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Gordon Davis Gibson papers

Creator:
Gibson, Gordon D. (Gordon Davis), 1915-2007  Search this
Names:
Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this
Lewis, Kepler-Morden African Expedition  Search this
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Smithsonian Institution. Museum of Man  Search this
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Expedition to Madagascar -- 1962  Search this
Estermann, Carlos  Search this
Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002  Search this
Marshall, Lawrence Kennedy, 1898-1980  Search this
Mohun, Richard Dorsey  Search this
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858  Search this
Reining, Priscilla  Search this
Taunt, Emory H.  Search this
Tisdel, Willard P.  Search this
Verner, Samuel Phillips, 1873-1943  Search this
Ward, Herbert, 1863-1919  Search this
Correspondent:
Adams, Robert McCormick (Americanist)  Search this
Bohannan, Paul James  Search this
Cavendish, Marian W.  Search this
Dibble, Charles  Search this
Doyle, David W.  Search this
Fenkykovi, J.J.  Search this
Gill, Lunda Hoyle  Search this
Hartley, G.W.  Search this
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978  Search this
O'Bryan, Deric  Search this
Robbins, Warren M.  Search this
Stanley, Jo Ann T.  Search this
Stone, Janet  Search this
Summers, Roger  Search this
Tax, Sol, 1907-1995  Search this
Thieme, Darius and Mimi  Search this
Trousdale, William  Search this
Turnbull, Colin  Search this
Wagley, Charles, 1913-1991  Search this
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Photographer:
Duggan-Cronin, A. M. (Alfred Martin), 1874-  Search this
Friedmann, Herbert, 1900-1987  Search this
Lewis, Ralph Kepler  Search this
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Extent:
95 Linear feet (154 document boxes, 1 manuscript folder, 63 card file boxes, 1 oversize box, plus 64 microfilm reels, 137 sound recordings, 3 map folders, and 3 sets of rolled maps )
Culture:
Kuba  Search this
Bayei (African people)  Search this
Bushmen  Search this
Kuvale (African people)  Search this
Mbundu (African people)  Search this
Mbandieru (African people)  Search this
Keyu  Search this
Kongo (African people)  Search this
Herero (African people)  Search this
Himba (African people)  Search this
Hakawona  Search this
Diriku (African people)  Search this
Turkana  Search this
Tchavikwa  Search this
Suk (African people)  Search this
Suk  Search this
Ovambo (African people)  Search this
Nzima (African people)  Search this
Nyaneka (African people)  Search this
Ndongona (African people)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
Namibia
Botswana
Angola
Date:
1936-2007
Summary:
This collection is comprised of the professional papers of Gordon D. Gibson. The collection contains his correspondence, field notes, research files, museum records, writings, photographs, sound recordings, and maps.The bulk of the collection consists of Gibson's southwestern Africa research. This includes his field notes, film scripts, photographs, sound recordings, and grant proposals he wrote in support of his fieldwork in Botswana, Namibia, and Angola. In addition, the collection contains his research notes, maps, drafts, publications, and papers presented at conferences. While most of his research focused on the Herero and Himba, the collection also contains his research on the Ovambo and Okavango and other southwestern African groups. In the collection is a great deal of photocopies and microfilms of literature on southwestern African ethnic groups, many of which are in Portuguese and German and which he had translated for his files. He was also interested in African material culture, especially Central African headgear. His research on African caps is well-represented in the collection, and includes photos of caps at various museums, source materials, research notes, and textile samples of knots and loop work. Gibson's files as the curator of African ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History also make up a significant portion of the collection. Among these records are his files for the museum's Hall of African Cultures and other African exhibits; his files on the museum's African collections, early donors and collectors of the collections; his personnel files; documents relating to his committee work; department and museum memos; meeting minutes; and his records as head of the Old World Division and