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Creator:

Eliot Elisofon Productions  Search this

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Angelou, Maya  Search this

Group W Productions  Search this

Names:

Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this

Collection Creator:

Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Extent:

1 Video recording (open reel, 1/2 inch)

Type:

Archival materials

Video recordings

Documentary films

Place:

Africa, West

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Washington (D.C.)

United States

Date:

1972

Scope and Contents:

The Slave Coast is third in the series, Black African Heritage. The segment focuses on the tradition, the cultures, the beauty, and the history of the people of the rainforest and the coast of West Africa. Watch dancers of Nigeria, examine sculptures made 2000 years ago, listen to the talking drums of Yoruba, see bronze portraits, visit the women warriors once known as Amazon, see golden treasures of Ashanti in Ghana, and marvel at the acrobatic dancers of the Ivory Coast.

Documentary. Part of Broadcast Programs. Undated.

Collection Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

Africans  Search this

African culture  Search this

Blacks -- History  Search this

Yoruba (African people)  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Dancers  Search this

Music  Search this

Women  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Documentary films

Citation:

Black African Heritage: The Slave Coast, Record Group 09-037, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

ACMA.09-037, Item ACMA AV000834

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Broadcast Programs

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa752cd09ea-57b1-420c-a659-4c80e206d667

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-acma-09-037-ref3

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

14000 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm)

30000 Slides (photographs) (color)

80,000 Photographic prints (b&w, 25 x 20 cm. or smaller.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Slides (photographs)

Photographic prints

Negatives

Color slides

Black-and-white negatives

Black-and-white photographs

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Mali

Ghana

Côte d'Ivoire

Benin

Burkina Faso

Egypt

Kenya

Liberia

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

Senegal

South Africa

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Central African Republic

Date:

circa 1935-1978

Summary:

This collection is comprised of photographic and manuscript materials, primarily created by Eliot Elisofon to document his travels and work. The images portray many aspects of African life and culture including agriculture, wildlife, archaeology, architecture, art and artisans, children, cityscapes and landscapes, leaders, markets, medicine, recreation, ritual and celebration, and transportation. The manuscript materials include correspondence, essays, clippings, puobligations, notes, research, and itineraries.

Scope and Contents:

This collection is comprised of circa 14,000 negatives, 30, 0000 slides, 8,000 photographic prints, and 14 boxes of manuscript materials that date from circa 1945-1978.

The photographs document Eliot Elisofon's travels and work in Africa. The images portray many aspects of African life and culture including agriculture, wildlife, archaeology, architecture, art and artisans, children, cityscapes and landscapes, leaders, markets, medicine, recreation, ritual and celebration, and transportation. Artisans shown include an Asante weaver making kente cloth in Ghana; a Dogon carver in Mali making a kanaga mask; an Ebrie goldsmith in Cote d'Ivoire; Hausa dyers in Kano, Nigeria; and Nupe beadmakers in Nigeria; as well as artists at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Kinshasa, Congo. Portraits of leaders include the Asante court at Kumase in Ghana; Ebrie chiefs and notables in Cote d'Ivoire; the timi (king) of Ede, a Yourba town, Nigeria; the emir of Katsina, Nigeria; and the Kuba king and his court in the Congo. There are informal portraits showing children of the Kuba royal court dancing, Fulbe women with gold earrings in Mali, Mangbetu women in the Congo, and Maasai elders in Kenya. Masked dances documented include a Dogon dama festival celebration in Mali, an Igbo festival in Nigeria, and Kuba and Pende masked dancers in the Congo. There are also images of Yoruba gelede (men's association) masks in Nigeria. Non-masked dancers shown include Dan professional acrobatic dancers in Cote d'Ivoire, Irigwe dancers in Nigeria, Mangbetu dancers in the Congo, Mbuti dancers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Wodaabe men dancing in Nigeria. Events shown include Hausa riders in chain mail during the Independence Day celebration in Katsina, Nigeria. Images of art in situ include ancestral altars in the King of Benin's palace in Nigeria; Dogon rock paintings in Mali; and Yoruba Shango shrine sculptures in the palace courtyard of timi (king) of Ede in Nigeria. Landscapes include views of mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Animals shown include birds, buffalos, elephants and giraffes. Traditional architecture shown includes Asante shrine houses with raised wall decorations in Ghana, Dogon villages in Mali and mosques in Mopti.

