[Bushnell, David Ives, Jr., 1875-1941 collection records, 1845-1951].

Catlin, George, 1796-1872

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George Catlin, artist and author, was known especially for his paintings of Indians. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, he practiced law until his talent for painting led him to join a group of artists in Philadelphia in 1823. Catlin concentrated on portrait painting in Washington, D.C., until 1829, when he saw a delegation of visiting American Indians in Philadelphia. He then resolved to devote his life to preserving the appearance and character of the vanishing Indians and for forty-two yea...

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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The main building of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a new art reference library, named the Thomas J. Watson Library, was designed by the architectural firm of Brown, Lawford and Forbes in consultation with the Museum. Severud-Elstad-Krueger were the structural engineers; Krey and Hunt were the mechanical engineers. The Library formally opened Jan. 26, 1965. It occupies three floors: the two lower floors comprise s...

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

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The Peabody Museum, founded in 1866 by George Peabody, has sent over 800 expeditions to all parts of the world. These expeditions, together with gifts and purchases, have resulted in the amassing of a comprehensive collection of ethnological, archaeological and somatological materials. From the description of Records of the Museum, 1851-1968 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972599 Built in 1876, the Peabody Museum is one of the oldest museums devoted ...

Missouri historical society

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California historical society

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First organized April 29, 1852. Official incorporation March 6, 1886. From the description of California Historical Society Correspondence, 1886-1888. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58746660 History The California Historical Society was first organized April 29, 1852 and officially incorporated March 6, 1886. The papers of the California Historical Society were published in two parts in 1887. ...

Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887

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At only 27, the ornithologist Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a precocious appointment that suited a precocious scientist. Born into a well to do family in Reading, Pa., and raised in Carlisle, Baird acquired an interest in natural history even prior to enrolling at Dickinson College at age 13. Although he was not an outstanding student, he was unusually committed to his course in life, keeping meticulous notes of ...

Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957

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Frances Theresa Densmore was born on May 21, 1867 in Red Wing, Minnesota. She studied at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music from 1884 to 1887. Her professional interest in the music of Native Americans dates from the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In 1905, she made her first visit to the Minnesota tribes and in 1907 began to record Indian music under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology. During her fifty years with the Bureau, she recorded near...

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

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Renowned photographer of Western landscapes, employed by the United States Geological Survey and commercial enterprises to document wilderness areas and Native American cultures. From the description of Colorado Views [picture], ca. 1870-1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 46460710 Official photographer for the U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories conducted by Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden. From the description of Papers, 1851-1878. (Duke University Library). ...

Kane, Paul, 1810-1871

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Jebb, John G.

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Kennedy, Frank M.

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Hastings, Matthew.

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Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology

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The Bureau of American Ethnology was established in 1879 by an act of Congress for the purpose of transferring archives, records and materials relating to the Native American tribes from the Interior Department to the Smithsonian Institution. The Bureau's founding director was John Wesley Powell. In 1897, the Bureau's name was changed from Bureau of Ethnology to Bureau of American Ethnology to indicate the primary geographic limit of its focus. In 1965, the BAE merged with the Smithsonian Ins...

Kern, Edward Meyer, 1823-1863

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Edward Meyer Kern was an artist, scientist, and explorer from Philadelphia. In 1845, Edward accepted the position of artist and topographer for John Charles Frémont's third expedition, which was to explore the central route to California. The Frémont expedition merged California Battalion when the Mexican War began, and Edward was made commander of Sutter's Fort. From the description of Diary of Edward Meyer Kern, 1848, October 8-November 11. (Huntington Library, Art Collections &a...

Whymper, Charles, 1853-

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De Batz, A. (Alexander)

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McCormack, Helen Gardner, 1903-1974

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Ravenel, William de Chastignier

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Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933

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Participated in Hayden Geological Survey. Named six Colorado mountains. From the description of Explorations in the Rocky Mountains, 1872-1887, [1932?]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 16905051 William Henry Holmes, archaeologist and artist, served as chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution from 1902-1920. From the description of Letter : Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, to My dear Mr. [E.A.] Bur...

Grue, W. P.

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Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874

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Painter; Baltimore, Md. and Scotland. From the description of Alfred Jacob Miller manuscript and sketches, [undated] and 1837. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571456 ...

Kircheriano Museum.

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Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930

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Archaeologist and head of the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology. From the description of Letter : Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, to Walter Hough, Washington, D.C. 1916 Aug 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702150523 From the description of Letter : Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, to Walter Hough, Washington, D.C. 1916 Aug 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83206603 Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850-1930) was born in Newton, Massachusetts. His sc...

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania was established in 1824 by seven young Philadelphians who were inspired by the patriotic celebrations and renewed civic pride brought on by the Marquis d Lafayette's visit to the United States. The aim of their fledgling organization was to collect and preserve evidence related to history of the commonwealth, to encourage scholarly research, and to stimulate public interest in American history. This mission remains central to the wo...

Tozzer library

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Tozzer Memorial Library, built in 1974 and located at 21 Divinity Avenue, is the library of the Peabody Museum and the Anthropology Department. The building was designed by Johnson, Hotvedt, and Associates and named for Alfred Marston Tozzer (A.B. 1900, Ph.D. 1904), who was Hudson Professor of Archaeology from 1945 until his retirement in 1947. From the description of General information by and about Tozzer Library. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77066364 ...

