Three Roads to Urga [typescript]
79 Items (silver prints, black and white)
A detailed account of uncertain authorship recalling travel to and from Urga (presently known as Ulaanbataar, Mongolia) in Outer Mongolia. The author is perhaps Georg Soderbom; a member of Sven Hedin's expedition who often worked under Frans Larson Soderbom is pictured in many of the collection's silver plates. The account …
Edward Francis Witz photographs of Mongolian yurts and clothing
Photographs relating to Edward Francis Witz's time as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bayankhongor, Mongolia. Witz's photographs depict his host family, the yurt in which he lived, and Witz wearing a del (a traditional Mongolian garment) made by his host mother.
Frederick K. Morris photographs of East Asia
1,000 Items (circa)
Photographs compiled by Frederick K. Morris documenting his travels in China, 1920-1923; Mongolia, 1922-1923; and Japan and Korea, 1923 and 1925. The photographs were made or collected by Frederick and Florence Morris in Shanghai, Yokohama (after an eathquake), Tianjin, Beijing, Zhangjiakou, Kyoto, Nara, Nikko, Seul, and Kaijo, as well as various villages. They depict …
Miscellaneous Photographs, Negatives, Maps, and Drawings
This accession consists of miscellaneous photographs, negatives, maps and drawings. The records represent a broad range of subjects and topics such as early 20th century photographs of China taken by Dr. Bailey Willis; a photograph of a portrait painting of Richard Delafield, Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, 1865-1871; exterior photographs of the …
Henry van Lieshout films
Collection consists of three films. 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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The …
Arthur de Carle Sowerby Papers
These papers document the multi-faceted career of Arthur deC. Sowerby, especially his work as a naturalist and expedition member. They include correspondence, including a large amount with Robert Sterling Clark; fiscal records; material relating to his genealogical research and "The Sowerby Saga;" manuscripts, newspaper articles, and research notes, written by …
Janet Longcope photographs of world travels
4,000 Color slides (circa)
Photographs made by Janet Longcope during trips to countries around the world. They depict landscapes, buildings, markets, dances, agriculture, arts and crafts, ceremonies, children, cooking, musicians, and transportation. Locations depicted include Afghanistan, Australia, Bhutan, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Easter Island, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Greece, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Hong Kong …
Harold Casselton and Ted Larson films
Larson, Ted M., 1940-2000
Collection consists of 15 35mm nitrate and acetate films collected by Harold "Rusty" Casselton and Ted Larson and transferred from AFI. Titles include: Bayou Songsters, Beautiful Bermuda, Bird Islands of Peru, A Bit of Life in Java, Brazil's Gift, [Crayfish], Familiar Food from Foreign Folk, Kineto Review #57, Kineto Review, The Masai, The …
Special Exhibition Records
This accession consists of records documenting special exhibitions and traveling exhibitions produced or hosted at the National Museum of Natural History. Exhibitions documented in this accession include "Baseball as America;" "America's Wildest Places: Our National Wildlife Refuge System;" "A Place Called Home;" "Dinotopia;" "Emissaries of Peace: The 1762 Cherokee and British …
Ales Hrdlicka photograph collection relating to the Panama-California Exposition
The bulk of the collection consists of photographs commissioned by Ales Hrdlicka for the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego, collected 1912-1914. They include front and profile portraits of Mongols in Urga, Mongolia, as well as Apache, Teton, Hopi, Navajo, Omaha, Osage, and Pueblo people. There are some full-length portraits of Apaches …
