Charles A. Mantz papers 1930-1939.

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Charles A. Mantz papers 1930-1939.

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This collection, contained in 9 folders in a 5 x 15.5 x 10-inch box, contains papers relating to the work of Charles A. Mantz, curator of Asiatic anthropology at the Denver Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science) from 1937-1943. Mantz was a world traveler and polyglot whose work was interrupted by the onset of World War II. The collection includes his handwritten notes on China as well as handwritten notes on Indian materials, the West Indies, New Guinea, the South Seas, Japan and the effects of the war in the Pacific. It also has field notes on Yucatan from 1930 and Siam from 1932. In addition, the Mantz collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, manuscripts and a set of index cards of Japanese archeological chronology.

1 box 45 cubic feet.

Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Alfred M. Bailey Library

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Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Alfred M. Bailey Library

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Denver Museum of Nature and Science

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The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has 104 dioramas depicting the context of many of the Museum's collections of specimens and artifacts. From around 1910, the first diorama-type displays at DMNS consisted of flat oil paintings placed behind specimens. Installation of the first of the present-day displays began in 1936, under the direction of Alfred M. Bailey, the Museum's director from 1936 to 1969. Bailey introduced the use of curved and domed backgrounds for habitat dioramas, lighting ...

Mantz, Charles A., 1892-1970.

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Charles Armstrong Mantz, lawyer, polyglot and Curator of Asiatic Anthropology and Archeology at the Denver Museum of Natural History (DMNH), conducted several archeological expeditions to Asia, bringing his knowledge back to Denver. DMNH is now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Mantz was born in Fort Collins, Colo., in 1892. He received his early education in private schools, attended Colorado College and later studied law and graduated from the University of Denver. He did post-graduat...