COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
General correspondence, especially correspondence relating to Griswold's study of Asian and Indian art; notes, subject files, research materials, manuscripts, and drafts relating to books and articles including "Hindu Gods at Sukhodaya," "Wat Pra Yün Reconsidered," "Prolegomena to the Study of the Buddha's Dress in Chinese Sculpture," "The Epigraphy of Mahadharmaraja I of Sukhodaya," "Rulers and Kings of Siam," and work on Theravada Buddhism; and a Buddhist icon. Also, papers of Gordon H. Luce including correspondence, and notes, charts, drafts, and galley proofs for his work OLD BURMA - EARLY PAG´AN; and photograph album of J. Alexis Shriver from Thailand (Siam), ca. 1913, includes sketch of Siamese fighting fish.Includes photographs of Asian and Indian art, persons, landscapes, and structures.ent
Correspondents include Gordon H. Luce, Bohmu Ba Shin, George Coedès, D.T. Devendra, G. Holle, Robert Lingat, Henri Marchal, Senarat Paranavitana, Lawrence R. Phillips, Haji A. Mubin Sheppard, and Carl Schuster.
Dates
- [ca. 1950]-1985
Creator
- Griswold, Alexander B. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
35.4 cubic feet. (35.4 cubic feet.)
Abstract
General correspondence, especially correspondence relating to Griswold's study of Asian and Indian art; notes, subject files, research materials, manuscripts, and drafts relating to books and articles including "Hindu Gods at Sukhodaya," "Wat Pra Yün Reconsidered," "Prolegomena to the Study of the Buddha's Dress in Chinese Sculpture," "The Epigraphy of Mahadharmaraja I of Sukhodaya," "Rulers and Kings of Siam," and work on Theravada Buddhism; and a Buddhist icon. Also, papers of Gordon H. Luce including correspondence, and notes, charts, drafts, and galley proofs for his work OLD BURMA - EARLY PAG´AN; and photograph album of J. Alexis Shriver from Thailand (Siam), ca. 1913, includes sketch of Siamese fighting fish.Includes photographs of Asian and Indian art, persons, landscapes, and structures.ent
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT
Series I: Gordon H. Luce Papers; Series II: Correspondence; Series III: Writings; Series IV: Writings by Others; Series V: Series V: Subject Files; Series VI: Photograph Album.
Physical Description
Manuscripts
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Evan Fay Earle
- Date completed:
- February 1999
- EAD encoding:
- Evan Fay Earle April 2007
- Art, South Asian.
- Art, Southeast Asian.
- Ba Shin, Bohmu.
- Buddhas.
- Buddhist architecture.
- Buddhist art -- Thailand.
- Buddhist art and symbolism.
- Buddhist art.
- Buddhist sculpture.
- Buddhist temples -- Thailand.
- Burma -- History -- to1824.
- Burmese language -- to 1500.
- Coedès, George.
- Devendra, D. T.
- Hindu art.
- Lingat, Robert.
- Luce, G. H. (Gordon Hannington), 1889-1979.
- Marchal, Henri.
- Pagan, Burma -- History.
- Paranavitana, Senarat, 1896-1972.
- Phillips, Lawrence A.
- Schuster, Carl.
- Sheppard, Haji A. Mubin.
- Siamese fighting fish.
- Subhadradis Diskul, M.C.
- Thailand -- History.
- Thailand -- Pictorial works.
- Wat Phra Yün
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by
- Date
- April 2007
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Box: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 15 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 16 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 68 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 68 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 80 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 81a (Mixed Materials)
- mapcase folder: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- mapcase folder: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- mapcase folder: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- mapcase folder: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 12 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 13 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 14 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 81 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 82 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 83 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 84 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 85 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu