Samuel J Redman
Biographic Data
| ID | 506902 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samuel J Redman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samuel J |
| FAMILY NAME | Redman |
| SIGNATURE | REDMAN S J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3791-2586 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mobile Museums
Kathleen S. Murphy. Captivity’s Collections
Prophets and Ghosts
Salvage Anthropology in the Modern World
Fighting Invisible Enemies
The Smithsonian at war
This article describes the Smithsonian Institution’s involvement in World War ii. For a brief (but active) period the Smithsonian assisted the Army, Navy, and other war agencies. Museum staff eagerly shared ideas and information they had spent generations gathering; they were also willing to embrace the war effort as an opportunity to expand collections. While many museum contributions to the war effort were not made public, a book series on natu…
AHR Conversation
Since 2006, the AHR has published eleven “Conversations” on a wide range of topics. By now, we have a standard format: the Editor convenes a group of scholars with an interest in the topic who, via e-mail over the course of several months, conduct a conversation that is then lightly edited and footnoted, finally appearing in the December issue. The aim is to provide readers with a wide-ranging and accessible consideration of a topic at a high lev…
The Place of Stone
Observed by English colonists in 1680, Dighton Rock is a mysterious forty-ton boulder, originally situated in the Taunton River near Berkley, Massachusetts. The unusual object is now displayed in a small museum in nearby Dighton Rock State Park. The rock, as originally described by seventeenth-century colonists, is covered in distinct petroglyph carvings. Seemingly everyone from ancient Egyptians to the lost tribes of Israel to Vikings to ambitio…
Minidoka
Historians, writers, political activists, and many others are turning back to the story of Japanese confinement in the United States during World War II. Many begin more recent reflections by way o...
Museum tours and the origins of museum studies
Following the Great Depression and Second World War, museums in the USA found themselves having suffered from disrepair and uneven upkeep. Utilizing an array of archival sources and published materials, this article argues that museum professionals, through a series of tours and other methods of communication and exchange – engaged in a broad and dynamic dialogue about museum methods and how best to improve them. Specifically, in the decades foll…
Museums, Monuments, and National Parks
New Philadelphia
by Paul A. Shackel, Berkeley, University of California Press, 2011, 240 pp., US$29.95, £19.95 (paperback), ISBN 9780520266308, other formats availableEstablished in the 1830s, the town of New Phila
Decolonizing Museums
Book Review| October 01 2013 Decolonizing Museums: Representing Native America in National and Tribal Museums Decolonizing Museums: Representing Native America in National and Tribal Museums. By Lonetree, Amy. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012. $24.95 paper.) Samuel J. Redman Samuel J. Redman Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2013) 60 (4): 779–781. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-231401…
Victory Through Valor
"Victory Through Valor: A Collection of World War II Memoirs." The Oral History Review, 38(2), pp. 427–428
Smithsonian Embarks on Move of Human Remains Collections
Smithsonian museum, skeletal biology, biological anthropology, Native Americans
The Hearst Museum of Anthropology, the New Deal, and a Reassessment of the "Dark Age" of the Museum in the United States
This article examines the claim that the period between the dawn of the Great Depression and conclusion of the Second World War was a “dark age” for the discipline of anthropology in museums. It argues that while museums in the United States encountered numerous common challenges due to the economic downturn and outbreak of war, the period also presented a number of opportunities, especially through the arrival of labor through New Deal work-reli…
Remembering Exhibitions on Race in the 20th-century United States
This museum review places the American Anthropological Association's recent exhibition entitled "Race: Are We So Different?" into historical context by comparing it to other major exhibitions on race in the 20th century. I argue that although exhibitions on race in the 19th-century United States are frequently examined in the historical and anthropological literature, later exhibitions from the 20th century are frequently forgotten. In particular…
Midwestern Museums and Classical Archaeology, 1893-1998
U.S. museums were not founded with the intention of building large collections reflecting the history and culture of classical societies such as Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and Egypt. Only later, with the combined interest of trustees and private donors, did most museums accept classical archaeology as an academic pursuit. In this paper, I explore how museums in the American Midwest, not known for maintaining extensive classical collections, came …
Museums, Monuments, and National Parks
The Hearst Museum of Anthropology, the New Deal, and a Reassessment of the "Dark Age" of the Museum in the United States
This article examines the claim that the period between the dawn of the Great Depression and conclusion of the Second World War was a “dark age” for the discipline of anthropology in museums. It argues that while museums in the United States encountered numerous common challenges due to the economic downturn and outbreak of war, the period also presented a number of opportunities, especially through the arrival of labor through New Deal work-reli…
Midwestern Museums and Classical Archaeology, 1893-1998
