National Anthropological Archives

Regis M. Quirin and Leon Poplawski photographs of Carib peoples in Dominica, 1955

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.94-7
Creators:
Quirin, Regis M. (photographer, coauthor, and collector)
Dates:
1955
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Map
15 Pages
Report :
29 Negatives
acetate
55 Color slides
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Photographs made by Regis M. Quirin and Leon Poplawski in Dominica that depict the island's natural and urban scenery as well as Carib peoples. There are images of Carib Indians and their activities and villages as well as cities and scenery in Dominica, including Roseau and Portsmouth. Among the photographs of Carib peoples are images of basket making, clothes washing and drying, the making of a dugout canoe, and banana agriculture, including cutting bunches and loading bananas onto ships. The collection also includes a map of the West Indies and Regis M. Quirin and Leon Poplawski's report, "The Carib Expedition."

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Regis M. Quirin is an industrial photographer and photo journalist. After serving in the United States Army in Japan and Formosa (1953-1955), he traveled with Leon Poplawski, a radar repairman with the US Army (1953-1955), to Dominica, a British island in the West Indies (June-July 1955). The pair visited Roesau, the capital of Dominica, as well as Salybia, a small village on the island's Carib reserve.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Existence and Location of Copies note
Copy slides, copy negatives, and reference prints for negatives available.
Custodial History note
Donated by Regis M. Quirin, 1993.

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 94-7, Regis M. Quirin and Leon Paplawski photographs of Carib peoples in Dominica, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
An additional photograph of Carib in Salybia held in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 7294.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 94-7

Other Finding Aids note

Other Finding Aids note
Inventory available in repository.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Canoes and canoeing Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Villages Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dominica Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bananas Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Carib Indians Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Poplawski, Leon (photographer and coauthor) Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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