Alexander Griswold papers, [ca. 1950]-1985
Collection Number: 4290

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Alexander Griswold papers, [ca. 1950]-1985
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4290
Abstract:
General correspondence, especially correspondence relating to Griswold's study of Asian and Indian art; notes, subject files, research materials, manuscripts, and drafts relating to books and articles including "Hindu Gods at Sukhodaya," "Wat Pra Yün Reconsidered," "Prolegomena to the Study of the Buddha's Dress in Chinese Sculpture," "The Epigraphy of Mahadharmaraja I of Sukhodaya," "Rulers and Kings of Siam," and work on Theravada Buddhism; and a Buddhist icon. Also, papers of Gordon H. Luce including correspondence, and notes, charts, drafts, and galley proofs for his work OLD BURMA - EARLY PAG´AN; and photograph album of J. Alexis Shriver from Thailand (Siam), ca. 1913, includes sketch of Siamese fighting fish.Includes photographs of Asian and Indian art, persons, landscapes, and structures.ent
Creator:
Griswold, Alexander B.
Quanitities:
35.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

General correspondence, especially correspondence relating to Griswold's study of Asian and Indian art; notes, subject files, research materials, manuscripts, and drafts relating to books and articles including "Hindu Gods at Sukhodaya," "Wat Pra Yün Reconsidered," "Prolegomena to the Study of the Buddha's Dress in Chinese Sculpture," "The Epigraphy of Mahadharmaraja I of Sukhodaya," "Rulers and Kings of Siam," and work on Theravada Buddhism; and a Buddhist icon. Also, papers of Gordon H. Luce including correspondence, and notes, charts, drafts, and galley proofs for his work OLD BURMA - EARLY PAG´AN; and photograph album of J. Alexis Shriver from Thailand (Siam), ca. 1913, includes sketch of Siamese fighting fish.Includes photographs of Asian and Indian art, persons, landscapes, and structures.ent
Correspondents include Gordon H. Luce, Bohmu Ba Shin, George Coedès, D.T. Devendra, G. Holle, Robert Lingat, Henri Marchal, Senarat Paranavitana, Lawrence R. Phillips, Haji A. Mubin Sheppard, and Carl Schuster.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Alexander Griswold papers, #4290. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Biographical / Historical

Art historian. Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1907, Griswold was educated at Princeton University and Trinity College, Cambridge.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Luce, G. H. (Gordon Hannington), 1889-1979.
Coedès, George.
Lingat, Robert.
Paranavitana, Senarat, 1896-1972.
Subhadradis Diskul, M.C.
Ba Shin, Bohmu.
Devendra, D. T.
Marchal, Henri.
Phillips, Lawrence A.
Sheppard, Haji A. Mubin.
Schuster, Carl.
Wat Phra Yün
Places:
Pagan, Burma -- History.
Burma -- History -- to1824.
Thailand -- Pictorial works.
Thailand -- History.
Subjects:
Siamese fighting fish.
Buddhist temples -- Thailand.
Burmese language -- to 1500.
Art, Southeast Asian.
Art, South Asian.
Hindu art.
Buddhist art and symbolism.
Buddhist art -- Thailand.
Buddhist sculpture.
Buddhist architecture.
Buddhist art.
