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Physical Description:

steel (stapler material)

wood (case material)

Measurements:

overall: 2 1/8 in x 9 5/8 in x 6 1/2 in; 5.3975 cm x 24.4475 cm x 16.51 cm

Object Name:

surgical stapler, blood vessel, set

surgical instrument

Place made:

Soviet Union

Credit Line:

Gift of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Defense

ID Number:

1986.0626.01

Catalog number:

1986.0626.01

Accession number:

1986.0626

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-c57f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1438823

Maker:

Wallace & Tiernan  Search this

Measurements:

overall: 16 cm x 10 cm x 11 cm; 6 5/16 in x 3 15/16 in x 4 11/32 in

Object Name:

comparator, color, for water analysis

Place made:

United States: New Jersey, Newark

ID Number:

1986.0765.01

Catalog number:

1986.0765.01

Accession number:

1986.0765

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-8c49-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1694431

Creator:

Ehrich, William, 1897-1960  Search this

Names:

United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Extent:

0.9 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Place:

Germany -- description and travel

Date:

circa 1918-1975

Scope and Contents:

Biographical material, research files, financial records, photographs, artwork, printed material and a scrapbook documenting the life of sculptor and educator William Ehrich.

Biographical material includes forms of identification, resumes, family genealogical records, travel notes, one award, and biographical notes. Research files include William Ehrich's 1955 trip to Germany and files compiled by Roger Ehrich and others regarding William Ehrich and WPA artists. Financial records include receipts, purchase orders, inventories, and mortgage records pertaining to Ehrich receiving money from a local art patron to purchase a home. Photographs are of Ehrich, Ehrich with his students, his sculpture and exhibitions. Artwork includes Ehrich's sketchbooks and sketches of anatomy. Printed material includes newspaper clippings. One scrapbook contains Ehrich's professional correspondence.

Biographical / Historical:

William Ehrich (1897-1960) was a sculptor and educator in Rochester, New York. Ehrich was born in Königsberg, East Prussia. He studied sculpture at the State Art School in Königsberg. In 1929 he immigrated to Buffalo, New York. He taught at the Art Institute of Buffalo from 1931 to 1937 and directed the creation of public sculpture at the Buffalo Zoo as part of the WPA's Federal Arts Project. In 1939, Ehrich began teaching at the College for Women at the University of Rochester and the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York.

Provenance:

Donated 2017 by Roger Ehrich, William Ehrich's son.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.

Occupation:

Art patrons  Search this

Educators -- New York (State) -- Rochester  Search this

Sculptors -- New York (State) -- Rochester  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Identifier:

AAA.ehriwill

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw948c246e9-288a-4b7c-b298-929e99682412

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-ehriwill

Collection Creator:

Yoshida, Ray  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1982-circa 1999

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate copy requires advance notice. One box of letters from Jim Nutt are ACCESS RESTRICTED; use requires written permission.

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:

Ray Yoshida papers, circa 1895-2010, bulk 1950-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing and digitization of the Ray Yoshida papers received Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center.

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Ray Yoshida papers

Ray Yoshida papers / Series 1: Biographical Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93e277b7f-ebf5-45cc-b5f6-f6b243d2b7a8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-yoshray-ref11

Correspondent:

Zalinger, Alvin D.  Search this

Swift, Arthur L.  Search this

Sturtevant, William C.  Search this

Yanez Perez, Luis  Search this

Wolf, Eric R.  Search this

Service, Elman R. (Elman Rogers), 1915-1996  Search this

Seda Bonilla, Eduardo, 1927-  Search this

Steward, Julian Haynes, 1902-1972  Search this

Reining, Priscilla  Search this

Steinbert, Arthur  Search this

Reining, Conrad Copeland, 1918-1984  Search this

Reichel-Dolmatoff, Gerardo  Search this

Rouse, Irving, 1913-2006  Search this

Nnoke Grant, Barbara S.  Search this

O'Brien, Denise A.  Search this

Padeilla, Elena  Search this

Reichel-Dolmatoff, Alicia  Search this

Dancer, Clifford C.  Search this

Diamond, Stanley, 1922-1991  Search this

Diskin, Martin  Search this

Douglas, Richard M.  Search this

Brown, Jennifer  Search this

Caro, Isabel Sklow  Search this

Codere, Helen F., 1917-2009  Search this

Comhaire, Jean L.  Search this

Ascher, Robert  Search this

Boggs, Stephen Taylor  Search this

Bott, Elizabeth  Search this

Brant, Charles Sanford  Search this

Armstrong, Robert Geiston  Search this

Drake, St. Clair  Search this

Drucker, Susana  Search this

Dubreiul, Guy  Search this

Griffith, Sanford  Search this

Harris, J.S.  Search this

Heath, Dwight Braley  Search this

Leslie, Charles  Search this

Manners, Robert A. (Robert Alan), 1913-1996  Search this

McWilliams, Carey  Search this

Meggers, Betty Jane  Search this

Mintz, Sidney W. (Sidney Wilfred), 1922-2015  Search this

Creator:

Murra, John V. (John Victor), 1916-2006  Search this

Extent:

42.5 Linear feet ((88 boxes and 1 map case folder) )

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Diaries

Correspondence

Notes

Date:

1927-1998

Summary:

The Papers of John Victor Murra document his personal and professional life through audiovisual materials, correspondence, diaries, graduate school notes, lectures, photocopies of archival materials, photographs, published materials collected by Murra, reading and research notes and his own writings. The materials span more than 70 years. The collection includes materials relating to Murra's immigration to the United States and later lawsuit for naturalization, his undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Chicago, his experiences in the Spanish Civil War and in Ecuador during the Second World War as Don Collier's assistant, his teaching career at a number of colleges and universities in the United States and abroad including the University of Puerto Rico, Vassar College, Yale University, and Cornell University, and his research interests such as the fieldwork projects he directed at Hunuco and Lake Titicaca. The bulk of his correspondence may be found in Series I - Correspondence which mostly consists of his communications with former classmates from the University of Chicago, colleagues in the United States and abroad, and former students. Series IV - Biographical and Series VII - Graduate School and Teaching contain a significant amount of material pertaining to Murra's studies at the University of Chicago and his lawsuit for naturalization. Correspondence and newspaper editorials from F. C. Cole and Robert Redfield as well as oral history transcripts of Murra's personal reminiscences are among the items found in these series. For many years, Murra also kept personal diaries, originally intended as records of his dreams, which form Series III - Dream Archives. Although this collection is primarily textual in nature, there are also a photograph and an audio-visual series. The later includes recordings of Murra's Lewis Henry Morgan lectures. The occasional photograph also appears throughout other series.

Scope and Contents:

The Papers of John Victor Murra document his personal and professional life through audiovisual materials, correspondence, diaries, graduate school notes, lectures, photocopies of archival materials, photographs, published materials collected by Murra, reading and research notes and his own writings. The materials span more than 70 years.

The collection includes materials relating to Murra's immigration to the United States and later lawsuit for naturalization, his undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Chicago, his experiences in the Spanish Civil War and in Ecuador during the Second World War as Don Collier's assistant, his teaching career at a number of colleges and universities in the United States and abroad including the University of Puerto Rico, Vassar College, Yale University, and Cornell University, and his research interests such as the fieldwork projects he directed at Huánuco and Lake Titicaca.

Murra is a polyglot and a prolific correspondent, two elements which are reflected throughout the collection. English, French, Spanish and Romanian are the predominant languages used in his correspondence, but there are also letters in German, Italian and Russian. The bulk of his correspondence may be found in Series I --Correspondence which mostly consists of his communications with former classmates from the University of Chicago, colleagues in the United States and abroad, and former students. Series IV --Biographical and Series VII --Graduate School and Teaching contain a significant amount of material pertaining to Murra's studies at the University of Chicago and his lawsuit for naturalization. Correspondence and newspaper editorials from F. C. Cole and Robert Redfield as well as oral history transcripts of Murra's personal reminiscences are among the items found in these series. For many years, Murra also kept personal diaries, originally intended as records of his dreams, which form Series III --Dream Archives. Although this collection is primarily textual in nature, there are also a photograph and an audio-visual series. The later includes recordings of Murra's Lewis Henry Morgan lectures. The occasional photograph also appears throughout other series.

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 in 12 series and 1 accretion: (I) Correspondence (1927-1998, 2004) [Bulk 1950-1990], (II) Chronological Correspondence (1953-1991), (III) Dream Archives [Diaries] (1951-1996) [Bulk: 1951-1983], (IV) Biographical (1937-1995), (V) Subject and Publications (1922-1996), (VI) Archival Documents, (VII) Graduate School and Teaching (1936-1992) [Bulk: 1936-1982], (VIII) J. V. M. Publications (1959-1993), (IX) Photographs (1937-1988), (X) Audio Visual Materials (1964-1998), (XI) Maps, (XII) Artwork, Accretions.

Biographical Note:

John Victor Murra was born Isak Lipschitz on August 24, 1916 in Odessa, Ukraine. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Bucharest, Romania where he passed his baccalaureate examinations in 1933. Following high school, he worked as an apprentice in paper factories in Romania and Croatia.

In December 1934, Murra immigrated to Chicago, Illinois, where his uncle lived, to escape the worsening political turmoil in Romania. Shortly after his arrival in the United States, Murra enrolled at the University of Chicago where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in sociology in 1936. He then enlisted in the International Brigade and served as an infantry corporal in the 58th battalion, 15th brigade in the Spanish Republican Army. At the end of the Spanish Civil War, he spent almost six months (February-June 1939) in refugee internment camps, most notably the camp at Argèles-sur-Mer, France. In 1939, Murra returned to Chicago to continue his studies and it was about this time that he started to use the name Murra in official documents. He completed his Master of Arts degree in Anthropology at the University of Chicago in 1942.

