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Creator:

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

Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology  Search this

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology  Search this

Extent:

330.25 Linear feet (519 boxes)

Note:

Some materials are held off-site; this will be indicated at the series or sub-series level. Advanced notice must be given to view these portions of the collection.

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1840-circa 2015

Summary:

The Department of Anthropology records contain administrative and research materials produced by the department and its members from the time of the Smithsonian Institution's foundation until today.

Scope and Contents:

The Department of Anthropology records contain correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, memoranda, invoices, meeting minutes, fiscal records, annual reports, grant applications, personnel records, receipts, and forms. The topics covered in the materials include collections, exhibits, staff, conservation, acquisitions, loans, storage and office space, administration, operations, research, budgets, security, office procedures, and funding. The materials were created by members of the Section of Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution, the Division of Anthropology of the United States National Museum, the Office of Anthropology of the National Museum of Natural History, and the Department of Anthropology of the National Museum of Natural History and range in date from before the founding of the Smithsonian Institution to today. The Department of Anthropology records also contain some materials related to the Bureau of American Ethnology, such as documents from the River Basin Surveys.

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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in 28 series: (1) Correspondence, 1902-1908, 1961-1992; (2) Alpha-Subject File, 1828-1963; (3) Alpha-Subject File, 1961-1975; (4) Smithsonian Office of Anthropology Subject Files, 1967-1968; (5) River Basin Survey Files, 1965-1969; (6) Research Statements, Proposals, and Awards, 1961-1977 (bulk 1966-1973); (7) Publication File, 1960-1975; (8) Memoranda and Lists Concerning Condemnations, 1910-1965; (9) Notebook on Special Exhibits, 1951-1952 (10) Section on Animal Industry; (11) Administrative Records, 1891-1974; (12) Administrative Records, 1965-1994 (bulk 1975-1988); (13) Fiscal Records, 1904-1986; (14) Annual Reports, 1920-1983; (15) Chairman's Office Files, 1987-1993; (16) Division of Archaeology, 1828-1965; (17) Division of Ethnology, 1840s, 1860-1972, 1997; (18) Division of Physical Anthropology; (19) Division of Cultural Anthropology, 1920-1968; (20) Records of the Anthropological Laboratory/Anthropology Conservation and Restoration Laboratory, 1939-1973; (21) Collections Management, 1965-1985; (22) Photographs of Specimens and Other Subjects (Processing Laboratory Photographs), 1880s-1950s; (23) Exhibit Labels, Specimen Labels, Catalog Cards, and Miscellaneous Documents, circa 1870-1950; (24) Antiquities Act Permits, 1904-1986; (25) Ancient Technology Program, circa 1966-1981; (26) Urgent Anthropology; (27) Records of the Handbook of North American Indians; (28) Personnel; (29) Repatriation Office, 1991-1994

Administrative History.:

The Smithsonian Institution was founded in 1846. Although there was no department of anthropology until the creation of the Section of Ethnology in 1879, anthropological materials were part of the Smithsonian's collection from its foundation. The Section of Ethnology was created to care for the rapidly growing collection. In 1881, the United States National Museum was established. Soon thereafter, in 1883, it was broken up into divisions, including the Division of Anthropology. In 1904, Physical Anthropology was added to the Division.

The Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) was created in 1879 as a research unit of the Smithsonian, separating research from collections care. However, during the 1950s, research became a higher priority for the Department of Anthropology and, in 1965, the BAE was merged with the Department of Anthropology to create the Office of Anthropology, and the BAE's archives became the National Anthropological Archives (NAA).

In 1967, the United States National Museum was broken up into three separate museums: the Musuem of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History), the National Museum of American Art, and the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). The Office of Anthropology was included in NMNH and was renamed the Department of Anthropology in 1968.

New divisions were added to the Department, including the Human Studies Film Archives (HSFA) in 1981, the Research Institute on Immigration and Ethnic Studies (RIIES) in 1982, and the Repatriation Office in 1993. In 1983, the Smithsonian opened the Museum Support Center (MSC) in Suitland, Maryland, as offsite housing for collections with specialized storage facilities and conservation labs.

The Department of Anthropology is currently the largest department within NMNH. It has three curatorial divisions (Ethnology, Archaeology, and Biological Anthropology) and its staff includes curators, research assistants, program staff, collections specialists, archivists, repatriation tribal liaisons, and administrative specialists. It has a number of outreach and research arms, including the Repatriation Office, Recovering Voices, Human Origins, and the Arctic Studies Center.

The Museum is home to one of the world's largest anthropology collections, with over three million specimens in archaeology, ethnology, and human skeletal biology. The NAA is the Smithsonian's oldest archival repository, with materials that reflect over 150 years of anthropological collecting and fieldwork. The HSFA is the only North American archive devoted exclusively to the collection and preservation of anthropological film and video.

Sources Consulted

National Museum of Natural History. "Department of Anthropology: About" Accessed April 13, 2020. https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/anthropology/about

National Museum of Natural History. "History of Anthropology at the Smithsonian." Accessed April 13, 2020. https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/history-anthropology-si.pdf

National Museum of Natural History. "History of the Smithsonian Combined Catalog." Accessed April 13, 2020 https://sirismm.si.edu/siris/sihistory.htm

Chronology

1846 -- The Smithsonian Institution is founded

1879 -- George Catlin bequeaths his collection to the Smithsonian The Section of Ethnology is established to oversee ethnological and archaeological collections The Bureau of Ethnology is established by Congress as a research unit of the Smithsonian

1881 -- The U.S. National Museum (USNM) is established as a separate entity within the Smithsonian Institution

1883 -- The staff and collections of the USNM are reorganized into divisions, including a Division of Anthropology

1897 -- The United States National Museum is reorganized into three departments: Anthropology headed by W. H. Holmes; Biology with F. W. True as head; and Geology with G. P. Merrill in charge The Bureau of Ethnology is renamed the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) to emphasize the geographic limit of its interests

1903 -- The Division of Physical Anthropology established

1904 -- The Division of Physical Anthropology is incorporated into the Division of Anthropology

1910 -- The USNM moves into the new Natural History Building

1965 -- The Smithsonian Office of Anthropology is created on February 1 The BAE is eliminated and merged with the Office of Anthropology

1968 -- The Smithsonian Office of Anthropology (SOA) of the National Museum of Natural History is retitled the Department of Anthropology on October 29

1973 -- The Research Institute on Immigration and Ethnic Studies (RIIES) is established at the National Museum of Natural History's (NMNH) Center for the Study of Man (CSM) to study the waves of immigration to the United States and its overseas outposts that began in the 1960's

1975 -- The National Anthropological Film Center is established

1981 -- The National Anthropological Film Center is incorporated into the Department of Anthropology

1982 -- The RIIES, part of the CSM at the NMNH, is transferred to the Department of Anthropology

