Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Comess, Herb.
2. Dunham, Katherine.
3. Mullarky, W. T.
4. Ray, Eugene L.
5. Steffens, Harvey J.
6. Zagourski, Casimir Ostoja, 1880-1941.
7. Eastern Nigerian Information Service (Nigeria)
8. W. B. Nickerson Photography (Evanston, Ill.)

Found in

1. p1bc Herskovits, Melville J. Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits papers, 1902-1972 (CstRLIN)NYPW090000019-A.
2. p1ra Herskovits, Melville J. Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits collection, 1920-1986 (CstRLIN)NYPG087000001-F.

Description

1. ca. 2217 items (6.5 lin. ft., 15 boxes); 30 x 38 cm. and smaller.

Summary

1. The Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Photograph Collection consists of some personal photographs and documentation of Melville's professional activities.

Subject

1. Black people > Trinidad and Tobago > Social life and customs
2. Black people > Suriname > Social life and customs
3. Black people > Nigeria > Social life and customs
4. Black people > Jamaica > Social life and customs
5. Black people > Haiti > Social life and customs
6. Black people > Ghana > Social life and customs
7. Black people > Clothing & dress > Africa
8. Black people > Brazil > Social life and customs
9. Black people > Brazil > Bahia (State) > Social life and customs
10. Black people > Africa > Social life and customs
11. Black people > Africa > Jewelry
12. Art
13. Mexico > History > Revolution, 1910-1920
14. Trinidad and Tobago > Religion
15. Maroons > Suriname
16. International Congress of Americanists (31st : 1954 : Sao Paulo, Brazil)
17. Photographic prints > 1900-1969
18. Vodou > Haiti
19. Postcards > 1940-1969
20. Sculpture, Yoruba
21. Photography in anthropology
22. International Conference of Africanists (1st : 1962 : Accra, Ghana)
23. Anthropologists > United States
24. Unesco Conference (1960 : Nigeria)
25. Umbanda (Cult) > Brazil
26. Silver gelatin prints > 1920-1969
27. Snapshots > 1900-1969
28. Africa, West
29. Heads of state > Africa
30. Musical instruments > Africa
31. Americanist Congress (1960 : Paris, France)
32. Ethnology
33. Maroons > Jamaica
34. Political anthropology
35. Anthropology > Research
36. Brazil > Religion
37. Body-marking
38. Bello, Ahmadu, Sir, 1910-1966
39. Albumen prints > 1860-1919
40. Card photographs > 1880-1919
41. Furbay, Elizabeth Jane Dearmin
42. Haiti > Religion
43. Guadeloupe
44. Ashanti (African people) > Social life and customs
45. Balewa, Abubakar Tafawa, Sir, 1912-1966
46. Greeting cards > 1950-1969
47. Group portraits > 1930-1969
48. Jamaica
49. Shrines in art
50. Visual anthropology
51. Zimbabwe
52. Architecture, Primitive
53. Rites and ceremonies > Trinidad and Tobago
54. Cartes de visite > 1860-1919
55. Herskovits, Melville J (Melville Jean), 1895-1963
56. Reproductions > 1940-1969
57. Religious life and customs
58. Madero, Francisco I., 1873-1913
59. Touré, Ahmed Sékou, 1922-1984
60. Sculpture, African
61. Ortiz, Fernando, 1881-1969
62. Slides > 1940-1969
63. Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
64. Negatives > 1940-1969
65. Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) > Program of African Studies
66. Bahia (State) > Religion
67. Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923
68. Congo (Democratic Republic)
69. Beauty culture > Africa
70. Suriname > Religion
71. Portrait photographs > 1910-1969
72. Tubman, William V. S., 1895-1971
73. Photographic albums > 1860-1919
74. Body piercing
75. Leakey, L. S. B (Louis Seymour Bazett), 1903-1972
76. Herskovits, Jean
77. Rites and ceremonies > Haiti
78. Herskovits Frances S (Frances Shapiro), 1897-
79. Hairstyles

Genre/Form

1. Group portraits – 1930-1969.
2. Portrait photographs – 1910-1969
3. Postcards – 1940-1969.
4. Greeting cards – 1950-1969.
5. Snapshots – 1900-1969.
6. Photographic albums – 1860-1919.
7. Photographic prints – 1900-1969.
8. Silver gelatin prints – 1920-1969.
9. Albumen prints – 1860-1919.
10. Card photographs – 1880-1919.
11. Cartes de visite – 1860-1919.
12. Negatives – 1940-1969.
13. Slides – 1940-1969.
14. Reproductions – 1940-1969.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection

Note

1. Some photographs have descriptive information on verso.
2. Carte de visite album is fragile; two cards were originally placed in many of the single image slots (one placed behind the other).
3. Collection contains photographs by Melville J. Herskovits, the Eastern Nigerian Information Service, Eugene L. Ray, W. T. Mullarky, and others.

Terms of use (note)

1. Permission of copyright holder is required for reproduction.

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. Northwestern University Archives;

Biography (note)

1. Melville J. Herskovits, anthropologist and Africanist, was the founder of the first African Studies Program in the United States established at Northwestern University in 1948.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Papers, 1902-1972. The Herskovits collection of artifacts and art objects is housed in the Art and Artifacts Division.

Publications (note)

1. Some photographs have been published in a number of Herskovits' articles and books, including "Dahomey, An Ancient West African Kingdom, vol. 1 & 2," (New York: J. J. Augustin, 1938); "The Human Factor in Changing Africa," (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1962); "Rebel Destiny: Among the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana," (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1934); "Trinidad Village," (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1947). Some photographs have also been published in works by other scholars and researchers.

Author

1. Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963.

Title

1. Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

1. [186-?-196-]

Terms of use

1. Permission of copyright holder is required for reproduction.

Biography

1. Melville J. Herskovits, anthropologist and Africanist, was the founder of the first African Studies Program in the United States established at Northwestern University in 1948. Frances S. Herskovits, who taught African Literature, was also a close collaborator of her husband's. She accompanied Melville on many of his field trips and obtained data on the women, art, and religion of various cultures.

Location of other archival materials

1. Melville J. Herskovits Papers, 1906-1963; Northwestern University Archives; University Library, 1935 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, USA

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Papers, 1902-1972. The Herskovits collection of artifacts and art objects is housed in the Art and Artifacts Division.

Publications

1. Some photographs have been published in a number of Herskovits' articles and books, including "Dahomey, An Ancient West African Kingdom, vol. 1 & 2," (New York: J. J. Augustin, 1938); "The Human Factor in Changing Africa," (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1962); "Rebel Destiny: Among the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana," (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1934); "Trinidad Village," (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1947). Some photographs have also been published in works by other scholars and researchers.

Local note

1. SC MG 43

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding aid

Added author

1. Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963. Photographer
2. Comess, Herb. Photographer
3. Dunham, Katherine. Photographer
4. Mullarky, W. T. Photographer
5. Ray, Eugene L. Photographer
6. Steffens, Harvey J. Photographer
7. Zagourski, Casimir Ostoja, 1880-1941. Photographer
8. Eastern Nigerian Information Service (Nigeria)
9. W. B. Nickerson Photography (Evanston, Ill.)

Found in:

1. p1bc Herskovits, Melville J. Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits papers, 1902-1972 (CstRLIN)NYPW090000019-A.
2. p1ra Herskovits, Melville J. Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits collection, 1920-1986 (CstRLIN)NYPG087000001-F.

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection