MS 1997-31 Miles E. Rost drawings
name: label: Creator
content: Rost, Miles Ernest, 1891-1961
place: label: Place
content: North America
creator: label: Creator
content: Rost, Miles Ernest, 1891-1961
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Miles Rost (1891-1961) was a California artist best known for his paintings and pen-and-ink drawings.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Drawings (color ink, up to 14 x 11 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1912-1915
container: label: Container
content: Box 97-31
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The drawings were given to Bertha Taylor of Washington, D.C. by Miles Rost at an unknown date.  Bertha Taylor's sister, Ruth Taylor, gave the drawings to Dorothy Reiss in 1988-1989.  They were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Dorothy Reiss in 1997.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1997-31
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Works of art
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection consists of five (5) color ink drawings, ranging in size from 11 x 8 inches to 14 x 11 inches, of American Indians by California artist Miles Rost. The drawings were made circa 1912-1915.

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Carlsbad History Collection, Carlsbad City Library holds the Miles E. Rost papers, circa 1880s-1991.