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Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Platt, Charles A. (Charles Adams), 1861-1933  Search this

Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927  Search this

Collection Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Extent:

49 Photographs

Container:

Box 312

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographs

Place:

District of Columbia

Date:

1916-1919

Scope and Contents:

An album of photographs of the construction of the Freer Gallery of Art, sent periodically to Charles Lang Freer from the office of the Secretary of the Smithsonian. Scenes include the building site; the groundbreaking ceremony; construction scenes from various angles including from the roof of the Smithsonian Castle, and an aerial view of the nearly completed building.

Photographs of the building in Washington to house the Freer Collection

Biographical / Historical:

Due to illness, Charles Freer rarely visited Washington during the construction of his eponymous gallery. Secretary Charles Walcott sent periodic reports of the building's progress. These reports included the attached photographs, which Freer maintained in a bound album. Although the Freer Gallery did not open until 1923, the photographs in this album end in 1919 on Charles Freer's death.

Local Numbers:

FSA A.01 11.09

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Architectural photography  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Collection Citation:

Charles Lang Freer Papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.

Identifier:

FSA.A.01, Subseries 12.12

See more items in:

Charles Lang Freer Papers

Charles Lang Freer Papers / Series 12: Photographs

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-01-ref2538

Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927  Search this

Collection Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Extent:

360 Pages

Container:

Box 32, Folder 1-15

Type:

Archival materials

Pages

Letters (correspondence)

Date:

1908-1919

Scope and Contents:

Letters between Charles Lang Freer and Secretary of the Smithsonian Charles Doolittle Walcott between April 13, 1908 and September 19, 1919. Topics include Freer's evolving bequest to the Smithsonian, his thoughts on the nature and goals of his museum, and the construction of the building in Washington, DC.

Freer accession number F1908.1908.17a

Letters between Charles Lang Freer and Charles D. Walcott

Arrangement:

Organized chronologically under correspondent.

Local Numbers:

FSA A.01 02.1Walcott

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Genre/Form:

Letters (correspondence)

Collection Citation:

Charles Lang Freer Papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.

Identifier:

FSA.A.01, File FSA A.01 02.1Walcott

See more items in:

Charles Lang Freer Papers

Charles Lang Freer Papers / Series 2: Correspondence / 2.1: Charles Lang Freer Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-01-ref581

Creator:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927  Search this

Physical description:

5 x 4;

Type:

Black-and-white photographs

Date:

1920

Circa 1920s

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

Local number:

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27F_017]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

Copyright Undetermined

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_404310

Creator:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927  Search this

Physical description:

6 x 3.5;

Type:

Photographs

Date:

1877

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

Local number:

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27F_009]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_404303

Creator:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927  Search this

Physical description:

6 x 3.5;

Type:

Photographs

Date:

1873

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

Local number:

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27F_010]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_404304

Creator:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927  Search this

Physical description:

Gelatin silver prints; 7 x 5;

Type:

Black-and-white photographs

Date:

1897

Circa 1897 (copied 1997)

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

Local number:

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27F_012]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_404305

Creator:

Edmonston, David Bell 1876-1953  Search this

Subject:

Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927  Search this

Physical description:

6 x 4;

Type:

Black-and-white photographs

Date:

1913

Circa 1913

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

Local number:

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27F_013]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

In Copyright

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_404306

Creator:

Edmonston, David Bell 1876-1953  Search this

Subject:

Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927  Search this

Physical description:

6 x 4;

Type:

Black-and-white photographs

Date:

1913

Circa 1913

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

Local number:

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27F_014]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

In Copyright

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_404307

Creator:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927  Search this

Physical description:

6 x 4;

Type:

Photographs

Date:

1920

Circa 1920s

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

Local number:

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27F_015]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

Copyright Undetermined

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_404308

Creator:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927  Search this

Physical description:

6.5 x 4.25;

Type:

Black-and-white photographs

Date:

1920

Circa 1920s

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

Local number:

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27F_016]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

Copyright Undetermined

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_404309

Creator:

Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927  Search this

Subject:

Zahm, Albert Francis 1862-  Search this

Physical description:

Gelatin silver prints; 5 x 4;

Type:

Black-and-white photographs

Place:

Hammondsport (N.Y.)

