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Smithsonian Channel  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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2017-10-20T15:37:43.000Z

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Entertainment  Search this

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Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

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edanmdm:yt_Oi32e1ObqgQ

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

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2018-01-19T16:30:00.000Z

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Entertainment  Search this

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Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

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edanmdm:yt_WmwnPNMLj-k

Creator:

National Museum of African Art  Search this

Type:

Interviews

YouTube Videos

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2015-05-18T19:46:29.000Z

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Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, African  Search this

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Data Source:

National Museum of African Art

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianAfricanAr

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_bj5jhJi6vEs

Creator:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2019-07-02T16:49:15.000Z

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Education  Search this

Topic:

Design  Search this

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

YouTube Channel:

cooperhewitt

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_2e0Ar1nVU8Q

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Type:

Conversations and talks

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2010-09-24T21:31:32.000Z

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Education  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianVideos

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_G89kO0DQpt0

Biogeographical Region:

23 - West-Central Tropical Africa  Search this

Collector:

Mat. Alcool  Search this

Max. Elevation:

1450  Search this

Min. Elevation:

1400  Search this

Place:

Prov. Ruanda, Territ.: Biumba, Region de Mutara, environ de Mimuli, reserve IRSAC, colline Mimuli., Rwanda, Africa

Collection Date:

Transcribed d/m/y: 6/2/59

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Fabales Fabaceae Papilionoideae

Published Name:

Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich.

Barcode:

02354313

USNM Number:

2375171

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/393971f3e-1bd2-4481-abbd-032ef086f97f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_13733416

Biogeographical Region:

23 - West-Central Tropical Africa  Search this

Collector:

Mat. Alcool  Search this

Place:

Prov. Ruanda, Territ.: Biumba, Region de Mutara, colline Karukwanzi, galerie pres de la riv. Kakitumba., Rwanda, Africa

Collection Date:

21 Mar 1958

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Fabales Fabaceae Papilionoideae

Published Name:

Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich.

Barcode:

02354314

USNM Number:

2375383

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/377047b14-a083-4ec9-9f1f-7d5197513d32

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_13733417

Biogeographical Region:

23 - West-Central Tropical Africa  Search this

Collector:

Mat. Alcool  Search this

Max. Elevation:

1450  Search this

Min. Elevation:

1400  Search this

Place:

Prov. Ruanda, Territ.: Biumba, Region du Mutara, environ de Mimuli, reserve Irsac, colline Mayebe, Rwanda, Africa

Collection Date:

Transcribed d/m/y: 6/10/59

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Fabales Fabaceae Caesalpinioideae

Published Name:

Albizia versicolor Welw. ex Oliv.

Barcode:

02195396

USNM Number:

2526605

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3793992ec-83bd-4e23-9fab-04b58838d1fd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_13155339

Collection Creator:

Davies, R. E. G. (Ronald Edward George)  Search this

Container:

Box 73, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1963-2010

Scope and Contents:

Kenya, Other Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda Burundi, Sudan, Djbouti and Somalia

Collection Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Collection Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Collection Citation:

R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0604, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection

R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection / Series 1: Dossiers / Airlines - Africa

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2ecd8a472-db89-4b06-aff4-ae34aa1d7e32

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-0604-ref955

Biogeographical Region:

23 - West-Central Tropical Africa  Search this

Collector:

R. Christiaensen  Search this

Min. Elevation:

1350  Search this

Place:

Rwandensis, Kakitumba; terr. Biumba. Statio:savane a epineux., Rwanda, Africa

Collection Date:

26 Jun 1954

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Fabales Fabaceae Caesalpinioideae

Published Name:

Vachellia sieberiana (DC.) Kyal. & Boatwr. var. sieberiana

Barcode:

02204204

USNM Number:

2913897

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3084a48f8-44cc-408a-8a23-b4e395637e6c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_13165151

Maker:

Collin Sekajugo, born 1980, Uganda  Search this

Medium:

Acrylic and mixed media on canvas

Dimensions:

H x W: 99.7 x 120.3 cm (39 1/4 x 47 3/8 in.)

