Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Christraud M. Geary photographs of South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, EEPA 1995-002

Summary

Collection ID:
EEPA.1995-002
Creators:
Geary, Christraud M.
Dates:
1995
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
511 Slides (photographs)
color
35 mm
511 Copy slides
color corrected
35 mm
Repository:
Photographs taken by Christraud M. Geary during a research trip to South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe in 1995.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection includes 511 original slides and 511 copy slides created by Christraud M. Geary during a research trip to South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe in 1995. Locations depicted include Johannesburg, South Africa; various locals in Zimbabwe, including Harare, Mashonaland, Bulawayo, Matano Hills, Naletale, Victoria Falls, the Zambezi River, and Great Zimbabwe; and Livingstone, Zambia. Subjects include exhibitions and object displays at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, the Livingstone Museum, and the Natural History Museum in Bulawayo; sculptures in Chapungu Sculpture Park; views of the Chinamore District, Domboshawa Caves, Ngomakuria Mountain, Khami Ruins, Matabo Hills, Naletale Ruins, Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, and ruins of Great Zimbabwe; and participants, including Doran Ross, in the Archives and Museum Project Workshop at a conference in Harare.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order.

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

Custodial History note
Donated by Christraud M. Geary, 1995.
Processing Information
Metadata created by Hannah Storch in November 2019. Finding aid was written by Eden Orelove in December 2019.
Collection was digitized in 2019.

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. Original slides are housed in the cold vault. Copy slides are available to view onsite. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Digital images are available online.
Preferred Citation
Christraud M. Geary photographs of South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, EEPA 1995-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Color slides Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Africa Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Zimbabwe Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Zambia Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
South Africa Geographic 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