The war injuries sustained by Murra during the Spanish Civil War exempted him from military service during the Second World War. Between 1941 and 1942, Murra traveled to Ecuador as the assistant to Donald Collier, Conservator at the Field Museum of Chicago, on an archaeological project sponsored by the Institute of Andean Research. His work with Collier ultimately led him to contribute to the Handbook of South American Indians. Between 1942 and 1943, he worked as an interviewer for John Dollard and Ruth Benedict in their work for the United States Department of War to survey Abraham Lincoln Brigade veterans. In 1943, Murra was appointed Instructor in Anthropology at the University of Chicago to fill in for Fred Eggan, who entered military service. In addition to instructing at the University of Chicago during the mid-1940s, Murra also served as editor on the topic of anthropology for the Encyclopedia Britannica (1945-1946).

The decade or so following the Second World War was often extremely frustrating for Murra as he pursued his quest for American citizenship. In 1946, the U.S. government denied his applications for naturalization and travel papers on the grounds that he had served in the Spanish Republican Army. Consequently, Murra was unable to accept a fellowship from the Social Science Research Council that would have funded his travel to Ecuador to pursue his doctoral research. Although he finally won his lawsuit for citizenship in 1950, Murra did not receive a passport until 1956 and was ultimately forced to change thesis topics in order to continue his doctoral studies without field work. To support himself during this difficult period, Murra taught at several American institutions—most notably at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (1947-1950) and Vassar College (1950-1961), and supervised a number of field work programs in the Caribbean for Columbia University, Vassar College, Yale University and the University of Montreal. He also served briefly as a regional specialist on African land tenure for the United Nations.

In 1955, Murra defended his Ph.D. dissertation, The Economic Organization of the Inca State and he was awarded a Ph.D. in Anthropology the following year from the University of Chicago. Shortly thereafter he took a sabbatical from Vassar College to teach in Peru (1958-1960) at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima and pursue research at the archives of Cuzco.

In the 1960s, Murra turned his attention towards pursuing research interests and cultivating the anthropological training of South American graduate students. He left Vassar College in 1961 and spent time teaching as a visiting professor, first for the Organization of American States at the Escuela Nacional de Antropología y Historia, Mexico (1961) and then at Yale University (1962). Murra received in 1963 a three-year National Science Foundation grant for his well known study of Huánuco, Peru. During his fieldwork for this project, he continued to teach at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima, Peru (1965-1966) and the Universidad de Chile (1965). He also worked to improve the educational opportunities for South American students by supporting efforts to establish a graduate school at the Universidad de La Plata. Upon returning to the United States, Murra was a National Academy of Sciences postdoctoral associate at the Smithsonian Institution (1966-1967).

From 1968 to 1982, Murra served as Professor of Anthropology at Cornell University. He continued to travel extensively to archives in Spain and South America during this period and held a number of academic posts at other institutions including Yale University (1970-1971), the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University (1974-1975), l'Université Paris X Nanterre (1975-1976), the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia in Mexico (1977) and John Hopkins University (1981). He also served as the president of the American Society of Ethnohistory (1970-1971), the American Ethnological Society (1972-1973), and the Institute of Andean Research (1977-1983). Murra's efforts to cultivate educational opportunities for South American graduate students and promote international dialogue among students from different nationalities produced three well known programs: the comparative seminar on the Andes and Mesoamerica that he organized with Angel Palerm (1972), the Lake Titicaca field project he ran with Luis G. Lumbrebas (1973) and the Otoño Andino held at Cornell University (1977). In 1969, he received the honor of being the Lewis Henry Morgan Lecturer at the University of Rochester.

Following his retirement from Cornell University (1982), Murra served as a consultant to the Banco Nacional de Bolivia at the Museo Nacional de Etnografía, La Paz (1982-1983). He received a Guggenheim Fellowship (1983-1984), that enabled him to pursue research at the Archivo Nacional and the Academia de la Historia in Madrid and the Archivo General de Indias in Seville. During his time in Spain, he also taught at the Universities of Madrid and Seville and at the Institut Catalá d'Antropologi in Barcelonia (1985-1986). The following year, he was a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun, Peru. He then pursued research at the Instituto de Antropologia de Buenos Aires (1988-1989) and then returned to Spain, where he was a fellow at the Archivo de Indias (1990-1991). In 1993, the Universidad de Barcelona awarded him the honor of Doctor Honoris Causa.

Murra was married and divorced twice; neither marriage produced any children. He first married Virginia Miller in 1936; the date of their divorce is unknown. His second marriage to Elizabeth "Tommy" Sawyer lasted thirteen years (1945-1958).

Bibliography of Selected Publications

1943 -- Survey and Excavations in Southern Ecuador. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, Publication 528, Anthropological series volume 35, May 15, 1943. Co-authored with Donald Collier.

1948 -- "The Cayapa and Colorado" in the Handbook of South American Indians. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office

1951 -- Soviet Linguistic Controversy, translated from the Soviet Press. New York: King's Crown Press. Co-authored with Robert M. Hankin and Fred Holling.

1956 -- The Economic Organization of the Inca State. Chicago: University of Chicago.

1962 -- Cloth and its Functions in the Inca State.

1964 -- Visita hecha a la Provincia de Chucuito por Garci Diez de San Miguel en el año 1567. Lima: Casa de la Cultura del Perú. Co-authored with Waldemar Espinoza Soriano and Frey Pedro Gutiérrez Flores.

1966 -- New Data on Retainer and Servile Populations in Tawantinsuyu.