Type:

Sculpture

Geography:

Rwanda

Date:

2013

Topic:

female  Search this

Object number:

2013-11-1

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of African Art

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7a6205ee1-a00d-4d50-8e04-b3397686912a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmafa_2013-11-1

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

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

30000 Slides (photographs) (color)

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

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Slides (photographs)

Photographic prints

Negatives

Color slides

Black-and-white negatives

Black-and-white photographs

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Mali

Ghana

Côte d'Ivoire

Benin

Burkina Faso

Egypt

Kenya

Liberia

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

Senegal

South Africa

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Central African Republic

Date:

circa 1935-1978

Summary:

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

Scope and Contents:

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

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

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

Biographical/Historical note:

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

Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Body arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Negatives

Photographic prints

Color slides

Black-and-white negatives

Black-and-white photographs

Citation:

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

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

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

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-1973-001

Creator:

Friendly, Alfred, Captain  Search this

Extent:

59 Color negatives

19 Negatives (acetate, 35 mm)

293 Color negatives (acetate, 35 mm)

12 Prints (silver gelatin)

52 Color prints

20 Color slides

Culture:

Mbuti (African people)  Search this

San (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Color negatives

Negatives

Prints

Color prints

Color slides

Photographs

Place:

Kenya

Zimbabwe

South Africa

Guinea

Uganda

Dakar (Senegal)

Kivu, Lake (Congo and Rwanda)

Albert, Lake (Congo and Uganda)

Chivero, Lake (Zimbabwe)

Rhodes Matopos National Park (Zimbabwe)

Djenné (Mali)

Lagos (Nigeria)

Kinshasa (Congo)

Brazzaville (Congo)

Date:

1958

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs by Captain Alfred Friendly depicting rock paintings, people, cities, Kariba Dam, and scenery in Africa. Friendly made the photographs in Nairobi National Park, Nyeri, Kenya; Uganda; Lake Albert; Lake Kivu; Lake McIlwaine (now Lake Chivero); Nswatugi Cave and Silozwane Cave in Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe; Cape Town and Johannesburg, Brotherton, Mushroom Hill, Sigubudu, and Olivier's Hoek, South Africa; Guinea; Dakar, Senegal; Lagos, Nigeria; Djenne, Mali; Leopoldville (now Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the Congo; and Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. Some photographs may have been used in Alfred Friendly's illustrated lecture on "Bushman Paintings" at the Freer Gallery of Art in 1961.

Biographical/Historical note:

Captain Alfred Friendly (1911-1983) graduated from Amherst College in 1933 and began work for the US Department of Commerce. From 1935 to 1936, he traveled around the United States with his friend Chalmers M. Roberts, which he described in a book entitled "The Trek: or, Adventures in Depression America." Friendly was hired as a reporter for the Washington Daily News (later the Washington Post) until World War II, when he served in the Military Intelligence Service. He helped to transform The Washington Post into a national publication while serving as its managing editor (1955-1965). From his retirement as managing editor until 1971, Friendly worked as a roving reporter for the Post and won a Pulitzer Prize in journalism for his coverage of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 99-39

Location of Other Archival Materials:

The Amherst College Archives and Special Collections holds the Alfred Friendly (AC 1933) Papers.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Rock paintings  Search this

Cities and towns  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 99-39, Captain Alfred Friendly photographs of Africa, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.99-39

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b3a6ddf4-eee6-4c0e-a4fa-0282dd0e9e75

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-99-39

Collector:

National Museum of African Art (U.S.)  Search this

Extent:

61 Volumes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Volumes

Postcards

Place:

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Côte d'Ivoire

Mozambique

Morocco

Mali

Namibia

Rwanda

Niger

Nigeria

Somalia

South Africa

Sierra Leone

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Zimbabwe

Zambia

Uganda

Senegal

Kenya

Liberia

Ghana

Guinea

Mauritania

Madagascar

Malawi

Djibouti

Ethiopia

Gabon

Egypt

Eritrea

Africa

Date:

1898-[ongoing]

Summary:

This collection includes postcards from 45 African countries. Subjects include agriculture; animals; artists; body arts; cityscapes; cultural landscapes; dance; education; expeditions; flora; industry; leaders; marketplaces; medicine; military; missionaries; music; portraits; recreation; rites and ceremonies; and transportation, among many other topics.

