Description
Book SynopsisThe collection of the University of Michigan's Kelsey Museum of Archaeology explored through the people whose intellectual interests and financial backing brought artefacts to Ann Arbor from the 1880s to the 1990s. The Museum is internationally recognized for antiquities of the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Near East.
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Talalay and Root address a diverse audience of students, scholars, museum staff and volunteers, as well as visitors, casual and loyal. Passionate Curiosities finds its place alongside a range of other recent publications that illuminate the historiography of the Kelsey, and provides an essential reference on the history of collecting at this important university museum.
Marden Fitzpatrick Nichols and Elizabeth Dospel Williams, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2016.07.12
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Map of the Mediterranean and the Near East
1 Introduction
2 The Backdrop: An Overview of Early American Museums
3 Francis W. Kelsey: Scholar, Collector, Leader
A Brief Biography
Professor Kelsey’s Acquisitions
Birth of an Archaeology Museum in Ann Arbor
4 What Comes Home from the Field (1924–1963)
Excavations as Collection-Building Missions
Pre–World War II Excavations
Expeditions of a Different Order: Post–World War II
5 The Passionate and the Curious, Part I (1893–1927): Collections Acquired in the F. W. Kelsey Years
The De Criscio Collection
The Dennison Collection
The Marburg (ex-Gottschalk) Collection
The Todd Collection
The Djehutymose Coffin and Related Artifacts
The Askren Collection
The Petrie Gift
The Barosso Watercolors
6 The Passionate and the Curious, Part II (1928–2013):Collections Acquired by the Kelsey Museum
The Cesnola Collection
The Van Deman Collection
The Bay View Collection
The Gillman Collection
The Goudsmit Collection
The Waterman Collection
The Bonner Collection and Related Corpora
The Adams (ex-Herzfeld) Collection of Late Prehistoric Stamp Seals
Individual Acquisitions by Purchase, 1970s–1990s
7 Select Categories of Artifacts
Textiles
Coins
Glass
Fine Art Photography and Prints
8 Collectors, Dealers, Authenticity, and Ethical Quandaries
Collectors and Dealers
Questions of Authenticity
Ethical Quandaries
Appendix Antiquities Legislation
Simplified Timelines for Kelsey Collections
Notes
Works Cited
Concordance of Museum Object Accession Numbers to Figure Numbers
General Index
About the Authors
