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Group in Costume and with Ornaments, Around Fire Inside Pole And Mud House with Thatch Roof; Mud and Straw Bottle-Shaped Containers for Grain Storage and Clay Jars Nearby

Creator:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Collector:
Yale University  Search this
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Names:
Peruvian Expeditions (1912-1915)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 006 in mounted on 014 in x 009 in)
Culture:
Tharu  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
09 JAN 1949
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04820301
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Place:
Nepal -- Tarai -- Tikapur Village
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Nepal: Tharu: NM Unlisted 04820301, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Nepal / Tharu
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e82121be-d606-4db3-bfa9-78ae4ff129ff
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref8881
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Boys and Girls in Costume and with Ornaments Around Fire Inside Pole and Mud House with Thatch Roof; Large Mud and Straw Bottle- Shaped Containers for Grain Storage Nearby

Creator:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Collector:
Yale University  Search this
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Names:
Peruvian Expeditions (1912-1915)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 006 in mounted on 014 in x 009 in)
Culture:
Tharu  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
09 JAN 1949
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04820302
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Place:
Nepal -- Tarai -- Tikapur Village
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Nepal: Tharu: NM Unlisted 04820302, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Nepal / Tharu
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw368a212ec-e2d2-42c5-8b1d-88c99ad6a2b5
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref8882
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Young Woman and Boys and Girls in Costume and with Ornaments Outside Pole And Mud House With Animals in Bas-Relief on Wall

Creator:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Collector:
Yale University  Search this
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Names:
Peruvian Expeditions (1912-1915)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 006 in mounted on 014 in x 009 in)
Culture:
Tharu  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
09 JAN 1949
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04820401
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Place:
Nepal -- Tarai -- Tikapur Village
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Nepal: Tharu: NM Unlisted 04820401, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Nepal / Tharu
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw35ff2e995-2043-426e-8fc1-09729635e50d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref8883
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Woman Pounding Oil from Mustard Seeds with Large Wood Trip- Hammer in Wood Mortar; Group Watching; All in Costume Inside Pole Shelter with Thatch Roof

Creator:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Collector:
Yale University  Search this
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Names:
Peruvian Expeditions (1912-1915)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 006 in mounted on 014 in x 009 in)
Culture:
Tharu  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
09 JAN 1949
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04820402
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Place:
Nepal -- Tarai -- Tikapur Village
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Nepal: Tharu: NM Unlisted 04820402, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Nepal / Tharu
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a196495d-2744-4d5f-9fd4-e43fbfce39a7
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref8884
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Girl in Costume and with Ornaments Near Bullock Cart

Creator:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Collector:
Yale University  Search this
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Names:
Peruvian Expeditions (1912-1915)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 006 in mounted on 014 in x 009 in)
Culture:
Tharu  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
09 JAN 1949
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04820501
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Place:
Nepal -- Tarai -- Tikapur Village
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Nepal: Tharu: NM Unlisted 04820501, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Nepal / Tharu
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37712e90e-872c-485e-89a9-1617e774c7cb
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref8885
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Two Old Women in Costume and with Ornaments

Creator:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Collector:
Yale University  Search this
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Names:
Peruvian Expeditions (1912-1915)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 006 in mounted on 014 in x 009 in)
Culture:
Tharu  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
09 JAN 1949
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04820502
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Place:
Nepal -- Tarai -- Tikapur Village
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Nepal: Tharu: NM Unlisted 04820502, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Nepal / Tharu
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ae618c83-b68d-463b-a14e-2fbde69e32ce
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref8886
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View of Village Showing Ping (Gallows-Like Wood Structure Decorated with Wheat for Fertility Feast Of Jula-Puja), Pole and Mud House with Thatch Roof and Squash Growing on Top; Pole and Thatch Shrine, and Woman in Costume on Bed

