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Carl Ethan Akeley photographs, circa 1920s
Collection
Identifier: PPC .A4251
Scope and Contents
Two portraits of Akeley and two photographs of flamingos in Africa.
Dates:
circa 1920s
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
Carl Ethan Akeley portrait
Collection
Identifier: PPC .A4252
Scope and Contents
Wrapped package containing portrait of Carl Akeley.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
Mary Jobe Akeley photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .A426
Scope and Contents
Field photographs taken by Mary Jobe and Carl Akeley which include the Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy and other African expeditions, portraitures, and American Museum of Natural History lab views of Carl Akeley's taxidermy.
Dates:
1896-1930s
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
Stereographs of African landscapes, people and culture
Collection
Identifier: PPC .A382
Scope and Content note
This is an unidentified collection of stereographs, the majority of them undated, of African landscape, villages, towns and people. The countries represented are Kenya, Egypt, Tanzania, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda. Among the African peoples mentioned are the Buganda, Wanderobo, Kikuya, Taita, Masai, Lumbwa and Nandi.Most of the cards are labeled on the verso in the same hand. They are unsigned but identified by the initials V.S.K. A number of the cards describe interactions...
Dates:
1905-1911
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
Vernon Shaw Kennedy collection of stereographs, photographs, and papers
Collection
Identifier: PPC .K4
Scope and Contents
Collection consists mostly of stereographs taken on an expedition to British East Africa, 1905-1907. One stereograph is of Carl Akeley. Also includes 3 photographs of animals possibly taken at London Zoo. Other materials include two field notebooks, typescript and handwritten documents on the Aurora Borealis, clipping regarding the death of Captain Johansen and a book review to AMNH, Specal Collections.
Dates:
1900-1930; Majority of material found within 1905-1907
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections