National Anthropological Archives

Captain Alfred Friendly photographs of Africa, 1958

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.99-39
Creators:
Friendly, Alfred, Captain
Dates:
1958
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
59 Color negatives
19 Negatives
acetate
35 mm
293 Color negatives
acetate
35 mm
12 Prints
silver gelatin
52 Color prints
20 Color slides
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Photographs by Captain Alfred Friendly depicting rock paintings, people, cities, Kariba Dam, and scenery in Africa. Friendly made the photographs in Nairobi National Park, Nyeri, Kenya; Uganda; Lake Albert; Lake Kivu; Lake McIlwaine (now Lake Chivero); Nswatugi Cave and Silozwane Cave in Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe; Cape Town and Johannesburg, Brotherton, Mushroom Hill, Sigubudu, and Olivier's Hoek, South Africa; Guinea; Dakar, Senegal; Lagos, Nigeria; Djenne, Mali; Leopoldville (now Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the Congo; and Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. Some photographs may have been used in Alfred Friendly's illustrated lecture on "Bushman Paintings" at the Freer Gallery of Art in 1961.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Captain Alfred Friendly (1911-1983) graduated from Amherst College in 1933 and began work for the US Department of Commerce. From 1935 to 1936, he traveled around the United States with his friend Chalmers M. Roberts, which he described in a book entitled "The Trek: or, Adventures in Depression America." Friendly was hired as a reporter for the Washington Daily News (later the Washington Post) until World War II, when he served in the Military Intelligence Service. He helped to transform The Washington Post into a national publication while serving as its managing editor (1955-1965). From his retirement as managing editor until 1971, Friendly worked as a roving reporter for the Post and won a Pulitzer Prize in journalism for his coverage of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Donated by Jean Friendly, Alfred's widow, 1999.

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 99-39, Captain Alfred Friendly photographs of Africa, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
The Amherst College Archives and Special Collections holds the Alfred Friendly (AC 1933) Papers.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 99-39


Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Rock paintings Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cities and towns Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kenya Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Zimbabwe Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
South Africa Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Guinea Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Uganda Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dakar (Senegal) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mbuti (African people) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
San (African people) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Kivu, Lake (Congo and Rwanda) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Albert, Lake (Congo and Uganda) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chivero, Lake (Zimbabwe) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rhodes Matopos National Park (Zimbabwe) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Djenné (Mali) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lagos (Nigeria) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kinshasa (Congo) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Brazzaville (Congo) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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