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Exchanging Objects : Nineteenth-Century Museum Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution / Catherine A. Nichols.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Nichols, Catherine A., author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central.
Series:
Museums and collections ; v. 12.
Museums and Collections ; volume 12
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)--History--19th century.
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.).
Anthropological museums and collections--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.
Anthropological museums and collections.
Museums--Collection management--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.
Museums.
Museums--Collection management.
History.
Washington (D.C.).
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
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Place of Publication:
New York : Berghahn Books, 2021.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Intro
Contents
Illustrations and Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Chronology: Lists of Relevant Smithsonia Institution/US National Museum Personnel
Introduction: A Bowl's Journey, There and Back Again
Part I
The Museum through the Lens of Specimen Exchange
Chapter 1
The Smithsonian and the Museum: Specimen Exchange as a Bridge between Joseph Henry's Research Institution and Spencer Baird's Grand Cabinet
Chapter 2
Spencer Baird's US National Museum and Early Trends in Exchanging Anthropological Duplicates (1861-1880)
Chapter 3
Networking the US National Museum: Exchanging Anthropological Duplicates (1882-1920)
Chapter 4
Giving and Receiving: Specimen Exchange between Curators, and the Shaping of Anthropological Collections
Part II
The Duplicate
Chapter 5
Duplicates: Specimens in Motion
Chapter 6
Catalogs, Classification, and Contingency: Designating Duplicates
Conclusion: Museum Pasts and Futures
Appendix: Smithsonian Institution/USNM Table of Distributed Specimens (1854-1880)
Bibliography
Index
Notes:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 23, 2021).
Other Format:
Print version: Nichols, Catherine A. Exchanging Objects
ISBN:
9781800730533
1800730535
Publisher Number:
40030514133
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