Random records of a lifetime, 1846-1931 [actually 1932]. volume XI, Director of the National Gallery of Art

Title Variants

Alternative: Random records, vol. 11

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Contained In: Random records of a lifetime, 1846-1931

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Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933

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Collection

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1920-1932

Notes

Devised title.

Binder's title: Random records.

Typewritten manuscript.

This is the eleventh of sixteen volumes that document the life and anthropological 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 primarily covers 1920-1932, and is divided in to twenty-eight sections that describe the work to create the Smithsonian's National Gallery of Art.

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 , History , Holmes, William Henry, , Smithsonian Institution

Call Number

CT275.H75 A1 v. 11

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 964364304