Random records of a lifetime, 1846-1931 [actually 1932] volume XII Freer Gallery of Art

Title Variants

Alternative: Random records, volume 12

Related Titles

Series: Random records of a lifetime, 1846-1931 [that is, 1932] Cullings, largely personal, from the scrap heap of three score years and ten, devoted to science, literature and art, v.12

By

Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933 , creator

Type

Collection

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1920-1932

Notes

Devised title.

Binder's title: Random records.

Typewritten manuscript.

Volume 12 has two parts: part 1 is a bound volume; part 2 (also known as the supplement to volume 12) is a paperboard portfolio containing additional documents relating to the Freer Gallery of Art

This is the twelfth of sixteen volumes that document the life and work of William Henry Holmes. He combined text and original supporting documents including drawings, watercolors, photographs, correspondence, official documents, news clippings, and memorabilia. The volume is divided into five sections which describe the creation and content of the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art. Sections include portraits of donors and staff, articles, illustrations, documents about the building and news clippings.

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.

Subjects

1846-1933 , Freer Gallery of Art , History , Holmes, William Henry, , Smithsonian Institution

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Call Number

CT275.H75 A1 v. 12

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 964364338