Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1925.
Readers are reminded that this table is a work in progress and may be amended or added to at any time.
Month | Day | Event | Source of Information | Notes |
January | between 1-6 | Blackwood attends National Research Council Committee on Human Migration in Washington DC | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
January | 7 | Blackwood returns to Princeton | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
January | 31 | Blackwood travels to Nashville Tennessee to research | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
February | No day | Blackwood in Nashville | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
March | No day | Blackwood in Nashville | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
April | No day | Balfour has one or more toes removed | PRM Ms collections J.P. Mills correspondence, letter to Balfour, 25 April 1925 | |
April | 7-14 | Blackwood attends meeting of American Association of Anatomists | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
April | Before 17 | Blackwood based in Nashville Tennessee working on anthropometrical research where she was horrified by the activities of the Ku Klux Klan | PRM Ms collections Blackwood papers Box 12 | |
April | 17 | Blackwood travels to Birmingham, Alabama to undertake research at Tuskegee Institute | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
May | No day | Blackwood remains in Birmingham, Alabama | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
May | No day | Blackwood travels to New Orleans | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
June | 3 | Blackwood returns to Birmingham, Alabama | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
June | 10 | Blackwood travels to Atlanta, Georgia, and works at Atlanta University | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
June | 16 | Blackwood returns to Nashville Tennessee | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
June | 23 | Blackwood travels to Winnipeg via Chicago | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
June | 25 | Blackwood arrives Winnipeg, from there she travels north to work on an 'Indian Reserve', and then travel around western Canada | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
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September | 21-24 | Blackwood travels from Vancouver to Minneapolis | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
October | ||||
November | 6 | Blackwood travels to Red Lake Reservation | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
December | 6 | Blackwood returns to Minneapolis | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
December | 14 | Blackwood travels to Chicago | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
December | 17 | Blackwood travels to Hindman, Kentucky | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
December | 31 | Blackwood travels to Washington DC | Frances Larson pers comm. | |
Unspecified | Work continues in Upper Gallery, which is closed for the installation of new wall cases which protect specimens for first time. Lower Gallery remains closed | Relational Museum timelines and Annual Report 1925 | ||
Unspecified | Further serious problems were experienced with the roof which leaks and causes damage to museum objects | Relational Museum timelines and Annual Report 1925 | ||
Unspecified | Displays worked on during the year: Spears in Upper Gallery, Pottery, cases in Lower Gallery | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1925 | ||
Unspecified | E.S. Thomas carries out labelling in Lower Gallery | Annual Report 1925 |
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