution. As factual sources the manuscripts are unreliable: dates, for example, are only very approximate; birth places for Steve Kaslov and his family are incorrect.

Evidence in the manuscripts indicates that de Wendler-Funaro hoped, through 1976, to publish these texts in some form. Apparently Kaslov made a first attempt to publish in 1940, when he sent a draft to Eleanor Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt sent the manuscript on to George Bye, a literary agent, who returned it in 1941 as unpublishable, calling it a Oterribly disorganized manuscript .... [Kaslov] is now working with a doctor (de Wendler-Funarol who claims to be an author but the results are very unhappy' (Correspondence in FDR Library).

Correspondence in the collection (series 3) includes letters to and from de Wendler-Funaro; drafts of letters by Steve Kaslov, soliciting aid for Gypsy education; and correspondence between the U.S. Consulate in Matamoros, Mexico, and the U.S. Department of State. According to Mrs. de Funaro, Carl de Wendler-Funaro destroyed his other correspondence before his death.

Many of the books, journals, articles, and extracts in the collection (series 4)- are materials upon which de Wendler-Funarol's dissertation is based. They include typed transcriptions of published articles as well as printed matter; dates of the materials range from 1554 to 1979.

The collection includes about 2,000 photoprints, including multiple copies, and 2,000 negatives. These materials are organized into eleven series: (7) photographs by de Wendler-Funaro: Gypsies in the United States; (8)photographs by de Wendler-Funaro: Gypsies outside the United States; (9) heirloom photographs'; (10) photographs by other creators; (11) photographs ;rom commercial agencies; (12) photographs of non-Gypsies; (13) photocopies, of numbered photos, in numerical order; (14) negatives; (15) contact sheets made from negatives from by the Smithsonian Office of Printing and Photographic Services, 1986; (16) scrapbook sheets; (17) slides made from negatives and prints by the Smithsonian Office of Printing and Photographic. services, 1986.

The original photographs by Carlos de Wendlet-Funaro span the,period 1922 to 1966, but the majority were taken from about 1932 to about 1942. More than half the photographs are of the Rom group of Gypsies in the United States, and most of these were taken in New York City from about 1938 to about 1942. Other original photos by de Wendler-Funaro are of other Gypsy groups in the United States -- Ludar, Romnichels, 'Black Dutch,w and Hungarian musicians -- as well as of Gypsies in Mexico, Holland, Germany, Austria, France, England, and Hungary. Photographs by other creators include copies of portraits collected from Gypsy families, photos by other photographers, and commercial news photographs collected by de Wendler-Funaro.

De Wendler-Funaro seems to have used the photographs to gain access to Gypsy families and communities (many photos show Gypsies examining albums and sets of pictures). Some photographs were published in his 1937 article, and in two articles by Victor Weybright (1938a, 1938b). De Wendler-Funaro apparently also used lantern slides made from these photographs in lectures on the subject of Gypsies; a handbill advertising his availability on the lecture circuit is part of the collection.

Manuscript drafts for book outlines, introductions, and accompanying essays show that de Wendler-Funaro long nurtured hopes of publishing a popular tool-, 'Incorporating his photographs. To this end he numbered and captioned more than a hundred of these; a partial list of captions is part of the manuscript files. For the most part, the captions are not very helpful in understanding Gypsy cultures. Photocopies of these pictures with captions, in numerical order, are in box 8. With some exceptions, most of the photographs can be used to study costume, personal ornament, and kinesics; these will not be listed separately as subjects in the inventory. The photos of the Rom in New York City show several types of traditional costume, contemporary modish dress, and a wide range of variations on both. Taken together with the "heirloom photos' collected from the same group, they show change and variety in men's and women's dress.

In the photographs of individuals and groups one may compare, for example, sitting positions of women with relation to costume and use (or non-use) of chairs.

Most of the photographs of Rom taken in New York City show Gypsies relaxing on stoops or in the street during the summer, a common pastime in their neighborhoods. They contain little culturally specific information other than that discussed above.

Information on housing is most clearly represented in photographs of camps, in which the type of tent and, to some extent, the relationships of tents, are visible. All the tents shown appear to be commercially made. Since it was the practice to raise the tent walls in good weather, many photos also show tent interiors, with wooden platform floors used on non-grassy sites (Rom) or linoleum as a ground cloth (Romnichel). The use of featherbeds; either alone (Rom) or with bedsteads (Romnichel) is documented.

There are few photographs showing the use of interior space in urban storefront or apartment dwellings (Rom). The photographs taken in the Maspeth, Long Island, 'Gypsy village' show exteriors of the shacks built@by the Ludar.

Of cooking and heating equipment, the cast-iron or sheet-metal stoves of the Romnichels are most evident. The Rom are shown using a variety of equipment, the traditional trivet (Mexico), the Coleman-type camp stove (U.S), and the pot-bellied coal stove (New York City).

Photographs of autos and trucks, auto-drawn luggage trailers (Romnichels in the North), and horse-drawn wagons (by the horse and mule trading Romnichels in the South) reveal something of the transport of people and goods.

A few photographs show subjects at work, but most work pictures are static demonstrations or mere associations with productive enterprise. There are demonstrations of coppersmithing and fender repair work (Rom), and manufacture of rustic furniture (Romnichels), as well as posed demonstrations of palm-reading. Romnichels in the South are shown posing with horses and mules. The business that appears most frequently is fortune-telling, through photographs of roadside business tents (Romnichel); amusement, fair, and resort-area tents and stands (Rom); and canvas facades, banners and signs carrying the fortune-teller's message.

Ritual life is poorly represented in the photographs. There are some photos of a funeral procession, and one interior shot of a funeral; two photos of a saint's-day feast; one of a memorial feast; and one set taken in preparation for Christmas festivities. Curiously, there are no photographs of Rom weddings. The dearth of pictures of rituals and celebrations, which form so important a part of Rom life, may be due to difficulties with interior lighting.

Because of internal and other inconsistencies, exact dating of the photographs is often difficult. Discrepancies of as much as ten year occur in some of the dates in de Wendler-Funaro's notes.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged into seventeen series.

Biographical / Historical:

According to information supplied by Mrs. de Funaro, Carl de Wendler-Funaro was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 12, 1898. After attending Boys' High School and Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, he attended the University of Illinois and Cornell University, receiving a bachelor's degree in entolomology from Cornell in 1923. Subsequently he taught foreign languages at New York University, the McBurney School of the YMCA in New York City, Newark Academy and Wagner College. He began graduate work in the late 1930s, and in 1958 earned a doctorate from Columbia University with a dissertation on 'The Gitano in Spanish Literature' (a copy is in the collection, Box 1, folders 2 and 3). De Wendler-Funaro retired from teaching in 1963; he died in Tucson, Arizona on February 15, 1985.

Carl de Wendler-Funaro was an avid amateur collector of insects, especially Coleoptera, as well as shells, minerals, stamps and coins; his insect collections were donated to the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

De Wendler-Funaro's interest in Gypsies, according to his manuscripts, began in childhood. The manuscripts and one published article indicate that this interest continued to be personal, rather than professional,,,,apd @hat,,he, did not pursue his contacts with Gypsies systematically. (it was, not, 'until' the late 1940s that anthropologists began systematic studies of GYPSY.@ cultures.) It appears that de Wendler-Funaro sought out Gypsies in fairgrounds, amusement parks and urban storefronts, collecting specimens of language and taking photographs. Irving Brown's letter to de Wendler-Funaro (1929), and de Wendler-Funarol's article in Leisure (1937) refer to his visits to amusement parks. Some of his Romnichel (English Gypsy) subjects recall him as the man who drove along the roads, stopping to take pictures wherever he saw a tent. About 1938 de Wendler-Funaro became involved with a Committee on Gypsy Problems of the Welfare Council, a social service agency of New York City. This involvement may have been an outgrowth of his association with Steve Kaslov, styled by some a Gypsy king. De Wendler-Funaro seems to have served as Kaslov's amanuensis.

