„Ich kann Ihnen nicht sagen, wie froh ich bin, wieder in Samarra zu sein. Das erste Aufblitzen der goldenen Kuppel habe ich begrüßt, wie kaum irgendein schiitischer Pilger. Ich fand in Samarra eine große Post von 36 Briefen vor …“

Ernst Herzfeld to Friedrich Sarre, June 30,1911

Samarra sah wundervoll aus, gross, einsam, still, der unendliche Horizont.

Ernst Herzfeld, April 20, 1923 (Freer Sackler Herzfeld Archives N-83).

EXCAVATIONS IN THE ARCHIVE An Update on the Ernst Herzfeld Online Resources at the Freer|Sackler in Washington, DC

Dr. Alexander Nagel Rachael C. Woody

Freer|Sackler Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DCBerlin, June 30, 2011

1 Wandering Archives The spread of Herzfeld Archival Materials in US Archival Collections

2 Misplaced Memories Archives and Re-Organization

3 The FSG Herzfeld Archives Online-Portal

What’s NEXT?

I should feel much assured in knowing that these things which constitute a great amount of work and may still become useful for studies were safely kept at a place like the Freer Gallery.

Ernst Herzfeld to Freer Gallery Director Archibald Wenley, April 18, 1946

Freer|Sackler Archives, Smithsonian http://www.asia.si.edu/research/archives.asp

Rachael Cristine Woody, Freer|Sackler Archivist: woodyr@si.edu and AVRreference@si.edu

Samarra in the Ernst Herzfeld Papers

Ernst Herzfeld – Digitized and Available via the Collections Search Center http://tinyurl.com/Herzfeld-Papers

Connections

Finds Journal

Ernst Herzfeld Papers YouTube Tutorial http://youtu.be/8rHa2ZuhnRM

Ernst Herzfeld Blog Posts http://si-siris.blogspot.com/search?q=Ernst+Herzfeld

Ernst Herzfeld Image Gallery http://sirismm.si.edu/siris/sackler/Herzfeld/HerzfeldTop.htm

Geographical Locations

Squeeze 3d Imaging Projecthttp://www.asia.si.edu/research/squeezeproject/

Samarra Resource Page http://www.asia.si.edu/research/archivesSamarra.asp