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National Museum of the American Indian
Wenner-Gren expedition photographs
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.199
- Creators:
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Wenner-Gren, Axel, 1881-1961Von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang, 1908-1985Fejos, Paul, 1897-1963
- Dates:
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1940-1941
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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106 Slides (photographs)760 Photographs166 Copy negatives
- Repository:
- Container:
- General slides
This collection includes photographs, slides, and copy negatives made during the Wenner-Gren expediton to Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection is currently unprocessed. Copy negatives N37117, N37337-N37488, N37493-N37500, N37519, N38102-N38105, N41469 Photographs P15391-P15933, P16219-P16552, P18566-P18570 Slides S01382-S01487
Arrangement
Arrangement
Arranged by catalog number.
Axel Wenner-Gren
Axel Wenner-Gren
Axel Wenner-Gren (1881-1961) was a Swedish businessman. He earned his fortune through early adaptation of industrial vacuums for home use. As the majority owner of Electrolux, he was one of the wealthiest men in the world in the 1930's. Wenner-Gren also had an interest in train systems. Another company of his, Alweg, built the original Disneyland Monorail System and he worked to build a railway from Prince George, British Colombia to Alaska. In 1941, Wenner-Gren founded The Viking Fund to support anthropology research. The fund led to the creation of what is now called the Wenner-Gren Laboratory at the University of Kentucky.
Wenner-Gren expedition to South America
Wenner-Gren expedition to South America
The Wenner-Gren expedition to South America was an anthropology research trip. Axel Wenner-Gren was the funder through his endowment called The Viking Fund. Accompanying him on the trip Dr. Victor Wolfgang von Hagen (archaeologist, writer), Norman Matthews (photographer), and Dr. Paul Fejos (film director, Scientific Direcor Viking Fund).
Administration
Author
Mattie Lewis
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Axel Wenner Gren, 1942 and Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc. 1952
Processing Information
This collection is currently unprocessed. Collection record written by Mattie Lewis, Archives Technician in 2024.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Wenner-Gren expedition photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.199; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Peru | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Colombia | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Yagua (Yahua) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Bora | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Witoto | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Quechua | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Kareneri | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Inka (Inca) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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