Edited film discusses the ancient world empire built by Cyrus and Darius, the government by Satraps, the building of great roads and the use of gold coinage. Shown are the ruins of the palaces at Persepolis and sites at Marathon, Hellespont, Thermopylae and Salamis.
Legacy Keywords: Ruins archeological ; Gold
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1994.21.6
Collection Restrictions:
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REMC 2 educational film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
University of Chicago -- archeological expeditions Search this
Extent:
3 Linear feet (5 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
South Dakota -- Fort Randall Reservoir -- archeology
Illinois -- Fulton County -- archeology
Illinois -- Massac County -- Kinkaid Site -- archeology
Colorado -- Lawry Ruin -- archeology
North Dakota -- Heart Butte Reservoir -- archeology
Date:
1909-1962
Scope and Contents:
This collection is comprised of the professional papers of archaeologist Paul Lemen Cooper, who conducted extensive field work in Nebraska, the Dakotas, and the Missouri River Basin. Included are correspondence, field notes, survey forms, published writings, photographs, maps, research materials, and clippings from periodicals, as well as various personal documents. Though the collection spans Cooper's entire life, the majority of the papers focus on his work as archaeologist and field director of the Missouri Basin Project (a division of the River Basin Survey).
A significant portion of the correspondence and River Basin Survey files are duplicates created through reflex copying, a process that creates a negative copy. These materials are consequently difficult to read.
Please note that the collection contains images of human remains.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged into the following series: 1. Correspondence, 1933-1960 (bulk 1950-1953); 2. Research, 1946-1954; 3. Writings, 1950-1958; 4. Personal, 1909-1962 (bulk 1938-1954); 5.Photographs, circa 1950s.
Biographical Note:
Paul Lemen Cooper was born February 11, 1909 in Cuba City, Wisconsin. Shortly after receiving his B. A. in sociology and anthropology from the University of Wisconsin in 1931, Cooper traveled to the Southwest as part of an archaeological expedition from the Field Museum of Natural History. This experience piqued his interest in archaeology, and for the next two decades he would spend at least a portion of each year conducting field work.
During the 1930s Cooper's field research was largely conducted in Illinois, the Tennessee Valley, and Nebraska. He specifically worked as an archaeologist with the Nebraska State Historical Society under the direction of A. T. Hill, with whom he collaborated on several publications. It was also at this time that Cooper developed the site numbering system still used in archaeology today. In addition, Cooper also worked for a time as a graduate assistant in the Anthropology Department at the University of Nebraska.
In 1938, Cooper was designated the Supervisor and State Director of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Archaeological, Paleontological and Museum Project. It was here that he gained the necessary skills to create an adequate laboratory and administration with a limited budget, skills that would become necessary in later field research. After three years with the WPA, Cooper returned to school. He worked as an assistant at Columbia University, while completing coursework towards a Ph.D. At the same time, Cooper also acted as editorial assistant for the Society for American Archaeology.
From 1946 to 1954 Cooper devoted the majority of his time to the Missouri Basin Project of the River Basin Survey (RBS) in Lincoln, Nebraska. A large portion of his research and publications reflect his work in this particular area. From 1950 to 1952, Cooper was the Field Director of the Missouri Basin Project under the Director of the RBS, Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr. Despite some minor problems Cooper faced with personnel, he was able to appraise entire sites on the basis of a limited collection, as well as work proficiently on a small budget.
Cooper spent the last few years of his life in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, working with the firm of Robert G. Cooper and Associates. He passed away on April 14, 1961, at the age of 52.
Sources Consulted: Kivett, Marvin, F. 1962. Paul Lemen Cooper 1909-1961. American Antiquity 27(4): 571-572.
Selected Bibliography
1936 -- Archaeology of Certain Sites in Cedar County, Nebraska. Chapters in Nebraska Archaeology 1(1): 5-145.
1937 -- with A. T. Hill. The Schrader, Champe, and Fremont I Sites. Nebraska History Magazine 17(4): 221-292.
1938 -- with A. T. Hill. The Archaeological Campaign of 1937. Nebraska History Magazine 18(4): 237-359.
1940 -- Report of Explorations. Nebraska History Magazine 20(2): 94-151.
1946 -- The Institute Explores the Norton Site. Cranbrook Institute of Science News Letter 15(6):71-73.
1949 -- Recent Investigations in Fort Randall and Oahe Reservoirs, South Dakota. American Antiquity 14(4): 300-310 An Archaeological Survey of the Fort Randall Reservoir, South Dakota. Proceedings of the Fifth Plains Conference for Archaeology, University of Nebraska Laboratory of Anthropology, Note Book 1.
