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National Anthropological Archives
Pond Bureau photograph collection relating to Oceania, circa 1920-1950
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.82-12
- Creators:
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Pond Bureau
- Dates:
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circa 1920-1950
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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14 Printssilver gelatin37 Copy prints
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photographs mostly made on Matthew Williams Stirlingʹs New Guinea expedition, Edward A. Salisburyʹs expedition to Micronesia, as well as trips made by Irving Johnson, Ray Jewell, and Cyril von Baumann. They include images of expedition members, scenic views, and indigenous peoples of New Guinea, Micronesia, and other Oceanic islands.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
The Pond Bureau was a lecture bureau in New York City which probably collected these photographs from its lecturers. Irving Johnson was a Massachusetts-based professional sailor, author, lecturer, and adventurer who mostly traveled around the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, and the Cape of Good Hope. Matthew Williams Stirling was a Smithsonian ethnologist and archeologist who spent the early part of his career conducting research in New Guinea and Ecuador. Edward A. Salisbury was a wealthy filmmaker who sailed around the South Pacific for documentary footage in the 1920s. And Cyril von Baumann was an explorer, naturalist, and archeologist.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Existence and Location of Originals note
Original prints for copy negatives probably in National Library of New Guinea.
Custodial History note
Donated by Prints Pacific in Waliuku, Hawaii, through Susan Halas, 1981.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Copy prints and negatives in this collection have been obtained for reference purposes only. Contact the repository for terms of use and access.
Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 82-11, Pond Bureau photograph collection relating to Oceania, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional photographs by Stirling can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24 and the Matthew Williams Stirling papers.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea holds the Irving and Electa Johnson Collection.
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 82-12
Reproduction Note
Reproduction Note
Copy prints made by Smithsonian Institution, circa 1985.
Reproduction Note
Copy negatives probably made by Pacific Prints, a dealer in Waliuku, Hawaii, circa 1981.
Bibliography
Bibliography
Photographs published in Matthew Williams Stirling, "The Native Peoples of New Guinea," Smithsonian Institution War Background Studies vol. 9, 1943; Edward A. Salisbury and Merian C. Cooper, The Sea Gypsy, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924; Irving Johnson and Electa Johnson, Sailing to See: Picture Cruise in the Schooner Yankee, New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1939; Irving Johnson, Yankee's People and Places, New York: Norton, 1955.
Keywords
National Anthropological Archives
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