National Museum of the American Indian

Godfrey J. Olsen collection of negatives and prints, 1933, 1937

Summary
Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.001.030
Creators:
Olsen, Godfrey J.
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Dates:
1933
1937
Languages:
No linguistic content; Not applicable
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Physical Description:
37 Photographic prints
gelatin silver
4 x 5 inches.
43 Acetate negatives
black and white
5 x 7 inches.
Repository:
This collection contains 43 black-and-white negatives and 37 gelatin silver prints taken by Godfrey J. Olsen. The images depict several archaeological excavations in West Long Branch and Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, circa 1933. Also present are images from a survey of Bruneau Canyon, Owyhee County, Idaho, which was undertaken in 1937 for the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The Godfrey J. Olsen collection consists of 43 black-and-white negatives and 37 gelatin silver prints made by Olsen around 1933 and in 1937. The circa 1933 images depict several archaeological excavations in West Long Branch and Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, and the 1937 a survey of Bruneau Canyon, Owyhee County. Olsen made the 1937 materials for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
Arrangement note
Arrangement note
Negatives Arranged by negative number (N20646-N20650, N20678-N20690, N21435-N21459).
Prints Arranged by print number (P10305-P10311, N10444-P10452, N12676-N12696).
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Godfrey J. Olsen was an archaeologist for the Fort Ticonderoga Museum and the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Over the course of his career, he excavated several sites in New Jersey, and in 1937 surveyed Idaho's Bruneau Canyon for the Museum of the American Indian.
Administration
Author
Heather Shannon
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Historically, the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation managed all photographic and related manuscript collections separately. This collection description represents current management practices of organizing and contextualizing related archival materials.
Processing Information note
Processed by Heather Shannon, Photo Archivist, in 2012.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
Access is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Conditions Governing Use note
Some images are restricted due to cultural sensitivity.
Preferred Citation note
Godfrey J. Olsen collection of negatives and prints, National Museum of the American Indian Archives, Smithsonian Institution (negative, slide or catalog number).
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Black-and-white negatives Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Excavations (Archaeology) -- New Jersey -- Photographs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bruneau Canyon (Nev. and Idaho) -- photographs Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Archaeological surveying -- Idaho -- Photographs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gelatin silver prints Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Repository Contact
National Museum of the American Indian
4220 Silver Hill Rd
Suitland, Maryland 20746-2863
nmaiarchives@si.edu