1955 -- The Archaeological and Paleontological Salvage Program in the Missouri Basin, 1950-1951. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 126(2).
1958 -- Archaeological Investigations in the Heart Butte Reservoir area, North Dakota. River Basin Surveys Papers No. 9, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 169: 1-40.
Chronology
1909 -- Born February 11 in Cuba City, Wisconsin
1931 -- Works in the Southwest as a member of the archaeological expedition from the Field Museum of Natural History Receives B.A. from the University of Wisconsin in Sociology and Anthropology
1933-1935 -- Conducts field research in Illinois
1934 -- Graduate assistant in Anthropology at the University of Nebraska
1936-1938 -- Serves as archaeologist for the Nebraska State Historical Society, where he originates the site numbering system
1938-1941 -- Supervisor and State Director of the WPA Archaeological, Paleontological and Museum Project
1941-1944 -- Acts as an assistant in Anthropology at Columbia University while completing his Ph.D.
1943-1946 -- Editorial Assistant for the Society of American Archaeology
1946-1955 -- Archaeologist with the Missouri Basin Project of the River Basin Survey in Lincoln, Nebraska
1950-1952 -- Acts as Field Director to the Missouri Basin Project
1955-1961 -- Associated with the firm of Robert G. Cooper Associates of Rice Lake, Wisconsin
1961 -- Dies on April 14 at the age of 52
Related Collections:
Other materials relating to Paul Lemen Cooper at the National Anthropological Archives can be found in the William Duncan Strong papers, the Frederick Johnson papers, Manuscript 4846, the Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and the River Basin Surveys Records.
Restrictions:
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Citation:
Paul Lemen Cooper papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
2 Film reels (30 minutes, color silent; 815 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
circa 1937
Scope and Contents:
Footage shot by Guy W. Leadbetter of a trip to Mexico. Footage includes coverage of major Yucatan archaeological sites of Chichen Itza (all major ruins including El Castillo, the Great Ball Court, Cenote Sagrado, Temple of a Thousand Warriors, Temple of the Warriors, and "El Caracol" Observatory Temple; views of site and surrounding landscape from a high vantage point; and close-ups of carvings and architectural features), and Uxmal (all major ruins including Governor's Palace, Nunnery Quadrangle, and Pyramid of the Magician and and close-ups of carvings and architectural features) and Teotihuacan (all major ruins including Temple of the Sun, Temple of the Moon and Temple of Quetzalcoatl) northeast of Mexico City. Footage also incudes Xochimilco's canals with boats.
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Collection Citation:
Guy W. Leadbetter films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Robinson, Jesse S. (Jesse Squibb), 1889- Search this
Extent:
86 Film reels (color silent; black-and-white silent; 36,900 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Travelogues (motion pictures)
Silent films
Place:
North America
United States
Europe
Norway
Japan
East Asia
Guatemala
Mexico
Canada
South Africa
Egypt
Fiji
Philippines
Thailand
Southeast Asia
Africa, North
Date:
circa 1930-1965
Scope and Contents:
Amateur travel film shot by Jesse S. Robinson, professor of economics at Carleton College, of his numerous travels throughout the world. Travels include (1930) Norway (fjords), Sweden (Gota Canal), Russia (Leningrad, Moscow, Kiev); (1931) Florida (Clearwater) to Virginia, eastern U.S., Virginia to Halifax, Nova Scotia; (1932) Texas and Mexico; (1934) Italy, France, England (London), Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Germany (Oberammergau); (1935) National Parks (Black Hills, Yosemite, Glacier National Parks, Banff National Park and Lake Louise, Yellowstone); (1936) Gettysburg, Texas Centennial, Arkansas, Carlsbad Caverns and Taos (New Mexico), Mexico; (1937) Hawaii, Fiji, Japan, China, Singapore, Java, Bali, Australia, New Zealand; (1938) Cuba, Valley Forge, Gaspe (Quebec), Niagara, Kenora (Ontario, Canada); and (1948) British Isles, France, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium. Undated travels include Bermuda, Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands, Saba, St. Kitts, Lesser Antilles, Nevis, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Vincent, Trinidad, Tobago, British Guiana, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Minnesota, Guatemala, Bermuda, Nassau, Jamaica, Okefenokee Swamp (Georgia), Williamsburg (Virginia), Washington, D.C., Acadia National Park (Maine), Rochester (New York), Provincetown (Rhode Island); Rocky Mountains, South Africa (Johannesburg, Durban, Hluhlule, Kruger, Amboseli), Philippines, Thailand, India, Ceylon, Saigon (Vietnam), Taiwan, Okinawa (Japan), Tahiti, Samoa, Kashmir, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Morocco (Casablanca, Marrakesh), Egypt.
