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Physical description:

ix, 107 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm

Type:

Congresses

Place:

Islamic countries

Date:

1980

C1980]

Topic:

Islamic architecture  Search this

Symbolism in architecture  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_481659

Editor:

Marchand, Trevor Hugh James  Search this

Physical description:

231 pages illustrations (some color), maps (some color) 25 cm

Type:

Books

History

Place:

Yemen (Republic)

Yémen

Date:

2017

Topic:

Architecture--History  Search this

Architecture--Histoire  Search this

Architecture  Search this

Islamic architecture  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1147541

Editor:

Gharipour, Mohammad  Search this

Coslett, Daniel E  Search this

Physical description:

xv, 484 pages illustrations 24 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

2022

Topic:

Islamic architecture  Search this

Islamic architecture--Forecasting  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1158659

Creator:

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Names:

Aga-Oglu, Mehmet, 1896-1949  Search this

Ettinghausen, Richard  Search this

Field, Henry  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Kuban, Dogan  Search this

Moe, Henry Allen  Search this

Pope, Arthur Upham, 1881-1969  Search this

Former owner:

Blake, Marion Elizabeth  Search this

Extent:

192 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1910-1970

Summary:

The Myron Bement Smith collection consists of two parts, the papers of Myron Bement Smith and his wife Katharine and the Islamic Archives. It contains substantial material about his field research in Italy in the 1920s and his years working on Islamic architecture in Iran in the 1930s. Letters describe the milieu in which he operated in Rochester NY and New York City in the 1920s and early 1930s; the Smiths' life in Iran from 1933 to 1937; and the extensive network of academic and social contacts that Myron and Katharine developed and maintained over his lifetime. The Islamic Archives was a project to which Smith devoted most of his professional life. It includes both original materials, such as his photographs and notes, and items acquired by him from other scholars or experts on Islamic art and architecture. Smith intended the Archives to serve as a resource for scholars interested in the architecture and art of the entire Islamic world although he also included some materials about non-Islamic architecture.

Scope and Contents:

The Myron Bement Smith Collection consists of two parts, the papers of Myron Bement Smith and his wife Katharine and the Islamic Archives. The papers include some biographic material about Myron but little about his wife. Information on his academic and professional experience is sketchy and his diaries and appointment books often contain only sporadic entries. The papers contain substantial material about his field research in Italy in the 1920s and his years working on Islamic architecture in Iran in the 1930s. Correspondence comprises the largest and most potentially useful part of the papers. Letters describe the milieu in which he operated in Rochester, NY and New York City in the 1920s and early 1930s; the Smiths' life in Iran from 1933 to 1937; and the extensive network of academic and social contacts that Myron and Katharine developed and maintained over his lifetime.

The Islamic Archives, formally entitled The Archive for Islamic Culture and Art, was a project to which Smith devoted most of his professional life. It includes both original materials, such as his photographs and notes, and items acquired by him from other scholars or experts on Islamic art and architecture. Most of the latter consists of photographs and slides. Smith intended the Archives to serve as a resource for scholars interested in the architecture and art of the entire Islamic world although he also included some materials about non-Islamic architecture. The core collection of the Archives consists of Smith's original photographs and architectural sketches of Iranian Islamic monuments made during his field research in the 1930s. He meticulously photographed the interior and exterior of monuments, including their decorative detail. Some of the photographic materials subsequently loaned, purchased, or donated to the Archives may enable scholars to document sites over time but in many cases the materials are poorly preserved or reproduced. A notable exception to this is the glassplate negatives and prints of 19th century Iranian photographer Antoin Sevruguin.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 2 major series with further subseries. A third series inventories the outsized and miscellaneous materials.

Series 1: Papers

Subseries 1.1: Biographic Materials

Subseries 1.2: Professional Experience

Subseries 1.3: Notebooks, Journals and Appointment Books

Subseries 1.4: Correspondence

Subseries 1.5: Published and Unpublished Materials

Subseries 1.6: Italy Research 1925, 1927-1928

Subseries 1.7: Iran Research 1933-1937

Subseries 1.8: Katharine Dennis Smith Papers and Correspondence

Series 2: The Islamic Archives

Subseries 2.1: Islamic Archives History, Collection Information

Subseries 2.2: Resource Materials Iran

Subseries 2.3: Resource Materials Other Islamic World and General

Subseries 2.4: Myron Bement Smith Architectural Sketches, Plans and Notes, Iran, 1933-1937