Gypsies in the United States:

Several groups, all known to outsiders as "Gypsies," live today in the United Sates. In their native languages, each of the groups refers to itself by a specific name, but all translate their self-designations as 'Gypsy' when speaking English. Each had its own cultural, linguistic, and historical tradition before coming to this country, and each maintains social distance from the others. An overview of these groups and their interethnic relations is presented in "Gypsy Ethnicity: Implications of Native Categories and Interaction for Ethnic Classification," by Matt T. Salo.

Rom

The Rom arrived in the United States from Serbia, Russia and Austria-Hungary beginning in the 1880s, part of the larger wave of immigration from southern and eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Primary immigration ' ended, for the most part, in 1914, with the beginning of the First World War and subsequent tightening of immigration restrictions (Salo and Salo 1986). Many people in this group specialized in coppersmith work, mainly the repair and retinning of industrial equipment used in bakeries, laundries, confectionaries, and other businesses. The Rom, too, developed the fortune-telling business in urban areas.

Two subgroups of the Rom, the Kalderash ('coppersmiths') and, Machwaya natives of machva,' a county in Serbia) appear in the photographs iiv, this collection. De Wendler-Funaro identified some, but not all, Kalderash as, 'Russian Gypsies.' Another group he identified as "Russian Gypsies' seem, to,, be the Rusniakuria ('Ruthenians'), who in New York are known as musicians and singers.

Ludar

The Ludar, or "Romanian Gypsies,' also immigrated to the United States during the great immigration from southern and eastern Europe between 1880 and 1914. Most of the Ludar came from northwestern Bosnia. Upon their arrival in the United States they specialized as animal trainers and show people, and indeed passenger manifests show bears and monkeys as a major part of their baggage. Most of de Wendler-Funarols photographs of this group were taken in Maspeth, a section of the borough of Queens in New York City, where the Ludar created a village of home-made shacks that existed from about 1925 to 1939, when it was razed. A similar settlement stood in the Chicago suburbs during the same period. One of de Wendler-Funarols manuscripts, "Romanian Gypsies at Maspeth Village,' (box 1, folder 9), and a letter from Ammiee Ellis, a social worker (box 2, folder 2), refer to this settlement.

Romnichels

The Romnichels, or English Gypsies, began to come to the United States from England in 1850. Their arrival coincided with an increase in the demand for draft horses in agriculture and then in urbanization, and many Romnichels worked as horse-traders. After the rapid decline in the horse trade following the First World War, most Romnichels relied on previously secondary enterprises, 'basket-making,* including the manufacture and sale of rustic furniture, and fortune-telling. Horse and mule trading continued to some extent in southern states where poverty and terrain slowed the adoption of tractor power (Salo and Salo 1982).

Photoprints in box 6, folders 2 through 10, correspond with de Wendler-Funarols trip described in his manuscript 'In Search of the Last Caravan' (box 1, folder 10). Discrepancies between this manuscript and the photos should be noted. De Wendler-Funarols notes date this trip variously between 1931 and 1945. I have dated it about 1940. Although one man appears as a frequent subject in the largest set of photos (box 6, folders 22 and 23), in the manuscript, de Funaro mentions having missed meeting him.

'Black Dutch'

Gypsies from Germany, whom de Wendler-Funaro refers to 'as Chikkeners (Pennsylvania German, from the German Zigeuner), sometimes refer to themselves as wblack Dutch.w They are few in number and claim to have largely assimilated to Romnichel culture. They are represented in de Wendler-Punarols photographs by a few portraits of one old man and briefly referred to in the manuscript mIn Search of the Last Caravan.*

Hungarian Gypsies

The Hungarian musicians also came to this country with the eastern European immigration. In the U.S. they continued as musicians to the Hungarian and Slovak immigrant settlements.

