Photographs made in Caracas, Venezuela by Richard M. Bartleman while with the United States Legation during the 1890s. The collection includes images of streets, military personnel, structures, residences and gardens, artifacts, people, scenery, and a bullfight in or near Caracas, Venezuela.
Biographical/Historical note:
Richard Bartleman (b. ca. 1863) was a civil engineer and member of the United States Legation in Caracas during the 1890s, first as Secretary of the Legation and then as Charge d'Affaires. During this mission, he made photographs and collected specimens which he donated to the Smithsonian. In 1895, Bartleman left Caracas to become the United States Consul in Antigua, and later moved to Spain and Argentina.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 156, NAA Photo Lot 77-38, USNM ACC 024880, USNM ACC 025072, USNM ACC 029132
Location of Other Archival Materials:
This collection has been relocated from Photo Lot 77-38.
Bartleman's photographs, previously filed in Photo Lot 97 and Photo Lot 24, have been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 156.
Additional photographs by Bartleman can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in the records of the Division of Ethnology, Department of Anthropology, and in the Herbert William Krieger Papers.
Bartleman donated artifacts to the Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, in accessions 023968, 030729, 024216, and 029403.
The Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida holds Richard M. Bartleman's papers.
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Richard M. Bartleman photographs of Caracas, circa 1890-1899
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.