John A. Halderman photograph collection relating to political figures and a Hermann Kretzschmer painting
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 164, USNM ACC 27737
name: label: Collector
content: Halderman, John A.
label: Photographer
content: Cullen, Frank J., 1867-
label: Names
content: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
label: Artist
content: Kretzschmer, Hermann, 1811-1890
label: Photographer
content: Mora, José Maria, ca. 1846-1926
label: Photographer
content: Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912
label: Names
content: Young, John Russell, 1840-1899
topic: label: Topic
content: Genre painting
creator: label: Collector
content: Halderman, John A.
culture: label: Culture
content: Germans
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Collector John A. Halderman (1833?-1908) was a lawyer in Kentucky and a member of the Kansas House of Representatives and Senate. In 1880 he was appointed Consul at Bangkok, later Consul-General. In 1883, he was the first U.S. Minister to Siam, where he was decorated as Knight Commander of the Order of the White Elephant, and later Commander of the Royal Order of Cambodia. He resigned in 1885 and returned to Leavenworth, Kansas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Prints (halftone) (mounted)
label: Extent
content: 5 Albumen prints (mounted)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by John A. Halderman to the United States National Museum in 1894 (accession 27737). Transferred to the National Anthropological Archivees by the National Museum of American History's Division of Domestic Life, Cultural History, in 1981.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.164
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints (halftone)
label: Type
content: Albumen prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Photomechanical prints
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Photomechanical prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The bulk of the collection comprises portraits of American political figures, including Ulysses S. Grant, John Russell Young, and John A. Halderman.  The collection also includes a photomechanical reproduction of Hermann Kretzschmer's painting, "Patience," depicting a boy holding yarn for an old woman spinning, with two boys calling from doorway.  This print may have hung in John A. Halderman's office or residence during his service as United States minister to Siam (Thailand).
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: This collection has been relocated from Photo Lot 82-3 and Photo Lot 125.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs collected by Halderman can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 97.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: objects donated by Halderman can be found in the Department of Anthropology in accession 27737.