1967 -- Visita de la provincia de León de Huánuco en 1562. Iñigo Ortiz de Zúñiga, visitador. Huánuco, Peru: Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán, Facultad de Letras y Educación. Contains articles by several authors.

1970 -- Current Research and Prospects in Andean Ethnohistory. Ithaca: Cornell University.

1975 -- Formaciones económicas y políticas del mundo andino. Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos.

1976 -- American Anthropology, the Early Years. St. Paul: West Publishing Co. Edited for the American Ethnological Society

1978 -- La organización económica del Estado inca. México: Siglo Veintiuno. Murra's Ph.D. thesis translated from English to Spanish by Daniel R. Wagner.

1980 -- Formazioni economiche e politiche nel mondo andino: saggi di etnostoria. Torino: Giulio Einaudi. Primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno Guamán Poma de Ayala (Waman Puma). Co-authored with Rolena Adorno and Jorge L. Urioste. Republished in 1987. The Economic Organization of the Inca State. Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press.

1981 -- The "Vertical Control" of a Maximum of Ecologic Tiers in the Economies of Andean Societies. The Mit'a Obligations of Ethnic groups to the Inka State. Las etnocategorías de un Khipu estatal.

1983 -- Los Olleros del Inka: Hacia una Historia y Arqueología del Qollasuyu. La Paz: Centrol de Investigaciones Históricas.

1986 -- Anthropological History of Andean Polities. New York: Cambridge University Press. Edited with Nathan Wachtel and Jacques Revel. Originally published in French in 1978 as Anthropologie historique des sociétés andines by Editions de la Maison des science de l'homme in Paris.

1987 -- La teoría de la complementariedad vertical eco-simbiótica. La Paz: Hisbol. Co-authored with Ramiro Condarco Morales. Civilizatie inca: organizarea economica a statului incas. Bucharest: Editura Stiintifica si Enciclopedica. Murra's Ph.D. thesis translated from English to Romanian by Murra's sister, Ata Iosifescu.

1991 -- Visita de los valles de Sonqo en los yunka de coca de La Paz (1568-1570). Madrid: Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana: Quinto Centenario: Instituo de Estudios Fiscales.

1996 -- Las cartas de Arguedas. Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Fondo Editorial. Co-authored with Mercedes López-Baralt.

1999 -- Historia general de América Latina / 1. Las sociedades originales. Madrid: Editorial Trotta. Co-authored with Teresa Rojas Rabiela.

2002 -- El mundo andino: población, medio ambiente y economía. Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peuanos: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

2000 -- Nispa ninchis/decimos diciendo : conversaciones con John Murra. Lima: IEP –Instituto de Estudios Peruanos and IAR – Institute of Andean Research. Edited by Victoria Castro, Carlos Aldunate and Jorge Hidalgo Los esfuerzos de Sísifo, coversaciones sobre las ciencias sociales en América Latina. Heredia, Costa Rica: EUNA. A collection of interviews of John Victor Murra and others conducted by Fernando Calderón.

Related Materials:

National Anthropological Archives holds additional materials related to Murra in the American Ethnological Society records, the American Society for Ethnohistory records, and the Handbook of South American Indians records.

The New York University Libraries, Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives holds materials related to Murra in Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archive (ALBA), John Dollard Research Files for Fear and Courage under Battle Conditions, and James Lardner Papers.

The Truman Presidential Museum and Library holds Records on the President's Committee on Civil Rights Record Group 220.

\:

In 2008, the VHS videos in the collection were transferred to the Human Studies Film Archives. Additional videotapes were sent to the NAA and transferred to HSFA.

Provenance:

The John Victor Murra papers came to the National Anthropological Archives in several installments over three decades. David Block of Cornell University assisted Murra in selecting and identifying materials for the installment of the collection which arrived at the Smithsonian Institution in September 2003.

Restrictions:

The John Victor Murra papers are open for research. Some materials are restricted for privacy reasons.

Access to the John Victor Murra papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Genre/Form:

Diaries

Correspondence -- 1927-1998

Notes

Citation:

John Victor Murra papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1982-59

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Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f075cb2e-bf8e-40c9-8fea-e0aae2701d3c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-1982-59

Creator:

Karp, Ivan  Search this

Names:

Emory University  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Kratz, Corinne Ann, 1953-  Search this

Masolo, D.A.  Search this

Extent:

16.24 Linear feet (43 boxes and 2 sets of rolled maps)

0.21 Gigabytes

19 Sound recordings

Culture:

Teso (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Sound recordings

Manuscripts

Field recordings

Photographs

Field notes

Correspondence

Electronic records (digital records)

Place:

Busia District (Kenya)

Date:

circa 1945-2012

bulk 1969-2012

Summary:

Ivan Karp (1943-2011) was a curator of African Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) from 1984 to 1993. He was also a professor at Emory University from 1993 to 2011. He conducted fieldwork among the Iteso (Teso) of Kenya and made significant contributions to the areas of African systems of thought, social theory, museum studies, and public scholarship. His collection contains his research on the Iteso of Kenya; his work at Emory University and the Smithsonian Institution; his reviews of manuscripts and books; recommendations that he wrote for his colleagues and students; his published articles and papers presented at conferences; and his project files on various topics including museum studies, African philosophy, public scholarship, agency and personhood, and the history of social anthropology.

