Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 8w X 10h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Topic:
Hope diamond
Gems
Standard number:
SIA2008-2293
Restrictions:
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Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Mrs. Edna Winston presenting the Hope Diamond to Secretary Leonard Carmichael and George Switzer, November 10, 1958
Summary:
Mrs. Edna Winston, wife of Harry Winston, presenting the Hope Diamond to Secretary Leonard Carmichael and Curator George Switzer on November 10, 1958
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences
United States National Museum Division of Mineralogy and Petrology
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Object
Date:
1974
Topic:
Hope diamond
Minerals
United States National Museum
Specimens
Gems
Mineralogy
Standard number:
74-6034
Restrictions:
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Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Featured in the "Torch," January 1983. There is a color photograph of the gem in Widder, Robert B. A PICTORAL TREASURY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1966, p. 22
Summary:
The Hope Diamond, the largest of all blue diamonds, 45.52 carats, exhibited at the National Museum of Natural History. The gem is slightly lopsided, possibly because the bottom of the teardrop shape was cut away so that the original stolen jewel could not be identified. The setting is a circlet of smaller white diamonds on a chain of diamonds
Summerfield, Arthur E (Arthur Ellsworth) 1899-1972
United States Postal Service
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Mineralogy
National Collections
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 9.5w x 7.63h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Topic:
Hope diamond
Gifts
Gems
Event
Standard number:
SIA2010-0338 and MP-62A
Restrictions:
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Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Summary:
Letter carrier James G. Todd presents to Dr. Leonard Carmichael, Smithsonian Secretary, the package containing the Hope Diamond delivered to the Natural History Building. Pictured from left to right are Mr. Ronald Winston, Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield, United States Postal Service letter carrier James G. Todd, Mrs. Edna Winston (wife of Harry Winston) and Dr. Leonard Carmichael
Summerfield, Arthur E (Arthur Ellsworth) 1899-1972
United States Postal Service
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences
National Collections
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 9.5w x 7.63h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Topic:
Hope diamond
Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Gifts
Gems
Event
Standard number:
SIA2010-0337 and MP-60B
Restrictions:
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Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Summary:
The package containing the Hope Diamond is presented to Smithsonian Secretary Dr. Leonard Carmichael. The donor, Harry Winston, shipped the diamond through the regular United States Postal Service via first-class mail; the postage cost him $2.44, plus $142.85 for $1 million dollars worth of insurance. Pictured from left to right: Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield, Mrs. Edna Winston, Dr. Leonard Carmichael, Dr. George Switzer, and Mr. Sinclair of the National Museum of Natural History's minerology department. Dr. George Switzer was an American mineralogist who is credited with expanding the Smithsonian Institution's famed National Gem and Mineral Collection by acquiring the Hope Diamond for the Museum in 1958. Switzer made the arrangements when renowned New York City jeweler Harry Winston decided to donate the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian
45.52 carats - The Hope Diamond--the world's largest deep blue diamond--is more than a billion years old. It formed deep within the Earth and was carried by a volcanic eruption to the surface in what is now India. Since the Hope Diamond was found in the early 1600s, it has crossed oceans and continents and passed from kings to commoners. It has been stolen and recovered, sold and resold, cut and recut. Through it all, the diamond's value increased. In 1958, Harry Winston donated the Hope Diamond to the Museum, and it now belongs to the people of the United States. Visit the Museum to learn more about the dramatic interactions between people and this diamond, and about its natural history. Visit the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals. http://www.mnh.si.edu/
45.52 carats - The Hope Diamond--the world's largest deep blue diamond--is more than a billion years old. It formed deep within the Earth and was carried by a volcanic eruption to the surface in what is now India. Since the Hope Diamond was found in the early 1600s, it has crossed oceans and continents and passed from kings to commoners. It has been stolen and recovered, sold and resold, cut and recut. Through it all, the diamond's value increased. In 1958, Harry Winston donated the Hope Diamond to the Museum, and it now belongs to the people of the United States. Visit the Museum to learn more about the dramatic interactions between people and this diamond, and about its natural history. Visit the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals.
Height x Width: 11 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. (28.26 x 36.2 cm)
Type:
Covers & Associated Letters
Place:
United States of America
Date:
November 8, 1958
Object number:
1992.2002.15
Description:
The mailing wrapper, marked "please deliver 11:45 AM 11/10/58," contained the rare gem, the "Hope Diamond," when it was sent as a gift by Harry Winston to the Smithsonian Institution located in Washington, D.C. in 1958. Winston, a well-known jeweler, routinely used the mails to deliver valuable material.
Mailed on the morning of November 8 from New York City, the item was sent by registered (first class) mail -- considered the safest means of transport for valuables at that time. The total fee was $145.29 (see the meter machine tapes). Postage only amounted to $2.44 for the package which weighed 61 ounces. The remainder of the fee ($142.85) paid for an indemnity of about $1 million.
The package was delivered on Monday, November 11, by letter carrier James G. Todd, who had picked it up at the Old City Post Office (the building is now home to the National Postal Museum).