1991 -- NMNH establishes a Repatriation Office

1993 -- The Repatriation Office is incorporated into the Department of Anthropology

Head Curators / Chairs and Associate Chairs of the Department of Anthropology

1897-1902 -- William Henry Holmes

1902-1903 -- Otis T. Mason (acting)

1904-1908 -- Otis T. Mason

1908-1909 -- Walter Hough (acting)

1910-1920 -- William Henry Holmes

1920-1923 -- Walter Hough (acting)

1923-1935 -- Walter Hough

1935-1960 -- Frank M. Setzler

1960-1962 -- T. Dale Stewart

1963-1965 -- Waldo R. Wedel

1965-1967 -- Richard Woodbury

1967-1970 -- Saul H. Riesenberg

1970-1975 -- Clifford Evans

1975-1980 -- William W. Fitzhugh

1980-1985 -- Douglas H. Ubelaker

1985-1988 -- Adrienne L. Kaeppler

1988-1992 -- Donald J. Ortner, with Mindy Zeder

1992-1999 -- Dennis Stanford, with Carolyn Rose

1999-2002 -- Carolyn L. Rose, with Dan Rogers

2002-2005 -- William W. Fitzhugh, with Laurie Burgess

2005-2010 -- J. Daniel Rogers, with Laurie Burgess

2010-2014 -- Mary Jo Arnoldi, with Laurie Burgess

2014-2018 -- Torbin Rick, with Laurie Burgess

2018-2022 -- Igor Krupnik, with Laurie Burgess

2022-2023 -- Laurie Burgess and Richard Potts, co-chairs

2024- -- Joshua A. Bell

Related Materials:

The NAA holds collections of former head curators and department chairs, including the papers of Otis Tufton Mason, Walter Hough, T. Dale Stewart, Waldo Rudolph and Mildred Mott Wedel, Saul H. Riesenberg, Clifford Evans, and Donald J. Ortner; the photographs of Frank Maryl Setzler; and the Richard B. Woodbury collection of drawings of human and animal figures.

Other related collections at the NAA include the papers of Gordon D. Gibson, Eugene I. Knez, and Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans; and the records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, the Center for the Study of Man, and the River Basin Surveys.

Provenance:

This collection was transferred to the National Anthropological Archives (NAA) by the National Museum of Natural History's Department of Anthropology in multiple accessions.

Restrictions:

Some materials are restricted.

Access to the Department of Anthropology records requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Anthropology  Search this

Ethnology  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.XXXX.0311

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Department of Anthropology records

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3da0f5297-c324-47c1-96dd-171f6edd11b6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-xxxx-0311

Creator:

Gilmore, Melvin R. (Melvin Randolph), 1868-1940  Search this

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Extent:

69 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 5 x 7 inches.)

Culture:

Sahnish (Arikara)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Black-and-white negatives

Place:

Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (N.D.) -- photographs

Date:

1923-1924

Summary:

This collection contains 69 black-and-white acetate negatives taken by Melvin R. Gilmore in 1923-1924. The images depict scenes of everyday life among the Sahnish (Arikara) Indians of the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota.

Scope and Contents:

The Melvin R. Gilmore collection consists of photographic negatives made by Gilmore on behalf of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation in August 1923 and July 1924 on the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. The negatives depict the Sahnish (Arikara) engaged in agricultural activities, house building, food preparation (cooking and butchering), building and checking fish traps along the Missouri River, and weaving and potting. In addition there are several views of an apparent traditional buffalo drive. Gilmore identified and recorded the names of several individuals, including Mrs. Sitting Bear, Mr. and Mrs. Four Rings, Mrs. Red Tail, and Shteshta-kata. The catalog numbers include N08694-N08761, N08852, N09420.

The majority of the negatives from July 1924 were destroyed and are no longer a part of this collection. These included catalog numbers N09412-N09419, N09420-N09427. Descriptions of these images are still available.

The acetate negatives are copy negatives made from the original nitrate during a large photograph conservation project at the Museum of the American Indian in the 1960s. There are also contact prints that were made during this project.

Arrangement note:

Arranged by catalog number.

Biographical/Historical note:

Melvin R. Gilmore was a noted ethnologist dedicated to the study of the material culture and ethnobotany of Plains Indians. Born in 1868 in Valley, Nebraska, Gilmore graduated from Cotner College in 1903. At Cotner, he taught biology while he completed post-graduate studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. In 1909 and 1914, he received a Master's degree and then a doctorate in botany. From 1923 to 1928, Gilmore served on the staff of the Museum of the American Indian and from 1929 to 1939 was the curator of ethnology at the University of Michigan. He authored several books on botany and Native Americans, including his best known "The Use of Plants by Indians of the Missouri River Region."

Related Materials:

The Melvin R. Gilmore papers (Call number: 0384 Aa 2) can be found at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. There are also photographs in this collection that were shot during the time period Gilmore worked for the MAI, Heye Foundation.

Additional Gilmore manuscript materials may be found in the Melvin Randolph Gilmore Papers, Nebraska State Historical Society, and Curator's Correspondence, State Historical Society of North Dakota.

Provenance:

Field collections from Melvin R. Gilmore received by the Museum of the America Indian, Heye Foundation in 1923 and 1924.

Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Topic:

Arikara Indians -- Fishing -- Photographs  Search this

Indians of North America -- North Dakota  Search this

Arikara Indians -- Social life and customs -- Photographs  Search this

Genre/Form:

Black-and-white negatives

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Melvin R. Gilmore photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.001.027; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.001.027

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4fbe53a09-36ae-467a-8788-8c8cb398c0c0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-001-027

Artist:

Ivanoff, Stephan  Search this

Unknown  Search this

Collector:

United States. Bureau of Education  Search this

Extent:

124 Drawings (visual works) (graphite, ink, crayon, and watercolor)

Culture:

Alaskan Eskimo  Search this

Iñupiaq  Search this

Yup'ik (Yupik)  Search this

Saami (Lapp)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings (visual works)

Works of art

Drawings

Place:

Alaska

North America

Arctic regions

Date:

circa 1890-1900

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of 124 drawings made by Native Alaskan artists. A few of the drawings are signed by the artist, Stephan Ivanoff; the majority of the drawings are unsigned and the artists have not been identified. The drawings depict scenes of Native Alaskan life, including hunting and fishing, reindeer herding, trade, sledding, games, and ceremonies. The drawings were collected by the United States Bureau of Education for exhibition purposes.

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

Arrangement:

The drawings are arranged in order by inventory number. The inventory numbers roughly following the thematic organization in Alaskan Eskimo Life in the 1890s as Sketched by Native Artists. Some drawings have been rehoused in conservation mounts and are stored out of sequence.

Biographical Note:

Stephan Ivanoff was born in Unalakleet, Alaska to a Yu'pik mother and Russian father. He filled various roles as a translator, deacon of the Swedish Covenant Church, and teaching assistant at the Swedish Evangelical Mission School at Unalakleet around the turn of the twentieth century.

