National Anthropological Archives

William E. Hughes photographs, scrapbook, and motion picture film, circa 1891-1931

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.75-18
Creators:
Hughes, William E.
Dates:
circa 1891-1931
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
5 Reels
16 mm
15 Negatives
glass
2,800 Lantern slides
circa
1 Scrapbook
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Photographs made or collected by William E. Hughes during his travels in the United States, Greenland, Japan, Grenada, Trinidad, Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Cuba, Venezuela, France, Brazil, Costa Rica, Yugoslavia, Greece, and Turkey. They document the landscapes, churches, public buildings, parks, statues, artisans, markets, and city streets of these locations. Films and some photographs depict Hughes's family and trips to the Grand Canyon; Hawaii; Maine; New York; New Brunswick in Canada; and Washington, D. C. A scrapbook in the collection contains newspaper clippings relating to the 1891 Peary expedition to Greenland and a few letters accompany the photographs.
Lantern slides of Japan appear to be commercially made and hand-tinted, and slides relating to the Peary Expedition may have been made by Dr. Benjamin Sharpe, another scientist on the expedition.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
William E. Hughes (1857-1944) was a Philadelphia physician who accompanied Robert E. Peary on the first part of his expedition to Greenland in 1891. He received both his MD and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1880.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
The collection was transferred from the Smithsonian Institution Archives, 1975.

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 75-18, William E. Hughes photographs, scrapbook, and motion picture film, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 75-18

Other Finding Aids note

Other Finding Aids note
Inventory available in repository.


Keywords

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