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Collection Creator:

Leo Castelli Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 160, Folder 128

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1990

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Leo Castelli Gallery records, circa 1880-2000, bulk 1957-1999. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the partial digitization of this collection was provided by the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation.

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-leocast-ref13810

Collection Creator:

Leo Castelli Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 160, Folder 136

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1990

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Leo Castelli Gallery records, circa 1880-2000, bulk 1957-1999. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the partial digitization of this collection was provided by the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation.

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Leo Castelli Gallery records

Leo Castelli Gallery records / Series 7: Castelli Graphics / 7.1: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-leocast-ref13818

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2015-11-06T05:00:01.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_YIbpMAwXxds

Creator:

Shane, Fred, 1906-1992  Search this

Shane, Fred, 1906-1992  Search this

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- History -- Missouri -- Columbia  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- Missouri -- Columbia  Search this

Theme:

Lives of American Artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8648

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210828

AAA_collcode_shanfred

Theme:

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210828

Creator:

Smith, Donald C., 1935-  Search this

Smith, Donald C., 1935-  Search this

Subject:

Dickinson, Edwin Walter  Search this

Cunningham, Francis  Search this

Anderson, Lennart  Search this

De Champlain, Vera Chopak  Search this

Finkelstein, Louis  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Art students -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10340

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213551

AAA_collcode_smitdona

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213551

Creator:

Stix, Judith Saul  Search this

Stix, Judith Saul  Search this

Subject:

Lowenhaupt, Bessie  Search this

Topic:

Painters -- Missouri -- St. Louis -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

Lives of American Artists  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13371

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)255251

AAA_collcode_stixjudi

Theme:

Lives of American Artists

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_255251

Creator:

Dehn, Adolf Arthur, 1895-1968  Search this

Dehn, Virginia Engleman, 1922-2005  Search this

Dehn, Adolf Arthur, 1895-1968  Search this

Subject:

Castellón, Federico  Search this

Christ-Janer, Albert  Search this

Bohrod, Aaron  Search this

Dehn, Virginia E. (Virginia Engleman)  Search this

Eastman, Max  Search this

Dehn, Mura  Search this

Robinson, Boardman  Search this

Spruance, Benton  Search this

Thayer, Scofield  Search this

Zigrosser, Carl  Search this

Marsh, Reginald  Search this

Lake, Eileen Hall  Search this

Olds, Elizabeth  Search this

Mitchell, Olivia Dehn  Search this

Rattner, Abraham  Search this

Smith, William Arthur  Search this

Shane, Fred  Search this

Gag, Wanda  Search this

Freeman, Joseph  Search this

Grosz, George  Search this

Goetsch, Gustav F. (Gustav Frederick)  Search this

Hayter, Stanley William  Search this

Kuh, Frederick  Search this

Kertész, André  Search this

Atelier Desjobert  Search this

American Artists Group  Search this

Associated American Artists  Search this

University of Missouri Press  Search this

Kennedy Galleries  Search this

Type:

Manuscripts

Sketches

Etchings

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Poems

Topic:

Painting -- Technique  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Graphic arts -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Theme:

Lives of American Artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7446

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209604

AAA_collcode_dehnadop

Theme:

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209604

Creator:

Pickard, John, 1858-1937  Search this

Pickard, John, 1858-1937  Search this

Subject:

Henri, Robert  Search this

Ryder, Albert Pinkham  Search this

Tryon, Dwight William  Search this

Blashfield, Edwin Howland  Search this

Brush, George de Forest  Search this

Burroughs, Bryson  Search this

Eakins, Thomas  Search this

Hassam, Childe  Search this

Topic:

Painting, American  Search this

Theme:

Art Theory and Historiography  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8414

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210588

AAA_collcode_pickjohn

Theme:

Art Theory and Historiography

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210588

Creator:

Pozzatti, Rudy O., 1925-  Search this

Pozzatti, Rudy O., 1925-  Search this

Subject:

Eichenberg, Fritz  Search this

Ernst, Jimmy  Search this

Harak, Rudolph de  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sketchbooks

Sound recordings

Place:

Soviet Union -- description and travel

Topic:

Art festivals  Search this

Theme:

Diaries  Search this

Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this

Lives of American Artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8947

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211134

AAA_collcode_pozzrudy

Theme:

Diaries

Sketches & Sketchbooks

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211134

Creator:

Lewis, Golda  Search this

Lewis, Golda  Search this

Type:

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Topic:

Papermaking  Search this

Theme:

Lives of American Artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13489

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)261384

AAA_collcode_lewigold

Theme:

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_261384

Collection Creator:

Kraushaar Galleries  Search this

Container:

Box 8, Folder 45

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1941

Scope and Contents note:

(University of Missouri concerning defacing of a John Sloan drawing)

Collection Restrictions:

Use of originals requires an appointment. A fragile original scrapbook is closed to researchers.

Collection Rights:

Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Katherine Kaplan Degn, Kraushaar Galleries. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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.

Collection Citation:

Kraushaar Galleries records, 1877-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Getty Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care Fund

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kraugall-ref753

Collection Creator:

Garrison, Vivian, 1933-2013  Search this

Container:

Box 35

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1986

Collection Restrictions:

The Vivian E. Garrison papers are open for research.

Certain materials in the collection contain personally identifiable information (PII) and personal health information (PHI). These materials are restricted for 80 years from the date of their creation. Restricted materials are noted in the following finding aid and have been removed to boxes 54-61.

Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings.

Access to the Vivian E. Garrison papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Vivian E. Garrison papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Wenner-Gren Foundation.

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Vivian E. Garrison papers / Series 6: Presentations, workshops, and conferences

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-2017-19-ref3160

Materials:

Leather

Synthetic Fabric

Adhesive

Copper Alloy

Paint

Dimensions:

3-D: 12.1 × 12.1 × 2.5cm (4 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 1 in.)

Storage: 17.1 × 17.1 × 7.6cm (6 3/4 × 6 3/4 × 3 in.)

Type:

AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Gift of Dr. Charles S. Draper

Inventory Number:

A19800513001

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9d191b1c6-7509-43f8-82c7-922bc5c0b227

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19800513001

Materials:

Copper Alloy

Dimensions:

3-D: 8.9 × 0.8cm (3 1/2 × 5/16 in.)

Storage: 14 × 14 × 5.1cm (5 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 2 in.)

Type:

AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Gift of Dr. Charles S. Draper

Inventory Number:

A19800513000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv96d1d26bd-3db7-46e6-9ac9-2096994c4b4f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19800513000

Creator:

Barthelmess, Christian  Search this

Names:

United States. Army. Indian Scouts  Search this

Photographer:

Carpenter, W. J.  Search this

Extent:

119 Copy negatives

Culture:

Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Germans  Search this

Ute  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Copy negatives

Photographs

Studio portraits

Place:

Germany

Colorado

Fort Lewis (Colo.)

Fort Bayard (N.M.)

Lame Deer (Mont.)

Fort Keogh (Mont.)

Santa Fe (N.M.)

Little Bighorn Battlefield (Mont.)

Date:

circa 1876-1898, 1903-1906

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs from an album compiled by Christian Barthelmess for a fellow soldier, O.S. Gordon. The bulk of the images relate to American Indians and the United States army and include studio portraits; images of dwellings and camps; cowboys; Zuni and Navajo performing daily activities; Cheyenne and Zuni dances; a Cheyenne travois; fishing and hunting parties; and American Indian scouts for the army. There are also scenic views of Colorado, Zuni Pueblo, Santa Fe, Custer (Little Bighorn) Battlefield, Camp Proctor, and Forts Merritt and Keogh. The collection also includes some images from Germany, including images of a German singing club and the Bavarian town of Klingenberg on the Main. One photograph was made by W. J. Carpenter, a Colorado photographer.

Biographical/Historical note:

Christian Barthelmess (1854-1906) was born in Bavaria and immigrated to the United States in the early 1870s. Enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1876, he directed military bands and was an official army photographer. Barthelmess retired from the Army in 1903, but remained post photographer for Fort Keogh until his death in 1906.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot R87-1

Reproduction Note:

Copy negatives made by Smithsonian Institution, 1989.

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Additional photographs by Barthelmess can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4423, Photo Lot 24, and the BAE historical negatives.

The Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University hold photographs by Barthelmess.

