The papers of New York art historian, museum director, curator, writer, and educator, Alan R. Solomon, measure 9.9 linear feet and date from 1907-1970, with the bulk of the material dating from 1944-1970. Through biographical material, correspondence, interview transcripts, writings and notes, teaching and study files, subject files, exhibition files, business records, printed material, and photographs, the collection documents Solomon's education, his early teaching appointments at Cornell University, and his subsequent direction of many diverse curatorial and research projects relating to contemporary American art, particularly the transition from Abstract Expressionism to later modern movements, and the thriving New York City art scene.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of New York art historian, museum director, curator, writer, and educator, Alan R. Solomon, measure 9.9 linear feet and date from 1907-1970, with the bulk of the material dating from 1944-1970. Through biographical material, correspondence, interview transcripts, writings and notes, teaching and study files, subject files, exhibition files, business records, printed material, and photographs, the collection documents Solomon's education, his early teaching appointments at Cornell University, and his subsequent direction of many diverse curatorial and research projects relating to contemporary American art, particularly the transition from Abstract Expressionism to later modern movements, and the thriving New York City art scene.
Biographical material includes résumés, an engagement book, and a monthly planning book from 1965, identification cards, and educational transcripts.
Correspondence documents Solomon's education at Harvard College and Harvard University, and his teaching appointments at Cornell University. Correspondence also provides some documentation of his involvement with museums and arts organizations, including the Jewish Museum, Stedlijk Museum, the San Francisco Art Institute, the University of California, and Centro de Artes Visuales; his submission of writings for publications including Artforum, Art International, and Konstrevy; and his relationships with artists and colleagues including Jim Dine, Joan Kron, Audrey Sabol, and Ileana Sonnabend. Also found is correspondence related to Solomon's work for Mary Sisler, who employed Solomon to sell her collection of artwork by Marcel Duchamp in the late 1960s.
One series comprises transcripts of interviews with many of the artists who were central to the transition from Abstract Expressionism to later modern movements that occurred in the 1950s and 1960s, such as Neo-Dada and Pop art. Artists represented in the interviews include Jim Dine, Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol.
Solomon's writings include many of his essays for exhibition catalogs, magazines, and journals, and are in a combination of annotated manuscript and published formats. There are writings on Jim Dine, Barnett Newman, Robert Rauschenberg, and Jasper Johns, and on the new movements in theater and performance art of the 1960s. His writings also document the art history education which informed all of his later work, with the inclusion of papers written as a student and teacher, his honors thesis on Odilon Redon, and his dissertation on Pablo Picasso. This material is supplemented by notes, and teaching and study files, documenting courses taken and taught at Harvard and Cornell universities. Also found is the manuscript of the text for New York: The New Art Scene, accompanied by a partial published copy of the book and photographs by Ugo Mulas.
Solomon's subject files augment several of the other series, comprising material on various art related subjects and individual painters and sculptors, arranged alphabetically. Material found here includes printed matter documenting exhibitions and other events, scattered letters from artists, related writings, and photographs.
One series documents Solomon's involvement with the First New York Theater Rally, which he co-produced with Steve Paxton in 1965. This material includes a drawing each by Jim Dine and Alex Hay, pieces of a combine by Robert Rauschenberg, and photographs of the group including Dine, Hay, and Rauschenberg, as well as Lucinda Childs, Judith Dunn, Deborah Hay, Robert Morris, Claes Oldenburg, the Once Group, Steve Paxton, Yvonne Rainier, Alan Solomon, and Robert Whitman. The series includes multiple contact sheets of photos of First New York Theater Rally events, by Peter Moore, Elizabeth Novick, and Terry Schute.
Exhibition files document Solomon's role as an organizer and curator for some of his most well-known exhibitions, including American Painting Now (1967) for Expo '67 in Montreal; Andy Warhol (1966) at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston; Dine-Oldenburg-Segal (1967) at the Art Gallery of Ontario and Albright-Knox Gallery; the American exhibition at the 1964 Venice Biennale; Young Italians (1968) at the Institute of Contemporary Art; and Painting in New York 1944-1969, a major retrospective installed for the opening of the new Pasadena Art Museum in fall, 1969. Records include correspondence, lists and notes, financial records, printed material, and photographs of artists and installations, including a series by Ugo Mulas taken at the Venice Biennale.
Solomon's business records include lists, notes, contracts, expense forms, vouchers, purchase orders, and receipts. They provide scattered documentation of exhibition-related expenses and purchases of artwork, as well as Solomon's income from teaching appointments, lectures, honorariums, and writings. Amongst Solomon's general business records is an American Federation of Musicians agreement between the Institute of Contemporary Art and "Louis Reed," with booking agent Andy Warhol, for a performance by the Velvet Underground and Nico, performing as The Exploding Plastic Inevitable on October 29, 1966. This seemingly mundane item documents an event that accompanied Solomon's landmark Warhol exhibition of nearly forty iconic works, and the accompanying show by The Exploding Plastic Inevitable was hailed by the Boston Phoenix newspaper as one of the greatest concerts in Boston history.
Printed material includes announcements, catalogs, and posters for exhibitions and art related events, including two Jasper Johns lithographs for a 1960 exhibition at Galerie Rive Droite, and a 1963 exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery. Also found are news clippings, press releases, and other publications.
Photographs are of Solomon, artists, friends and colleagues, exhibitions and other events, and artwork. They include snapshots of Solomon, and a series of photographs of him at various events and parties, many taken by Ugo Mulas, as well as a photo taken by Robert Rauschenberg of Ugo Mulas, Michele Provinciali, and Solomon. Additional photos by Ugo Mulas include some which were probably taken for New York: The New Art Scene, and a series of photos of Robert Rauschenberg and others at the Venice Biennale. Photos of artists include Lee Bontecou, John Chamberlain, Jim Dine, Marcel Duchamp, Öyvind Fahlström, Laura Grisi, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Morris Louis, Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Claes and Patty Oldenburg, Larry Poons, James Rosenquist, George Segal, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol and The Factory. Photos of others include Leo Castelli, Clement and Jeanine Greenberg, and Ethel and Robert Scull. Also found are photos of the exhibition Toward a New Abstraction (1963), at The Jewish Museum, photos of Venice, and photos of artwork by many of the above named, and other, artists. In addition to Ugo Mulas, photographers represented in this series include Nat Finkelstein, Robert R. McElroy, and Hans Namuth.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as eleven series.
Missing Title
Series 1: Biographical Material, 1938-1968 (5 folders; Box 1)
Series 2: Correspondence, 1930-1970 (0.66 linear feet; Box 1)
Series 3: Interviews, 1965-1969 (0.25 linear feet; Box 1)
Series 4: Writings and Notes, 1945-1969 (1.35 linear feet; Boxes 1-3, 11)
Series 5: Teaching and Study Files, 1944-1958 (0.25 linear feet; Box 3)
Series 6: Subject Files, 1907-1969 (2.92 linear feet; Boxes 3-6, 1, OV 12)
Series 7: First New York Theater Rally, 1963-1965 (0.15 linear feet; Boxes 6, 11)
Series 8: Exhibition Files, 1954-1969 (1.42 linear feet; Boxes 6-7, 11, OV 12)
Series 9: Business Records, 1945-1970 (0.3 linear feet; Boxes 7-8)
Series 10: Printed Material, 1914-1970 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 8-9, OV 12)
Series 11: Photographs, circa 1951-circa 1970 (1.7 linear feet; Boxes 9-11, OV 13)
Biographical / Historical:
New York art historian, museum director, art consultant, educator, writer, and curator, Alan R. Solomon (1920-1970), organized over two hundred exhibitions in the course of his career. He was known for his skill in exhibition design, and for bringing the perception and understanding of an art historian to the field of contemporary art.
Solomon was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard College and Harvard Graduate School. In 1953, during his 1952-1962 tenure with the Cornell University department of art history, he established the Andrew Dickson White Museum of art. Solomon served as the museum's first director until 1961, whilst simultaneously pursuing his doctorate, which he received from Harvard University in 1962.
In 1962 Solomon was hired by the Jewish Museum in New York, New York, and immediately began to take the institution in a more contemporary direction, mounting Robert Rauschenberg's first retrospective in 1963, and a major Jasper Johns retrospective in 1964. Also, in 1963, Solomon was appointed the United States Commissioner for the 1964 Venice Biennale. He was determined to show "the major new indigenous tendencies, the peculiarly America spirt of the art" in works by two consecutive generations of artists, including Jasper Johns, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, and Robert Rauschenberg. With this in mind, and given the inadequacy of the existing space to house the installation he envisaged, Solomon secured a verbal agreement from Biennale officials to approve additional space for the American exhibition in an annex at the former American Consulate. The agreement was never formalized, however, and a series of administrative problems and controversies over the eligibility of the American submissions threatened to undermine Solomon's efforts. Nevertheless, Robert Rauschenberg became the first American to take the Grand Prize for foreign artist, and the attention garnered by the American exhibition monopolized press coverage of the Biennale. In response, Solomon stated publicly that "it is acknowledged on every hand that New York has replaced Paris as the world art capital."
Solomon subsequently left the Jewish Museum, having engendered resistance to leading the museum in a more experimental direction, away from the traditional Jewish educational aspects of its mission. In the mid-sixties he worked as a consultant and writer for a National Educational Television series entitled "U. S. A. Artists," which drew on artist interviews, many conducted by Solomon. He also wrote the text for Ugo Mulas's classic photographic study, New York: The New Art Scene (1967: Holt Rinehart and Winston).
In 1966 Solomon was hired by the United States Information Agency to organize the United States contribution to the Canadian World Exhibition in Montreal, known as Expo '67. His stunning American Painting Now installation placed large scale paintings by twenty-three artists, including Jim Dine, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Barnett Newman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, and James Rosenquist, inside Buckminster Fuller's twenty-story Biosphere of Montreal.
Other important exhibitions organized by Solomon included Andy Warhol (1966) at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, which was only the second of two exhibitions dedicated to the artist; Dine-Oldenburg-Segal (1967) at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery; and Young Italians (1968) at the Institute of Contemporary Art.
Solomon was also interested in contemporary theater and organized the First New York Theater Rally with Steve Paxton in 1965, a series of performances which combined new dance and a revival of the Happenings of the early 1960s, in which Claes Oldenburg, Jim Dine and others were involved.
Following a six-week appointment as a senior lecturer at the University of California, Irvine, in spring 1968, Solomon became chairman of the University's art department and director of the art gallery. His last exhibition, Painting in New York, 1944-1969 (1969-1970), was held at the Pasadena Art Museum and closed in January 1970, just a few weeks before Solomon's sudden death at the age of forty-nine.
Provenance:
The Leo Castelli Gallery served as executor of Solomon's estate, and donated his papers to the Archives of American Art in 1974 and 2007.
Restrictions:
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Occupation:
Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection
Creator:
University of California (System). Extension Media Center Search this
Extent:
Film reels (black-and-white color sound; 36,888 feet)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Sound films
Place:
Africa, Southern
Africa, West
Central America
East Asia
Europe
Middle East
North America
Oceania
South America
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Date:
circa 1950-1980
Scope and Contents:
Collection consists of films distributed by the University of California Extension Media Center.
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.
Provenance:
Received from the University of California at Berkeley Extension Media Center in 1993.
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:
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Genre/Form:
Sound films
Citation:
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
University of California (System). Extension Media Center Search this
Extent:
Film reels (color sound; 1,503 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
circa 1950
Scope and Contents:
Edited film portrays primarily the ceremonial life of the people of Trobriand Islands (specifically Kiriwina Island). Villagers are shown participating in ANZAC Day ceremonies, sports, marriage feast, harvest dances, magic garden rites, collective mourning and funeral feast, and preparations for the kula. Emphasis is placed on the ceremonies and feasts as a means of redistributing yams, pigs, betel nuts, and other goods throughout the village and, ultimately, throughout the island.
Legacy Keywords: Powell, H.A. university professor ; Oceania
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.29
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
University of California (System). Extension Media Center Search this
Extent:
Film reels (black-and-white sound; 1,000 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1963
Scope and Contents:
Edited film presents through use of archival still photographs the story of Chinese immigrants in San Francisco from 1877 to 1891. Story centers on the following characters: Dennis Kearny, tong chief Fong Ching, San Quentin inmate Little Pete, and abolitionist Donaldina Cameron
Legacy Keywords: Dillon, Richard script writer ; North America
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.12
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
University of California (System). Extension Media Center Search this
Extent:
Film reels (color sound; 970 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1963
Scope and Contents:
Edited film presents the development of seven types of Northwest Coast totem poles which are discussed in terms of social systems and mythologies. Footage includes Mungo Martin, famous carver and Kwakiutl chief, carving a pole at his Great House in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Martin relates the myth of how he acquired the crest of the Hohoq.
Legacy Keywords: North America
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.42
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
University of California (System). Extension Media Center Search this
Extent:
Film reels (color sound; 950 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1963
Scope and Contents:
Edited film produced by the National Film Board of Canada presents short portraits of Latin American countries including: Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Columbia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, and cities in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay with emphasis on principal exports. Highlights include: Aymara Indians in Bolivia; oil rigs on Lake Maricaibo, Venezuela; mining and pastoral scenes in coastal Chile; Mennonite farms in Paraguay; gauchos in Argentina; Brazilian indigenous peoples; panning for gold and diamonds in Brazil's inland rivers; and Brasilia, Brazil.
Legacy Keywords: Beveridge, James film producer ; South America
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.2
Collection 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.
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Collection Citation:
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Latin America, Part II: Its History, Economy and Politics
Collection Creator:
University of California (System). Extension Media Center Search this
Extent:
Film reels (black-and-white sound; 1,170 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1963
Scope and Contents:
Edited film presents brief histories of various Latin American countries beginning with Columbus' discovery of the New World. Focus is on the political vacuum left by Spain after 300 years of autocratic rule, the role of the Catholic church, the disparity between the rich and poor, and the backwardness of the countryside in contrast to the power and modernity of the cities. Mexico is singled out as a success story with its literacy campaign and land reform projects. Scenes include: ritual dance by the Aymara in Bolivia; pagan rites conducted on church steps in Guatemala; political rally in Buenos Aires, Brazil; election in Brazil; and centenial celebration in Mexico.
Legacy Keywords: Beveridge, James film producer ; South America
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.25
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
University of California (System). Extension Media Center Search this
Extent:
Film reels (black-and-white sound; 1,035 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1963
Scope and Contents:
Television broadcast produced by National Educational Television for "Cultures and Continents" series features Nigerian musician Fela Sowande and the drum orchestra of Nigerian master drummer Solomon Ilori. Film explores various forms of traditional African music and music created by mingling African and Western cultures.
Legacy Keywords: Swift, Lela Television director ; Africa
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.34
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
University of California (System). Extension Media Center Search this
Extent:
Film reels (black-and-white sound; 725 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1964
Scope and Contents:
Edited film records a healing ceremony derived from the ancient practices of the Kashia group of Southwestern Pomo Indians in California. On the second and final night of the ceremony an Indian "sucking doctor" removes the pain in the form of a quartz crystal. The doctor is a prophet of the Bole Maru religion, spiritual head of the Kashia community, and the leader of its Mormon group. In this ceremony she is assisted by four singers and uses two bamboo canes decorated with dream designs and haliotis ornaments. Film is an abridged version of SUCKING DOCTOR.
Legacy Keywords: North America
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.35
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
University of California (System). Extension Media Center Search this
Extent:
Film reels (black-and-white sound; 1,050 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1965
Scope and Contents:
Television broadcast produced for National Educational Television Network presents Dr. William White Howells, professor of anthropology at Harvard University, discussing the fossil evidence relating to the evolution of Homo sapiens. Howells examines the following fossils: Rhodesian man, Neandertal man, Peking man, Raymond Dart's Taung baby, and various finds attributed to the genus Australopithecine including the Leaky's Zinjanthropus. The film focuses on evolutionary changes in brain size, bipedalism, and teeth and looks at the use of stone tools as a potential catalyst for increasing brain size.
Legacy Keywords: Prowitt, David Television producer ; North America
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.1
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
University of California (System). Extension Media Center Search this
Extent:
Film reels (black-and-white sound; 1,085 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1965
Scope and Contents:
Edited film relates ways in which the experience of the Brazilian Negro differs from that of the American Negro. Footage shows Brazil at Carnival, the port city of Salvador, and Afro-Brazilian religious ceremonies. Brazilians are presented discussing the significance of Brazil's "racial democracy."
Legacy Keywords: South America
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.5
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
University of California (System). Extension Media Center Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (black-and-white sound; 1,600 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1965
Scope and Contents:
Television broadcast produced by CBS News on the history and organization of the Ku Klux Klan with emphasis on the Klan's penchant for violence and intimidation. Film includes interviews with North Carolina "Grand Dragon" Jay Robert Jones; Jone's "Klunsel" Matts Murphy, Jr.; Klan "Klud," or chaplain, Roy Wills; and Georgia attorney general Richmond Flowers. Footage also includes nighttime Klan rallys with cross burning, a secret Klan initiation ceremony, and Klan marches in Washington, D.C. Film is narrated by Charles Kuralt.
Legacy Keywords: Leacock, Richard ; African Americans ; North America ; United States
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.21
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
University of California (System). Extension Media Center Search this
Extent:
Film reels (color sound; 725 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1966
Scope and Contents:
Edited film contrasts the life of Mayans in the ancient cities of Chichen Itza and Uxmal (Yucatan Penninsula, Mexico) with the life of contemporary Mayan Indians.
Legacy Keywords: Central America
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.31
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
University of California (System). Extension Media Center Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (21 minutes, black-and-white sound; 725 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1951
Scope and Contents:
Edited film records small group of Kwakiutl Indians on the mainland of Georgia Strait on the Canadian side in 1950. Villagers recount legend of how killer whale became a man.
Legacy Keywords: Gardner, Robert, 1925-2014 ; North America
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.3
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
University of California (System). Extension Media Center Search this
Extent:
Film reels (color sound; 450 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1967
Scope and Contents:
Television broadcast segment from AFRICA produced by ABC News is narrated by anthropologist George Silberman. Film documents daily life among the /Gwi Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert, South Africa. Shown are root gathering and camp life as well as extended hunting scenes.
Legacy Keywords: Africa
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.6
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
University of California (System). Extension Media Center Search this
Extent:
Film reels (color sound; 250 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1967
Scope and Contents:
Edited film is the twelth in a series of films on African village life produced by the International Film Foundation. This film documents a chicken sacrifice among the Dogon people of the Mali highlands. The chicken's throat is cut, the blood is poured over a mound, the chicken is cleaned and cooked, and the "broth" is used to make a "dough" which is later eaten with the chicken meat.
Legacy Keywords: Schlenker, Hermann cameraman ; Africa
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.28
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
University of California (System). Extension Media Center Search this
Extent:
Film reels (black-and-white sound; 1,035 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1967
Scope and Contents:
Television broadcast is a program from the "Creative Person Series" produced by National Educational Television. Film presents the early life of Senghor, poet laureat of Africa and first president of Senegal, and his poetry as read in English by his nephew Maurice Senghor. Footage includes images of rural Senegal, entourage of the king, and Senegalese men dancing.
Legacy Keywords: Marver, Eugene cameraman ; Africa
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.26
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
University of California (System). Extension Media Center Search this
Extent:
Film reels (color sound; 880 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
circa 1967
Scope and Contents:
Edited film is a portrait of Sam Begay, a Navaho from Gallup, New Mexico who relocated to Chicago in order to find work. He is presented as a man who is torn between work--a truck mechanic--and what that money can buy in the white man's world and the peace and spirituality of his home in New Mexico.
Legacy Keywords: Levy, Laurence Filmmaker ; North America
General:
Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.41
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