acting chair of the department. The collection also documents the efforts to establish the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Film Center, now the Human Studies Film Archives, as well as his work on the planning committee to establish the Museum of Man at the Smithsonian. Memos and minutes relating to the Smithsonian's Center for the Study of Man are also present in the collection. In addition to Gibson's field photos, the collection also contains African photos taken by others. Among these are Herbert Friedmann's photos of Kenya; Hausmann's Libya photos; photos by Ralph Kepler Lewis during the Morden Africa Expedition in Kenya; and photos by Lawrence Marshall, Volkmar Wentzel, Alfred Martin Duggan Cronin, and Father Carlos Estermann. There are also photos of the exhibit cases from the Hall of African Cultures; photos of Smithsonian and non-Smithsonian African artifacts; and copies of photographs he obtained from different archives, including the National Anthropological Archives. Other materials in the collection include his files as film reviews editor for the American Anthropologist during the 1960s and 70s and his activities in different organizations.
Arrangement:
Arranged into 19 series: (1) Correspondence, 1938-1998; (2) Southwestern Africa Research, 1951-2004; (3) Caps Research; (4) Nineteenth Century Collectors; (5) General Research Files; (6) Exhibits, 1959-2007; (7) Curatorial Files, 1936-1984; (8) National Anthropological Film Center, 1965-1983; (9) Museum of Man, 1952-1981 [bulk 1968-1981]; (10) Center for the Study of Man (1967-1979); (11) Writings, 1947-1981; (12) Organizations; (13) Daily Log, 1958-1983; (14) Personal Files ; (15) Card Files; (16) Photographs, circa 1904-1983 [bulk 1953-1983]; (17) Microfilm; (18) Maps; (19) Sound Recordings
Biographical Note:
Gordon D. Gibson (1915-2007) was trained at the University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1952) and joined the staff of the Smithsonian's Department of Anthropology in 1958 as its curator of African ethnology. He served in that capacity until 1983. During the 1960s, he undertook a major renovation of the National Museum of Natural History's African exhibits, which had been on display since the 1920s. He developed the Hall of African Cultures, which opened in 1969 and remained on view until 1992. He was also instrumental in establishing the National Anthropological Film Center, now the Human Studies Film Archives. During his tenure, he also served as the first chairman of the Senate of Scientists of the National Museum of Natural History (1963-1964), chairman of the museum's photographic facilities committee (1968), member of the Center for the Study of Man, and member and chairman of the Department of Anthropology collections committee and its photographs records committee (1970s-1980s). He also had special interests in the department's library and processing lab. In 1980, he was chairman of a committee which studied the feasibility of establishing a Smithsonian Institution Museum of Man. Gibson held several offices and committee memberships with the Anthropological Society of Washington during the during the 1960s and 1970s and served as film review editor of the American Anthropologist. Gibson conducted fieldwork among the Herero and Himba in Botswana (1953, 1960-61), Namibia (1960-61, 1971-73), and Angola (1971-73). Articles produced from his field research include "Bridewealth and Other Forms of Exchange Among the Herero," "Double Descent and Its Correlates among the Herero of Ngamiland," "Herero Marriage," and "Himba Epochs." While in the field, he also filmed footage of the Herero, Himba, Zimba, and Kuvale. His edited films include Herero of Ngamiland (1953), Himba Wedding (1969), and The Himba (1972). In addition to the Herero and Himba, he also conducted research on the Okavango and Ovambo people. He edited and translated Carlos Estermann's Ethnography of Southwestern Angola (published in 3 volumes in 1976-81) and edited and contributed to The Kavango Peoples (1981). Gibson's research interests also included Central African headgear, coauthoring High Status Caps of the Kongo and Mbundu (1977) with Cecilia R. McGurk.
Related Materials:
Other materials relating to Gordon Gibson at the National Anthropological Archives can be found in the Records of the Department of Anthropology, Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and the Records of the American Anthropological Association.

