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Anthropological photographs of Kurdistan and Bedouin families

 Collection
Identifier: PPC .N433

Scope and Contents

Black and white and color photographs mostly of women and children outdoors in thier local environment. Appears that most of the photographs were taken on site in the 1970s(?) by Sylvia A. Matheson. Three mounted vintage prints dated 1866, 1892 and 1893 with captions in English and Russian.

Dates

  • 1866-1970s?

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Please contact Special Collections; materials are sometimes restricted.

Extent

1 box (15 photographic prints and 1 film transparency)

General

Includes captions.

Condition Note

Condition reviewed 2010 good; Prints are sleeved.

Title
Anthropological photographs of Kurdistan and Bedouin families, 1866-1970s?
Author
Iris Lee, 2010
Date
2010
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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
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New York NY 10024 USA
(212) 769-5420