Smithsonian Institution Archives

David Crockett Graham Papers
Record Unit 7148
1923-1936

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Page 1
Introduction
Historical Note
Chronology
Descriptive Entry

Page 2
Series Descriptions

  Series 1. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1925-1949.
  Series 2. DIARIES, 1924; 1927-1930; 1932-1935.
  Series 3. MAPS, 1925, 1928, 1930, and 1933.
  Series 4. PHOTOGRAPHS AND LANTERN SLIDES, 1923-1929.
  Series 5. ACCOUNT BOOK, 1928-1935.

Pages 3 to 5
Series Descriptions
  Series 6. NEGATIVES, 1923-1930.
  Series 7. MICROFILM COPIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS.

 

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

SERIES 1
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1925 to 1949

 

This series consists of correspondence to William deC. Ravenel and Alexander Wetmore concerning shipment of specimens, diaries, and photographs.

Box 1 of 10
Folder 1 - Correspondence, 1925-1949

 

SERIES 2
DIARIES, 1924; 1927-1930; 1932-1935

This series consists of diaries and typewritten transcripts. These diaries document Graham's field collecting trips, summer expeditions, day-to-day activities, and specimens collected. Included are names of localities visited; specimen descriptions; shipments; and comments on native collectors, carriers, armed escorts, armed group of robbers, physical appearance of natives, climate, terrain, and political situations.

Box 1 of 10

Folder

2

 

Diary, January 27, 1924 to September 21, 1924. Field collecting trips in the vicinity of Suifu; summer expedition to Songpan and the Yellow Dragon Gorge

Folder

3

 

Diary No. I, November 14, 1927 to January 29, 1928. Field collecting trips in the Suifu vicinity; trip to Kiating

Folder

4

 

Diary No. II, January 29, 1928-May 27, 1928. Field collecting trips in the Suifu vicinity

Folder

5

 

Diary No. III, May 27, 1928-October 12, 1928. Field collecting trips in the Suifu vicinity (the summer collecting trip is not included; see next folder).

Folder

6

 

Diary No. IV, July, 1928-August, 1928. Summer expedition to Ningyuenfu via Yachow

Folder

7

 

Diary No. IV (5), October 13, 1928-February 14, 1929. Field collecting trips to Li Chuang, Yachow, Min River Valley north of Suifu, and the Suifu vicinity

Folder

8

 

Diary No. 6, February 15, 1929-June 13, 1929. Field collecting trip to Kiating, Pin Shan, and the Suifu vicinity

Folder

9

 

Diary No. 7, June 14, 1929-August 14, 1929. Expedition to Moupin and field collecting trips in the Suifu vicinity

Folder

10

 

Diary No. 8, August 16, 1929-March 24, 1930. Field collecting trip to Kongshien, Tseo Jia Geo, Li Chuang, Chuan Gioh Chi, and the Chengtu vicinity

Folder

11

 

Diary No. 9, March 25, 1930-June 24, 1930. Field collecting trips to Li Chuang, Chuan Gioh Chi, Chungking, and the Suifu vicinity

Folder

12

 

Diary No. 10, July 1, 1930-December 23, 1930. Expedition to Tatsienlu and Szechuan-Tibet border region

Box 2 of 10

Folder

1

 

Diary A, September 30, 1932-July 15, 1933. Field collecting trip to Fu Jia Ba

Folder

2

 

Diary B, July 16, 1933-December 3, 1933. Field collecting trip to Wen Chuan Hsien

Folder

3

 

Diary C, December 5, 1933-July 6, 1934. Specimens for USNM and problems with shipments; death of one of Graham's aborigine collectors and activities of Graham's other aborigine collectors; and a brief trip to Kiating and Mount Omei

Folder

4

 

Diary D, July 3, 1934-October 31, 1934. Visited Szechuan-Yunnan border region

Folder

5

 

Diary E, November 1, 1934-October 25, 1935. Visited Mt. Omei vicinity and the Szechuan-Yunnan border region

 

SERIES 3
MAPS, 1925, 1928, 1930, and 1933

This series consists of hand-drawn maps by David C. Graham (the exception being a photograph of hand-drawn map by J. Huston Edgar, 1930. Edgar was a fellow missionary who accompanied Graham to Tibet). These maps document routes and places visited during the summer expeditions.

Box 2 of 10

Folder

6

 

Maps: Mount Omei and the Washan, 1925; Kiating/Yachow/Ningyuenfu, 1928; Yachow/Tatsienlu/Szechuan-Tibetan border, 1930; Wen Chuan/Tsagulow/Mowchow, 1933

 

SERIES 4
PHOTOGRAPHS AND LANTERN SLIDES, 1923-1929

This series consists of ten black and white prints with annotations by Graham on the reverse side and ten lantern slides. The scenes on the prints and lantern slides are not identical. The annotated numbers refer to the negative numbers (see Series 6). The National Anthropological Archives of the Smithsonian Institution also has additional original prints and a 16mm motion picture on the Ch'uan Miao, taken by Graham in 1936.

Box 2 of 10

Folder

7

 

Prints and Lantern Slides

 

SERIES 5
ACCOUNT BOOK, 1928-1935

Box 2 of 10

Folder

8

 

Account Book, 1928-1935: D. C. Graham, H. G. Deignan, J. F. Rock

 

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