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Extent:

6.15 Cubic feet (consisting of 14 boxes and 1 flat box.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Slides

Notes

Photographs

Place:

Shanghai (China)

Singapore

Date:

1928-2008

bulk 1945-1982

Summary:

The Helen D. Ling Papers, dating from 1928-2008 with the bulk of material dating from 1945-1982, measure 6.15 cubic feet and include biographical material, research, writings, correspondence, printed material, and audiovisual material related to Ling's life and work as a collector and dealer of Asian art.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Helen Ling measure 6.15 cubic feet and date from 1928 to 2008, with the bulk of material dating between 1945-1982. The papers largely relate to Ling's personal life, research, and collections of Chinese objects. The papers include biographical material, research, writings, correspondence, printed material, and audio recordings.

Arrangement:

The Helen D. Ling papers are organized into six series: Series 1: Biographical Material; Series 2: Diaries; Series 3: Research Files; Series 4: Writings and Notes; Series 5: Correspondence; Series 6: Printed Material; Series 7: Audiovisual Material; Series 8: Lectures; Series 9: Sales Records

Biographical Note:

Helen Dalling Ling was born Helen Dalling on July 28, 1901 in Uhrichsville, Ohio, and grew up in Everett, Pennsylvania. Ling was an American collector, dealer, and connoisseur of Asian art and antiques.

In 1925, Ling attended an American Baptist Foreign Mission picnic where she met Tien-Gi (Ti-Gi) Ling, a Chinese research chemist who was studying for his master's and subsquent doctorate in industrial chemistry from Brown University and Cornell University, respectively. Ling traveled to Shanghai by herself in 1928 to see if she could live in China, as marrying Ti-Gi would strip her of her American citizenship. Content in Shanghai, she and Ti-Gi married several months after her arrival in the spring of 1928.

The pair lived throughout South China, Hong Kong, and Singapore where she held various positions including as an English teacher and secretary. The couple had one son, James G. Ling, in 1930. Ling became interested in antiques prior to moving abroad, and eventually opened an antique shop in Shanghai in 1938 called the Green Dragon. When the Lings moved to Singapore in 1951 after escaping the Communists in Shanghai, Helen Ling opened another shop under her own name which she operated until her death on May 15th, 1982. Ling was very active in the field of Southeast Asian art, regularly giving lectures and was regularly featured in publications on her expertise in Asian art. She co-founded and served as the first president of the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Singapore in 1971. Ling was thrust onto the global stage when her friend, Jim Thompson, co-founder of Thai Silk Company Limited disappeared while visiting her and Ti-Gi at there home, Moonlight in 1967. Thirty-four Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery collection items were once part of Ling's personal collection, and were either sold or donated to the museum after her death by her family.

Provenance:

Gift of Ann S. Ling.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to reproduce and publish an item from the Archives is coordinated through the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery's Rights and Reproductions department. Please contact the Archives in order to initiate this process.

Topic:

Art, Asian  Search this

Pottery - Asia  Search this

Art, Chinese  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides

Notes

Photographs

Citation:

Helen D. Ling Papers, FSA.A2019.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ann S. Ling.

Sponsor:

Funding for partial processing of the collection in 2017 was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF). Processing of an accretion in 2022 was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's American Women's History Initiative (AWHI).

Identifier:

FSA.A2019.04

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Helen D. Ling Papers

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3f8effad5-812f-44f3-857c-14b6e6702eef

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2019-04

Extent:

4 Linear feet (consisting of 8 legal document boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Notes

Correspondence

Place:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date:

1979-2015

Summary:

The Shirley Z. Johnson Papers, dating from 1979-2015, measure 4 linear feet and include an inventory, correspondence, and research files related to Johnson's collection of Chinese textiles.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Shirley Z. Johnson measure 4 linear feet and date from 1979-2015. The papers largely relate to Johnson's collection of textiles. The papers include inventories, object files, correspondence, and research files.

The inventories and object files document Johnson's textile collecting and include book lists, images, documentation, and research organized by individual object.

The correspondence files include letters, notes, emails, news clippings, interview notes, museum object lists, press releases, and notes related to the holdings of museums, art dealers. They also contain information related to imperial robes and the individual Yan Yong, a scholar and Deputy Director of the Court History Department and the Head of the Division of Textiles at the Palace Museum in Beijing, China.

Research files comprise printed material, articles and speech drafts, and notes related to Chinese textile research. Topics represented in the records include sumptuary laws, symbolism in religious traditions in China, rank badges in various Chinese military branches, and instructions for dating textiles.

The original container numbers established by the creator are documented with their corresponding files.

Arrangement:

The Shirley Z. Johnson papers are arranged in six series.

Series 1: Inventories

Series 2: Correspondence with Collectors

Series 3: Correspondence with Dealers

Series 4: Correspondence with Museums

Series 5: Correspondence with Curators

Series 6: Research Files

Biographical Note:

Shirley Z. Johnson is a scholarly collector, antitrust attorney, and autism advocate.

Ms. Johnson's first Asian art collection consisted of imperial Chinese textiles about which she wrote an article in Arts of Asia, (1995). Some textiles have been given to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Freer|Sackler), others have been loaned to it and, as of 2019, have been promised as a gift. Her interest in Chinese textiles began in 1979 when she visited China and purchased four pieces: two from Chinese people seated on the ground among the stone animals leading to the Ming tombs and two rank badges from an antique store on Lui Li Chang street in Beijing.

Beginning around 1992, she became interested in Japanese metal work, when she spotted a piece she liked of the Meiji period (1868 – 1912) at Orientations Gallery in New York. Thereafter, she collected metal art of that era until 2006, when she began collecting work of living metal artists. She gave her collection of Meiji metal work to The Walters Art Museum in 2019 (along with Japanese cloisonné and prints) and has promised her collection of contemporary metal art to the Freer|Sackler, along with extensive archives relating to each piece and interviews with about 100 metal artists beginning in 2006.

She served on the Board of The Textile Museum from 1989-2003 and on the Board of the Freer|Sackler from 2004-2012 and from 2017 to 2021.

Ms. Johnson had published several articles on Asian art: "Tomobako: Functional Beauty," Impressions, 42 Part One 2021; "Japanese Metal Art: An Enduring Tradition," Arts of Asia, May-June 2017; "Chinese Ancestor Portraits in the Sackler's Collection," Arts of Asia, July-August 2003; "A Textile Collector's Approach to Collecting," Arts of Asia, July-August 1995.

Her legal specialty was antitrust law. She worked as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, was counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Antitrust Subcommittee, and entered private practice in 1976 until she retired in 2009.

She graduated from the University of Michigan law school in 1965 with a Juris Doctor degree and was a member of The Order of the Coif. Previously she received a bachelor's degree in Political Science, summa cum laude, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

In 2004, she founded a unique social skills program for children with autism at the West Burlington, Iowa School District involving classroom guidance, luncheon and after-school groups and a summer camp. Each activity involved both autistic and neurotypical children. The program was called the TRI Project, standing for Intense, Inclusive, Individual.

Provenance:

Donated by Shirley Z. Johnson in 2015. Addition donated by Shirley Z. Johnson in 2019.

Restrictions:

Collection is restricted until 2140.

Rights:

Permission to reproduce and publish an item from the Archives is coordinated through the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery's Rights and Reproductions department. Please contact the Archives in order to initiate this process.

Topic:

Textile fabrics  Search this

Art -- China  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art, Chinese  Search this

Costume -- Chinese  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Notes

Correspondence -- 1950-2000

Citation:

Shirley Z. Johnson Papers. FSA.A2016.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Shirley Z. Johnson, 2015.

Sponsor:

Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:

FSA.A2016.06

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Shirley Z. Johnson Papers

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc354d76cb2-4c7d-4444-8437-c0166c86d94b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2016-06

Creator:

Aga-Oglu, Mehmet, 1896-1949  Search this

Extent:

7.8 Cubic feet (consisting of 12 boxes and 9 oversized flat file folders.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Maps

Photographs

Notes

Place:

Detroit (Mich.)

Turkey

Istanbul (Turkey)

Berlin (Germany)

Michigan

Date:

circa 1877-1947

Summary:

The Mehmet Aga-Oglu Papers, dating from approximately 1877-1947, measure 7.8 cubic feet and include writings and notes, photographs, and maps related to Dr. Aga-Oglu's work Corpus of Islamic Work, which was never published due to Dr. Aga-Oglu's death in 1949.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Mehmet Aga-Oglu measure 7.8 cubic feet and date from 1877 to approximately 1949. The papers largely relate to Aga-Oglu's research and writings for his unpublished work Corpus of Islamic Metalwork. The papers include manuscript drafts, research files, printed material, maps, and photographs.

The manuscript drafts include handwritten drafts, citations attached or written onto drafts, and revision notes for his unpublished manuscript. Content includes material related to metalliferous mines, precious and base metals, and traffic of metals in Islamic and non-Islamic countries, as well as unlabeled writings related to astrolabes and synthetic protective coatings for metals.

Research material represents a majority of the records, and consists of accumulated research notes, citation lists, and object sketches. Subjects of the research material are related to metallurgy, iconography, metals commonly used in metalwork, geology and mining, and histories of metalwork in ranging locations or eras.

Printed material contains published articles from periodicals, a bulletin from the Detroit Institute of Arts, catalogues of scholarly publications available for purchase, and reviews of Aga-Oglu's published works.

Graphic materials present in the collection include maps depicting areas such as the Middle East, the northern Arabian Peninsula, and Northern India during different eras, and hand traced maps with marked metalliferous mine locations; and a substantial number of photographs of objects and artworks.

Arrangement:

The Mehmet Aga-Oglu papers are arranged in five series.