Date:

1914

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

Local number:

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27F_155]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_404362

Creator:

Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927  Search this

Subject:

Zahm, Albert Francis 1862-  Search this

Curtiss, Glenn Hammond 1878-1930  Search this

Physical description:

Gelatin silver prints; 4 x 5;

Type:

Black-and-white photographs

Place:

Hammondsport (N.Y.)

Date:

1914

Topic:

Aeronautics  Search this

Local number:

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27F_156]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_404363

Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Names:

Freer Gallery of Art  Search this

M. Knoedler & Co.  Search this

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Yamanaka & Company  Search this

Bacher, Otto H. (Otto Henry), 1856-1909  Search this

Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959  Search this

Bing, Siegfried, 1838-1905  Search this

Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943  Search this

Bixby, William K. (William Keeney), 1857-1931  Search this

Bosch-Reitz, Sigisbert Chretien, 1860-  Search this

Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918  Search this

Campbell, Colin, Lady, 1857-1911  Search this

Campbell, Colin, Lord, 1853-1895  Search this

Canfield, Richard A. (Richard Albert), 1855-1914  Search this

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this

Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart), 1842-1924  Search this

Churchill, Alfred Vance, 1864-1949  Search this

Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882-1966  Search this

Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, 1851-1938  Search this

Dow, Arthur W. (Arthur Wesley), 1857-1922  Search this

Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco, 1853-1908  Search this

Gallatin, A. E. (Albert Eugene), 1881-1952  Search this

Gellatly, John, 1853-1931  Search this

Gookin, Frederick William  Search this

Hartmann, Sadakichi, 1867-1944  Search this

Hecker, Frank J. (Frank Joseph), 1846-1927  Search this

Kelekian, Dikran, 1868-1951  Search this

Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934  Search this

Matsuki, Bunkio, 1867-1940  Search this

McCormick, Frederick, 1870-  Search this

Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932  Search this

Meyer, Agnes Elizabeth Ernst, 1887-1970  Search this

Meyer, Eugene, 1875-1959  Search this

Moore, Charles, 1855-1942  Search this

Nomura, Yozo  Search this

Philip, Rosalind Birnie, 1873-1958  Search this

Platt, Charles A. (Charles Adams), 1861-1933  Search this

Reid, Alexander  Search this

Rhoades, Katharine N., 1885-1965  Search this

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919  Search this

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907  Search this

Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921  Search this

Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925  Search this

Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927  Search this

Warring, Joseph Stephens, 1863?-1944  Search this

Way, Thomas R. (Thomas Robert), 1861-1913  Search this

Whistler, Beatrix Philip Godwin, d. 1896  Search this

Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903  Search this

Wong, K. T.  Search this

Yue, Seaouke  Search this

Extent:

34 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

1876-1931

Scope and Contents:

Papers concerning Freer's art collecting activities, including correspondence, diaries, art inventories, scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeil Whistler and other press clippings, and photographs. In addition to Freer's own correspondence, the papers include correspondence collected by Freer of James McNeill Whistler and of Whistler collector Richard A. Canfield, correspondence of Freer's assistant Katharine Nash Rhoades, and correspondence regarding Freer's bequest to the Smithsonian Institution.

Correspondence, ca. 1860-1921, includes Freer's correspondence, 1876-1920, with artists, dealers, collectors, museums, and public figures; 30 v. of letterpress books containing copies of letters sent, 1892-1910; correspondence collected by Freer of James McNeill Whistler, and his wife Beatrix, 186?-1909, with Lady Colin Campbell, Thomas R. Way, Alexander Reid, Whistler' mother, Mrs. George W. Whistler, and others; correspondence of Whistler collector Richard A. Canfield, 1904-1913, regarding works in Canfield's collection; and correspondence of Freer's assistant, Katharine Nash Rhoades, 1920-1921, soliciting Freer letters and regarding the settlement of his estate.

