Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Henry John Drewal Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
EEPA.2011-012
Creators:
Drewal, Henry John
Kinnoudo, Martin
Dates:
1970s - 1990s
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1425 Slides (photographs)
color
35mm
20 Notebooks
2 Boxes
Repository:

Content Description

Content Description
Collection contains 35mm slides from the Republic of Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal as well as 20 original field notebooks from Nigeria and various miscellaneous documents, newspaper articles, and photographs from Nigeria.

Administration

Author
Marguerite Heckscher; Compiled by Haley Steinhilber
Custodial History
Donated by Henry John and Margaret Thompson Drewal, 1992.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Copyright held by John and Margaret Drewal. To publish images from this collection, permission must be given by Henry and Margaret Drewal. Contact Archives staff for further information. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Notebooks Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Anthropologists Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art -- History Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Nigeria Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Benin Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Senegal Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Côte d'Ivoire Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art -- African Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Newspaper clippings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Festivals Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yoruba (African people) -- Nigeria -- Music. Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gelede (Yoruba rite) Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ife (Nigeria) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
National Museum of African Art
P.O. Box 37012
MRC 708
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Business Number: Phone: 202-633-4690
Fax Number: Fax: 202-357-4879
elisofonarchives@si.edu