Series 1: Manuscript Drafts

Series 2: Research Files

Series 3: Printed Material

Series 4: Maps

Series 5: Photographs

Biographical Note:

Dr. Mehmet Aga-Oglu was an Islamic art historian and professor born on August 4, 1896 at Erivan in Russia Caucasia.

In 1916, Dr. Aga-Oglu was awarded a Doctor of Letters in the history, philosophy, and languages of Islamic countries from the University of Moscow. Following his graduation, Dr. Aga-Oglu traveled through Turkistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Asia Minor studying Islamic art. Dr. Aga-Oglu returned to academia in 1921 at the University of Istanbul where he studied the history of Islam and the Ottoman Empire.

During his time as a student at the University of Istanbul, he traveled extensively to European universities as a part of his program of study. This included studying Near Eastern art and architecture under Dr. Ernst Herzfeld in Berlin; classical and early Christian archaeology and Western art at the University of Jena; and completing his art history studies in Vienna. Dr. Aga-Oglu was awarded a Ph.D in philosophy in 1926.

Dr. Aga-Oglu was appointed curator by the Department of the National Museum in Istanbul in 1927. In 1929, the city of Detroit recruited Dr. Aga-Oglu to build the Department of Near Eastern Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts. In 1933, he was appointed as Chair of the History of Islamic Art at the University of Michigan. He joined the university first as a Freer Fellow and Lecturer and then later became a professor.

Dr. Aga-Oglu's accomplishments during his tenure included representing the University and the Detroit Institute of the Arts at the Millennium Celebration of Firdausi and the Congress of Orientalists in Tehran in 1934; organizing an exhibition of Islamic art at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco in 1937; founding and serving as editor of the periodical Ars Islamica; and serving as a Visiting Professor at the Summer Seminar of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Princeton University in 1935 and 1938.

Following his departure from the University of Michigan in 1938, Dr. Aga-Oglu primarily focused on research and writing. His publications include Persian Bookbindings of the Fifteenth Century, History of Islamic Art, and Safawid Rugs and Textiles. From 1948 to 1949, Dr. Aga-Oglu consulted for the Textile Museum in Washington D.C.

Beginning in 1940, Dr. Aga-Oglu planned, researched, and wrote drafts of his unpublished work Corpus of Islamic Metalwork. His project was intended to be a multi-volume work, but was not completed. Dr. Aga-Oglu died on July 4, 1949.

Provenance:

Donated by Dr. Kamer Aga-Oglu in 1959.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to reproduce and publish an item from the Archives is coordinated through the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery's Rights and Reproductions department. Please contact the Archives in order to initiate this process.

Topic:

Art, Islamic  Search this

Art metal-work, Islamic  Search this

Genre/Form:

Maps

Photographs

Notes

Citation:

Mehmet Aga-Oglu Papers. FSA.A.10. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Dr. Kamer Aga-Oglu, 1959.

Sponsor:

Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:

FSA.A.10

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Mehmet Aga-Oglu Papers

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3ff787517-13d1-43f7-a21f-1b37c856ca4e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a-10

Creator:

Callaghan, Lewis S.  Search this

Extent:

60 Prints (color, various sizes, all mounted on board.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Photographs

Color prints (photographs)

Place:

India

Date:

circa mid-20th century

Scope and Contents:

60 color photographic prints, mounted on board, from the mid-20th century by Lewis S. Callaghan. Images depict various scenes of India, including people, architecture and the landscape.

Arrangement:

Organized in 2 flat boxes.

Biographical / Historical:

Photographs were originally part of the Freer Gallery Art Study Collection and were transferred to the Freer-Sackler Archives in 1991.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1991.02

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

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

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Color prints (photographs) -- 20th century

Citation:

Emily Callaghan photographs. FSA.A1991.02. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A1991.02

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc35ead4817-f384-45b4-98b1-1799704615ce

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a1991-02

Creator:

Thompson, Everett Edward, 1876-1962  Search this

Names:

Kuhn, Irene  Search this

Extent:

151 Lantern slides (approximate number: 151 Items)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Lecture notes

Photographs

Place:

Indonesia -- Description and Travel

East Indies

Java

Indonesia

Malaysia

Date:

1899-1962

Summary:

The papers, 1899-1962, of editor, lexicographer, author, and lecturer Everett Edward Thompson (1876-1962) primarily document his 1905 trip to Indonesia and subsequent lectures delivered from 1913-1919 and 1956. Portions of the papers are photocopies. Included are obituaries; a portrait photograph dated 1899; portions of a travel journal; announcements, notes, and 132 glass stereopticons assembled in preparation for lectures on Indonesia; a letter; printed material and clippings related to language and the Webster-Merriam dictionaries; and a handwritten copy of Irene Kuhn's 1961 news article on the early history of U.S. field teaching in the Philippines.