Arrangement note:

Arranged by country and topic

Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Genre/Form:

Postcards

Citation:

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

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-014

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African Postcard Collection

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7db935b22-d87f-4afd-95bb-b2f1180fcf9d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-1985-014

Creator:

Acebes, Hector  Search this

Extent:

2 Copy prints

153 Prints (silver gelatin)

Culture:

Shuar  Search this

Ika (Ica/Arhuaco)  Search this

Akawaio (Acawai)  Search this

Yanomamö (Yanomamo)  Search this

Yukpa (Macoa/Macoita/Yupa)  Search this

Bassari (Senegalese and Guinean people)  Search this

Fulbe (African people)  Search this

Mangbetu (African people)  Search this

Kikuyu (African people)  Search this

Maasai (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Copy prints

Prints

Photographs

Place:

Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)

Uaupés River (Colombia and Brazil)

Orinoco River (Venezuela and Colombia)

Mali

Guinea

Togo

Benin

Cameroon

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Rwanda

Africa

Tanzania

Kenya

Date:

1949-1960

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs made on Hector Acebes's expeditions in Africa and South America, mostly during the 1950s. Many of the images document people and markets in Africa (1949 and 1953), including Kikuyu, Masai, Mangbetu, Fulani, and Bassari peoples. There are also photographs made in the French Sudan, Guinea, Togo, Dahomey, Cameroon, the Congo Republic, Ruanda, Kenya, and Tanganyika. These prints were made for an exhibit.

Other sets include images of Jivaro, January, 1950; the Vaupés River and nearby tribes, September, 1950; a journey up the Orinoco to the Guaica, February, 1951; Arhuaco peoples, 1958; and Yuco peoples, 1960. Many photographs depict scenery and dwellings or are portraits (some show body and face paint). There are also images of fishing and hunting (Guaica); musical pipes (Guaica), a bridge, weaving, and bows and arrows (Arhuaco). Some photographs depict expedition members, including Acebes. The collection also includes photographs of the cover of Acebes' Orinoco Adventure, 1954, and coverage of his expeditions in Look, April 8, 1952, and Time (Latin American edition), December 24, 1951.

Biographical/Historical note:

Hector Acebes was born in 1921 in New York City and raised in Madrid and Bogota. While in college at the Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, he operated his own photo studio. After graduating from MIT in 1947 with a degree in mechanical engineering, he moved back to Bogota. Throughout the late 1940s and the 1950s, Acebes undertook expeditions in Africa and South America and started to work as a professional filmmaker and lecturer. Acebes wrote, filmed, directed, and edited each of the forty-three films his production company, Acebes Productions, released.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 94-28

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Uaica photographs collected by Acebes held in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4389.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 94-28, Hector Acebes photographs of African and South American peoples, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.94-28

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c1d672d7-a85f-4cf8-845e-f1d6d758345e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-94-28

Creator:

Stathes, George H.  Search this

Extent:

1,300 Color slides (circa)

Culture:

Tutsi (African people)  Search this

Mangbetu (African people)  Search this

Rwandans  Search this

Burundians  Search this

Babinga (African people)  Search this

Bashi (African people)  Search this

Lokele (African people)  Search this

Topoke (African people)  Search this

Mbuti (African people)  Search this

Batwa (African people)  Search this

Nigerians  Search this

Ghanaians  Search this

Congolese (Democratic Republic)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Color slides

Place:

Burundi

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Ghana

Nigeria

Rwanda

Date:

circa 1963-1967

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs made by George H. Stathes in northern Nigeria, Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda during the mid 1960s. Stathes' photographs depict people, agriculture, markets, fishing and fisheries, roads, a cemetery, ceremonies and dances, art, and Rwenzori Mountains.

Biographical/Historical note:

George H. Stathes (1925-1996) worked for the Ford Foundation and Texaco Oil, mostly in Nigeria.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 99-10

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Abuja pottery collected by Stathes held in the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 2010265.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Ngala (African people)  Search this

Cooking  Search this

Wood-carving  Search this

Painting  Search this

Dance  Search this

Rites and ceremonies  Search this

Fishing  Search this

Markets  Search this

Agriculture  Search this

Citation:

Photo Lot 99-10, George H. Stathes photographs of Africa, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.99-10

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30c4a7988-c750-43b3-a87e-1821d8683f0e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-99-10

Creator:

McMullen, Alexis B. (collector and photographer)  Search this

Photographer:

Zagourski, Casimir  Search this

Extent:

70 Postcards (70 photographic postcards, silver gelatin)

86 Photographic prints (silver gelatin)

Culture:

Mputu (African people)  Search this

Komo (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people)  Search this

West Africans  Search this

Mangbetu (African people)  Search this

Tutsi (African people)  Search this

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Ashanti (African people)  Search this

Ghanaians  Search this

Banziri (African people)  Search this

Ngbaka (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Postcards

Photographic prints

Photographs

Place:

Rwanda

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Kenya

Ghana

Africa, West

Date:

circa 1943-1944

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs made and collected by Alexis B. McMullen documenting peoples and culture in West Africa. The images created by McMullen and Captain D. B. McCloskey depict ceremonies at Kibib honoring Ofori Atta, a chief in the Central Province of the Gold Coast; a dance to the god of the sea at Teshi; and fishing boats and equipment. Additionally, the collection contains photographic postcards collected by McMullen and made by Casimir Zagourski, Leopoldville, and Methodist Book Depots, Cape Coast. These show African "types," a Bwake female circumcision ceremony (please note contains graphic images of circumcision), scarification (cicatrization), African animals (including giraffes, elephants, and a hippopotamus), agriculture, dances, and musical instruments. Depicted West African peoples include the Ashanti, Bangala, Banziri, Hausa, Kuba, Kumu, Mangbetu, Mputu and Tutsi.

Biographical/Historical note:

Colonel Alexis B. McMullen participated in American aviation activities for about 50 years. During World War II, he was the commanding officer of a United States Air Corps Air Transport Command (ATC) base in Accra, Ghana (then the Gold Coast).

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 90-14

Location of Other Archival Materials:

The National Air and Space Museum Archives Division holds the Colonel Alexis B. McMullen Collection, 1915-1983, documenting McMullen's aviation career and interests.

Additional Zagourski photographs can be found in the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives in EEPA 1987-0024 and the EEPA Postcard Collection.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Ngala (African people)  Search this

Musical instruments  Search this

Scarification (Body marking)  Search this

Cacao  Search this

Cooking  Search this

Fishing  Search this

female circumcision  Search this

Dance  Search this

Boats and boating  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Postcards

Citation:

Photo Lot 90-14, Colonel Alexis B. McMullen photograph and postcard collection relating to West Africa, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.90-14

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw309c24635-450a-4122-b084-884789f5231b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-90-14

Creator:

Yeh, Lily, 1941-  Search this

Subject:

Village of Arts and Humanities  Search this

Citation:

Lily Yeh papers, circa 1994-2020. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Theme:

Asian American  Search this

Women  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)22127

AAA_collcode_yehlily

Theme:

Asian American

Women

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_22127

Creator:

Sharpstone, David Collier  Search this

Smith, Lance Bales  Search this

Extent:

16 Film reels (silent, black-and-white and color, acetate film; 7,870 feet, 16mm)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Film reels

Place:

Zimbabwe

London (England)

New York (N.Y.)

Rome (Italy)

Uganda

Malawi

Kenya

Congo (Democratic Republic)

South Africa

Sudan

Rwanda

Utah

California

Date:

circa 1946-1955

Summary:

David Collier Sharpstone worked in the mining industry. He and his family lived in Uganda and Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia) during the 1940s and 1950s. This collection contains their film footage and Lance Smith's "Journey to Africa".

Scope and Contents:

The Sharpstone family's amateur films of eastern Africa were shot by members of the Sharpstone family during the 1940s and 1950s. They include footage of the family at home in Zimbabwe and Uganda, activities at the Conemara and Kilembe mines, and trips taken by the family to other parts of Africa, frequently to preserves to view wildlife. "Journey to Africa" was created by Lance Smith and David Sharpstone.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Biographical Note - David Collier Sharpstone:

David Collier Sharpstone (1902-1967) was an American geologist who worked at the Kilembe Copper Mine in Uganda and the Connemara Mine in Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia). He lived with his wife, Ramah, and their children Alexandra (Alex) and William (Bill) in Kilembe while working at the Kilembe Mine and on a farm called Stoneycroft near Bulawayo while working at the Connemara Mine. The family also lived in London for a year while Sharpstone worked in Europe. In 1942, he traveled to South Africa as part of a U.S. survey team looking for alternative mineral resources during World War II. At different points in his career he worked for the Metals Reserve Corp, a subsidiary of the Reconstruction Finance Corp, and the Homestake Mineral Development Company, part of the Homestake Mining Company.

Sharpstone had a passion for photography. He used 16mm Eastman Kodak and 8mm and 16mm Bell and Howell cameras. He also used a Leica screw mount camera. He did his own editing and splicing and took many trips with his wife while living in Uganda and Zimbabwe to observe and film the animals and countryside. He died in California in 1967.

Biographical Note - Lance Smith:

Lance Smith was a farmer and politician in Rhodesia. He was born in England in 1910 and emigrated to Rhodesia in 1935. He served as a policeman in Gwelo before moving with his family to Banket and buying a farm. He became active in politics in the 1950s and eventually rose to the position of Minister of Internal Affairs. He was one of the signers of the Unilateral Day of Independence (UDI) proclamation on November 11, 1965, which declared the independence of Rhodesia from Great Britain. He was also one of the founders of the Rhodesian Front Party, serving as the vice president under president Ian Smith, to whom he was not related. Smith left office in 1974 and returned to his farm in Banket, where he remained after Zimbabwe gained its independence in 1980 and Mugabe's rise to power. He died on May 4, 2000.

Sources Consulted

Smith, Ian. "Serving in Ian Smith's Rhodesian Air Force." The Sunday Mail, November 22, 2020. https://www.pressreader.com/zimbabwe/the-sunday-mail-zimbabwe/20201122/281659667588772

Wikipedia. "Lance Smith (politician)." Accessed December 7, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Smith_(politician)

Provenance:

The Sharpstone collection was donated by Richard Stewardson via the Archives of Ontario.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Dancing  Search this

Mines and mineral resources  Search this

Animals  Search this

Victoria Falls  Search this

Citation:

The David Collier Sharpstone films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

We would like to acknowledge the assistance of Alexandra Sharpstone, who provided much of the descriptive information in this finding aid.

Identifier:

HSFA.2000.06

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David Collier Sharpstone films

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc95d1cba93-9e3d-46f6-9c63-80d7ae59bce7

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-hsfa-2000-06

Creator:

Hance, William Adams, 1916-  Search this

Extent:

2513 Slides (photographs) (color , 35mm.)

17 Maps

117 Postcards

10 Items ((guidebooks))

Container:

Item EEPA.2008-008

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Maps

Postcards

Guidebooks

Color slides

Place:

West Africa

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Gabon

Africa, Central

Africa

Lesotho

Kenya

Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana

Malawi

Madagascar

Libya

Liberia

Morocco

Mali

Mauritius

Africa, East

Zanzibar

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Senegal

Zambia

Sudan

South Africa

Sierra Leone

Uganda

Tunisia

Tanzania

Swaziland

Egypt

Cameroon

Rwanda

Burundi

Réunion

Nigeria

Ethiopia

Central African Republic

Date:

1949-1970

Summary:

This collection, which dates from 1949-1970, contains approximately 2513 color 35mm slides depicting the people, environment and cultures of more than 30 African countries. Images include landscapes, agriculture and marketplace scenes. Countries represented include Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burundi, Rwanda, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Cote d'Ivoire and Zambia. Also included in this collection are 117 postcards from West and Central Africa and approximately 17 maps of and 10 guide books for East and West Africa. A small amount of miscellaneous ephemera rounds out the collection.

Arrangement note:

Slides are arranged alphabetically by country. Arrangement reflects the original order established by the donor.

Biographical/Historical note:

William Adams Hance (1916-2008) was a professor emeritus of economic geography at Columbia University. In the early 1950s, Hance was part of a team of academicians sent by the Carnegie Corporation to Africa, with the intention that they would return and contribute to the education of Americans about the African continent. He taught courses on Africa until his retirement. In 1956, Hance was a founding member of the African Studies Association and he went on to serve on its board as Executive Secretary and President. Hance's publications include six books on Africa, as well as numerous articles. In 1967 he was named Honorary Fellow of the American Geographical Society, and was honored by the Nigerian Society of Geographers for "distinguished contributions to the science of geography in Africa."

Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Natural landscapes  Search this

Markets  Search this

Agriculture  Search this

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Genre/Form:

Postcards

Maps

Guidebooks

Color slides

Citation:

William Hance Collection, EEPA 2008-008, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2008-008

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William Hance collection

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo72646f1a3-a2f7-46cd-827d-1bfe05985392

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-2008-008