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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
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
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
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
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- Art, African 1
- Benin 1
- Birds -- Africa 1
- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Côte d'Ivoire 1
- Dakar (Senegal) 1
- Guinea 1
- Kenya 1
- Kikuyu (African people) 1
- Kuba (African people) 1
- Niger 1
- Photographic Print Collection 1
- Photographic Slide Collection 1
- Pygmies 1
- Rwanda 1
- San (African people) 1
- Sao Vicente -- Barlavento -- Cape Verde 1
- Sculpture, African 1
- Senegal 1
- South Africa 1
- Zululand (South Africa) 1 ∧ less
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- American Museum of Natural History 1
- Beals, Jessie Tarbox 1
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 1
- Correia, José G., 1881-1954 1
- Foster, Robert 1
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American Museum of Natural History
Research Library
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New York, NY 10024-5192