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Physical description:
1 volume illustrations, clippings, letters. 27 cm
Type:
Manuscripts
Place:
United States
Peru
Chile
Date:
1902
1902-1932
Notes:
Devised title.
Binder's title: Random records.
Typewritten manuscript.
Related materials can be found in Smithsonian Institution Archives RU007084, William Henry Holmes Papers, 1870-1931.
William Henry Holmes (1846-1933) was an anthropologist, archaeologist, artist, and geologist, who spent much of his career affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution. He studied art under Theodore Kauffman, and went on to work as a scientific illustrator with Smithsonian staff. In 1872, he was appointed artist-topographer to the United States survey of the territories under Ferdinand V. Hayden, and in 1874 was appointed assistant geologist. He went on to work with the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE), until returning to the Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum (USNM). Holmes eventually became head curator of the Smithsonian Institution's Department of Anthropology and Director of the National Gallery of Art.
AAPGRB copy also available on microfilm: MFM 1200 AAPGMAIN.
Summary:
This is the ninth of sixteen volumes that document the life and anthropological work of William Henry Holmes. He combined text and original supporting documents including original drawings, watercolors, photographs, correspondence, official documents, news clippings, and memorabilia. The volume covers 1902 to 1910, while Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology. It is divided into five sections. Section one covers his appointment. Also contains an overview of field work during 1902 to Kimmswick, Missouri, where he conducted examinations at village site (contains clippings describing work). Section two describes a trip to Europe for the fourteenth International Congress of Americanists in Stuttgart. Section three relates to a trip to Santiago, Chile for the First Pan American Congress in 1908. Section four covers ongoing work of the time period. Contains numerous drawings and photographs of landscapes and local people from trips to Chile and Peru. Section five contains letters and news clippings.
