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Creator:

Dale, Dianne  Search this

Polk, P. H., 1898-1985  Search this

Names:

Barry, Marion, 1936-2014  Search this

Dale, Almore M., 1911-1984  Search this

Dale, Dianne  Search this

Dale, John Henry, Jr., 1888-1973  Search this

Dale, Lucille Emma Patterson, 1889-1973  Search this

Dale, Marie Howard, 1914-2011  Search this

Dale, Norman Edward, 1908-1991  Search this

Garner, Araminta Dale, 1913-1987  Search this

Patterson, Frederick D. (Frederick Douglass), 1901-1988  Search this

Patterson, Wilhelmina Bessie, 1888-1962  Search this

Extent:

6 Linear feet (9 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Programs

Clippings

Correspondence

Ephemera

Postcards

Place:

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Date:

1866 - 1990.

Summary:

The Dale-Patterson family papers, which date from 1866 to 2010 and measure 6 linear feet, document the personal and professional lives of the Dale-Patterson family who came to live in Hillsdale, Anacostia, area of Washington, D.C., in 1892.

Scope and Contents note:

The Dale-Patterson family papers, which date from 1866 to 1990 and measure 6 linear feet, document the personal and professional lives of the Dale-Patterson family who came to live in Hillsdale, Anacostia, area of Washington, D.C., in 1892. The collection is comprised of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and ephemera.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged in four series:

Series 1: Dale-Patterson Family papers Series 2: Charles Qualls papers Series 3: Community Organizations Series 4: Subject Files

Biographical/Historical note:

The Dale family came to Washington, DC in 1886 when John Henry Dale, Sr., a gifted self-taught man, obtained a position as clerk in the newly contracted Pension Bureau building at 5th and G Streets, NW. First they lived near 13th Street and Florida Avenue, NW, then moved to Howard Road in Anacostia. Dale built a house at 2619 Nichols Avenue, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, drawing the plans and supervising the construction. The Dales and only one other family lived in this solidly built house for 100 years before it was sold to a church group and demolished.

General Note:

Finding Aid Note: This finding aid is associated with a MARC collection-level record.361883

Provenance:

The Dale-Patterson Family collection was donated to the Anacostia Community Museum on April 07, 2013.

Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

Rights:

The Dale-Patterson Family collection is the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with the Anacostia Community Museum. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

African American families  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Programs

Clippings

Correspondence

Ephemera

Postcards

Citation:

Dale-Patterson Family collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dianne Dale.

Identifier:

ACMA.06-074

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Dale-Patterson Family collection

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7c29572e9-2bd6-4b2a-8982-b527693b7885

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-acma-06-074

Type:

Postage Stamps

Date:

1989

Object number:

1990.0517.222

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8e900b995-570c-4e52-9663-ead65ea13dfd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_1990.0517.222

Medium:

paper; ink

Dimensions:

Height x Width x Depth (album closed): 12 × 9 × 2 1/8 in. (30.48 × 22.86 × 5.4 cm)

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

Georgia

Date:

1960-2012

Object number:

2018.2016.4.40

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm810964729-7649-44fa-b2af-41429821f075

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_2018.2016.4.40

Created by:

Delta Air Lines, American, founded 1925  Search this

Worn by:

Eugene Harmond, American, born 1947  Search this

Medium:

paint on metal

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 1 9/16 × 15/16 × 3/8 in. (4 × 2.4 × 1 cm)

Type:

pins (jewelry)

Place depicted:

Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1996

Topic:

African American  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

Labor  Search this

Olympics  Search this

Sports  Search this

Transportation  Search this

Travel  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Casey Grant in honor of Patricia Banks Edmiston, Patricia Grace Murphy and Eugene Harmond

Object number:

2018.50.14.6

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown – Restrictions Possible

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Awards and Medals

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5549967a2-0a00-433c-b562-cfdc426c150a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2018.50.14.6

Filmmaker:

Killy, Monroe P., 1910-  Search this

Collection Filmmaker:

Killy, Monroe P., 1910-  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel

Culture:

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1939

Scope and Contents:

This film depicts Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) possibly at the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation in Minnesota, harvesting and preparing wild rice, spearfishing through ice, collecting sap and making maple syrup, playing games, gathering birchbark making birchbark items, and preparing skins for leather and sewing moccasins. Filmed by Monroe Killy in 1939.

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films, image #, NMAI.AC.430; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv47a5edd33-cfbd-4efe-be29-bab504f1c9ce

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-430-ref2

Filmmaker:

Killy, Monroe P., 1910-  Search this

Collection Filmmaker:

Killy, Monroe P., 1910-  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel

Culture:

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1949

Scope and Contents:

This film shows pictographs on Drum Island, Nett Lake and spirit houses at Kathio, Mille Lacs Indian Reservation in Minnesota. The film also includes footage showing Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) games (stick game, moccasin game and bowl game) played at the 1949 Territorial Centennial at Itasca State Park and a pow-wow at Lake Calhoun during the 1949 Minneapolis Aquatennial. Filmed by Monroe Killy in 1949.

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films, image #, NMAI.AC.430; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4a5a94a66-8a76-4ea2-9cc8-9bde377e600b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-430-ref5

Collection Photographer:

Skinner, G. Gage  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic slide

Container:

Box 1

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Photographic slides

Date:

1965

Scope and Contents:

Mapuche men preparing to play traditional competitive hockey (chueca) game, using native bamboo-like plant (colihue) playing sticks and small wooden ball. Game follows the Nguillatún ceremony, Quetrahue Reservation near Lumaco, Chile.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Gage Skinner collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.116, Item 116_001_005_020

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G. Gage Skinner collection

G. Gage Skinner collection / Series 1: Chile

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4a814f9f5-3b8b-4da0-8c95-3c82cb6c0caa

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-116-ref86

Collection Photographer:

Skinner, G. Gage  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic slide

Container:

Box 1

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Photographic slides

Date:

1965

Scope and Contents:

Mapuche men playing traditional competitive hockey (chueca) game, using native bamboo-like plant (colihue) playing sticks and small wooden ball. Game follows the Nguillatún ceremony, Quetrahue Reservation near Lumaco, Chile.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Gage Skinner collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.116, Item 116_001_005_001

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G. Gage Skinner collection

G. Gage Skinner collection / Series 1: Chile

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4393af92b-5321-4490-a8b1-808e345f4833

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-116-ref87

Collection Photographer:

Skinner, G. Gage  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic slide

Container:

Box 1

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Photographic slides

Date:

1965

Scope and Contents:

Mapuche men on horseback with Chilean national flag, riding around the chueca playing field prior to commencing games, Quetrahue Reservation near Lumaco, Chile.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Gage Skinner collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.116, Item 116_001_005_006

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G. Gage Skinner collection

G. Gage Skinner collection / Series 1: Chile

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4b0d235ee-11f6-406c-90ec-278db187841f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-116-ref92

Collection Photographer:

Skinner, G. Gage  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic slide

Container:

Box 1

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Photographic slides

Date:

1965

Scope and Contents:

Mapuche men on horseback with Chilean national flag, riding around the chueca playing field prior to commencing games, Quetrahue Reservation near Lumaco, Chile.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Gage Skinner collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.116, Item 116_001_005_007

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G. Gage Skinner collection

G. Gage Skinner collection / Series 1: Chile

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv49c6fd09e-1d8a-4e16-bb67-ba8015320e37

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-116-ref93

Collection Photographer:

Skinner, G. Gage  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic slide

Container:

Box 1

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Photographic slides

Date:

1965

Scope and Contents:

Mapuche men preparing to play traditional competitive hockey (chueca) game, using native bamboo-like plant (colihue) playing sticks and small wooden ball. Game follows the Nguillatún ceremony, Quetrahue Reservation near Lumaco, Chile.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Gage Skinner collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.116, Item 116_001_005_008

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G. Gage Skinner collection

G. Gage Skinner collection / Series 1: Chile

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4f5c96279-5d53-4d09-9429-276e259ca7bc

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-116-ref94

Collection Creator:

National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this

Johnson, Barbara  Search this

Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this

Reinhard, Johan  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel (color sound, 16mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1978

Scope and Contents:

Film footage shot by Barbara Johnson among the Jyapu subcaste of the Newars of Tawnany Tole, Thecho village in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal; August 20, 4PM, girls play a toss game with fruit pits, and a baby is passed from arm to arm as they take turns playing; toddlers share food; an aunt disciplines her young nephew; several boys play a one-legged hopping game; and older children care for younger ones. August 20, after dark, a gathering in which men play drums, sing, and watch as one man masquerades as a female witch figure, or demoness, called "La-Khe", who makes gestures with obscene sexual connotations. This activity is part of Gai Jattra, an annual festival to both honor and aid the souls of recently deceased relatives. August 26, 3 to 4 PM, courtyard activities including 5 to 6 year old boys playing a jumping game, then wrestling and pushing. August 26, 4 to 5 PM, a girl cries when her mother leaves, her brother picks her up and he and a boy cousin play with her. Other courtyard scenes, including example of affection between men. starts to rain.

General:

Local Numbers: HSFA 1986.13.1-10

Sponsor:

Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

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National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal

National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal / Newari Film Project (1986.13.1)

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9db724947-f9cd-49db-98af-4d3680fcf826

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13npl-ref11

Collection Creator:

National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this

Johnson, Barbara  Search this

Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this

Reinhard, Johan  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel (color sound, 16mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1978

Scope and Contents:

Film footage shot by Barbara Johnson among the Jyapu subcaste of the Newars of Tawnany Tole, Thecho village in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal; August 30, 3 to 5 PM, children playing in the Tawnany Tole courtyard. Older girls entertain themselves by walking with one girl's younger brother who is just learning to walk. A favorite activity of girls in their early teens is to entertain a crawling age baby. They talk about their siblings as "my little boy" and "your little girl" to each other. See camera log page 7, CR 40, for filmmaker's speculations about the engaging personalities of the children who have the benefit of older siblings who lavish this kind of attention on them. This footage includes a circle game and noisy group play, and ends with views of old men in the courtyard. August 31, 7 to 10 AM, courtyard early morning activities. Quiet vignettes show small fairly quiet groups of both children and adults before they go inside to eat the morning meal of rice. There is a shot of a bicycle belonging to a man named Bailal, son of the sister of the head of one of the better off households in the courtyard. Bailal and his wife occupy a poor back house off of the main house, presumably because his father, from another village, did not leave him any house or land. He holds a menial job in Kathmandu, and the bicycle is his means of transportation. Just before the shot of the bicycle was filmmed Bailal's cousin Godi, the only son of the head of the household, walked up to the bicycle, kicked it, and went inside his house and started yelling at someone outside, presumably Bailal. His yelling can be heard during l or 2 shots after the bicycle shot. Later film shows a group of children focusing around a pit openning activity. A girl in a gold color print dress had just done something to a little boy in the background to make him cry. Film shows a variety of touching and small interactions. September 1, more courtyard activities, a mother and girls in doorway pleasurably socializing, another mother, Tulushimaya, grooming one of her daughters in the open way house building in the center of the courtyard, children play with kites.

General:

Local Numbers: HSFA 1986.13.1-14

Sponsor:

Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

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National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal

National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal / Newari Film Project (1986.13.1)

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9c4c0cb21-c918-4fb7-9211-c4ea485bdeb8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13npl-ref15

Collection Creator:

National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this

Johnson, Barbara  Search this

Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this

Reinhard, Johan  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel (color sound, 16mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1978

Scope and Contents:

Film footage shot in early September by Barbara Johnson among the Jyapu subcaste of the Newars of Tawnany Tole, Thecho village in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal; several observations of children interacting with each other and with adults. A small girl remains near but apart from a group of girls, crying, possibly for her mother. Boys play with a corncob on a piece of string, one dangling it out of a window as the other bats at it; soy beans hang to dry off of adjacent rafters. An older woman podding soybeans allows a toddler of no relation to her to crawl into her lap as she works. The camera focuses on a boy about 6 years old entertaining his 2 year old sister to distract her from the piece of film he has hidden in his pocket. A mother nurses one child as she plays a game with an older daughter, pretending to "hit away" another young girl everytime the girl approaches them; they all smile. Another mother of a 2 month old takes her blouse off so that an older daughter can rub oil on her back; being rubbed with mustard oil is a daily ritual for both mothers and their newborns. These incidents characterize the high level of interaction among related as well as non-related members of this community.