U.S. museums were not founded with the intention of building large collections reflecting the history and culture of classical societies such as Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and Egypt. Only later, with the combined interest of trustees and private donors, did most museums accept classical archaeology as an academic pursuit. In this paper, I explore how museums in the American Midwest, not known for maintaining extensive classical collections, came …
The Place of Stone
Observed by English colonists in 1680, Dighton Rock is a mysterious forty-ton boulder, originally situated in the Taunton River near Berkley, Massachusetts. The unusual object is now displayed in a small museum in nearby Dighton Rock State Park. The rock, as originally described by seventeenth-century colonists, is covered in distinct petroglyph carvings. Seemingly everyone from ancient Egyptians to the lost tribes of Israel to Vikings to ambitio…
Midwestern Museums and Classical Archaeology, 1893-1998
U.S. museums were not founded with the intention of building large collections reflecting the history and culture of classical societies such as Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and Egypt. Only later, with the combined interest of trustees and private donors, did most museums accept classical archaeology as an academic pursuit. In this paper, I explore how museums in the American Midwest, not known for maintaining extensive classical collections, came …
Remembering Exhibitions on Race in the 20th-century United States
This museum review places the American Anthropological Association's recent exhibition entitled "Race: Are We So Different?" into historical context by comparing it to other major exhibitions on race in the 20th century. I argue that although exhibitions on race in the 19th-century United States are frequently examined in the historical and anthropological literature, later exhibitions from the 20th century are frequently forgotten. In particular…
Victory Through Valor
"Victory Through Valor: A Collection of World War II Memoirs." The Oral History Review, 38(2), pp. 427–428
Smithsonian Embarks on Move of Human Remains Collections
Smithsonian museum, skeletal biology, biological anthropology, Native Americans
The Hearst Museum of Anthropology, the New Deal, and a Reassessment of the "Dark Age" of the Museum in the United States
This article examines the claim that the period between the dawn of the Great Depression and conclusion of the Second World War was a “dark age” for the discipline of anthropology in museums. It argues that while museums in the United States encountered numerous common challenges due to the economic downturn and outbreak of war, the period also presented a number of opportunities, especially through the arrival of labor through New Deal work-reli…
Museums, Monuments, and National Parks
New Philadelphia
by Paul A. Shackel, Berkeley, University of California Press, 2011, 240 pp., US$29.95, £19.95 (paperback), ISBN 9780520266308, other formats availableEstablished in the 1830s, the town of New Phila
Decolonizing Museums
Book Review| October 01 2013 Decolonizing Museums: Representing Native America in National and Tribal Museums Decolonizing Museums: Representing Native America in National and Tribal Museums. By Lonetree, Amy. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012. $24.95 paper.) Samuel J. Redman Samuel J. Redman Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2013) 60 (4): 779–781. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-231401…
Museum tours and the origins of museum studies
Following the Great Depression and Second World War, museums in the USA found themselves having suffered from disrepair and uneven upkeep. Utilizing an array of archival sources and published materials, this article argues that museum professionals, through a series of tours and other methods of communication and exchange – engaged in a broad and dynamic dialogue about museum methods and how best to improve them. Specifically, in the decades foll…
Minidoka
Historians, writers, political activists, and many others are turning back to the story of Japanese confinement in the United States during World War II. Many begin more recent reflections by way o...
The Place of Stone
Observed by English colonists in 1680, Dighton Rock is a mysterious forty-ton boulder, originally situated in the Taunton River near Berkley, Massachusetts. The unusual object is now displayed in a small museum in nearby Dighton Rock State Park. The rock, as originally described by seventeenth-century colonists, is covered in distinct petroglyph carvings. Seemingly everyone from ancient Egyptians to the lost tribes of Israel to Vikings to ambitio…
AHR Conversation
Since 2006, the AHR has published eleven “Conversations” on a wide range of topics. By now, we have a standard format: the Editor convenes a group of scholars with an interest in the topic who, via e-mail over the course of several months, conduct a conversation that is then lightly edited and footnoted, finally appearing in the December issue. The aim is to provide readers with a wide-ranging and accessible consideration of a topic at a high lev…
The Smithsonian at war
This article describes the Smithsonian Institution’s involvement in World War ii. For a brief (but active) period the Smithsonian assisted the Army, Navy, and other war agencies. Museum staff eagerly shared ideas and information they had spent generations gathering; they were also willing to embrace the war effort as an opportunity to expand collections. While many museum contributions to the war effort were not made public, a book series on natu…
Prophets and Ghosts
Salvage Anthropology in the Modern World
Fighting Invisible Enemies
Kathleen S. Murphy. Captivity’s Collections
Mobile Museums
History (18 works) · Archaeology (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (10 works) · Art (7 works) · History (7 works) · Anthropology (6 works) · Art history (6 works) · Genealogy (5 works) · Visual arts (4 works)