Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Lynn McLaren Photographs, EEPA 2007-009

Summary

Collection ID:
EEPA.2007-009
Creators:
McLaren, Lynn, 1922-
Dates:
circa 1950-1969
Languages:
English
.
Physical Description:
648 Slides (photographs)
color
35mm.
10 Photographic prints
black and white
8 x 10 inches.
38 Transparencies
color
120mm.
Repository:
Container:
EEPA.2007-009
The collection consists of 38 color transparencies, 648 color slides and 10 black-and-white photographic prints taken by Lynn McLaren Demarest while on assignment for various news outlets in the 1950s and 1960s. A majority of the slides and transparencies were taken in East Africa and document indigenous peoples, agriculture (cotton in particular), health and nutrition education, UNICEF activities, architecture, natural landscapes, animals, fishers, coffee plantations and the sisal industry. Locations include Mobassa, Lamu Island, Zanzibar, Dar es Saalam, Lake Victoria, Mount Kilimajaro, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara and Mikumi National Park (Tanzania). The black-and-white photographs depict East African leaders, such as Julius Nyerere, and prominent international visitors to the region, including Robert Kennedy. A small number of slides and transparencies were taken in India.

Arrangement note

Arrangement note
Arrangement reflects the original order established by the photographer.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Lynn McLaren (1922-2008) was a professional photojournalist who worked on assignment for National Geographic, Life, Newsweek and Business Week since the 1950s and 1960s. A member of the Society of Women Geographers, McLaren lived and traveled extensively around the world, photographing peoples and places in Kenya, Tanzania (Zanzibar), India, Nepal, Spain, Germany and the United States. McLaren was also the author of five books, including
Berlin and the Berliners
and
The Village: The People (India),
all of which are richly illustrated with her photographs. In 2007, she had a major retrospective of her photography, Fifty Years of Photographs from Around the World, at the Marion Art Center in Marion, Massachusetts.

Administration

Author
Leah Minadeo and Haley Steinhilber
Custodial History note
Donated by Lynn McLaren, 2007.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Lynn McLaren, Bruce McLaren Millar, 6105 Cromwell Drive, Bethesda, MD 20816;, Donation, 20070518, EEPA 2007-0009.

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
Lynn McLaren Photographs, EEPA 2007-009, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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