Loose Objects
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Cornell, Joseph
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- Joseph Cornell papers
- Joseph Cornell papers / Series 5: Ephemera and Artifacts
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Getty Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art.
- Date
- undated
- Container
- Box 23
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986, bulk 1939-1972. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Scope and Contents note
- First small box contains: Moth specimen in small rectangular box (with a note from Benton attached, indicating that she intended to give it as a gift to Lane [Faison]) Papier-mache pull-toy horse with notes in square cardboard box Stuffed bird figures, matchboxes, plastic toy, clockhands, and metal pendents in small round box Box containing cloth from the funeral car and flowers from the funeral wreath of Ulysses S. Grant (with notes identifying material and indicating that it was "presented by Rev. Stephen Merritt") Second small box contains: Paperweight, container of buttons, wood and cork pieces, wooden beads, piece of driftwood, and small bell in square cardboard box Metal grasshopper figure Third small box contains: Metal pencil case (rusted) Plastic dolls Shell box Round wooden box (6-3/4" in diameter)
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of the original papers requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503512335132-1503512335248-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