Creator:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Collector:
Yale University  Search this
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Names:
Peruvian Expeditions (1912-1915)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 006 in mounted on 014 in x 009 in)
Culture:
Tharu  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
09 JAN 1949
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04820601
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Place:
Nepal -- Tarai -- Tikapur Village
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Nepal: Tharu: NM Unlisted 04820601, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Nepal / Tharu
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3656ddccc-d25b-4488-9aba-028aec586e54
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref8887
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Group of Boys and Girls in Costume Outside Pole and Mud House with Thatch Roof And Squash Growing on Top; Sheep Tied Up Beside Pole and Thatch Shrine and Ping (Gallows-Like Wood Structure Decorated with Wheat for Fertility Feast)

Creator:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Collector:
Yale University  Search this
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Names:
Peruvian Expeditions (1912-1915)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 006 in mounted on 014 in x 009 in)
Culture:
Tharu  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
09 JAN 1949
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04820602
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Place:
Nepal -- Tarai -- Tikapur Village
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Nepal: Tharu: NM Unlisted 04820602, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Nepal / Tharu
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw363bece56-e250-4922-b16b-ea2a8997b4c3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref8888
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Two Clay Horse Figurines on Cow Dung Floor Inside Pole And Thatch Shrine

Creator:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Collector:
Yale University  Search this
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Yale University  Search this
Names:
Peruvian Expeditions (1912-1915)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 006 in mounted on 014 in x 009 in)
Culture:
Tharu  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
09 JAN 1949
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04820700
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Place:
Nepal -- Tarai -- Tikapur Village
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Nepal: Tharu: NM Unlisted 04820700, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Nepal / Tharu
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw388399222-4914-4fc0-993e-7bbf993b4a62
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref8889
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Detail View of Animal Motifs in Mud Bas-Relief on Interior Wall of Pole and Mud House

Creator:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Collector:
Yale University  Search this
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Names:
Peruvian Expeditions (1912-1915)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 006 in mounted on 014 in x 009 in)
Culture:
Tharu  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
09 JAN 1949
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04820801
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Place:
Nepal -- Tarai -- Tikapur Village
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Nepal: Tharu: NM Unlisted 04820801, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Nepal / Tharu
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c3b73948-b9eb-4ebf-a233-5beca2c6bc73
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref8890
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Two Women and Girl in Costume and with Ornaments, Clay Water Jar, Dishes, Straw Rake, and Pipe, Beside Fresco of Hunting Scene and Animals in Mud Bas-Relief on Wall Inside Pole and Mud House of Chief

Creator:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Collector:
Yale University  Search this
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Names:
Peruvian Expeditions (1912-1915)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 006 in mounted on 014 in x 009 in)
Culture:
Tharu  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
09 JAN 1949
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04820802
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Place:
Nepal -- Tarai -- Tikapur Village
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Nepal: Tharu: NM Unlisted 04820802, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Nepal / Tharu
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw370523080-ff47-4e2b-8d76-dea8fa3962c8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref8891
Online Media:

Girl in Costume and with Ornaments, Outside Pole and Mud House with Animals in Mud Bas-Relief on Wall

Creator:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Collector:
Yale University  Search this
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Names:
Peruvian Expeditions (1912-1915)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 006 in mounted on 014 in x 009 in)
Culture:
Tharu  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
09 JAN 1949
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04820901
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Place:
Nepal -- Tarai -- Tikapur Village
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Nepal: Tharu: NM Unlisted 04820901, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Nepal / Tharu
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32ca73e84-32c1-48b0-aa78-e74afca43418
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref8892
Online Media:

Young Girl in Costume and with Ornaments

Creator:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Collector:
Yale University  Search this
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Names:
Peruvian Expeditions (1912-1915)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 in x 006 in mounted on 014 in x 009 in)
Culture:
Tharu  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
09 JAN 1949
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.04820902
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Place:
Nepal -- Tarai -- Tikapur Village
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Asia: Nepal: Tharu: NM Unlisted 04820902, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Asia / Nepal / Tharu
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3638212c0-2e36-4cc8-9164-bcf817dc54bc
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref8893
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Oral history interview with Volkmar Kurt Wentzel, 2002 October 18-2003 January 24

