Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Culture:

Bassa (Liberian and Sierra Leone people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Liberia

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

Man in kakhi is Dr. George W. Harley who founded and supervised the Methodist Episcopal Church hospital which is part of a larger mission facility that includes primary and secondary schools, vocational training programs, a demonstration farm and a leprosy and tuberculosis rehabilitation unit. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.

Local Numbers:

P 2 LIB 11.2 EE 59

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

57938 1 58

Frame value is 6.

Slide No. P 2 LIB 11.2 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Medicine  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 12838

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection

Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Liberia / Dr. G.W. Harley doing research on leprosy for the Liberian Institute of Tropical Medicine, Ganta Mission, Liberia

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo757efe763-46ff-4c37-8d30-c72b10cb56a5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref3714