Scope and Contents:

The papers, 1899-1962, of editor, lexicographer, author, and lecturer Everett Edward Thompson (1876-1962) primarily document his 1905 trip to Indonesia and subsequent lectures delivered from 1913-1919 and 1956. Portions of the papers are photocopies. Included are obituaries; a portrait photograph dated 1899; portions of a travel journal; announcements, notes, and 132 glass stereopticons assembled in preparation for lectures on Indonesia; a letter; printed material and clippings related to language and the Webster-Merriam dictionaries; and a handwritten copy of Irene Kuhn's 1961 news article on the early history of U.S. field teaching in the Philippines. Total: 151 items

Arrangement note:

Series 1: -- Biographical Data

Series 2: -- Portrait Photograph

Series 3: -- Travel Journal

Series 4: -- Lecture notes and announcements

Series 5: -- Letter

Series 6: -- Printed Matter

Series 7: -- Lantern Slides

Biographical Information:

Editor, lexicographer, author, and lecturer Everett Edward Thompson was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in1876. He received an A.B. degree from Amherst College in 1899. From 1901-1905 Thompson fufilled an appointment to a government teaching position in the Philippines. In 1905 he traveled from Manila to Singapore, and then to Burma, India, Ceylon, Java, the Straits Settlements, and Japan. From 1905 to 1909 he was part of the editorial staff of the G&C Merriam Company, publisher of the Webster-Merriam dictionaries, Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1907 he married Emily Lecretia Bettes and two years later in 1909 received an M.A. from Amherst College where he wrote a thesis on, "The Spanish Element in the English Language." From 1910-1920 Thomspon served as editor of foreign language textbooks, American Book Company, New York City. In 1920 he received honorary doctor of letters (Litt. D) from Syracuse University. That same year Thompson rejoined the Webster dictionary editorial staff of G&C Merriam Company, Springfield, Massachusetts where he remained until 1949. Everett Edward Thompson died 1962 March 24 in Springfield, Massachusetts.

1876 June 20 -- Born in Springfield, Massachusetts

1899 -- Received A.B. degree from Amherst College

1901-1905 -- Appointed government teaching position in the Philippines

1905 -- Traveled from Manila to Singapore, and then to Burma, India, Ceylon, Java, the Straits Settlements, and Japan

1905-1909 -- Joined editorial staff of the G&C Merriam Company, publisher of the Webster-Merriam dictionaries, Springfield, Massachusetts

1907 -- Married Emily Lecretia Bettes

1909 -- Received M.A. from Amherst College. Thesis on, "The Spanish Element in the English Language."

1910-1920 -- Editor of foreign language textbooks, American Book Company, New York City

1913 -- Birth of son Ronald

1920 -- Received honorary doctor of letters (Litt. D) from Syracuse University

1920-1949 -- Re-joined the Webster dictionary editorial staff of G&C Merriam Company, Springfield, Massachusetts

1962 March 24 -- Died in Springfield, Massachusetts

Provenance:

The collection was donated to the National Museum of Asian Art Archives by Everett Edward Thompson's son, Ronald Thompson, in 1991.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

No restrictions on use.

Topic:

Royalty, Netherlands  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lecture notes

Photographs

Citation:

Everett Edward Thompson Papers, FSA.A.1991.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Gift of Ronald Thompson, 1991.

Identifier:

FSA.A1991.05

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Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc39d660852-50c6-4b58-9c0f-5bb511d40bda

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a1991-05

Creator:

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions  Search this

Names:

Red Cross  Search this

Extent:

98 Lantern slides (black and white and color)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Place:

New York (N.Y.)

Iran

Tehran (Iran)

Iran -- Tehran -- Tehran

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Lantern slides, undated, some hand-tinted, assembled by the Foreign Missions Library of New York City to document missionary activities in Iran, probably during the early part of the twentienth century. Included are images of missionaries and evangelists, Fiske seminary, The American High School for Boys in Tehran, the Memorial School for Boys in Tabriz, the Red Cross, orphans, place views and architecture, a house interior, daily activities such as rug weaving and plowing, livestock, and people such as Kurdish women and a dervish. The slides are hand-colored and black and white, and many are captioned.

Arrangement:

Images divided into the following section: market scenes, daily living, carpets, missionaries, the Red Cross, hospitals, schools, orphans, pre-Islamic rock reliefs, buildings, railroads, city views, villages, caravans and caravansaries, animals, farmers and fields, mountains, women and men.

