1 Gelatin silver print (mounted into a disassembled photo album)
Type:
Archival materials
Gelatin silver prints
Photographic prints
Photograph albums
Photographs
Place:
Tianjin (China)
Date:
September 12, 1905
Scope and Contents:
Folio 36 recto, 2nd photograph; Taken during a visit by American dignitaries including Secretary of War Willam H. Taft and the President's daughter, Alice Roosevelt. This photo was taken the 12th of September.
天津
Biographical / Historical:
McIntosh was better known as a fashion and society photographer before he joined the Taft Mission.
Local Numbers:
FSA A2009.02 2.36a.2
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
1 Gelatin silver print (mounted into a disassembled photo album)
Type:
Archival materials
Gelatin silver prints
Photographic prints
Photograph albums
Photographs
Place:
China
Tianjin (China)
Date:
September 12, 1905
Scope and Contents:
Folio 36 recto, 3rd photograph; Taken during a visit by American dignitaries including the President's daughter, Alice Roosevelt. This photo was taken the 12th of September.
天津
Biographical / Historical:
McIntosh was better known as a fashion and society photographer before he joined the Taft Mission.
Local Numbers:
FSA A2009.02 2.36a.3
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
1 Gelatin silver print (mounted into a disassembled photo album)
Type:
Archival materials
Gelatin silver prints
Photographic prints
Photograph albums
Photographs
Place:
China
Tianjin (China)
Date:
September 12, 1905
Scope and Contents:
Folio 39 verso, 1st photograph; Taken during a visit by American dignitaries including the President's daughter, Alice Roosevelt. This photo was taken the 12th of September.
天津
Biographical / Historical:
McIntosh was better known as a fashion and society photographer before he joined the Taft Mission.
Local Numbers:
FSA A2009.02 2.39b.1
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
1 Gelatin silver print (mounted into a disassembled photo album)
Type:
Archival materials
Gelatin silver prints
Photographic prints
Photograph albums
Photographs
Place:
China
Tianjin (China)
Date:
September 12, 1905
Scope and Contents:
Folio 39 verso, 2nd photograph; Taken during a visit by American dignitaries including the President's daughter, Alice Roosevelt. This photo was taken the 12th of September.
天津
Biographical / Historical:
McIntosh was better known as a fashion and society photographer before he joined the Taft Mission.
Local Numbers:
FSA A2009.02 2.39b.2
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
1 Gelatin silver print (mounted into a disassembled photo album)
Type:
Archival materials
Gelatin silver prints
Photographic prints
Photograph albums
Photographs
Place:
China
Tianjin (China)
Date:
September 12, 1905
Scope and Contents:
Folio 39 verso, 3rd photograph; Taken during a visit by American dignitaries including the President's daughter, Alice Roosevelt. This photo was taken the 12th of September.
天津
Biographical / Historical:
McIntosh was better known as a fashion and society photographer before he joined the Taft Mission.
Local Numbers:
FSA A2009.02 2.39b.3
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
1 Gelatin silver print (mounted into a disassembled photo album)
Type:
Archival materials
Gelatin silver prints
Photographic prints
Photograph albums
Photographs
Place:
China
Tianjin (China)
Date:
September 12, 1905
Scope and Contents:
Folio 40 verso, 1st photograph; Taken during a visit by American dignitaries including the President's daughter, Alice Roosevelt. This photo was taken the 12th of September.
天津
Biographical / Historical:
McIntosh was better known as a fashion and society photographer before he joined the Taft Mission.
Local Numbers:
FSA A2009.02 2.40b.1
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Introduction:
China in 2014 was the world's most populous country and second biggest economy. Its rates of industrialization and urbanization are unprecedented. The largest rural-to-urban migration in human history is underway as people move from the countryside to seek work in China's expanding cities. People face both new opportunities and daunting challenges as they adapt to shifting circumstances and try to reconcile the dynamics of development with cultural and ecological sustainability.
The 2014 Festival program highlighted REUNION and BALANCE, traditional principles that are of greater value than ever in China. Reunions animate and sustain tradition. And as people are increasingly separated from one another by the demands of work and education, they find ways to reaffirm ties to community and cultural heritage both in their daily lives and for special occasions. A traditional Chinese perspective posits that all things - everything from one's health to a community's welfare - depends on a balance of internal and external forces. In China today, people are navigating the transformations that emerge from modernization and from frictions between work and leisure, past and present, development and conservation, and global, national, and local traditions.
More than a hundred culture bearers from China participated in the program. Representing 15 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, as well as some of the largest and smallest of the 56 officially recognized ethnicities, they provided a window into the country's diversity. They demonstrated how people sustain a rich range of traditions even as communities are disrupted by migration, natural disaster, and the pressures of contemporary life. At the Festival, they demonstrated the artistry with which balance and reunion are realized within and across communities, and between humans and their environment - both through the changing seasons and in a changing world.
James Deutsch and Sojin Kim were Program Curators; Jing Li was Program Coordinator; and Joan Hua was Program Assistant. Advisors and consultants included: Joan Auchter, Robert Baron, Rachel Cooper, Robert Daly, Melanie Fernandez, Rodrigo Fritz, Yong Han, Bill lvey, Joanna C. Lee, Jing Li, Jun Liu, Adriel Luis, Shengde Ma, Jean Miao, Nick Spitzer, May Sun, Sue Tuohy, Sally Van de Water, Jingqiang Wang, Lihui Yang, Yuan Yang, Nora Yeh, Juwen Zhang, Qiaoyun Zhang, Zhizong Zhu, and Nina Zolt.
The program was produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in partnership with the China lnternational Culture Association, working with the China Arts and Entertainment Group. Additional support was provided by the West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong SAR; and the Guizhou Provincial Department of Culture.
Presenters:
Deming An, Xi Chen, Rachel Cooper, Robert Daly, James Early, Bingzhong Gao, Levi Gibbs, Chengyan Han, Longguang Huang, Joanna C. Lee, Jing Li, Jean Miao, Christopher Pei, Helen Rees, Sharon Shahid, Ken Smith, Atesh Sonneborn, Nick Spitzer, Ling Tang, Sue Tuohy, Jessica Anderson Turner, Liyang Wang, J. Lawrence Witzleben, Nora Yeh, Eleanor Yung, Qiaoyun Zhang
Flower Plaque Design and Production Team: Danny Yung, Yuewai Wong, Wing Kei Choi, Fai Wong, Jacky Chan, Cheuk Cheung, Liu Si
Participants:
Anhui Province
Yue Ying, 1981-, flower drum lantern dancer, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Guo Yujie, 1995-, flower drum lantern dancer, Huainan, Anhui, China
Zhejiang Wu Opera Troupe -- Zhejiang Wu Opera TroupeChen Meilan, 1964-, vocalist and operatic performer, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaChen Xiaojian, 1983-, operatic martial arts performer, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaChen Xingshun, 1969-, operatic martial arts performer, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaDong Guojian, 1986-, operatic martial arts performer, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaDu Xiangjun, 1977-, huihu, erhu, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaHu Dongxiao, 1969-, operatic martial arts performer and face changing, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaJiang Quanqing, 1965-, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaLiu Fuming, 1990-, operatic martial arts performer, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaLou Sheng, 1987-, vocalist, operatic performer, operatic martial arts performer, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaSong Baoduan, 1991-, operatic martial arts performer, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaTao Yongqing, 1989-, operatic martial arts performer, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaWang Xiaoping, 1969-, director, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaWu Yanxing, 1982-, operatic martial arts performer, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaXie Linghui, 1983-, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaYan Jianglei, 1984-, hulusi (bottle gourd flute), suona (wind instrument), flute, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaYang Xiayun, 1983-, vocalist, operatic performer, operatic martial arts performer, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaZhao Kongjie, 1990-, operatic martial arts performer, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaZhou Cong, 1985-, operatic martial arts performer, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaZhu Xinheng, 1986-, Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaZou Yiqiang, 1984-, operatic martial arts performer, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
U.S.
Abigail Washburn, banjo, Nashville, Georgia
Wu Man -- Wu ManWu Man, 1963-, pipa, Carlsbad, CaliforniaHaruka Fujii, 1975-, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaYang Yi, 1967-, West Windsor, New Jersey
The Shanghai Restoration Project -- The Shanghai Restoration ProjectDave Liang, 1979-, Brooklyn, New YorkJamahl Richardson, 1973-, Brooklyn, New YorkZhang Le, 1978-, New York, New York
Participating organizations and individuals from the Washington D.C. metropolitan area
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
1882 Foundation
Asian American LEAD
BicycleSPACE
Busboys and Poets
Confucius Institute at George Mason University
East Rising Lion Dance Troupe, Hok San-style lion dancing, Maryland
He Hongyi, paper cutter, professor of folklore, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, China
Metro D.C. Area Go Clubs
The Newseum
Ling Tang, dancer, choreographer, educator
U.S. Wushu Academy
John Shun-Chieh Wang, calligrapher, seal engraver, Potomac, Maryland
Wings Over Washington Kite Club
The Wong People Kung Fu Association, Washington, D.C.
Cedric Yeh, curator, National Museum of American History
Xuejuan Dance Ensemble, Virginia
Collection Restrictions:
Access by appointment only. Where a listening copy or viewing copy has been created, this is indicated in the respective inventory; additional materials may be accessible with sufficient advance notice and, in some cases, payment of a processing fee. Older papers are housed at a remote location and may require a minimum of three weeks' advance notice and payment of a retrieval fee. Certain formats such as multi-track audio recordings and EIAJ-1 videoreels (1/2 inch) may not be accessible. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at 202-633-7322 or rinzlerarchives@si.edu for additional information.
Collection Rights:
Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Photographs compiled by Frederick K. Morris documenting his travels in China, 1920-1923; Mongolia, 1922-1923; and Japan and Korea, 1923 and 1925. The photographs were made or collected by Frederick and Florence Morris in Shanghai, Yokohama (after an eathquake), Tianjin, Beijing, Zhangjiakou, Kyoto, Nara, Nikko, Seul, and Kaijo, as well as various villages. They depict scenery, cities, clothing, transportation (including rickshaws, boats, and animals), fishing, peddlers, tradesmen and craftsmen, students, Pei Yang University, the tomb of Confucius, ceremonies and festivals, agriculture, and tourist sites such as the Great Wall and palaces. The collection also includes photographs of the Morris family, their friends, and personnel of the Third Asiatic Expedition. A few newspaper clippings, postcard, sketches, and souvenirs are also in the albums.
Biographical/Historical note:
Dr. Frederick Kuhn Morris (1885-1962) was a geologist and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He first visited China as a visiting professor at Pei Yang University (Bei yang shi fan xue tang) at Tianjin from 1920-1921. Joining the American Museum of Natural History's third Central Asiatic Expedition (circa 1925) as the expedition's geologist, Morris assisted expedition leader Roy Chapman Andrews to collect natural history specimens in Northern China and Mongolia.
The John Alexander Pope papers contain limited biographical, personal and professional information. The bulk of the collection consists of published and unpublished writings, research materials and correspondence.
Arrangement note:
The collection is arranged into six major series. A seventh series inventories outsize materials contained in the other series.
