Indigenous Objects Collection, 1900-2000

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Summary

Dates:
1900-2000
Abstract:
This collection includes items that were originally part of the Garfield Merner collection of Native American artifacts, including vessels made of Jicara gourds, woven bags, a model canoe, textiles, a woven hat, and other items.
Extent:
5 linear feet
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

. MSS 351. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes items that were originally part of the Garfield Merner collection of Native American artifacts. The collection consists of vessels made of Jicara gourds, woven bags, a model canoe, textiles, a woven hat, and other items. Some objects may have come from the Dale Johnson McLeod collection.

Biographical / historical:

Garfield David Merner (1882-1972) was a businessman and philanthropist. He was a founder and vice-president of Merner Lumber Company from 1923-1928, and a member of the board of directors of Garfield, Inc., both in Palo Alto, California. In 1929 Garfield Merner and his wife, Daisy, founded the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park, as a place for artists to work.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Don Romero
Date Prepared:
© 2023
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by Don Romero. Date of source: May 15, 2023.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

. MSS 351. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Location of this collection:
University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University Library
Stockton, CA 95211, US
Contact:
(209) 946-2404
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