Scope and Contents note

Photographs made by Fred Warren Schueler in Tres Esquinas, Colombia, in summer 1958. They include images of Coreguaje Indians, a village on the Rio Negro, preparation of cassava bread, members of the expedition, and jungle and river scenery. The collection is made up of reprints from original negatives (and one original print), which have been mounted on paper with notes and transcriptions of Fred Warren Schueler's original notes. The transcription was completed by Julia Schueler.

Biographical/Historical note

Fred Warren Schueler (b. 1921) took a three-month lectureship during the summer of 1958 that focused on improving medical teaching in Columbia. The tour was sponsored by Tulane Medical School, where Dr. Schueler was the Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology, and medical schools in Columbia. From notes on the verso of his photographs, it appears the tour visited "Arancuara, . . . [an] Army base at Tarapaca, . . . [and] into the jungle by motor launch, down the Rio Negro."

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Location of Other Archival Materials

Artifacts collected by Schueler held in the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 387026.

Custodial History note

Photographs donated along with 12 artifacts by Carl F. Schueler, son of Fred Warren Schueler, to the National Museum of Natural History in 1989 (accession 387026). Transferred to the National Anthropological Archives, 1993.