Uganda Photographic Album
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Robins, D.C. Major
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between 1920-1935
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43 gelatin silver prints (1 album, black & white, 12 x 16.5 cm. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1999-003
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Album is comprised of photographs taken in and around Patiko, a settlement of the Acholi peoples (also known as Gan) in Uganda, and among the Teso peoples of Uganda. The images depict architectural features, general appearance of both Acholi and Teso, and in some instances activities and rituals. Photographer unknown.
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Southall, Aidan, 1920-2009
Clinard, Marshall B., 1911-2010
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1950s-1960s
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18.8 Linear feet ((45 document boxes))
13 sound recordings
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2013-25
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National Anthropological Archives
Aidan Southall (1920-2009) was a social anthropologist whose research focused on rural and urban settings in East Africa. Marshall Barron Clinard (1911-2010) was a sociological criminologist who conducted research in a number of countries, including Sweden, India, Switzerland, and Uganda. This collection, consisting mostly of questionnaires, represents Southall and Clinard's research on nutrition and crime in Kampala, Uganda.
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1897-1903
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22 Photographic prints ((dupe prints), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
170 negatives (photographic) ((dupe negs), black & white, 4 x 5 in.)
170 Photographic prints (black & white, 11 x 15 cm. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1998-002
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection is comprised of a photographic album, dating from 1897-1903, that includes images of Momabassa, and Frere Town in Kenya and the Ankole, Toro and Mengo regions of Uganda and some locations in between. African peoples depicted include the Waniki and Banma. Subjects include the French Roman Catholic mission station at Budu, Mengo Chu...
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- Dates:
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circa 1900
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91 photographic prints ((1 box), black & white, 11 x 15 cm. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2000-005
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs from the Kingdoms of the Interlacustrine area in East Africa. Portraits are of King Daudi, Four Kings and their Prime Ministers, Sir Apolo Kagwa, Chief Bongo and a Busoga Chief. Images also show relics in a Tutsi tomb.
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Edel, May M. (May Mandelbaum), 1909-1964
Edel, Abraham, 1908-2007
- Dates:
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1928-1996
bulk 1928-1964
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4.58 Linear feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2005-27
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National Anthropological Archives
May Mandelbaum Edel (1909-1964) taught anthropology at Brooklyn College and the New School for Social Research, and founded the Anthropology Department at Rutgers University in 1960. She conducted fieldwork in Washington; Oregon; Uganda; and Brownsville, New York. The collection consists of field notes, lecture notes, language notes, manuscripts, books, correspondence, teaching materials, conference files, and personal papers. Included are lecture notes taken from courses with Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict, and extensive field notes for her work with the Okanagan Indians in Washington, the Bachiga (Bakiga) in Uganda, and Jewish families in Brownsville, New York.
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National Museum of Natural History. Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey
- Dates:
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1966-1973
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6.5 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-361
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey (PMS) was a survey of migratory birds, their ectoparasites, and the viruses they carry that was conducted mainly in the eastern Mediterranean region. This accession includes specimen and banding information from surveys conducted in Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, and Uganda. Materials include field notes and a...
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Friendly, Alfred, Captain
- Dates:
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1958
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59 color negatives
19 Negatives (acetate, 35 mm)
293 color negatives (acetate, 35 mm)
12 Prints (silver gelatin)
52 color prints
20 color slides
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.99-39
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs by Captain Alfred Friendly depicting rock paintings, people, cities, Kariba Dam, and scenery in Africa. Friendly made the photographs in Nairobi National Park, Nyeri, Kenya; Uganda; Lake Albert; Lake Kivu; Lake McIlwaine (now Lake Chivero); Nswatugi Cave and Silozwane Cave in Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe; Cape Town and Johannesburg, ...
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Buechner, Helmut K. (Helmut Karl)
- Dates:
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1939-1975
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32.72 cu. ft. (31 record storage boxes) (4 12x17 boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7279
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
For the most part, these papers document Buechner's primary research interest, the ecology of terrestrial vertebrates, with emphasis on relationships to vegetation and social behavior. Included are Buechner's research on the pronghorn antelope, which contains field notes, journals, photographs, and reports to the Texas Cooperative Wildlife ...
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Congopresse
- Dates:
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1930-1960
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392 Photographic prints ((4 albums), black & white, 18 x 24 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1993-016
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Congopresse photographers in the Belgian Congo. Accompanying the images are French and Flemish language captions which include specific information on locations and photographers, though often without dates.
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O'Shaughnessy, Kevin J.
- Dates:
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circa 1960-1979
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369 postage stamps
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2007-005
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection contains 369 African postage stamps from the post-independence period (circa 1960s-1970s). The stamps depict African leaders, traditional African art and artists, cultural performances, flora and fauna, and prominent visitors to the continent, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Pope Paul VI. A majority of the stamps come from Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire. Other countries represented include Gabon, Mali, Cameroon, Tunisia, Zambia, Morocco, Dahomey (now Benin), Libya, Gambia, Somalia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zaire (formerly the Belgian Congo and now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Upper Volta (now Burkina-Faso), Mauritius, South Africa, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Uganda, Egypt, Sudan and the Comoros.