The Montana Historical Society Archives holds the Barthelmess Family Papers, 1926-1971, including a series relating to Christian Barthelmess.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

This copy collection has been obtained for reference purposes only. Contact the repository for terms of use and access.

Topic:

Dance  Search this

Soldiers -- United States  Search this

Weaving  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Studio portraits

Citation:

Photo Lot R87-1, Copies of Christian Barthelmess photographs of American Indians and United States Army, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.R87-1

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-r87-1

Creator:

Simpson, George Eaton, 1904-1998  Search this

Photographer:

Ramsey, Frederic, 1915-1995  Search this

Extent:

521 Prints (silver gelatin)

90 Negatives (acetate)

70 Lantern slides

347 Negatives (nitrate)

185 Color slides

4 Prints (Kodachrome color)

Culture:

Haitians  Search this

Trinidadians  Search this

Black Carib Indians  Search this

Yoruba (African people)  Search this

Jamaicans  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Negatives

Lantern slides

Color slides

Photographs

Place:

Trinidad

Ibadan (Nigeria)

Haiti

Jamaica

Date:

1936-1987

Scope and Contents note:

The collection documents George Eaton Simpson's fieldwork in Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Nigeria from 1936-1964. There are 704 images in several formats including negatives, prints, and slides. The photographs were primarily made by Simpson, but a few were made by Frederic Ramsey, Jr. Ramsey's prints are stamped on verso with his name. Many prints and slides are annotated by Simpson.

The collection also includes a few reprints of articles based on Simpson's field work and words and musical transcription from Savalou Ricourt, a musician of Port au Prince in 1937.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into six series:

1. Haiti, 1936-1937

2. Jamaica, 1953, 1957

3. Trinidad, 1960

4. Nigeria, 1964

5. Lantern slides, undated

6. Publications, 1940-1987

Biographical/Historical note:

George Eaton Simpson (1904-1998) was an anthropologist whose focus was the various social aspects of Caribbean religions. He wrote over 60 articles and books, and taught sociology and anthropology at Oberlin College from 1947-1971.

Born in Knoxville, Iowa, Simpson received his B.S. from Coe College in 1926, his M.A. from the University of Missouri in 1927, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1934. In 1947 he began teaching at Oberlin College in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. In addition to teaching classes, Simpson served on numerous committees and as department chair.

Simpson conducted fieldwork in the Caribbean, specifically Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad, and Nigeria. He focused primarily on Caribbean religions such as Vodun in Haiti, Rastafarianism in Jamaica, and the Spiritual Baptists in Trinidad. His fieldwork has been documented in numerous articles and books, including "The Vodun Service in Northern Haiti", "The Shango Cult in Nigeria and Trinidad", and Black Religions in the New World. He occasionally collaborated on articles with fellow anthropologists Joseph G. Moore and J. Milton Yinger. He also served as a visiting professor at several leading universities.

He was the recipient of numerous honors and awards including the Wellcome Medal for Anthropological Research, the Anisfield-Wolf Award in Race Relations (with J. Milton Yinger), Doctor of Humane Letters – Oberlin College, and Doctor of Humane Letters – Coe College.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 93-14

Related Materials:

Additional photographs from Simpson are held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 2001-24.

The George Eaton Simpson Film Study of Plaisance, Haiti, 1937, accession No. 92.12.1 in the Smithsonian Institution Human Film Studies Archives contains silent black and white film footage of Plaisance, Haiti shot by Simpson and his colleagues. The footage contains events also depicted in the photograph collection including work coumbites, marketplace scenes, a wedding ceremony, a funeral, drumming and dancing at a social gathering, and a dancing demonstration. Included in this accession are 21 audiotapes recorded by Simpson and Joseph G. Moore during their fieldwork in Jamaica and Trinidad.

The Joseph G. Moore Collection: Jamaican Revival and Kumina, 1957-1958, accession No. 92.1.1 in the Smithsonian Institution Human Film Studies Archives contains related material to Simpson's study of Jamaican Revival Zion and Kumina. The collection contains film footage of Morant Bay and West Kingston, Jamaica shot in 1957. The footage was originally intended for the "Odyssey" program or possibly a short feature. Some of the it ended up being featured on the CBS program "Lamp Unto My Feet" which also includes interviews with Joseph G. Moore and George Eaton Simpson. There is over 10 hours of footage, and in 1992 Simpson, Smithsonian Institution Human Film Studies Archives Director John Homiak, and research associate Ken Bilby recorded approximately 10 hours of commentary about the footage. This collection also contains audio recordings made in 1993 of a discussion between Simpson, Homiak, and Bilby concerning the relation of Jamaican Revival with Rastafari.

Sound recordings by Simpson held in the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections in the Folkways Records Collection and the Moses and Frances Asch Collection.

Oberlin College has a manuscript collection of George Eaton Simpson's papers (RG 30/64) that document Simpson's research and academic work.

Provenance:

The collection was donated to the National Anthropoligical Archives by George E. Simpson in 1992.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

The negatives are in cold storage and require advanced notice to access.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Dwellings  Search this

Spiritual Baptist -- Trinidad and Tobago  Search this

Orisha religion  Search this

Revivals  Search this

Rastafari movement  Search this

Voodooism  Search this

Schools  Search this

Agriculture  Search this

Fishing  Search this

Markets  Search this

Dance  Search this

Medicine  Search this

Cooking  Search this

Drummers (Musicians)  Search this

Christian sects  Search this

Religion  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Lantern slides

Citation:

Photo Lot 93-14, George Eaton Simpson photographs, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.93-14

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Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-93-14

Creator:

Weakly, Ward F. (Ward Fredrick), 1938-1985  Search this

Names:

Griffith, James S.  Search this

Extent:

14 Mounted prints (silver gelatin)

Culture:

Mexicans  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Mounted prints

Place:

Sinaloa (Mexico : State)

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs depicting Sinaloa scenery, women working in various stages of pottery making, and examples of finished pots. Photographs were mounted as part of a University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology photographic exhibition of fieldwork, which was financed by a University of Tulsa Faculty Research Grant. The collection includes an exhibit pamphlet written by Weakly and James S. Griffith.

Biographical/Historical note:

Ward F. Weakly (1938-1985) was an archeologist and anthropologist in the Plains and Southwest. He earned his BA (1960) and MA (1961) in anthropology from the University of Nebraska and a PhD (1968) in anthropology from the University of Arizona. He was an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Tulsa from 1967 to 1971. He became the first Preservation Officer for the Bureau of Reclamation in 1974.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 86-47

Location of Other Archival Materials:

The National Anthropological Archives holds Ward Weakly's papers.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Exhibitions  Search this

Pottery craft  Search this

Citation:

Photo Lot 86-47, Ward F. Weakly photograph collection relating to pottery making in Sinoloa, Mexico, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.86-47

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-86-47

Creator:

McClendon, J. F. (Jesse Francis), b. 1880  Search this

Extent:

10 Prints (silver gelatin)

33 Postcards (offset lithograph, photogravure, and collotype)

Culture:

Ainu  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Postcards

Photographs

Date:

circa 1930s

Scope and Contents note:

Album of photographs documenting Ainu people, ceremonies, religious customs, fishing, hunting, and other activities. J. F. McClendon evidently assembled the material in order to try to show that Native Americans and Ainu people were not directly related. The collection includes commercial postcards published in Japanese and English and original photographs probably made by McCLendon.

Biographical/Historical note:

Jesse Francis McClendon was born in Lanett, Alabama, in 1880. He studied zoology and invertebate zoology at the University of Texas (BS, 1903 and MS, 1904) and the University of Pennsylvania (PhD, 1906). After teaching at Randolph-Macon College (1907-1908), the University of Missouri (1907-1909) and Cornell University (1909-1914), McClendon obtained a position in the Physiological Laboratory of the University of Minnesota Medical School. He was appointed professor and head of physiological chemistry in 1920. McClendon taught for a period at the Biological Institute in Sendai, Japan, probably while still with the University of Minnesota during the 1930s. His book, Advances in the Science of Nutrition, was published by Sasaki in Sendai (1937). In 1939, McClendon joined the Hahnemann Medical School in Philadelphia. He later became a research chemist at the Albert Einstein Medical Center there.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 102

Location of Other Archival Materials:

The University of Minnesota Archives and the Historical Collections of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia hold McClendon's papers.

The Entomology Department and Invertebrate Zoology Department hold specimens collected by McClendon.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Fishing  Search this

Hunting  Search this

Rites and ceremonies  Search this

Genre/Form:

Postcards

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 102, J. F. McClendon photographs and postcard collection relating to Ainu people, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.102

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-102

Creator:

Gjording, Chris N., 1943-1993  Search this

Names:

Jesuits  Search this

Extent:

6.34 Linear feet (15 document boxes, 1 cassette tape, and 37 computer disks)

Culture:

Ngäbe (Guaymi)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

Panama

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua.

Peru

Venezuela

Date:

1966-1991

bulk 1977-1991

Summary:

The papers of Chris Gjording primarily document his research and activities in Central America, particularly his research on the Guaymíes and the Cerro Colorado copper mining project in Chiriquí, Panama. Materials pertaining to Panama include Gjording's field notes (portions of which are missing due to severe insect infestation); photographs; reference materials he collected; and his writings, which include his articles, dissertation, and drafts of his dissertation revised for publication. In addition to his work in Panama are his field notes and photographs from his research on campesino communities in Guatemala and El Salvador. Gjording also kept subject files on Latin American countries, focusing on the poor and oppressed and the social and political climate. His writings on those subjects are present in the collection and include a draft of his unpublished paper on peasant uprising in El Salvador and issues of Informacciónes, the Spanish-language newsletter that Gjording published and wrote articles for in Honduras. The collection also contains correspondence and notes relating to his visits to the Guatemalan Indian refugee camps in Los Lirios and Maya Balam in Quintana Roo in Mexico. In addition, the collection contains some of his correspondence with his mentor Ricardo Falla, a Guatemalan Jesuit priest and anthropologist, whom he refers to as "RF" in his notes. The collection also contains computer disks with chapters in Spanish from Falla's book on Ixcán, possibly Masacres de la selva: Ixcán, Guatemala, 1975-1982 (1992).

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Chris Gjording primarily document his research and activities in Central America, particularly his research on the Guaymíes and the Cerro Colorado copper mining project in Chiriquí, Panama. Materials pertaining to Panama include Gjording's field notes (portions of which are missing due to severe insect infestation); photographs; reference materials he collected; and his writings, which include his articles, dissertation, and drafts of his dissertation revised for publication. In addition to his work in Panama are his field notes and photographs from his research on campesino communities in Guatemala and El Salvador. Gjording also kept subject files on Latin American countries, focusing on the poor and oppressed and the social and political climate. His writings on those subjects are present in the collection and include a draft of his unpublished paper on peasant uprising in El Salvador and issues of Informacciónes, the Spanish-language newsletter that Gjording published and wrote articles for in Honduras. The collection also contains correspondence and notes relating to his visits to the Guatemalan Indian refugee camps in Los Lirios and Maya Balam in Quintana Roo in Mexico. In addition, the collection contains some of his correspondence with his mentor Ricardo Falla, a Guatemalan Jesuit priest and anthropologist, whom he refers to as "RF" in his notes. The collection also contains computer disks with chapters in Spanish from Falla's book on Ixcán, possibly Masacres de la selva: Ixcán, Guatemala, 1975-1982 (1992).

Additional materials in the collection are copies of Gjording's curriculum vitae; his student papers; and his college and graduate school diplomas. In addition, the collection contains a letter approving Gjording's advancement to the diaconate and priesthood and his decree of dismissal from the Society of Jesus in 1991.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Arrangement:

Arranged into 7 series: (1) Correspondence, 1985-91; (2) Panama, 1977-91; (3) Latin America, 1977-90; (4) Journals, 1977-1982, 1988-1989; (5) Personal Files, 1966-1991; (6) Photographs, 1976-89; (7) Computer Disks

Biographical Note:

Chris Gjording was an anthropologist and Jesuit priest, best known for his research on the Guaymí people of Panama and how they were affected by a transnational copper mining project on their land.

