Thomas Temple Hoopes Collection
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
MSC 1061-141-B
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis MO 63130 US