Random records of a lifetime, 1846-1931 [actually 1932] volume VI Aboriginal bowler quarries, Piney Branch, D.C., soapstone quarries, paint mines, and lay figure groups

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Alternative: Random records, vol. 6

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Series: Random records of a lifetime, 1846-1931 [that is, 1932] Cullings, largely personal, from the scrap heap of three score years and ten, devoted to science, literature and art, v.6

By

Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933 , creator

Type

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1872-1932

Notes

Devised title.

Binder's title: Random records.

Typewritten manuscript.

This is the sixth of sixteen volumes compiled in 1931 or 1932 by William Henry Holmes to document his life and work, primarily in the disciplines of geology, archaeology, and anthropology. Throughout the volume there are numerous pasted inserts, images, and portions of publications. It is divided into five sections. | Section one covers work at the Piney Branch Bowler Quarries and City of Washington, D.C. This includes photographs of the sites with descriptions of terrain and a map with notations. At this point he had accepted a position with the Bureau of Ethnology. Section two covers work at the soapstone quarries of West Washington D.C. and nearby Virginia, documented with photographs with captions. Section three describes Aboriginal paint mines. Section four covers "ethnic lay figure groups." Section five discusses Holmes' opinions regarding "Paleolithic theory." Toward the beginning of the volume is also a list of illustrations. Throughout the volume there are numerous pasted inserts, images, and portions of publications.

William Henry Holmes (1846-1933) was an anthropologist, archaeologist, artist, and geologist, who spent much of his career affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution. He studied art under Theodore Kauffman, and went on to work as a scientific illustrator with Smithsonian staff. In 1872, he was appointed artist-topographer to the United States survey of the territories under Ferdinand V. Hayden, and in 1874 was appointed assistant geologist. He went on to work with the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE), until returning to the Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum (USNM). Holmes eventually became head curator of the Smithsonian Institution's Department of Anthropology and Director of the National Gallery of Art.

Subjects

1846-1933 , America , Anthropology , History , Holmes, William Henry, , Indigenous art , Smithsonian Institution , Washington (D.C.)

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Call Number

CT275.H75 A1 v. 6

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 951781870