Also included are twenty-nine pocket diaries, 1889-1890, 1892-1898, 1900-1919, recording daily activities, people and places visited, observations, and comments; a diary kept by Freer's caretaker, Joseph Stephens Warring, recording daily activities at Freer's Detroit home, 1907-1910;

Inventories, n.d. and 1901-1921, of American, European, and Asian art in Freer's collection, often including provenance information; vouchers, 1884-1919, documenting his purchases; five volumes of scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeill Whistler, 1888-1931, labeled "Various," "Peacock Room," "Death, etc.," "Paris, etc.," and "Boston...London" ; three volumes of newsclippings, 1900-1930, concerning Freer and the opening of the Freer Gallery of Art;

correspondence regarding Freer's gift and bequest to the Smithsonian Institution, 1902-1916; and photographs, ca. 1880-1930, of Freer, including portraits by Alvin Langdon Coburn and Edward Steichen, Freer with others, Freer in Cairo, China and Japan, Freer's death mask, and his memorial service, Kyoto, 1930; photographs of artists and others, including Thomas Dewing, Ernest Fenellosa, Katharine Rhoades taken by Alfred Stieglitz, Rosalind B. Philip, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Abbott H. Thayer, Dwight Tryon, and Whistler; and photographs relating to Whistler, including art works depicting him, grave and memorial monuments, works of art, the Peacock Room, and Whistler's memorial exhibition at the Copley Society.

Among Freer's correspondents are: Otto Bacher, Bernard Berenson, Siegfried Bing, Laurence Binyon, W.K. Bixby, Sigisbert Chretien Bosch-Reitz, Charles H. Caffin, Colin Campbell, Richard Canfield, William Merritt Chase, Frederick Stuart Church, Alfred Vance Churchill, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Arthur Wesley Dow, Ernest Fenollosa, Albert Gallatin, John Gellatly, Frederick W. Gookin, Sadakichi Hartmann, Frank J. Hecker, Dikran Kelekian, M. Knoedler & Co., Berthold Laufer, Lien Hui Ching Collection, W.A. Livingstone, Frederick McCormick, Bunkio Matsuki, Gari Melchers, Agnes Meyer, Eugene Meyer, Charles Moore, Yozo Nomura, Rosalind Birnie Philip, Charles A. Platt, Theodore Roosevelt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the Smithsonian Institution, Joseph Stephens Warring, Thomas Way, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Dwight W. Tryon, Charles Walcott of the Smithsonian Institution, Beatrix Whistler, James McNeill Whistler, K.T. Wong, Yamanaka & Co., and Seaouke Yue.

Arrangement:

All correspondence except letterpress books: arranged alphabetically by correspondent; letterpress books are chonological.

Biographical / Historical:

Art collector; Detroit, Michigan. Collected Asian, American, and European art, including a large collection of works by James McNeill Whistler. Founded the Freer Gallery of Art, which is now part of the Smithsonian Institution.

Provenance:

Selected for microfilming from the Charles Lang Freer papers at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Microfilmed 1992 by the Archives of American Art with funding provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Fellowships and Grants Research Resources Program. Portions of the correspondence and the letterpress books were previously filmed by the Freer in the 1970 (AAA reels 77, 453-456, and 1217-1232); those reels have been replaced by this microfilming project. See Finding Aid for information on papers not selected for microfilming.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Topic:

Art, Asian -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art, American -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.freechar

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-freechar

Creator:

Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1850-1915  Search this

Stevenson, James, 1840-1888  Search this

Evans, Alexander H.  Search this

Correspondent:

Anderson, Larz, 1866-1937  Search this

Avery, Rachel Foster  Search this

Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887  Search this

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952  Search this

Douglass, William Boone  Search this

Eagle, Mary K.  Search this

Gill, Mary W.  Search this

Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896  Search this

Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956  Search this

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935  Search this

Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933  Search this

Hornaday, W.T.  Search this

Leidy, Joseph  Search this

McGee, Anita Newcomb, 1864-1940  Search this

Meredith, Virginia C.  Search this

Moseley, A.N.  Search this

Nordhoff-Jung, Sophie  Search this

Pollard, Henry L.  Search this

Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902  Search this

Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915  Search this

Schweizer, Herman  Search this

Sherman, William Tecumseh Lieut. General  Search this

True, Clara D.  Search this

Tylor, Edward Burnett  Search this

Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927  Search this

Bourke, John Gregory, 1846-1896  Search this

Names:

