Eliot Elisofon Field collection
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- Creators:
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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circa 1935-1978
- Size:
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14000 negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm)
30000 slides (photographs) (color)
80,000 Photographic prints (b&w, 25 x 20 cm. or smaller.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection is comprised of photographic and manuscript materials, primarily created by Eliot Elisofon to document his travels and work. The images portray many aspects of African life and culture including agriculture, wildlife, archaeology, architecture, art and artisans, children, cityscapes and landscapes, leaders, markets, medicine, recreation, ritual and celebration, and transportation. The manuscript materials include correspondence, essays, clippings, puobligations, notes, research, and itineraries.
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- Creators:
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National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
- Dates:
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1898-[ongoing]
- Size:
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61 Volumes
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1985-014
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection includes postcards from 45 African countries. Subjects include agriculture; animals; artists; body arts; cityscapes; cultural landscapes; dance; education; expeditions; flora; industry; leaders; marketplaces; medicine; military; missionaries; music; portraits; recreation; rites and ceremonies; and transportation, among many other topics.
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- Creators:
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Borgatti, Jean
- Dates:
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1971-2003
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3617 slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm)
166 contact sheets ((2 binders))
3555 negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35 mm)
4 Notebooks ((1 box))
1 cassette tape ((2 boxes))
25 Film reels (Super 8)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2016-007
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Jean Borgatti's collection dates from 1971 to 2003 and was created in Nigeria and Ghana. Much of the collection documents masquerades, shrines, festivals, market scenes, and ceremonies, and includes images of Urhobo, Uzairue, Ishan (Esan), Etsako, and Otuo peoples.
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Mitchell, Roy
- Dates:
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1980-1982
- Size:
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84 slides (photographs) (color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1983-002
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Roy and Brigitta Mitchell during their travels in Benin, Senegal, Togo and Burkina Faso from 1980 to 1982.
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Stanley, Janet
- Dates:
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1981
- Size:
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47 slides (photographs) (color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1983-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Janet Stanley in 1981 during her travels through Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and the Seychelles.
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Hukill, Mark A.
- Dates:
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mid-1900s
- Size:
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6 slides (photographs) (color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1982-003
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Mark A. Hukill of the Palais de Congres in Niamey, Niger.
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- Dates:
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1887-1986
- Size:
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2 Photographic prints (color)
6,859 Postcards (color, 10 x 15 cm. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2001-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Picture postcards collected by Stephen Grant, Education Official, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), while serving in Africa.
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Drewal, Henry John
Drewal, Margaret Thompson
- Dates:
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1970-1989
- Size:
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10,000 Slides (color)
10,617 copy slides
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1992-028
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Both Henry John Drewal and Margaret Drewal traveled to Nigeria, Ghana and Togo (West Africa) for extended periods from 1967-1986. During their trips to Nigeria they conducted research into the ritual performance, masking traditions, and traditional sacred rites of the Yoruba people as well as Mami Wata devotes of Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria. They are the co-authors of Gelede: Art and Female Power among the Yoruba (1993).Both Henry John Drewal and Margaret Drewal traveled to Nigeria, Ghana and Togo (West Africa) for extended periods from 1967-1986. During their trips to Nigeria they conducted research into the ritual performance, masking traditions, and traditional sacred rites of the Yoruba people as well as Mami Wata devotes of Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria. They are the co-authors of Gelede: Art and Female Power among the Yoruba (1993). Photographs taken by Henry John and Margaret Thompson Drewal during the 1970s and 1980s of Yoruba and Ewe art and culture.
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Geary, Christraud M.
- Dates:
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1969-1984
- Size:
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3,808 Slides ((16 v.), color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1993-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Christraud M. Geary during five research trips to Cameroon in 1969, 1970-71, 1977, 1978 and 1983-84.
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- Creators:
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Geary, Christraud M.
- Dates:
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1998
- Size:
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363 slides (photographs) (1 binder, color, 35 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1999-009
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Christraud M. Geary during a research trip to Mali and Senegal in 1998.