Academic and Professional Life
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Pope, John Alexander, 1906-1982
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content: John Alexander Pope Papers
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content: John Alexander Pope Papers / Series 1: Biographic Material
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
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content: FSA.A1988.01, Subseries 1.1
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content: Archival materials
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content: Academic records include documents and correspondence concerning Phillips Exeter Academy Class of 1925 and Yale University Class of 1929, Harvard University diplomas and miscellaneous other Harvard records. Items from Pope's tenure at the Freer Gallery include the announcement of his appointment as Director, some annual reports, information on exhibitions at the Freer, and several reports related to the gallery. The materials include correspondence and other papers from Pope's service on the Board of Trustees of the Museum of the American China Trade. From 1971 to 1981 he was Advisor for Far Eastern Art for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; most of this material relates to objects offered by dealers. Pope was an active member of the Literary Society of Washington DC and of the Oriental Ceramic Society based in London. Correspondence and other items relating to both organizations are included.