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Creator:

Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013  Search this

Extent:

28 Color prints

13 Sound tapes (open reel)

1,500 Slides (circa 1500 black & white and color slides)

300 Prints (circa, silver gelatin)

1 Boxe (35 mm acetate negatives)

Culture:

Arabs  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Color prints

Sound tapes

Slides

Prints

Photographs

Audiotapes

Place:

Lebanon

Turkey

Egypt

Greece

Syria

Spain

England

Date:

circa 1957-1972

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs taken by Alixa Naff between 1957 and the early 1970s on trips to England, Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East, and open reel audio tapes of interviews regarding Syrian-Lebanese folklore that Naff conducted in 1965 in the Lebanese Village of Rashaya al-Wadi. Comprising this collection are images of cities, structures, art, people, activities, and scenery, and two folders of Dr. Naff's notes relating to the recorded interviews. Photographic formats include 35mm slides, black and white prints, and 35mm negatives. Naff annotated many of the slide mounts or verso of prints with descriptions and identifications.

Biographical Note:

Alixa Naff began collecting Arab folklore in 1962 when she visited 16 communities in the U.S. and eastern Canada. After earning her MA and PhD, she taught at California State University, Chico, and at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Naff left academia in 1977 to research and collect material relating to the Arab immigrant experience (particularly Syrian and Lebanese immigrants from the turn of the 20th century). In 1984, with prompting from Richard Ahlborn, curator of the Smithsonian Institution Community Life Division (now the Department of Cultural Affairs), Naff donated her collection of Arab immigrant material. Naff eventually became the archivist of the "Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection", named in honor of her parents, at National Museum of American History Archives Center.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 2011-02

Location of Other Archival Materials:

One reel of 8mm film of Zahle, Lebanon was donated with this collection. It has been relocated to the Human Studies Film Archives.

Archives Center, National Museum of American History holds the Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection and several other Naff accessions.

The National Anthropological Archives also holds a 1950 map of Cairo donated by Alixa Naff (MS 7449).

Restrictions:

Negatives are not available for viewing. Some restrictions on open reel audio tapes.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Art  Search this

Architecture  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Folklore  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Audiotapes

Citation:

Photo Lot 2011-02, Alixa Naff photographs of Europe, the Middle East and the Mediterranean and audio tapes on Mediterranean folklore, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.2011-02

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3be427039-b94d-4f46-8703-70e2862f3a04

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-2011-02

Creator:

United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory  Search this

Subject:

Arbeely, Najeeb -1904  Search this

Arbeely, Hanna  Search this

Arbeely, Habeeb  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

Physical description:

8 x 10;

Type:

Glass negatives

Place:

United States

Syria

Arab countries

Date:

1880

1880s

Topic:

Ethnic costume  Search this

Performances  Search this

Immigrants  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-2707]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_388213

Creator:

United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory  Search this

Subject:

Arbeely, Najeeb -1904  Search this

Arbeely, Hanna  Search this

Arbeely, Habeeb  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

Physical description:

8 x 10;

Type:

Glass negatives

Place:

United States

Syria

Arab countries

Date:

1880

1880s

Topic:

Ethnic costume  Search this

Performances  Search this

Immigrants  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-2708]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_388214

Creator:

United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory  Search this

Subject:

Arbeely, Najeeb -1904  Search this

Arbeely, Hanna  Search this

Arbeely, Habeeb  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

Physical description:

8 x 10;

Type:

Glass negatives

Place:

United States

Syria

Arab countries

Date:

1880

1880s

Topic:

Ethnic costume  Search this

Performances  Search this

Immigrants  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-2709]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_388215

Creator:

United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory  Search this

Subject:

Arbeely, Najeeb -1904  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

Physical description:

10 x 8;

Type:

Glass negatives

Place:

United States

Syria

Arab countries

Date:

1880

1880s

Topic:

Ethnic costume  Search this

Performances  Search this

Immigrants  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-2710]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_388216

Creator:

United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory  Search this

Subject:

Arbeely, Najeeb -1904  Search this

Arbeely, Habeeb  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

Physical description:

8 x 10;

Type:

Glass negatives

Place:

United States

Syria

Arab countries

Date:

1880

1880s

Topic:

Ethnic costume  Search this

Performances  Search this

Immigrants  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-2711]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_388217

Creator:

United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory  Search this

Subject:

Arbeely, Habeeb  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

Physical description:

8 x 10;

Type:

Glass negatives

Place:

United States

Syria

Arab countries

Date:

1880

1880s

Topic:

Ethnic costume  Search this

Performances  Search this

Immigrants  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-2712]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_388218

Creator:

United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory  Search this

Subject:

Arbeely, Najeeb -1904  Search this

Arbeely, Hanna  Search this

Arbeely, Habeeb  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

Physical description:

8 x 10;

Type:

Glass negatives

Place:

United States

Syria

Arab countries

Date:

1880

1880s

Topic:

Ethnic costume  Search this

Performances  Search this

Immigrants  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-2713]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_388219

Creator:

United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory  Search this

Subject:

Arbeely, Najeeb -1904  Search this

Arbeely, Habeeb  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

Physical description:

8 x 10;

Type:

Glass negatives

Place:

United States

Syria

Arab countries

Date:

1880

1880s

Topic:

Ethnic costume  Search this

Performances  Search this

Immigrants  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-2714]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_388220

Creator:

United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory  Search this

Subject:

Arbeely, Najeeb -1904  Search this

Arbeely, Habeeb  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

Physical description:

8 x 10;

Type:

Glass negatives

Place:

United States

Syria

Arab countries

Date:

1880

1880s

Topic:

Ethnic costume  Search this

Performances  Search this

Immigrants  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-2715]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_388221

Creator:

Smillie, T. W (Thomas William) 1843-1917  Search this

Subject:

Ferzan, Fares A  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

United States National Museum Department of Anthropology  Search this

Physical description:

10 x 8;

Type:

Glass negatives

Place:

Syria

Date:

1887

May 23, 1887

Topic:

Clothing and dress  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-4068]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_390025

Creator:

Smillie, T. W (Thomas William) 1843-1917  Search this

Subject:

Ferzan, Fares A  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

United States National Museum Department of Anthropology  Search this

Physical description:

10 x 8;

Type:

Glass negatives

Place:

Syria

Date:

1887

May 23, 1887

Topic:

Clothing and dress  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-4069]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_390026

Creator:

Smillie, T. W (Thomas William) 1843-1917  Search this

Subject:

Ferzan, Fares A  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

United States National Museum Department of Anthropology  Search this

Physical description:

10 x 8;

Type:

Glass negatives

Place:

Syria

Date:

1887

May 23, 1887

Topic:

Clothing and dress  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-4070]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_390027

Creator:

Smillie, T. W (Thomas William) 1843-1917  Search this

Subject:

Ferzan, Fares A  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

United States National Museum Department of Anthropology  Search this

Physical description:

10 x 8;

Type:

Glass negatives

Place:

Syria

Date:

1887

May 23, 1887

Topic:

Clothing and dress  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-4071]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

No Copyright - United States

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_390028

Creator:

Graham, James Reid  Search this

Publisher:

Albertype Co.  Search this

Asheville Postcard Company  Search this

Collotype Co. (Elizabeth, N.J. and N.Y.C.)  Search this

Dexter Press  Search this

H. A. Mirza & Sons  Search this

Honolulu Paper Company  Search this

Lehnert & Landrock  Search this

Mahatta & Co.  Search this

Sarrafian Bros.  Search this

Names:

Island Curio (Company), publisher or seller  Search this

Behar, Isaac (editor or publisher)  Search this

Harriz, Michel (photographer or publisher)  Search this

Photographer:

Ferger, Henri R. (Henri Rabb), b. 1889  Search this

Malhotra, K. L.  Search this

Stewart, R. R. (Ralph Randles), 1890-  Search this

ʻAbbūd, Karīmah  Search this

Extent:

8 Copy prints

1 Sketched map

1,850 Prints (circa, silver gelatin (some on postcard stock))

1,500 Negatives (circa, nitrate)

96 Printed postcards (collotype, color halftone, halftone)

Culture:

