National Anthropological Archives

Edward L. Estabrook albums

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4847
Creators:
Estabrook, Edward L.
Knez, Eugene I. (Eugene Irving), 1916-2010
Whitmore, Jeraldine
Holland, Katharine J.
Blaker, Margaret Contant
Dates:
1914-1916
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
398 Negatives
59 Prints
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Albums consist of film negatives (with some prints9 of photographs taken in China, mostly in Shensi Province, 1914 through 1916. Also associated notes and maps. (52 typed pages, 4 Manuscript pages and 5 maps.) The numbers on the negative jackets refer to the numbered areas on the maps and on the photograph list included with the associated notes.
Scope and Contents
Catalog Number 4847: Associated notes, correspondence and maps: "Notes Regarding Photographs taken in China, Mostly in Shensi Province- in 1914-1916." April 10, 1967. Typescript document. 3 pages, and carbon copy of same, 3 pages. "Photographs by E. L. Estabrook." Typescript and Manuscript document. 50 pages. Letter from E. L. Estabrook to Eugene I. Knez, April 10, 1967, Autograph letter signed, enumerating negatives, notes, etc. to which it accompanied. Letter from Eugene I. Knez to E. L. Estabrook, April 21, 1967, acknowledging receipt of negatives, notes, etc. Typescript carbon copy negative. 1 page. Memo from Jeraldine Whitmore to Katharine J. Holland, April 24, 1967. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Memo from Katharine J. Holland to M. C. Blaker, June 5, 1968, Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Letter from M. C. Blaker to Eugene I. Knez, August 5, 1968, acknowledging receipt of Estabrook material. Typescript carbon copy letter. 1 page. "Maps showing routes traveled and locations [marked in ink] at which photographs were made by Estabrook May 1914 to Feb. 1916." March 3, 1967. Maps are from Army Map Service, Corp of Engineers, 1 index map, 4 topographic maps.

Administration

Custodial History
Donated to the Smithsonian Institution, April 10, 1967, by Edward L. Estabrook, 41 Elm Street, Morristown, New Jersey, 07960. Received in the Archives May 21, 1968 from Eugene I. Knez.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 4847, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4847


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Photographs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Negatives Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Maps Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
China Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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