Interviewee:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Interviewer:
Bayly, Anne Louise, 1975-2016  Search this
Subject:
Constantinople, Lely  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Volkmar Kurt Wentzel, 2002 October 18-2003 January 24. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Photographers -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
Photography  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12978
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)255118
AAA_collcode_wentze02
Theme:
Photography
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_255118
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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

Oral history interview with Volkmar Kurt Wentzel

Interviewee:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Interviewer:
Berman, Anne Louise, 1975-2016  Search this
Names:
Constantinople, Lely  Search this
Extent:
6 Items (sound discs (5 hr., 36 min.), digital, 2 5/8 in.)
114 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
2002 October 18-2003 January 24
Scope and Contents:
Interview with Volkmar Kurt Wentzel by Anne Louise Bayly Berman for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, at Wentzel's home in Washington, DC on October 18 and 24, 2002; November 12, 2002; and January 24, 2003.
Wentzel discusses his childhood in Dresden, Germany, and the devastation during bombing of the city in World War II. He recalls a few stories about his fascination with dirigibles, beginning in childhood through his experience taking his first news photograph capturing President Franklin Delano Roosevelt meeting with Germans who traveled in the Hindenburg to unsuccessfully negotiate for helium in the 1930s. Wentzel discusses how his family endured the devastation of Germany toward the end of the World War I, and he recalls his father, Fritz Wentzel, working as a photochemist in Germany, and setting up photo paper factories in the former Czechoslovakia and Spain. Wentzel talks about how his father travelled to the Balkans to take photographs for his hobby before family life, and how he was a contemporary of Alfred Stieglitz, as they both studied under Hermann Vogel in Berlin. Wentzel speaks about how his family immigrated to Binghamton, NY in 1926 for his father's work with the Ansco Company (which later became Agfa-Ansco). Wentzel recalls how his father's home darkroom was his first influence on his photographic career. He talks about his mother passing away of pneumonia at an early age and the effects it had on his family. Wentzel recalls his ambition to travel to South America after graduating Binghamton High School with a friend, but once he arrived in Washington, DC, he ended his journey there. He talks about meeting architects Arved Kundzin and Eric Menke, who lead him to an artist retreat in Aurora, West Virginia. Wentzel discusses how he started making photographs in West Virginia, and a few of the pictures he made into photographs were purchased by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt on a road trip through the area. Wentzel talks about returning to Washington, DC and working in the darkroom for the portrait studio, Underwood & Underwood. He speaks about documenting Washington at night with his hand-me-down Speed Graphic camera. Wentzel explains that a colleague suggested that he send the photographs to the Royal Photographic Society, and walking into the offices of National Geographic to see their darkroom. He discusses applying for and landing a job in the darkroom of the offices of National Geographic. Wentzel talks about founder Gilbert Grosvenor as a pioneer of printing color photography. He describes National Geographic assignments in Kentucky and West Virginia, and talks about the impact of digital photography on the medium. Wentzel describes his air force service in World War II with the First Photo Squadron, where he helped take photographs to create aerial maps, and talks about ending his service in Okinawa and seeing the destruction of Nagasaki. Wentzel discusses returning to National Geographic after from his military service, and then getting assigned to document India. He speaks vividly of his travels in India, about building a traveling darkroom from a junkyard ambulance. He describes meeting Pandit Nehru, and his travels through Bombay, Jammu, Srinagar, Kashmir, Ladakh, Zoji La pass, Delhi, and Jaipur. He also speaks about his time documenting Africa, including the Weeks Expedition to Central Africa in 1952. He talks of his travels in Namibia, the Etosha Pan, Angola, the Congo, and the Cameroons. Lely Constantinople, Wentzel's studio assistant, also participates in the interview.
Biographical / Historical:
Volkmar Wentzel (1915-2006) was a writer and photographer from Washington, D.C.
General:
Originally recorded on 6 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 12 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 36 min.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Restrictions:
This transcript is open for research. Access to the entire audio recording is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Topic:
Photographers -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.wentze02
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e86df817-f3ae-4a52-b936-bdd9b2918f7b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-wentze02
Online Media:

Volkmar Wentzel Papers

Photographer:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Extent:
59 Items (items (5 linear ft.), 20 x 24 or smaller)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Typescripts
Papers
Place:
Ajanta Caves (India)
Ellora Caves (India)
Khajuraho (India)
Fatehpur Sikri (India)
Lal Qila (Delhi, India)
Date:
1947-1994
Scope and Contents:
Papers, 1947-1994, of photographer and author Volkmar Kurt Wentzel, regarding a two year survey conducted for the National Geographic Society during 1946-1947, to visually document caves, temples, and sculpture of India, including: his typescript draft (photocopy), [after 1946], written for the National Geographic Magazine on the Ajanta and Ellora temples; a proof, 1953, of his article entitled "India's Sculptured Temple Caves"; a lecture typescript entitle "A Walter Mitty Fantasy," presented to the Literary Society, 1994, along with a brochure and checklist for his related exhibition of photographs of Indian rock-cut temples and sculptures held at the Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C.; and 54 photographs, silver prints and five cibachromes, 1947, many signed by the photographer, dated, and captioned. Photographs depict the temples, sculpture, and frescoes of Ellora, Ajanta, Khajuraho, Halebid, Fatehpur Sikri, and Red Fort ,Delhi.
Arrangement:
Records; Organized in four boxes ; Arranged by form of material: Boxes 1-3: Photographs. Box 4: Typescript, Brochure, Printed Material, Photographs.
Biographical / Historical:
Volkmar Kurt Wentzel (1915-2006) was an accomplished photographer, particularly in the 1940's. Born in Dresden, Germany, he emigrated to the United States at around the age of 20 and immediately began work as a photojournalist at Underwood and Underwood. He served as an aerial photographer and photo-intelligence officer during World War II. After the war he spent extensive time photographing Ladakh (western Tibet), Nepal, and India. He photographed widely in the United States, Europe, and Africa as well. He wrote and documented photographically cave temples in India as a correspondent for the National Geographic Society between 1946-1946. He received many accolades for his photography and has exhibited his work both in the United States and abroad.
Local Numbers:
FSA A1998.02
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Topic:
Indian art  Search this
Cave temples  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1940-1950 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Photographs -- 1940-1950 -- Color -- Reproductions
Typescripts
Papers
Citation:
Volkmar Wentzel Papers. FSA.A1998.02. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Identifier:
FSA.A1998.02
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3bffecb53-78fe-4094-9d75-47d3b5e68e29
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-fsa-a1998-02

Volkmar Wentzel study photographs

Photographer:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Extent:
19 Slides (photographs) ((1 v.), color, 35 mm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Photographs
Place:
Angola
Africa
Date:
circa 1965
Summary:
Portrait photographs taken by Wolkmar Wentzel in Angola, circa 1965.
Arrangement note:
Images indexed by negative number.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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:
Portrait photography -- Angola  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-007
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Volkmar Wentzel study photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7b5a121da-5a94-4ed3-96cd-6412efc87839
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-1999-007

Two Women

Photographer:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Place:
Africa
Angola
Date:
[ca. 1965]
General:
Image indexed by negative number.
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:
Portrait photography -- Angola  Search this
Hair styles  Search this
Jewelry  Search this
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Volkmar Wentzel study photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7506e0021-0e85-47a0-90ee-eb90a90c8fb6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-007-ref509

Two Women

Photographer:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Place:
Africa
Angola
Date:
[ca. 1965]
General:
Image indexed by negative number.
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:
Portrait photography -- Angola  Search this
Hair styles  Search this
Jewelry  Search this
See more items in:
Volkmar Wentzel study photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e0957426-6add-4450-8eed-0282bb9ea233
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1999-007-ref510

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