Chinese  Search this

Japanese  Search this

Kashmiri (South Asian people)  Search this

East Indians  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Copy prints

Sketched map

Prints

Negatives

Printed postcards

Postcards

Photographs

Place:

India

Jammu and Kashmir (India)

Pakistan

Israel

Palestine

Hong Kong (China)

Japan

Syria

India -- religion

Hawaii

Date:

circa 1929-1932

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs made and collected by James Reid Graham during his travels in India and Asia. They document the people, the natural and built environments, religious shrines and objects (including Buddhist, Hindu, and Catholic representations), transportation (including by yak, donkey, boat, airplane, and ricksha), games (particularly polo and field hockey), gatherings, and crafts.

The photographs depict locations in northern India and Pakistan, southern India and Ceylon, Egypt, Greece, Israel and Palestine, Syria, Hong Kong, Japan, Hawaii, and possibly Yale University.

Some photographs by Ralph Randles Stewart, a botanist who worked at Gordon College from 1911-1954; Reverend Henri R. Ferger, a missionary and teacher for the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in India; and K. L. Malhotra. Includes postcards by Sarrafian Bros, Isaac Behar, Karimeh Abbud, Michel Harriz, Albertype Co., Asheville Postcard Co., Dexter Press, Lehnert & Landrock, Honolulu Paper Co., Collotype Co., Mahatta & Co., Island Curio Co., and H. A. Mirza & Sons.

Biographical/Historical note:

James Reid Graham was as a Presbyterian missionary at Gordon College in Rawalpindi, Punjab (1929-1932). His doctoral dissertation for the Yale University Department of Religion was "The Arya Samaj as a Reformation in Hinduism, with Special Reference to Caste," submitted in 1943.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 88-37

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Albertype Company negatives can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 25.

Additional Isaac Behar and Lehnert & Landrock postcards can be found in the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives Postcard Collection.

Restrictions:

Original nitrate negatives are in cold storage and require advanced notice for viewing.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Sports  Search this

Genre/Form:

Postcards

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 88-37, James Reid Graham photographs and postcard collection relating to India and Asia, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.88-37

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw338397e46-3780-4448-8e5c-fafb8dd2aee8

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-88-37

Creator:

Kasdan, Leonard  Search this

State University of New York at Albany  Search this

Zenner, Walter P.  Search this

Extent:

16.5 Linear feet

Culture:

Arabs  Search this

Druzes  Search this

Jews  Search this

Sephardim  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Field notes

Place:

New York (State)

Middle East

Israel

Syria

Date:

1935-2001

Summary:

The Papers of Walter Zenner document his extensive career as a teacher and scholar of cultural anthropology. Through articles, correspondence, clippings, drafts, field notes, research notes, and other documents, the papers record Zenner's work on a variety of anthropological subjects including Middle Eastern ethnic groups, Jewish communities, immigrant groups, and the concept of a 'middleman minority' or a distinct ethnic population which serves the needs of the majority by filling a vital economic or cultural niche.

Scope and Contents:

The Papers of Walter Zenner document his extensive career as a teacher and scholar of cultural anthropology. Through articles, correspondence, clippings, drafts, field notes, research notes, and other documents, the papers record Zenner's work on a variety of anthropological subjects including Middle Eastern ethnic groups, Jewish communities, immigrant groups, and the concept of a 'middleman minority' or a distinct ethnic population which serves the needs of the majority by filling a vital economic or cultural niche.

Walter P. Zenner was born in Germany in 1933, but the Zenner family soon immigrated to the United States. Correspondence and legal documents, some in German, record their negotiations with the U.S. Immigration Service, assistance from the Rothschilds, and the family's eventual settlement in Chicago. (Series V.) Zenner remained in the Chicago area for college, attending Northwestern University. An assortment of the syllabi, class notes, papers, and correspondence document his undergraduate career as well as his graduate study at Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary. (Series IV.)

