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Gurnee Dyer photographic slide collection of Africa

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 495-498

Scope and Contents

Photographs taken mostly in Africa. Some images of India. Images of animals, landscapes, villages, native tribes and customs. Locations include Ethiopia, Chad, Gambia, Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Niger.

Dates

  • 1963-1970

Creator

Restrictions on Access

Please contact Special Collections; materials are sometimes restricted.

Extent

1903 Photographic Slides : color ; 35 mm

2 Linear Feet (4 boxes )

Language of Materials

English

Condition

condition reviewed 20110826 good

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Walter Gurnee Dyer, August 1980.

Related Archival Materials

AMNH Library Special Collections has photographic slides from Dyer's travels to Ethiopia and India in PSC 192-198.

Related Archival Materials

AMNH Library Special Collections holds a number of films taken by Dyer on these trips, see Film Collection no. 176-Film Collection no. 18.

General Note

May include field photographs.

General Note

Slides have captions.

General Note

PSC 498: collection contains some K numbers.

Creator

Title
Gurnee Dyer photographic slide collection of Africa, 1963-1970
Author
Iris Lee
Date
2011-2012
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation provided support to make this finding aid available in ArchivesSpace (2016-2017). Minimal level collection record created with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Hidden Collections grant, 2010.

Repository Details

Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository

Contact:
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
(212) 769-5420