Whatmough, G. Verona Taylor.

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Krieghoff, Cornelius, 1815-1872

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Curran, Charles, 1861-1942.

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Lewis, Thomas M.N. (Thomas McDowell Nelson), 1896-

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Williams, Frederick Henry

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Neville, Barbara.

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Smithsonian Institution

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The Smithsonian Institution was established on August 10, 1846, is a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government. The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. Originally organized as the United States National Museum.James Smithson (1765-1829), a British scientist, left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusio...

Nichols, Hobart (H. Hobart), 1869-1962.

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Rathbone, Perry Townsend, 1911-2000

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Art museum director. From the description of Reminiscences of Perry Townsend Rathbone : oral history, 1982. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309723354 Perry Townsend Rathbone (1911-2000) was a museum director from New York, N.Y. He was a curator at the Detroit Institute of Art, 1936-1940, director of the City Art Museum of St. Louis, 1940-1955, and director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1954-1972. At the time o...

Burroughs, Louise.

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Royal anthropological institute of Great Britain and Ireland

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Munroe, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1850-1933

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Professor of mining at Columbia University, 1877-1915. Henry Smith Munroe was born Henry Munroe Smith. From the description of Correspondence, 1855-1899. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122515119 ...

Eastman, Annie Henderson

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Royal Ontario Museum.

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National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

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Art museum; Washington, D.C. From the description of National Gallery of Art exhibition catalog, 1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553233 ...

Lange, Otto, 1879-1944

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Sutton, Isaac C. (Isaac Crawford), 1877-

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Rand, Benjamin, 1856-1934

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Benjamin Rand (1856-1934) graduated from Harvard in 1879, taught philosophy and served as librarian of the Philosophical Library at Harvard from 1906 to 1933....

United States National Museum

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The Act of Congress of August 10, 1846, establishing the Smithsonian Institution, empowered the Board of Regents to receive, either through donations or exchanges, new specimens for the museum of the Institution. In addition, the Secretary was authorized to discharge the duties of the "keeper of the museum." Beginning in 1841, the museum collections of the United States government had been stored in the Patent Office. Originally they were under the custodianship of the National Ins...

Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D.C.)

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Krieghoff, N. G.

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Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875

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American painter of Indians. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Brantz Mayer, 1852 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870713 American illustrator, painter, landscape artist, and army officer. From the description of Sketches, ca. 1850. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536311 U.S. army officer, topographical draftsman, and painter and illustrator of Indian life. An 1829 West Point gradu...

Martin, T. Melissa

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Dale, Thomas Pelham, 1821-1892

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British Library

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Stern's Auction Exchange.

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National Gallery of Canada.

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City Art Museum of St. Louis

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In 1910, after the museum officially separated from the university, The City Art Museum entered into a contract for the loan of art collections assembled by The St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts. Some of these objects remained on view at the museum for many years. The dates for the return of certain works are recorded in the ledger. From the description of Ledger, 1910-1930's collection of Washington University. (Saint Louis Art Museum). WorldCat record id: 145409058 ...

Reid, George William, 1819-1887

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Amateur archaeologist. From the description of Letter and sketches : Goochland County, Virginia, 1881 May 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122640664 Captain of Company D. 64th Illinois Infantry. From the description of Diary, 1864 Oct. 6 - Nov. 17. (Western Illinois University). WorldCat record id: 35963001 ...

Louisiana Historical Society

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The Louisiana Historical Society was organized in 1836, reorganized in 1846, incorporated in 1860, and reincorporated in 1877. It published The Publications of the Louisiana Historical Society (Ser.1: 1895-1917, Ser.2: 1973-1974) and The Louisiana Historical Quarterly (1917-1972). It is the oldest historical organization in the state. From the description of Louisiana Historical Society program, 1934. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 190824917 From the descr...

Smith, De Cost, 1864-1939

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DeCost Smith was born in Skaneateles, New York, about 1865, the son of Reul Smith. He studied art in Paris and New York City and traveled around the world doing paintings of nature. He spent time on the Rosebud, Lower Brule, and Standing Rock Indian Reservations in Dakota Territory in 1884. He also wrote about Native American topics. He died in 1939. From the description of De Cost Smith writing, 1930s. (Montana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 733845343 De C...

Bushnell, David I. (David Ives), 1875-1941

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David Ives Bushnell was born 28 April 1875 in St. Louis, Mo. He was educated in St. Louis schools and in Europe. He worked as an assistant in archaelogy at the Peabody Museum, Harvard University from 1901-1904. Bushnell contributed to the Handbook of American Indians. He did much research in Virginia and in the Midwestern United States. He died on 4 June 1941. From the description of Papers, 1797-1941 1917-1941. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 22258877 D...

Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, 1533?-1588

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Wimar, Carl, 1828-1862

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Artist. From the description of Carl Wimar papers, 1857-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122545976 ...

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975

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Christian, Imanuel Gulabbhai, 1942-

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Detroit Art and Auction Rooms.

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Loomis, John True, 1861-1941

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