Subseries 2.5: Myron Bement Smith Iran Photographs, Notebooks and Negative Registers

Subseries 2.6: Country Photograph File

Subseries 2.7: Lantern Slide Collection

Subseries 2.8: Myron Bement Smith 35 mm Color Slides

Subseries 2.9: Country 35 mm Color Slide File

Subseries 2.10: Myron Bement Smith Negatives

Subseries 2.11: Country Photograph Negatives

Subseries 2.12: Antoin Sevruguin Photographs

Series 3: Outsize and Miscellaneous Items

Subseries 3.1: Map Case Drawers

Subseries 3.2: Rolled Items

Subseries 3.3 Items in Freezer

Subseries 3.4 Smithsonian Copy Negatives

Biographical Note:

Myron Bement Smith was born in Newark Valley, New York in 1897 and grew up in Rochester, New York. He died in Washington D.C. in 1970. He showed an early interest in drawing, and after graduation from high school, he worked as a draftsman for a Rochester architect. He served in the US Army Medical Corps in France during World War I and on return again worked as an architectural draftsman. He studied at Yale University from 1922 to 1926, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. During summer vacations, he worked as draftsman or designer for architectural firms in New York City. After graduation, he received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation grant and spent two years in Italy doing research on northern Italian brick and stone work. He used photography as an tool for his research and published several well-illustrated articles. On return he joined an architectural firm in Philadelphia and in 1931 became a registered architect in New York. He enrolled in Harvard University graduate school in 1929 pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree.

In April 1930, Smith was appointed Secretary of the newly created American Institute for Persian Art and Archaeology founded by Arthur Upham Pope and located in New York City. He had no prior academic or work experience in Islamic art or architecture, and his job entailed designing publications, arranging lectures, organizing exhibitions and fund raising. That summer he arranged an independent study course at Harvard University on Persian art and subsequently studied Persian language at Columbia University and attended graduate courses at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. His work and academic credentials enabled him to compete successfully for a research fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies in 1933 to study Iranian Islamic architecture.

Accompanied by his new bride Katharine Dennis, Smith left for Iran in 1933. They suffered a horrendous motor vehicle accident in Iraq en route and required a lengthy recuperation in Lebanon and Cyprus. The Smiths eventually arrived in Isfahan, Iran, where they established their "Expedition House," as Smith called it, in a rented faculty house at Stuart College. Smith's research consisted of meticulous photographic documentation of Islamic monuments and architectural sketches and drawings of many of them. He concentrated on the Isfahan area but also documented monuments elsewhere in Iran. Smith outfitted his station wagon as a combination camper and research vehicle in which he and his staff traveled widely. Katharine sometimes traveled with him but generally she remained in Isfahan managing the household and logistics for the "expedition." The Smiths left Iran in 1937.

Smith published several articles about Iran's Islamic monuments based on his field research and in 1947 completed his PhD thesis for The Johns Hopkins University on the vault in Persian architecture. His professional career from 1938 until his death in 1970 consisted of a series of temporary academic positions, contract work and government or academic sponsored lecture tours and photographic exhibits. He had a long lasting relationship with the Library of Congress where he served as an Honorary Consultant from 1938 to 1940 and again from 1948 to 1970; from 1943 to 1944 he was Chief of the Iranian Section at the Library. Despite his lack of published material, Smith was well-known among academic, government and private citizens who worked, traveled or were otherwise interested Iran and the Islamic world.

Smith developed an extensive network of professional and social contacts that dated from his early student days and increased markedly during his time at the Persian Institute and later in Iran. He kept in touch with them and they touted him to others who were interested in Iran or Islamic art and architecture. This network served him well in realizing his ambition of creating a resource for scholars that relied on photographs to document Islamic architecture. The Islamic Archives began with his own collection of photographs from his Iran research and grew to include all manner of photographic and other materials not only on the Islamic world but also other areas. Creating and managing the Archives became the main focus of Smith's professional life and career. In 1967 he received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to revise his PhD thesis as a publishable manuscript but died before he could complete it.

