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

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