Photographs depicting Roman, Greek, Assyrian, and Egyptian sculpture in European museums. Most of the images were made in the British Museum, but others were made at the Vatican, the Louvre, and in Florence.
Biographical/Historical note:
Adolphe Braun (1811-1877) was a French photographer and pioneer of photographic reproduction techniques at his studios in Paris and Dornach. Mostly created after 1866, his photographs of famous works of art helped advance the field of art history; this was his most successful photographic project.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 79-34, USNM ACC 57117
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Photographs and drawings of paleolithic sites, previously filed in 79-34, have been relocated to National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 157.
Material found in Gus Van Beek's office can also be found in the National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 79-38.
Additional photographs donated by Lucy Hunter Baird as part of accession 57117 can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24 and Photo Lot 97.
Lucy Hunter Baird also donated artifacts to the anthropology collections of the National Museum of Natural History in accession 57117.
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Extent:
(3 of 3)
Container:
Box 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1922
1953
undated
Scope and Contents:
Includes printed material: "Exhibition of the Herbert Ward African Collection," 1922; "Belgian Congo at War as Seen by Andre Cauvin," exhibit, n.d.; and Life, May 4, 1953: issue on "Africa, A Continent in Ferment."
Collection Restrictions:
Some materials are restricted.
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Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Extent:
1.67 Linear feet
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1828-1963
Scope and Contents:
This series includes letters, memoranda, lists, reports, forms, statements, printed material and photographs. It is composed of two different types of material. Part of it is administrative in nature and concerns policies and procedures, instructions, special activities, World War II, and housekeeping matters. Other material largely concerns accessions, loans, exhibits, and special projects and programs.
Many of the outgoing letters are those of William Henry Holmes, Walter Hough, and Frank M. Setzler. Other writers include John Leonard Baer (regarding the Marsh Darien Expedition), Howard W. Bible, James H. Breasted, Harry S. Bryan, Henry B. Collins, Leonard Carmichael, John C. Ewers (filed Catlin paintings and Museum of the Plains Indian), C. E. Cummings, Chauncey J. Hamlin, Herbert Maier (Buffalo Museum of Science), Ephraim Deinard, Frances Densmore, J. E. Graf, Ella F. Hubby, Mrs. R. G. Hoes, Mrs. R. R. Hoes, Mrs. Julian James, Mary Lois Kissell, Remington Kellogg, Edward S. Morse, A. P. Rice, W. de C. Ravenal (some regarding Holmes), Ellen P. Richardson, A. C. Smith, and Gertrude B. Warren.
The rare correspondence includes material of Matthew Stirling (regarding his 1926 work on the middle Rouffaer River, New Guinea), William Henry Holmes, Thomas Wilson (concerning difficulties with the catalog of anthropological collections), Walter Hough, S. K. Lothrop, Gerard Fowke, Aleš Hrdlička, Joseph K. Dixon, William Gates (regarding the 1926 meeting of the International Congress of Americanists), H. C. Shetrone, F. S. Dellenbaugh, Thomas S. Dawson (regarding information about John Moss), John Merriam, Warren K. Moorehead (concerning Cahokia Mound), Nels C. Nelson, and Max Uhle. There are also letters dating from 1920 between W. H. Holmes and F. W. Doge concerning problems with the AAA.
Arrangement:
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent or subject.
Collection Restrictions:
Some materials are restricted.
Access to the Department of Anthropology records requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology Search this
Extent:
(1 of 5)
Container:
Box 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1878
Scope and Contents:
Includes a photograph of Belestoma grandis by H. D. McGovern, ca. 1878; a note on Rhinoceros horn and use by "Hottentots," with sketches of tools made from the horn; a list of animals with their uses; a list of specimens purchased or to be purchased for USNM collection; a list of specimens of Fishery Section, with photograph; and W. H. Abbott notes on location of storage for specimens.
Collection Restrictions:
Some materials are restricted.
Access to the Department of Anthropology records requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