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.)  Search this

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

Depicted:

Carson, Kit, 1809-1868  Search this

Darwin, Charles  Search this

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870  Search this

Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887  Search this

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882  Search this

Sherman, William Tecumseh Lieut. General  Search this

Extent:

5 Linear feet

Culture:

Pueblo Indians  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

ca. 1870-1910

Scope and Contents:

Most of Stevenson's scientific notes are included as separate items in the series of numbered manuscript and the papers of John Peabody Harrington. This particular set of materials is made up of papers that passed into the hands of the executor of her estate. It consists of a miscellany of letters, notes, legal documents, cartographic materials, genealogical materials, photographs, newspaper clippsing, other printed material, and other types of documents. Although tehc ollection largely concerns Stevenson, it also includes some material of her husband, James Stevenson, and members of her family, especially her father, Alexander H. Evans, a Washington, D.C. attorney.

Many of the documents concern Stevenson's field work among the Pueblo Indians and other official duties with the Smithsonian. some material relates to her activities with the World's Columbian Exposition and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. A few items concern her membership in scientific organizations. Still other documents are of a personal nature, and some are mementoes, especially of James Stevenson. A significant group of documents concern Matilda CoxeStevenson's friendly and, later, very difficult relationship with Clara True.

The photographs include some items of ethnographic interest but it consists largely of portraits of James andMatilda Stevensonand Mrs. Stevenson's relatives. Also included are images in albums apparently gathered by Stevenson as a collector of photographs. They include images of Kit Carson, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and William Tecumseh Shermn. In the albums are also a nubmer of photographic portraits with unidentified subjects, many of whom appear to be actors and actresses.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4689

Occupation:

Actors -- depicted  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 4689, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4689

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4689

Collector:

McGee, Anita Newcomb, 1864-1940  Search this

Names:

Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 1835-1924  Search this

McGee, W J, 1853-1912  Search this

Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902  Search this

Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927  Search this

Extent:

25 Items (2.5 linear inches (1 box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Publications

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Materials kept by W.J. McGee's wife, Anita, pertaining to her husband. Contains W.J. McGee's obituary from The Evening Star; his memoir by N. H. Darton; notes on the life of McGee's father, James, as told by James to Anita; an article on McGee's daughter Klotho McGee Lattin which includes a brief section on McGee (Santa Cruz Sentinel, October 24, 1971); a bibliography of his writings; reprints of his publications that he inscribed to Anita; three photographs of McGee; and a photo of Sir Archibald Geikei, John Wesley Powell, and Charles Doolittle Walcott taken in May 1897 by H.F. Reid.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2003-31

Other Archival Materials:

The photo of Sir Archibald Geikei, John Wesley Powell, and Charles Doolittle Walcott is the same image as NAA Inv 02864600, which is available to view online.

Topic:

Geology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographic prints

Publications

Citation:

Manuscript 2003-31, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS2003-31

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2003-31

Creator:

Manly, Charles Matthews, 1876-1927  Search this

Names:

Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company  Search this

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940  Search this

Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930  Search this

Lahm, Frank Purdy, 1877-1963  Search this

Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906  Search this

Manly, Charles Matthews, 1876-1927  Search this

Myers, Carl, 1842-1925  Search this

Post, Augustus  Search this

Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927  Search this

Extent:

0.9 Cubic feet (2 legal document boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Publications

Correspondence

Programs

Clippings

Notebooks

Date:

1895-1925

bulk 1903-1915

Summary:

This collection consists of material relating to Manly's aeronautical career, specifically his work with Samuel Langley's Aerodrome. The material consists of programs, publications, newspaper clippings, work notebooks, waste books, (mostly letterpress) and correspondence between Manly and the aviation and Smithsonian communities, circa 1885-1925. Correspondents include the following personalities: Glenn Curtiss, Carl Myers, Charles Walcott, Frank Lahm, Cyrus Adler, Augustus Post, and Samuel Langley.

