MS 1983-28 John Bernadou collection of Korean maps and drawings
odd: label: Publication Note
content: The collection is described in:

Hough, Walter. "The Bernadou, Allen, and Jouy collections in the U.S. National Museum." Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 1891.

Houchins Chang-su Cho. An Ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom: The J. B. Bernadou Korean Collection 1884-1885. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, Asian Cultural History Program, 2004.
name: label: Collector
content: Bernadou, John B. (John Baptiste), 1858-1908
place: label: Place
content: Korea
label: Place
content: East Asia
creator: label: Collector
content: Bernadou, John B. (John Baptiste), 1858-1908
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content: MS 1983-28 John Bernadou collection of Korean maps and drawings
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: John Baptiste Bernadou (1858–1908) was an officer in the United States Navy.  In 1884, Smithsonian Secretary Spencer Baird appointed Bernadou a "Smithsonian Attaché" to the American Legation in Korea on an assignment to investigate the country's economic and strategic potential.  Over the next year, Bernadou learned the Korean language and local customs, traveled extensively, and
assembled a collection of material culture that was deposited at the
Smithsonian Institution.  He later served in the Spanish-American War and developed a formula for smokeless gunpowder.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Maps
label: Extent
content: 4 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor)
label: Extent
content: 1 Manuscripts (document genre)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was assembled by Bernadou in Seoul, Korea in 1885. 

The drawings were aquired by the USNM in 1886 (USNM Accession 16970) along with a larger collection of artifacts.  Originally, there were five watercolor drawings in the set; the fifth drawing (described as "Story of Lomoo, a Chinese officer banished by the Emperor") has been lost.  The drawings were transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in 1984.  

The maps were acquired by the USNM as a deposit in 1893 (USNM Accession 27260), and were transferred to the National Anthropological Archives in 1983.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1983-28
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Maps
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Manuscripts (document genre)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Watercolors
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The items in this collection were originally cataloged by NAA as two separate collections, MS 7165 (drawings) and MS 1983-28 (maps and notes).  In 2023, the collection was reproccessed and all items were incorporated into a single collection under MS 1983-28.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Watercolors
label: Genre/Form
content: Maps
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of materials gathered by Bernadou in Korea in 1884-1885, including ten (10) maps and related notes and (4) watercolor drawings.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Department of Anthropology object collections holds artifacts collected by Bernadou in Korea in Accessions 16970, 32730, and 61681.