Beals, Jessie Tarbox
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Franz Boas photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: PPC .B63
Scope and Content Note
The Franz Boas Photo Collection consists mainly of photographs of Northwest Coast Natives from the Jesup North Pacific Expedition: 1897-1902, sponsored by AMNH, and the Boas Expedition to Northwest Territories in 1894. There was no original order within this collection and most of the collection is stamped with the marking, “From the Boas Collection 43.” Many other sources besides Boas contributed to this collection, including the British Columbia Provincial Museum, the Field Museum of...
Dates:
1868-1943; Majority of material found within 1894-1902
New York City Department of Health, Sanitation and Child Care photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .C58
Scope and Contents
Photographs depicting sanitation processes in New York City and courses which instructed mothers on how to care for their infants.
Dates:
circa 1900s
Photographs of African people and culture
Collection
Identifier: PPC .A381
Scope and Content Note
The majority of this collection consists of photographs and photographic postcards of African people, locations and objects. Many of the photographs are portraits and various cultures are represented. Most of the images are captioned and several items are accompanied by brief notes.The earliest dated item is among a group of photographs collected by Franz Uri Boas for research (Folder 1). These include various objects of ritual and daily use, pygmies at the 1904 St. Louis...
Dates:
circa 1904-1950
American Museum of Natural History
Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192