Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.88-2
- Creators:
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Zies, E. G. (Emanuel George), 1883-1981
- Dates:
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circa 1920-1928
- Languages:
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- Physical Description:
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36 Lantern slides
36 colored lantern slides
- Repository:
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Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photographs documenting life in Bali and Java. These include images of people, street scenes, agriculture, scenic views, and ancient sites. Many of the lantern slides are copies of prints in the collection and some were hand-colored by Dorothy Rankin.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Emanuel George Zies (1884-1981) was a chemist for the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory, where he pursued research in geochemical volcanology starting in 1913. He participated in the Carnegie Institution-National Geographic Society 1919 expedition to the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in southern Alaska and he studied volcanoes in Indonesia and Central America in the 1920s and 1930s.
Administration
Custodial History note
Collection donated to the Division of Mineral Sciences Global Volcanism Program Archives in 1986. All but the volcano material was transferred to the National Anthropological Archives by Elizabeth Nielsen, 1987.
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 88-2, Emmanuel George Zies photograph collection relating to Bali and Java, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Other Finding Aids note
Other Finding Aids note
Inventory for Java photographs available in repository.
Keywords
National Anthropological Archives
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