Biographical / Historical:

The Iran Mission was established by the U.S. Presbyterian Board of Mission in 1870, taking over the work of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Hundreds of the organization's missionaries were stationed in Iran. The first missionary to arrive was Justin Perkins (1805-1869), active in Persia from 1835 to 1869, establishing the Nestorian Mission at Urmia. Samuel Martin Jordan (1871-1952) arrived in Iran in 1898 and spent 43 years there, establishing among other institutions the Alborz High School (American College of Tehran). The Mission's functions were transferred to the Evangelical Church of Iran in 1965, until missionaries were ultimately removed from the country in 1969.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1991.04

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

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

Topic:

Missionaries -- Iran  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lantern slides

Citation:

Foreigh Missions Library Lantern Slide Collection, FSA A1991.04 National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A1991.04

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc34f571fc9-1a90-4753-9bcf-636eff9f3b56

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a1991-04

Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Names:

Bishop, Carl Whiting, 1881-1942  Search this

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Extent:

3 Boxes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Field notes

Photographs

Maps

Place:

China

Beidaihe (China)

Yun'gang Caves (China)

Date:

1924-1926

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of the field journals and maps created by A.G. Wenley when he accompanied Carl Whiting Bishop on his archaeological expedition to China on behalf of the Freer Gallery from 1924-1926. The journals are typewritten, with photographs and captions depicting the different sites Wenley visited. There are also duplicate copies with annotations on several of the entries.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into 2 series: Series 1: Journals, 1924-1926, bulk 1924-1925, Series 2: Maps, no date

Biographical / Historical:

Archibald Wenley worked for the Freer Gallery of Art from 1924 until his death in 1962. From 1942 to 1962 he was the Director of the Freer Gallery of Art.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1996.05

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Topic:

Archaeological expeditions  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Field notes

Photographs

Maps

Citation:

Archibald Wenley Papers. FSA.A1996.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A1996.05

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Archibald Wenley Papers

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc353d959fc-4449-4b83-9bf8-1e980efc0004

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a1996-05

Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Names:

Bishop, Carl Whiting, 1881-1942  Search this

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Collection Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Field notes

Photographs

Place:

China

Scope and Contents:

This series consists of the field journals created by A.G. Wenley when he accompanied Carl Whiting Bishop on his archaeological expedition to China on behalf of the Freer Gallery from 1924-1926. The journals are typewritten, with photographs and captions depicting the different sites Wenley visited. There are also duplicate copies with annotations on several of the entries.

Biographical / Historical:

Archibald Gibson Wenley worked for the Freer Gallery of Art from 1924 until his death in 1962. From 1942 to 1962 he was the Director of the Freer Gallery of Art.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1996.05 1

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Topic:

Archaeological expeditions  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Field notes

Photographs

Collection Citation:

Archibald Wenley Papers. FSA.A1996.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A1996.05, Series 1

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Archibald Wenley Papers

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3fc87b630-ac0b-4864-93b0-d7308c6b69ba

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a1996-05-ref1

Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Names:

Bishop, Carl Whiting, 1881-1942  Search this

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Collection Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Extent:

1 Folder

Type:

Archival materials

Field notes

Photographs

Place:

Yun'gang Caves (China)

China

Scope and Contents:

This series consists of the field journals created by A.G. Wenley when he accompanied Carl Whiting Bishop on his archaeological expedition to China on behalf of the Freer Gallery from 1924-1926. The journals are typewritten, with photographs and captions depicting the different sites Wenley visited. There are also duplicate copies with annotations on several of the entries.

Arrangement:

This manuscript is part of the Archibald Gibson Wenley Papers, Series 1: Journals, 1924-1926, bulk 1924-1925.

Biographical / Historical:

A.G. Wenley worked for the Freer Gallery of Art from 1924 until his death in 1962. From 1942 to 1962 he was the Director of the Freer Gallery of Art.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1996.05 1.09

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Topic:

Archaeological expeditions  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Field notes

Photographs

Collection Citation:

Archibald Wenley Papers. FSA.A1996.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A1996.05, Item FSA A1996.05 1.09

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Archibald Wenley Papers

Archibald Wenley Papers / Series 1: Journals, 1924-1926, bulk 1924-1925

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3c6e59892-86a4-45a7-8a78-9005f257b1ee

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a1996-05-ref10

Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Names:

Bishop, Carl Whiting, 1881-1942  Search this

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Collection Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Extent:

1 Folder

Type:

Archival materials

Field notes

Photographs

Place:

China

Scope and Contents:

This series consists of the field journals created by A.G. Wenley when he accompanied Carl Whiting Bishop on his archaeological expedition to China on behalf of the Freer Gallery from 1924-1926. The journals are typewritten, with photographs and captions depicting the different sites Wenley visited. There are also duplicate copies with annotations on several of the entries.

Arrangement:

This manuscript is part of the Archibald Gibson Wenley Papers, Series 1: Journals, 1924-1926, bulk 1924-1925.

Biographical / Historical:

A.G. Wenley worked for the Freer Gallery of Art from 1924 until his death in 1962. From 1942 to 1962 he was the Director of the Freer Gallery of Art.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1996.05 1.02

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Topic:

Archaeological expeditions  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Field notes

Photographs

Collection Citation:

Archibald Wenley Papers. FSA.A1996.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A1996.05, Item FSA A1996.05 1.02

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Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3b6c898dc-4514-4f3b-8c80-f415850ad757

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a1996-05-ref3

Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Names:

Bishop, Carl Whiting, 1881-1942  Search this

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Collection Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Extent:

1 Folder

Type:

Archival materials

Field notes

Photographs

Place:

China

Scope and Contents:

This series consists of the field journals created by A.G. Wenley when he accompanied Carl Whiting Bishop on his archaeological expedition to China on behalf of the Freer Gallery from 1924-1926. The journals are typewritten, with photographs and captions depicting the different sites Wenley visited. There are also duplicate copies with annotations on several of the entries.