Provenance:

Collection donated by Mrs. Cornelia de Funaro, June 26, 1985.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Photographs by de Wendler-Funaro are available for reproduction. Fees for commercial use. Permission to reproduce photographs by Alexander Alland must be granted by the photographer's estate; other photographs may have copyright restrictions.

Topic:

Funeral rites and ceremonies -- manuscripts -- Gypsies  Search this

Wagons, Gypsy -- 1920-1980  Search this

Weddings -- manuscripts -- Gypsies  Search this

Orthodox Eastern Church -- Photographs -- 1920-1980  Search this

Tents -- Photographs -- 1920-1980  Search this

Housing -- Photographs -- Wagons -- 1920-1980  Search this

Bears -- performing -- 1920-1980 -- Maspeth (N.Y.)  Search this

Housing -- Photographs -- Tents -- 1920-1980  Search this

Labor and laboring classes -- Photographs -- 1920-1980  Search this

Coppersmiths -- 1930-1950  Search this

Musicians -- 1930-1950  Search this

Furniture-making -- 1930-1950  Search this

Horse-trading -- 1930-1950  Search this

Fortune-telling -- 1930-1950  Search this

Training -- Animals -- 1930-1950  Search this

Collectors and collecting  Search this

Gypsies -- 1920-1980 -- United States  Search this

Costume -- Gypsies -- 1920-1980  Search this

Portraits -- Gypsies  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1900-1950

Journals -- 1930-1950

Dissertations

Scrapbooks -- 20th century

Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film -- 1930-1950

Manuscripts -- 1920-1970

Citation:

Carlos de Wendler-Funaro Gypsy Research Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0161

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Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

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Bacher, Otto H. (Otto Henry), 1856-1909  Search this

Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959  Search this

Bing, Siegfried, 1838-1905  Search this

Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943  Search this

Bixby, William K. (William Keeney), 1857-1931  Search this

Bosch-Reitz, Sigisbert Chrétien, 1860-  Search this

Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918  Search this

Campbell, Colin, Lady, 1857-1911  Search this

Campbell, Colin, Lord, 1853-1895  Search this

Canfield, Richard A. (Richard Albert), 1855-1914  Search this

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this

Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart), 1842-1924  Search this

Churchill, Alfred Vance, 1864-1949  Search this

Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882-1966  Search this

Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, 1851-1938  Search this

Dow, Arthur W. (Arthur Wesley), 1857-1922  Search this

Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco, 1853-1908  Search this

Gallatin, A. E. (Albert Eugene), 1881-1952  Search this

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Hartmann, Sadakichi, 1867-1944  Search this

Hecker, Frank J. (Frank Joseph), 1846-1927  Search this

Kelekian, Dikran, 1868-1951  Search this

Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934  Search this

Matsuki, Bunkio, 1867-1940  Search this

McCormick, Frederick, 1870-  Search this

Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932  Search this

Meyer, Agnes Elizabeth Ernst, 1887-1970  Search this

Meyer, Eugene, 1875-1959  Search this

Moore, Charles, 1855-1942  Search this

Nomura, Yozo  Search this

Philip, Rosalind Birnie, 1873-1958  Search this

Platt, Charles A. (Charles Adams), 1861-1933  Search this

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Rhoades, Katharine N., 1885-1965  Search this

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919  Search this

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907  Search this

Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921  Search this

Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925  Search this

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

Warring, Joseph Stephens, 1863?-1944  Search this

Way, Thomas R. (Thomas Robert), 1861-1913  Search this

Whistler, Beatrix Philip Godwin, d. 1896  Search this

Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903  Search this

Wong, K. T.  Search this

Yue, Seaouke  Search this

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34 Microfilm reels

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Collection descriptions

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Microfilm reels

Date:

1876-1931

Scope and Contents:

Papers concerning Freer's art collecting activities, including correspondence, diaries, art inventories, scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeil Whistler and other press clippings, and photographs. In addition to Freer's own correspondence, the papers include correspondence collected by Freer of James McNeill Whistler and of Whistler collector Richard A. Canfield, correspondence of Freer's assistant Katharine Nash Rhoades, and correspondence regarding Freer's bequest to the Smithsonian Institution.

