Eliot Elisofon Field collection
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- Creators:
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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circa 1935-1978
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14000 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm)
30000 Slides (photographs) (color)
80,000 Photographic prints (b&w, 25 x 20 cm. or smaller.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection is comprised of photographic and manuscript materials, primarily created by Eliot Elisofon to document his travels and work. The images portray many aspects of African life and culture including agriculture, wildlife, archaeology, architecture, art and artisans, children, cityscapes and landscapes, leaders, markets, medicine, recreation, ritual and celebration, and transportation. The manuscript materials include correspondence, essays, clippings, puobligations, notes, research, and itineraries.
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Chaveas, Lucille
- Dates:
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2003
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17 Items (photographic prints , color.)
23 Negatives (35mm)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2013-006
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection consists of 17 color photographic prints and (23) 35mm negatives which were taken in Sierra Leone in 2003, which focus on textile manufacture, specifically needlepointed carpet slippers worn by the Krio women of Freetown.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1893-1965
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0.25 Cubic feet (consisting of .5 box, 1 oversize folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.02.Africa
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Africa, Continent Of forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.2: Geographical Categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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International Theriological Congress
- Dates:
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1974-2005
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0.43 cu. ft. (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-232
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Materials include press dispatches, clippings, photographs, personal documentation, a scrapbook, a copy of "H. O. No. 138 - Sailing Directions for Antarctica - 1943" with a special supplement dated 1947; and philatelic samples.
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Sabbagh, Michael E.
- Dates:
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circa 1978
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1 Print (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.89-42
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Image of a Masai man, made at Ngorongoro Crater in the Great Rift Valley in Tanzania.
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Pringle, Robert, 1936-
- Dates:
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circa 1980-1989
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2,136 slides (photographs) (color , 35mm.)
829 negatives (photographic) (color , 35mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2006-006
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection contains 2136 color 35mm slides and 829 color 35mm negatives taken by Robert Pringle, former Ambassador to Mali, between 1980-1989. The images were taken in Mali, Burkina Faso and Kenya, and depict masquerades, vernacular architecture (including Dogon doors and granaries), mosques, marketplace scenes, pottery, masks (including plank and leaf masks), weaving, art in situ, animals and landscapes. Culture groups represented in the collection include the Tuareg, Lobi, Maasai, Mossi, Dogon, Fula and Bobo (Bwa) peoples. Ambassador Pringle traveled with photographer Christopher Roy and some of Pringle's images depict Roy at work with his own camera.
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Saunders, George Bradford, 1907-
- Dates:
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1939-1993
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-074
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and research data created and maintained by George B. Saunders.
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Abbott, Frank
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circa 1897-1899
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13 Prints (albumen and possibly silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.80-29
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs that largely depict Zulu people, including Dinzulu kaCetshwayo, and a Hottentot woman. Represented photographers include Francis E. Pollard, J.E. Middlebrook, and possibly J. Barnett & Company.
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Green, Edward C. (Edward Crocker), 1944-
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circa 1970-2016
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8.12 Linear feet (20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2016-31
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The papers of Edward C. Green, circa 1970-2016, document his work as an applied medical anthropologist and research consultant focusing principally on the distribution and prevention of AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases in Africa and South America. Much of Green's research and policy focus lay in understanding indigenous health belief systems and instituting locally-designed approaches to major health concerns. The collection consists of correspondence, field diaries and typed research, sound recordings, photographs, and published reports and articles, including material from his dissertation research among the Matawai Maroons of Suriname.
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Dates:
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bulk 1965-1983
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9.46 Cubic feet ((8 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2012.0014
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 8 cubic feet of documentation on the Baker-Nunn camera, including the following types of material: drawings, photographs, manuals and reports, and memorandums and correspondence