Buddhas.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Gordon H. Luce Papers
Box 1
Old Burma - Early Pagan - manuscript
date unknown
Scope and Contents
pp. 1-100
Box 1
Old Burma - Early Pagan - manuscript
date unknown
Scope and Contents
pp. 101-200
Box 1
Old Burma - Early Pagan - manuscript
date unknown
Scope and Contents
pp. 201-300
Box 1
Old Burma - Early Pagan - manuscript
date unknown
Scope and Contents
pp. 301-400
Box 1
Old Burma - Early Pagan - manuscript
date unknown
Scope and Contents
pp. 401-500
Box 1
Old Burma - Early Pagan - manuscript
date unknown
Scope and Contents
pp. 501-600
Box 1
Old Burma - Early Pagan - manuscript
date unknown
Scope and Contents
pp.601- Addenda
Box 1
Old Burma - Early Pagan manuscript
date unknown
Box 1
Old Burma - The Early Pagan Period
date unknown
Box 1
Word Charts
date unknown
Box 1
Word Charts
date unknown
Box 1
Old Burma Calendar
date unknown
Box 1
Botanical Index
date unknown
Box 1
Luce - Burma I proofs
date unknown
Box 1
Luce - Burma I proofs
date unknown
Box 1
Luce - Burma I proofs
date unknown
Box 1
Luce - Burma II proofs
date unknown
Box 1
Luce - Burma II proofs
date unknown
Box 1
Luce - Burma II proofs
date unknown
Box 1
Luce - Burma II proofs
date unknown
Box 1
Luce - Burma II proofs
date unknown
Box 1
Luce - Burma II proofs
date unknown
Box 1
Old Burma - Early Pagan proofs
date unknown
Box 1
Old Burma - Early Pagan proofs
date unknown
Box 1
Writings - Peoples of Old Burma, lectures, Riang-Lang
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Parable of the Prodigal Son
Box 1 Folder 1
Peoples of Old Burma by Gordon H. Luce
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 2
Lectures delivered by Professor G.H. Luce at the Annual Conference of the Defense Services at Mingaladon
1956-09-26-1956-09-27
Box 1 Folder 3
Riang-dang. Parade of the Prodigal Son.
date unknown
Scope and Contents
About one of the ethnic tribes of Myanmar (Burma)
Box 1 Folder 4
Description of G.H Luce's Old Burma: Early Pagan Period
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 5
Bibliography of Various Contributions of Dr. G.H. Luce in the Field of Historical Research
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 6
Old Burma - Early Pagan: bibliographia of Lokahterikpan, Early Burmese Culture in a Pagan Temple by BaShin.
1962
Scope and Contents
Published by the Burma Historical Commission, Rangoon….. 210pp; 70 plates
Box 1 Folder 7
Old Burma - Early Pagan Press Proof:
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Chapters 1-20, including plate list
Box 1 Folder 8
Old Burma - Early Pagan Press Proof
date unknown
Scope and Contents
1. Subject Index 2. Index of Proper Names and Places 3. Glossary of Old Mon (one of the national ethnic races of Myanmar) Press Proof 4. Botanical Index
Box 1 Folder 9
Old Burma - Early Pagan: glossary of Sanskrit, Pali, Old Mon
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Old Burmese and English
Box 1 Folder 10
Old Burma - Early Pagan: description of plates used in the book Plate nos. 117 to 454
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 11
Old Burma - Early Pagan: Glossary of Old Mon used in the book
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 12
Old Burma - Early Pagan: Press Proof of Chapters XVII & XVIII
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 13
OM Burma - Early Pagan: Pre-standard Old Burmese glossary
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 14
OM Burma - Early Pagan: description of plates used in the book
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 15
OM Burma - Early Pagan: Title Page, Table of Contents, Abbreviations, Bibliography, Glossary of Sanskrit/Pali-Loan words (Introduction)
date unknown
Box Unknown Folder 16
OM Burma - Early Pagan-text: Chapters XIV to XX (Press Proof)
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 17
OM Burma - Early Pagan - text: Chapters IV, VI-XIII (Press Proof)
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 18
OM Burma - Early Pagan- Part A-History: Chapters II, III, IV (Press Proof) Table of Contents, Short Index of Plates: Abbreviations, Preface, Old Thaton Maps
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 19
OM Burma - Early Pagan: Botanical Index
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 20
OM Burma - Early Pagan: Old Burma Calendar
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 21
Old Burma - Early Pagan: Old Burmese
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 22
Old Burma - Early Pagan: Word chart index
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 23
