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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 17-238
National Museum of American History. Division of Ceramics and Glass
Publication Records, 1961-1992
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records that document planning and funding for the publication "Catalogue of the Hans Syz Collection: Meissen Porcelain and Hausmalerei (Volume I)" and subsequent volumes about the collection that were never published. The first volume was authored by Hans C. Syz, J. Jefferson Miller, and Rainer Ruckert. Volumes two and three were to be authored by ceramics scholar R. J. Charleston, but he was unable to complete them due to ill health.
Materials include the correspondence of Hans C. Syz, Rainer Ruckert, and R. J. Charleston; correspondence, memoranda, and notes of Division of Ceramics and Glass curators Paul Vickers Gardner, Susan H. Myers, and J. Jefferson Miller; budget summaries; agreements; meeting minutes; photographs; brochures; and supporting documentation.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Catalogue of the Hans Syz Collection: Meissen Porcelain and Hausmalerei (Volume I) (Monograph : 1979)
- Charleston, R. J. (Robert Jesse), 1916-1994
- Gardner, Paul Vickers, 1908-1994
- Hans Syz Collection
- Miller, J. Jefferson
- Myers, Susan H.
- Rückert, Rainer
- Syz, Hans C.
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Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 17-238, National Museum of American History. Division of Ceramics and Glass, Publication Records