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W. Benson Harer Auction Catalog collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-015

Collection Scope and Content Summary

This collection contains auction catalogs, collected by W. Benson Harer, that primarily feature Egyptian and Middle Eastern antiquities and works of art.

Dates

  • Creation: 1905-2019, undated

Access

This collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright Unknown: Some materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction, and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Extent

39.0 Linear Feet (98 princeton files)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

  • License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Abstract

This collection contains auction catalogs, collected by W. Benson Harer, that primarily feature Egyptian and Middle Eastern antiquities and works of art.

Collection Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically by auction house name.

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated by C. Kenworthey Harer and Cynthia Harer-Gibbs in 2019.

Note

This collection contains four boxes of archival materials that were part of the donation. Inserted materials found in the auction catalogs were removed and placed into Box 1 (descriptions of these materials are noted at the item-level). Boxes 2-4 contain additional archival materials that were donated along with the auction catalogs.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by M. Camacho Nuno, 2024.

Title
W. Benson Harer Auction Catalog collection
Author
Finding aid created by Eric Milenkiewicz
Date
2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
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Repository Details

Part of the Pfau Library Special Collections Repository

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