Historical Note:

The Bureau of Education, also known as the Office of Education or Department of Education, was a unit within the United States Department of the Interior from 1867 to 1972.

Local Numbers:

USNM Accession 51115

NAA MS 260447

Variant Title:

Collection previously titled "Scenes of native life including hunting, sledding, games, animal husbandry and ceremonies."

Publication Note:

Almost all drawings were published in:

George Phebus, Jr., Alaskan Eskimo Life in the 1890s as Sketched by Native Artists, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1972.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Hunting  Search this

Sleds  Search this

Rites and ceremonies  Search this

Games  Search this

Genre/Form:

Works of art

Drawings

Citation:

Native Alaskan drawings collected by the United States Bureau of Education (MS 260447), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS260447

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Native Alaskan drawings collected by the United States Bureau of Education

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38d90318d-5271-4e31-818c-5ce34ae642b2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms260447

Donor:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

561 Lantern slides

Good condition, with the exception of a 16mm film affected by vinegar syndrome.

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Date:

circa 1920-1992

Content Description:

This collection contains 561 glass lantern slides, approximately 340 glass 35 mm slides, and three 16mm films that were used for lectures on various subjects such as floral arrangements, nature scenes, plants, wildflowers, conservation, children's nature classes, U.S. state and national parks, the Canadian Rockies, and various gardens. Included are slides depicting visitors, wildlife, and plants on Barro Colorado Island, now home to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Materials included are 9 cassette tapes and 3 carousels from programs and meetings at The Garden Club of America.

Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA.ARC

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The Garden Club of America Archives' Slides and Lectures

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb61bac7e66-9c4e-4baf-b974-dd50e31b2104

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aag-gca-arc

Creator:

Nigdibippi, Chief Igwa  Search this

Extent:

1 Map (hand-drawn, 145 x 238 cm.)

Culture:

Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Maps

Place:

San Blas Islands (Panama)

Date:

1924-1925

Scope and Contents:

Pictographic map of the Caribbean coastline of Panama with Kuna place-names and various drawings of persons and events. 7 drawings on 12" by 9" manila paper sewn onto map. The name "EQUAEGEPIPI" is lettered in two places on the map. The map is rolled-up and in brittle condition.

Biographical / Historical:

Chief Igwa Nigdibippi (possibly also known as Chief Golman), from Agligandi Island, visited Washington, D.C. in 1924 with members of the Marsh-Darien expedition. It is uncertain whether he painted the map during this visit.

Local Numbers:

BAE Neg 4304

OPPS Neg 44,252

NAA MS 4490

Local Note:

Information about the conservation treatment of the map can be found at http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/features/artwork_conservation.htm.

Other Archival Materials:

See NAA INV 04280902 for photo of Chief Igwa Nigdibippi working on map.

Restrictions:

Due to the fragile condition of the map, access is restricted to digital images unless permission has been obtained to look at the original.

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Genre/Form:

Maps

Citation:

Manuscript 4490, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4490

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39127d0e0-6a59-4e00-88e4-6dcc006f44dd

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4490

Creator:

Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this

Extent:

1 Drawings (visual works) (ink, 8 x 10 inches)

Container:

Box 18229

Culture:

Siberian Yupik [Ponuk Island, off St. Lawrence Island]  Search this

Eskimo/Inuit  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Graphic Materials

Drawings (visual works)

Works of art

Drawings

Place:

North America

Arctic regions

Date:

1874 August 18

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of one (1) drawing of an Inuit boy by Henry Wood Elliott. The drawing is inscribed "[Eskimo] Inuit Boy, Poonook, St. Lawrence Island August 18, 1874" and is signed and dated by the artist: "H. W. E., 1874."

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

Biographical Note:

Henry Wood Elliott (1846-1930) was a conservationist, naturalist, artist and scientist. From 1862-1878 he worked for the Smithsonian Institution, studying and sketching natural history. In 1864 he travelled to British Columbia in his first field expedition. From 1869-1871 Elliott worked on the U.S. Geological Survey. Between 1872 and 1890 Elliott made three trips to Alaska to investigate seal conditions on the Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea. His sketches of St. Paul's Island provided persuasive evidence of the need to stop the seal slaughter. He authored the first international wildlife conservation treaty, the Hay-Elliott Fur Seal Treaty of 1911. When not in the field Elliott lived in Cleveland, tending to local business matters and his vineyards.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 18229

NAA INV 08529400

Publication Note:

Published in:

Nelson, Edward W. The Eskimo About Bering Strait. Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology [...] 1896-1897. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899. Fig 20, p 331.

Related Materials:

The National Anthropological Archives holds additional drawings by Henry Wood Elliott in MS 7119.

Drawings by Henry Wood Elliott are also held by the Smithsonian Institution Archives; Archives of American Art; Cleveland Museum of Natural History; University of Alaska Museum; Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks; and others.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Genre/Form:

Works of art

Drawings

Citation:

Henry Wood Elliott drawing of an Inuit boy from the Punuk Islands (MS 18229), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS18229

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw386807ab1-aebb-4e27-acd5-58162c4aa0d2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms18229

Photographer:

Coudert, George C.  Search this

Extent:

14 Negatives (photographic)

Culture:

Tenharim  Search this

Parintintín (Parintintin)  Search this

Indians of South America -- Brazil  Search this

Amazonia  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Place:

Amazonas (Brazil)

Date:

1924

Summary:

Photographs made by George C. Coudert among the Tenharim and Parintintín (Parintintin) communities in Brazil during a 1924 expedition.

Scope and Contents:

This collection includes 14 negatives shot by George Coudert among the Tenharim and Parintintín (Parintintin) communities along the Rio dos Marmelos in the Amazonas State in Brazil. These were made during an expedition to collect rare bird specimens on behalf of the Zoological Gardens of Philadelphia. According to his original negative sleeves, the expedition stayed six days in the Madeira region to study the indigenous people in the area. Images include portraits of Tenharim and Parintintín (Parintintin) men, women, and children, often posed in groups outside of dwellings and along the river. The photographs were made in 1924 and were likely shot on nitrate. The negatives were transferred to safety film (acetate) in the 1960s when the Museum of the American Indian, Heye foundation conducted a large scale photograph conservation project. Contact prints were also made at this time.

Catalog numbers: N09121-N09134

Arrangement:

Arranged by catalog number.

Biographical / Historical:

George C. Coudert (1884-1955) was a photographer and cinematographer. Born in France, Coudert moved to the United States as a young child and attended school in Newark, New Jersey. Thought he started his career as a photographer, he moved into film and worked as cinematographer for most of his career. In the 1920's, Coudert went on several expeditions to South America serving as the photographer. In 1924 he travelled to Brazil on a rare bird catching expedition for the Zoological Gardens of Philadelphia, along with Joseph McGoldrick, Rudolphe Meyer De Schauensee, Henry Norris and Alec Eesso. Eventually, Coudert moved to California where he lived out the rest of his life.

