116 Photographic prints (Volume one: 3 folders, b&w, 29.2 cm. x 22.8 cm.)
22 Blueprints (17 cm. x 12 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Blueprints
Place:
Asia
Iran
Date:
1905-1946
Scope and Contents:
If the squeeze exists in the collection, the number of the squeeze is given. References, such as N-115 or SK-V, refer to Herzfeld's Notebooks and Sketchbooks in the collection. Melikian published the inscriptions noted in Le monde iranien et l'Islam, vol.I, "Le Royaume de Salomon".
- "Photo File 33", which was assembled by Joseph Upton, provides 116 photographic prints and 22 cyanotypes (some hand-colored) which relate primarly to a series of paper squeezes taken at Naqsh-i Rustam (Iran), Persepolis (Iran), Shiraz (Iran), and Isfahan (Iran).
Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 4: Photographic Files; Paper Squeezes of Arabic and Cuneiform Inscriptions (Photo File 33)
Arrangement:
- In early 1970s, Joseph Upton reorganized the whole Herzfeld collection of photographic prints into 42 photographic files, assembling 10 additional files, including Photo File 33, in excess of the 24 existing files arranged by Herzfeld himself. The eight remaining files, File 35 to File 42, are made of duplicate prints provided by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
Local Numbers:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Photo File 33
FSA A.6 04.PF.33
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