Zenner spent the majority of his professional life in the Department of Anthropology at the State University of New York at Albany, where he taught from 1966 until his retirement in 2002. Class materials including syllabi, handouts, exams, lecture notes, departmental memos, and correspondence among faculty document his long and successful tenure there. Zenner taught a wide variety of courses, from introductory surveys to graduate proseminars in specialized topics such as the ethnology of religion. His particular interests in teaching, however, were Judaism and Jewish communities, folklore, and urban anthropology. (Series IV.) A significant number of folders in this series are restricted because they contain student work, grades, and social security numbers.

The areas of cultural anthropology that Zenner specialized in teaching shared some commonality with his major research interests: Middle Eastern ethnic groups, the Jewish Diaspora, and immigration. He produced many publications on these subjects, as shown by the manuscript drafts, correspondence, and reprints in the Papers. (Series I, Subseries 1.) Zenner's subject files (Series I, Subseries II) provide a record of his research both in libraries and in the field. A significant amount of typed and handwritten notes and correspondence document Zenner's field work in Isfiya, a Druse village in Israel that he visited in 1967-8 while working with the Cross Cultural Study of Ethnocentrism directed by Northwestern University and again while on sabbatical in 1973-1974. An extensive collection of clippings from the Jerusalem Post provides further context on inter-ethnic relations in Israel at the time. A small collection of photographs (Series VI) also documents the 1973-1974 work in Israel. Other fieldwork projects documented include a study of Syrian-American Jewish religious life in the late 1950s and early 1960s, a study of Soviet Jewish immigrants to Albany in the early 1980s, and an examination of proceedings in Immigration Court in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Arrangement:

Arranged into 6 series: (I) Research (1954-2001) [Bulk 1965-1990]; (II) Teaching (1969-2001); (III) Professional Organizations (1971-2000) [Bulk 1989-1995]; (IV) Education (1951 - circa 1965) [Bulk 1951-1954]; (V) Personal (1935-1958); (VI) Photographs (1973-1974)

Biographical Note:

Walter P. Zenner was born on October 18, 1933 in Nuremberg, Germany to Justin and Hertha Zenner. In 1939, Zenner came to the United States with his parents and his older sister Eve to escape the Nazi regime. The family settled in Chicago, where the elder Zenners and Eve would remain for the rest of their lives.

Zenner earned a B.A. in Anthropology from Northwestern University in 1955, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1958 and 1965 respectively. He also earned an M.H.L. (Master of Hebrew Letters) from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1960. After a brief stint at Lake Forest College, Zenner joined the Anthropology Department at the State University of New York at Albany, where he taught until his retirement in 2002.

In the mid-1960s Zenner met and married his wife, Linda. They had two daughters, Rachel and Abigail.

Walter P. Zenner died in Albany on March 17, 2003.

Related Materials:

Additional material documenting Zenner's work on Sephardic Jews is held in the Syrian Sephardic Project files of the American Sephardic Foundation, Center for Jewish History, New York, NY.

Rights:

Permission to publish or quote from portions of this collection must be obtained from the Zenner Family until 2032.

Topic:

Anthropology -- teaching  Search this

Ethnic relations  Search this

Immigrants -- 20th century  Search this

Refugees  Search this

Ethnology -- Arab countries  Search this

Judaism  Search this

Genre/Form:

Field notes

Citation:

Walter P. Zenner Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.2002-30

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Walter P. Zenner papers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw319c3cc91-e9ba-4b8c-afac-9aff48494a12

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-2002-30

Extent:

199 Negatives (nitrate)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives

Photographs

Place:

Turkey -- description and travel

Lebanon -- Description and Travel

Syria -- Description and Travel

Jordan -- Description and Travel

Italy -- description and travel

Egypt -- description and travel

Greece -- description and travel

Palestine -- description and travel

Israel -- Description and Travel

Date:

circa 1901-1902

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs made probably by a tourist during a 1901 tour of Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Germany, and England. The photographs largely document ancient sites, cities, and some people. Additional photographs of Memphis, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana, may offer clues as to the residence of the photographer or collector. Identified individuals include Mr. and Mrs. Higgins and Mrs. Allen.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 104

Restrictions:

Original nitrate negatives are in cold storage and require advanced notice for viewing.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 104, Photographs from a trip to the Middle East and Europe, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.104

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32a16b15d-78e2-4dd7-8e69-2bd1f05881d3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-104