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SpC. Special Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: SpC
Books, clippings, writings, art work, artifacts, and other items collected by an individual or group of which most are not produced by the individual or group.

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Winter W. Myers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC-1000-001
Overview This collection contains ancient Egyptian figures (ushabti, mosaic, amulets, etc), Grecco-Roman terracottas and bronzes, Native American (Zuni, Navajo, Blackfoot, Papago) textiles, clothing, and dishes, and one suit of Edo Period Japanese Armor. Photographs, promotional material, and manuscripts related to the objects are also included. The items were donated to WMC by Westminster local Winter W. Myers upon his death in 1960.
Dates: Majority of material found in New Kingdom-Roman Period; Majority of material found in Edo Period (1615-1868); Majority of material found in 1880-1890

Yosuf Karsh Photographic Prints

 Collection — Special Collections Box 1
Identifier: SpC-1000-003
Content Description This collection contains copies of 7 silver gelatin photographs done by Yosuf Karsh: Joan Miro (1965), Ernest Hemmingway (1957), Georgia O'Keefe (1954), Pablo Casals (1954), Robert Frost (1958), Henry Moore (1973), and Pablo Picasso (1954). Photos are from the Lunn Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Dates: Received: 09/11/2008; 1954 - 1973