Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, field expedition records, 1914, 1923-1942 : writings: letters of report on field work, 1923-1933
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PrintThese materials are part of a collection of records documenting the joint expedition made by the Freer Gallery of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from February 20, 1923 to August 6, 1927, and also the Freer Gallery of Art sponsored expedition from November 16, 1929 to April 11, 1934. Both expeditions were led by Carl Whiting Bishop, Associate Curator, 1929-1934, and were designed to create a Chinese government-approved cooperation between the Chinese and American scientific and archeological communities. The present materials, enclosed in seven folders for preservation reasons, include typewritten letters of report on field work in China, written by Carl Whiting Bishop to John E. Lodge.
1923-1933
1923
1933
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China
SIA Acc. 02-051
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, field expedition records, 1914, 1923-1942
1 field book (7 folders)
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Box 12, folders 6-12