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Sword scabbard slide with knobs

Medium:
Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions:
H x Diam (overall): 1.7 x 7.5 cm (11/16 x 2 15/16 in)
Type:
Weapon and Armament
Origin:
China
Date:
3rd-2nd century BCE
Period:
Qin or Western Han dynasty
Topic:
Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)  Search this
Qin dynasty (221 - 206 BCE)  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Credit Line:
The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; a joint gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Paul Singer, the AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, and the Children of Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S2012.9.726
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e17c9570-80ca-45e3-83ca-c381cbd52ad9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S2012.9.726
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Sword fitting: scabbard ornament

Medium:
Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 6.1 × 7 × 1.6 cm (2 3/8 × 2 3/4 × 5/8 in)
Type:
Weapon and Armament
Origin:
China
Date:
206 BCE-9 CE
Period:
Western Han dynasty
Topic:
Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1917.394
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye35705a4ea-c8d8-49aa-99d7-ae5190d6da61
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Sword fitting: scabbard ornament; flattened bell shape

Medium:
Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions:
H x W: 4.6 x 5.8 cm (1 13/16 x 2 5/16 in)
Type:
Weapon and Armament
Origin:
China
Date:
4th-3rd century BCE
Period:
Eastern Zhou dynasty
Topic:
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1919.41
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye34017d11c-e31e-4878-8379-1c2b6fb914f6
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Sword Fitting

Medium:
Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions:
H: 6 cm (2 3/8 in)
Type:
Weapon and Armament
Origin:
China
Date:
206-9 BCE
Period:
Western Han dynasty
Topic:
Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1939.28
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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Odysseus's Fleet Destroyed by the Laestrygonians [above]; Cincinnatus called to the Dictatorship of Rome [below]

Artist:
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605  Search this
Medium:
Pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper
Dimensions:
15.3 × 10.5 cm (6 in. × 4 1/8 in.)
Frame H x W x D: 39.8 × 50 × 2.9 cm (15 11/16 × 19 11/16 × 1 1/8 in.)
Object Name:
Drawing
Type:
Drawing
Made in:
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Date:
ca. 1600
Credit Line:
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Accession Number:
1901-39-161
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq486e95619-3851-4c00-8f16-a36dfc2b8448
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edanmdm:chndm_1901-39-161
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David Receives the Holy Bread and Sword of Goliath [above]; Two Dragons Decapitated [below]

Artist:
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605  Search this
Publisher:
Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612  Search this
Engraver:
Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 - 1628  Search this
Subject:
Philostratus, The Athenian, Greek, 170 - 247 CE  Search this
Medium:
Pen and ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk on laid paper paper
Dimensions:
15.6 × 10.6 cm (6 1/8 × 4 3/16 in.)
Type:
figures
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Date:
ca .1597
Credit Line:
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Accession Number:
1901-39-162
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4f3754481-1723-4179-b52b-b3cc676d4308
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The Spirit of Wisdom

Artist:
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605  Search this
Engraver:
Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618  Search this
Medium:
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on paper
Dimensions:
7.2 × 9.8 cm (2 13/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
Type:
figures
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Date:
ca. 1595
Credit Line:
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Accession Number:
1901-39-2665
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47b2c1542-94f0-4135-a266-52413feaeca8
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edanmdm:chndm_1901-39-2665
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The Planet Mars

Artist:
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605  Search this
Medium:
Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper
Dimensions:
9.6 × 6.8 cm (3 3/4 × 2 11/16 in.)
Type:
figures
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Date:
ca. 1595
Credit Line:
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Accession Number:
1901-39-306
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq43f56dad1-bb75-4b41-b857-1d0f3ee64879
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Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974

Creator:
Jacques Seligmann & Co  Search this
Subject:
Hauke, Cesar M. de (Cesar Mange)  Search this
Glaenzer, Eugene  Search this
Haardt, Georges  Search this
Seligman, Germain  Search this
Seligmann, Arnold  Search this
Parker, Theresa D.  Search this
Waegen, Rolf Hans  Search this
Trevor, Clyfford  Search this
Seligmann, René  Search this
Seligmann, Jacques  Search this
De Hauke & Co., Inc.  Search this
Jacques Seligmann & Co  Search this
Eugene Glaenzer & Co.  Search this
Germain Seligmann & Co.  Search this
Gersel  Search this
Type:
Gallery records
Citation:
Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Mackay, Clarence Hungerford, 1874-1938 -- Art collections  Search this
Schiff, Mortimer L. -- Art collections  Search this
Arenberg, duc d' -- Art collections  Search this
Liechtenstein, House of -- Art collections  Search this
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- France -- Paris  Search this
Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war  Search this
La Fresnaye, Roger de, 1885-1925  Search this
Art, Renaissance  Search this
Decorative arts  Search this
Art treasures in war  Search this
Art, European  Search this
Theme:
Art Gallery Records  Search this
Art Market  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9936
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212486
AAA_collcode_jacqself
Theme:
Art Gallery Records
Art Market
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
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edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212486
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Photograph of two Tuskegee Airmen in front of a stone wall

Photograph by:
James H. O'Neal, American, 1918 - 1983  Search this
Subject of:
99th Pursuit Squadron, American, 1941 - 1949  Search this
Medium:
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W (sheet): 4 5/8 × 2 13/16 in. (11.7 × 7.1 cm)
H x W (image): 4 3/16 × 2 7/16 in. (10.6 × 6.3 cm)
Type:
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Date:
1941-1945
Topic:
African American  Search this
Military  Search this
Photography  Search this
Tuskegee Airmen  Search this
World War II  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the O'Neal family in loving memory of James "Huey" O'Neal
Object number:
2015.63.20
Restrictions & Rights:
© Andrea M. O'Neal
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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Collection title:
James "Huey" O'Neal Collection of Tuskegee Airmen Photographs
Classification:
Media Arts-Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b315d9bc-0b1c-4296-9ace-128ca4b380a4
EDAN-URL:
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Sword collecting for amateurs; line drawings by Anna Townsend from specimens in the author's collection

Author:
Henderson, James 1905-  Search this
Physical description:
144 pages 8 plates, illustrations 19 cm
Type:
Books
Documents d'information
Informational works
Date:
1969
Topic:
Swords--Collectors and collecting  Search this
Call number:
NK6703 .H496
NK6703.H496
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_4570

Gods with bronze swords. Translated by Nancy Amphoux

Author:
Loverdo, Costa de 1921-  Search this
Physical description:
x, 273 pages illustrations, maps. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1970
Topic:
Mythology, Classical  Search this
Mythologie ancienne  Search this
Call number:
BL722 .L911 E1970
BL722.L911 E1970
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_4956

Military Order of Saint James of the Sword badge and sash, Portugal

Physical Description:
fabric (sash material)
gold; enamel (badge material)
Measurements:
sash: 83 cm x 10 cm; 32 11/16 in x 3 15/16 in
badge: 10.09 cm x 5.66 cm; 3 31/32 in x 2 7/32 in
Object Name:
badge
sash
order
Place made:
Portugal
Associated place:
Portugal
Date founded:
ca 1170
Credit Line:
Frederick W. MacKay
ID Number:
NU.67.94579
Catalog number:
67.94579a
Accession number:
211250
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-190f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_963328

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers

Creator:
Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1875-1942  Search this
Names:
American Ambulance Field Hospital (Juilly, France)  Search this
Greenwich House (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this
Whitney Studio Club  Search this
Cushing, Howard Gardiner, 1869-1916  Search this
De Meyer, Adolf, Baron, 1868-1949  Search this
Miller, Flora Whitney  Search this
Strelecki, Jean de, count  Search this
Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960  Search this
Whitney, Harry Payne, 1872-1930  Search this
Extent:
36.1 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Lithographs
Photographs
Interviews
Sketchbooks
Diaries
Scrapbooks
Blueprints
Sketches
Date:
1851-1975
bulk 1888-1942
Summary:
The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers measure approximately 36.1 linear feet and date from 1851 to 1975, with the bulk of the material dating from 1888 to 1942. The collection documents the life and work of the art patron and sculptor, especially her promotion of American art and artists, her philanthropy and war relief work, her commissions for memorial sculpture, and her creative writing. Papers include correspondence, journals, writings, project files, scrapbooks, photographs, artwork, printed material, two sound recordings, and miscellaneous personal papers.
Scope and Content Note:
The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers measure approximately 36.1 linear feet and date from 1851 to 1975, with the bulk of the material dating from 1888 to 1942. The collection documents the life and work of the art patron and sculptor, especially her promotion of American art and artists, her philanthropy and war relief work, her commissions for memorial sculpture, and her creative writing. Papers include correspondence, journals, writings, project files, scrapbooks, photographs, artwork, printed material, two sound recordings, and miscellaneous personal papers.

Material relating to more personal aspects of Whitney's life include school papers, a paper doll book dating from her childhood, financial material, interviews, awards and honorary degrees, address and telephone books, committee files, and other items. Correspondence consists of incoming and outgoing letters concerning both personal and professional matters, including her patronage of the arts and sponsorship of artists, her sculpture commissions and exhibitions, and her war relief work and other philantrophic activities. Also found are family correspondence and correspondence received by the Flora Whitney Miller and the Whitney Museum of American Art after Whitney's death. Journals include personal ones that she kept periodically from the time she was a child to near the end of her life, in which she recorded her travels, her impressions of people, her experiences with friends, and her thoughts on art, among other topics; and social ones, in which she recorded dinners and dances attended, and people invited to different social gatherings, and in which she collected invitations received and accepted.

Scattered files can be found that relate to the Whitney Studio Club and the Whitney Museum of American Art, consisting of notebooks, catalogs, a financial report, and other material. Files relating to Whitney's own sculpture projects are more extensive and consist of correspondence, contracts, printed material, notes, financial material for proposed and completed commissions for fountains, memorials, and monuments. The Whitney Museum of American Art, rather than Whitney herself, seems to have kept these files. Files relating to Whitney's philanthropic activities span from the time just before to just after the First World War and consist of correspondence, minutes, reports, and printed material stemming from her contributions to charities and war relief organizations, her sponsorship of the war hospital in Juilly, France, and her support of the Greenwich House Social Settlement.

Whitney's writings include extensive drafts, and handwritten and typed manuscripts and copies of novels, plays, and stories, as well as some autobiographical and early writings, notes and writings on art, and clippings of published writings, documenting her principle means of creative expression towards the end of her life. Also found are some writings by others. Scrapbooks consist of clippings, photographs, letters and other material, compiled by Whitney, Flora Whitney Miller, and possibly others, documenting Whitney's public life, her sculpture commissions and exhibitions, exhibitions at the Whitney Studio, the war hospital in Juilly, France, the death of Harry Payne Whitney in 1930, and the sickness and death of Whitney in 1942.

Photographs include ones of the Whitney and Vanderbilt families, ones of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (including portraits taken by Baron Adolf de Meyer and Count Jean de Strelecki), ones of various Vanderbilt and Whitney residences and of Whitney's studios, ones of Whitney's sculpture exhibitions as well as exhibitions at her studio, and ones of her sculptures, as well as some miscellaneous and unidentified ones. Artwork consists of sketchbooks and sketches by Whitney (including sketches for sculptures) and artwork by others (including a sketchbook of Howard Cushing's containing a sketch of her and albums of World War I lithographs) collected by Whitney. Also found amongst the collection are printed material (clippings, exhibition catalogs, programs, and publications) and blueprints (including drawings for Whitney's studio on MacDougal Alley and various of her sculptures).
Arrangement:
The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers are arranged into twelve series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Miscellaneous Personal Papers, 1888-1947, 1975 (Boxes 1-3, 33-34, OV 42; 2.5 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1889-1949, 1959 (Boxes 3-9; 6 linear feet)

Series 3: Journals, circa 1886-1939 (Boxes 9-12, 33; 2.5 linear feet)

Series 4: Whitney Studio Club and Whitney Museum of American Art Files, 1921-1943 (Box 12; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 5: Sculpture Files, 1900-1960 (bulk 1909-1942) (Boxes 12-15; 3 linear feet)

Series 6: Philanthropy Files, 1902-1923 (bulk 1915-1920) (Boxes 15-17; 2 linear feet)

Series 7: Writings, 1889-1942, 1974 (Boxes 17-26; 10 linear feet)

Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1893-1942 (Boxes 26-27, 33, 35; 1.5 linear feet)

Series 9: Printed Material, 1859-1942 (Boxes 27-28, 36; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 10: Photographs, 1862-1942 (Boxes 28-32, 36-41, OV 43-51; 6.4 linear feet)

Series 11: Artwork, 1871-1930s (Boxes 32, 41, OV 52-54; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 12: Blueprints, 1913-1945 (OV 55; 0.1 linear feet)
Biographical/Historical note:
New York art patron and sculptor, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942), was the eldest daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt, and founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Whitney was born January 9, 1875 in New York City, the. She was educated by private tutors and attended Brearley School in New York. From the time she was a young girl, she kept journals of her travels and impressions of the people she met, and engaged in creative pursuits such as sketching and writing stories. In 1896, she was married to Harry Payne Whitney. They had three children, Flora, Cornelius, and Barbara.