Correspondence, ca. 1860-1921, includes Freer's correspondence, 1876-1920, with artists, dealers, collectors, museums, and public figures; 30 v. of letterpress books containing copies of letters sent, 1892-1910; correspondence collected by Freer of James McNeill Whistler, and his wife Beatrix, 186?-1909, with Lady Colin Campbell, Thomas R. Way, Alexander Reid, Whistler' mother, Mrs. George W. Whistler, and others; correspondence of Whistler collector Richard A. Canfield, 1904-1913, regarding works in Canfield's collection; and correspondence of Freer's assistant, Katharine Nash Rhoades, 1920-1921, soliciting Freer letters and regarding the settlement of his estate.

Also included are twenty-nine pocket diaries, 1889-1890, 1892-1898, 1900-1919, recording daily activities, people and places visited, observations, and comments; a diary kept by Freer's caretaker, Joseph Stephens Warring, recording daily activities at Freer's Detroit home, 1907-1910;

Inventories, n.d. and 1901-1921, of American, European, and Asian art in Freer's collection, often including provenance information; vouchers, 1884-1919, documenting his purchases; five volumes of scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeill Whistler, 1888-1931, labeled "Various," "Peacock Room," "Death, etc.," "Paris, etc.," and "Boston...London" ; three volumes of newsclippings, 1900-1930, concerning Freer and the opening of the Freer Gallery of Art;

correspondence regarding Freer's gift and bequest to the Smithsonian Institution, 1902-1916; and photographs, ca. 1880-1930, of Freer, including portraits by Alvin Langdon Coburn and Edward Steichen, Freer with others, Freer in Cairo, China and Japan, Freer's death mask, and his memorial service, Kyoto, 1930; photographs of artists and others, including Thomas Dewing, Ernest Fenellosa, Katharine Rhoades taken by Alfred Stieglitz, Rosalind B. Philip, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Abbott H. Thayer, Dwight Tryon, and Whistler; and photographs relating to Whistler, including art works depicting him, grave and memorial monuments, works of art, the Peacock Room, and Whistler's memorial exhibition at the Copley Society.

Among Freer's correspondents are: Otto Bacher, Bernard Berenson, Siegfried Bing, Laurence Binyon, W.K. Bixby, Sigisbert Chretien Bosch-Reitz, Charles H. Caffin, Colin Campbell, Richard Canfield, William Merritt Chase, Frederick Stuart Church, Alfred Vance Churchill, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Arthur Wesley Dow, Ernest Fenollosa, Albert Gallatin, John Gellatly, Frederick W. Gookin, Sadakichi Hartmann, Frank J. Hecker, Dikran Kelekian, M. Knoedler & Co., Berthold Laufer, Lien Hui Ching Collection, W.A. Livingstone, Frederick McCormick, Bunkio Matsuki, Gari Melchers, Agnes Meyer, Eugene Meyer, Charles Moore, Yozo Nomura, Rosalind Birnie Philip, Charles A. Platt, Theodore Roosevelt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the Smithsonian Institution, Joseph Stephens Warring, Thomas Way, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Dwight W. Tryon, Charles Walcott of the Smithsonian Institution, Beatrix Whistler, James McNeill Whistler, K.T. Wong, Yamanaka & Co., and Seaouke Yue.

Arrangement:

All correspondence except letterpress books: arranged alphabetically by correspondent; letterpress books are chonological.

Biographical / Historical:

Art collector; Detroit, Michigan. Collected Asian, American, and European art, including a large collection of works by James McNeill Whistler. Founded the Freer Gallery of Art, which is now part of the Smithsonian Institution.

