MS 4880 William Henry Holmes sketches for Cocopa exhibit in the United States National Museum
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 4880
name: label: Creator
content: Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
label: Names
content: United States National Museum
place: label: Place
content: North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Museum exhibits
creator: label: Creator
content: Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
culture: label: Culture
content: Cocopa
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: William Henry Holmes (1846-1933) was an artist, geologist, and archaeologist who spent most of his career with the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, United States Geological Survey, Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE), and Department of Anthropology of the Smithsonian. From 1894-1897, he was the head of anthropology at the Field Columbian Museum (Field Museum of Natural History) and on the staff of the University of Chicago. From 1889 to 1894, shortly after his appointment to the Bureau of American Ethnology, William Henry Holmes conducted excavations of the quartzite and steatite quarries in the Rock Creek Valley. He later served as head curator for the US National Museum Department of Anthropology from 1897-1902 and head of the BAE from 1902-1909.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Drawings (visual works) (pencil and ink, laminated, 9.75  x 6.5 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 4880
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The sketches were found with Cocopa Original Prints, March 1970.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS4880
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of two (2) pages of annotated sketches by William Henry Holmes for a Cocopa diorama in the United States National Museum.

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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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: Correspondence by Holmes can be found throughout the National Anthropological Archives in MS 7206, the records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and the records of the Department of Anthropology.

Manuscripts and notes by Holmes can be found throughout the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4698, MS 2125, MS 7112, and MS 7570.

The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds the William Henry Holmes Papers, 1870-1931 (SIA RU007084).