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 Organization

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Alousie Boker photographic slide collection of African animals and birds, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 170
Abstract

Photographs of East Africa including game parks in Kenya and Tanzania. Amboseli, Murchison River, Ngorongoro. Birds and safari animals, hippopotamus, lion, elephant, eland, warthog, gerenuk and flamingo among others. Some slides taken in Nairobi.

Dates: undated

Dr. Block African sculpture photographic slides, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 132
Abstract

Studio slides of African sculptures and figures. Objects from Liberia, French Sudan, Ivory and Gold Coast, Gabun, British Nigeria and Belgian Congo.

Dates: undated

Elizabeth Morton photographic slide collection of Africa, circa 1951-1953.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 368
Abstract

Photographs taken in Africa: Ethiopia, Egypt, Kenya, Cape Point, Victoria Falls, Pondo, Masai, Mombasa, and Livingston Reserve. Includes images of safari animals, landscapes, and monuments as well as scenes with a native healer.

Dates: circa 1951-1953

James Chapin photographic slide collection

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 321
Scope and Contents

Photographs from the Chapin Collection taken mostly in Africa, including Senegal, Belgian Congo, Rwanda, and a few photographs from the United States, including Carl Akeley's grave. Images of birds, birds' nests, flowering trees, indigenous people, colleagues, and family.

Dates: 1953-1958

Jean B. Thorpe photographic slide collection, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 518
Abstract

Travel photographs taken mostly of animals in Africa including lions, hyena, African buffalo, elephants, leopards, cheetahs, a hippopotamus, crocodiles, zebras, and a black rhinoceros. Also includes a few images of women spinning silk in Cyprus and one slide taken in Kashgai, Pakistan, of a donkey with two riders and their possessions.

Dates: undated

Macomber photographic slide collection, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 346
Abstract

Photographs taken in East Africa, Kenya and Tanganyika. Images of animals and hunting. Includes koodoo, gerenuk, ostrich, rhinoceros, guinea fowl, zebras, and ant hill.

Dates: undated

R. E. Colville photographic slide collection of spiders, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 183
Abstract

Photographs of spiders from California, Costa Rica, and South Africa. Species names identified on each slide.

Dates: undated

Richard Van Gelder photographic slide collection of Africa, 1960-1981.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 551-553
Abstract

Photographs taken in Africa of animals in nature, mostly mammals. Includes lions, cheetahs, elephants, hippopotamuses, wildebeests, baboons, giraffes, zebras, impala, hyenas, buffalo, elephant shrews, and jackals among others. Some photographs of colleagues, native people, and city buildings. Areas include Botswana, Serengeti, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia. 551. Photographs taken 1960-1975. 552. Photographs taken 1976-1979. 553. Photographs taken 1981 and undated.

Dates: 1960-1981

Robert H. Minton photographic slide collection, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 356
Abstract

Photographs of safari animals in East Africa. Includes zebra, giraffe, rhinoceros, lion, leopard, cheetah, baboon, and crocodile.

Dates: undated

Thomas Larson photographic slide collection, 1951.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 334
Abstract

Field photographs of South African tribes. Beuchanaland, near Okavango River; Namaqualand, Liliefontein Reserve; N'gamiland, Shakawe.

Dates: 1951