Photographs of Army Air Corps in the Philippines and China
200 Prints (circa 200 silver gelatin and contact prints (includes enlargements))
Photographs depicting Igorot and other Indigenous Philippine peoples at Camp Nichols (1929), relating to Manila's 1929 carnival, aerial views of the Philippines, and images of Mangyan, Moro, Bagobo, Bontoc, Ilocano, Ifugao, and Negrito people. The collection also consists of images of Mindanao, Luzon, and parts of China, including Nanjing, and a carbon …
Herman Pailet photographs and postcard collection from the Philippines
426 Negatives (nitrate)
220 Postcards (circa)
165 Prints (circa, silver gelatin (some photographic postcards))
Photographs documenting United States military personnel, activities, and installations in the Philippines, as well as Philippine cities and landscapes, Indigenous tribes, and some Japanese people. Many of the postcards are made from Pailet's photographs.
Joe T. Marshall photograph collection relating to Philippine peoples and scenes
Photographs, most of which were made by the Philippines Bureau of Science, documenting people, dwellings, daily activities, scenery, monuments, and transportation. There are also some images of Filipinos after a volcanic eruption. Philippine peoples depicted include Tingian, Tagalog, Igorot, Bontok, Ifugao, Ilongot, Mandaya (Isneg), Bagobo, Kalinga, Philippine Negrito, Subananun, and …
Lloyd G. Kirby lantern slide collection relating to the Philippines
97 Lantern slides
Lantern slides and correspondence collected and created by Lloyd G. Kirby during his time in the Philippines and related to his lecture concerning the Philippine economy. Drawing from these photographs, Kirby delivered a lecture on the Philippine economy (circa 1937), a portion of which is available in this collection. The photographs …
Irving C. Root photographs of the Philippines
850 Prints (circa, silver gelatin)
200 Negatives (circa, nitrate)
97 Prints (halftone)
13 Prints (albumen)
Photographs made by Irving C. Root documenting people, industry, and culture in the Philippines in the 1910s. They include images of Igorot people, industry, and ceremonies, as well as Philippine landscapes and wildlife, agriculture, markets, architecture, events, and military. There are also a number of prints made circa 1900, mostly of military …
Philippines Bureau of Science photographs of Philippine peoples
Photographs relating to Philippine peoples, including Ifugao, Ilongot, Philippine Negrito, Hanunoo (Mangyan), Subanun, Igorot, Tinguian, Samal Moro, and Bagobo. Images depict clothing, body decoration, and scenery, and many are frontal and profile portraits of individuals. The collection also includes some lantern slides of maps of the Philippines, as well as …
Eduardo Masferre photographs of the Luzon Cordillera
Photographs made by Eduardo Masfere documenting the lives and culture of the Igorot (mountain) people, mainly Bontok and Kalinga. There are also a few photographs that relate to the Gaddang, Ifugao, and Kankanai peoples. Many of the photographs are portraits, though others show pipes and tobacco use, basketry and weaving …
Richard E. Ahlborn photographs of Luzon
4 Color slides
5 Prints (silver gelatin)
Photographs made by Richard Ahlborn during a study trip to Luzon's Mountain Province on a Fullbright grant. They document villages, houses, terraces, religious figures, a wake, and Igorot and Ifugao peoples in Banawe (Banaue) and Bontoc.
Dorothy West Pelzer papers
The collection consists of notes and photographs, both black and white negatives with prints and color slides. The notes comprise both reading notes and those made in the field. For many of the buildings, the photographs show facades, structual and decorative details, and, often, interior views. For some structures, the …
Robert Francis Maher papers
bulk 1954-1987
6.38 Linear feet (13 boxes)
Robert Francis Maher (1922-1987) was an anthropologist with the University of Western Michigan whose work focused on Oceania. The collection documents his field research in Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. His field research in Papua New Guinea focused on cultural change in the Purari Delta and the modernist Tommy Kabu Movement (1946-1968). His field research in the Philippines focused on the ethnological and archaelogical history and changes in the Ifugao province. The collection consists of field notes, excavation notes, census data, genealogy charts, grant applications, research files, research proposals, maps, correspondence, manuscripts, sound recordings, and photographs.
