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Exchanging Objects : Nineteenth-Century Museum Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution / Catherine A. Nichols.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nichols, Catherine A., author.
- 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.
- polychrome
- 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
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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