Related Materials:

The Antoin Sevruguin Photgraphs

Ernst Herzfeld Papers

Lionel B. Bier Drawings

Lionel D. Bier and Carol Bier Photographs

Provenance:

Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith, transfered from National Anthropological Archives.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Islamic architecture  Search this

Islamic Architecture-Turkey  Search this

Iran-description and travel  Search this

Iran-History 20th Century  Search this

Islamic Architecture-Middle East  Search this

Iran-social life and customs  Search this

United States-Social life and customs  Search this

Mosques  Search this

Architecture -- Iran  Search this

Citation:

The Myron Bement Smith Collection. FSA.A.04. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.

Identifier:

FSA.A.04

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Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3c8c950fe-250b-40df-b8c7-bcf788073968

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a-04

Medium:

Stone-paste painted under clear glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 20.7 x 20.8 cm (8 1/8 x 8 3/16 in)

Type:

Architectural Element

Origin:

Sultanabad, Iran

Date:

14th century

Period:

Il-Khanid dynasty

Topic:

Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353)  Search this

Iran  Search this

Arts of the Islamic World  Search this

Myron Bement Smith collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Myron Bement Smith

Accession Number:

F1973.15

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f5bb6816-142c-4074-98b3-6aa022323260

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1973.15

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum  Search this

Verlag Philipp von Zabern  Search this

Anistās Mārī, al-Karmilī, ab, 1866-1947  Search this

Becker, Carl Heinrich, 1876-1933  Search this

Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926  Search this

Berchem, Max van, 1863-1921  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Krefter, Friedrich, 1898-1995  Search this

Meyer, Eduard, 1855-1930  Search this

Sarre, Friedrich Paul Theodor, 1865-1945  Search this

Extent:

150 Linear feet (circa 30,000 items)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Blueprints

Journals (accounts)

Photographs

Clippings

Notebooks

Drawings

Sketchbooks

Articles

Paper squeezes

Correspondence

Diaries

Sketches

Rubbings

Place:

Turkey

Mesopotamia

Bakun, Tall-e (Iran)

Iran

Iraq

Lebanon

Persepolis (Iran)

Pasargadae (Extinct city)

Taq-e Bostan Site (Iran)

Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)

Syria

Date:

1903-1947

Summary:

An outstanding scholar in the field of Iranian studies, Ernst Herzfeld (1879--1948) explored all phases of Near Eastern culture from the prehistoric period to Islamic times. This collection documents Herzfeld's excavations at Samarra, Persepolis, Pasargadae, and Aleppo and includes correspondence; field notebooks; drawings; sketchbooks; inventories of objects; "squeeze" copies of architectural details; and photographs.

Scope and Contents:

Papers (1899--1962) of German born archaeologist Ernst Emil Herzfeld (1879--1948), a preeminent scholar of Near Eastern and Iranian studies. The collection measures 150 linear feet (circa 30,000 items) and documents Herzfeld's work as a pioneer in the field and sheds light on his excavations at Samarra, Persepolis, Pasargadae, and Aleppo. Formats include correspondence; field notebooks; drawings; sketchbooks; inventories of objects; "squeeze" copies of architectural details; and photographs.

Arrangement:

This collection is organized into seven series.

Series 1: Travel journals

Series 2: Sketchbooks

Series 3: Notebooks

Series 4: Photographic files 1-42

Series 5: Drawings and maps

Series 6: Squeezes

Series 7: Samarra Expedition

Biographical / Historical:

The Ernst Herzfeld Papers document the career of Ernst Herzfeld (1879--1948), a German architect, archaeologist, and historian of Islamic and Pre-Islamic studies. After training as an architect he studied archaeology under Delitzch from 1903 to 1906 at the excavations at Assur in Mesopotamia. A student of Latin, Greek, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Hebrew, Herzfeld received a doctorate in Humanistic Studies at universities in Munich and Berlin in 1907. His work with Friedrich Sarre to survey the monuments of the Tigris-Euphrates valleys resulted in landmark studies in architectural history, published in 1911 and 1920.

In 1920 Herzfeld was appointed to the chair of Historical Geography in Berlin and began his excavation at Samarra. Herzfeld's work there led to a six-volume publication. He published widely throughout his life on the sources of Islamic architecture and ornament, including the Royal Palace at Persepolis.

From 1934 until the end of his life Herzfeld spent his time producing many books and articles, lecturing, and working at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton (1936--1945.) Many of his works continue to be published post-humously.

1879 July 23 -- Born in Celle, Germany.

1897 -- Received diploma from Joachimsthaler Gymnasium, Berlin.