The manuscript materials include correspondence, essays, clippings, puobligations, notes, research, and itineraries.

Biographical/Historical note:

A photographer best known for his work in Life magazine. Elisofon worked as a free-lance magazine photographer from 1933 to 1937, as a staff photographer for Life from 1933 to 1937 and on photographic assignments for various magazines, including the Smithsonian magazine, from 1942 to 1945. Elisofon traveled extensively in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America documenting the peoples of these lands as well as their arts and environments. A founding member and curatorial associate of the private Museum of African Art, which in 1981 became the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA), Elisofon bequeathed his collection of African photographs to the museum when he died in 1973. To honor Elisofon's contribution to the understanding of African art and culture, NMAfA named its archives after him.

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:

Body arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Negatives

Photographic prints

Color slides

Black-and-white negatives

Black-and-white photographs

Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo763575c19-5f10-470a-af8b-75ebd1c82664

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-1973-001

Producer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Group W Productions  Search this

Westinghouse Broadcasting Company  Search this

Narrator:

Angelou, Maya  Search this

Davis, Ossie, 1917-2005  Search this

Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006  Search this

Bond, Julian, 1940-2015  Search this

Extent:

64 Sound tape reels (1/4 in., 5 in and 7 in reels)

Culture:

Kuba (Bakuba)  Search this

Pende (Bapende)  Search this

Bambara (African people)  Search this

Dendi (African people)  Search this

Bozo (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Place:

Congo River (Congo)

Ruwenzori Mountains (Uganda and Congo)

Niger River

Africa, West

Ghana

Ivory Coast

Date:

1972

Content Description:

These original (64) magnetic audio tapes and reels were created for the Black African Heritage television series, produced by Eliot Elisofon and Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) in 1972. These correspond with the film outtakes and original work prints held in the EEPA 1973-001 Collection.

Biographical / Historical:

These materials were produced by Eliot Elisofon and Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) in 1972, for a four-hour television series called Black African Heritage. The episodes, in order of broadcast date:

1. The Congo, narrated by Julian Bond, focuses on the "heartland of Africa" the equatorial area which encompasses rainforests, grassy plains, volcanoes, the great Congo River, lakes, and the snow-covered Ruwenzori, called the Mountains of the Moon. This episode encounters groups such as the Watusi, Bambenga, the Wagenia, the Bakuba, and the Bapende—and traces African art and history back 1,500 years. 2. The Bend in the Niger, narrated by Ossie Davis, follows one of the continent's great rivers as it flows northward in West Africa from the home of the Bambara group, known for their music, dancing, and sculpture, to Timbuktu, where it turns eastward to the Atlantic Ocean through the home of the Dogon groups, famous for sculpture. Other groups met along the way are the Borora, the horseman of Muslim Hausa, the nomadic Tuaregs, and the Bozo and Dendi people of the Niger River. 3. The Slave Coast, narrated by Maya Angelou, focused on the tradition, cultures, beauty, and history of the people of the rainforest and the coast of West Africa. Watch dancers of Nigeria, examine sculptures made 2000 years ago, listen to the talking drums of Yoruba, see bronze portraits, visit the women warriors once known as Amazon, see golden treasures of Ashanti in Ghana, and marvel at the acrobatic dancers of the Ivory Coast. 4. Africa's Gift, narrated by Gordon Parks, focuses primarily on the Senufo people of the Ivory Coast, their music, and their art. Mongo Santamaria, leading exponent of Afro-Cuban music plays the "Afro-blues." Lionel Hampton and his group play "Glad Hamp," to show the relationship of the vibraphone and the balaphone of the Senufo. Modern jazz star Randy Weston and a trio play a number rooted in the Ashanti music in Ghana.

Related Materials:

Related materials include the Eliot Elisofon Papers and Photography Collection (PH-00066) at the Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, the Time/Life Photographs Archives, and Broadcast programs collection (ACMA.09-037) at the Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Restrictions:

Materials have not yet been digitized and processed for public access.

Topic:

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Dogon (African people)  Search this

Tuareg (African people)  Search this

Yoruba (African people)  Search this

Drums  Search this

Senufo (African people)  Search this

Vibraphone  Search this

Identifier:

EEPA.2020-007

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f30b2f3e-fefc-4e4d-97a7-196b5dceb0a2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-2020-007

Creator:

Billings, Henry, 1901-1985  Search this

Subject:

Cronbach, Robert M.  Search this

De Rivera, José Ruiz  Search this

Kaz, Nathaniel  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob  Search this

Redmond, Roland Livingston  Search this

Scaravaglione, Concetta  Search this

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

National Council for U.S. Art  Search this

Citation:

Henry Billings letters and photographs, 1955. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)5948

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208791

AAA_collcode_billhenr

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208791

Creator:

Refregier, Anton, 1905-1979  Search this

Subject:

Randall, Byron  Search this

Refregier, Lila  Search this

Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Search this

Morley, Eugene  Search this

O'Higgins, Pablo  Search this

Geddes, Norman Bel  Search this

Greenwood, Marion  Search this

Kent, Rockwell  Search this

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo  Search this

Dreyfuss, Henry  Search this

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Evergood, Philip  Search this

Fast, Howard  Search this

De Diego, Julio  Search this

Packard, Emmy Lou  Search this

Yavno, Max  Search this

National Council of American-Soviet Friendship (U.S.)  Search this

ACA Galleries  Search this

Bard College  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)  Search this

World Peace Council  Search this

Woodstock Artists Association (Woodstock, N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Travel diaries

Greeting cards

Interviews

Cartoons (working drawings)

Scrapbooks

Transcripts

Photographs

Diaries

Sketches

Place:

Chile

Soviet Union

Guatemala

Mexico

Citation:

Anton Refregier papers, circa 1900-circa 1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Tapestry  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Political clubs  Search this

Muralists -- New York -- Woodstock  Search this

Art -- Commissioning  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- Woodstock  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- Archival resources -- 20th century  Search this

Designers -- New York (State)  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9646

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211854

AAA_collcode_refranto

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211854

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

5,000 Photographic prints ((10 boxes), b&w, 14 x 11 in. or smaller)

Container:

Box 1

Box 2

Box 3

Box 4

Box 5

Box 6

Box 7

Box 8

Box 9

Box 10

Culture:

Asante (African people)  Search this

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Kyaman (African people)  Search this

Dogon (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Black-and-white photographs

Place:

Mali

Côte d'Ivoire

Nigeria

Ghana

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Tanzania

Date:

1942-1972

Summary:

Photographs taken by Eliot Elisofon in Africa and in European and American museums and collections during his extensive travels from 1942 through 1972. African kingdoms and peoples represented include Afo, Anyi, Asante, Atie, Baga, Bamana, Baule, Bembe, Benin, Bobo, Boki, Bozo, Chamba, Chokwe, Dan, Dinka, Dogon, Ebrie, Efik, Ejagham, Hausa, Ibibio, Idoma, Ife, Igbo-Ukwu, Ijo, Jenne, Jukun, Kamba, Kissi, Kom, Kongo, Kono, kota, Kpelle, Kuba, Kuyu, Kwele, Lega, Lobi, Loma, Lozi, Luba, Lulua, Lunda, Mambila, Mende, Mossi, Nalu, Ndebele, Ngbaka, Ngoni, Nok, Nupe, Nyamwezi, Pende, Suku, Susu, Tabwa, Teke, Temne, Tetela, Tiv, Tuareg, Urhobo, Vai, Woyo, Yaka, Yoruba, and Zande.

Arrangement note:

Images indexed by negative number.

Biographical/Historical note:

A photographer best known for his work in Life magazine. Elisofon worked as a free-lance magazine photographer from 1933 to 1937, as a staff photographer for Life from 1933 to 1937 and on photographic assignments for various magazines, including the Smithsonian magazine, from 1942 to 1945. Elisofon traveled extensively in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America documenting the peoples of these lands as well as their arts and environments. A founding member and curatorial associate of the privately owned Museum of African Art, which in 1981 became the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA), Elisofon bequeathed his collection of African photographs to the museum when he died in 1973.

General note:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

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.

Genre/Form:

Photographic prints

Black-and-white photographs

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-002

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo755092bcc-38a9-49ae-b017-f79a608f4a5f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-1973-002

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Mali

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.

