Everett Edward Thompson A Finding Aid to His Papers at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery


Collection Summary
	Creator:	Everett Edward Thompson
	Title:	Everett Edward Thompson Papers
	Dates:	1899-1962
	Quantity:	151 items
	Abstract:	The papers, 1899-1962, of editor, lexicographer, author, and lecturer Everett Edward Thompson (1876-1962) primarily document his 1905 trip to Indonesia and subsequent lectures delivered from 1913-1919 and 1956. Portions of the papers are photocopies.
	Identification:	FSA.1991.5

The papers, 1899-1962, of editor, lexicographer, author, and lecturer Everett Edward Thompson (1876-1962) primarily document his 1905 trip to Indonesia and subsequent lectures delivered from 1913-1919 and 1956. Portions of the papers are photocopies. Included are obituaries; a portrait photograph dated 1899; portions of a travel journal; announcements, notes, and 132 glass stereopticons assembled in preparation for lectures on Indonesia; a letter; printed material and clippings related to language and the Webster-Merriam dictionaries; and a handwritten copy of Irene Kuhn's 1961 news article on the early history of U.S. field teaching in the Philippines. Total: 151 items

The collection is organized into seven series:

Series 1: Biographical Data,

Series 2: Portrait Photograph,

Series 3: Travel Journal

Series 4: Lecture notes and announcements

Series 5: Letter

Series 6: Printed Matter

Series 7: Lantern Slides

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Selected Search Terms

	Names:
		Kuhn, Irene
		Thompson, Everett Edward, 1876-1962
	Subjects:
		Indonesia -- Description and travel
		Royalty, Netherlands
	Places:
		East Indies
		Indonesia
		Java
		Malay Archipelago
	Document Types:
		Lecture notes
		Photographs

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Series 1: Biographical Data, 1943-1991
Box	Folder
1	1	Biographical data, 1991
				"The Biographical Context of Everett E. Thompson's Collection of Java Travel Slides and Their Use for Lectures". Prepared by Elizabeth Thompson.
1	2	Photocopies of clippings and obituaries, 1943-1961

Series 2: Portrait photograph, 1899
Box	Folder
1	3	Portrait photograph, 1899

Series 3: Travel journal, 1905
Box	Folder
1	4	Photocopy of journal, 1905
				Java entries

Series 4: Lecture anouncements and notes, 1913-1956
Box	Folder
1	5	Lecture announcement and notes, 1913-1919, n.d.
				Announcement for, "Through the Island of Java" and handwritten lecture notes, "Java Slides Talk, 1913-1919".
Box	Folder
1	6	Lecture announcment and notes, 1956
				Announcement for, "Indonesia - Then and Now". Handwritten lecture notes on Java, 1956.

Series 5: Letter, 1930
Box	Folder
1	7	Letter, 1930
				To Percy R. Pyne of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, describing lantern slides dated Feb. 26, 1930.

Series 6: Printed Matter, 1933-1961, n.d.
Box	Folder
1	8	Printed matter about language, 1933-1958
				Some photocopies
1	9	Clippings about lectures on language, 1954
				Photocopies
1	10	Article, 1961
				"Peace Corps Educated Filipinos" by Irene Corbally Kuhn. Handwritten copy.
1	11	Steropticons box covers, n.d.

