Myron Bement Smith Architectural Sketches, Plans and Notes Iran
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970
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content: Myron Bement Smith Collection
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content: Myron Bement Smith Collection / Series 2: The Islamic Archives
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1933-1937
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A.04, Subseries 2.4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Myron Bement Smith (MBS) made many sketches and drawings and some detailed plans of Islamic monuments in Iran during his field research there from 1933 to 1937. The Masjid-i Jomeh in Isfahan became the focus of his interest but he did sketches and detailed drawings of many other monuments in Isfahan and elsewhere. He also recorded inscriptions and acquired some pounced tracings of inscriptions. The amount of information recorded on individual items varies greatly; some include detailed notes, with measurements and individual architectural features, while others have nothing.