Local Numbers:

M 1 MAL 11 EE 59

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

57938 1 30

Frame value is 29.

Slide No. M 1 MAL 11 EE 59

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:

Animals -- Africa  Search this

Agriculture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 10399

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Mali

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo793648b4d-da07-46bc-b339-4972acdfaa7a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref1000

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Egypt

Date:

1965

Scope and Contents:

Sultan Hasan (1356-9) and El Rafai mosques, Cairo, Egypt. The date on the slide is OCT 65.

Local Numbers:

T 6 EGY 866.1 EE 65

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

Frame value is 18.

Slide No. T 6 EGY 866.1 EE 65

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:

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 18479

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Egypt

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7bc4a3e3f-1b95-4442-884e-f9f62754ef1c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10000

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Egypt

Date:

1965

Scope and Contents:

"Here two great mosques face each other across the narrow rising street; to the left the mosque of Sultan Hasan, and opposite this the mosque of Rifāʹi, built at the turn of the century for the Khedivial family by Herz Bey, architect to the Comité de Conservation. The Madrasa of Sultan Hasan (1356) is an outstanding example of the intellectual quality of Islamic architecture." [Russell D., 1963: Medieval Cairo and the Monasteries of the Wādi Natrūn. Weidenfeld and Nicolson]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for American Institute of Architects, directing the Egyptian portion of the documentary on Ancient Egypt, March 1965 and September 1965.

Local Numbers:

T 6 EGY 867 EE 65

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

Frame value is 3.

Slide No. T 6 EGY 867 EE 65

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:

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Religious buildings  Search this

Architecture -- Egypt  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 18480

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Egypt

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo725e9d50c-6f82-47b1-a5bb-fd46b89e9f8c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10001

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Egypt

Date:

1965

Scope and Contents:

Sultan Hasan (1356-9) and El Rafai mosques, Cairo, Egypt. The date on the slide is NOV 65.

Local Numbers:

T 6 EGY 868 EE 65

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

Frame value is 20.

Slide No. T 6 EGY 868 EE 65

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:

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 18481

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Egypt

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d985e19d-cbb0-4fd8-9079-c2c4311427ef

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10002

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Egypt

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

"The exterior of the mosque of Muhammad Ali has a Turco-Byzantine character very marked; the pencil minarets can be seen from miles away. The mosque was built during the first quarter of the 19th century and is typical of the period and of the various styles which inspired it. It is an extraordinary Italian-Turkish-Louis XV hotch-potch, built on a Constantinopolitan model." [Russell D., 1963: Medieval Cairo and the Monasteries of the Wādi Natrūn. Weidenfeld and Nicolson]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.

Local Numbers:

T 6 EGY 869 EE 59

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

57938 1 71

Frame value is 36.

Slide No. T 6 EGY 869 EE 59

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:

Religious buildings  Search this

Architecture -- Egypt  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 18482

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection

Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Egypt

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7818423f6-525a-4d2e-aa77-20335988ea36

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10003

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Egypt

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

Mehemet Ali Mosque (Alabaster Mosque), Cairo, Egypt. The date on the slide is DEC 59.

Local Numbers:

T 6 EGY 870 EE 59

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

57938 1 71

Frame value is 29.

Slide No. T 6 EGY 870 EE 59

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:

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 18483

See more items in:

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Egypt

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo770bf788c-2d40-4aeb-ba3f-cf5e3e725616

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10004

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Egypt

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

"The exterior of the mosque of Muhammad Ali has a Turco-Byzantine character very marked; the pencil minarets can be seen from miles away. The mosque was built during the first quarter of the 19th century and is typical of the period and of the various styles which inspired it. It is an extraordinary Italian-Turkish-Louis XV hotch-potch, built on a Constantinopolitan model." [Russell D., 1963: Medieval Cairo and the Monasteries of the Wādi Natrūn. Weidenfeld and Nicolson]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.

Local Numbers:

T 6 EGY 870.1 EE 59

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

57938 1 71

Frame value is 27.

