Spinden, Herbert Joseph, 1879-1967

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Principal respondent: Spinden, Herbert J. Correspondence regarding grant for study in Latin America, including research, exhibition preparation, lectures, sponsored by Committee for Cultural Relations; exchange of objects; Culin estate; accessions; luncheon for Brazilian painter C. Portinari; clippings.

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Principal respondent: Spinden, Herbert J. Correspondence and memos regarding collection; luncheon for Alberto Wills, architect, Colombian-American Cultural Institute; purchase from Thor Heyerdahl; address, 'Hispano-American Fabrics,' Cooper Union; South American collecting trip.

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Principal respondent: Spinden, Herbert J. Memos regarding acquisitions; displays.

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Principal respondent: Spinden, Herbert J. Correspondence and memos regarding acquisitions.

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Principal respondent: Spinden, Herbert J. Correspondence regarding departmental activities; with Frederick R. Pleasants regarding assistant curatorship; acquisition of Braden Collection.

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Principal respondent: Spinden, Herbert J. Correspondence regarding acquisitions; grants-in-aid; Westward Ho show; W.W. Tooker collection.

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Principal respondent: Pleasants, Frederick R. Correspondence regarding exhibitions; H.J. Spinden materials. Proposal, 'Masterpieces of African Art.'

Scope and Contents Correspondence with Director's office regarding purchases; collecting trips; loans; expense accounts; salaries and budgets; purchase of Paracas textile; Nakahama Manjiro diary; Ernesto Franco collection of Ecuadorean antiquities; G.R. Schmidt Collection of Pre-Inca textiles; field trip to Nicaragua. Includes modernization work schedule for 1936; Spinden's proposal for Washington Monument exhibit for school children; letter from Spinden to Edward C. Blum regarding Spinden's title and...

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Correspondence with Director's office regarding purchases; loans; exchanges; deductions from staff salaries for purchase of war bonds; Guillermo Schmidt y Pizarro collection of Peruvian Art; Spinden's trip to South America; exhibitions and exhibition space. Includes minutes of staff meetings.

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Correspondence with Director's office regarding purchases; loans; exchanges; Department of State Advisory Committee on Inter-American Relations; Watercolor painting by Martinique artist Capazon. Includes list of woodcarvings in Department of Indian Art and Primitive Culture; lists of activities and lectures related to Latin America.