General:

Local Numbers: HSFA 1986.13.1-15

Sponsor:

Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

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National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal

National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal / Newari Film Project (1986.13.1)

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9399a5147-99ea-4747-bdbd-627840f3b488

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13npl-ref16

Collection Creator:

National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this

Johnson, Barbara  Search this

Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this

Reinhard, Johan  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel (color sound, 16mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1978

Scope and Contents:

Film footage shot by Barbara Johnson among the Jyapu subcaste of the Newars of Tawnany Tole, Thecho village in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: September 4, mid morning and late afternoon; A group of boys antagonize a 5 year old boy. He makes an angry gesture, common among adults, with the back of his hand, but does not actually strike anyone. See filmmaker's camera log for CR46 for more background on the interaction with this boy. September 5 late afternoon, September 6 mid-morning, and September 13, early and late morning: A father sits in a doorway with his children; several boys play a hand slapping game, one boy holds a hand out as another boy pats it several times with the palms of both hands; some girls play jump rope as some boys play a pitching game with stones. Boys and girls often play separately. People gather around the water tap to wait for the water to be turned on. Mustard seed that has been drying in the sun is put in a sack. As their mother spreads mustard seed to dry on a mat two young children tie leaves, with holes cut in them for their eyes, on their faces with twine, imitating a masked dancer, a man masquerading as a witch figure, they had seen the evening before. An older woman uses a traditional kitchen utensil to cut a type of leaf stalk that will be eaten with the morning meal. A courtyard mother nurses her only child, a walking age little girl.

General:

Local Numbers: HSFA 1986.13.1-16

Sponsor:

Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

See more items in:

National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal

National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal / Newari Film Project (1986.13.1)

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc96d612f69-99fd-488e-bcdc-7378d2a71dc3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13npl-ref17

Collection Creator:

National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this

Johnson, Barbara  Search this

Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this

Reinhard, Johan  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel (color sound, 16mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1978

Scope and Contents:

Film footage shot by Barbara Johnson among the Jyapu subcaste of the Newars of Tawnany Tole, Thecho village in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: September 13, 2 - 4:30PM, CR49, everyday activities in the Tawnany Tole courtyard. A boy sits by himself, perhaps lonely, his mother had been there before and then left, the boy seems to pretend to fly a kite. Two women sit together on a mat de-husking cornstalks, which will later be braided into mats. An older man spreads grains out to dry on mats. A grandmother is dressed in white because her husband has died within the past year. Two young girls "build" something with handfuls of dirt they scoop up from the ground. A young girl imitates her mother winnowing grain, the mother tolerates the "help". Tow boys roll up and carry a heavy mat and another is seen taking care of his baby sister. September 14, CR 50, a girl thoroughly washes her feet and calves in a puddle. Two elderly women sit on a mat and pass a cigarette back and forth. Several boys play a common game of hopping with one leg, trying to bump into each other. On September 15, 8 to 9AM, CR 51, a non-local watch repairman is seen with a group of villagers gathered around him. A mother nursing her own son pokes at the genitals of the baby boy who has come up to sit beside her, this is perhaps to tease her own son. A father plays with his baby son. A toddler gets into corn drying in the courtyard.

General:

Local Numbers: HSFA 1986.13.1-17

Sponsor:

Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

See more items in:

National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal

National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal / Newari Film Project (1986.13.1)

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9aab58636-ea4e-4169-bf57-750569f013fb

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13npl-ref18

Collection Creator:

National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this

Johnson, Barbara  Search this

Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this

Reinhard, Johan  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel (color sound, 16mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1978

Scope and Contents:

Film footage shot by Barbara Johnson among the Jyapu subcaste of the Newars of Tawnany Tole, Thecho village in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: September 15, 4PM, CR52: a boy and girl play a sitting game with stones under the Buddha statue or Chaitya in the Tawnany Tole courtyard while the girl's two year old brother plays with water nearby. The girl lifts her brother out of the water, laughing. See filmmaker's daily log for description of festival preparations beginning this day. It was the first day of the festival called Indra Jattra in Nepali, though the filmmaker's "mother" referred to it as YenyaPhuni. Phuni means full moon. Special foods were cooked during the day, including roast meat and small bean cakes, everyone bathed and put on clean clothes, and in the evening there were household rituals and a sharing of ceremonial food among neighbors in the courtyard. September 16, late morning to mid-day, CR 53 and 54: preparation for and activity of a full moon Buddhist religious ceremony (Phuni Puja) in the Tawnany courtyard. Bamboo poles hold a mandop, or fringed white canopy abouve the courtyard's small stupa, or Buddha statue. Colorful paper ornaments are huyng from the canopy; rows of small shallow clay pots to hold oil and wicks, called dep, are placed in tiers in front of the statue. A Buddhist priest, or Gubaju, from the village of Baregaon, directs the preparations, leads the singing and chanting, and intructs the participants throughout the ceremony. During the preparations, filmed from the filmmaker's third floor window, the Gubaju sits on a mat with several men; between their palms they all roll clay into small conical shapes resembling the stupa and place them on a brass plate. A kailash, or brass vessel filled with water and flowers, symbolizing the universe, is placed on the ground before the statue. Eventually a spirit invoked in the worship activities will enter the vessel. Several kinds of rice are used to decorate the area around the statue. The priest decorates a plate holding flowers and some rice with red "holy powder", a fine dust, and then puts the plate in a small brick-lined depression in front of the Buddha. A boy helps the priest wrap pieces of string into circles; these will later be used by the participants in the ceremony, who will at appointed moments during the worship drape them around water and flower vessels. A sunkha, or large conch shell, one of eight auspicious symbols of the universe, is placed on a small iron tripod between the priest and the statue. Women are tending grains and chillies spread to dry on mats throughout the courtyard. Children of all ages play and watch the preparations for the ceremony. Many, both boys and girls, are holding or watching their younger siblings. A boy and girl get into an argument when the boy takes something from the girl and tries to stick it into the cloth wrapped around her waist, called a "janni". She slaps his arm and chases him, he pushes her, and they start to fight facing each other. At this point a young teenage girl and a woman with a baby rush in and laughingly separate them. The puja is nearly ready to begin. A boy reads from a prayer book as the oldest man in the courtyard, sitting next to the priest, and probably the man who has financed the ceremony, drips water slowly out of a smaller conch shell as the priest begins to recite prayers. The priest then gives the man some flower petals, which he shreds and places on the spot where he dripped the water; the priest rings a bell, a female symbol of mercy. A metal crown with a double trident embossed on its top sits in front of him, indicating that he is a tantric buddhist priest. When it starts to rain several women who have been watching the ceremony scatter to gather the grains they have had drying on mats. A woman gets her 7 - 8 year old son away from the puja and tells him to gather up the corn from a mat while she puts away grain from another mat. Someone brings umbrellas to the priest and the other men seated around the statue.

General:

Local Numbers: HSFA 1986.13.1-18

Sponsor:

Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

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National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal

National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal / Newari Film Project (1986.13.1)

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc974d48a86-6b0c-40a0-833c-7fed695ce88b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13npl-ref19

Collection Creator:

National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this

Johnson, Barbara  Search this

Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this

Reinhard, Johan  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel (color sound, 16mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1978

Scope and Contents:

