MS 7125 Catalogs of collections of American and European antiquities
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- NAA MS 7125
- Creator
- Rau, Charles, 1826-1887
- Place
- United States -- Archeology
- Europe -- Archeology
- Creator
- Rau, Charles, 1826-1887
- Extent
- 77 Pages
- 4 Volumes
- Date
- 1878-1880
- Custodial History
- Transferred from the Processing Lab by Bruce Smith, 2/20/80.
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.MS7125
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Pages
- Volumes
- Citation
- Manuscript 7125, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Scope and Contents
- Three volumes concern American specimens and the fourth European specimens. Each entry includes Rau's number(s), United States National Museum catalog number(s), a description, location, and donor. Occasionally, there are notes concerning the condition of specimens, circumstances of discovery, and use. For casts, there are often notes on the location of the original. Also included is a note by Margaret Blaker concerning the use of Rau's catalog to add information to the USNM catalog cards.
- The catalogs relate to accession 19,931, catalog 137,073-137,546; 137,618-138,984.
- Record ID
- ebl-1538056206838-1538056206840-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
