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Robert A. Johnson photographs of Native community on Labrador coast

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Catalog Data

Creator:
Johnson, Robert A.  Search this
Extent:
5 Prints (silver gelatin)
2 Contact prints
3 Negatives (nitrate)
Culture:
Eskimos  Search this
Arctic peoples  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Contact prints
Negatives
Photographs
Place:
Canada
Date:
circa 1930-1931, 1934, 1938
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs made by Robert A. Johnson during a trip to the Labrador coast for ornithological studies in 1930-1934. They depict a Native community, summer camps, and waterfronts at St. Maryʹs Bay, Wolf Bay, Mutton Bay, and Seven Island Bay on the Labrador coast.
Biographical/Historical note:
Robert A. Johnson was an ornithologist who studied birds along the Labrador coast from 1930-1934. He also served as "Science Chief" at the Oneonta State Teacher's College in New York, which later became the State University of New York at Oneonta.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 76-124
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional photographs of Indigenous peoples of Labrador can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 37.
The archives at Cornell University holds Johnson's field journals.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Camps  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo lot 76-124, Robert A. Johnson photographs of Native community on Labrador coast, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.76-124
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b81e53e0-1263-4932-a0ed-810681543a50
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-76-124