Gjording was born on January 12, 1943 in Los Angeles, California. In 1960 he entered a Jesuit seminary in Sheridan, Oregon and obtained his A.B. in philosophy from Spring Hill College in 1966. After earning his M.A. in philosophy from Tulane University (1967) and his M.Div. in theology from the Toronto School of Theology (1973), he was ordained as a Jesuit priest in Spokane, Washington. He taught philosophy and liberation theology at Gonzaga University (1973-75) before continuing his education at the New School for Social Research, where he received his M.A. (1978) and Ph.D. (1985) in social and cultural anthropology.

As both a priest and anthropologist, he felt that "field research essentially involves interpersonal relationships; and [he had] no category for engaging in such relationships with nothing in view as a potential benefit for the other." (Gjording's journal, January 11, 1978) Influenced by liberation theology, Gjording consequently focused his research on the rural poor of Central America during a period of social and political turmoil.

As a graduate student in 1977, Gjording spent the summer conducting ethnographic fieldwork among campesino communities in Chinacá, Guatemala and in Chirilagua, San Miguel, El Salvador. He returned to Central America the following year to work in Chiriquí, Panama with Centro de Estudios y Acción Social (CEASPA), a Jesuit-sponsored organization, as the anthropologist on an interdisciplinary team studying the Cerro Colorado copper mining project and its impact on Panama. Gjording's research focused on the Guaymí people, who lived on the land where the mining project was to occur. His research became the subject of his dissertation, "The Cerro Colorado Copper Project: Panama, Multinational Corporations and the Guaymi Indians." A revised version of the dissertation was published by the Smithsonian Institution Press in 1991 as Conditions Not of Their Choosing: The Guaymí Indians and Mining Multinationals in Panama.

Gjording left Panama in 1982 but returned to Central America after completing his dissertation in 1985 to serve as codirector of Equipo de Reflexión, Investigación y Comunicación (E.R.I.C.), a Jesuit organization in El Progreso, Yoro, Honduras. As part of his responsibilities, he published and wrote many of the articles for Informaciones, a bimonthly newsletter in Spanish on the social, political, and economic situation in Honduras. In addition, he wrote articles for the Panamanian magazine Diálogo Social; due to the political climate in Panama, he wrote some of the articles under the pseudonym "Enrique Lobo," a name he chose in honor of the anthropologist Eric Wolf. From 1987 to 1989, he made several trips to the Guatemalan refugee camps in Quintana Roo, Mexico. He conducted informal research on the background and situation of the refugees and taught workshops that provided them guidance on whether to return to Guatemala or stay in Mexico.

Gjording returned to the United States in 1989 on a sabbatical from Central America. He left the priesthood in 1991 and obtained a position teaching anthropology and peace studies at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Gjording died of lung cancer on July 5, 1993 at the age of 50.

Sources Consulted

Gjording, Chris. 1978. [Daily Journal]. Chris Gjording Papers. National Anthropological Archives.

Roseberry, William. 1993. Chris N. Gjording. Anthropology Newsletter. 34(7): 44.

Chronology

1943 -- Born January 12 in Los Angeles, California

1966 -- Earns A.B. from Spring Hill College in Philosophy

1967 -- Earns M.A. from Tulane University in Philosophy

1973 -- Earns M.Div. from Toronto School of Theology Becomes an ordained Jesuit priest

1977 -- Spends summer in Central America conducting fieldwork in campesino communities in Guatemala and El Salvador

1978 -- Earns M.A. from the New School for Social Research in Anthropology

1978-1980 -- Conducts fieldwork in Chiriquí, Panama on the Guaymíes and the Cerro Colorado copper mining project

1985 -- Earns Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research in Anthropology

1985-1988 -- Codirector of E.R.I.C. (Equipo de Reflexión, Investigación y Comunicación), El Progreso, Yoro, Honduras

1989 -- Returns to United States

1991 -- Leaves priesthood Teaches Anthropology and Peace Studies at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina

1993 -- Dies on July 5 at the age of 50

Selected Bibliography

1979 -- Gjording, Chris N. "Nicaragua's Unfinished Revolution," America 141 (October 6, 1979): 166-171.

1980 -- Lobo, Enrique. "La Nueva Política Indigenista (o bien: Acabemos con el Indio)," Diálogo Social 123 (May 1980): 15- 18. Lobo, Enrique. "El Pueblo Guaymí y el Gobierno Panameño (o bien: Acabemos con el Guaymí)," Diálogo Social 125 (July 1980): 22-25.