Scope and Contents:

This collection contains the professional papers of Ivan Karp, documenting his work as an anthropologist, professor, and museum curator. The materials include his research on the Iteso of Kenya; his work at Emory University and the Smithsonian Institution; his reviews of manuscripts and books; recommendations that he wrote for his colleagues and students; his published articles and papers presented at conferences; and his project files on various topics including museum studies, African philosophy, public scholarship, agency and personhood, and the history of social anthropology.

Karp's Iteso research files span from the late 1960s to the 1990s. These materials consist of his field notes, in both paper and digital form; household surveys; photographs; sound recordings; maps; grant proposals; bibliographic research; correspondence; notes and drafts of his dissertation; and his other writings. A great deal of the field materials was collected by his field assistants, particularly Steven Omuse. Some field materials were also collected by Karp's first wife, Patricia.

His Smithsonian files are electronic and contain little documentation regarding his administrative work. There are, however, some materials relating to the planning of exhibits at NMNH and a proposal to establish a program focusing on the African continent and the African Diaspora. There is also a memo with Karp's response to questions from a House Subcommittee regarding the National African American Museum and complaints about the NMNH Africa Hall. Other associated materials include his research and papers on museums and exhibits. While there are no files pertaining to the first two museum conferences he organized, a folder titled "Bellagio" contains documentation for the conference and associated workshops on museums and globalization that he organized while at Emory.

Karp's files from Emory are also in digital form and more substantive than his Smithsonian materials. They document his work on the different committees he chaired and programs he directed and founded, including the Center for the Study of Public Scholarship. His Emory files also include his comments on students' dissertations, papers, and proposals.

The digital files also document Karp's other areas of interests, particularly African philosophy; concepts of identity, personhood, and agency; and the relationships between international development and personhood. His work on African philosophy largely consists of files from a number of collaborative projects with Kenyan philosopher Dismas Masolo, including the 1993 conference in Nairobi they organized and the associated volume they edited, African Philosophy as Cultural Inquiry (2000). There are a few files of research on the Luo people. His research on development and personhood focuses on Africa, particularly on Kenya, and includes his papers, notes, and reference sources, which also exist in paper form. There are also files of obituaries and memorials of Karp from numerous publications and events.

Other materials in Karp's collection include his doctorate diploma, his Master's thesis, family photos, and a wedding album from his first marriage.

Arrangement:

This collection is organized into 6 series: 1) Iteso Research; 2) Development Discourse; 3) Personal; 4) Photographs; 5) Sound Recordings; 6) Born Digital Files.

Biographical / Historical:

Ivan Karp (1943-2011) was a curator of African Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) from 1984 to 1993. He conducted fieldwork among the Iteso (Teso) of Kenya and made significant contributions to the areas of African systems of thought, museum studies, and public scholarship.

Karp was born on August 27, 1943 in Stamford, Connecticut. He attended the University of Vermont as an undergraduate, majoring in Sociology and Anthropology (1961-1965), and pursued graduate studies in Social Anthroplogy at the University of Rochester (1967-1969). Karp received his M.A. (1969) and Ph.D. (1974) from University of Virginia. As a doctoral student he conducted research among the Iteso from 1969 to 1971. His dissertation, titled Fields of Change Among the Iteso of Kenya, was published in 1978. Karp continued his research on the Iteso into the 1990s and published various papers including "Beer Drinking and Social Experience in African Society" (1980) and "Laughter at Marriage: Subversion in Performance" (1987).

Before his employment at the Smithsonian, Karp held a teaching appointment at Colgate University from 1972 to 1975 and was a professor at Indiana University from 1976 to 1984. At Indiana University, he coedited with Charles S. Bird Explorations in African Systems of Thought (1980), the first of a 34-volume series published under his editorship.

He left Indiana University in 1984 to become the Curator of African Ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History. While at the Smithsonian, he served as Chair of the Ethnology Division and established with William Merrill the Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry. It was also during this period that Karp began to critically examine museum practice, concepts of identity and agency, and systems of representation in relation to museum exhibits. He and Steven Lavine organized two major conferences on museums and co-edited the resulting conference proceedings: Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display (1991) and Museums and Communities: The Politics of Public Culture (1992).

In 1993, Karp left the Smithsonian to direct the Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts (1993-1996) at Emory University. He also served as director of the university's Institute of African Studies (1996-1999) and the Emory Center for International Studies (1996-1999). In addition, he cofounded and codirected with Corinne Kratz, his second wife, the Center for the Study of Public Scholarship (CSPS) from 1994 to 2009 and the Grant Writing Program from 1992 to 2011. Through the CSPS, he and Kratz also established and codirected the Institutions of Public Culture program, a collaboration with South African colleagues that brought together scholars of public culture from universities, museums, NGOs, political and arts organizations and related institutions (2000-2008). Karp also continued to facilitate discussions on museums, working with Kratz and his colleagues at the Rockefeller Foundation to organize a series of international workshops and a conference in 2002 on museums and globalization. He coedited Museum Frictions: Public Cultures/Global Transformations (2006), a collection of papers presented at the conference.