Arrangement:

This manuscript is part of the Archibald Gibson Wenley Papers, Series 1: Journals, 1924-1926, bulk 1924-1925.

Biographical / Historical:

A.G. Wenley worked for the Freer Gallery of Art from 1924 until his death in 1962. From 1942 to 1962 he was the Director of the Freer Gallery of Art.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1996.05 1.03

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Topic:

Archaeological expeditions  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Field notes

Photographs

Collection Citation:

Archibald Wenley Papers. FSA.A1996.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A1996.05, Item FSA A1996.05 1.03

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Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc305783e86-857f-4baa-b016-93535ed4732a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a1996-05-ref4

Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Names:

Bishop, Carl Whiting, 1881-1942  Search this

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Collection Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Extent:

1 Folder

Type:

Archival materials

Field notes

Photographs

Place:

Beidaihe (China)

China

Scope and Contents:

This series consists of the field journals created by A.G. Wenley when he accompanied Carl Whiting Bishop on his archaeological expedition to China on behalf of the Freer Gallery from 1924-1926. The journals are typewritten, with photographs and captions depicting the different sites Wenley visited. There are also duplicate copies with annotations on several of the entries.

Arrangement:

This manuscript is part of the Archibald Gibson Wenley Papers, Series 1: Journals, 1924-1926, bulk 1924-1925.

Biographical / Historical:

A.G. Wenley worked for the Freer Gallery of Art from 1924 until his death in 1962. From 1942 to 1962 he was the Director of the Freer Gallery of Art.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1996.05 1.04

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Topic:

Archaeological expeditions  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Field notes

Photographs

Collection Citation:

Archibald Wenley Papers. FSA.A1996.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A1996.05, Item FSA A1996.05 1.04

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Archibald Wenley Papers

Archibald Wenley Papers / Series 1: Journals, 1924-1926, bulk 1924-1925

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3f81fcecd-c303-45c2-bb61-9bf087b75fc8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a1996-05-ref5

Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Names:

Bishop, Carl Whiting, 1881-1942  Search this

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Collection Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Extent:

1 Folder

Type:

Archival materials

Field notes

Photographs

Place:

Yun'gang Caves (China)

China

Scope and Contents:

This series consists of the field journals created by A.G. Wenley when he accompanied Carl Whiting Bishop on his archaeological expedition to China on behalf of the Freer Gallery from 1924-1926. The journals are typewritten, with photographs and captions depicting the different sites Wenley visited. There are also duplicate copies with annotations on several of the entries.

Arrangement:

This manuscript is part of the Archibald Gibson Wenley Papers, Series 1: Journals, 1924-1926, bulk 1924-1925.

Biographical / Historical:

A.G. Wenley worked for the Freer Gallery of Art from 1924 until his death in 1962. From 1942 to 1962 he was the Director of the Freer Gallery of Art.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1996.05 1.05

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Topic:

Archaeological expeditions  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Field notes

Photographs

Collection Citation:

Archibald Wenley Papers. FSA.A1996.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A1996.05, Item FSA A1996.05 1.05

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Archibald Wenley Papers

Archibald Wenley Papers / Series 1: Journals, 1924-1926, bulk 1924-1925

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc370c9d5b9-ab2b-4383-b2ed-ce2208e55355

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a1996-05-ref6

Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Names:

Bishop, Carl Whiting, 1881-1942  Search this

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Collection Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Extent:

1 Folder

Type:

Archival materials

Field notes

Photographs

Place:

Beidaihe (China)

China

Scope and Contents:

This series consists of the field journals created by A.G. Wenley when he accompanied Carl Whiting Bishop on his archaeological expedition to China on behalf of the Freer Gallery from 1924-1926. The journals are typewritten, with photographs and captions depicting the different sites Wenley visited. There are also duplicate copies with annotations on several of the entries.

Arrangement:

This manuscript is part of the Archibald Gibson Wenley Papers, Series 1: Journals, 1924-1926, bulk 1924-1925.

Biographical / Historical:

A.G. Wenley worked for the Freer Gallery of Art from 1924 until his death in 1962. From 1942 to 1962 he was the Director of the Freer Gallery of Art.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1996.05 1.06

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Topic:

Archaeological expeditions  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Field notes

Photographs

Collection Citation:

Archibald Wenley Papers. FSA.A1996.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A1996.05, Item FSA A1996.05 1.06

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Archibald Wenley Papers

Archibald Wenley Papers / Series 1: Journals, 1924-1926, bulk 1924-1925

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3352f983f-63d9-4e09-b50b-dd57d2b8b6d6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a1996-05-ref7

Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Names:

Bishop, Carl Whiting, 1881-1942  Search this

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Collection Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Extent:

1 Folder

Type:

Archival materials

Field notes

Photographs

Place:

China

Scope and Contents:

This series consists of the field journals created by A.G. Wenley when he accompanied Carl Whiting Bishop on his archaeological expedition to China on behalf of the Freer Gallery from 1924-1926. The journals are typewritten, with photographs and captions depicting the different sites Wenley visited. There are also duplicate copies with annotations of several of the entries.