Series 7: Lantern Slides, n.d.
	This series of lantern slides has been organized into 25 subject groupings.
Subseries 7.1: Maps, n.d.
Box	Folder
2	1		Map of Java", n.d.
2	2		Map of Java", n.d.
2	3		Map of Java, n.d.
2	4		Map of Java, n.d.
2	5		Map of Java, n.d.
2	6		"An Idea of the Areas in the East Indies", n.d.
2	7		"An Idea of the Areas in the East Indies", n.d.
2	8		"Map of Malay Archupelago (sic)"
Subseries 7.2: Royal Families, n.d.
2	9		"King's Palace, Batavia", n.d.
2	10		"Queen of Holland", n.d.
2	11		"Family of Queen of Holland", n.d.
2	12		"Princess Julianes", n.d.
2	13		"Dutch Royal Family on way to church in the Hague", n.d.
Subseries 7.3: Children, n.d.
2	14		"Javanese boys on auto, Surabaja", n.d.
2	15		Europeans with children and servants in residential area, n.d.
Subseries 7.4: Women, n.d.
2	16		"Javanese women", n.d.
2	17		Group of Javanese women, n.d.
2	18		Javanese woman with small children, n.d.
2	19		Elaborately dressed women, n.d.
2	20		"Trio of Sudanese Beauties", n.d.
2	21		Dancer, n.d.
Subseries 7.5: Men, n.d.
2	22		"Men gambling", n.d.
2	23		Colorful group of local people, possible festival
2	24		"Javanese actor", n.d.
2	25		"Sultan's Soldiers, Djokjaharta", n.d.
2	26		"Group of Chinese", n.d.

		Subseries 7.6: Orchestras, n.d.
2	27		"A Javanese Orchestra", n.d.
2	28		"Orchestra of Javanese theater", n.d.

