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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Roy Sieber Photographs, EEPA 1993-009
Summary
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1993-009
- Creators:
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Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001
- Dates:
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1958-1991
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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845 Slides (photographs)color845 Slides (photographs)dupe slidescolor1068 Negatives (photographic)+ field notes & contact printsblack & white35 mm.1,054 Photographic printsblack & white8 x 10 in.
- Repository:
Arrangement note
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
American historian Roy Sieber (1923-2001) is considered the founder of the discipline of African art history in the United States. He graduated from the New School for Social Research in New York in 1949, earned his M.A. at the University of Iowa (1951) and his Ph.D. from Iowa State University (1951), where he taught art history from 1950 to 1962. He joined Indiana University as an associate professor in 1962, one of the original scholars in the University's nascent African Studies Program as the Rudy Professor of Fine Arts. Sieber worked as the Associate Director for Collections and Research at the National Museum of African Art (Smithsonian Institution) from 1983 to 1993, where he was responsible for evaluating collection research and developing acquisition standards. Sieber received the first Leadership Award from the Arts Council of the African Studies Association in 1986.
Througout his career Sieber produced significant publications and served as lecturer and visiting professor at several universities in Africa as well as the United States. He was a member of the American Council of Learned Societies/Social Science Research Council Joint Committee on Africa between 1963 and 1971 and later the African Studies Association and the primitive art advisory committee at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Administration
Custodial History note
Donated by Roy Sieber, 1993.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Conditions Governing Use note
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Preferred Citation note
Roy Sieber Photographs, EEPA 1993-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
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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