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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Guide to the Andre De La Varre Collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0782
- Creators:
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Varre, Gretl de la, Mrs.Holmes, Burton, 1870-1958Varre, Andre de la, 1904-
- Dates:
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circa 1920-1930
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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3.5 Cubic feet4 boxes, 2 loose photographs
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Papers relating to the travel writer, photographer and lecturer Burton Holmes, and to De La Varre's own activities as a travel photographer. Includes letters, photographs, printed material, and a set of travel books written by Holmes.
Arrangement
Arrangement
The collection is divided into five series.
Series 1: Letters
Series 2: Photographs
Series 3: Papers relating to appearances of Burton Holmes and Andre La Varre
Series 4: Printed Materials
Series 5: Books
Administration
Author
NMAH Staff
Immediate Source of Acquisiton
Collection donated by Mrs. Gretl de la Varre, June 30, 2001.
Processing Information
Collection processed by NMAH Staff, 2003.
Using the Collection
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research and access on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Preferred Citation
Andre De La Varre Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Andre De La Varre
Born in Washington D.C. in 1902, Andre de la Varre quit school at age 17, bought a motion picture camera, and went to Europe to find adventure. He began making his own travel films and in 1924 became a cameraman for Burton Holmes. In the early 1930's, de la Varre went out on his own as "The Screen Traveler" and made theatrical shorts for independent release as well as for many of the major Hollywood Studios. He traveled and filmed constantly. In an autobiographical sketch, he wrote: "During the winter of 1938-39 I drove more than 10,000 miles through Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. I covered not only cities and coastal regions but criss-crossed back and forth over the Atlas, Djurdjura, Kebelie, and Aures mountains. I also visited many of the oases on the Northern Sahara and crossed over trails or no trails in the deserts and mountains." De la Varre continued traveling and making films for the next forty years and died in Vienna, Austria at the age of 87.
Keywords
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Bullfights | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Clippings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Angkor Wat (Cambodia) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Lecturers | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Photographers | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Correspondence -- 20th century | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Lecture notes | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Spain | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Travel photography -- 1900-1950 | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Posters | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Press releases | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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