Provenance:

It is still unclear how this collection came to the Museum of the American Indian, though it was likely a donation around 1924-1925 based on the catalog numbers.

Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu). Some images restricted for cultural sensitivity.

Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.

Topic:

Photographs  Search this

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); George C. Coudert photographs from Brazil, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.133

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4d1cb65f8-dcf8-4b98-80f8-57d34d4636f2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-133

Creator:

Adams, Molly, 1918-2003  Search this

Landscape architect:

Ireys, Alice Recknagel, 1911-2000  Search this

Stege, Friede, 1896-1990  Search this

Weber, Nelva M.  Search this

Extent:

Photographic prints (color, 4 x 6 inches)

Photographic prints (black and white, 3 1/2 x 5 inches)

Photographic prints (black and white, 8 x 10 inches)

Contact sheets (black and white)

35mm slides (photographs) (color, 2 x 2 inches)

Negatives, 35mm negatives (color)

Negatives (black & white, 4 x 5 inches)

Negatives, 120mm negatives (black and white, 2 x 2 inches)

Film transparency (color, 4 x 5 inches)

Transparencies, 120mm transparencies (color, 2 x 2 inches)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Film transparencies

Color negatives

Black-and-white photographs

Photographs

Color photographs

Negatives

Slides (photographs)

Contact sheets

Black-and-white negatives

Date:

circa 1960-1994

Summary:

The Maida Babson Adams American Garden Collection documents the work of Molly Adams, a free-lance garden photographer who photographed hundreds of private and public gardens, many of them in the mid-Atlantic region, from the late 1950s through the mid-1990s. It includes slides, photographic prints, negatives and transparencies. A significant number of images document the work of landscape designers Nelva M. Weber, Alice Recknagel Ireys, and Friede Stege. Roughly 50 gardens do not have an identified location. Some images have captions and other information written on them.

Scope and Contents:

The Maida Babson Adams American Gardens Collection includes a total of 7,606 images documenting close to 400 gardens photographed by Molly Adams from the 1950s to the 1990s. Although most images document gardens in New Jersey, the collection also includes gardens in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. While the vast majority of gardens in the collection are private, there are also some public gardens and venues like the Frelinghuysen Arboretum in New Jersey, the International Flower Show in New York City, and the White House in Washington, D.C. A number of gardens were photographed during organized garden or horticultural tours or annual meetings of the Garden Club of America. A significant number of images document the work of landscape designers Alice Ireys, Nelva Weber, and Friede Stege. Approximately 85 gardens in the collection are unidentified as to their location and/or client. Relatively few images are captioned or dated; Adams often labeled a film envelope or back of a photograph or contact sheet with just a client surname and the designer (if it was Ireys, Weber, or Stege). In some cases, additional information about a garden's location or owner's full name was gleaned from the finding aids for the Alice Recknagel Ireys Papers or the Nelva Weber Papers. Some images were accompanied by clippings from newspapers or magazines that featured one or more related images by Adams; most of these clippings date from the 1950s and 1960s. There is also a file of general clippings of Adams' work; many of these do not identify the garden that is shown.

Most of the images are black and white, though there are a number taken in color. Adams' contact sheets and photo envelopes were sometimes marked with cropping marks or photo developing notes respectively.

Biographical / Historical:

Molly (Maida Babson) Adams (1918 - 2003) had a 40+ year career as a nationally recognized free-lance garden and wildlife photographer and conservationist. Her images were published under the name "Molly Adams." Adams was born in Orange, New Jersey and lived over fifty years in Mendham Township, New Jersey. As a teenager she became interested in photography; she later attended the New York Institute of Photography and became a member of the New York Camera Club.

Her photographs were featured in numerous newspapers and magazines including the "New York Times," "New York Herald Tribune," "House Beautiful," "Horticulture," "Home Garden," and "Audubon." During the Kennedy administration, she photographed the White House Rose Garden; these photographs were later published in "Flower Grower."

Adams provided hundreds of photographs for "How to Plan and Plant Your Own Property" (1967) by landscape architect Alice Recknagel Ireys and "How to Plan Your Own Home Landscape" (1976) by landscape designer Nelva M. Weber. Her images were also published in books including "The Reader's Digest Practical Guide to Home Landscaping," and "The Complete Illustrated Book of Garden Magic." Adams also occasionally wrote garden-themed articles. A longtime member in the Somerset Hills (NJ) Garden Club, which is part of the Garden Club of America, Adams once served as the latter's official photographer.

In the 1960's Adams' photographs drew attention to conservation issues related to the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern New Jersey. These widely publicized photographs rallied public support against the proposed destruction of the Great Swamp for the construction of an airport. Adams was also active as a member of the Mendham Township Environmental Commission and the North Jersey Conservation Foundation. In the 1980's she was awarded the Buckley Medal of Merit for Horticultural Achievement by the Garden Club of America for her photographs used in the postcard campaign "Save Our Vanishing Wild Flowers."

Related Archival Materials Note:

The Alice Recknagel Ireys Papers in the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, include photographs by Molly Adams.

The Nelva Weber Papers in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections at Cornell University Library in Ithaca, New York, likely include photographs by Molly Adams.

Separated Materials:

The North Jersey History & Genealogy Center at The Morristown & Morris Township Library in New Jersey has a collection of images by Molly Adams showcasing nature scenes and birds.

Provenance:

Adams' family donated her collection of garden images to the Smithsonian's Archives of American Gardens after her death in 2003.

Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- Pennsylvania  Search this

Gardens -- United States  Search this

Gardens -- Connecticut  Search this

Gardens -- Massachusetts  Search this

Gardens -- New Jersey  Search this

Gardens -- New York (State)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographic prints

Film transparencies

Color negatives

Black-and-white photographs

Photographs

Color photographs

Negatives

Slides (photographs)

Contact sheets

Black-and-white negatives

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Maida Babson Adams American garden collection.

Identifier:

AAG.ADM

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Maida Babson Adams American garden collection.

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb64551e192-9900-4d6c-9a87-0322776b8d93

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aag-adm

Former owner:

Lockwood, Henrietta Sedgwick  Search this

Lockwood, John E.  Search this

Bulloch family  Search this

Horticulturist:

Zitter, Robin  Search this

Gardener:

Zitter, Robin  Search this

Landscape architect:

Weber, Nelva M.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Adams, Molly, 1918-2003  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Lockwood Garden (Bedford, New York)

United States of America -- New York -- Westchester County -- Bedford

Scope and Contents:

The folders include worksheets, an abbreviated garden plan, a plan of the parterre garden, photocopies of articles about the garden, and a letter from Henrietta Lockwood to Nelva M. Weber.

