Landscape Painting by William Henry Holmes, 1920
Series 1. CORRESPONDENCE. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY. 1882-1931.
Series 2. CORRESPONDENCE. ARRANGED NUMERICALLY BY WILLIAM HENRY HOLMES. 1870-1931.
Series 3. CORRESPONDENCE. ARRANGED BY SUBJECT.
Series 4. MEMORABILIA.
Series 5. FIELD NOTES, SKETCHES, AND PHOTOGRAPHS.
Series 6. HANDWRITTEN AND PRINTED DRAFTS.
Series 7. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
Series 8. PRINTED MATERIALS.
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Landscape Painting by William Henry Holmes, 1920 |
In 1872, Holmes was appointed artist-topographer to the United States survey of the territories under Ferdinand V. Hayden, and in 1874 was appointed assistant geologist. Holmes' survey in New Mexico and Arizona eventually led to his career in archeology and his interest in the cliff-dwellings of the southwest.
Holmes joined the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1880 and remained with the survey until 1889 when he transferred to the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE). Between 1882 and 1889, Holmes was also honorary curator of aboriginal ceramics, United States National Museum (USNM).
Holmes left the BAE to serve as head curator of anthropology at the Field Columbian Museum in Chicago, 1894-1897, and subsequently held positions as head curator of the Department of Anthropology, USNM, 1897-1902, and chief of the BAE, 1902-1909. Holmes served as curator of the National Gallery of Art from 1907 to 1920, and as head curator of the Department of Anthropology from 1910 to 1920. When the National Gallery of Art (now known as the National Collection of Fine Arts) became a separate bureau of the Smithsonian, Holmes severed his ties with the USNM and served as director of the National Gallery from 1920 until his retirement in 1932.
Box 1 of 4
DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY
These papers include Holmes' personal and professional correspondence,
including correspondence between other scientists, which was collected by
Holmes in connection with his research. The correspondence mainly documents
Holmes' research in American ethnology and archeology but also includes
material dealing with international scientific meetings and professional
conflicts. Also included are photographs; tracings and sketches; field notes;
notes; biographical information; catalogues; published materials; book
reviews; a list of Holmes' published works; and memorabilia. A microfilm copy
of Holmes' "Random Records of a Lifetime," Volumes 1-16, is also available.
Other material pertaining to Holmes may be found in the National
Anthropological Archives and the National Collection of Fine Arts Archives.
Correspondents in this collection include Cyrus Adler, Alexander Agassiz;
American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Hector Alliot; Juan B. Anbrosetti;
Allison V. Armour; Louis H. Ayme; William H. Babcock; Spencer F. Baird; Frank
C. Baker; Marcus Baker; Charles C. Baldwin; Henry Balfour; Adolph Francis
Alphonse Bandelier; Edwin Atlee Barber; Robert Barclay; W. C. Barnard; Adolph
Bastian; Ward Batchelor; Albert Smith Bickmore; Hiram Bingham; Eugene Boban;
Charles Pershing Bowditch; David Boyle; Adela C. Breton; Daniel Garrison
Brinton; Charles E. Brown; P. A. Calhoun; J. McKeen Cattel; Thomas Chrowder
Chamberlain; George B. Chittenden; Mrs. Calvin Coolidge (Ref.); Elliot Coues;
John Merle Coulter; W. S. Cox; James Edward Cree; C. (?) Cresson; Rudolph
Cronau; Steuart Culin; Frank Hamilton Cushing; Charles C. Darwin; Watson
Davies; William Morris Davies; John William Dawson; Frederick Samuel
Dellenbaugh; A. E. Douglass; William B. Douglass; Alexander Wilson Drake;
Sylvia H. Farabee; C. Walter Fewkes; Field Colombian Museum (Ref.); Field
Museum of National History (Ref.); Alice Cunningham Fletcher; Robert Fletcher;
A. D. Foote; Gerard Fowke; Andrew S. Fuller; Grove Karl Gilbert; George Brown
Goode; Adolphus Washington Greeley; Stanberry Hagar; Horatio Emmons Hale;
Lorenzo J. Hatch; Frederick Vandeveer Hayden; Edgar L. Hewett; George G. Heye;
F. F. Hilden; Robert T. Hill; Romyn Hitchcock; Frederick Webb Hodge; William
Jacob Holland; William Henry Holmes; William Temple Hornaday; Walter Hough;
Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History; International Congress of
Americanists; William Henry Jackson (Ref.); Morris Ketchum Jesup; Charles
Colcock Jones, Jr.; T. A. Joyce; George Kennan; Alfred L. Kroeber; Henry B.
