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Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits photograph collection

Title: Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits photograph collection [graphic].
Author: Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963.
Publication: [186-?-196-]
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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	box 1	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection box 1	Offsite
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	box 2	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection box 2	Offsite
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	box 3	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection box 3	Offsite
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	box 4	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection box 4	Offsite
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	box 5	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection box 5	Offsite
Not available - Please for assistance.	box 6	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection box 6	Offsite
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	box 7	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection box 7	Offsite
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	box 8	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection box 8	Offsite
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	box 9	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection box 9	Offsite
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	box 10	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection box 10	Offsite
Not available - In use until 2024-07-22 - Please for assistance.	box 11	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection box 11	Offsite
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	box 12	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection box 12	Offsite
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	box 13	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection box 13	Offsite
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	box 14	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection box 14	Offsite
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	box 15	Still image	Request in advance	Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection box 15	Offsite

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

Description

ca. 2217 items (6.5 lin. ft., 15 boxes); 30 x 38 cm. and smaller.
652 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
960 photographic prints : b&w and col. ;
20 photographic prints : albumen ;
480 negatives b&w and col. ;
102 slides ;
3 photomechanical prints : b&w ;

Summary

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

Subjects

Genre/Form

Group portraits – 1930-1969.
Portrait photographs – 1910-1969
Postcards – 1940-1969.
Greeting cards – 1950-1969.
Snapshots – 1900-1969.
Photographic albums – 1860-1919.
Photographic prints – 1900-1969.
Silver gelatin prints – 1920-1969.
Albumen prints – 1860-1919.
Card photographs – 1880-1919.
Cartes de visite – 1860-1919.
Negatives – 1940-1969.
Slides – 1940-1969.
Reproductions – 1940-1969.

Note

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

Terms of Use (note)

Permission of copyright holder is required for reproduction.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

Northwestern University Archives;

Biography (note)

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)

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)

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.

Call Number

Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection

OCLC

NYPG93-F337

Author

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

Title

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

Imprint

[186-?-196-]

Terms Of Use

Permission of copyright holder is required for reproduction.

Biography

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

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

Linking Entry

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

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

SC MG 43

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Added Author

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

Comess, Herb. Photographer

Dunham, Katherine. Photographer

Mullarky, W. T. Photographer

Ray, Eugene L. Photographer

Steffens, Harvey J. Photographer

Zagourski, Casimir Ostoja, 1880-1941. Photographer

Eastern Nigerian Information Service (Nigeria)

W. B. Nickerson Photography (Evanston, Ill.)

Found In:

p1bc Herskovits, Melville J. Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits papers, 1902-1972 (CstRLIN)NYPW090000019-A.

p1ra Herskovits, Melville J. Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits collection, 1920-1986 (CstRLIN)NYPG087000001-F.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Collection

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