General:

This garden in Westchester County was established in 1938 on an old farm. The owners, John and Henrietta Lockwood, began a process of remodeling, design, and land development that continued for over 60 years until Mrs. Lockwood's death. Growing places may be found throughout the multi-acre property (of the eventual 100+ acres all but 13 have been deeded to a local nature conservancy). A lean-to greenhouse on the north end of the kitchen wing provides the winter display area for streptocarpus, camellias and other potted plants. It is here that seeds of all sorts are sown and grown under fluorescent light until they are large enough to be taken to the much larger greenhouse across the drive. A winding path through a grassy meadow planted with apple trees leads from the house to the flower and vegetable gardens. The site now features a patterned design based on a medieval, four-part parterre garden--two diamond shapes and two round--using bricks as edging for the beds, and also includes four iron umbrella tripods that serve as supports for clematis. Beyond the flower garden is an extensive vegetable garden and berry patch that produce fresh summer harvests for the table as well as the freezer. Many varieties of clematis are found tumbling informally atop stone walls, weaving through bushes and climbing obediently up the tan house walls, reflecting the owner's passion for this plant. Daphne is another particular favorite.

Each fall on the east side of the guest house an ingenious portable greenhouse is erected to house many tender potted plants, particularly winter-flowering camellias. Nearby a rock ledge forms a terrace for the guest house; beyond is a severe drop into the cool, dark woods. Featured plants in this area include yellow corydalis, mimosa trees, ferns, and woodland flowers. Just outside the guest house potted fig trees and an arbor of grapes provide shade. Inside the main house is a tiny greenhouse. To the rear of the house, along the edge of the brick terrace, blue pansies bloom with spring flowers and are later joined by pots of standard fuchsias and roses. The old well house still stands in the middle of a brick terrace surround by white alyssum volunteers. Beautiful clay pots of unusual collected plants are everywhere. This is a perfect country garden with its meadow views and unusual plant combinations, a tribute to its owners' lifelong devotion to its design, development, and care.

Persons associated with the garden include: John E. and Henrietta Sedgwick Lockwood (former owners, 1938-2001); the Bulloch family (former owners, before 1938); Nelva M. Weber (landscape architect); and Robin Zitter (horticulturist and gardener, 1984 to date).

Related Materials:

Lockwood Garden related holdings consist of 2 folders (19 35 mm. slides; 2 photoprints; 1 120 mm. transparency; 29 negatives)

See others in:

Garden Club of America Collection, ca. 1920-[ongoing].

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- New York -- Bedford  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Maida Babson Adams American garden collection.

Identifier:

AAG.ADM, File NY464

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Maida Babson Adams American garden collection.

Maida Babson Adams American garden collection. / Series 1: Garden Images / New York

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb60db6d852-3aa2-424c-a92a-4a619fb4aaaa

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-adm-ref1271

Owner:

Dos Passos, Cyril Franklin, 1887-1986  Search this

Architect:

Voorhees, C. Campbell  Search this

Collection Creator:

Adams, Molly, 1918-2003  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Dos Passos Estate (Mendham, New Jersey)

United States of America -- New Jersey -- Morris County -- Mendham

Scope and Contents:

Dos Passos Estate-related holdings consist of 1 folder with catalog worksheet and other information (2 film negatives).

General:

This was the home of Cyril F. Dos Passos, a lepidopterist associated with the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The chateau-style house shown in the images was built in 1928. In 1977 Dos Passos donated the home and nearly 90 acres of surrounding land to the New Jersey Conservation Foundation to be preserved in its natural state as open space. In 1984 the land was transferred to Mendham Township and became the Buck Hill Natural Area.

Persons associated with the garden include Cyril F. Dos Passos (former owner, ca. 1928-1977).

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- New Jersey -- Mendham  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Maida Babson Adams American garden collection.

Identifier:

AAG.ADM, File NJ416

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Maida Babson Adams American garden collection.

Maida Babson Adams American garden collection. / Series 1: Garden Images / New Jersey

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb63128c4e6-e3e8-468f-9d1c-a1e48c942894

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-adm-ref923

Former owner:

Courtney-Pratt, Gillian  Search this

Courtney-Pratt, Jeofry Stuart  Search this

Provenance:

Rumson Garden Club  Search this

Collection Creator:

Adams, Molly, 1918-2003  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Courtney-Pratt Garden (Middletown, New Jersey)

United States of America -- New Jersey -- Monmouth County -- Middletown

Scope and Contents:

The folders include worksheets and a site plan.

General:

This owner-designed site of nearly three acres featured a woodland garden in the back of the house which included woodland plants and thousands of spring bulbs. Paths were highlighted by rhododendrons, lilies, and assorted wildflowers. The front of the house, with terraced gardens and grass, faced the Navasink River. After 40+ years of continuous ownership the property was sold in 2005.

The garden was toured in May of 1984 for New Jersey Garden Clubs and again for the Garden Conservancy sometime between 1984 and 2005.

Persons associated with the garden include: Gillian Courtney-Pratt (former owner, 1968-2005) and Jeofry Stuart Courtney-Pratt (former owner, 1968-2005).

Related Materials:

Courtney-Pratt Garden related holdings consist of 2 folders (22 35 mm. slides (photographs); 3 photographic prints)

See others in:

Garden Club of America Collection, circa 1920-[ongoing].

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- New Jersey -- Middletown  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Maida Babson Adams American garden collection.

Identifier:

AAG.ADM, File NJ165

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Maida Babson Adams American garden collection.

Maida Babson Adams American garden collection. / Series 1: Garden Images / New Jersey

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6c9a5dcf6-a996-442e-b4cf-6ef3a2743c3e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-adm-ref964

Creator:

Wyrick, Bill  Search this

Names:

United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Branch of Land Operations  Search this

Extent:

12 Prints (silver gelatin)

Culture:

Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Photographs

Date:

1977

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs depicting the dedication of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Museum and Archives in Canton, Oklahoma on May 13, 1977. There are also images of a sign for Cheyenne and Arapaho Recreational Park and of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Marina on Canton Lake.

Biographical/Historical note:

Bill Wyrick worked in the Soil and Moisture Conservation Unit (SMC) Cartographic Section, Concho, Oklahoma, of the Branch of Land Operations of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 78-44

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 78-44, Bill Wyrick photographs of dedication of Cheyenne and Arapaho Museum and Archives, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.78-44

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3edf9edf5-ff18-42e8-b76a-33d3f5e51f16

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-78-44

Creator:

Ryan, Paul, 1943-  Search this

Names:

Dalton School (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Earth Environmental Group  Search this

Earthscore Foundation  Search this

Gaia Institute  Search this

New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Raindance Corporation  Search this

Savannah College of Art and Design  Search this

Anderson, Myrdene, 1934-  Search this

Berg, Peter, 1937-2011  Search this

Berman, Morris  Search this

Berry, Thomas, 1914-2009  Search this

Bianchi, Lois  Search this

Bijvoet, Marga, 1948-  Search this

Dunn, David  Search this

Johnson, Avery  Search this

Kevelson, Roberta  Search this

Lansing, Gerrit  Search this

Lira, Aldo  Search this

Lord, Chip  Search this

Lowenstein, Oliver  Search this

Ponsol, Claude  Search this

Procter, Jody, 1943-1998  Search this

Robbins, Al  Search this

Segura, Phyllis Gershuny  Search this

Shamberg, Michael  Search this

Sibert, Jodi  Search this

Sturken, Marita, 1957-  Search this

Zerella, Lida  Search this

Extent:

19.7 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Prints

Illustrations

Video recordings

Writings

Date:

1931-2009

Summary:

The Paul Ryan papers measure 19.7 linear feet and document Ryan's education and career as a pioneering video artist, theorist, writer, and educator. Records include school records, family papers, correspondence, writings, project files, video recordings, teaching files, printed materials, scattered photographs, and artwork by others. Organizational records are also found for the Earthscore Foundation, Earth Environmental Group, the Gaia Institute, and the Raindance Corporation, among others. The bulk of Ryan's professional work is documented in his writings and project files.

Scope and Contents:

The Paul Ryan papers measure 19.7 linear feet and document Ryan's education and career as a pioneering video artist, theorist, writer, and educator. Records include school records, family papers, correspondence, writings, project files, video recordings, teaching files, printed materials, scattered photographs, and artwork by others. Organizational records are also found for the Earthscore Foundation, Earth Environmental Group, the Gaia Institute, and the Raindance Corporation, among others. The bulk of Ryan's professional work is documented in his writings and project files.

Biographical materials include family papers, early correspondence among Ryan family members, school records, selective service records, photographs of Paul Ryan, and career documentation such as résumés, CVs, recommendation letters, and narratives written by Ryan describing his career. Records related to Ryan's time in the seminary and monastery include letters home during this period, and his letter of resignation from 1965.

Correspondence is mainly professional in nature, and spans Ryan's career. Correspondence between Ryan and family members is also found. Professional correspondence is found with Myrdene Anderson, Peter Berg of Planet Drum, Morris Berman, Avery Johnson, Marga Bijvoet, Thomas Berry, Lois Bianchi, David Dunn, Roberta Kevelson, Gerrit Lansing, Aldo Lira, Oliver Lowenstein, Chip Lord, Claude Ponsol, Jody Procter, Jodi Sibert, Phyllis Gershuny Segura, Michael Shamberg, and Marita Sturken. Corporate correspondence is found regarding job applications, manuscript submissions to publishers, and video submissions to museums and broadcasters.

Writings include mainly articles and notebooks by Ryan, but also drafts of books, lectures, poetry, short stories, a treatment for a television show, and writings by others in various genres. Most of Ryan's prose writing is theoretical in nature, although personal writings and notes from projects are also found. Articles include both published and unpublished writings, with some published multiple times under different titles. Over one hundred notebooks spanning forty years contain a variety of content including drafts of letters, articles, grant proposals, lectures, and other writings. Ryan's two major publications, Cybernetics of the Sacred and Video Mind, Earth Mind, are documented with drafts, contracts, correspondence with publishers, layout documents, and notes.

Organizational records include writings, correspondence, printed material, financial records, grant proposals, and other records concerning various organizations, collectives, and companies in which Ryan participated, mostly having to do with environmental advocacy, video production, or a combination of the two. Organizations with substantial records in this series include the Earth Environmental Group, the Earthscore Foundation, Environment '89 (and '90, '91, and '92), the Gaia Institute, and the Raindance Corporation, among others. Documentation is most comprehensive for The Earthscore Foundation, including by-laws, grant proposals, extensive writings, financial records, and printed materials.

Project files contain video recordings, production notes, photographs, proposals, correspondence, a computer program designed by Ryan, prints for exhibition, illustrations and designs, posters, circulars, contracts, and scripts. Many of the projects documented in this series relate to Ryan's many explorations of the use of video to monitor and interpret two seemingly different subjects, environmental change and human behavior in relationships, expressed through a ritual of interaction among three persons designed by Ryan and called "Threeing," or "Triadic Behavior." The most thoroughly documented projects in this series include "Nature in New York City," "New York City Eco-Channel for Sustainable Television (NEST)," Talking Wood (a publication that incorporated the project "Watershed Watch"), "Inventing Triadic Behavior" (also known as the "Triadic Tapes"), "Tethys"(with artist Bob Schuler), and "Video Wake for my Father," a performance for video that saw many iterations, including a private performance, a public performance, an edited video program, and a published script.

Video recordings are found for three projects, including "Nature in New York City," "Inventing Triadic Behavior," and a threeing workshop held at the Kitchen entitled "Video Variations on Holy Week." A printout of records in a videotape database kept by Ryan is found in this series, with a proposal for video preservation; the list of tapes includes those found in the collection as well as tapes not extant.

Teaching files include documentation of Ryan's work at Dalton School, Hudson School, the New School for Social Research, and Savannah College of Art and Design, and many other workshops and training programs Ryan taught. Included are grade books, correspondence, curricula, training materials, and reports. Two of his programs, the Black Rock Rangers at the Dalton School, and the Urban Conservation Corps Pilot Video Program involve the implementation of the Earthscore Notational System in school curricula.

Printed material includes books, newspaper clippings, conference programs and published proceedings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, film and video programs, flyers, periodicals, poetry publications, posters, and materials relating to the artist Al Robbins, which includes an obituary written by Ryan. Also found are publications of the Raindance Corporation, which include the book, Guerrilla Television (1971), and four issues of their magazine, Radical Software (1971-1972). Most of the printed material was either written by Paul Ryan, contains articles by Paul Ryan, or documents activities of Paul Ryan. Other materials found contain works by Ryan's associates and collaborators.

Artwork contains artists' books, doodles, illustrations, prints, and photographs by named and unnamed artists. None of the artwork in this series appears to be by Ryan. Notable is an artist's book entitled "Patterns" by Lida Zerella, which incorporates still images from Ryan's Triadic Tapes in a small album. Two illustrations are found by Claude Ponsot, who also illustrated many of Ryan's publications relating to Kleinform and threeing.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 8 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1931-2003 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 1, 20)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1965-2007 (2 linear feet; Boxes 1-3)

Series 3: Writings, 1955-2001 (6.8 linear feet; Boxes 3-10, 20)

Series 4: Organizational Records, 1968-1996 (1.2 linear feet; Boxes 10-11, 20, OV 21)

Series 5: Project Files, 1968-2008 (6.5 linear feet; Boxes 11-17, 20, OV 21-22, 24, RD 26)

Series 6: Teaching Files, 1967-2008 (0.7 linear feet; Box 17)

Series 7: Printed Materials, 1968-2009 (1.6 linear feet; Boxes 18-20, OV 23, 25)

Series 8: Artwork, 1965-2003 (0.1 linear feet; Boxes 19-20, OV 22)

Biographical / Historical:

Paul Ryan was a pioneering video artist, writer, teacher, and theoretician based in New York City and the Hudson Valley of New York State. Born in 1943, Ryan spent his early adulthood as a seminarian and later a member of the Roman Catholic order of Passionist monks, which he left in 1965. He eventually received a B.A. from New York University. During the Vietnam War, Ryan received conscientious objector status and studied with Marshall McLuhan at Fordham University as alternative service. It was McLuhan's influence that led Ryan to begin to explore the possibilities of the medium of video.