Arrangement:

This manuscript is part of the Archibald Gibson Wenley Papers, Series 1: Journals, 1924-1926, bulk 1924-1925.

Biographical / Historical:

A.G. Wenley worked for the Freer Gallery of Art from 1924 until his death in 1962. From 1942 to 1962 he was the Director of the Freer Gallery of Art.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1996.05 1.07

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Topic:

Archaeological expeditions  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Field notes

Photographs

Collection Citation:

Archibald Wenley Papers. FSA.A1996.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A1996.05, Item FSA A1996.05 1.07

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Archibald Wenley Papers

Archibald Wenley Papers / Series 1: Journals, 1924-1926, bulk 1924-1925

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc35566c03b-f457-43f5-9161-fe51d99b94ac

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a1996-05-ref8

Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Names:

Bishop, Carl Whiting, 1881-1942  Search this

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Collection Creator:

Wenley, A. G. (Archibald Gibson), 1898-1962  Search this

Extent:

1 Folder

Type:

Archival materials

Field notes

Photographs

Place:

Beidaihe (China)

China

Scope and Contents:

This series consists of the field journals created by A.G. Wenley when he accompanied Carl Whiting Bishop on his archaeological expedition to China on behalf of the Freer Gallery from 1924-1926. The journals are typewritten, with photographs and captions depicting the different sites Wenley visited. There are also duplicate copies with annotations of several of the entries.

Arrangement:

This manuscript is part of the Archibald Gibson Wenley Papers, Series 1: Journals, 1924-1926, bulk 1924-1925.

Biographical / Historical:

A.G. Wenley worked for the Freer Gallery of Art from 1924 until his death in 1962. From 1942 to 1962 he was the Director of the Freer Gallery of Art.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1996.05 1.08

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Topic:

Archaeological expeditions  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Field notes

Photographs

Collection Citation:

Archibald Wenley Papers. FSA.A1996.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A1996.05, Item FSA A1996.05 1.08

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Archibald Wenley Papers

Archibald Wenley Papers / Series 1: Journals, 1924-1926, bulk 1924-1925

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3a62544e1-2691-4f12-a3d6-f838c7b62485

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a1996-05-ref9

Creator:

Sever, James Riley  Search this

Photographer:

Child, Thomas  Search this

Names:

Columbus, Christopher  Search this

Parkes, Harry, Sir, 1828-1885  Search this

Ward, William Hayes, 1835-1916  Search this

Extent:

84 Lantern slides (black and white and color)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Place:

China

Canton (China)

Beijing (China)

Taiwan

China -- Description and Travel

Date:

1875-1877

Scope and Contents:

Stereopticons 1875-1877; undated mostly black and white and a few hand-colored, some captioned and numbered, assembled by an unknown source to depict views of Chine, including images of the imperial Summer Palace, in particular the ruins of the Yuanmingyuan taken in 1877 by amateur photographer Thomas Child; the environs of Peking (Beijing), including the Great Wall, Ming Tombs, the observatory, pagodas, the Temple of Heaven and others; a monastery near Foochow (Fuzhou); views of Formosa (Taiwan); a Canton street scene; villages; Chinese workers in various activities; a portion of an English-Chinese lexicon; and works of art depicting Prince Kung, Sir Harry Smith Parkes (1828-1885), "Ward of Salem" [likely William Hayes Ward (1835-1916)], and Christopher Columbus.

Arrangement:

Organized in 2 boxes (.5 linear ft.) by slide number and topic.

Biographical / Historical:

William Hayes Ward (1835-1916) was a Congregationalist minister, Orientalist, and editor of the "The Independent", a weekly religious newspaper. Sir Harry Smith Parkes (1828-1885) was a British diplomat who worked mainly in China and Japan.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1998.01

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Genre/Form:

Lantern slides

Citation:

James Riley Sever Lantern Slide Collection. FSA.A1998.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A1998.01

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc38497c795-f4e6-438d-a979-b92ae910c454

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a1998-01

Extent:

1 Item (75 pages of typescript)

79 Items (silver prints, black and white)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Travel diaries

Prints

Place:

Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)

Mongolia -- Mongolia -- Urga (Ulaanbaatar)

Date:

circa 1920s

Scope and Contents:

A detailed account of uncertain authorship recalling travel to and from Urga (presently known as Ulaanbataar, Mongolia) in Outer Mongolia. The author is perhaps Georg Soderbom; a member of Sven Hedin's expedition who often worked under Frans Larson Soderbom is pictured in many of the collection's silver plates. The account is replete with descriptions of travel conditions and methods, ethnographic notes, an encounter with "the Andrews expedition" (likely the Central Asiatic Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History led by Roy Chapman Andrews from 1922-1925), and the natural ecosystem. 79 silver prints adorn the text, depicting Soderbom, peoples encountered, vehicles, buildings, and so forth. For the purpose of this collection, all relevant silver prints are numbered as attachments to the appropriate page of the transcript; i.e., the second print affixed to page 32 of the transcript becomes 32b.