The Human Studies Film Archives holds his films on the Herero, Himba, Kuvale, and Zimba.

The Smithsonian Institution Archives has materials relating to Gibson's work as the first chairman of the Senate of Scientists.
Provenance:
The papers of Gordon D. Gibson were received in three separate accessions. The first accession (comprised of correspondence; committee files; and materials relating to the Herbert Ward collection, the National Anthropological Film Center, the Center for the Study of Man, and the Museum of Man) was transferred to the National Anthropological Archives by Gibson after his retirement. A guide to this accession was created in 2001. An accretion (consisting of correspondence, fieldwork and research files, curatorial files, writings, photographs, sound recordings, and maps) was transferred to the archives by Gibson's family in 2007. His exhibition and museum specimen files were transferred to the archives in 2008 by the Department of Anthropology.
Restrictions:
The Gordon Davis Gibson papers are open for research. Access to the computer disks in the collection are restricted due to preservation concerns. The personnel files of Smithsonian staff have also been restricted.

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Topic:
Africa -- Ethnology  Search this
American Anthropologist -- film editor  Search this
Headwear -- Africa, Central  Search this
Exhibitions -- National Museum of Natural History  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Gordon Davis Gibson papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.1984-13
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Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw379619042-2f6c-46c7-8819-45a504628089
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-1984-13

National Anthropological Film Center films of the Canela

Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Filmmaker:
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Anthropologist:
Crocker, William H. (William Henry), 1924-  Search this
Extent:
Film reels (color sound; 123,972 feet, 16mm)
Linear feet
Culture:
Canela  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Sound films
Place:
South America
Brazil
Date:
1975-1979
Scope and Contents:
Collection consists of a full film record and edited film created for the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution and filmed among the Canela Indians, a Ge speaking tribe in northeastern Brazil. Collection also contains associated texts, still film, sound recordings, annotations (recorded narratives), production logs, and field notes.

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.
Provenance:
Received from the National Anthropological Film Center in 1986.
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.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Dance  Search this
Music  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound films
Citation:
National Anthropoligcal Film Center films of the Canela, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
HSFA.1986.13CAN
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc98e03c954-19bb-46f8-ba88-bb14071c39d8
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-hsfa-1986-13can

National Anthropological Film Center films of the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia

Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Cinematographer:
Maradol, Mathias  Search this
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Extent:
Film reels (color sound silent; 149,034 feet, 16mm)
Linear feet
Culture:
Micronesians  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Sound films
Silent films
Place:
Oceania
Micronesia
Caroline Islands
Date:
1976-1982
Scope and Contents:
Collection consists of full film record and edited film documenting life on the Caroline Islands of Micronesia. Collection also contains associated texts, still film, sound recordings, and field notes.

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.
Provenance:
Received from the National Anthropological Film Center in 1986.
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.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Puluwat (Micronesian people)  Search this
Cooking  Search this
Infants -- Care  Search this
Fishing  Search this
Outrigger canoes  Search this
Dance  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound films
silent films
Citation:
National Anthropological Film Center films of the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
HSFA.1986.13MIC
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9b2cc5a9e-177b-492b-9e5f-1f2e554b230e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-hsfa-1986-13mic

National Anthropological Film Center photographs of Rajasthan

Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Extent:
290 Photographs (black-and-white and color)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
South Asia
India
Date:
circa 1977
Scope and Contents:
Photographs of Rajasthan and surrounding area in India.

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 Number:
HSFA 1986.13.97
Provenance:
Received from the National Institutes of Health and the National Anthropological Film Center in 1986.
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.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Families  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
National Anthropological Film Center photographs of Rajasthan, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
HSFA.1986.13RAJA
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9fd3a9398-1acb-4cd6-a795-f891c4888a7b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-hsfa-1986-13raja
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Film Studies of Traditional Indian Life in Brazil: Canela

Collection Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Collection Filmmaker:
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Collection Anthropologist:
Crocker, William H. (William Henry), 1924-  Search this
Extent:
Film reels (color sound; 84,000 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1975
Scope and Contents:
Full film record was created for the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution and was filmed among the Canela Indians, a Ge speaking tribe in northeastern Brazil. Research film project concentrates on socialization of children. Footage also contains daily life activities including food preparation, cultivation, hunting, grooming, and playing soccer. An initiation of boys with accompanying celebrations and log racing, Wild Boar day, and a funeral were also filmed.
Local Number:
HSFA 1986.13.31
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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
National Anthropoligcal Film Center films of the Canela, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9bafbe63b-f605-4e20-b8ef-bde51f5a7d50
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13can-ref1
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Film Studies of Traditional Indian Life in Brazil: Canela

Collection Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Collection Filmmaker:
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Collection Anthropologist:
Crocker, William H. (William Henry), 1924-  Search this
Extent:
Film reels (color sound; 39,540 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1979
Scope and Contents:
Full film record was shot by Steven Schecter, employee of the National Human Studies Film Center, Smithsonian Institution, in collaboration with anthropologist William Crocker, of the Canela Indians, a Ge speaking tribe in northeastern Brazil. Research film project, directed by anthropologist E. Richard Sorenson, concentrates on interactions of children and infants with parents and siblings and children with other children in various settings. Footage also contains daily life activities including food preparation and distribution, doing bead work, hunting, preparing manioc, grooming, making and cooking meat pies, and collecting honey and a funeral.
Local Number:
HSFA 1986.13.32
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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
National Anthropoligcal Film Center films of the Canela, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9e6e172f2-1123-4786-9a09-4556d1c5975f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13can-ref2

Individuality and Solidarity Among the Canela

Collection Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Collection Filmmaker:
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Collection Anthropologist:
Crocker, William H. (William Henry), 1924-  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (8 minutes, color sound; 432 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1975
Scope and Contents:
Edited film produced for the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution, examins how personal freedom to pursue individual expression in children is harmonious with developing a strong group solidarity among the Canela Indians of Maranhao, Brazil.
Local Number:
HSFA 1986.13.17
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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
National Anthropoligcal Film Center films of the Canela, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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National Anthropological Film Center films of the Canela
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9c957564e-ec50-483b-9a06-884dc11f448a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13can-ref3

Film Study of the Lifestyle of the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia

Collection Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Collection Cinematographer:
Maradol, Mathias  Search this
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Extent:
46 Film reels (color sound; 53,583 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1976
Scope and Contents:
Full film record created for the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution, was shot in the villages of Falalop, Falalis and Wantagai, Woleai Atoll. Research film project was shot primarily in Falalis of daily life and socialization of children. Footage includes different fishing activities by men, women, and children; making rope and canoe building in the canoe house; canoe launching; preparations for a relief canoe voyage to take food to a neighboring typhoon-struck island; ceremonial feast to thank the spirits for the safe return of the voyagers; young boys hunting birds; visit of the Catholic Bishop; taro cultivation; gathering breadfruit; women grooming; preparation of coconut leaves for roof thatching and thatching; women weaving banana fiber cloth lava-lavas; and dance preparation and performance.
Local Number:
HSFA 1986.13.25
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.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
National Anthropological Film Center films of the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc99a543a74-0751-4a3f-b8e9-8dfe242ade55
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13mic-ref1

Film Study of the Lifestyle of the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia: Puluwat

Collection Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Collection Cinematographer:
Maradol, Mathias  Search this
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Extent:
12 Film reels (color sound; 13,000 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1976
Scope and Contents:
Full film record shot for the National Human Studies Film Center by Edward McLain on Puluwat Atoll, Truk District, Eastern Caroline Islands, Micronesia from April to June. Footage captures daily lives of two highly-reputed canoe navigators' families and includes child play, infant handling, making and repairing canoes, working in taro patches, preparing and eating food, practice and performance of traditional dance as well as underwater film of men spearfishing. Also filmed is a turtle feast ceremony, communal work and tapping the sap of the coconut palm.
Local Number:
HSFA 1986.13.26
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.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
National Anthropological Film Center films of the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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National Anthropological Film Center films of the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9b636836d-1837-4b7d-a54a-54cf7fbc59ff
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13mic-ref2

Film Study of the Lifestyle of the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia

Collection Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Collection Cinematographer:
Maradol, Mathias  Search this
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Extent:
58 Film reels (color silent; 55,600 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1981
Scope and Contents:
Full film record created for the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution, was shot on Ifalik Atoll, Micronesia. Research film project concentrates primarily on daily life activities and socialization of children. Footage includes capturing by net, butchering and cooking of porpoise, catching of turtle and turtle feast, food distribution, preparation of mai, fishing from boats at sea, toy boats, grooming, taro cultivation, roofing canoe house, and singing.
Local Number:
HSFA 1986.13.27
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.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
National Anthropological Film Center films of the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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National Anthropological Film Center films of the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc93f331da5-7272-4f1f-b28d-5ad65952381d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13mic-ref3

Film Study of the Lifestyle of the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia

Collection Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Collection Cinematographer:
Maradol, Mathias  Search this
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Extent:
Film reels (color sound; 26,000 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1982
Scope and Contents:
Full film record created for the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution, was shot on Ifalik Atoll. Research film project concentrates primarily on daily life and socialization of children.
Local Number:
HSFA 1986.13.28
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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
National Anthropological Film Center films of the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc99ce911c2-407f-45a3-adfa-5bbc5fc1fdaf
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13mic-ref4

