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United States. Commission to the Madrid Exposition (1892- )
Created to represent the United States at Madrid’s 1892 Columbian Historical Exposition, this government commission is credited with reports and catalogues that document what the nation chose to exhibit during the Columbus quadricentennial. Its publications bring together history, archaeology, ethnology, and official records from a major international fair.
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Catalogo de los Objetos Etnologicos y Arqueologicos Exhibidos por la Expedición Hemenway
by Jesse Walter Fewkes, Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier, Spain) Exposición Histórico-Americana (1892 : Madrid, United States. Commission to the Madrid Exposition (1892- )
About the author
United States. Commission to the Madrid Exposition was not an individual author but a federal commission organized for the Columbian Historical Exposition held in Madrid in 1892. Library and catalog records identify it as the corporate author behind official publications connected with the American display at the event.
The commission is best known for works such as Report of the United States Commission to the Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid, 1892–93 and related catalogues of exhibits from the United States National Museum. These volumes gathered administrative records along with specialist essays and descriptions of artifacts, helping preserve a detailed picture of how the United States presented its history and collections abroad.
Because this is a corporate body rather than a person, a standard author portrait does not appear to be available on the source pages reviewed. For readers, its value lies less in personal biography than in the window its publications offer onto late 19th-century scholarship, museum practice, and international cultural display.