Slide No. T 6 EGY 870.1 EE 59

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:

Religious buildings  Search this

Architecture -- Egypt  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 18484

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Egypt

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d722a4e9-756c-4ded-bbbf-3a3ef3330c04

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10005

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Egypt

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

"The exterior of the mosque of Muhammad Ali has a Turco-Byzantine character very marked; the pencil minarets can be seen from miles away. The mosque was built during the first quarter of the 19th century and is typical of the period and of the various styles which inspired it. It is an extraordinary Italian-Turkish-Louis XV hotch-potch, built on a Constantinopolitan model." [Russell D., 1963: Medieval Cairo and the Monasteries of the Wādi Natrūn. Weidenfeld and Nicolson]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.

Local Numbers:

T 6 EGY 871 EE 59

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

57938 1 71

Frame value is 8.

Slide No. T 6 EGY 871 EE 59

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:

Religious buildings  Search this

Architecture -- Egypt  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 18485

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ffdd357a-fd53-4b93-85a3-f0f8a6978f8f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10006

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Egypt

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

"The exterior of the mosque of Muhammad Ali has a Turco-Byzantine character very marked; the pencil minarets can be seen from miles away. The mosque was built during the first quarter of the 19th century and is typical of the period and of the various styles which inspired it. It is an extraordinary Italian-Turkish-Louis XV hotch-potch, built on a Constantinopolitan model." [Russell D., 1963: Medieval Cairo and the Monasteries of the Wādi Natrūn. Weidenfeld and Nicolson]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.

Local Numbers:

T 6 EGY 872 EE 59

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

57938 1 71

Frame value is 10.

Slide No. T 6 EGY 872 EE 59

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:

Religious buildings  Search this

Architecture -- Egypt  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 18486

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d555b7dc-8361-4703-ae92-739d0e492ba9

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10007

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Egypt

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

Interior of Mehemet Ali Mosque (Alabaster Mosque), Cairo, Egypt. The date on the slide is DEC 59.

Local Numbers:

T 6 EGY 873 EE 59

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

57938 1 71

Frame value is 11.

Slide No. T 6 EGY 873 EE 59

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:

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 18487

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo73df6ae10-02ec-44f4-be06-408d6ad1c916

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10008

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Egypt

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

Interior of Mehemet Ali Mosque (Alabaster Mosque), Cairo, Egypt. The date on the slide is DEC 59.

Local Numbers:

T 6 EGY 874 EE 59

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

57938 1 71

Frame value is 12.

Slide No. T 6 EGY 874 EE 59

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:

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 18488

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo702bf04c5-a094-4fda-a74c-7395385b6f2f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10009

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Mali

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.

Local Numbers:

M 1 MAL 12 EE 59

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

57938 1 30

Frame value is 28.

Slide No. M 1 MAL 12 EE 59

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:

Animals -- Africa  Search this

Agriculture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 10400

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7cbeb03b9-211c-4ddf-882f-cf8ff6037bb1

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref1001

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

Original title reads, "Polling agents getting instructions for Dec. 12 federal elections from Robert N. Rapson, M.V.O., a senior assistant secretary in the office of the prime minister, who was assigned as electoral officer for Lagos. All the polling agents at the 283 polling stations in Lagos were employes of the government or of public corporations. Lagos elected three of the 312 members of the federal house of representatives." [Elisofon field notes, August 1959-December 1959]

This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.

Local Numbers:

C 2 NIG 17.4 EE 59

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

Time Life no. 58482 1 28

Frame value is 23.

Slide No. C 2 NIG 17.4 EE 59

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:

Education  Search this

Signs and symbols  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 1848

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75c402769-a6ea-4146-b1cc-d53253b5e9bc

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10010

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Egypt

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

"The exterior of the mosque of Muhammad Ali has a Turco-Byzantine character very marked; the pencil minarets can be seen from miles away. The mosque was built during the first quarter of the 19th century and is typical of the period and of the various styles which inspired it. It is an extraordinary Italian-Turkish-Louis XV hotch-potch, built on a Constantinopolitan model." [Russell D., 1963: Medieval Cairo and the Monasteries of the Wādi Natrūn. Weidenfeld and Nicolson]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.

Local Numbers:

T 6 EGY 875 EE 59

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

57938 1 71

Frame value is 23.

Slide No. T 6 EGY 875 EE 59

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:

Religious buildings  Search this

Architecture -- Egypt  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 18489

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection

Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Egypt

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo70d1e500d-08e4-4242-9068-7fabeece4b35

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10011