Film footage shot by Barbara Johnson among the Jyapu subcaste of the Newars of Tawnany Tole, Thecho village in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal; CR 73, October 3, early morning in the Tawnany Tole courtyard. Older girls with younger brothers on their backs check their crocheting together. A young girl sits near the courtyard statue of Buddha while other children climb on it and play a stone toss game. Children share. Younger girls watch an older girl crochet, while a courtyard man, Bailal, works of his bicycle in the background. Bailal has a menial job in Kathmandu. An older sister takes a piece of rope from her younger sister and brings it to the courtyard way-house, or pathi. A grandmother arranges her hair while her grandchild climbs on her lap. Tulushimaya's children look out on the courtyard from their doorway, one of the girls urinates into the courtyard gutter. A group of children leave the courtyard together, younger children on the backs of 7 - 8 year old girls, to do some work outside the courtyard. Four year old Nankumari sitts on a mat in the courtyard, smiles at the camera. Later she gets absorbed in working with a needle(?), while her older sister Mayle stands nearby with her baby brother on her back. Another older girl sits with her younger sibling who is looking at a piece of corn husk. Three boys wind up some rope in the way-house. A mother helps her son remove his shirt, then checks it for body lice. She dries her wet hair in the sun, her son brings her a flower, and then nurses, as others are spreading grains out on mats in the courtyard. CR 74, mid-dayon October 3, the widow Nakali, with whom the filmmaker stayed, beats some dried branches (from old chilli pepper plants?) in front of her house, while the children from next door, her great neices, watch and squabble with each other. The younger girl, Cyrimaya, has something that her older sister Nankumari takes. When Cyrimaya can't get it back she takes a coin from her pocket and conspicuously holds, drops and picks it up while Nakali works. Tulushimaya, mother of 6 daughters, no sons, puts silver barretts in her oldest daughter's hair, while a group of women, older girls and children sit in the courtyard way-house. Nakali sits outside her house, shooing chickens from grain spread on mats with a long stick, and talking with Cyrimaya and Nankumari. Three boys of different ages play. Two older girls who are relatives of Nakali, Baramaya and Gangamaya, tie up chilli branches and corn stalks. A cry goes out that it's raining "Wa walla" and everyone in the courtyard moves to get the grain off their mats. Cyrimaya and her mother, Gyanmaya put grain in a sack, then Cyrimaya plays with a winnowing basket, rolls up a mat, and imitates her mother while her mother works. A boy nearby hits and pushes a dog. CR 75, 6 - 7:30 AM, October 4, scenes around the courtyard water tap, which runs once in the morning and once in the evening each day. Boys dressed in school clothes wash their faces, a woman fills a water jar, a father comes out of his house and calls his daughters. A sister washes her younger brother's face, and they have to move to let water buffalos pass. Another girl sets a dish of flowers on a water jar while she washes her face. The oldest grandfather in the courtyard and some girls all perform morning devotions around the Buddha statue, offering water libations, flowers, touching their heads to each of 4 sides of the Buddha statue, circling clockwise 3 times, and marking themselves with red powder tikka marks on their foreheads. Other children come and remove the flowers from the statue. Children play in and near thecourtyard way-house as it starts to rain.

General:

Local Numbers: HSFA 1986.13.1-25

Sponsor:

Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

See more items in:

National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal

National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal / Newari Film Project (1986.13.1)

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc91b7c61e4-589b-4eb1-8686-863221194537

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13npl-ref24

Collection Creator:

National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this

Johnson, Barbara  Search this

Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this

Reinhard, Johan  Search this

Extent:

18 Film reels (color sound; 18,900 feet, 16mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1978

Scope and Contents:

Full film record created for the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution. Research film project documents everyday life and ritual from May through December 1978 at religious sites throughout the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, including Boudhanath, Swayambhu, the Ka-Nying, Sakya, and Tharig Monasteries, and the Jawalakhel Tibetan Settlement. Activities documented include the devotional act of puja and associated activities such as: money and mandala offerings; burning effigies; chanting; and playing of instruments including the gyeling, thokma, shells, drums, and cymbals. The Mahakala, Tara, and Chod Pujas are documented among others. Other documented activities include: meals, recitations, chores, and games among monks both young and old; local people attending meals and ceremonies; and a reception for an incarnated lama. Footage is of several different Tibetan Buddhist sects in the Nyingma, Kagyupa, Sakya, and Gelug schools, and various Buddhist leaders preside over the ceremonies.

General:

Local Numbers: HSFA 1986.13.39

Sponsor:

Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

See more items in:

National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc91912d732-3e76-40a9-9476-422abc1f9792

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13npl-ref32

Collection Creator:

National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this

Johnson, Barbara  Search this

Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this

Reinhard, Johan  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel (color sound, 16mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1978

Scope and Contents:

Film footage shot August l0 3PM, tripod filming in Tawnany Tole courtyard, boys' hopping game, boy stuffing chillies in basket. August ll, 6 to l0AM, children in thecourtyard way-house and other activities filmed from 3rd floor window.

General:

Local Numbers: HSFA 1986.13.1-5

Sponsor:

Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

See more items in:

National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal

National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal / Newari Film Project (1986.13.1)

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9e43df0e6-a6b4-4f3c-8309-769afea9539f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-1986-13npl-ref6