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We have a Mindeleff photo album from the B.A.E. undergoing treatment in the lab now! Stay tuned here for an upcoming view of NAA MS 4362.
Cool! Thanks for giving the head's up, Nora! Here are some photos by Victor Mindeleff, I'm assuming from the same photo album you're thinking of? http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?q=NAA+MS+4362.&view=grid&fq...
I am interested in any good pictures of Cosmos Mindeleff himself (and Victor). Cosmos was my great-great uncle. In doing my family research I've lost him and his wife, Marion Harriet Warren, after about 1910 last known in NYC. Can anyone lead me to a good photo of him (and of course her if one exists and any info on what happened to them?) Thanks.
Any other pictures showing Cosmos? Do you know anything concerning his death? He married a relative of mine.
Hi Bill and Carol-
Thank you so much for dropping by--you have a fascinating relative. As far as I can tell, we don't have any portraits of Cosmos digitized other than the one above, but we do have a large collection of photographs taken by Cosmos, as well as a collection of objects found by him, and a collection of collection catalog cards written by him. You can see them here.
Similarly, and as Nora mentions above, we have quite a few photos taken by Victor, but no portraits of him that I know of that have been digitized other than what is above.
Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives (NAA) has some information about the brothers here.
Additionally, I'm going to ask our collection experts here at the Smithsonian Institution Archives and contact some folks at NAA to see if they have any additional information about Cosmos and Victor. I'll get back to you both as soon as I hear anything!
Hi Bill and Carol- Ellen Alers, one of SIA's Assistant Archivists and a member of our reference team has gotten back to me with some information, which I will email to you. She also let me know about two photographs of the Mindeleff brothers. NAA has a photograph of Victor Mindeleff here, and there is a photo of Cosmos here. Thanks for your help Ellen!
Hi Bill and Carol, I'm a Reference Volunteer at the National Anthropological Archives. After searching our collections, I was unable to find any personal information on the Mindeleff brothers. We do have correspondence from Cosmos and Victor addressed to the director of the Bureau of American Ethnology. This correspondence contains reports of their work, requests for leave of absence, and estimates of the cost of fieldwork projects. My favorite piece is an 1884 letter from Cosmos requesting a clock for his office. In order to keep accurate time reports, the staff needed a standardized clock to use -- "We have 10 or 12 watches in this room, no two of which, 9 venture to say, have the same time." If you would like more information about Cosmos and Victor's work correspondence, please feel free to contact us at naa@si.edu. Also, our website is http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/.
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