Karp retired from teaching at Emory University in May 2011 but planned to continue working with the Laney Graduate School's Grant Writing Program until full retirement in August 2013. Not long after finishing his last graduate seminar, Ivan Karp died at the age of 68 on September 17, 2011 in New Mexico.

1943 -- Born on August 27 in Stamford, Connecticut.

1961-1965 -- Undergraduate studies at University of Vermont with major in Sociology and Anthropology.

1965-1967 -- Graduate studies in Social Anthropology at the University of Rochester.

1969 -- Earns M.A. from University of Virginia. Begins conducting fieldwork among the Southern Iteso in Busia District, Kenya.

1972-1975 -- Instructor and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Colgate University.

1974 -- Earns Ph.D. from University of Virginia.

1976-1984 -- Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University.

1984-1993 -- Curator of African Ethnology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Insitution.

1987 -- Organizes conference on "The Poetics and Politics of Exhibiting Other Cultures."

1988 -- Organizes conference on "Museums and their Communities."

1993-1996 -- Director of Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts, Emory University.

1994-2009 -- Director of Center for the Study of Public Scholarship, Emory University.

1996-1999 -- Director of Emory Center for International Studies, Emory University. Director of Institute of African Studies, Emory University

2000-2008 -- Director of Institutions of Public Culture program through CSPS.

2002 -- Organizes conference on " Museums and Global Public Spheres" held in Italy at Bellagio Conference Center of the Rockefeller Foundation.

2009 -- Moves to Santa Fe, NM where he had bought a home in 2003.

2011 -- Retires from teaching at Emory University. Dies on September 17 at the age of 68.

Related Materials:

Artifacts collected by Ivan Karp can be found in the National Museum of Natural History's Department of Anthropology Collections (Accession #390893 and 416181). Indiana University Archives of Traditional Music holds some of Karp's original Iteso sound recordings.

Separated Materials:

Four DVDs and a videotape were separated from the collection and transferred to the Human Studies Film Archives (HSFA.2014.12) One of the recordings is an interview with Karp that Robert Lavenda and Emily Schultz conducted in 1989 to accompany their introductory anthropology textbook, Cultural Anthropology: A Perspective on the Human Condition. The rest of the recordings are of Karp giving presentations.

Provenance:

This collection was donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Corinne Kratz in 2014.

Restrictions:

Recommendations that Karp wrote for his colleagues and students are restricted until 2061.

Access to the Ivan Karp papers requires an appointment.

Topic:

Museum techniques  Search this

Luo (African people)  Search this

Social sciences -- Philosophy  Search this

Philosophy, African  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Teso language  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Manuscripts

Field recordings

Photographs

Field notes

Correspondence

Electronic records (digital records)

Citation:

Ivan Karp papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

This collection was processed with the support of a Wenner-Gren Foundation Historical Archives Program grant awarded to Corinne Kratz.

Identifier:

NAA.2013-30

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Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c830beb4-e199-44c0-a894-569ef6fc6b1b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-2013-30

Collection Creator:

De Forest, Roy, 1930-2007  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1972-2005

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings and born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Roy De Forest papers, 1916-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by Gerald and Bente Buck. Funding for the digitization of this collection was provided by Gloria Marchant.

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Roy De Forest papers / Series 1: Biographical Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a74705a6-cd3f-4e99-ba60-fbc9f0831626

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-deforoy-ref10

Collection Creator:

Licht, Ira Richard, 1938-  Search this

Container:

Box 2, Folder 11

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1972

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

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:

Ira Licht papers, 1963-1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

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Ira Licht papers / Series 3: Exhibition Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97c17cbf6-c146-47a2-89bb-6fd899da87c2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-lichtira-ref35

Author:

Rosenthal, Donald  Search this

University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Eastman, George 1854-1932 Art collections  Search this

Physical description:

40 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

1979

C1979

Call number:

N5220.E13 G3

N5220.E13G3

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_135088

Author:

Blythe, David Gilmour 1815-1865  Search this

Chambers, Bruce W  Search this

National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.)  Search this

University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery  Search this

Carnegie Institute Museum of Art  Search this

Subject:

Blythe, David Gilmour 1815-1865  Search this

Physical description:

216 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 26 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

1980

Call number:

N6537.B575 A4 1980X

N40.1.B67 C4

N6537.B575A4 1980X N40.1.B67C4

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_135236

Artist:

Edward Estlin Cummings, 14 Oct 1894 - 2 Sep 1962  Search this

Sitter:

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr., 10 Aug 1894 - 31 Mar 1982  Search this

Medium:

Oil on pulp board

Dimensions:

17 1/2 in. x 8 9/16 in. (44.5 cm x 21.81 cm), sheet

Type:

Painting

Date:

n.d.a.