Old Burma - Early Pagan - typescripts: Chapters I-V
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 24
Old Burma - Early Pagan - typescripts: Volume - Chapter to XVIII
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 25
Old Burma - Early Pagan: Glossary of Old Mon pp. 201-300
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 26
Old Burma - Early Pagan: Glossary of Old Mon pp. 301-400
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 27
Old Burma - Early Pagan: Glossary of Old Mon pp. 401-500
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 28
Old Burma - Early Pagan: Glossary Of Old Mon: pp. 501-600
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 29
Old Burma - Early Pagan: Note on Old Mon borrowing from Sanskrit and Pali, Addenda
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 30
Old Burma- Early Pagan: Glossary of Old Mon pp. 101-200
date unknown
Box 1 Folder 31
Old Burma - Early Pagan: Language Supplement-Glossary of Old Mon (of Burma), Glossary of Pre-standard Old Burmese, Glossary of Sanskrit/Pali Loan words
date unknown
Series II. Correspondence
Box 2
Gordon H. Luce
1955-1958
Box 2
Gordon H. Luce
1958-1959
Box 2
Gordon H. Luce
1960
Box 2
Gordon H. Luce
1961-1963
Box 2
Gordon H. Luce
1964-1965
Box 2
Gordon H. Luce
1966-1968
Box 2
Gordon H. Luce
1969-1970
Box 2
Gordon H. Luce
1971-1972
Box 2
Gordon H. Luce
1973-1974
Box 2
Gordon H. Luce
1975-1979
Box 2
Bohmu Ba Shin
1958-1970
Box 2
Georges Coedes
1950-1955
Box 2
Georges Coedes
1956-1958
Box 2
Georges Coedes
1959-1960
Box 2
Georges Coedes
1961-1963
Box 2
Georges Coedes
1964-1969
Box 2
D.T. Devendra
1956-1971
Box 2
G. Holle
1961-1968
Box 2
Robert Lingat
1961-1972
Box 2
Henri Marchal
1955-1960
Box 2
Senarat Paranavitana
1970-1972
Box 2
Lawrence R. Phillips
1973
Box 2
Haji A. Mubin Sheppard
1962
Box 2
Carl Schuster
1955-1957
Box 2
Typescript - letters to Griswold
1957-1958
Box 2
Solange Bernard "Le Siam et Son Art"
date unknown
Box 2
Alfred Salmony - Memoir
1958
Series III. Writings
Box 2
Miscellany
date unknown
Box 2
Miscellany
date unknown
Box 2
Trends in the art of Siam (Early version of "Siam-Scuole"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
by ABG for Encyclopedia Universale
Box 2
"Hindu gods at Sukhodaya"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
by Subhadradis Diskul
Box 2
English version
date unknown
Scope and Contents
by Diskul and ABG
Box 2
Wat Pra Yun Reexamined draft pp. 1-46, 47-82; notes, correspondence, etc.
date unknown
Scope and Contents
copies 2, 3, 4 (variants?)
Box 3
Wat Pra Yun Reconsidered
date unknown
Scope and Contents
pp. 1-100; pp. 101-Index
Box 3
Architecture - Stupas
date unknown
Scope and Contents
pp. 75-175; pp. 176-275; pp. 276-375; pp. 376-469, Index
Box 3
Old Burma drafts
date unknown
Box 3
Monastic Robe - notebooks
date unknown
Box 3
Monastic Robe - "The Three Garments"
date unknown
Box 3
article in progress: Attitudes of the Buddha
date unknown
Box 3
article in progress: Ayrethya
date unknown
Box 3
article in progress: copying and Misunderstanding
date unknown
Box 3
article in progress: Crowns
date unknown
Box 3
article in progress: Dvaravati & Pagan
date unknown
Box 3
article in progress: "Fire Altar and Buddha Image"
date unknown
Box 3
article in progress: The 500 Jatakas in Ayuthya and Sculpture
date unknown
Box 3
article in progress: More dated Buddhas
date unknown
Box 3
article in progress: Pagan
date unknown
Box 3
article in progress: Pong Duk
date unknown
Box 3
article in progress: Sukhothai
date unknown
Box 3
article in progress: Unusual Hand Positions
date unknown
Box 3
Notes
date unknown
Box 3
Notes
date unknown
Box 3
Notes
date unknown
Box 3
Notes: Khmer Art, Sukhodaya, Mrs Leonowens, Dvaravat
date unknown
Box 3
Notes
date unknown
Box 3
Notes
date unknown
Box 3
Notes
date unknown
Box 3
Pyu Coins
Box 3
Photostat of Journal (no title) No. 40
1929-10
Box 4
"Prilegomena to the study of the Buddha's Dress in Chinese Sculpture"
date unknown
Box 4
Prolegomena
date unknown
Scope and Contents
special reference to the Rietberg
Box 4
Prolegomena - Part II
date unknown
Box 4
Prolegomena - draft
date unknown
Box 4
Prolegomena - Part II
date unknown
Box 4
Epigraphic and Historical studies, no.11 "The Epigraphy of Mahadaharmarajar of Sukhodaya"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
pp. 1-100, pp. 101-147, pp. 100-147 (version 2), printed draft, typescript draft
Box 4
Rulers and Kings of Siam - notes
date unknown
Box 4
Rulers and Kings of Siam - notebook
date unknown
Box 4
Rulers and Kings of Siam - photocopy of handwritten mss.
