MS 7294 Hester Merwin Carib Indian drawings
Creators:
Ayers, Hester Merwin, 1902-1975
Dates:
circa 1940
Size:
10 Items (color drawings , 13 x 18 inches to 18 x 21 inches.)
Collection ID:
NAA.MS7294
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
This collection contains 10 color portrait drawings, undertaken circa 1940 by artist Hester Merwin Ayers, depicting Carib Indians in Salybia, Dominica. Subjects include men and women.
Morden-Smithsonian expedition to Dominica films
Dates:
1969
Size:
50 Film reels (color silent; 2500 feet, S8mm)
Collection ID:
HSFA.2007.05
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
Footage documenting the Morden-Smithsonian Expedition to Dominica to collect plant specimens. Mrs. William J. Morden hired a photographer (name unknown) to document the collecting activities on the then most pristine and least disturbed of all the Antilles. Content includes aerial views, market scenes, collecting Viola Stipularis and Anthurium on summit …
