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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

The Byzantine Institute and Dumbarton Oaks fieldwork records and papers

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
Collection Identifier: MS.BZ.004
Scope and Contents: This collection contains fieldwork records and papers produced by the staff of the Byzantine Institute and Dumbarton Oaks, as well as Thomas Whittemore and Paul Underwood, between the 1920s and 2000s. It is comprised of correspondence, minutes, financial records, logbooks, fieldwork notebooks, research notes, ground plans, maps, oversize drawings, tracings, paintings, photographs, films, newspaper clippings, and publication materials. The collection is organized by the method of creation and...

Hollis Frampton Collection

Collection Identifier: hfa00001
Overview: This collection contains, in a variety of media, materials by, about, and related to the filmmaker, photographer, and critic Hollis Frampton. Donated by Marion Faller, with whom he spent his last 13 years, the items here were likely kept by Frampton during his lifetime, with additional elements being added by Faller after Frampton's death. From original artworks to invaluable audio recordings, this collection gives rare insight into the career and personality of one of the most important...

Lorna and Laurence Marshall expeditionary notebooks and diaries Digital

Collection Identifier: 2003.36
Scope and Content Note: This collection of notebooks and journals written respectively by Lorna Jean McLean Marshall and Laurence Kennedy Marshall cover seven of the Marshall Family’s eight journeys to Namibia, Botswana, Angola, and South Africa to research the lifeways of African hunter-gatherers, primarily the G/ui and Ju/’hoansi. Of note are Laurence Marshall's "record books" including: expenditures; travel planning information (packing lists, distance, and mileage); film and photographic technical...

Papers of Susan W. McAllester, 1903-1994 (inclusive), 1950-1994 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 923
Overview:

Correspondence and diaries of Susan McAllester, editor and photographer.

Polaroid Corporation records, series VI: audiovisual collection

Collection Identifier: Mss:658 1905-2005 P762 VI
Overview:

The Polaroid Corporation audiovisual collection contains over 5000 items of audio, video and film in a wide variety of formats.

Polaroid Corporation records, series VII: records related to Meroë Morse

Collection Identifier: Mss:658 1905-2005 P762 VII
Overview:

This series of the Polaroid Corporation records contains records related to Polaroid scientist Meroë Morse. It includes administrative records, research and development records, and photographs. Morse was one of the first women scientists to work at Polaroid.

Robert Gardner Collection

Collection Identifier: hfa00026
Overview: This collection contains paper materials produced by documentary filmmaker Robert Gardner. The collection contains correspondence ranging in topics from travel, preparation and progress updates on ethnographic film projects, grant proposal plans, and more; technical information regarding the filming and editing of video and sound for his films; a wide array of materials relating to the production and promotion of many of his films; photographs documenting his travels abroad and his...

Southwest Africa Expeditions records Digital

Collection Identifier: 51-60-00-56-57-00-58-43-00
Scope and Contents: This collection comprises expedition correspondence, field note excerpts, field reports, research permits, bibliographies, news clippings, South West African government reports, and financial records (inventories, purchase lists, expense records, travel records, receipts, and cancelled checks). Of note are records related to expedition planning (including the co-sponsorship of the Smithsonian Institution starting in 1955), correspondence and reports sent from the expedition sites, and...

Robert L. Van Nice fieldwork records and papers

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
Collection Identifier: MS.BZ.012
Scope and Contents: This collection documents the architectural survey of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, conducted by Robert L. Van Nice from the late 1930s to the 1980s. The project was sponsored by William Emerson, Dean of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), from 1937 until Emerson’s death in 1957. The project was then sponsored by Dumbarton Oaks until Van Nice’s retirement in 1989. Materials in the collection include administrative records, correspondence, research...