1981 -- Gjording, Chris N. The Cerro Colorado Copper Project and the Guaymí Indians of Panama. Occasional Paper No. 3. Cambridge: Cultural Survival, 1981.

1983 -- Gjording, Chris N. "The Guaymí People and Cerro Colorado." In Panama in Transition: Local Reactions to Development Policies. Monographs in Anthropology 6, edited by John Bort and Mary Helms, 19-52. Columbia: Museum of Anthropology, University of Missouri, 1983.

1987 -- Gjording, Chris N. "25 Años de Reforma Agraria . . . ¿Y Que?." Informaciones 8 (May-July 1987): 9-21.

1991 -- Gjording, Chris N. Conditions Not of Their Choosing: The Guaymí Indians and Mining Multinationals in Panama. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991.

Provenance:

These papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Karin Gjording.

Restrictions:

Computer disks in the collection are restricted due to preservation concerns.

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Citation:

Chris Gjording papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.2008-19

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Creator:

Thomas, Winifred Smeaton, 1903-1987  Search this

Names:

Field Museum of Natural History  Search this

Extent:

2.5 Linear feet (8 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Field notes

Correspondence

Lantern slides

Passports

Place:

Iraq

Date:

1927-1980

bulk 1932-1935

Summary:

Winifred Smeaton Thomas (1903-1987) was an anthropologist whose main focus was the Near and Middle East, particularly Iraq where she lived from 1932 to 1935. Her papers largely document her time in Iraq and include her work on the Field Museum Anthropological Expedition in 1934, writings about her time in Iraq, and her doctoral studies at University of Chicago. The collection includes writings and publications, correspondence, field diaries, photographs, passports, and notes from Thomas's time as a doctoral student and later as a professor.

Scope and Contents:

The Winifred Smeaton Thomas papers comprise professional and research materials of Winifred Smeaton Thomas, in particular documenting her time in Iraq, 1932-1935. The collection includes writings, publications, correspondence, field diaries, photographs, passports, and class notes from Thomas's time as a student and later as a professor. It includes Thomas's photographs, writings, and research from the Field Museum Anthropological Expedition in 1934 and her time with the Jawdat family in Baghdad. There are also materials related to Thomas's doctoral training at University of Chicago, teaching materials from her time as a professor at Stevens College and University of Missouri, and some correspondence from her time with U.S. Military Intelligence during World War II.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into 4 series: (1) Writings and professional activities, 1927-1968; (2) Passports and Iraq driving license, 1932-1986; (3) Iraq field notes, 1932-1935; (4) Photographs, 1932-1974.

Biographical Note:

Winifred Smeaton Thomas (1903-1987) was an anthropologist whose main focus was the Near and Middle East, particularly Iraq where she lived from 1932 to 1935. Born April 21, 1903 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Thomas attended Stanford University for some time before earning a B.A. (1924) and M.A. (1927) from the University of Michigan. In 1932, she traveled to Baghdad, Iraq, where she lived with the family of Ali Jawdat. Thomas conducted anthropological fieldwork throughout her time in Iraq; her studies on women were later published in New Orient (1936) and her studies on tattooing were later published in the American Anthropologist (1937). In 1934, Thomas took part in the Field Museum Anthropological Expedition, which traversed the country to collect anthropometric and other data on various ethnic groups in and around Iraq. Also in 1934 and 1935, she taught an English class at the Central High School for Girls in Baghdad. Thomas earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1940. From 1943 to 1945, she worked as a Research Analyst for the U.S. War Department, Military Intelligence Division. Thomas taught a World Literature class at Stevens College (1952-1953) and was Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Missouri (1960-1962). From 1954 to 1967 she served as Associate Editor of Archeology magazine, published by the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA). Thomas died May 18, 1987.

Provenance:

These papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Winifred Smeaton Thomas's husband, Homer Leonard Thomas, in 1996.

Restrictions:

The Winifred Smeaton Thomas papers is open for research.

Original nitrate negatives are in cold storage and require special arrangements for viewing.

Rights:

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Genre/Form:

Photographs

Field notes

Correspondence

Lantern slides

Passports

Citation:

Winifred Smeaton Thomas papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.1996-13

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Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

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