Topic:

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Male  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Journalism and Media\Magazine publisher  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Medicine and Health\Physician  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Visual Arts\Founder  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Film director  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Producer  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Cinematographer  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Literature\Editor  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Visual Arts\Art director  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester

Object number:

2002.7 MAG

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e8706935-2487-4b32-ade2-da51868b8a93

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_2002.7_MAG

Artist:

George M. Haushalter, 1862 - 1943  Search this

Sitter:

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr., 10 Aug 1894 - 31 Mar 1982  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Dimensions unavailable

Type:

Painting

Date:

1899

Topic:

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Male  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Journalism and Media\Magazine publisher  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Medicine and Health\Physician  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Visual Arts\Founder  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Film director  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Producer  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Cinematographer  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Literature\Editor  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Visual Arts\Art director  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester

Object number:

2005.13 MAG

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm473a8143d-7959-476f-86d7-02d83ed1b430

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_2005.13_MAG

Artist:

George M. Haushalter, 1862 - 1943  Search this

Sitter:

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr., 10 Aug 1894 - 31 Mar 1982  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor and chalk on paper laid down on artist's board

Dimensions:

13 7/8 in. x 9 1/4 in. (35.24 cm x 23.5 cm), sheet

Type:

Painting

Date:

1899

Topic:

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Male  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Journalism and Media\Magazine publisher  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Medicine and Health\Physician  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Visual Arts\Founder  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Film director  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Producer  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Cinematographer  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Literature\Editor  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Visual Arts\Art director  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester

Object number:

2005.19 MAG

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4d289cc16-b00b-4e5e-b431-930911466f72

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_2005.19_MAG

Artist:

Edward Estlin Cummings, 14 Oct 1894 - 2 Sep 1962  Search this

Sitter:

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr., 10 Aug 1894 - 31 Mar 1982  Search this

Gilbert Seldes, 3 Jan 1893 - 29 Sep 1970  Search this

Scofield Thayer, 12 Dec 1889 - 1982  Search this

Medium:

Pen and brush with black ink on paper

Dimensions:

11 in. x 9 7/8 in. (27.94 cm x 25.08 cm), sheet

Type:

Drawing

Date:

c. 1924

Topic:

Scofield Thayer: Male  Search this

Scofield Thayer: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist\Patron of the arts  Search this

Scofield Thayer: Literature\Editor  Search this

Scofield Thayer: Literature\Editor\Book  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Male  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Journalism and Media\Magazine publisher  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Medicine and Health\Physician  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Visual Arts\Founder  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Film director  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Producer  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Cinematographer  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Literature\Editor  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Visual Arts\Art director  Search this

Gilbert Seldes: Male  Search this

Gilbert Seldes: Literature\Writer  Search this

Gilbert Seldes: Journalism and Media\Journalist  Search this

Gilbert Seldes: Journalism and Media\Editor  Search this

Gilbert Seldes: Literature\Writer\Novelist  Search this

Gilbert Seldes: Literature\Writer\Playwright  Search this

Gilbert Seldes: Literature\Writer\Screenwriter  Search this

Gilbert Seldes: Society and Social Change\Cultural critic  Search this

Gilbert Seldes: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator\Dean  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester

Object number:

2005.22 MAG

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43d98aacc-5588-4726-a676-bb0c6e6fd64b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_2005.22_MAG

Artist:

Edward Estlin Cummings, 14 Oct 1894 - 2 Sep 1962  Search this

Sitter:

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr., 10 Aug 1894 - 31 Mar 1982  Search this

Medium:

Oil on cardboard

Dimensions:

17 3/4 in. x 8 5/8 in. (45.09 cm x 21.91 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

n.d.a.

Topic:

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Male  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Journalism and Media\Magazine publisher  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Medicine and Health\Physician  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Visual Arts\Founder  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Film director  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Producer  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Cinematographer  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Literature\Editor  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Visual Arts\Art director  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester

Object number:

79.31 MAG

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4af2a16fa-d198-4a5e-be19-92a3e3ecb08f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_79.31_MAG

Artist:

Gaston Lachaise, 19 Mar 1882 - 18 Oct 1935  Search this

Sitter:

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr., 10 Aug 1894 - 31 Mar 1982  Search this

Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

14 in. x 8 in. x 9 3/4 in. (35.5 cm x 20.3 cm x 24.7 cm)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

1927

Topic:

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Male  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Journalism and Media\Magazine publisher  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Medicine and Health\Physician  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Visual Arts\Founder  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Film director  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Producer  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Performing Arts\Cinematographer  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Literature\Editor  Search this

Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr.: Visual Arts\Art director  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester

Object number:

90.3 MAG

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm430abc5d2-668e-4979-bf72-73159c3950e7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_90.3_MAG

Artist:

Edward Estlin Cummings, 14 Oct 1894 - 2 Sep 1962  Search this

Sitter:

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, 16 Apr 1889 - 25 Dec 1977  Search this

Medium:

Ink on paper

Dimensions:

25 1/2 in. x 19 3/8 in. (64.77 cm x 49.21 cm), without frame

Type:

Painting

Date:

c. 1945

Topic:

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Male  Search this

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Film director  Search this

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Movie  Search this

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Performing Arts\Performer\Comedian  Search this

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Performing Arts\Performer\Vaudeville  Search this

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Literature\Writer\Screenwriter  Search this

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Oscar  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester

Object number:

97.14 MAG

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43027b62b-aeef-44c4-8aff-56e5575c312c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_97.14_MAG