1897-circa 1898 -- Fulfilled military service.

circa 1899 -- Studied architecture at the Technical University and Assyriology, art history, and philosophy at the Friedrich-Wilhems Universität in Berlin.

1903 -- Passed exam in structural engineering.

1903-1905 -- Assistant to Walter Andrae (1875-1956) in Assur.

1905-1906 -- Traveled throughout Iran and Iraq.

1907 -- Excavation in Cilicia. Passed oral exam in February. Awarded doctorate in Humanistic Studies by Friedrich-Wilhems Universtät zu Berlin. After receiving Ph.D. traveled extensively in Syria and Iraq with Friedrich Sarre, director of the Islamic Museum in Berlin.

1910 -- Herzfeld and Sarre jointly publish, Iranische Felsreliefs (Berlin, 1910).

1911-1913 -- Field Director under direction of Sarre during expedition to Samarra.

circa 1914 -- Drafted into service in France and Poland during World War I. Sent to Iraq where he functioned as a surveyor.

1916 -- Father died.

1917 -- Appointed associate professor for Historical Geography and Art History of the Ancient Orient at Berlin. Along with Friedrich Sarre and others, founded the German-Persian Society to increase cultural and economic exchange between Germany and Persia.

1920 -- Appointed world's first full professor of Near Eastern Archeology. Begins excavation at Samarra.

1922 -- Mother died.

1923-1934 -- In Persia, where he completed many excavations and studies.

1928 -- Excavation at Pasargadae.

1931-1934 -- Appointed director of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago and moved to Persepolis.

1934 -- As grandson of Jews, Nazi legislation expelling state employees of Jewish descent forced Herzfeld to retire as a professor employed by the state. Moved to London.

1936 -- Delivered Lowell Lectures. Moved to Boston. Lectured on Iranian history and appointed a member of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.

1944 -- Retired from Princeton University.

1948 January 20 -- Died.

Provenance:

Ernst Herzfeld donated his papers to the Freer Gallery of Art in 1946.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Ayyubids  Search this

Art of the Islamic World  Search this

Antiquities  Search this

History  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

Pottery  Search this

Description and Travel  Search this

Decoration and ornament  Search this

Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this

Aerial photography  Search this

Abbasids  Search this

Religious buildings  Search this

Numismatics  Search this

Inscriptions  Search this

Architectural drawing  Search this

Genre/Form:

Blueprints

Journals (accounts)

Photographs

Clippings

Notebooks

Drawings

Sketchbooks

Articles

Paper Squeezes

Correspondence

Diaries

Sketches

Rubbings

Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946

Identifier:

FSA.A.06

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Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3d8456fbe-98f6-4159-bd2f-c485379b84a7

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a-06

Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Names:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Collection Creator:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Extent:

1 Notebook (67 pages, 15.8 cm. x 19.8 cm.)

1 Item (Notes (2 leaves), 19.9 cm. x 30.5 cm)

1 Item (Notes (1 leaf), 13.3 cm. x 13.6 cm)

1 Item (Notes (1 leaf), 17.7 cm. x 22.1 cm)

1 Item (Notes (3 leaves), 20.4 cm. x 26.4 cm. or smaller)

5 Leaves (loose notes, various dimensions)

Container:

Volume N-88

Type:

Archival materials

Notebooks

Leaves

Place:

Asia

Iraq

Syria

Baghdad (Iraq)

Damascus (Syria)

Scope and Contents:

- In Finding Aid, Joseph Upton's caption for N-88 reads, "Contains cuneiform inscriptions from Assur; Greek inscriptions from Cilicia; notes on Islamic architecture, including the Mustansiriyya in Baghdad; itinerary Qyzribat-Khaniqin with notes on mosque in Kerkuk; itinerary Hamadan-Enzeli; extract from van Berchem's Journal on the Great Mosque at Damascus; extract from Enno Littmann's article (in Italian) on the inscriptions in Harran and Zebed. With the notebook are a few pages of notes related to the Damascus mosque."

Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 3: Notebooks; Notes on Various Inscriptions and Architecture; Two itineraries; as well as Transcriptions from Max Van Berchem's Sketchbook on the Great Mosque of Damascus (Syria) and an Article of Enno Littmann on Inscriptions in Zebed (Syria) and Haran (Syria) (N-88)

Arrangement:

In the original arrangement of the Ernst Herzfeld Archive, Notebooks were included in a larger body of diverse material acknowledged by Ernst Herzfeld as his study collection. In the early 1970s, Joseph Upton, for research purpose, rearranged the collection and created a specific series (Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 3: Notebooks, 1904-1946, 1957, n.d.) for 131 notebooks, including four ledgers and eight travel journals. Upton has given this notebook an accession number, N-88, related to the series he created for the notebooks, probably following Herzfeld's original organization.