date unknown
Box 4
on kingship and society at Sukhodaya
1974-01-1974-02
Scope and Contents
Jan. 1974, Feb. 1974 - copy 3
Box 4
Notes for books
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Basic factors, famous images, Chiengmai, Indian Art, Miscellaneous References to Books, Nan-Chao, Yunnan
Box 4
Notes on the History of Sukhodaya
date unknown
Box 4
Notes on Chinese Buddha Images
date unknown
Box 4
Notes on the Buddha's Anatomy
date unknown
Box 4
Notes on Geography
date unknown
Box 4
Notes on Siamese Art
date unknown
Box 4
Notes from Old Volumes of JBRS
date unknown
Box 4
Notes on Bejrapuri
date unknown
Box 4
Notes on Language Research
date unknown
Box 4
Notes for Books
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Aniconic, Burma
Box 4
Theravada Buddhism
date unknown
Box 4
Theravada Buddhism
date unknown
Box 4
Theravada Buddhism
date unknown
Box 4
Theravada Buddhism
date unknown
Box 4
Theravada Buddhism
date unknown
Box 4
Theravada Buddhism
date unknown
Box 4
Theravada Buddhism
date unknown
Box 4
Theravada Buddhism
date unknown
Box 4
Archeological Documents Pertaining to Theravada Buddhism
date unknown
Box 4
Observations
date unknown
Box 5
Early Draft - Book - Notes
date unknown
Box 5
Miscellany
date unknown
Box 5
An Eighteenth-Century Monastery
date unknown
Scope and Contents
notes on the art of Siam
Series IV. Writings by Others
Box 6
Photos of Old Siamese Manuscript on the Iconography of the Hindu gods
date unknown
Box 6
Lamban
date unknown
Box 6
M.C.S. Diskul
date unknown
Box 6
Articles by others
date unknown
Box 6
Life of the Buddha - Foucher
date unknown
Box 6
Neolithic in Thailand - Yupha Klangsuwan
date unknown
Box 6
Pellava Architecture
date unknown
Box 6
Photocopies of photos and maps
date unknown
Box 6
Miscellany
date unknown
Box 6
Articles, etc. by others
date unknown
Box 6
Papers and Notes by others
date unknown
Box 6
Hiram Woodward
date unknown
Box 6
O. Janse articles
date unknown
Box 6
J.J. Boeles articles
date unknown
Box 6
George Coedes articles
date unknown
Box 6
Papers by others
date unknown
Box 6
Mula Sasana or origin of Buddhist religion
date unknown
Box 6
Hula Sasana
date unknown
Box 6
Recherches Archeologiques sur les Bronzes Indo-Javanais
date unknown
Box 6
Inscriptions of Kalyani Sima
date unknown
Box 6
Le Symbolisme a Ankor-Thom
date unknown
Box 6
Gordon Luce papers (see series I)
date unknown
Box 6
Gordon Luce papers (see series I)
date unknown
Box 6
Gordon Luce papers (see series I)
date unknown
Box 6
An old Temple at Lawksavk
date unknown
Box 6
A Miniature Replica of the Mahabodhi Temple
date unknown
Mapcase Folder 1
Buddhist icon (1)
date unknown
Scope and Contents
n.1. n.p. polychrome
Series V. Photographs
Box 17
100.0000-
date unknown
Box 18
101.0000-
date unknown
Box 19
101.-101.0099
date unknown
Box 20
101.3000-101.4000
date unknown
Box 21
101.4000-101.4999
date unknown
Box 22
101.5000-101.6000
date unknown
Box 23
101.7000-101.8299
date unknown
Box 24
