Robert Brainerd Ekvall and Betty Ekvall photographs of Tibet, China, and Vietnam
Photographs made by Robert Brainerd Ekvall and Betty Ekvall while missionaries on the China-Tibet border. The photographs document Tibetan, Chinese, and Vietnamese people, ceremonies, dances and musicians, shrines, traders, boats, towns, agriculture, and scenery. The collection also includes images of the Ekvalls and other missionaries and a map of Gansu …
Photograph of Tsangpo Valley
This collection consists of one carbon print by John Claude White, depicting a panoramic view of the Tsangpo River (Yarlung Zangbo) Valley, Tibet, circa 1904.
John Claude White Photograph of Kangmar Valley
This collection consists of two items: 1. Carbon print by John Claude White, depicting a panoramic view of a mountain valley and village in Kangmar, Tibet, circa 1904.
Joseph Francis Rock Collection
This collection consists chiefly of photographs of landscapes and plants taken by Rock on collecting trips to China and Tibet, 1922-1929. The Rock Specimen Catalog, located in the Botany Library of the National Museum of Natural History, includes a list of plants collected, 1921-1924, and identification of plants taken, 1928-1929. Also in the …
Imperial Russian Geographical Society photographs of Central Tibet
Photographs documenting Tibetan monasteries, Potala Palace, Tibetan women, cities, and scenery in Central Tibet, including the region's capital, Lhasa. Prints are in a boxed set issued by the Imperial Russian Geographical Society (Russkoe geograficheskoe obshchestvo).
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 …
William F. Baggerman photographs of world travels
31 Negatives (acetate, 35 mm)
22 Prints (silver gelatin)
5 Color prints
3 Postcards (color halftone)
1 Drawing
Photographs made during William F. Baggerman's travels, including trips on the Pan-American Highway, the Tara River in Yugoslavia, and a Transsaharan "expedition" in the Amazon River Region, and in the Balkans, Tibet, Iran, Afghanistan, and Bakistan. They document people and their natural and built environments, as well as markets, ceremonies …
Emma A. Koch photograph collection relating to India, South Asia, and Australia
Photographs collected by Emma A. Koch documenting the people and natural and built environments in India, South Asia, and Australia. The collection largely consists of images of East Indian peoples, structures, scenery, and activities, including tea making and entertainment; areas of India most commonly depicted are Assam, Bengal, and the …
Mary Slusser Collection
Mary Slusser (1918-2017) was a prominent scholar of Nepalese art, architecture, and cultural history. This collection contains personal files, professional correspondence, research files, travel documents, and photographs. The research files relate to her study of specific subjects and contain mixed media. Photographic materials include prints, slides, negatives, contact sheets, and digital …
Office of Tibet film of the Dalai Lama
Murphy, Owen
Office of Tibet (New York, N.Y.)
Outtakes from the film, The Religious Investiture of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet. Footage which seemingly is part of the film materials used for The Religious Investiture of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet but organized into an edited film of sorts and entitled The Religious Examination …