Kummel; Samuel P. Langley; Nicolas Leon; Augustus Le Plongeon; Francis Leupp;
Frederic B. Loomis; Edward Lovett; Carl Lumholz; Charles Fletcher Lummis;
Theobert Maler; Otis Tufton Mason; Alfred P. Maudlay; H. R. McCalmont; Joseph
Deakins McGuire; W. J. Merlin (?); Henry Chapman Mercer; Clinton Hart Merriam;
John Campbell Merriam; George P. Merrill; Victor Mindeleff; Clarence
Bloomfield Moore; Warren King Moorehead; M. Moreno; Edward Sylvester Morse;
Charles Edward Munroe; Nadaillac; N. C. Nelson; Simon Newcomb; R. L. Packard;
William N. Page; Pan American Union (Ref.); Francis H. Parsons; Robert
Singleton Peabody (Ref.); Edmond N. Pease; Phillip Academy Department of
Archeology; W. Hallett Phillips; F. Plancarte; John Wesley Powell; W. H. Pratt;
Frederick Ward Putnam; Frederick Leslie Ransome; Richard Rathbun; Charles Rau;
William Woodville Rockhill; Kermit Roosevelt (Ref.); Theodore Roosevelt
(Ref.); Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (Ref.); Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt (Ref.); Leo S.
Rowe; H. N. Rust; F. W. Sardeson; Marshall Howard Saville; Elias Howard
Sellards; George B. Shields; Allen Shoenfield; Stephen Chapman Simms; Frederic
James Volney Skiff; Harlan I. Smith; Rene Ravenel Snowden; Javier Vial Solac;
Southwest Museum (Los Angeles) (Ref.); Robert Edwards Carter Stearns (Ref.);
Matilda Cox Stevenson; James Terry; Cyrus Thomas; Gates P. Thurston; Frederick
William True; Ross Turner; Charles Richard Van Hise; Charles D. Walcott; David
White; Charles C. Willoughby; John Wilson; Thomas Wilson; John H. Winser; S.
G. Worth; T. J. Worthington; George Frederick Wright; Henry Crecy Yarrow;
Albert S. Yatsches; Yellowstone National Park (Ref.); George Frederick Zimmer.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
SERIES 1.
CORRESPONDENCE. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY. 1882-1931.
| Folder | 1 | A | |
| Folder | 2 | Bab - Barb | |
| Folder | 3 | P. Bryant Baker, 1923 (Accession 03-069) | |
| Folder | 4 | Robert Barclay, 1884 | |
| Folder | 5 | W. C. Barnard, 1905 | |
| Folder | 6 | Ward Batchelor, 1886-1887 | |
| Folder | 7 | A. H. Blackiston, 1905 | |
| Folder | 8 | Eugene Boban, 1887 | |
| Folder | 9 | Bow - Bre | |
| Folder | 10 | Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1893-1897 | |
| Folder | 11 | Bro - Cox | |
| Folder | 12 | James Edward Cree, 1905 | |
| Folder | 13 | Cres - Cus | |
| Folder | 14 | D | |
| Folder | 15 | F | |
| Folder | 16 | Goo - Ham | |
| Folder | 17 | Edgar L. Hewett, 1907-1925 | |
| Folder | 18 | Hil - Hol | |
| Folder | 19 | J | |
| Folder | 20 | K | |
| Folder | 21 | Augustus Le Plongeon, 1882-1904 | |
| Folder | 22 | Loo - Lot | |
| Folder | 23 | Edward Lovett, 1907-1909 | |
| Folder | 24 | Carl Lumholz, 1894-1897 | |
| Folder | 25 | Charles Fletcher Lummis, 1909-1928 | |
| Folder | 26 | F. H. Luthe, 1890-1891 | |
| Folder | 27 | Theobert Maler, 1904 | |
| Folder | 28 | Mar - Mas | |
| Folder | 29 | Mau - Min | |
| Folder | 30 | Charles C. Moore, 1912-1913 | |
| Folder | 31 | Clarence Bloomfield Moore, 1898-1914 | |
| Folder | 32 | Warren King Moorehead, 1906-1919 | |
| Folder | 33 | Mor - Nad | |
| Folder | 34 | N. C. Nelson, 1917 |
Box 2 of 4
| Folder | 1 | Nes - Phi | |
| Folder | 2 | F. Plancarte, 1889 | |
| Folder | 3 | Pow - Put | |
| Folder | 4 | R - San | |
| Folder | 5 | Marshall Howard Saville, 1896-1917 | |
| Folder | 6 | Sco - Str | |
| Folder | 7 | T | |
| Folder | 8 | United States Department of Interior, 1905-1927 | |
| Folder | 9 | Ur - Z | |
| Folder | 10 | Correspondence Miscellaneous |
Box 2 of 4
| Folder | 11 | 1 - 32 | |
| Folder | 12 | 33 - 66 |
Box 2 of 4
| Folder | 13 | Acknowledgments for Published Works Sent by Holmes. 1896-1897, A - J | |