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences
Hall of Gems
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Topic:
Wolper, David L
Hope diamond
Gems
Mineralogy
Vaults (Strong rooms)
Standard number:
74-2646-20A or SIA74-2646-20A
Restrictions:
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Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Featured in the "Torch," April 1974
Summary:
David L. Wolper, producer of a Smithsonian Institution television special, standing next to the vault in the National Museum of Natural History which displays the Hope Diamond, on March 19, 1974
Mystery of the Hope Diamond - The Hope Diamond's New Setting Revealed
Creator:
Smithsonian Channel
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2013-05-09T19:55:05.000Z
Metadata Updated:
2013-05-13T19:13:38.000Z
YouTube Category:
Shows
Views:
790
Video Title:
Mystery of the Hope Diamond - The Hope Diamond's New Setting Revealed
Description:
For a limited time, the Hope Diamond will be on display in a temporary new setting designed by Harry Winston. See the dazzling new setting revealed inside the halls of Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
Mystery of the Hope Diamond - Mystery of The Hope Diamond (Full Episode)
Creator:
Smithsonian Channel
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2013-05-20T17:10:21.000Z
Metadata Updated:
2013-05-21T03:18:50.000Z
YouTube Category:
Shows
Views:
3968
Video Title:
Mystery of the Hope Diamond - Mystery of The Hope Diamond (Full Episode)
Description:
The legend is as multifaceted as the gem, spanning one billion years, three continents and leaving a trail of intrigue, envy and death. Learn why the Hope Diamond inspires fear, passion and interest and see its new limited-edition setting revealed.
Our film crew recreates the glamorous life of socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. The one-time owner of the hope Diamond was rumored to occasionally display the Hope Diamond on the neck of her Great Dane.
Witness the brilliant history, science and secrets of the Hope Diamond. Relive Hope's epic journey, spanning eons, crossing three continents, and passing from kings to thieves to millionaires and into the halls of the Smithsonian.
Inside the Smithsonian Channel Documentary about the Hope Diamond
Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2011-06-23T19:08:49.000Z
Metadata Updated:
2013-04-16T09:50:10.000Z
Topic:
Cultural property
YouTube Category:
Education
Views:
2184
Video Title:
Inside the Smithsonian Channel Documentary about the Hope Diamond
Description:
David Royle and Charles Poe are vice presidents of Smithsonian Networks. They introduce and present a short piece about an upcoming feature about the Hope Diamond. [Catalog No. - CFV10271; Copyright - 2010 Smithsonian Institution]
Smithsonian-Harvard Expedition to the Altai Mountains (1912)
Physical description:
87.4 linear meters
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Collection descriptions
Date:
1877
1877-1975
Topic:
Hope diamond
Museums--Administration
Museums--Collection management
Port Orford meteorite
Local number:
SIA RU000192
Restrictions:
(1) Restricted; (2) inquiries related to specimens should be directed to the appropriate museum registrar; (3) use of this record unit requires prior arrangement with the Archives staff
Notes:
In 1902 the Museum's Division of Correspondence and Documents instituted a numeric filing system for the general correspondence of the United States National Museum. That correspondence, as found in this record unit, comprises most of the central administrative files of the Museum. Prior to 1902, museum correspondence had been filed alphabetically by correspondent (see record unit 189). Beginning in 1862 the accession records of the National Museum had been filed using a numeric system similar to that later adopted for correspondence. Finally in 1924 the two numbering systems were integrated
Most of the correspondence is directed to the officer in immediate charge of the United States National Museum (Richard Rathbun, 1897-1918; William deC. Ravenel, 1918-1925; Alexander Wetmore, 1925-1948; A. Remington Kellogg, 1948-1962) with lesser amounts to John Enos Graf, who was appointed Associate Director, USNM, in 1931. Also, a smaller amount of correspondence is addressed to the Secretary of the Smithsonian (Spencer F. Baird, 1878-1887; Samuel P. Langley, 1887-1906; Charles D. Walcott, 1907-1927; Charles G. Abbot, 1928-1944; Alexander Wetmore, 1944-1952; Leonard Carmichael, 1953-1964) and to various museum curators. This correspondence was usually referred to the chief administrator of the United States National Museum for response
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Date:
1991
Topic:
Museum curators
Gem and Mineral Collection
Gems
Hope diamond
Standard number:
91-1261-13
Restrictions:
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Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Featured in Torch, March 1991
Summary:
John White, curator-in-charge of the National Museum of Natural History's Gem and Mineral Collection in the Gem Hall among gleaming specimens, including the storied Hope Diamond
Say you were on a game show and they asked you, “In what country did the Hope Diamond originate?” Would you know the answer? The answer is India, but the details are sketchy at best. It was most likely found in the very productive Kollur Mine located in south central India, which operated between the 16th century and the mid-19th century. The diamond was first owned in the mid-17th century by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier as a roughly cut 112 3/16-carat gem, where it was then known as the “Tavernier Blue” until it was sold King Louis XIV of France in 1668 with 14 other large diamonds and several sm [...]