While exact provenance of the collection is unclear, it is believed the collection was owned by the Asian art dealer Abel William Bahr (1877-1959). Bahr was born to a German father and a Chinese mother in Shanghai, and became an avid collector of Chinese paintings, jades, and porcelains. He would become a prominent collector and, in 1908, helped to host the first exhibition of Chinese art under the auspices of the Royal Asiatic Society in Shanghai.

Arrangement:

Organized in the original manner by the creator.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1996.02

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Genre/Form:

Travel diaries

Travel diaries

Prints

Citation:

Three Roads to Urga [typescript]. FSA.A1996.02. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A1996.02

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc33fdfc3c0-f438-4e4d-bbdb-9aeb8cd6c9a2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a1996-02

Creator:

March, Benjamin, 1899-1934  Search this

Collection Creator:

March, Benjamin, 1899-1934  Search this

Extent:

3 Gelatin silver prints

Container:

Oversize 1

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Gelatin silver prints

Photographic prints

Place:

China

Beijing (China)

Date:

1931

Scope and Contents:

Three photographs by Chinese art history scholar Benjamin March, of theatrical hand gestures by the Chinese opera performer Mei Lanfang. March took a number of photographs of Mei's hands during a visit to Beijing in 1931. The photographs were published in woodblock form in his self-published book, "Orchid Hand Patterns of Mei Lanfang" in 1935.

梅兰芳 马尔智

Biographical / Historical:

East Asian art historian, curator and lecturer, Benjamin Franklin March Jr., was born in Chicago on July 4, 1899 to Benjamin and Isabel March. He studied, lectured, and wrote in the United States and China and through his works gained respect as one of the foremost authorities on Chinese art during the 1920s and 1930s. March was East Asian art lecturer at the University of Michigan, and curator of Asian art at the Detroit Institute of Art. Although he lived only thirty-five years, Benjamin March was a respected and influential scholar of Asian art. Mei Lanfang (1894-1961) was the most celebrated 20th century performers of female roles in Chinese opera. Mei had an internetional following and was acclaimed by a sequence of Chinese governments.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1995.10 5.3.21

FSA A1995.10 5.3.23

FSA A1995.10 5.3.24

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

No restrictions on use.

Topic:

Operas, Chinese  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographic prints

Collection Citation:

Benjamin March Papers, FSA.A.1995.10. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Judith March Davis, 1995

Identifier:

FSA.A1995.10, Item FSA A1995.10 5.3.21

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Benjamin March Papers / Series 5: Graphic Materials / 5.2: Photo albums

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc322a95bac-1289-4b38-bb88-9a03b022df50

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a1995-10-ref1172

Creator:

March, Benjamin, 1899-1934  Search this

Names:

March, Benjamin, 1899-1934  Search this

Rowe, Dorothy, 1898-1969  Search this

Collection Creator:

March, Benjamin, 1899-1934  Search this

Extent:

33 Items (mounted gelatin silver prints with hand-written captions)

Type:

Archival materials

Photograph albums

Place:

China

Date:

1925-1932

Scope and Contents:

A hand-made album titled "FTL" (For The Love), of photographs of Benjamin March's marriage to Dorothy Rowe in 1925 in Nanjing. Other photographs include images of Hangzhou and Suzhou during their honeymoon; images of their life in Beijing; portraits of March as a curator in Detroit; a portrait of Dorothy reading to their young daughter Judy, and group photographs of extended family. Also includes four poems by Dorothy Rowe.

Biographical / Historical:

East Asian art historian, curator and lecturer, Benjamin Franklin March Jr., was born in Chicago on July 4, 1899 to Benjamin and Isabel March. He studied, lectured, and wrote in the United States and China and through his works gained respect as one of the foremost authorities on Chinese art during the 1920s and 1930s. March was East Asian art lecturer at the University of Michigan, and curator of Asian art at the Detroit Institute of Art. Although he lived only thirty-five years, Benjamin March was a respected and influential scholar of Asian art.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1995.10 5.2.15

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

No restrictions on use.

Topic:

Art, Asian  Search this

Art, Asian -- Research  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photograph albums

Collection Citation:

Benjamin March Papers, FSA.A.1995.10. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Judith March Davis, 1995

Identifier:

FSA.A1995.10, Item FSA A1995.10 5.2.15

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Benjamin March Papers / Series 5: Graphic Materials / 5.2: Photo albums

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3ed41e67a-602d-4da5-84d4-0c3db2c76622

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a1995-10-ref1174