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Thomas Temple Hoopes Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUDL-EAL-002

In addition to monographic items, Thomas Temple Hoopes Collection includes catalogues, journal articles, maps, charts, newsletters, letters, published works, manuscripts, postcards, and other 3D materials such as index cards prepared or collected by Thomas Hoopes.

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See here for Excel list of monographic items.

Dates

  • Creation: 1905-1981

Extent

3.00 linear feet

Biographical or Historical Information

Late Thomas Temple Hoopes was a curator at the St. Louis Art Museum from 1936 to 1964 until his retirement. His widow Catherine S. Hoopes donated her husband’s collection of various materials on Japanese and Chinese art, history, languages and literature and Japanese arms and armors to Washington University Libraries in 1981.

Arrangement Note

The materials have been organized into three series:

Series 01: Arts and Ceramics

Series 02: Language, History and Miscellany

Series 03: Swords

Source of Acquisition

Donated by Catherine S. Hoopes, widow of Thomas Temple Hoopes

Processing Information

Processed by Jessie Lee, Kazue Harada, Azusa Tanaka, and Mitsu Nakamura.

Title
Thomas Temple Hoopes Collection
Description rules
dacs
Language of description
eng

Revision Statements

  • 2020 October 26: Resource record updated in ArchiveSpace by Sarah Schnuriger.

Collecting Area Details

Part of the WU Distributed Libraries Collecting Area

Contact:
MSC 1061-141-B
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis MO 63130 US