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Collection Citation:
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. Collection, Acc. 1992.0023, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Nakuru, 1939; Kamba Native Land Unit, Tanganyika Territory; Ndara-Mombasa, Tanganyika Territory; Kitale-Njoro, Maasai Extra Provincial District and Native Land Unit
Collection Restrictions:
Recommendations that Karp wrote for his colleagues and students are restricted until 2061.
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Collection Citation:
Ivan Karp papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
This collection was processed with the support of a Wenner-Gren Foundation Historical Archives Program grant awarded to Corinne Kratz.
Folder 21 Wyman, Jon. Correspondence from Mr. Jon Wyman, Department of Zoology, University College, Nairobi, Kenya dating from January 1966 to June 1966.
Container:
Box 12 of 18
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7411, John F. Eisenberg Papers
Footage shot while Travis was on sabbatical leave from the Cleveland Institute of Art. Film documents his travels along the "Cape-to-Cairo" route begun by Cecil Rhodes. Footage includes: street scenes in Cape Town and indigenous dwellings along the South African train route; street scenes in Mombassa, Kenya; Mt. Kilamanjaro in Tanganyika (Tanzania); Hindu stone masons in Nairobi, Kenya; scenes in the Kikuyu Native Reserve; a Lumbwa harvest dance and Christmas service; Tutsi war dance at Billingyama, Ruanda; Africans (probably Banyoro) poling canoes on Lake Bunyonyi in Uganda; colonial labor parties on roadwork in the Belgian Congo (Zaire); Manbetu chief in feathered headdress at Ekibondi Village; Pygmy dance sequences; Congo elephant farm at Dungu, Belgian Congo; and street scenes and bazaars in Cairo, Egypt.
Legacy Keywords: Dancing ceremonies Kenya Congo ; Drumming Matabele Bira Mangbetu Rhodesia Belgian Congo ; Meals cooking South Africa ; Houses African house types ; Markets marketwomen Kenya Egypt ; Housebuilding African European ; Boats dugouts Lake Bunyoni ; Masonry Hindi masons Nairobi ; Garb ethnic Massai Kikuyu Mangbetu ; Adornment ear ornamentation Kikuyu ; Hair treatment of Massai Mangbetu ; Tea harvesting of plantations Kenya ; Cattle animal husbandry Nilotic ; Feathers use of in headdress Lumbwa Kenya ; Weapons spears Massai Lumbwa ; Musical instruments drums horns Lumbwa ; Smoking pipes Ruanda ; Roads construction of by natives Belgium Congo ; Mutilation lip discs Ubangi ; Elephants training of Congo Elephant Farm ; Streets bazzar Cairo ; Architecture Cairo ; Ceremony Mangbetu Bira Belgian Congo ; Language and culture; Cape Town (South Africa) ; Nairobi (Kenya) ; Dungi, Belgium Congo ; Lake Bunyoni, Ruanda ; Mt. Kilamanjaro, Kenya ; Lake Chihaffi, Ruanda ; Mufumbiro Mountains ; Billingyana, Belgian Congo ; Ekibondi (village), Belgian Congo ; Cairo (Egypt) ; Africa ; Hindi Nairobi ; Masai (African people) ; Lumbwa ; Wattusi ; Ubangi
Local Number:
HSFA 1989.17.1
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Collection Citation:
Paul Travis films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Footage shot on the Raymond-Whitcomb Round Africa Cruise beginning in French West Africa (Benin, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal) and ending in Egypt. Locations visited include Dakar, Senegal; Freetown, Sierra Leone; Durban, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya; Khartoum, Sudan; and Cairo, Egypt. Film includes a wide range of subjects shot while traveling by automobile, train, and riverboat. Documentation features acrobatic dancers, snake handlers, and kassonké masked dance performances in Dakar; Zulu "war dance" performed outside Durban; rickshaw boys performing for tourists and Indian markets and stalls in Durban; Nilotic people (probably Shilluk) along the White Nile; Masai; Kikuyu ceremony near Nairobi; market with Arabs and East Indians; Bedouins with camels; monumental architecture and sculpture in Egypt; Cairo bazaars; and the Valley of the Kings.
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Local Numbers: HSFA 1989.16.1
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Collection Citation:
Edward Higbee films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, August 6, 1976.
General:
802-1/3-76
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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-Robert L. Cooper et al., Language survey of Ethiopia, Part II Language use in Ethiopia, drafts of chapters 6-9, 23
-Kenneth Little, "Methodology in the study of African women's urban roles," draft of paper
-__________, "The women of Africa," The Nation, 1973 February 26
-Jean Morrison, Report of visit to the University Colleges of the University of East Africa at Nairobi, Kenya; Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; and Kampala, Uganda (Makerere) by the executive Officer of Social Sciences and Humanities Division, Canada Council, 1968 August 1-5
-George Park, "Commerce and coercion in East African prehistory," papers for American Ethnological Society meeting, Toronto, 1985
-Review by Robert L. Cooper of Choosing a lingua franca in an African capital by Carol Myers Scotton (with electrostatic copies of selected pages from the book)
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The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
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Collection Citation:
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
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Collection Citation:
Reginald Gammon papers, 1927-2007, bulk 1960-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the digitization of this collection was provided by The Walton Family Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Zotz, Gerhard, Harris, Gary, Koniger, Martina, and Winter, Klaus. 1994. "Photosynthesis and Carbon Gain of the Tropical Pioneer Tree, Ficus insipida." In Accessing the Canopy: Assessment of Biological Diversity and Microclimate of the Tropical Canopy. Phase I. Wright, S. Joseph and Colley, Marti, editors. 43–44. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Program, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Parque Natural Metropolitano.
Zimmermann, U., Hasse, A., Langbein, D., and Meinzer, Frederick C. 1994. "Mechanisms of Long-Distance Water Transport in Plants: A Re-Examination of Some Paradigms in the Light of New Evidence." In Accessing the Canopy: Assessment of Biological Diversity and Microclimate of the Tropical Canopy. Phase I. Wright, S. Joseph and Colley, Marti, editors. 48–49. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Program, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Parque Natural Metropolitano.
Wright, S. Joseph and Samaniego, Mirna. 1994. "Herbivory." In Accessing the Canopy: Assessment of Biological Diversity and Microclimate of the Tropical Canopy. Phase I. Wright, S. Joseph and Colley, Marti, editors. 17–18. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Program, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Parque Natural Metropolitano.
Wright, S. Joseph and Mulkey, Stephen S. 1994. "Leaf Area Seasonality in a Tropical Forest." In Accessing the Canopy: Assessment of Biological Diversity and Microclimate of the Tropical Canopy. Phase I. Wright, S. Joseph and Colley, Marti, editors. 29–32. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Program, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Parque Natural Metropolitano.
Wright, S. Joseph and Colley, Marti. 1994. "Upper-Canopy Micro-Climate and Its Effect on Plant Performance." In Accessing the Canopy: Assessment of Biological Diversity and Microclimate of the Tropical Canopy. Phase I. Wright, S. Joseph and Colley, Marti, editors. 23–25. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Program, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Parque Natural Metropolitano.
Wright, S. Joseph and Colley, Marti. 1994. "Preface." In Accessing the Canopy: Assessment of Biological Diversity and Microclimate of the Tropical Canopy. Phase I. Wright, S. Joseph and Colley, Marti, editors. iv–v. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Program, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Parque Natural Metropolitano.
