William Henry Holmes drawings
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- NAA MS 87825
- Creator
- Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
- Place
- North America
- Provenance
- The drawings were found in the Department of Anthropology collections; no accession or catalog information is available. They were transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in 1969.
- Creator
- Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
- Culture
- Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)
- Greenland
- See more items in
- William Henry Holmes drawings
- Biographical Note
- William Henry Holmes (1846-1933) was an artist, geologist, and archaeologist who spent most of his career with the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, United States Geological Survey, Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE), and Department of Anthropology of the Smithsonian. From 1894-1897, he was the head of anthropology at the Field Columbian Museum (Field Museum of Natural History) and on the staff of the University of Chicago. He later served as head curator for the US National Museum Department of Anthropology from 1897-1902 and head of the BAE from 1902-1909.
- Extent
- 3 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor; ink)
- Date
- 1881-1901
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.MS87825
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Drawings (visual works)
- Works of art
- Watercolors
- Drawings
- Citation
- William Henry Holmes drawings (MS 87825), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Instituion
- Processing Information
- The drawings in this collection were originally cataloged by NAA individually without catalog numbers. In 2023, the drawings were incorporated into a single collection under MS 87825.
- Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Genre/Form
- Works of art
- Watercolors
- Drawings
- Scope and Contents
- The collection consists of three (3) drawings by William Henry Holmes. Two of the drawings are watercolors depicting Pawnee earth lodges. The third drawing depicts a scene of a Smith Sound Eskimo family used as the basis for an exhibit diorama. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
- Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
- Related Materials
- Correspondence by Holmes can be found throughout the National Anthropological Archives in MS 7206, the records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and the records of the Department of Anthropology. Manuscripts, notes, and artwork by Holmes can be found throughout the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4698, MS 2125, MS 7112, MS 7570, MS 2011-19 and others. The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds the William Henry Holmes Papers, 1870-1931 (SIA RU007084).
- Record ID
- ebl-1681414800947-1681414801131-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.