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of material relating to Manly's aeronautical career, specifically his work with Samuel Langley's Aerodrome. The material consists of programs, publications, newspaper clippings, work notebooks, waste books, (mostly letterpress) and correspondence between Manly and the aviation and Smithsonian communities, circa 1885-1925. Correspondents include Samuel Langley, Charles Walcott and Richard Rathbun of the Smithsonian; Cyrus Adler, Glenn Curtiss, Benjamin D. Foulois, Carl Myers, Frank Lahm, and Augustus Post. Of particular interest is the correspondence between Manly and Smithsonian Secretary Charles Walcott on Manly's work on the preparation of the Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight for publication between 1908 to 1911; and his correspondence with Glenn Curtiss concerning the test flights of the rebuilt Great Aerodrome on Lake Keuka, Hammondsport, New York, in 1914, and the resulting controversy between the Smithsonian and Orville Wright.

Researchers may also wish to consult the National Air and Space Archives Division's Samuel P. Langley Collection (Accession No. XXXX-0494), and these collections held by the Smithsonian Institution Archives:

Record Unit 31, Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1866-1906, with related records to 1927.

Record Unit 34, Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1887-1907

Record Unit 7268, J. Elfreth Watkins Collection, 1869, 1881-1903, 1953, 1966 and undated.

Arrangement:

The Charles M. Manly Papers are organized in three series:

Series I --Letter Copy Books and Notebooks

Letter copy books were used to make and preserve copies of letters and memoranda --one placed a sheet of oiled paper under a page of the copy book, dampened the tissue copy page, then laid the original letter in the book under pressure for a few seconds. The quality of the copies ranges from quite readable to very faint. Because of the fragility of the paper, Archives Division staff should be consulted before working with the material.

The two notebooks in the series (Folder 4) were carried by Manly in his day to day work on the Aerodrome project and contain his notes on the progress of the work.

Series II --Correspondence

Letters in this series are arranged by year.

Series III --Additional Material

Newspaper clippings, Manly Family records, a photograph of Langley's Aerodrome No.5 in flight, and miscellaneous material.

Biographical/Historical note:

On May 9, 1898, Smithsonian Secretary Samuel P. Langley wrote to Professor Robert Thurston of Cornell University, looking for a "young man who is morally trustworthy ('a good fellow') with some gumption and a professional training" to serve as Langley's assistant in his aeronautical work. Thurston recommended a senior majoring in electrical and mechanical engineering, Charles Matthews Manly (1876-1927) of Staunton, Virginia. Langley hired Manly and placed him in charge of the construction of his Great Aerodrome, the large manned aircraft being built under the sponsorship of the Army's Board of Ordnance and Fortification. One of Manly's main contributions to the project was his vastly improved redesign of Stephen M. Balzer's five-cylinder water-cooled radial gasoline engine. Manly piloted the Great Aerodrome on its two unsuccessful launch attempts in 1903. He resigned from the Smithsonian in 1905. Manly served as a consulting aviation engineer for different government agencies and corporations, including the British War Office, 1915; the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation 1915-1919 (from 1919-1920 as the assistant general manger); and as a member of the US Commission to the International Aircraft Conference, London, 1918. Manly also completed and edited Langley's Memoir on Mechanical Flight which was published by the Smithsonian in 1911. Manly was granted over fifty 50 patents relating to automotive transportation, power generation, and transmission. In 1929, Manly was posthumously awarded the Langley Medal for outstanding aeronautical achievements.

Provenance:

Brian Bailey, gift, 1998, 1999-0004, deed pending.

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.

