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Edmund de Schweinitz Brunner photograph and postcard collection relating to Korea and Asia

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Collector:
Brunner, Edmund de S. (Edmund de Schweinitz), 1889-1973  Search this
Brunner, Mary B.  Search this
Extent:
75 Prints (circa, collotype (some tinted, some postcards))
400 Prints (circa, silver gelatin (some on postcard stock))
Album
1 Copy negative
1 Print (albumen)
2 Colored prints
17 Prints (color halftone (including postcards))
Culture:
Chinese  Search this
Japanese  Search this
Koreans  Search this
Filipinos  Search this
Manchus  Search this
Igorot (Philippine people)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Copy negatives
Colored prints
Place:
Singapore
China
Manchuria
Japan
Korea
Philippines
Date:
circa 1927-1928
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs documenting people and culture in Korea, Japan, Manchuria, China, the Philippines, and Singapore. They include images of people, buildings, trades and commerce, markets, village and city scenes, laundering, child care, food and food preparation, churches and shrines, schools, dances, transportation, and fishing. The photographs and postcards were made and collected by Edmund de S. Brunner and Mary B. Brunner during the Asian leg of their around-the-world trip, 1927-1928.
Biographical/Historical note:
Edmund de Schweinitz Brunner (1889-1973) earned his BA, PhD, and BD (Bachelor of Divinity) from Moravian College and Seminary in Pennsylvania. He worked as a pastor before becoming the Moravian Church representative on the Rural Church Commission of the Federal Council of Churches as well as the Director of Rural Investigations of the Institute for Social and Religious Research. A scholar of the church in rural communities, Brunner wrote books and articles and lectured in rural sociology at Columbia University Teachers College, Western Connecticut State College (1957-1967), and in Australia and New Zealand.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 89-16
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Child care  Search this
Food  Search this
Religion  Search this
Schools  Search this
Silk industry  Search this
Commerce  Search this
Markets  Search this
Laundry  Search this
Transportation  Search this
Dance  Search this
Fishing  Search this
Citation:
Photo Lot 89-16, Edmund de Schweinitz Brunner photograph and postcard collection relating to Korea and East Asia, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.89-16
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37f78abb1-6db0-4e19-9b4c-3f1918c0d972
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-89-16