102.0000-102.9000
date unknown
Box 25
103.0000-
date unknown
Box 26
106.0000-116.0000
date unknown
Box 27
117.0000-201.1075
date unknown
Box 28
201.3000-201.6000
date unknown
Box 29
202.1000-202.8999
date unknown
Box 30
203.0000-210.9000
date unknown
Box 31
211.0000-216.0000
date unknown
Box 32
217.0000-330.0000
date unknown
Box 33
340.0000-372.0000
date unknown
Box 34
480.0000-497.0000
date unknown
Box 35
500.0000-501.9000
date unknown
Box 36
502.0000-541.0000
date unknown
Box 37
542.0000-560.0000
date unknown
Box 38
561.0000-561.4000
date unknown
Box 39
561.5000-566.0000
date unknown
Box 40
568.0000-573.0000
date unknown
Box 41
576.0000-591.0000
date unknown
Box 42
600.0000-601.0000
date unknown
Box 43
602.0000-604.0000
date unknown
Box 44
605.0000-618.0000
date unknown
Box 45
619.0000-631.0000
date unknown
Box 46
622.0000-693.0000
date unknown
Box 47
711.0000-760.0000
date unknown
Box 48
800.0000-806.0000
date unknown
Box 49
807.0000-849.0000
date unknown
Box 50
850.0000-871.5999
date unknown
Box 51
872.0000-900.0000
date unknown
Box 52
920.0000-1206.0000
date unknown
Box 53
2100.0000-2122.0000
date unknown
Box 54
2257.0000-2281.0000
date unknown
Box 55
1207.0000-2401.0000
date unknown
Box 56
2501.0000-2531.0000
date unknown
Box 57
2541.0000-2901.0000
date unknown
Box 58
3000.0000-3516.0000
date unknown
Box 59
4000.0000-5500.0000
date unknown
Box 60
A BR PHOTOGRAPHS MU-ST
date unknown
Box 61
PHOTOGRAPHS PAGAN
date unknown
Box 62
PHOTOGRAPHS OF PRINTS OF ARTICLES SP-Z
date unknown
Box 62
PHOTOGRAPHS OF XEROX COPIES OF ARTICLES B-C
date unknown
Box 63
PHOTOGRAPHS PAGAN
date unknown
Box 64
BRONZE-CASTING
date unknown
Box 64
600 OLD PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUKHODAYAN CITIES
date unknown
Box 65
COLLECTION AND MUSEUMS T-Z & C-G
date unknown
Box 66
MONASTIC ROBE TYPING
date unknown
Box 66
SIAM BY ABG CH.IV-VII
date unknown
Box 67
PHOTOGRAPHS COPIES FROM BOOK A-F, G-Z
date unknown
Box 68
SCENES
date unknown
Box 69
SIAM, BY A.B. GRISWOLD
1964
Box 69
SIAM BY ABG (XEROX COPY)
date unknown
Box 70
SIAM BY ABG
date unknown
Box 70
SIAM BY ABG NOTES
date unknown
Box 71
PHOTOGRAPHS MONASTIC ROBE
date unknown
Box 72
MONASTIC ROBE TYPING
date unknown
Box 72
SIAM BY ABG CH. IV-VII
date unknown
Box 73
GR MAN…DUPLICATE PHOTOGRAPHS
date unknown
Box 74
710.0000-3701.0000
date unknown
Box 75
PHOTOGRAPHS PAGAN
date unknown
Box 75
SCENES G-K
date unknown
Box 76
MONASTIC ROBE
date unknown
Box 76
PHOTOGRAPHS DRAWINGS
date unknown
Box 76
PHOTOGRAPH COPIES OF FR.
date unknown
Box 77
1-751 through 1-964
date unknown
Box 78
1-965 through 1-1231
date unknown
Box 79
1-1233 through 1-1457
date unknown
Mapcase Folder 2
1-855, 1154
date unknown
Scope and Contents
PM 5/20/96
Mapcase Folder 3
1265, 1266
date unknown
Mapcase Folder 4
1275, 1293
date unknown
A GUIDE TO THE BURMESE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION (Held by the Dept. of the History of Art, Cornell University)
Date unknown