In 1969, Ryan participated in the landmark exhibition "TV as a Creative Medium" curated by Howard Wise, which served to link the kinetic art movement of the 1960s with the emergent medium of video art. The first exhibition in the United States devoted to video, "TV as a Creative Medium" signaled radical changes and defined an emerging artistic movement. In 1969 Ryan co-founded the Raindance Corporation along with Ira Schneider, Michael Shamberg, David Cort, Beryl Korot, Phyllis Gershuny, and others. Raindance was an influential media collective that proposed radical theories and philosophies of video as an alternative form of cultural communication. Influenced by the communications theories of Marshall McLuhan and Buckminster Fuller, the collective produced tapes and writings that explored the relation of cybernetics, media, and ecology. From 1970-1974, Raindance published the seminal video journal Radical Software, which provided a network of communications for the fledgling alternative video movement. In 1971, Shamberg published Guerrilla Television, a summary of the group's principles and a blueprint for a decentralization of television through access to public and cable programming. The original Raindance collective dispersed in the mid-1970s; the nonprofit Raindance Foundation continued into the 1990s. Ryan's core writings from the Raindance era were gathered into his 1973 publication Birth and Death and Cybernation, republished in 1974 as Cybernetics of the Sacred.

Ryan's work to develop alternative uses of video technology continued long after his involvement with Raindance. He began to implement his theories about the use of video monitoring and feedback within dynamic systems with the work that came to be known as the Earthscore Notational System. With Steve Kolpan and Bob Schuler, he founded the Earthscore Foundation, through which he raised money for the exploration and development of this applied practice. Earthscore, based largely on the writings of philosopher Charles Sanders Pierce and Gregory Bateson's work on cybernetics, provided the theoretical and logical underpinnings of both the ecosystem documentation and interpretation process, and the triadic rituals of interpersonal behavior, that became the core of Ryan's work for much of his life. These ideas were implemented in a wide variety of projects such as eco-channel design, video scores specific to certain locations, threeing projects exploring interpersonal behavior with video and computer technology, and a curriculum for combining media production training with environmental education.

Ryan later worked with organizations such as Talking Wood, The Earth Environmental Group, and Environment '89, (re-named in later years Environment '90, '91, and '92) to implement Earthscore systems and prototypes. He co-founded The Gaia Institute, hosted at Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and co-directed it from 1985-1991. The Institute fostered dialogs between science, religion, and art through workshops, lectures, exhibitions and events. He was an artist-in-residence for Earth Environmental Group in 1988 via a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, and used the residency to carry out his video project "Nature in New York City," documenting city ecosystems and demonstrating how an eco-channel might work. Environment '89 organized a coordinated campaign for a cable channel devoted to the environment, the New York City Eco-channel for a Sustainable Tomorrow (NEST).

Ryan spent his later years as a professor of media production and theory at Savannah College of Art and Design, and then at the New School for Social Research. His work has been exhibited widely in the United States, including "The Primitivism Show" in The Museum of Modern Art (1984), "The American Century Show" at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1999-2000), and the Venice Biennale (2002). He died in 2013.

Provenance:

The papers of Paul Ryan were donated to the Archives of American Art by Ryan in 2008.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers and archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Video artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Monasticism and religious orders  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Prints

Illustrations

Video recordings

Writings

Citation:

Paul Ryan papers, 1931-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' Hidden Collections grant program.

Identifier:

AAA.ryanpaul

See more items in:

Paul Ryan papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw989287f33-5086-40f3-bd04-a4e270afabb3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-ryanpaul

Collection Creator:

Colpitt, Frances  Search this

Container:

Box 2, Folder 12

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1997

Collection Restrictions:

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

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Frances Colpitt papers, 1932-2022. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Frances Colpitt papers

Frances Colpitt papers / Series 1: Artist Files / Donald Judd/Judd Foundation

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9bbec45f3-5ba9-4e9f-828c-a4baf3513796

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-colpfran-ref57

Creator:

Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956  Search this

Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Names:

Nusbaum, Jesse L. (Jesse Logan)  Search this

Extent:

.8 Linear feet

41 Glass plate negatives

41 Copy negatives

Note:

The glass plate negatives are in boxes 152 (N05849-N05860), 153 (N05861-N05879), 154 (N08880-N05889) and B23 (N05863) in the cool room.

Culture:

Havasupai (Coconino)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Glass plate negatives

Copy negatives

Place:

Havasupai Reservation (Ariz.)

Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

Date:

1919 September

Summary:

This collection includes glass plate and copy negatives taken by Frederick Webb Hodge on a collecting trip to the Havasupai Reservation in the Grand Canyon, Arizona in 1919. Hodge was an archaeologist and collector for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation between 1918 and 1931 most famously leading the Hendricks-Hodge Hawikku excavations between 1917 and 1923.

Scope and Contents:

This collection includes 41 glass plate negatives made by Frederick Webb Hodge on a trip to the Havasupai (Coconino) Reservation in 1919. It is likely the trip took place in September of that year following work done by Hodge at Hawikkuh, New Mexico and before he returned to New York City. It is also likely that Jesse Nusbaum accompanied Hodge on this trip and may have shot some (or many) of the photographs himself. Many of the photographs are landscape shots of the Havasu Canyon on the Havasupai (Coconino) reservation which include views of the Havasu Falls, Havasu Creek, Wigleeva rock formation and various rock walls. There are also photographs of people and structures around the Havasupai reservation including several portraits of Havasupai community members, mostly women, holding baskets and posing in the Supai Village. Copy negatives were made of the glass plate negatives during a large photograph conservation project conducted by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation in the 1960s.

Arrangement:

Arranged by negative number: N05849 - N05889.

