Duchess of Mecklenburg collection records
Dates
- Creation: 1878 - 1948
Extent
34 boxes (The Duchess of Mecklenburg collection records details the findings and correspondence of Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1856-1929). In her life she transformed from a princess to a renowned archaeologist who was committed to the practice of antiquities without any formal training. Through her excavations, and with imperial connections as well as family wealth, she assembled over 20,000 objects from 21 Iron Age (800 B.C.—A.D. 1) burial sites in Slovenia. Further documentation contains letters between auctioneers, friends, and colleagues, as well as field notes and photographs of burial sites. )General note
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- Title
- Duchess of Mecklenburg Collection records
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- pea00090
Repository Details
Part of the Peabody Museum Archives Repository
Papers in the Peabody Museum Archives consist of primary source materials that document the Museum’s archaeological and ethnographic research and fieldwork since its founding in 1866. More than 2,800 feet of archival paper collections contain documents, papers, manuscripts, correspondence, data, field notes, maps, plans, and other historical records that represent diverse peoples from around the world, and which were created or collected by the Museum, its individual affiliates, or related entities. The collections also document the history or provenience, as well as the creation of, many of the Museum’s archaeological and ethnographic collections.