| Folder | 14 | Acknowledgments for Published Works Sent by Holmes, 1896-1897, L - Y | |
| Folder | 15 | Ancient Copper Mines, 1882-1902 | |
| Folder | 16 | Andover Committee, 1913 | |
| Folder | 17 | Balcony House, 1909 | |
| Folder | 18 | International Congress of Americanists, 1910-1915 | |
| Folder | 19 | Second Pan-American Scientific Congress, 1913-1915 |
Box 2 of 4
| Folder | 20 | Menu for a banquet in honor of Holmes' Seventieth Birthday, December 1, 1916 |
Box 3 of 4
| Folder | 1 | Cenotes at Chichen Itza, Mexico, 1895 | |
| Folders | 2-3 | Chichen Itza, Mexico, 1895 | |
| Folder | 4 | Cholula, Mexico, 1884 | |
| Folder | 5 | Copan, Honduras, 1916 | |
| Folder | 6 | Cozumel, Mexico, 1895 | |
| Folder | 7 | Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1895 | |
| Folder | 8 | Izamal, Mexico, 1895 | |
| Folder | 9 | Mitla, Mexico, 1895 | |
| Folder | 10 | Monte Alban (Oaxaca), Mexico, 1895 | |
| Folder | 11 | Monte Alban (Oaxaca), Mexico, 1908 | |
| Folder | 12 | Palenque, Mexico, 1895 | |
| Folder | 13 | Quiriqua, Guatemala, 1895 | |
| Folder | 14 | South America: Itinerary and Expense Record, 1908-1909 | |
| Folder | 15 | Teotihuacan, Mexico, 1884 | |
| Folder | 16 | Tiahuanaco, Bolivia, 1909 | |
| Folder | 17 | Trenton Glacial Gravel, New Jersey, 1892 | |
| Folder | 18 | Tuloom, Mexico, 1895 | |
| Folder | 19 | Xochimalco, Mexico, 1895 | |
| Folder | 20 | Yucatan, Mexico: Notebook and Diary, 1895 | |
| Folder | 21 | Miscellaneous |
Box 4 of 4
| Folder | 1 | Lecture: Development of Aboriginal Architecture in Mexico, 1895 | |
| Folders | 2-3 | Notes on Ancient Mexican Architecture | |
| Folder | 4 | Notes, miscellaneous |
Box 4 of 4
| Folder | 5 | Juan B. Anbrosetti | |
| Folder | 6 | Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier | |
| Folder | 7 | Edwin Atlee Barber | |
| Folder | 8 | Charles Pickering Bowditch | |
| Folder | 9 | Daniel Garrison Brinton | |
| Folder | 10 | Frank Hamilton Cushing | |
| Folder | 11 | Alice Cunningham Fletcher | |
| Folder | 12 | Grove Karl Gilbert | |
| Folder | 13 | Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. | |
| Folder | 14 | Richard Rathbun | |
| Folder | 15 | Matilda Coxe Stevenson |
Box 4 of 4
| Folder | 16 | A Method Which May Have Been Used by the Mayas in Calculating Time, by Charles P. Bowditch, 1901. | |
| Folder | 17 | A Recent Discovery of Ancient Human Remains in Los Angeles, California, by Chester Stock, 1924. | |
| Folder | 18 | A Suggestive Maya Inscription, by Charles P. Bowditch, 1903. | |
| Folder | 19 | American and Latin American, by William R. Shepard, 1915. | |
| Folder | 20 | Analytical Catalogue of Works and Scientific Articles, by Daniel G. Brinton, 1891. | |
| Folder | 21 | Bolivar and the United States, by William R. Shepard, 1918. | |
| Folder | 22 | Book Reviews. | |
| Folder | 23 | Catalogues - Eugene Boban Collection, 1886-1887 | |
| Folder | 24 | List of Papers Published by William H. Holmes, 1874-1896. | |
| Folder | 25 | Memoranda on the Maya Calendars Used in the Books of Chilam Balam, by Charles P. Bowditch, 1901. | |
| Folder | 26 | Nagualism, by Daniel G. Brinton, 1894. | |
| Folder | 27 | Our South American Trade, by William R. Shepard, 1909. | |
| Folder | 28 | Quarter Notes of the Brooklyn Music School Settlement, December 1922. | |
| Folder | 29 | Report Upon the Collection Exhibited at the Columbian Historical Exposition, by Daniel G. Brinton, 1895. | |
| Folder | 30 | The Stone Idols of New Mexico, 1896. | |
| Folder | 31 | Was the Beginning Day of the Mayan Month Numbered Zero (or Twenty) or One?, by Charles P. Bowditch, 1901. |
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