National Anthropological Archives

Portraits of staff of Department of Anthropology and Bureau of American Ethnology, 1965

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.136
Dates:
1965
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
3 Prints
silver gelatin
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Group portraits of members of the Department of Anthropology and the Bureau of American Ethnology at the time of their merger in 1965. The photographs were made on the steps of the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum building.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
The Bureau of American Ethnology was disbanded on July 29, 1964 and its members were merged into the Department of Anthropology, United States National Museum, to form the Smithsonian Office of Anthropology. This later became the Department of Anthropology in the National Museum of Natural History.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 136, Portraits of staff of Department of Anthropology and Bureau of American Ethnology, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
The National Anthropological Archives also holds the Bureau of American Ethnology records and the Department of Anthropology records.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional photographs of Department of Anthropology staff can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 39, Photo Lot 70, Photo Lot 76-127, Photo Lot 77-52, Photo Lot 77-80, Photo Lot 79-51, Photo Lot 80-17, Photo Lot 83-15, and the BAE historical negatives.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 136

Bibliography

Bibliography
Photograph published in William L. Merrill and Ives Goddard, eds., "Anthropology, History, and American Indians: Essays in Honor of William Curtis Sturtevant," Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology no. 44, Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Collins, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1899-1987 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Stephenson, Robert L. (Robert Lloyd), 1919- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sturtevant, William C. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Laughlin, Robert M. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Miller, Carl F. (Carl Frederick), 1906-1994 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Huscher, Harold A., 1908-1992 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Blaker, Margaret Contant Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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