Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Wyatt MacGaffey photographs, EEPA 2003-004, 1980

Summary

Collection ID:
EEPA.2003-004
Creators:
MacGaffey, Wyatt
Dates:
1980
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
103 Negatives (photographic)
black & white
35 mm.
93 Prints (visual works)
black & white
8 x 10 in. or smaller
75 Slides (photographs)
color
Repository:
Container:
1
Photographs by Wyatt MacGaffey, a prominent anthropologist with a lifelong scholarly interest in the Congo, taken during a survey on Belgian colonial architecture for a research project in Kisangani (formerly Stanleyville) in 1980. His images of the often dilapidated buildings range from colonial mansions to views of African housing. Other photographs show small private homes and businesses as well as a mosque under construction by the Saudis and several churches. There are also many street scenes, images of the university and the Congo River. A series of five slides shows popular paintings (such as La Colonie Belge). The value of his images is enhanced by his notes, which record subjects and locations.

Arrangement note

Arrangement note
color slides organized in one volume

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
Wyatt MacGaffey photographs, EEPA 2003-004, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Keywords

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Black-and-white photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Congo (Democratic Republic) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Black-and-white negatives Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
National Museum of African Art
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