National Anthropological Archives

David Ives Bushnell photographs relating to Etruscan sites in Italy, 1904-1907

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.141B
Creators:
Bushnell, David I., Jr. (David Ives), 1875-1941
Dates:
1904-1907
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
25 Gelatin silver prints
mounted
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Photographs made by David I. Bushnell during visits to the Etruscan sites of Sovana and Castellina del Chianti in Italy. The photographs document artifacts, a columbarium, the excavation of a temple, and nearby towns and scenery.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
David Ives Bushnell, Jr. (1875-1941) was educated in St. Louis, Missouri, and Europe before traveling to northern Minnesota in 1899 on his first anthropological expedition. From 1901-1904, he worked as an archaeological assistant at the Peabody Museum at Harvard University and continued his studies in anthropology. Bushnell lived in Europe from 1904-1907, documenting North American ethnographic material held in museums and private collections. Upon his return to the United States, Bushnell was hired as a contributor for the Smithsonian's Handbook of American Indians (1907) and was later appointed editor of the Bureau of American Ethnology (1912-1921).

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
The photographs were bequeathed to the archives as part of David Ives Bushnell's estate, which included a larger collection of photographic materials and a copy of Bushnellʹs art collection (the original artwork was donated to the Peabody Museum at Harvard). The entire collection was cataloged as part of the negative collection, at which time the material in this photo lot was assigned the identification 1860-zz-18, though it appears that negatives were never made.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
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Conditions Governing Use note
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Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 141B, David Ives Bushnell photographs relating to Etruscan sites in Italy, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
Photographs by Bushnell are held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 14, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 2522-c, Photo Lot 80-35, Photo Lot 78, and the BAE historical negatives.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Surveys, reports, data and notes by Bushnell are held in National Anthropological Archives MS 3433, MS 2255, MS 3434, MS 4098, MS 7138, MS 4109, MS 2126, and MS 4494.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Correspondence from Bushnell can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in the Henry Bascom Collins, Jr. Papers, John P. Harrington Papers, Ales Hrdlicka Papers, Bureau of American Ethnology records, and MS 4210.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 141B


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Etruscans Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Italy -- Antiquities Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sovana (Italy) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Italians Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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