Biographical / Historical:

Frederick Hodge (1864-1956) was an editor, anthropologist, archaeologist, and historian born in Plymouth, England to Edwin and Emily (Webb) Hodge. His parents moved to Washington, D.C. when Frederick was seven years old. In Washington, he attended Cambridge College (George Washington University). Hodge was employed by the Smithsonian Institution in 1901 as executive assistant in charge of International Exchanges, but transferred to the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1905, where he worked until February 28, 1918. Hodge was the editor for Edward S. Curtis's monumental series The North American Indian. After leaving the Bureau, he moved to New York City and became editor and assistant director at the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. In 1915, accompanied by the museum's director George Gustav Heye and staff member George H. Pepper, Hodge undertook excavations at the Nacoochee Mound near Helen, Georgia. Hodge then directed the excavations of the ruins of Hawikkuh, near Zuni Pueblo, during the period 1917-23.

He was associated with Columbia University, Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition, and the U.S. Geological Survey. He was the director of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian in Los Angeles. He served as executive officer at the Smithsonian Institution, chairman of the Committee of Editorial Management and the Committee dealing with the Linguistic Families North of Mexico. He was a member of the Committee on Archaeological Nomenclature, the Committee of Policy, the National Research Council, and the Laboratory of Anthropology, School of American Research, Journal of Physical Anthropology, and the Museum of the American Indian.

Separated Materials:

Ethnographic material collected by Frederick Webb Hodge on this trip can be found in NMAI's Ethnology collection with catalog numbers 093309 - 093312 (09/3309 - 09/3312).

Provenance:

Donated to the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, by Frederick Webb Hodge in 1919.

Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.

Topic:

Photographs  Search this

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.001.043

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Frederick Webb Hodge photographs on the Havasupai (Coconino) Reservation

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv43e9f74bc-0feb-4a83-b39b-f2aaa4f76527

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-001-043

Collection Creator:

Adler, Abigail  Search this

Extent:

35 Negatives (photographic) (Black and white, 35mm)

Container:

Box 1, Sheet 100-101

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives

Negatives (photographic)

Date:

1978 April 11

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Some images restricted: Cultural Sensitivity

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Abigail Adler Diné (Navajo) photographs, NMAI.AC.373 catalog #; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Abigail Adler Diné (Navajo) Photographs

Abigail Adler Diné (Navajo) Photographs / Series 2: Diné (Navajo) Community and Events Photographs [Photographic Negatives] / 2.10: Miscellaneous 1978

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv41efad503-4d2e-4d40-93d2-fadef61f3fc1

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-373-ref100

Creator:

Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893  Search this

Names:

Joseph (Nez Percé Chief), 1840-1904  Search this

Lean Wolf.  Search this

Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911  Search this

Plenty Coups, 1848-1932  Search this

Red Cloud, 1822-1909  Search this

Spotted Tail, 1823-1881  Search this

Extent:

340 Copy prints (circa)

3 Prints (albumen)

333 Glass negatives (wet plate collodion and dry gelatin)

69 Copy negatives

Culture:

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this

Northwest Coast  Search this

Sauk  Search this

Seminole  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Shoshone  Search this

Sisitonwan Dakota (Sisseton Sioux)  Search this

Spokan  Search this

Wichita  Search this

Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  Search this

Yakama (Yakima)  Search this

Yanktonnai Nakota  Search this

Oto  Search this

Osage  Search this

Kickapoo  Search this

Kaw (Kansa)  Search this

Kiowa  Search this

Plains Apache (Naisha/Kiowa Apache)  Search this

Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  Search this

Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this

Omaha  Search this

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Cherokee  Search this

Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)  Search this

Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this

Sahnish (Arikara)  Search this

Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)  Search this

Iowa  Search this

Palouse  Search this

Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)  Search this

Minitari (Hidatsa)  Search this

Fox  Search this

Lenape (Delaware)  Search this

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Niuam (Comanche)  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Copy prints

Prints

Glass negatives

Copy negatives

Photographs

Date:

circa 1874-1890

Scope and Contents note:

Portraits of Native Americans made by Charles Milton Bell in his Washington, DC studio. Depicted individuals include Red Cloud, Oglala; Spotted Tail, Brule; Quanah Parker, Comanche; Nawat, Arapaho; Scabby Bull, Arapaho; Wolf Robe, Cheyenne; D. W. Bushyhead, Cherokee; John Jumper, Seminole; Plenty Coups, Crow; Rushing Bear, Arikara; Gall, Hunkpapa; John Grass, Sihasapa; Lean Wolf, Hidatsa; Chief Joseph, Nez Perce; and Lone Wolf, Kiowa; as well as people associated with Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show. The collection also includes copies of some images by other photographers, including G. G. Rockwood and F. T. Cummins.

Biographical/Historical note:

Charles Milton Bell (circa 1849-1893) was the youngest member of a family of photographers that operated a studio in Washington, DC, from around 1860-1874. Bell established his own studio on Pennsylvania Avenue in 1873 and it rapidly became one of the leading photography studios in the city. Bell developed the patronage of Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, who sent Native American visitors to the studio to have their portraits made. Bell also made photographs of Native Americans for the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of American Ethnology.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 80, NAA MS 4661

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Copy prints previously filed in MS 4661 have been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 80. These are also copy prints of Bell negatives that were acquired from Boyce and form part of this collection.

Additional C. M. Bell photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 4420, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 60, Photo Lot 81-44, Photo lot 87-2P, and Photo Lot 90-1.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 80, Charles Milton Bell photographs of Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.80

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Charles Milton Bell photographs of Native Americans

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31570c7f1-fd23-4311-ba8e-f7c209dc013d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-80

Author:

Libby, Valencia  Search this

Issuing body:

Oregon State University Press  Search this

Subject:

Lord & Schryver (Firm : Salem, Or.)  Search this

Physical description:

xi, 220 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (some color) 26 cm

Type:

Biography

Biographies

History

Place:

United States

Oregon

Northwest, Pacific

États-Unis

Pacific Northwest

Date:

2021

20th century

Topic:

Women gardeners  Search this

Landscape gardening--History  Search this

Gardens--Design  Search this

Jardinières  Search this

Landscape gardening  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1163737

Author:

Foster, Steven 1957-  Search this

Author:

Duke, James A. 1929-2017  Search this

Foster, Steven 1957- Field guide to medicinal plants  Search this

Physical description:

xiii, 411 pages color illustrations 19 cm

Type:

Identification

Handbook

Reference sources

Manuals (instructional materials)

Handbooks

Handbooks and manuals

Field guides

Guides et manuels

Place:

East (U.S.)

Middle West

Canada, Eastern

Midwest (États-Unis)

Medicinal plants

North America

Amérique du Nord

Eastern Canada

East United States

Date:

2000

Topic:

Medicinal plants  Search this

Botany, Medical  Search this

Plants, Medicinal  Search this

Plantes médicinales  Search this

Medical botany  Search this

science  Search this

survival  Search this

health  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1166788

Author:

American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Photographic Materials Group  Search this

Physical description:

v. : ill. ; 28 cm

Type:

Periodicals

Date:

1986

1986-

Topic:

Photographs--Conservation and restoration  Search this

Call number:

TR465 .T674

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_362798