Legacy keywords: Tourism ; Ruins archeological ; Landscapes ; Cities and towns ; Architecture Religious
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Local Numbers:
HSFA 1997.12.1
Provenance:
Received from American Film Institute (National Center for Film and Video Preservation) in 1997.
Restrictions:
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Genre/Form:
Travelogues (Motion pictures)
silent films
Citation:
J. S. Robinson travel films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
1 Film reel (5 minutes, black-and-white silent; 84 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
circa 1926
Scope and Contents:
Full film record shot in Pueblo Bonito, New Mexico, depicting the remains of ancient structures in Chaco Canyon. Footage explores the pueblo's architectural remains, including a great number of kivas, from several angles. Shots from above include pans of the full complex, while ground-level shots emphasize the scale of the natural setting. Men and women in European dress explore the site on foot, with automobiles and horses present in background of some shots.
Supplementary materials: annotation
Ruins archeological
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 2014.9.3
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
Thomas Seymour films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
2 Film reels (32 minutes, black-and-white silent; 771 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
circa 1926
Scope and Contents:
Full film record shot in Chinle and Canyon de Chelly, New Mexico, depicting geologic formations and remains of Anasazi structures in the canyon. Footage follows men and women in European dress on horses traveling through bottom of canyon, including shots of cliff paintings, archaeological ruins, and rock formations. Canyon landscape and surrounding cliffs are viewed from many different angles, and the visitors travel through several apparent elevation changes. Subjects fish, stay at ranches, explore ruins, and perform rope and horse-handling tricks for the camera. Also documented is a trading post and nearby town. Footage captures men and women going about daily business in a town square and surrounding neighborhoods, including several shots focusing on individual children playing or working with horses. Adults prepare food, talk, wait in line, race horses. Footage briefly returns to the Chinle and Canyon de Chelly with a new group of visitors.
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Thomas Seymour films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Edited film is a travel-lecture film created by Karl E. Stein and documents travel in Iran presenting how people live, work and play and their homes, schools and industries. Locales visited include Tehran, Persian Gulf (oil refinery and super tankers); Shiraz; Persepolis (palace of Darius the Great); and Isfahan (minaret, Shah's Mosque, bazaars, and miniature painting). Also filmed are carpet making; a Zurkhaneh "house of strength"; a 2,500th anniversary celebration staged by the Shah of Iran; passing through the "green belt" of the Caspian Sea area (villages, school, farms, caviar extraction from sturgeon); Turkoman tribesmen horse racing; the Royal Crown jewels; and Peacock Throne.
Legacy Keywords: Travelogues (Motion pictures) ; Language and culture ; Architecture Religious ; Islamic architecture ; Ruins archeological ; Rugs rug making ; Food industry and trade ; Oil industries ; Horse racing ; Jewelry ; Gems ; Agriculture ; Celebrations; Iranians
Local Number:
HSFA 1994.10.3
Collection Restrictions:
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Karl Stein films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Edited film is a travel-lecture film created by Karl E. Stein and documents travel in India presenting how people live, work and play and their homes, schools and handicrafts. Locales visited include Delhi, Kashmir; the Shalimar Gardens; Dal Lake (houseboats); Agra (Taj Mahal, Itmad-ud-daula's tomb, and Khajuraho Temples); Benares (Varanasi); Jaipur (Palace of the Winds); Udaipur (marble palaces); and Bombay. Also filmed is a wedding and a visit to a Maharajah palace.
Legacy Keywords: Travelogues (Motion pictures) ; Language and culture ; Architecture Indian Mughal ; Architecture religious India ; Ruins archeological ; Architecture, Colonial ; Palaces India ; Lakes India ; Shalimar Garden (Srinagar, India)
Local Number:
HSFA 1994.10.4
Collection Restrictions:
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Karl Stein films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Edited film is a travel-lecture film created by Karl E. Stein and documents travel in Thailand presenting how people live, work and play and their homes, schools and industries. Locales visited include Bangkok (traffic jams, King changing the robe on the Emerald Buddha in the Royal Chapel, and Klongs--floating markets on the canal); Ayutthaya (former court site for the Kings of Siam); Kanchanaburi; Chiang Mai (silk making); Phangna Bay; Phuket (rubber plantations); and Pattaya. Also filmed are temples (wats); Buddhist wedding; Chinese funeral; monastery; girls' dances; Thai boxers; and training young elephant for work in teak forests.
Legacy Keywords: Travelogues (Motion pictures) ; Language and culture ; Buddhism ; Buddhist shrines ; Architecture Religious ; Silk industry ; Ruins archeological ; Marriage customs and rites g ; Funeral rites and ceremonies ; Elephants domestication ; Dancing celebrations Thailand ; Sports boxing Thailand ; Rubber plantations; Thais
Local Number:
HSFA 1994.10.6
Collection Restrictions:
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Karl Stein films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Edited film is a travel-lecture film created by Karl E. Stein and documents travel in Korea presenting how people live, work and play and their homes, schools and industries. Locales visited include Seoul (palaces, wedding, markets, making lacquer furniture, fur coat manufacturing, and Olympic Games sports complex); Folk Village; Mt. Soraksan; Kyongu (former capital of the Silla Kingdom); Pomun Lake Resort; Pusan (auctioning of fish and United Nations' Cemetery; and Cheju Island.
Legacy Keywords: Travelogues (Motion pictures) ; Language and culture ; Palaces ; Marriage customs and rites g ; Marketplaces ; Fur trade ; Furniture making ; Stadiums ; Ruins archeological ; Resorts
Local Number:
HSFA 1994.10.7
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Collection Citation:
Karl Stein films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Film reels (35 minutes, black-and-white silent; 1,200 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Travelogs
Silent films
Place:
Africa, East
Africa, Southern
Cape Town (South Africa)
Durban (South Africa)
Date:
1929
Scope and Contents:
Footage from the Frederick Russell Burnham family trip to southern and eastern Africa in 1929.
Footage shot of travels in South Africa, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, Zambia and eastern Africa. The trip attempts to retraces Frederick Russel Burnham's earlier trip to Africa in 1893 as a scout for British mining interests. Shots of urban Cape Town, Durban, and Bulawayo and various scenic-historic locations including sites such as the burial place of Cecil Rhodes, the ruins of Great Zimbabwe and Victoria Falls. Ethnographic footage includes scenes of "rickshaw" drivers in native costumes and headdresses, Zulu (or Matebele?) miners performing a communal dance and mule and oxen trains from the South African mines; Masai (?) tribesmen in native dance. Shots of Safari camp and abundant wildlife.
Legacy keywords: Houses colonial ; Mining mule trains ox trains ; Transportation "rickshaws" ; Dress traditional dress headdress ; Markets urban ; Dancing tribesmen ; Miners emigrant tribesmen ; Monuments Cecil Rhodes ; Boats as transportation ; Herding goats ; Ruins archeological ; Language and culture ; Africa ; South Africa ; Cape Town (South Africa) ; Durban (South Africa) ; Zimbabwe ; Zimbabwe ; Kenya ; Victoria Falls ; Tangyanyika ; Zulu (African people) ; Masai (African people) ; Metabele (NDabele)
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Local Numbers:
HSFA 1985.4.1
Provenance:
Received from Frederick R. Burnham II in 1985.
Restrictions:
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Hubbard, Bernard R. (Bernard Rosecrans), 1888-1962 Search this
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (black-and-white sound; 332 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
circa 1935
Scope and Contents:
Edited film is a theatrical travelogue produced for the "Magic Carpet of Movietone." Film depicts scenes in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. The fim shows Leptis Magna, ancient Roman ruins, and demonstrates the water and irrigation system. Also shown are a classroom of boys taught by a Muslim teacher using the Koran; a synagogue with Jews praying and women and girls learning sewing and needlework.
Legacy Keywords: Cities and towns ; Ruins archeological ; Irrigation ; Students ; Synagogues ; Women ; Sewing
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1993.1.68
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Collection Citation:
Father Bernard Hubbard collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Hubbard, Bernard R. (Bernard Rosecrans), 1888-1962 Search this
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (black-and-white sound; 356 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
circa 1935
Scope and Contents:
Edited film is a theatrical travelogue produced for the "Magic Carpet of Movietone." Film
Legacy Keywords: Ruins archeological
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1993.1.99
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Collection Citation:
Father Bernard Hubbard collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
1 Film reel (black-and-white silent; 262 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
circa 1920-1930
Scope and Contents:
Edited film is a travelogue of Egypt including arriving in port, scenes of Cairo, travel on the Nile and the Sphinx and pyramids of Giza. Film was distributed by the Institution Cinema Services, Inc. and was probably originally shot in 35mm and reduction printed to 16mm for educational distribution.
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Tooth Evulsion and Mt. Liebig, Central Australia are restricted due to culturally sensitive content.
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Collection Citation:
University of Oregon films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