		Subseries 7.7: Market scenes and daily living, n.d.
2	29		"Market in Brambanan", n.d.
2	30		"Market place, Batavia", n.d.
2	31		"Chinese...[?]...Batavia", n.d.
2	32		"Fruit peddlers, Batavia", n.d.
2	33		"Food vendors, Batavia", n.d.
2	34		Display of fruit, n.d.
2	35		"Cigar factory interior, Batavia", n.d.
2	36		"Washing clothes, Batavia", n.d.
Subseries 7.8: Crafts
2	37		"Women stamping cloth", n.d.
2	38		"Stamping cloth", n.d.
2	39		Stamping or waxing cloth, n.d.
2	40		"Lace making", n.d.
2	41		"Making patterns for cloth", n.d.
2	42		"Weaving mats, Batavia", n.d.
Subseries 7.9: Farmers and fields, n.d.
2	43		"Marvellous Plains of Leles, Java.", n.d.
2	44		Harvesting straw grain, n.d.
2	45		Rice paddy irrigation, n.d.
2	46		"Transplanting rice", n.d.
2	47		"Rice terraces near Magelaug", n.d.
Subseries 7.10: Street scenes, n.d.
2	48		"A native village near Batavia, Java", n.d.
2	49		"Town Hall, Batavia", n.d.
2	50		"Banyan tree [in] front of hotel [at] Indes, Batavia", n.d.
2	51		"Sprinkling [water on the street,] Batavia", n.d.
2	52		"Street tramway, Batavia"
2	53		"Concordia Club, Batavia", n.d.
2	54		"Street in Buitenzorg", n.d.
2	55		"Native stores in Buitenzorg, W. Central Java", n.d.
2	56		"Cathedral Avenue, Buitenzorg", n.d.
2	57		"Main Street, Djokjakarta", n.d.
2	58		"Commercial Square, Singapore"[?], n.d.
Subseries 7.11: Houses, n.d.
2	59		"Traveler's Bungalo", n.d.
2	60		Bungalow with residents, n.d.
2	61		Official Residence [?], n.d.
Subseries 7.11: Churches, n.d.
2	62		"Catholic church at Bata[via]", n.d.
2	63		"Malay church at[?] Kampong, Semarang", n.d.
Subseries 7.12: Temples, n.d.
2	64		"Small temple near...[?]", n.d.
2	65		Javanese at temple entrance, n.d.
2	66		"Ruins of temple, Prambanan", n.d.
2	67		"Near view of temple, Prambanan", n.d.
2	68		Temple stupas, n.d.
2	69		"Kraton of Sultan, Djokjakarta"
Subseries 7.13: Borobudor (Temple, Magelang), n.d.
Box	Folder
3	70		"Great Temple, Boro Boredor.", n.d.
3	71		"Dome and Tower Boro Boredor.", n.d.
3	72		"Boroebodor, Ruins of the World's greatest Buddhist Temple", n.d.
3	73		"gen. view, BoroBoeder", n.d.
3	74		"Gallery and Carvings, Boro-Budur", n.d.
3	75		"Lattice domes. BoroBoedor", n.d.
3	76		"Gateway and stair case, Boro-Budur", n.d.
3	77		"Detail of carving, Boro-Budur", n.d.
3	78		"Statue of Buddha, from temple near Boro-Budur.", n.d.
3	79		"Rear[?] view from summit, Boro-Budur", n.d.
Subseries 7.14: Sculpture, n.d.
3	80		"Mural Sculpture", n.d.
3	81		"Mural Sculpture", n.d.
3	82		"Statue, Brambanan.", n.d.
3	83		"The elephant headed god ganeca, Java.", n.d.
3	84		Palace or temple sculpture, n.d.
Subseries 7.15: Drawing, n.d.
3	85		Kirtimukha "face of glory" motif
Subseries 7.16: Railroads, n.d.
3	86		"Railway station (Soerabaja)", n.d.
3	87		Railroad track through country side, n.d.
Subseries 7.17: Shipyards, n.d.
3	88		"Raffles Quay, Singapore", n.d.
3	89		"Jandjong Priok", n.d.
Subseries 7.18: Boats, n.d.
3	90		A boat, n.d.
3	91		Boating on a lake, n.d.
3	92		Local passenger boats, n.d.
3	93		Sail boat with passengers, n.d.
3	94		Harbor with boats and steamers, n.d.
3	95		Harbor with local boats, n.d.
3	96		"Steamer leaving Singapore", n.d.
Subseries 7.19: Rivers and canals, n.d.
3	97		"A Waterway of Java's Capital. Batavia.", n.d.
3	98		Along a canal walkway, n.d.
3	99		Stream flowing under a bridge, n.d.
3	100		Bridge along water, n.d.
3	101		Waterway through green fields and mountains, n.d.
3	102		"Fishing near Garvet.", n.d.
3	103		Water canal, n.d.
3	104		European woman sitting by river, n.d.
Subseries 7.20: Animals, n.d.
3	105		Water buffalo in water of rice field, n.d.
3	106		"Water Buffalo, Buitenzorg", n.d.
3	107		Men with exotic animals, n.d.
3	108		"Wild man at home, Orang-utan, Borneo", n.d.
Subseries 7.21: Plants, n.d.
3	109		Lotus seed pods, n.d.
3	110		"Lotus Blossoms", n.d.
3	111		"Lotus, Victoria Regia and Palace, Buitenzorg", n.d.
3	112		"Lily Pond", n.d.
3	113		"Among the palms", n.d.
3	114		People on village path through palm trees, n.d.
3	115		"Areca Palms", n.d.
3	116		"Sudanese and Palms", n.d.
3	117		"Sacred fig, Buitenzorg", n.d.
3	118		"Tree ferns", n.d.
3	119		"Banyan Tree", n.d.
3	120		"Bamboo", n.d.
3	121		crew Pine", n.d.
Subseries 7.22: Landscapes, n.d.
3	122		"Landscape from summit", n.d.
3	123		"Palm Avenue", n.d.
3	124		"Outlook from roof", n.d.
3	125		"Water falls, Tosari", n.d.
3	126		Sunset at a beach, n.d.
3	127		"Sunset on the Equator", n.d.
Subseries 7.23: Mountains, n.d.
3	128		Mountain ridges, n.d.
3	129		Reflection of mountain area in water n.d.
3	130		"...Tosari", n.d.
3	131		Dry plains, people and horses, below mountain ridge, n.d.
Subseries 7.24: Volcanos, n.d.
3	132		Volcano, n.d.
3	133		Volcano, n.d.
3	134		"Volcanic Eruption", n.d.
3	135		"Sudan chair for the volcano, Tosari", n.d.
3	136		"Another view of Mt. Salak volcano-West Java", n.d.
3	137		Mountain with active volcano, n.d.
3	138		Active volcano "...in the distance.", n.d.
3	139		"Semeru in eruption...Semeroe, East Java" , n.d.
3	140		"Papandayan crater", n.d.
3	141		Volcano crater, n.d.

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