Topic:

Aeronautics -- 1903-1916  Search this

Airplanes -- Motors  Search this

Test pilots  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

Langley Aerodrome Family  Search this

Genre/Form:

Publications

Correspondence

Programs

Clippings

Notebooks

Citation:

Charles M. Manly Papers, Acc. 1999-0004, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsoinan Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.1999.0004

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Charles M. Manly Papers

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930  Search this

Names:

Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930  Search this

Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906  Search this

Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927  Search this

Wright, Orville, 1871-1948  Search this

Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912  Search this

Extent:

0.23 Cubic feet ((1 slim legal box))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Date:

1914-1915

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of two scrapbooks kept by Glenn H. Curtiss and filled with photographs of himself and Samuel Langley. The photos show the two men and their experiments with Langley's aircraft, the Langley Aerodrome. The trial flights were conducted on Lake Kewka, near Hammondsport, NY. Each photo is labeled with a caption and a date. The second (chronologically) book of the set is a continuation of the photos of the Langley experiments by Glenn H. Curtiss, and while the photos are numbered, they have no captions or labeling on them. Some dates are available on the photos. Curtiss' autograph appears inside the cover of one scrapbook.

Biographical / Historical:

Nine days before the Wright brothers' first successful flight, Smithsonian Secretary Samuel Langley had the trial for his steam-powered machine, called the Great Aerodrome. Heavily funded by the United States government, the Aerodrome broke apart almost immediately upon takeoff in a highly-publicized event, and Langley and the Smithsonian Institution suffered embarrassment over the incident. After Langley passed away in 1906, his successor, Charles Walcott, claimed that although Langley may not have flown that December morning the Aerodrome was certainly capable of it. Walcott's "proof" was in a rebuilt version of Langley's Aerodrome, which was later successfully flown by American airplane manufacturer Glenn Curtiss. Curtiss, who was engaged in a patent suit with the Wright brothers, rebuilt and flew Langley's Aerodrome with 1914 modifications with the hope of showing the courts that the Wrights did not invent the airplane. While Curtiss eventually lost the patent suit, the flight was used by the Smithsonian to redeem Langley's role in the history of flight.

General:

NASMrev

Provenance:

Glenn H. Curtiss, gift, unknown, XXXX-0294, NASM

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Topic:

Aeronautics  Search this

Aeronautics -- 1903-1916  Search this

Aeronautics -- Records  Search this

Aeronautics -- Law and legislation  Search this

Langley Aerodrome Family  Search this

Langley Aerodrome A (Great Aerodrome, Man-Carrying Aerodrome)  Search this

Langley Aerodrome A, Curtiss 1914 Rebuild  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.0294

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0294

Collector:

Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902  Search this

Correspondent:

Becker, G. F.  Search this

Bell, Alexander G.  Search this

Croly, D. G. Mrs  Search this

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885  Search this

Horsford, Eben Norton, 1818-1893  Search this

McDonald, J. Wade  Search this

Minot, Charles F.  Search this

Nestler, Julius  Search this

Niblack, S. S.  Search this

Owen, Edward T.  Search this

Parkman, Francis  Search this

Peñafiel, Antonio, 1830-1922  Search this

Powell, Joseph  Search this

Powers, Stephen, 1840-1904  Search this

Sayles, Ira  Search this

Shaler, N. S.  Search this

Spencer, Herbert  Search this

Tylor, Edward Burnett  Search this

Vogdes, A. W.  Search this

Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927  Search this

Walker  Search this

Hare, William H.  Search this

Welling, James  Search this

Addressee:

Call, W., Hon  Search this

Names:

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885  Search this

Hinman, Samuel Dutton, 1839-1890  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1880-1907

Scope and Contents:

Contents: Becker, G. F. San Francisco, California. June 24, 1884. 1 page. Asking to be relieved of an inefficient clerical helper. Bell, Alexander G. Washington, D. C. December 17, 1884. 1 page. Invitation to dinner. Croly, Mrs D. G. New York City. 1884. 3 pages. Requesting photographs for International Bazaar at Cassel, Germany. Cushing, Frank Hamilton. Shelter Island, New York. October 31, 1885. 4 pages. Expressing appreciation for Powell's consideration during Cushing's illness. Grant, U. S. New York City. August 23, 1883. 2 pages. Requesting job for a widow. Horsford, E. N. Cambridge, England. November 19, 1883. 4 pages. Expressing strong interest in Cushing's field work and notes, and concern for his health. McDonald, J. Wade. Winfield, Kansas. January 6, 1896. 1 page. Concerning Powell's "The Organization of Scientific Work." Minot, Charles F. Boston, Massachusetts. November 7, 1884. 1 page. Enclosing letters referring to chairmanship of Committee on the international Congress. (Letters returned.) Nestler, Julius. Prague, Austria. November 17, 1907. [Date correct; salutation, "Dear Sir."] Re his proposed expedition to Bolivia. Niblack, S. S. to Hon. W. Call. Lake City, Florida. January 19, 1884. 2 pages. Enclosed with letter to Powell (missing). Re employment of one of Niblack family. Owen, Edward T. Madison, Wisconsin. May 7, 1901. 3 pages. Transmitting his article on pronouns (?). Parkman, F[rancis]. Boston. April 12, 1882. 3 pages. Concerning Bandelier's expeditions; and impression of F. H. Cushing. Penafiel, Antonio. Mexico City. February 27, 1886. 1 page. 7 transl., 1 page. Transmitting publications. Powell, Joseph. Towanda, Pennsylvania. May 13, 1884. 2 pages. Genealogical inquiry. Powers, Stephen. Waterford, Ohio. December 31, 1880. 2 pages. Sayles, Ira. Strawberry Plains, Tennessee. August 16, 1885. 5 pages. Enclosing 2 poems on Ulysses S. Grant. Shaler, N. S. Cambridge, Massachusetts. October 17 and 26, 1886. 2, 2 pages. Social invitations. Spencer, Herbert. Bayswater, W., England. July 2, 1883. 4 pages. Expressing interest in the Annual Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology. Tylor, Edward B. Oxford, England. May 16 and October 17, 1884. 4, 4 pages. Concerning his trip to the U. S. and Canada. Vogdes, A. W. Governor's Island, New York. October 2, 1884. 3 pages. Re attack on a party of hunters ca. 1873 by Sioux Indians near Fort Fetterman. Walcott, Charles D. New York City. July 28, 1881. 3 pages. Re increase in salary. Walker, , Supt. of Census. Washington, D. C. August, 7, 1880. 1 page. Enclosing William H. Hare to Gen. Walker, August 3, 1880, 1 page. Re conduct of Samuel D. Hinman. Welling, James C. Washington, D. C. September 7, 1884. 2 pages. October 3, 1884. 3 pages. Re Powell's making Inaugural Address at New School of Science and Arts of the University of .

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4024-c

Topic:

Expeditions -- Bandelier  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 4024-c, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4024C

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4024c

Creator:

Griffith, Thomas Jefferson  Search this

Correspondent:

Browning, John G.  Search this

Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930  Search this

Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Includes photos of site and objects, letters from J.G. Browning, J.W. Fewkes, and C.D. Walcott, affidavit of T.J. Griffith, and newspaper clippings.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2415

Topic:

Birch bark  Search this

Pictographs -- Iowa  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Manuscript 2415, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS2415

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2415

Creator:

Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949  Search this

Names:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927  Search this

Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949  Search this

Extent:

160 Items (Glass plate photonegatives, Box 1-13, 12.7x20.3 cm, 15.2x25.4 cm)

119 Items (Modern copy prints, Box 14-15, 12x19.5 cm)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Glass negatives, modern copy prints

Place:

Japan

China

Date:

circa 1904

Scope and Contents:

Bailey Willis Glass Plate Photonegatives Collection consists of 160 glass plate photonegatives and 119 modern copy prints mostly of Japanese subjects. Depicting Meiji-era Japan and traditional paintings, the photographs are attributed to the prominent American geologist Bailey Willis, who travelled to Japan in 1904 in his return trip from China to the U.S. From 1903 to 1904, Willis led a scientific expedition to China to conduct geological and paleontological investigations under the auspices of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The expedition was proposed by Dr. Charles D. Walcott, the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, who would become the fourth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1907. After the expedition, the Smithsonian Institution took custody of 375 glass plate photonegatives taken by Willis during his Chinese expedition. The current Willis Collection does not retain Chinese glass plate photonegatives, which appear to be housed in the Huntington Library. Twelve original prints of China are in the Charles Lang Freer Papers, acquired by Freer directly from Willis. The Willis Collection richly documents Japanese local scenes, people, buildings, industries, agriculture, and art. It also contains a small number of Middle Eastern and Western images. These photographs are thought to be taken and/or purchased by Willis during his short stay in Japan in 1904, although there is no direct evidence that Willis was the original photographer of any or all of these. Since there are many views of locations that Willis never visited, it seems likely that the plates were acquired from another photographer.

Arrangement:

Box 1-3 Japanese paintings; Box 4-11 Japanese scenes; Box 12 Middle Eastern scenes, miscellaneous; Box 13 Western scenes, miscellaneous; Box 14 Japanese painting and scenes; Box 15 Japanese scenes

Biographical / Historical:

Bailey Willis was born at his parents' country estate at Idlewild-on-Hudson, near Cornwall, New York in 1857. He was the son of Nathaniel Parker Willis, a poet and journalist, and Cornelia (Grinnell) Willis of the prominent New England Grinnell family. His maternal granduncle, Henry Grinnell, was a benefactor of Arctic expeditions. His mother was instrumental in nurturing young Willis's interest in nature and exploration. After his father's death when Willis was ten years old, his mother, concerned about her son's "tendency to dream ineffectually," decided to train him in the stern disciplines of mathematics and science (Willis, A Yanqui in Patagonia 4). At the age of thirteen, Willis began schooling in Germany, where he received rigorous Prussian education.

Returning to New York in 1874, Willis entered the School of Mines at Columbia University, graduating with degrees in Mining Engineering in 1878 and Civil Engineering in 1879. After graduation Willis worked as an assistant for Raphael Pumpelly, a prominent geologist, by estimating iron and coal resources for the Northern Pacific Railroad. Geological work in the Pacific Northwest convinced Willis to support the preservation of Mount Rainier and its surroundings. The Mount Rainier National Park was established by law in 1899.

In 1882 Willis married his cousin Altona Holstein Grinnell. After her death in 1896, he married Margaret Delight Baker, daughter of anatomist Frank Baker. Margaret assisted Willis as draftsman and secretary.

Willis first earned international recognition as a geologist in the field of structural geology. Following the bankruptcy of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1884, Willis worked on assignments from the United States Geological Survey. While working in the southern Appalachian Mountains, he became interested in what had caused folding and faulting. By using laboratory experiments, Willis investigated the conditions causing the deformation of strata and published his new interpretation of the deformation in the report "The Mechanics of Appalachian Structure" (1893). This study established him as one of the country's leading structural geologists. His later book Geologic Structures (1923) went into three editions.

In addition to geological studies in the United States, Willis actively engaged himself in foreign expeditions throughout his life. From 1903 to1904, Willis led a scientific expedition to China under the auspices of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. With Eliot Blackwelder, an associate geologist, and R. H. Sargent, a topographer, the expedition investigated the geomorphology, stratigraphy, and paleontology of the country. The result of the expedition appeared as Research in China in 1907, which won a gold medal from the Geographic Society of France. Furthermore, in recognition of this work, Willis was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Berlin in 1910. In the same year the Argentine government invited Willis to conduct a geological survey of Patagonia for the region's irrigation potential.

In 1915, at age 59, Willis accepted a position of Chairman of the Department of Geology at Stanford University, where he remained affiliated as a professor emeritus after his retirement. In California, Willis extended his research to the area of seismology, and served as President of the Seismological Society of America. Believing in the permanence of continents, he held an oppositional view to the continental drift theories. In 1949, Willis died in Palo Alto, California at age 91.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1991.06

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Geology  Search this

Photographs  Search this

Genre/Form:

Glass negatives, Modern copy prints

Citation:

Bailey Willis Glass Plate Photonegatives Collection. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A1991.06

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a1991-06