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[Trade catalogs from Texas Co.]

Company Name:
Texas Co.  Search this
Related companies:
Texaco ; Texaco Inc. ; Texaco Experiment Inc. (Richmond, VA) ; Texaco Canada Ltd. ; Texaco Refining and Marketing Inc.  Search this
Notes content:
One piece OVERSIZE ; Petroleum products ; road surfacing materials ; marine products ; hydraulic machinery ; farm implement lubrication ; Capella HFC synthetic refrigeration lubricant ; lubrication for passenger elevators and escalators ; "Lubrication" publication
Includes:
Trade catalog, samples and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Types of samples:
Borofil Boron Filament
Physical description:
222 pieces; 7 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
New York, New York, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Agricultural tools and machinery  Search this
Architectural designs and building materials  Search this
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this
Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)  Search this
Farm equipment and supplies (including dairy and poultry equipment)  Search this
Fuel (includes oil; petroleum; gas; coal; etc.)  Search this
Heating; ventilation and air conditioning  Search this
Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this
Road building machinery and equipment  Search this
Topic:
"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this
Agricultural implements  Search this
Agricultural machinery  Search this
Air conditioning  Search this
Air-compressors  Search this
Architectural design  Search this
Automobiles  Search this
Boats and boating  Search this
Building materials  Search this
Coal  Search this
Dairying  Search this
Farm equipment  Search this
Fuel  Search this
Heating  Search this
Heating and ventilation industry  Search this
Marine machinery  Search this
Motor vehicles  Search this
Petroleum  Search this
Pumping machinery industry  Search this
Road machinery  Search this
Roads -- Design and construction  Search this
Ships  Search this
Ventilation  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_25064
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_25064

Story Time: Rockets and Rovers

Creator:
National Air and Space Museum  Search this
Type:
Conversations and talks
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2023-04-19T21:20:14.000Z
YouTube Category:
Science & Technology  Search this
Topic:
Aeronautics;Flight;Space Sciences  Search this
See more by:
airandspace
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
YouTube Channel:
airandspace
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_OQ08EwJGeaE

Cessna 180

Manufacturer:
Cessna Aircraft Company, Inc.  Search this
Materials:
All-metal
Dimensions:
Wingspan: 11 m (36 ft)
Length: 8 m (26 ft 2 in)
Height: 2.3 m (7 ft 9 in)
Weight, empty: 670 kg (1,480 lb)
Weight, gross: 1,157 kg (2,550 lb)
Top Speed: 264 km/h (165 mph)
Engine: Continental O-470-A, 225 hp
Estimated display hanging weight: 1263 lbs.
Type:
CRAFT-Aircraft
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Date:
1952-1981
Credit Line:
Donated by Cessna Aircraft Company, Inc.
Inventory Number:
A19760976000
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
National Air and Space Museum Collection
Location:
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Exhibition:
Thomas W. Haas We All Fly
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9e7dfc5c3-84cb-4664-9e93-db8af19e6f32
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nasm_A19760976000
Online Media:

[Trade catalogs from Simmons Hardware Co. Inc.]

Variant company name:
Philadelphia, PA ; Sioux City, IA ; Minneapolis, MN ; Atlanta, GA ; Toledo, OH  Search this
Company Name:
Simmons Hardware Co. Inc.  Search this
Notes content:
One envelope OVERSIZE ; Manufacturers and distributers: Keen Kutter tools and cutlery ; equestrian equipment ; automobile accessories ; sporting goods ; farming tools ; lock sets ; sewing machines ; clocks ; bird cages ; electro silver plated ware. "Simmons Hardware Co.'s Exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition" (1915) ; Laclede Bicycles for 1905
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Physical description:
9 pieces; 6 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Date range:
1800s-1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Agricultural tools and machinery  Search this
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this
Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment)  Search this
Cutlery  Search this
Fairs and exhibitions  Search this
Farm equipment and supplies (including dairy and poultry equipment)  Search this
Furniture and furnishings  Search this
Hardware and hand tools  Search this
Leather products; tanning and equestrian supplies  Search this
Locks and safes (including alarm and security systems)  Search this
Sewing machines and equipment  Search this
Sporting goods  Search this
Veterinary and pet supplies  Search this
Topic:
Agricultural implements  Search this
Agricultural machinery  Search this
Automobiles  Search this
Clocks and watches  Search this
Cutlery  Search this
Dairying  Search this
Fairs  Search this
Farm equipment  Search this
Furniture industry and trade  Search this
Hardware  Search this
House furnishings  Search this
Interior decoration  Search this
Leather industry and trade  Search this
Locks and keys  Search this
Motor vehicles  Search this
Pet supplies  Search this
Safes  Search this
Security systems  Search this
Sewing machines  Search this
Sporting goods  Search this
Tanning  Search this
Tools  Search this
Trade shows  Search this
Veterinary instruments and apparatus  Search this
Veterinary medicine  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_19679
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_19679