Local Numbers:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers, N-88

FSA A.6 03.088

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

Architecture  Search this

Art of the Islamic World  Search this

Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this

Inscriptions  Search this

Inscriptions, Arabic  Search this

Inscriptions, Greek  Search this

Religious buildings  Search this

Genre/Form:

Notebooks

Collection Citation:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946

Identifier:

FSA.A.06, File FSA A.6 03.088

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Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 3: Notebooks

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc37eeaf927-6d76-4800-9174-795699424f39

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref8340

Publisher:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (5" x 8".)

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Stereoscopic photographs

Local Numbers:

RSN 10571

General:

Company catalog card included.

Currently stored in box 2.1.18 [72].

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Islamic architecture  Search this

Mosques  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass

Stereoscopic photographs

Collection Citation:

Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 2: American Stereoscpopic Co. glass plates / 2.1: American Stereoscopic Negatives / RSN Numbers 10503-10590

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep878f805a4-e51a-4d54-8cec-18530d1984d1

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref7248

Author:

Necipoğlu, Gülru  Search this

Arapi, Arben N  Search this

Günay, Reha  Search this

Güven, Gül Çağalı  Search this

Physical description:

799 pages illustrations (some color), maps, plans 31 cm

Type:

Books

History

Place:

Turkey

Date:

2013

16th century

Topic:

Mosques--Design and construction--History  Search this

Architecture, Ottoman  Search this

Islamic architecture  Search this

Mosques--Design and construction  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1158234

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

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Black-and-white negatives

Negatives

Place:

Africa

Egypt

Date:

1959

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 Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.

Local Numbers:

Negative number 1959 C-3, 30.

General:

Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

Typed index card reads, "T 6 Egy. Egypt. Cairo. Sultan Hasan Mosque (L) and El Rafai Mosque (R). 1959. EE. neg.no. 1959 C-3, 30." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.

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:

Black-and-white negatives

Negatives

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 EENG 06427

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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/xo793ea9240-ff3b-43d0-a0b7-e52beda01918

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref33507

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 866 EE 65

General:

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

Local Note:

Frame value is 9.

Slide No. T 6 EGY 866 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 18478

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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/xo715712a13-5cf4-41fa-9b2c-0da5b33e7a59

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref9998

Creator:

Vorperian  Search this

Extent:

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Djibouti

Date:

circa 1910

Scope and Contents:

Printed caption on recto reads: "3 - Souvenir de Djibouti - La Mosquée."

Translated caption reads: "3 - Souvenir of Djibouti - The Mosque."

Additional printed text on recto reads: "Vorperian Edit,."

Local Numbers:

EEPA FT-22-01

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

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

Mosques  Search this

Islamic architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Picture postcards

Collection Citation:

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA FT 2013-001-0269

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 14: Djibouti (FT)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7c8d5161c-553c-4c74-92e9-405a4099b0bc

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref4549

Creator:

C. B. C. (Accra)  Search this

Extent:

1 Postcard (halftone., col., 10.5 x 15 cm.)

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Ghana

Date:

[ca. 1983]

Scope and Contents:

Printed caption on verso reads: "Mosque in the Northern Region; Ghana."

Additional printed text on verso reads: "C.B.C. Box 3285, Accra - Ghana."

Manuscript message, address, and postmarked postage stamps on verso.

Local Numbers:

EEPA GH-22-02

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

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

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Mosques  Search this

Islamic architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Picture postcards

Collection Citation:

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA GH 2010-008-3903

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 20: Ghana (GH)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo78feeba87-dac6-4ccc-bd62-a481b74b3649

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref4613

Extent:

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Morocco

Date:

[ca. 1919]

Scope and Contents:

Translated caption reads: ''MOROCCO (Scenes and Characters) -Inside an Arab house."

Postmarked postage stamp on recto. Stamped text on verso reads: "Expéditeur; Charles Allonneau; Sous-Officier s'Etat-Major; Bureau de Recrutement; Casablanca (Maroc)."