Pace of Life

Collection Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Collection Cinematographer:
Maradol, Mathias  Search this
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (25 minutes, color sound; 851 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
circa 1977
Scope and Contents:
Edited film created for the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution, was made to reflect the rhythm of life on Woleai Atoll, Western Caroline Islands, Micronesia. Film shows the village layout, men working on outrigger and making rope in the canoe house while children of various ages watch and interact with each other, women collecting breadfruit and then preparing fruit for cooking, children playing around extinguished cook fire, and two women grooming each other in the shallow reefs while children play close by.
Local Number:
HSFA 1986.13.19
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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
National Anthropological Film Center films of the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9faf25e4f-992b-4cd3-b5c3-7d04c7010439
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13mic-ref5
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National Anthropological Film Center films and slides of Ladakh

Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Extent:
66 Film reels (color sound, 16mm)
Slides (color, 35mm)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Slides
Photographs
Sound films
Place:
South Asia
Tibet Region
Ladākh (India)
Date:
1978-1981
Topic:
Buddhist monks  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Sound films
Identifier:
HSFA.1986.13LDKH
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Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Ladakh, India (1986.13.3)

Collection Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Extent:
65 Film reels (color sound; 71,969 feet, 16mm)
1,273 Slides (color, 35mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Slides
Date:
1978
Scope and Contents:
Full film record created for the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution. Research film project documents daily life and subsistence activities of villagers and monastic life and ceremonials at the Buddhist monastery in Mathoo, Ladakh, India. The edited film, LADAKH VILLAGE MORNING, was produced from this footage.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Buddhism ; monastery ; Religion ; Rites and ceremonies ; Monks Buddhism ; Cookery ; Animal husbandry ; Agriculture ; Subsistence farming ; Tea ; New Year ceremony ; Dress adornment
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1986.13.3
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Human Studies Film Archives
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Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Ladakh, India (86.13.4/86.13.3-1OP)

Collection Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Extent:
Slides (color, 35mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Date:
1978-1979
Scope and Contents:
Miscellaneaous Slide photographs shot in Ladakh, India. Numbers 25 people bowing to shrine with gilded statue infront of yellow wall; 26 close up of statue of monk in large round hat infront of yellow wall; 27 gilded atatue in orange and blue infront of yellow wall; 28 wall of boxes with colorful cloth on them infront of yellow wall; 34-35 woman bowing to full wall of boxes; 2 colorful banners in foregroung, white buildin with roof with eyes; 18 three women in colorful hats looking over stone wall; 33 children in courtyard infront of yellow and red walls beside wooden column; 36 white washed monastery; 2 gilded statues holding scepter with heads on it, wearing red scarves; 4 two people with cameras infront of helicopter infront of dry grassy field; 34 monk and man chasing each other playfully; 20 gilded Buddha in blue hair in yellow sihrt, surrounded two statues holding bowls of rice; 22 close up of statue holding rice bowl; 34 monk with costume on holding drum dancing in courtyard; 33 close u of two girls in colorful hats and black robes; 9 two monks in field; 28 gilded statue, close up, holding dorje (small scepter); 35 low angel shot of gilded statue and niche; 18-19 two monks in elaborate costumes and crowns sititng on thrones; 37 monk with boy monk infront of butterlamp shrine; 3 close up of boy monk on crown and elaborate costume; 5,8,23 outside puja, monk in throne infront of throne, handed grains in bowl and plate by monk next to other monk; 32 two boy monks standing and playing next to sitting boy monk who is watching them on patio; 13 boy monk with incense standing by column; 33 boy monks on patio with incense looking at pot; 4 group of monk with banners standing near stairs; 11 boy monk playing conch horn; 13 boy monk playing bub chal (cymbals); 10 group of monks playing and holding dongmans (long horns) and banners; 34-36 monks playing dongmans infront of monk procession; 9 woman in peyrak beside column; 1 red statue with skull crown holding silver stick; 1 monk leaning against column beside yellow wall
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 86.13.4/86.13.3-1OP
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Human Studies Film Archives
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Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Ladakh, India (86.13.4-5OP)

Collection Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Extent:
Slides (color, 35mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Date:
1979
Scope and Contents:
Slide photographs shot in Ladakh, India. Numbers 1 grass; 2-5 womanin blue shirt with logo on it next to a woman holding a baby; 6-7 helicopter with its door open to crowd of peole; 9 stone building in foreground, valley with creek through it; 10 three children on porch, lokoing at camera; 11-12 zoom in on 10; 14 boy looking away from camera; 15-20 boy sucking thumb next to boy looking at camera
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 86.13.4-5OP
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Human Studies Film Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9d524844b-e751-40f5-a286-2db712b7d376
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13ldkh-ref100

Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Ladakh, India (86.13.4-6OP)

Collection Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Extent:
Slides (color, 35mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Date:
1979
Scope and Contents:
Slide photographs shot in Ladakh, India. Numbers 1 girl with red and grey scarf infront of stone wall smiling; 4 older woman in tall hat with beads leaning against a wall; 5 young girl in goatskin shawl smiling with her arms crossed; 6 girl with grey scarf on her head smiling; 7 young girl with girl from #6 next to her; 8 toddler with dirt on her next to girl from #6; same as 8 but focused upwards; 10 same as 7; 11 landscape, mountains behind valley of fields; 12-16 two boys under red blanket next to stone wall; 18 boy wrapping red blanket.robe around him, standing next to other boy; 20 monks in courtyard wearing red hats
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 86.13.4-6OP
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Human Studies Film Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9280b22db-083c-4e61-8322-194708772f0a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13ldkh-ref101

Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Ladakh, India (86.13.4-7OP)

Collection Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Extent:
Slides (color, 35mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Date:
1979
Scope and Contents:
Slide photographs shot in Ladakh, India. Numbers 21 small dressed in elaborate costume statuie with long teeth and arms outstretched, windows in background; 22 two monks in monastery witting against a wall infront of ornate table and tapestries, looking at camera; 24 monk posing for camera, mountains in background; 25 two monks posing with a boy monk, mountains in background; 26 two girls posing for camera; 27-29 monks walking around courtyard with stone wall in background, one carrying white object; 30-32 monks in sunglasses sitting at tables infront of a large crowd of people, pots on and around the tables; 33 people in crowd; 34 monk placing white scarf; 35 niches carved in wood holding statues of dieties and buddha like statues
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 86.13.4-7OP
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Human Studies Film Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc904a6aee4-f2d9-4857-b397-90f8480279e4
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13ldkh-ref102

Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Ladakh, India (86.13.4-8OP)

Collection Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Extent:
Slides (color, 35mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Date:
1979
Scope and Contents:
Slide photographs shot in Ladakh, India. Numbers 21monks in courtyard infront of white building; 22-23 monks in courtyard playing instruments, two playing dongmans (long horns) with two boys holidng the long ends of the dongmans; 24 monk standing infront of fold up chairs; 25-27 line of monks playing instruments infront of patio, then moving in line; 28 men in western clothes standing with two monks; 31 similar to 22-23 but with monk in costume dancing in foreground; 32-34 monk sitting on folding chair infront of monks playing instruments on rooftop; 35-36 monks in colorful costumes dancing in courtyard
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 86.13.4-8OP
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Human Studies Film Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc97d931380-7603-49f5-be30-d0ec80e4680f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13ldkh-ref103

Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Ladakh, India (86.13.4-14OP)

Collection Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Extent:
Slides (color, 35mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Date:
1979 April 24
Scope and Contents:
Slide photographs shot in Mathoo Monastery, Mathoo Village, Ladakh, India. Numbers 1-3 man dancing in costume of buddhist diety with 5 ivory half horns ontop, rooftop in foreground; 4-7 five men in costume, two as deer, two as three eyed diety, and one as an old man walking in parade procession; 8-12 the two dressed as three eyed buddhist dieties dancing in courtyard 13-14 four men in costumes preceed into courtyard, one as an old man, two deer and one three eyed diety; 15-21 one three eyed diety and deer dancing around each other; 22 man as deer daning between two menin costume, back of deer; 23-27 man in deer costume dancing between two men in costume;28 two men in deer costumes dancing with man in old man costume; 29-34 two men in deer costumes dancing together; 35 man in deer costume in shadow; 36 man in deer costume dancing around courtyard
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 86.13.4-14OP
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National Anthropological Film Center films and slides of Ladakh
Archival Repository:
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc94fb08339-544d-4b05-98da-1b0f1d638980
EDAN-URL:
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