Upham, E. P. (Edwin Porter), 1845-1918 Search this
Extent:
14 Prints (collotype)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Photographs
Plates (illustrations)
Place:
Mexico -- Antiquities
Central America
Peru -- Antiquities
Date:
circa 1900-1910
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs depicting archeological artifacts, particularly reliefs and sculptures in stone, from Mexico, Peru, and Central America.
Biographical/Historical note:
Edwin Porter Upham (1845-1918) was a museum assistant who worked with the Smithsonian Institution's archeology collections for forty years. Born in Massachusetts, he received a public education there before joining the army during the American Civil War. In 1878, he was hired as an assistant to Dr. Charles Rau, an archeologist at the Smithsonian. After Rau's death, Upham worked with Dr. Thomas Wilson, with whom he cowrote a book entitled Prehistoric Art; Or, The Origin of Art as Manifested in the Works of Prehistoric Man (1898). In 1906, Upham was appointed aid in the division of prehistoric archeology, a position he held until his death.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 73-43C, USNM ACC 51818
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional photographs donated by Edwin P. Upham in accession 51818 are held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 97.
Photographs of Upham are held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 33, Photo Lot 39, and the BAE historical negatives.
Notes relating to Upham's work are held in National Anthropological Archives MS 7574 and in the records of the Department of Anthropology.
Additional artifacts and specimens donated by Upham are held in the anthropology collections of the National Museum of Natural History.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Plates (illustrations)
Citation:
Photo Lot 73-43C, Edwin P. Upham photograph collection of Latin American antiquities, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