Tricolored Bag (Samseong Jumeoni)

Donor Name:
Ensign U S N John B. Bernadou  Search this
Length:
15.5 cm
Width:
14 cm
Culture:
Not Given  Search this
Object Type:
Bag
Place:
Korea, Asia
Accession Date:
24 Feb 1886
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
016970
USNM Number:
E77023-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a9687275-a0df-4830-ac56-7de253d4cf5d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8480062
Online Media:

Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr.

Artist:
Dan Budnik, 20 May 1933 - 14 Aug 2020  Search this
Sitter:
Coretta Scott King, 27 Apr 1927 - 30 Jan 2006  Search this
Martin Luther King, Jr., 15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968  Search this
Medium:
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image: 34.1 × 51.1 cm (13 7/16 × 20 1/8")
Sheet: 50.6 × 60.8 cm (19 15/16 × 23 15/16")
Mat: 58.6 × 73.9 cm (23 1/16 × 29 1/8")
Frame: 61.9 × 76.8 × 3.2 cm (24 3/8 × 30 1/4 × 1 1/4")
Type:
Photograph
Place:
United States\Alabama\Montgomery\Montgomery
Date:
March 24, 1965 (printed October 2009)
Topic:
Costume\Jewelry\Necklace  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Earring  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Ring  Search this
Costume\Headgear\Hat\Cap  Search this
Interior\Interior with Exterior View  Search this
Architecture\Window  Search this
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Bracelet  Search this
Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses\Sunglasses  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Scarf  Search this
Vehicle\Airplane  Search this
Exterior\Airfield  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Watch\Wrist watch  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Belt  Search this
Coretta Scott King: Female  Search this
Coretta Scott King: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist  Search this
Coretta Scott King: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Male  Search this
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister  Search this
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Nobel Prize  Search this
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Malcolm Lazin
Object number:
NPG.2020.165
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Dan Budnik
See more items in:
National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44462774a-6d40-426e-b30b-1518f02d23e0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2020.165

vehicle control knob

Designer:
Henry Dreyfuss , American, 1904 – 1972  Search this
Manufacturer:
General Motors, Detroit, Michigan, USA  Search this
Type:
appliances & tools
Decorative Arts
vehicle control knob
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry Dreyfuss
Accession Number:
1972-88-131-3
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e37ce977-465a-4515-bc3f-4f65010e54e7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1972-88-131-3

vehicle control knob

Designer:
Henry Dreyfuss , American, 1904 – 1972  Search this
Medium:
Plastic
Type:
appliances & tools
Decorative Arts
vehicle control knob
Date:
ca. 1959
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry Dreyfuss
Accession Number:
1972-88-181-1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq40d724ee8-5b59-48cc-984a-b1c15fbdc945
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1972-88-181-1

Somstepa Coon Jigger

Maker:
Louis Marx and Company  Search this
Measurements:
box: 2 in x 4 in x 3 in; 5.08 cm x 10.16 cm x 7.62 cm
man: 7 in x 2 in x 1 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.81 cm
Object Name:
toy
collectible
Place made:
United States: New York, New York
Date made:
1910
Subject:
Stereotypes  Search this
Racism  Search this
ID Number:
2018.0188.06
Accession number:
2018.0188
Catalog number:
2018.0188.06
See more items in:
Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-ad9d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1894193

Be-Bop Jigger

Maker:
Louis Marx and Company  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 10 in x 4 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 11.43 cm x 11.43 cm
Object Name:
collectible
Place made:
United States: New York, New York
Date made:
circa 1940
Subject:
Stereotypes  Search this
Racism  Search this
ID Number:
2018.0188.08
Catalog number:
2018.0188.08
Accession number:
2018.0188
See more items in:
Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-aeac-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1894195

Jazzbo-Jim

Physical Description:
cardboard (box material)
metal (toy material)
Measurements:
house: 2 11/16 in x 4 19/32 in x 3 3/32 in; 6.858 cm x 11.684 cm x 7.874 cm
jazzbo jim: 7 1/2 in x 3 in x 2 in; 19.05 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm
box: 3 in x 5 in x 6 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 12.7 cm x 16.51 cm
Object Name:
collectible
Place made:
United States: New Jersey, Newark
Date made:
1921
Subject:
Stereotypes  Search this
Racism  Search this
ID Number:
2018.0188.09
Accession number:
2018.0188
Catalog number:
2018.0188.09
See more items in:
Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-a57f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1894196

Garland of berries

Medium:
Gold, double rudraksha seeds, silver, diamonds and rubies
Dimensions:
H x W (overall): 10.6 x 6.8 cm (4 3/16 x 2 11/16 in)
Type:
Jewelry and Ornament
Origin:
Tamil Nadu state, India
Date:
late 19th-early 20th century
Topic:
piercing  Search this
metal  Search this
gold  Search this
Nandi  Search this
Parvati  Search this
Shiva  Search this
India  Search this
South Asian and Himalayan Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1990.8
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
On View:
Freer Gallery 01: Body Image: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e173de28-0ee4-4a92-a5fe-6a2b8aaf69b4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1990.8
Online Media:

Double Self-Portrait

Artist:
Richard Estes, born 14 May 1932  Search this
Sitter:
Richard Estes, born 14 May 1932  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
61 x 91.4cm (24 x 36")
Type:
Painting
Date:
1976
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this
Architecture\Window  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Stool  Search this
Equipment\Camera  Search this
Equipment\Camera\Tripod  Search this
Architecture\Door  Search this
Vehicle\Automobile  Search this
Exterior\Street  Search this
Self-portrait  Search this
Richard Estes: Male  Search this
Richard Estes: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Museum of Modern Art
Object number:
NY580066
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm45fb93bb9-41ef-4cac-a0d2-9a475e29f085
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NY580066

Self-Portrait

Artist:
Antonio Rudolfo Frasconi, 28 Apr 1919 - 8 Jan 2013  Search this
Sitter:
Antonio Rudolfo Frasconi, 28 Apr 1919 - 8 Jan 2013  Search this
Medium:
Woodcut
Type:
Print
Date:
1952
Topic:
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this
Interior\Interior with Exterior View  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this
Printed Material\Papers  Search this
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this
Nature & Environment\Animal\Bird  Search this
Vehicle\Automobile  Search this
Self-portrait  Search this
Art implements\Printing tools  Search this
Antonio Rudolfo Frasconi: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this
Antonio Rudolfo Frasconi: Male  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Joseph J. Chek
Object number:
PC991116
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4b0d8b842-b636-4800-a5bb-9e6b5a89afed
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_PC991116

Marlene Dietrich

Artist:
George Hurrell, 01 Jun 1904 - 17 May 1992  Search this
Sitter:
Marlene Dietrich, 27 Dec 1901 - 6 May 1992  Search this
Medium:
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image: 34.3 × 27 cm (13 1/2 × 10 5/8")
Sheet: 35.3 × 27.8 cm (13 7/8 × 10 15/16")
Mount: 50.6 × 37.9 cm (19 15/16 × 14 15/16")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1937
Topic:
Costume\Headgear\Headdress  Search this
Interior  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Bracelet  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Feather  Search this
Marlene Dietrich: Female  Search this
Marlene Dietrich: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Stage actor  Search this
Marlene Dietrich: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Movie actor  Search this
Marlene Dietrich: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Violinist  Search this
Marlene Dietrich: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired in part through the generosity of an anonymous donor
Object number:
NPG.2022.44
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
National Portrait Gallery Collection
Exhibition:
Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood’s Golden Age by George Hurrell
On View:
NPG, South Gallery 120
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4b3db2d94-ab5b-4724-b13e-bfb7a8039d6b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2022.44

Myron Bement Smith Collection

Creator:
Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this
Names:
Aga-Oglu, Mehmet, 1896-1949  Search this
Ettinghausen, Richard  Search this
Field, Henry  Search this
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Kuban, Dogan  Search this
Moe, Henry Allen  Search this
Pope, Arthur Upham, 1881-1969  Search this
Former owner:
Blake, Marion Elizabeth  Search this
Extent:
192 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1910-1970
Summary:
The Myron Bement Smith collection consists of two parts, the papers of Myron Bement Smith and his wife Katharine and the Islamic Archives. It contains substantial material about his field research in Italy in the 1920s and his years working on Islamic architecture in Iran in the 1930s. Letters describe the milieu in which he operated in Rochester NY and New York City in the 1920s and early 1930s; the Smiths' life in Iran from 1933 to 1937; and the extensive network of academic and social contacts that Myron and Katharine developed and maintained over his lifetime. The Islamic Archives was a project to which Smith devoted most of his professional life. It includes both original materials, such as his photographs and notes, and items acquired by him from other scholars or experts on Islamic art and architecture. Smith intended the Archives to serve as a resource for scholars interested in the architecture and art of the entire Islamic world although he also included some materials about non-Islamic architecture.
Scope and Contents:
The Myron Bement Smith Collection consists of two parts, the papers of Myron Bement Smith and his wife Katharine and the Islamic Archives. The papers include some biographic material about Myron but little about his wife. Information on his academic and professional experience is sketchy and his diaries and appointment books often contain only sporadic entries. The papers contain substantial material about his field research in Italy in the 1920s and his years working on Islamic architecture in Iran in the 1930s. Correspondence comprises the largest and most potentially useful part of the papers. Letters describe the milieu in which he operated in Rochester, NY and New York City in the 1920s and early 1930s; the Smiths' life in Iran from 1933 to 1937; and the extensive network of academic and social contacts that Myron and Katharine developed and maintained over his lifetime.

The Islamic Archives, formally entitled The Archive for Islamic Culture and Art, was a project to which Smith devoted most of his professional life. It includes both original materials, such as his photographs and notes, and items acquired by him from other scholars or experts on Islamic art and architecture. Most of the latter consists of photographs and slides. Smith intended the Archives to serve as a resource for scholars interested in the architecture and art of the entire Islamic world although he also included some materials about non-Islamic architecture. The core collection of the Archives consists of Smith's original photographs and architectural sketches of Iranian Islamic monuments made during his field research in the 1930s. He meticulously photographed the interior and exterior of monuments, including their decorative detail. Some of the photographic materials subsequently loaned, purchased, or donated to the Archives may enable scholars to document sites over time but in many cases the materials are poorly preserved or reproduced. A notable exception to this is the glassplate negatives and prints of 19th century Iranian photographer Antoin Sevruguin.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into 2 major series with further subseries. A third series inventories the outsized and miscellaneous materials.

Series 1: Papers

Subseries 1.1: Biographic Materials

Subseries 1.2: Professional Experience

Subseries 1.3: Notebooks, Journals and Appointment Books

Subseries 1.4: Correspondence

Subseries 1.5: Published and Unpublished Materials

Subseries 1.6: Italy Research 1925, 1927-1928

Subseries 1.7: Iran Research 1933-1937

Subseries 1.8: Katharine Dennis Smith Papers and Correspondence

Series 2: The Islamic Archives

Subseries 2.1: Islamic Archives History, Collection Information

Subseries 2.2: Resource Materials Iran

Subseries 2.3: Resource Materials Other Islamic World and General

Subseries 2.4: Myron Bement Smith Architectural Sketches, Plans and Notes, Iran, 1933-1937

Subseries 2.5: Myron Bement Smith Iran Photographs, Notebooks and Negative Registers

Subseries 2.6: Country Photograph File

Subseries 2.7: Lantern Slide Collection

Subseries 2.8: Myron Bement Smith 35 mm Color Slides

Subseries 2.9: Country 35 mm Color Slide File

Subseries 2.10: Myron Bement Smith Negatives

Subseries 2.11: Country Photograph Negatives

Subseries 2.12: Antoin Sevruguin Photographs

Series 3: Outsize and Miscellaneous Items

Subseries 3.1: Map Case Drawers

Subseries 3.2: Rolled Items

Subseries 3.3 Items in Freezer

Subseries 3.4 Smithsonian Copy Negatives
Biographical Note:
Myron Bement Smith was born in Newark Valley, New York in 1897 and grew up in Rochester, New York. He died in Washington D.C. in 1970. He showed an early interest in drawing, and after graduation from high school, he worked as a draftsman for a Rochester architect. He served in the US Army Medical Corps in France during World War I and on return again worked as an architectural draftsman. He studied at Yale University from 1922 to 1926, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. During summer vacations, he worked as draftsman or designer for architectural firms in New York City. After graduation, he received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation grant and spent two years in Italy doing research on northern Italian brick and stone work. He used photography as an tool for his research and published several well-illustrated articles. On return he joined an architectural firm in Philadelphia and in 1931 became a registered architect in New York. He enrolled in Harvard University graduate school in 1929 pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree.

In April 1930, Smith was appointed Secretary of the newly created American Institute for Persian Art and Archaeology founded by Arthur Upham Pope and located in New York City. He had no prior academic or work experience in Islamic art or architecture, and his job entailed designing publications, arranging lectures, organizing exhibitions and fund raising. That summer he arranged an independent study course at Harvard University on Persian art and subsequently studied Persian language at Columbia University and attended graduate courses at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. His work and academic credentials enabled him to compete successfully for a research fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies in 1933 to study Iranian Islamic architecture.

Accompanied by his new bride Katharine Dennis, Smith left for Iran in 1933. They suffered a horrendous motor vehicle accident in Iraq en route and required a lengthy recuperation in Lebanon and Cyprus. The Smiths eventually arrived in Isfahan, Iran, where they established their "Expedition House," as Smith called it, in a rented faculty house at Stuart College. Smith's research consisted of meticulous photographic documentation of Islamic monuments and architectural sketches and drawings of many of them. He concentrated on the Isfahan area but also documented monuments elsewhere in Iran. Smith outfitted his station wagon as a combination camper and research vehicle in which he and his staff traveled widely. Katharine sometimes traveled with him but generally she remained in Isfahan managing the household and logistics for the "expedition." The Smiths left Iran in 1937.

Smith published several articles about Iran's Islamic monuments based on his field research and in 1947 completed his PhD thesis for The Johns Hopkins University on the vault in Persian architecture. His professional career from 1938 until his death in 1970 consisted of a series of temporary academic positions, contract work and government or academic sponsored lecture tours and photographic exhibits. He had a long lasting relationship with the Library of Congress where he served as an Honorary Consultant from 1938 to 1940 and again from 1948 to 1970; from 1943 to 1944 he was Chief of the Iranian Section at the Library. Despite his lack of published material, Smith was well-known among academic, government and private citizens who worked, traveled or were otherwise interested Iran and the Islamic world.

Smith developed an extensive network of professional and social contacts that dated from his early student days and increased markedly during his time at the Persian Institute and later in Iran. He kept in touch with them and they touted him to others who were interested in Iran or Islamic art and architecture. This network served him well in realizing his ambition of creating a resource for scholars that relied on photographs to document Islamic architecture. The Islamic Archives began with his own collection of photographs from his Iran research and grew to include all manner of photographic and other materials not only on the Islamic world but also other areas. Creating and managing the Archives became the main focus of Smith's professional life and career. In 1967 he received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to revise his PhD thesis as a publishable manuscript but died before he could complete it.
Related Materials:
The Antoin Sevruguin Photgraphs

Ernst Herzfeld Papers

Lionel B. Bier Drawings

Lionel D. Bier and Carol Bier Photographs
Provenance:
Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith, transfered from National Anthropological Archives.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Islamic architecture  Search this
Islamic Architecture-Turkey  Search this
Iran-description and travel  Search this
Iran-History 20th Century  Search this
Islamic Architecture-Middle East  Search this
Iran-social life and customs  Search this
United States-Social life and customs  Search this
Mosques  Search this
Architecture -- Iran  Search this
Citation:
The Myron Bement Smith Collection, FSA A.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.
Identifier:
FSA.A.04
See more items in:
Myron Bement Smith Collection
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3c8c950fe-250b-40df-b8c7-bcf788073968
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-fsa-a-04
Online Media:

Mordecai Gist

Artist:
Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827  Search this
Sitter:
Mordecai Gist, c. 1742 - 1792  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
stretcher: 76.1cm x 63.5cm (29 15/16" x 25"), Estimate
Type:
Painting
Date:
1770-72
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Exterior\Waterscape\Seascape  Search this
Vehicle\Ship  Search this
Printed Material\Book  Search this
Costume\Headgear\Hat\Tricorne  Search this
Mordecai Gist: Male  Search this
Mordecai Gist: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Revolutionary War  Search this
Mordecai Gist: Natural Resource Occupations\Seaman\Sea captain  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: de Young Museum
Object number:
1979.7.79 FAMSF (de Y)
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm422079066-f7b0-4064-95e5-5f6e3f5b4d87
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_1979.7.79_FAMSF__de_Y_

George Washington (Constable-Hamilton Portrait)

Artist:
Gilbert Stuart, 3 Dec 1755 - 9 Jul 1828  Search this
Sitter:
George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Stretcher: 130.2 × 102.4cm (51 1/4 × 40 5/16")
Frame: 149.9 x 123.8 x 9.5cm (59 x 48 3/4 x 3 3/4")
Type:
Painting
Date:
1797
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Exterior\Waterscape\Seascape  Search this
Interior\Interior with Exterior View  Search this
Printed Material\Papers  Search this
Vehicle\Ship\Sailing ship  Search this
Weapon\Sword  Search this
Architecture\Column  Search this
Home Furnishings\Curtain  Search this
George Washington: Male  Search this
George Washington: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Revolutionary War  Search this
George Washington: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman  Search this
George Washington: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Farmer  Search this
George Washington: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this
George Washington: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this
George Washington: Science and Technology\Surveyor  Search this
George Washington: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Object number:
2005.27
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm40fe20a1b-5687-4073-8c64-c38505e16fd7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_2005.27

Captain John Barry

Attribution:
Matthew Pratt, 23 Sep 1734 - 9 Jan 1805  Search this
Sitter:
John Barry, 1745 - 1803  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 3/4 in. x 25 in. (75.57 cm x 63.5 cm), without frame
Type:
Painting
Date:
1776
Topic:
Vehicle\Ship  Search this
Nature & Environment\Water  Search this
Nature & Environment\Clouds  Search this
Interior\Interior with Exterior View  Search this
John Barry: Male  Search this
John Barry: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer\Commodore  Search this
John Barry: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer\Revolutionary War  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester
Object number:
81.22 MAG
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm41e9ef997-22f3-4973-a828-32335beb74bf
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_81.22_MAG

The Peacemakers

Artist:
George Peter Alexander Healy, 15 Jul 1813 - 24 Jun 1894  Search this
Sitter:
William Tecumseh Sherman, 8 Feb 1820 - 14 Feb 1891  Search this
Ulysses Simpson Grant, 27 Apr 1822 - 23 Jul 1885  Search this
Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865  Search this
David Dixon Porter, 8 Jun 1813 - 13 Feb 1891  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Sight: 119.7 x 159.1cm (47 1/8 x 62 5/8")
Type:
Painting
Date:
1868?
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair\Armchair  Search this
Home Furnishings\Drape  Search this
Architecture\Window  Search this
Costume\Footwear\Shoes  Search this
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Carpet  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Bench  Search this
Interior\Vehicle\Ship  Search this
Architecture\Pilaster  Search this
David Dixon Porter: Male  Search this
David Dixon Porter: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War  Search this
David Dixon Porter: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer\Admiral  Search this
David Dixon Porter: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer\Rear Admiral  Search this
David Dixon Porter: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer\Vice Admiral  Search this
William Tecumseh Sherman: Male  Search this
William Tecumseh Sherman: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this
William Tecumseh Sherman: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War  Search this
William Tecumseh Sherman: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this
William Tecumseh Sherman: Business and Finance\Banking and Finance\Banker  Search this
William Tecumseh Sherman: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Male  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\State Senator\Illinois  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Crafts and Trades\Boat builder  Search this
Ulysses Simpson Grant: Male  Search this
Ulysses Simpson Grant: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Farmer  Search this
Ulysses Simpson Grant: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War  Search this
Ulysses Simpson Grant: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War  Search this
Ulysses Simpson Grant: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this
Ulysses Simpson Grant: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this
Ulysses Simpson Grant: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: The White House
Object number:
947.2558.1 WH
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm41c9f4b04-8c09-437e-9a28-9b719420da41
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_947.2558.1_WH

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