Notebooks, Journals and Appointment Books
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 1: Papers
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A.04, Subseries 1.3
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content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Myron Bement Smith (MBS) kept a journal sporadically as a young man. As an adult he bought some type of journal or diary each year but entries are episodic and for some years only a few days have any notations. His early journals, 1909 to 1918, include sketches, lists and daily thoughts. During his student years his occasional entries include expenses, appointments, addresses and miscellaneous notes. The journals covering his Iran field research, 1933 to 1937, contain more entries and include purchases, expenses, sketches, travel itineraries and photography notes. They also include notes about people he worked with or met during his time in Iran. Upon return to the United States, his journals once again become episodic, generally recording appointments and the occasional note.