Religion

Page from the Koran

One hallmark of the American experience captured in the Museum's collections is the nation's broad diversity of religious faiths. Artifacts range from Thomas Jefferson's Bible to a huge "Sunstone" sculpture carved for a Mormon temple in Illinois in 1844 to a household shrine from the home of a Pueblo Indian in the 1990s. Furniture, musical instruments, clothing, cooking ware, and thousands of prints and figures in the collections have all played roles in the religious lives of Americans. The most comprehensive collections include artifacts from Jewish and Christian European Americans, Catholic Latinos, Protestant Arab Americans, Buddhist and Christian Asian Pacific Americans, and Protestant African Americans. One notable group is the Vidal Collection of carved figures known as santos and other folk religious material from the practice of Santeria in Puerto Rico.

Date: 1860s

book

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1867
ID Number
CL.380828
accession number
156797
catalog number
380828

Prescription Label, Hofapotheke in coln von J.J. Wrede

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Collection has over two hundred early prescription labels from dozens of apothecaries across Germany and Austria.Early labels were plain and without adornment.
Description (Brief)
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Collection has over two hundred early prescription labels from dozens of apothecaries across Germany and Austria.
Early labels were plain and without adornment. Later embellishments included decorative borders, images of animals such as stags, lions, or elephants associated with the name of the apothecary.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1860-05-03
ID Number
1991.0664.1287
catalog number
1991.0664.1287
accession number
1991.0664

Holy Bible, the New Testament...

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1863
associated date
June 22, 1864
associated person
Walker, Mary Ellen McMurry
ID Number
PL.309870.01
catalog number
309870.01
accession number
309870

Uncle Henry's Stories

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1863
inscribed date
1866-12-25
ID Number
ZZ.RSN82679U29

The Bible Companion

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date published
1833
inscribed date
1868-12-25
ID Number
ZZ.RSN82667U06

Eglise de la Trinité

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1868
maker
Quinet, Achille
ID Number
2012.0203.0108
catalog number
2012.0203.0108
accession number
2012.0203

With my blessing, take it.

hand colored stereograph; printed on verso "WITH MY BLESSING, TAKE IT.
Description (Brief)
hand colored stereograph; printed on verso "WITH MY BLESSING, TAKE IT. / Copyright"; man in monk's robes seated in a chair facing photographer, right hand at waist and left hand raised up; wooden table with folding "X" legs at left with a white table cloth, wine, a pitcher and bread are on the table; window in background with magenta curtains, books on windowsill
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1850s-1860s
ID Number
2012.3033.0391
nonaccession number
2012.3033
catalog number
2012.3033.0391

First Mission

"1st Mission" inscribed on verso in pencil; ruins of a stone mission; tower and entrance are very ornately carvedCurrently not on view
Description (Brief)
"1st Mission" inscribed on verso in pencil; ruins of a stone mission; tower and entrance are very ornately carved
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1850s-1860s
ID Number
2012.3033.0044
nonaccession number
2012.3033
catalog number
2012.3033.0044

Bible; New Testament

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1864
publisher
American Bible Society
ID Number
AF.236290
accession number
46244
catalog number
10599

Camp Meeting at Martha's Vineyard

black and white stereograph mounted on buff colored cardstock; handwritten on verso in pencil "Martha's Vineyard / Aug 23 1860" and "Photographed by J.W.
Description (Brief)
black and white stereograph mounted on buff colored cardstock; handwritten on verso in pencil "Martha's Vineyard / Aug 23 1860" and "Photographed by J.W. Crittendon / New Bedford Mass."; four men (1 seated and 3 standing), three women (2 standing, 1 seated) and a young girl standing in front of a white tent with flaps pulled back for front opening, sign hanging over opening in tent; trees surround tent and group
date made
1860-08-23
ID Number
2012.3033.0658
nonaccession number
2012.3033
catalog number
2012.3033.0658

Japanese Temple

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1860s
ID Number
2012.0203.0087
accession number
2012.0203
catalog number
2012.0203.0087

Spanish Church, Santa Fe, N.M.

handwritten on verso: Spanish Church, Santa Fe, N.M. / Three Centuries old; tiered adobe church with man standing in large doorwayCurrently not on view
Description (Brief)
handwritten on verso: Spanish Church, Santa Fe, N.M. / Three Centuries old; tiered adobe church with man standing in large doorway
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1850s-1860s
ID Number
2012.3033.0124
nonaccession number
2012.3033
catalog number
2012.3033.0124

Prayer Book

Physical DescriptionBound printed paper.Specific HistoryThe Army and Navy Prayer of the Confederate States, printed in Richmond in 1865.
Description
Physical Description
Bound printed paper.
Specific History
The Army and Navy Prayer of the Confederate States, printed in Richmond in 1865.
date made
1865
associated date
1861 - 1862
ID Number
AF.123042
catalog number
1860
accession number
17461
catalog number
123042