Local Numbers:

EEPA MR-07-09

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

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

Architecture -- Africa  Search this

Islamic architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Picture postcards

Collection Citation:

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MR 1995-0007-09

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 30: Morocco (MR)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7587a9664-192b-418d-9f8b-d9628cb1e2aa

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref6083

Creator:

Lehnert & Landrock  Search this

Extent:

1 Postcard (monochrome, 9 x 14 cm.)

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Morocco

Date:

[ca. 1905]

Scope and Contents:

Picture postcard printed by: "Editeurs L& L."

Translated caption reads: ''Arab palace." In the foreground, corinthian columns supporting arches, in the background men leaning on a railing, walls decorated with mosaic.

Local Numbers:

EEPA MR-07-10

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

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

Architecture -- Africa  Search this

Islamic architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Picture postcards

Collection Citation:

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MR 1995-0007-10

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 30: Morocco (MR)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7da884939-17ef-4589-84b8-c82bb40fdcf5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref6084

Creator:

Lévy & Neurdein Réunis  Search this

Extent:

1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Morocco

Morocco, -- Fès-Boulemane Region, -- Fès, -- Zaouia Moulay Idriss II (Shrine of Moulay Idris II)

Date:

[ca. 1925]

Scope and Contents:

Picture postcard printed by Etablissements Lévy et Neurdein Réunis, 44, rue Letellier - Paris.

Translated caption reads: ''FES - Zaouïa of Moulay-Idris. Collection-box." View of a wall embellished with carved stones and mosaic, a lantern suspended from the ceiling.

Local Numbers:

EEPA MR-07-17

EEPA MR 1995-0007-17

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

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

Architecture -- Africa  Search this

Historic sites  Search this

Islamic architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Picture postcards

Collection Citation:

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-014, Item Collection LL 32

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 30: Morocco (MR)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7c941732b-efa1-4527-947e-fb990def4207

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref6091

Creator:

Lévy & Neurdein Réunis  Search this

Extent:

1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Morocco

Morocco, -- Fès-Boulemane Region, -- Fès, -- Zaouia Moulay Idriss II (Shrine of Moulay Idris II)

Date:

[ca. 1925]

Scope and Contents:

Picture postcard printed by Etablissements Lévy et Neurdein Réunis, 44, rue Letellier - Paris.

Translated caption reads: ''FES - Zaouïa of Moulay-Idris. The fountain.'' In the left side wall decorated with mosaic and calligraphy with the fountain in a cavity, in the right side men taking water.

Local Numbers:

EEPA MR-07-18

EEPA MR 1995-0007-18

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

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

Architecture -- Africa  Search this

Islamic architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Picture postcards

Collection Citation:

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-014, Item Collection LL 33

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 30: Morocco (MR)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a77093fa-0584-4850-af94-8525f3856917

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref6092

Creator:

Lévy & Neurdein Réunis  Search this

Extent:

1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Morocco

Morocco, -- Fès-Boulemane Region, -- Fès, -- Madrasa Bou Inania

Date:

[ca. 1925]

Scope and Contents:

Picture postcard printed by Etablissements Lévy et Neurdein Réunis, 44, rue Letellier - Paris.

Translated caption reads: ''FES - Courtyard of the Médersa Bou-Anania.''

Local Numbers:

EEPA MR-07-19

EEPA MR 1995-0007-19

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

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

Architecture -- Africa  Search this

Islamic architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Picture postcards

Collection Citation:

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-014, Item Collection LL 35

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 30: Morocco (MR)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo726c4589a-cc77-431b-ad48-779fa6dc5d34

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref6093

Creator:

R. S. (Fès)  Search this

Extent:

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Morocco

Morocco, -- Fès-Boulemane Region, -- Fès

Date:

[ca. 1910]

Scope and Contents:

Translated caption reads: ''FEZ - Arab room." In the foreground, view of View of an arcade and cavity in the wall where stands a marquetry coffee table with urn, sofa beds with pillows displayed on them, walls decorated with mosaic.

Picture postcard printed by Editions R.S. - Fez.

Local Numbers:

EEPA MR-07-26

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

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

Architecture -- Africa  Search this

Islamic architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Picture postcards

Collection Citation:

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MR 1995-0007-26

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 30: Morocco (MR)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ea505358-6c22-41f9-9f83-bc3c5dd14606

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref6100