Biographical materials include repatriation documentation and materials from Ferguson's time aboard the M. S. Gripsholm; various membership cards and business card contacts; documentation of Ferguson's collection gifts to Nanjing University; honorary degree documentation from Ontario University; one ink sketch portrait of John Calvin Ferguson by Li Yuling; memorial service materials and obituaries of various family members as well as Ferguson; and assorted genealogical and family documents gathered by other members of the Ferguson family.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce and publish an item from the Archives is coordinated through the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery's Rights and Reproductions department. Please contact the Archives in order to initiate this process.
Collection Citation:
John Calvin Ferguson Family Papers, FSA A1999.33. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. Gift of Peter Ferguson.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the
Smithsonian Institution Collections Care and Preservation Fund.