Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Christraud M. Geary photographs of East Africa, EEPA 1994-008

Summary

Collection ID:
EEPA.1994-008
Creators:
Geary, Christraud M.
Dates:
1994
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
527 Slides (photographs)
1 volume
color
Repository:
Container:
1
Photographs taken by Dr. Christraud M. Geary during a research trip to Kenya and Tanzania in August 1994.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of photographs from one trip Geary took to Kenya and Tanzania between August 1-13, 1994. In Kenya, she visited Lamu, Manda Island, Shela, Mombasa, and Nairobi. She also traveled to Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar in Tanzania. Subjects include: artists working at the Tingatinga Arts Co-operative Society in Dar es Salaam; museums, including the Lamu Museum, the Fort Jesus Museum, and the National Museum of Kenya; ruins of the ancient town of Takwa; the Sultan's Palace (Bait As-Sahel); Tropicana Studio and Capital Art Studio in Zanzibar; Jozani Forest on Changuu Island; and the ruins of Marahubi Palace. A few of the photographs depict anthropologist Doran Ross.

Arrangement note

Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically and by location into seven subseries.
  • Subseries 1.1: Lamu, Kenya, 1994 August 1-2
  • Subseries 1.2: Manda Island, Kenya, 1994 August 2
  • Subseries 1.3: Shela, Kenya, 1994 August 2
  • Subseries 1.4: Mombasa, Kenya, 1994 August 3-4
  • Subseries 1.5: Zanzibar, Tanzania, 1994 August 5-8
  • Subseries 1.6: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1994 August 9-10
  • Subseries 1.7: Nairobi, Kenya, 1994 August 11,13

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Christraud M. Geary (1946-) was formally a curator of the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives at the National Museum of African Art. She received a PhD in cultural anthropology and African studies from the University of Frankfurt, Germany, in 1973. Geary specializes in the history of photography in Africa and in the study of African art.

Administration

Author
Eden Orelove
Custodial History note
Donated by Christraud Geary, 1994.

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
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Preferred Citation
Christraud M. Geary photographs of East Africa, EEPA 1994-008, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Tanzania Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Color slides Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kenya Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Africa Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mombasa (Africa) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Zanzibar Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lamu Island (Kenya) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
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