La Cruz de la Misión

group of priests carrying banners with pictures of saints standing in front of a stone church; photographed by Henry Brown of Santa Fe, N.M.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
group of priests carrying banners with pictures of saints standing in front of a stone church; photographed by Henry Brown of Santa Fe, N.M.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1850s-1860s
ID Number
2012.3033.0128
nonaccession number
2012.3033
catalog number
2012.3033.0128

Ruins of Texas Mission

two men at left in slacks, white shirts, vests and hats; stone building with steeple at center topped with a cross; carving over main entryway is crumbly but once very intricate and ornateCurrently not on view
Description (Brief)
two men at left in slacks, white shirts, vests and hats; stone building with steeple at center topped with a cross; carving over main entryway is crumbly but once very intricate and ornate
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1850s-1860s
ID Number
2012.3033.0045
nonaccession number
2012.3033
catalog number
2012.3033.0045

San Jose Rose Window

handwritten on verso "2m San Jose Window"; rose window from Mission San Jose in San AntonioCurrently not on view
Description (Brief)
handwritten on verso "2m San Jose Window"; rose window from Mission San Jose in San Antonio
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1850s-1860s
ID Number
2012.3033.0049
nonaccession number
2012.3033
catalog number
2012.3033.0049

A Present to the Monastery

hand colored stereograph; handwritten on verso "A Present to the Monastery"; man wearing monk's robes at left leaning against support of an archway, left hand clutched at chest, cross tied around waist; basekt hanging from vines on right side of arch support with a baby inside; a
Description (Brief)
hand colored stereograph; handwritten on verso "A Present to the Monastery"; man wearing monk's robes at left leaning against support of an archway, left hand clutched at chest, cross tied around waist; basekt hanging from vines on right side of arch support with a baby inside; a second monk is standing inside open doorway underneath center of arch
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1850s-1860s
ID Number
2012.3033.0380
nonaccession number
2012.3033
catalog number
2012.3033.0380

Japanese Temple

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1860s
ID Number
2012.0203.0086
accession number
2012.0203
catalog number
2012.0203.0086

Japanese shrine

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1860s
ID Number
2012.0203.0085
accession number
2012.0203
catalog number
2012.0203.0085

Camp Meeting at Martha's Vineyard

black and white stereograph mounted on buff colored cardstock; handwritten on verso in pencil "Camp Meeting at Martha's Vineyard / Sept.
Description (Brief)
black and white stereograph mounted on buff colored cardstock; handwritten on verso in pencil "Camp Meeting at Martha's Vineyard / Sept. [?] 1860"; four men (1 seated and 3 standing), three women (2 standing, 1 seated) and a young girl standing in front of a white tent with flaps pulled back for front opening, sign hanging over opening in tent; trees surround tent and group
date made
ca 1860
ID Number
2012.3033.0657
nonaccession number
2012.3033
catalog number
2012.3033.0657

Prescription Label, Apotheke zu Buer von ?d. Tolse

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Collection has over two hundred early prescription labels from dozens of apothecaries across Germany and Austria.Early labels were plain and without adornment.
Description (Brief)
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Collection has over two hundred early prescription labels from dozens of apothecaries across Germany and Austria.
Early labels were plain and without adornment. Later embellishments included decorative borders, images of animals such as stags, lions, or elephants associated with the name of the apothecary.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1861
ID Number
1991.0664.1333
accession number
1991.0664
catalog number
1991.0664.1333

Catholic Manual for Children, The

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1862
ID Number
1990.0181.097
catalog number
1990.0181.097
accession number
1990.0181

Prescription Label, C.A. Wrede Apotheker in Bonn

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Collection has over two hundred early prescription labels from dozens of apothecaries across Germany and Austria.Early labels were plain and without adornment.
Description (Brief)
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Collection has over two hundred early prescription labels from dozens of apothecaries across Germany and Austria.
Early labels were plain and without adornment. Later embellishments included decorative borders, images of animals such as stags, lions, or elephants associated with the name of the apothecary.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1860
ID Number
1991.0664.1295
catalog number
1991.0664.1295
accession number
1991.0664

Prescription Label, Apotheke von C. Buchholly

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Collection has over two hundred early prescription labels from dozens of apothecaries across Germany and Austria.Early labels were plain and without adornment.
Description (Brief)
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Collection has over two hundred early prescription labels from dozens of apothecaries across Germany and Austria.
Early labels were plain and without adornment. Later embellishments included decorative borders, images of animals such as stags, lions, or elephants associated with the name of the apothecary.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1862
ID Number
1991.0664.1334
accession number
1991.0664
catalog number
1991.0664.1334

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