Provenance:

Selected for microfilming from the Charles Lang Freer papers at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Microfilmed 1992 by the Archives of American Art with funding provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Fellowships and Grants Research Resources Program. Portions of the correspondence and the letterpress books were previously filmed by the Freer in the 1970 (AAA reels 77, 453-456, and 1217-1232); those reels have been replaced by this microfilming project. See Finding Aid for information on papers not selected for microfilming.

Restrictions:

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

Topic:

Art, Asian -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art, American -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Identifier:

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw975f501e2-91f7-48f7-82dc-03482afd00c1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-freechar

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution Office of the Under Secretary for Museums, Education, and Research/Provost  Search this

Subject:

Skorton, David J  Search this

Davis, John 1961 September 24-  Search this

Gover, Kevin 1955-  Search this

Kurin, Richard 1950-  Search this

Smith College  Search this

Terra Foundation for American Art  Search this

Smithsonian Institution American Women's History Initiative  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Open Access Initiative  Search this

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this

National Zoological Park (U.S.)  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Internships  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Archives  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Libraries  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of the Under Secretary for Museums and Culture  Search this

Historic Deerfield, Inc  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of the Under Secretary for Museums and Research/Provost  Search this

Type:

Mixed archival materials

Date:

2015

2015-2020

2015-2021

Topic:

Museums--Educational aspects  Search this

Museums--Administration  Search this

Museums--Public relations  Search this

Archival materials--Digitization  Search this

Library materials--Digitization  Search this

Local number:

SIA AH00434

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_404549

Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Subject:

Whistler, James McNeill  Search this

Bacher, Otto H. (Otto Henry)  Search this

Berenson, Bernard  Search this

Bing, Siegfried  Search this

Binyon, Laurence  Search this

Bixby, William K. (William Keeney)  Search this

Bosch-Reitz, Sigisbert Chrétien  Search this

Caffin, Charles Henry  Search this

Campbell, Colin, Lord  Search this

Campbell, Colin, Lady  Search this

Chase, William Merritt  Search this

Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart)  Search this

Churchill, Alfred Vance  Search this

Canfield, Richard A. (Richard Albert)  Search this

Coburn, Alvin Langdon  Search this

Dewing, Thomas Wilmer  Search this

Dow, Arthur W. (Arthur Wesley)  Search this

Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco  Search this

Gallatin, A. E. (Albert Eugene)  Search this

Gellatly, John  Search this

Gookin, Frederick William  Search this

Hartmann, Sadakichi  Search this

Hecker, Frank J. (Frank Joseph)  Search this

Kelekian, Dikran  Search this

Laufer, Berthold  Search this

McCormick, Frederick  Search this

Matsuki, Bunkio  Search this

Melchers, Gari  Search this

Meyer, Agnes Elizabeth Ernst  Search this

Meyer, Eugene  Search this

Moore, Charles  Search this

Nomura, Yozo  Search this

Philip, Rosalind Birnie  Search this

Reid, Alexander  Search this

Rhoades, Katharine N.  Search this

Platt, Charles A. (Charles Adams)  Search this

Roosevelt, Theodore  Search this

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus  Search this

Steichen, Edward  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson  Search this

Tryon, Dwight William  Search this

Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle)  Search this

Warring, Joseph Stephens  Search this

Way, Thomas R. (Thomas Robert)  Search this

Whistler, Beatrix Philip Godwin  Search this

Wong, K. T.  Search this

Yue, Seaouke  Search this

Freer Gallery of Art  Search this

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

M. Knoedler & Co.  Search this

Yamanaka & Company  Search this

Citation:

Charles Lang Freer selected papers, 1876-1931. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, Asian -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art, American -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Theme:

Diaries  Search this

Patronage  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11003

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214908

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Theme:

Diaries

Patronage

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_214908

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Internships  Search this

Subject:

Woodard, Eric  Search this

Type:

Electronic mail

Collection descriptions

Electronic records

Date:

2012

2012-2021

Topic:

Museums--Educational aspects  Search this

Internship programs  Search this

Scholarships  Search this

Research grants  Search this

Personnel management  Search this

Strategic planning  Search this

Congresses and conventions  Search this

Lectures and lecturing  Search this

Museum publications  Search this

Web sites  Search this

Meetings  Search this

Committees  Search this

Workshops  Search this

Scientific surveys  Search this

Budget  Search this

Training  Search this

Awards  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 22-067

Restrictions & Rights:

Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2037. Records may contain personally identifiable information (PII) that is permanently restricted; Transferring office; 9/5/2013 memorandum, Johnstone to Murphy; Contact reference staff for details

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Director's Records 1965-2021 [Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Internships]

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_404722

Creator:

Hofmeister, Richard K  Search this

Subject:

Ellsworth, Gretchen Gayle  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Grants  Search this

Physical description:

Gelatin silver prints; 10 x 8;

Type:

Black-and-white photographs

Date:

1978

July 13, 1978

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

Local number:

SIA RU000371 [78-9627-27]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_398045

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Internships  Search this

Uniform title:

Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study (Serial)  Search this

Type:

Electronic records

Collection descriptions

Web sites

Date:

2020

Topic:

Web sites  Search this

Museums--Public relations  Search this

Scholarships  Search this

Research  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 21-087

See more items in:

Website Records 2011-2020 [Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Internships]

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_404611

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution Office of the Registrar  Search this

Subject:

Bryant, Herbert S  Search this

Leech, Daniel  Search this

Brown, Stephen C  Search this

Weiss, Helena M. 1909-2004  Search this

Haynes, William P  Search this

Lytle, Richard H  Search this

Leslie, Philip  Search this

Case, Mary E  Search this

Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001  Search this

Malaro, Marie C  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Correspondence Clerk  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Registrarial Council  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office Memorandum 808, Collections Management (1980)  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Directive 600, Collections Management  Search this

United States National Museum Office of the Registrar  Search this

United States National Museum Division of Correspondence and Documents  Search this

United States National Museum Department of Correspondence and Documents  Search this

United States National Museum Office of Correspondence and Records  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Collections Policy and Management Study Committee  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of General Counsel  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of the Smithsonian Institution Archives National Collections Program  Search this

Type:

Mixed archival materials

Date:

1880

1880-1993

Topic:

Museum registration methods  Search this

Museum registrars  Search this

Museums--Collection management  Search this

Museum storage facilities  Search this

Local number:

SIA AH00379

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_235437

Author:

Hiebert, Miriam  Search this

Object Type:

Smithsonian staff publication

Year:

2020

Citation:

Hiebert, Miriam. 2020. Taking a Closer Look: Glass Collections at the Smithsonian. Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Internships. Dec 8, 2020 Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Internships.

Identifier:

161130

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:slasro_161130

Author:

Romano, Celine  Search this

Object Type:

Smithsonian staff publication

Year:

2020

Citation:

Romano, Celine. 2020. "These Quilts Are Richly Stitched with the Stories of the Women Who Made Them." Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Internships Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Internships. Aug 12, 2020. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-institution-office-fellowships-and-int/2020/08/12/these-quilts-are-richly-stitched-stories-women-who-made-them/.

Identifier:

156569

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:slasro_156569

Container:

Box 9 of 23

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Rights:

Restricted for 15 years; until Jan-01-2029. These records contain sensitive information and will be redacted by SIA before use by researchers. Boxes 1-7, 9-16, and 26-28 contain materials restricted indefinitely (internship files); see finding aid.; Transferring office; 8/19/2013 memorandum, Johnstone to Murphy; Contact reference staff for details.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-131, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Fellowships and Internships, Program Records

See more items in:

Program Records

Program Records / Box 9

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa16-131-refidd1e1017

Container:

Box 9 of 23

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Rights:

Restricted for 15 years; until Jan-01-2029. These records contain sensitive information and will be redacted by SIA before use by researchers. Boxes 1-7, 9-16, and 26-28 contain materials restricted indefinitely (internship files); see finding aid.; Transferring office; 8/19/2013 memorandum, Johnstone to Murphy; Contact reference staff for details.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-131, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Fellowships and Internships, Program Records

See more items in:

Program Records

Program Records / Box 9

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa16-131-refidd1e1167

Container:

Box 9 of 23

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Rights:

Restricted for 15 years; until Jan-01-2029. These records contain sensitive information and will be redacted by SIA before use by researchers. Boxes 1-7, 9-16, and 26-28 contain materials restricted indefinitely (internship files); see finding aid.; Transferring office; 8/19/2013 memorandum, Johnstone to Murphy; Contact reference staff for details.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-131, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Fellowships and Internships, Program Records

See more items in:

Program Records

Program Records / Box 9

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa16-131-refidd1e1178

Container:

Box 9 of 23

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Rights:

Restricted for 15 years; until Jan-01-2029. These records contain sensitive information and will be redacted by SIA before use by researchers. Boxes 1-7, 9-16, and 26-28 contain materials restricted indefinitely (internship files); see finding aid.; Transferring office; 8/19/2013 memorandum, Johnstone to Murphy; Contact reference staff for details.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-131, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Fellowships and Internships, Program Records

See more items in:

Program Records

Program Records / Box 9

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa16-131-refidd1e1262

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Rights:

Restricted for 15 years; until Jan-01-2029. These records contain sensitive information and will be redacted by SIA before use by researchers. Boxes 1-7, 9-16, and 26-28 contain materials restricted indefinitely (internship files); see finding aid.; Transferring office; 8/19/2013 memorandum, Johnstone to Murphy; Contact reference staff for details.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-131, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Fellowships and Internships, Program Records

See more items in:

Program Records

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa16-131-refidd1e1335

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Rights:

Restricted for 15 years; until Jan-01-2029. These records contain sensitive information and will be redacted by SIA before use by researchers. Boxes 1-7, 9-16, and 26-28 contain materials restricted indefinitely (internship files); see finding aid.; Transferring office; 8/19/2013 memorandum, Johnstone to Murphy; Contact reference staff for details.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-131, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Fellowships and Internships, Program Records

See more items in:

Program Records

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa16-131-refidd1e1393

Container:

Box 15 of 23

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Rights:

Restricted for 15 years; until Jan-01-2029. These records contain sensitive information and will be redacted by SIA before use by researchers. Boxes 1-7, 9-16, and 26-28 contain materials restricted indefinitely (internship files); see finding aid.; Transferring office; 8/19/2013 memorandum, Johnstone to Murphy; Contact reference staff for details.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-131, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Fellowships and Internships, Program Records

See more items in:

Program Records

Program Records / Box 15

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa16-131-refidd1e1438

Container:

Box 16 of 23

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Rights:

Restricted for 15 years; until Jan-01-2029. These records contain sensitive information and will be redacted by SIA before use by researchers. Boxes 1-7, 9-16, and 26-28 contain materials restricted indefinitely (internship files); see finding aid.; Transferring office; 8/19/2013 memorandum, Johnstone to Murphy; Contact reference staff for details.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-131, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Fellowships and Internships, Program Records

See more items in:

Program Records

Program Records / Box 16

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa16-131-refidd1e1521

Container:

Box 17 of 23

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Rights:

Restricted for 15 years; until Jan-01-2029. These records contain sensitive information and will be redacted by SIA before use by researchers. Boxes 1-7, 9-16, and 26-28 contain materials restricted indefinitely (internship files); see finding aid.; Transferring office; 8/19/2013 memorandum, Johnstone to Murphy; Contact reference staff for details.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-131, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Fellowships and Internships, Program Records

See more items in:

Program Records

Program Records / Box 17

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa16-131-refidd1e1920