In 1900, Whitney began to study sculpture under Hendrik Christian Anderson, and then under James Fraser. Later, she studied with Andrew O'Connor in Paris. From the time she started studying sculpture, her interest in art grew, as did her particular concern for American art and artists. In 1907, she organized an art exhibition at the Colony Club, which included several contemporary American paintings. She also opened a studio on MacDougal Alley, which became known as the Whitney Studio and was a place where shows and prize competitions were held. (She also had other studios in Westbury, Long Island and Paris, France.) Over the years, her patronage of art included buying work, commissioning it, sponsoring it, exhibiting it, and financially supporting artists in America and abroad. From 1911 on, she was aided in her work by Juliana Force, who started out as Whitney's secretary, was responsible for art exhibitions at the Whitney Studio, and became the first director of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

The first recognition Whitney received for her sculpture came in 1908 when a project on which she had collaborated (with Grosvenor Atterbury and Hugo Ballin) won a prize for best design from the Architectural League of New York. The following year she received a commission to do a fountain sculpture for the Pan-American Building in Washington, D. C. She went on to do numerous other commissioned works over the next several decades, including: a fountain for the New Arlington Hotel in Washington D.C. (the design of which was reproduced in various sizes and materials, one cast being submitted to the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition where it won a bronze medal and a later cast being installed on the campus of McGill University, Montreal, Canada in 1930); the Titanic Memorial (designed in 1913 and erected in 1930); the Buffalo Bill Memorial (1924) in Cody, Wyoming; the Columbus Memorial (1929) in Port of Palos, Spain; the Peter Stuyvesant statue in Stuyvesant Square (1939); and The Spirit of Flight (1939) for the New York World's Fair. In 1916, she had her first one-man show at the Whitney Studio, another at the Newport Art Association, and a retrospective at the San Francisco Art Association Palace of Fine Arts. A traveling exhibition in the Midwest followed in 1918.

During the First World War, Whitney was involved with numerous war relief activities, most notably establishing and supporting a hospital in Juilly, France. She made several trips to France during the war, keeping a journal and eventually publishing a piece on the hospital in several newspapers. Her sculpture during this period was largely focused on war themes. In 1919, she exhibited some of these works at the Whitney Studio in a show called "Impressions of War." In the years after the war, she was also commissioned to do several war memorials, including the Washington Heights War Memorial (1922) and the St. Nazaire Memorial (1926) commemmorating the landing of the American Expeditionary Force in France in 1917.

In 1918, Whitney opened the Whitney Studio Club, which served as pioneering organization for American art, putting on exhibition programs and offering social space and recreational amenities to its members (one point numbering over four hundred artists living in New York). She planned an "Overseas Exhibition" of American art, which traveled to Paris and other European cities in 1920-1921, and had her own shows in Paris and London in 1921. In 1928, the Whitney Studio Club was transformed into an art gallery, known as the Whitney Studio Galleries and directed by Juliana Force, which eventually became the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1931.

Whitney pursued creative writing throughout her life, but beginning in the 1930s writing became her principle means of creative expression. Over the years, she produced numerous manuscripts for stories, novels, and play. One novel, Walking the Dusk, was published in 1932 under the pseudonym L. J. Webb. Beginning in 1940, Whitney took a "Professional Writing" course at Columbia University with Helen Hull, which resulted in the production of numerous short stories. In 1941, she collaborated with Ronald Bodley to adapt one of her stories as a play and attempted to get it produced, although unsuccessfully.

In 1934, Whitney was involved in a custody battle for her niece, Gloria Vanderbilt (daughter of her late brother, Reginald Vanderbilt and his wife, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt). In an agreement reached by the court, custody was awarded to Whitney and visitation rights to Gloria's mother. Litigation continued in the ensuing years.

In 1935, Whitney established the World's Fair Five Organization, with Juliana Force and four architects, to work on preparing a plan for the site of the 1939 New York World's Fair at Flushing Meadow, although the fair's own Board of Design ended up coming up with its own plan.

Whitney continued her work in sculpture, writing, art patronage, and philanthropy throughout the remaining years of her life. She died on April 18, 1942.
Related Archival Materials note:
Related material found in the Archives includes Research Material on Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney compiled by Flora Miller Irving and the Whitney Museum of American Art artists' files and records, available on microfilm only (originals are located in the Whitney Museum of American Art). Also found in the Archives of American Art's Miscellaneous Exhibition Catalog Collection are a bundle of Whitney Studio Club and Mrs. H. P. Whitney's Studio catalogs and announcements.
Provenance:
The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers were donated in 1981 and 1991 by Whitney's granddaughter, Flora Miller Irving.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Occupation:
Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Philanthropists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Topic:
Art patrons -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women sculptors  Search this
World War, 1914-1918  Search this
Genre/Form:
Lithographs
Photographs
Interviews
Sketchbooks
Diaries
Scrapbooks
Blueprints
Sketches
Citation:
Whitney Museum of American Art, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Papers, 1851-1975 (bulk 1888-1942). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.whitgert
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Archives of American Art
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9db113d72-cc31-4974-85fe-3e99c53dd62e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-whitgert
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Bowl with interior medallion

Medium:
Silver; hammered, chased, and punched
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 6.3 x 20.5 x 20.5 cm (2 1/2 x 8 1/16 x 8 1/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Iran or Syria
Date:
ca. 100-224 CE
Period:
Parthian period
Topic:
man  Search this
Parthian period (247 BCE - 224 CE)  Search this
Syria  Search this
Iran  Search this
Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1987.114
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye313f3a012-8415-4776-b0a9-e6c910612e06
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
14,500 Items
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Drawings
Clippings
Date:
ca. 1860s-1960s
Scope and Contents:
Consists of photographs collected by the United States National Museum (USNM) Division of Ethnology and later by the Smithsonian Office of Anthropology (SOA). Coverage is worldwide outside North America. Most of the items are photographic prints, some in albums. There are also negatives, photomechanical prints, artwork, and newsclippings. For the most part, the material is historical or ethnological, including images of specimens, portraits, and scenes of daily activity. Some landscape views are also included.
Arrangement:
Arranged by geographic area, generally following George P. Murdockʹs Outline of World Cultures.
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Drawings
Clippings
Citation:
Photo lot 97, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.97
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3361718ad-0211-4be3-805f-10163a0c4dc2
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-97
Online Media:

Sword Collection Sheath Collection

Names:
British Museum  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (008 in x 010 in mounted on 008 in x 010 in)
Culture:
Borneo ?  Search this
Malays ?  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.05001200

OPPS NEG.79-14699
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Place:
Great Britain -- London
England -- London
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Oceania: Indonesia: Borneo: Gen/Unid: Misc 05001200, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1
Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1 / Oceania / Indonesia / Borneo
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30eab6232-15a2-48d8-aafd-7e42b2e6c23c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref10853
Online Media:

Borneo Ceremony

Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (003 in x 005 in)
Culture:
Borneo  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Man with Body Tattoos and in Costume with Ornaments, Dancing on Woven Mat with Sword in Mouth; Musicians Nearby
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.05001400
Local Note:
Copyright: Anna Photo, Kuching
Black and white photoprint on postcard
Place:
Indonesia -- Indonesian Islands -- Borneo Island/Kuching ?
Dutch East Indies -- Indonesian Islands -- Borneo Island/Kuching ?
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Oceania: Indonesia: Borneo: Gen/Unid: Misc 05001400, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1
Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1 / Oceania / Indonesia / Borneo
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw372e24721-de55-4a8b-8b87-9ece2c637cf4
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref10855

Young Woman Wearing Skirt, Brass Ring Corset, Headdress, And Ornaments and Fastening Armband on Young Man in Costume With Feather Headdress, Ornaments, and Sword

Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photomechanical print (004 in x 006 in)
Culture:
Land Dyak  Search this
Dayak (Indonesian people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photomechanical prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.05003201
Local Note:
Black and white photomechanical print
Place:
Indonesia -- Indonesian Islands -- Borneo Island
Dutch East Indies -- Indonesian Islands -- Borneo Island
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Oceania: Indonesia: Borneo:Land Dyak:Gen/Mis 05003201, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1
Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1 / Oceania / Indonesia / Borneo
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30b0b537e-f4f4-4978-8aca-bafde61a149b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref10873

Young Woman with Skirt, Brass Ring Corset, Headdress, And Ornaments and Fastening Armband on Young Man in Costume With Feather Headdress, Ornaments, and Sword

Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photomechanical print (004 in x 006 in)
Culture:
Land Dyak  Search this
Dayak (Indonesian people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photomechanical prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.05003302
Local Note:
Black and white photomechanical print
Place:
Indonesia -- Indonesian Islands -- Borneo Island
Dutch East Indies -- Indonesian Islands -- Borneo Island
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Oceania: Indonesia: Borneo:Land Dyak:Gen/Mis 05003302, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1
Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1 / Oceania / Indonesia / Borneo
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30eacb9b9-7f22-4895-acd2-b5988dcf0998
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref10876

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