Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.76-124
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- Dates:
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circa 1930-1931, 1934, 1938
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- Physical Description:
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- Repository:
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Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photographs made by Robert A. Johnson during a trip to the Labrador coast for ornithological studies in 1930-1934. They depict a Native community, summer camps, and waterfronts at St. Maryʹs Bay, Wolf Bay, Mutton Bay, and Seven Island Bay on the Labrador coast.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Robert A. Johnson was an ornithologist who studied birds along the Labrador coast from 1930-1934. He also served as "Science Chief" at the Oneonta State Teacher's College in New York, which later became the State University of New York at Oneonta.
Administration
Custodial History note
Donated by Robert A. Johnson to the American Ornithologists Union. Transferred to the National Anthropological Archives, 1976.
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 76-124, Robert A. Johnson photographs of Native community on Labrador coast, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional photographs of Indigenous peoples of Labrador can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 37.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The archives at Cornell University holds Johnson's field journals.
Keywords
National Anthropological Archives
Museum Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746
naa@si.edu