Creator:

National Portrait Gallery  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2016-12-12T15:32:07.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

YouTube Channel:

NatlPortraitGallery

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt__mCRHEgpMVs

Creator:

Heino, Otto, 1915-2009  Search this

Heino, Vivika, 1910-1995  Search this

Names:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Extent:

2.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Video recordings

Date:

1895-2000

bulk 1940s-2000

Summary:

The papers of ceramicists and educators Otto and Vivika Heino measure 2.3 linear feet and date from 1895 to 2002, with the bulk of the records dating from the 1940s to 2000. The material documents the lives and careers of Otto and Vivika Heino through a mix of personal and professional papers, printed material, a video recording of a documentary, and photographs.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of ceramicists and educators Otto and Vivika Heino measure 2.3 linear feet and date from 1895 to 2002, with the bulk of the records dating from the 1940s to 2000. The material documents the lives and careers of Otto and Vivika Heino through a mix of personal and professional papers, printed material, a video recording of a documentary, and photographs.

Personal and professional papers consist of correspondence, personal business records, exhibition papers, scant financial records, resumes, writings, and a video recording of a documentary titled "You Are the Miracle: Exploring the Creative Process."

Printed material includes newspaper and magazine clippings, mailings and advertisements from The Pottery, announcements, advertisements, and some catalogs from Heino exhibitions, studio events, and sales. Printed material can also be found in two scrapbooks.

Photographs depict Otto and Vivika working and teaching in their studios, exhibitions, professional events, family and friends and friendly gatherings, marionette shows, pets, and properties.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as three series.

Series 1: Personal and Professional Papers, 1942-2000 (Box 1; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 2: Printed Material, 1933-2000 (Box 1, 3; 0.7 linear feet)

Series 3: Photographs, 1895-2000, bulk 1940s-1990s (Box 1-3; 0.8 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Vivika and Otto Heino were ceramicists and educators active primarily in California, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.

Vivika Heino (1910-1995) was born Vivika Place in Caledonia, New York. She attended Rochester Normal School and took a sculpture class, a drawing class at the Memorial Art Gallery, and a design class at the University of Rochester Extension. She then attended Colorado College of Education where she received her BA and became involved with puppeteering. By 1934 she had moved to California, where she apprenticed with a bookbinder, Mr. Bitteroff, making candlesticks, tin trays, and other small crafts. She also apprenticed with wood carver Charlie Sayers in Carmel, carving picture frames and furniture for about seven months, before learning weaving at Swedish Applied Arts in San Francisco.

While at Swedish Applied Arts, Place worked and became friends with Harry Dixon, Armank Harranian, Margaret Gravandar, and Bill Saroyan. She also found time to work as a puppeteer with Ralph Chesse and the Works Progress Administration. She also began studying pottery with Manuel Eugene Jalanivich at California University of Fine Arts, and subsequently focused primarily on pottery for the rest of her career.

Place began working with Glen Lukens at the University of Southern California in 1940. Lukens and Dr. Morley, director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, recommended her for a scholarship at New York State College of Ceramics in Alfred, New York, from which she graduated in 1944. She subsequently took a teaching position at the League of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts where she met Otto Heino.

One of twelve siblings, Otto Heino (1915-2009) was born in East Hampton, Connecticut, to a market gardening family of Finnish descent. The family moved to New Hampshire to sell milk when Otto was 12, and around that time he began apprenticing as a wood turner for Louie Harr. Heino was then drafted into the military and became a gunner in the United States Air Force. Between flying twenty-five missions in Europe, Heino took classes in England, made jewelry, did wood working, traveled to museums, and met individual potters and silversmiths. After visiting Leach's Pottery in Cornwall, and investigating pottery in other parts of Europe, Otto was determined to study pottery on the GI Bill on his return to the United States.

Otto and Vivika met while Otto was a student at the League of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts, where Vivian was an instructor. They married in 1950 and went on to establish their reputations as artists and educators by widely exhibiting their work, leading workshops, conducting studio open houses, consulting on film productions, and teaching at various schools and institutions. They both taught at the University of Southern California, the Chouinard Art Institute, and Rhode Island School of Design; Vivika also taught at the Sheridan School of Design in Ontario, Canada, and New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire. They operated The Potter, a studio and retail store in Ojai, California, from 1973 to 1995.

The work of Otto and Vivika Heino can be found in the collections of many museums, including the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the Long Beach Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Ariana Museum, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Provenance:

The collection was donated in 2003 and 2004 by Otto Heino as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References 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:

Ceramicists -- California  Search this

Ceramicists -- New Hampshire  Search this

Ceramicists -- Rhode Island  Search this

Educators -- California  Search this

Educators -- Rhode Island -- Providence  Search this

Educators -- New Hampshire  Search this

Topic:

Pottery craft  Search this

Women potters  Search this

Women art teachers  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women ceramicists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Video recordings

Citation:

Otto and Vivika Heino Papers, 1895-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.heinotto

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94ba3af3b-8bc0-4722-9051-e04e20e5bd73

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-heinotto

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

Symposia

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2015-11-10T18:58:02.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

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Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_vHc_wvxjj1Y