Series 1: Biographic Material
Subseries 1.1: Academic and Professional Life
Subseries 1.2: Personal and Official Photographs of Pope, Family and Colleagues
Series 2: John A. Pope Asian Ceramics and Art Collection
Series 3: Published and Unpublished Materials
Subseries 3.1: Articles, Lectures and Manuscripts
Subseries 3.2: Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine: Research Materials and Publication Correspondence
Series 4: Research Material: Subject Files
Subseries: 4.1: Asian Art and Ceramics: Background Material
Subseries 4.2: Chinese Ceramics
Subseries 4.3: Chinese Ceramics and the Porcelain Trade
Subseries 4.4: Japanese and Korean Ceramics
Series 5: Travel
Subseries 5.1: Itineraries, Expenses and Notes
Subseries 5.2: Photographs, Negatives and Slides
Series 6: Correspondence
Series 7: Inventory of Outsize Materials
Biographical/Historical note:
John Alexander Pope was a renowned scholar and authority on Asian art, especially Chinese and Japanese ceramics. He spent most of his professional career at the Freer Gallery of Art, which he joined in 1943 as an Associate in Research. He later served as Assistant Director (1946 to 1962) and then as Director (1962 to 1971). After his retirement in 1971, he continued at the Freer as Director Emeritus and Research Curator for Far Eastern Ceramics.
Pope was born in Detroit, Michigan on August 4, 1906 and died in Washington D.C. on September 18, 1982. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in English literature from Yale College. In 1929, prior to graduation, he joined the China International Famine Relief Commission sent to survey famine conditions in the Yellow River valley. As a truck driver for the Commission, he travelled throughout north China giving him an unparalleled chance to see the land and people at first hand. In Beijing, he met and spent time with Alan Priest, later curator of Far Eastern Ceramics at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a 1972 letter, Pope recalled his time with Priest in 1929 as "the most important factor in my subsequent decision to go into the field." From 1934 to 1941 he was a graduate student at Harvard University, studying Chinese and Japanese languages and the history, archaeology and art of these countries. He spent 1938 as a Travelling Fellow of the Harvard-Yenching Institute studying Chinese archaeology at the University of London; he also travelled to Stockholm, Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin to study museum and private ceramic collections. Harvard awarded him an M.A. degree in 1940 and a Ph. D. in 1955.
From 1945 to 1946, on leave of absence from the Freer, Pope served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve posted to Tianjin, China as a Chinese language interpreter. He travelled frequently to Beijing, spending time with Jean Pierre Dubosc and other Chinese art connoisseurs. In introductory notes to a 1979 lecture he recalled that on one of these Beijing trips he made his "first purchase of blue-and-white." Thus began of a life-long interest in Chinese blue-and-white porcelain in general and establishing criteria and a methodology for dating and stylistic analysis of 14th and 15th century blue-and-white in particular. His publications included analysis of important collections of Chinese ceramics, for example those at the Topkapi Sarayi in Istanbul and at the Ardabil Shrine in Iran. Many of his lectures, articles and research trips focused on Chinese trade ceramics, not only in European collections but also from Asian shipwrecks and at sites ranging from East Africa to The Philippines.
Pope made his first trip to Japan in 1956. In his 1979 notes he wrote: "My visit to Karatsu and meeting with the Nakazato family started my serious interest in Japanese ceramics." He made many trips to Japan beginning in the late 1960s, often spending several months at a time visiting important kiln sites and Japanese potters as well as collectors. His research emphasis gradually shifted to Japanese porcelain and the issues of dating and identifying kiln sites and wares. At the time of his death he was researching a book on Japanese porcelain.
Over time Pope created a substantial personal collection of Chinese and Japanese ceramics. He developed an extensive network of connoisseurs, dealers and scholars. He travelled frequently, visiting public and private collections, attending various symposia, and meeting with a wide range of colleagues involved in the world of Asian ceramics. He belonged to many professional associations and served as advisor or board member for several museums and academic institutions.
Related Material:
James Cahill Papers
Prince Aschwin Lippe Papers
SIA Acc, 03-018, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,
Central Files, 1919-1986
Freer Gallery Study Collection, ceramic shards donated by John Alexander Pope, see http://www.open.asia.si.edu search John Pope.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
