James Marshall Plumer Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Plumer, James Marshall
place: label: Place
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: Ceramics -- China
label: Topic
content: Ceramics -- Japan
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content: Kilns -- China -- Fujian
label: Topic
content: Kilns -- China -- Zhejiang
creator: label: Creator
content: Plumer, James Marshall
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content: James Marshall Plumer Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: James Marshall Plumer (1899-1960) , scholar of Asian art. After receiving his B.A. from Harvard, Plumer served as an administrative officer with the Chinese Government Service in Maritime Customs. From 1935 until his death, he taught art history at the University of Michigan while continuing to visit and work in China and Japan. In 1935 and 1937, Plumer discovered ancient kiln sites in the Chinese provinces of Fukien (Fujian) and Chekiang (Zhejiang). He wrote extensively on Chinese ceramics and edited the 'Far Eastern Ceramic Bulletin' from 1950 to 1958.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.6 Cubic feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-1949
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Gift of Caroline I. Plumer, 1961.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A.14
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Photographs
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content: Correspondence
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content: Printed material
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content: Drawings
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content: Maps
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Organized into two series:
Series 1: Yüeh File
Series 2: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Printed material
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
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content: Maps
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Manuscripts, translations, correspondence, notes, maps, drawings, and black and white photographic prints and negatives related to James Marshall Plumer's work with Chinese ceramics, primarily concerning the location and excavation of a Yue ware kiln site.

Yüeh (sometimes Yueh) was the common romanization at the time of creation and is used extensively in this finding aid to reflect its usage in the original materials. Yue is preferred now. All other obsolete romanizations reflect usage in the original materials.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: James M. Plumer papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan