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Department of Anthropology photographs of busts in the Biological Anthropology collection
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Creators:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
Dates:
undated
Size:
350 Negatives (circa, nitrate)
350 Prints (circa, silver gelatin and contact prints)
Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.88-25
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Photographs of busts and, in the case of infants, head and body casts made by A. Joseph Andrews. Generally, images consist of front, rear, and two side views. The busts show American white infants, females, males; NAtive American males and females; African American males and females; and a pygmy male. The persons are identified by name and age and ...

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Video of Ifa Honoring Ceremony for drums in Department of Anthropology collections
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Creators:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
Dates:
circa 2004
Size:
Video recordings
Collection ID:
HSFA.2005.13
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives

Video record made by Amy Staples (HSFA Fellow) of Ifa Honoring Ceremony for Ifa drums held in the Anthro collections. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and t...

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Pathways Productions Video of Anthropology Collections
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Dates:
Undated
Size:
Video recordings
Collection ID:
HSFA.1994.24
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives

Collection consitst of video shot of Smithsonian artifacts by Pathways Productions, Inc. for use in a 8 hour documentary series on American Indian history entitled 500 NATIONS. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document...

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Video of Makah baskets in Department of Anthropology collections
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Creators:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
Dates:
2004
Size:
1 Videocassettes (Hi8) (1 hour)
Collection ID:
HSFA.2004.06
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives

Amy Staples (HSFA Fellow) videotaped Melissa Peterson, Makah Basket weaver and, at the time, NMNH, American Indian Program community scholar, explaining Makah baskets in Anthro collections. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an histor...

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Digitized Content Division of Physical Anthropology collection of photographs of physical anthropologists
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Creators:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Physical Anthropology
Dates:
undated
Size:
1 Print (engraving)
2 Prints (chalk manner lithograph)
3 Prints (etching)
23 Photomechanical prints (halftone, photogravure, and collotype)
152 Photographic prints (silver gelatin and albumen)
8 Copy prints
6 Copy negatives
1 Print (offset lithography)
1 Print (probably chromolithograph)
11 Negatives (acetate)
3 Drawings
Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.4822
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Photographs relating to physical anthropologists from the 19th and 20th centuries in Europe and the United States. Many of the photographs depict Smithsonian staff, particularly Ales Hrdlicka and T. Dale Stewart, as well as people and artifacts relating to physical anthropology throughout history. Some of the portraits are signed and the collection...

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Documents regarding calendar paintings by Kiowa artist Charles Rowell and Anko
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Creators:
Rowell, Charles E.
Dates:
circa 1965-1970
Size:
0.25 Linear feet
Collection ID:
NAA.MS2015-15
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

The collection contains Charles Rowell's typed and hand-written interpretations of Anko's calendar, A sound recording of Rowell discussing the Anko calendar, and newspaper clippings relating to Rowell's paintings based on Anko's calendar.

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Betty and John Messenger papers
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Creators:
Messenger, Betty, 1929-
Messenger, John C. (John Cowan), 1920-
Dates:
circa 1945 - circa 1955
Size:
3 Linear feet
Collection ID:
NAA.2016-01
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

The collection consists of papers, photographs, and other materials created and collected by Betty and John Messenger documenting Ibibio, Anang, and Efik peoples in Nigeria. The collection includes fieldnotes; prints, negatives, and 35mm slides with an accompanying notebook identifying images; travel account books; printed Efik-English dictionaries...

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Digitized Content Digitization and Documentation in North American Collections: A History in Interviews
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Creators:
Greene, Candace S.
Turner, Hannah
Dates:
2015
Size:
0.2 Megabytes (1 PDF)
Collection ID:
NAA.2019-09
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

This project was intended to document some major institutional changes and challenges in cataloging and digitizing material culture in anthropological collections that have taken place over the past 30-50 years of museum practice. The project was initiated in 2015 by Dr. Candace Greene, who was concerned that the operational history of digitization...

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Victor J. Evans collection of photographs of Phillipine peoples
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Creators:
Evans, Victor J.
Dates:
undated
Size:
2 Prints (hand-colored or lithographs)
Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.79-54
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Photographs depicting a Moro boy with a sheathed knife and two Igorot girls carrying spears. The collection is part of the Smithsonianʹs Victor J. Evans collection.

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MS 7467 Map of Madison Township Showing the Locality of Its Ancient Monuments
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Creators:
Limpert, W.R.
Dates:
undated
Size:
1 Sheet (17 3/4 x 20 3/4 in.)
Collection ID:
NAA.MS7467
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
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