John Alexander Pope Papers

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John Alexander Pope Papers

1925-1982

https://sova.si.edu/record/FSA.A1988.01

The John Alexander Pope papers contain limited biographical, personal and professional information. The bulk of the collection consists of published and unpublished writings, research materials and correspondence.

45 linear feet

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 11615001

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Pope, John Alexander, 1906-1982

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John Alexander Pope (b. August 4, 1906, Detroit, Michigan-d. September 18, 1982, Washington, D.C.), Director Emeritus of the Freer Gallery of Art and Oriental porcelains and bronzes expert. At the age of 21, Pope sailed on the Schooner Effie M. Morrissey with the Baffin Island Expedition in 1927, under the leadership of George Putnam. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale University. Shortly after graduation from Yale, he served in 1929 as a secretary to the American Red Cross Missi...