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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Jacob and Eleanor Reis photographs, EEPA 1985-004, 1910-1920
Summary
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1985-004
- Creators:
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Reis, Jacob A.Reis, Eleanor Nicely, Mrs.
- Dates:
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1910-1920
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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174 Transparenciesdupe transblack & white6 x 9 cm.96 Negatives (photographic)dupe negsblack & white8 x 11 cm.96 Transparenciesdupe transblack & white8 x 11 cm.24 Negatives (photographic)dupe negsblack & white9 x 11 cm. or smaller110 Negatives (photographic)black & white9 x 11 cm. or smaller129 Lantern slidessilver gelatinblack & white6 x 9 cm.3 Volumescopy printsblack & white8 x 10 in.2 Volumescontact printsblack & white9 x 11 cm.174 Negatives (photographic)dupe negsblack & white6 x 9 cm.
- Repository:
- Container:
- 129174174969624110
Photographs taken by Jacob Anthony Reis to document his experiences in Southern Cameroon while serving as a Presbyterian missionary from 1909 to 1945. The photographs document the life and peoples at Jacob A. Reis's mission stations, especially in and near Efulen, Cameroon, in the early 20th Century. African peoples pictured include the Bassa, Bulu and Ntumu. Structures depicted include churches, a dispensary, a fishing hut, a saw mill, school buildings such as a Baptist girls' school in Doulal and thatched roof buildings. Also included are African ritual objects collected by the mission and a photographic reproduction of a handwritten statistical list of bible readers, communicants, preachers and students.
Arrangement note
Arrangement note
Images indexed by negative number.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Jacob A. Reis, 1883-1945, Presbyterian missionary; graduated from Wooster College; attended Bloomfield Theological Seminary and ordained in 1908; joined the Presbyterian Church's mission in Cameroon in 1909; returned to the United States to complete his studies at the Western Theological Seminary in 1912; traveled back to Africa and served until his death in 1945.
Administration
Author
Paul Wood
Custodial History note
Donated by Eleanor R. Henry, daughter of Jacob A. and Eleanor N. Reis, 1985.
Conserved through a preservation grant funded by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee, 2006.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Conditions Governing Access note
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Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Lantern slides | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Transparencies | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Bassa (Cameroon people) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Bassa (Liberian and Sierra Leone people) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Africa | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Cameroon | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Black-and-white negatives | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Ntumu (African people) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Bulu (African people) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
National Museum of African Art
P.O. Box 37012
MRC 708
Washington, DC 20013-7012
elisofonarchives@si.edu