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Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

Photographer:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Extent:
6567 Slides (photographs) (11 Binders, color)
14 Documents (1 Binder)
1946 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)
Culture:
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Nigerians  Search this
Tuaregs  Search this
Fulani  Search this
Nuba  Search this
Igbo (African people)  Search this
Turkana  Search this
Pokot  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Documents
Color slides
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Nigeria
Africa
Lagos (Nigeria)
Date:
1961-circa 2005
Summary:
The collection consists of 8,515 color slides taken by Dr. Marilyn Houlberg during various field studies among the Yoruba in southwest Nigeria between 1961 and circa 2007. The images depict Yoruba art and culture with a special focus on artisans, art objects, body arts, costume, festivals, hairstyles, indigenous photography, weaving and textiles. Cultural events depicted include Balufon festivals, Egungun and Gelede masquerades, social events (weddings, christenings, funerals), and religious ceremonies (initiation and animal sacrifice). Also included are various scenes of daily life, architecture, food preparation, markets, portraits and landscapes. Houlberg extensively documented Yoruba artists in the process of creating their art, including carvers Yesufu Ejigboye, Runshewe, and Lamidi Fakeye, as well as the final pieces themselves. Houlberg documentated art in situ, such as Yoruba house posts, shrines, wall art and wood doors and art objects, including Gelede masks, Ibeji (twin) and Eshu figures, Osanyin staffs, and Ogboni and Shango shrines. Manuscript and printed materials, including Houlberg's resume, thesis, and numerous published articles are also available in this collection.
Scope and Contents note:
This 6,567 slide collection documents Houlberg's studies in Southwestern Nigeria spanning from 1961 to circa 2005. In 2015, Houlberg donated an additional 1,948 color slides to the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives. These slides have been added to the EEPA 2005-002 finding aid, bringing the total to 8,515 slides.

The collection primarily includes photos of people, including the Ogboni, Pokot, Yoruba, Turkana and Igbo, shrines, festivals and rituals, art objects, and artists. A particular strength of the collection are photos of Balufon festivals, Egungun and Gelede masquerades, social events (weddings, christenings, funerals), and religious ceremonies (initiation and animal sacrifice). Also included are various scenes of daily life, architecture, food preparation, markets, portraits and landscapes. Houlberg mostly photographed in Ilishan, Ikenne, Ilara, Shagamu, Lagos, Ijebu-Ode, and Egbe.

Houlberg extensively documented Yoruba artists in the process of creating their art, including carvers Yesufu Ejigboye, Runshewe, and Lamidi Fakeye, as well as the final pieces themselves. Houlberg documentated art in situ, such as Yoruba house posts, shrines, wall art, wood doors and art objects, including Gelede masks, Ibeji (twin) and Eshu figures, Osanyin staffs, and Ogboni and Shango shrines. Several Yoruba art forms, including photography, scarification tattoos, and textiles (both cloth and dress), are represented in the collection. Additionally, there are numerous slides of Yoruba hairstyles, many of which she published in her article, Social Hair: Tradition and Change in Yoruba Hairstyles in Southwestern Nigeria.

Yoruba ritual specialists, such as Ife-olu Solaru, Olufunke, and Yesufu Ejigboye, appear frequently throughout the collection. Houlberg documented her many stays with these individuals over the years.

There is also one binder of manuscript and printed materials, including Houlberg's resume, thesis, and numerous published articles.
Arrangement note:
The collection is organized into 29 series according to subject. The series descriptions correspond with particular subjects used in Houlberg's teaching and lectures, and based on donor's notes. All slides were kept in the order in which they were donated.

Series 1: African Hairstyles, circa 1973-1994 (Binder 1; 212 slides)

Series 2: Egungun Festival, 1961-circa 1988 (Binder 1; 362 slides)

Series 3: Gelede, circa 1969-circa 1989 (Binder 2; 301 slides)

Series 4: Ibeji Twins, circa 1969-circa 1990 (Binders 2-3; 854 slides)

Series 5: Ogboni Art Objects and Shrines, circa 1969-circa 1982 (Binder 4; 92 slides)

Series 6: Art Objects Depicting Ogun, circa 1969-circa 1983 (Binder 4; 56 slides)

Series 7: Olojufoforo Art and Festivities, circa 1968-circa 1975 (Binder 4; 21 slides)

Series 8: Yoruba People, Architecture, and Art, circa 1969-circa 1985 (Binder 4; 260 slides)

Series 9: Carving, Art Objects and Artists, and Scenes of Daily Life, circa 1973-circa 1988 (Binder 4; 201 slides)

Series 10: Yoruba Art, circa 1971-circa 1983 (Binder 5; 49 slides)

Series 11: Yoruba Textiles, circa 1973-circa 1983 (Binder 5; 84 slides)

Series 12: Yoruba, Miscellaneous, circa 1967-circa 1989 (Binder 5; 251 slides)

Series 13: African Art, Textiles People, and Dwellings, circa 1963-circa 1983 (Binder 6; 58 slides)

Series 14: Ibo Mbari and Igbo Peoples and Artwork, circa 1967-circa 1985 (Binder 6; 212 slides)

Series 15: Art and Ceremonies, circa 1967-circa 1991 (Binder 6; 493 slides)

Series 16: Body Arts, Nuba People (Sudan) and Fulani and Bororo People (Niger), circa 1973-circa 1979 (Binder 7; 64 slides)

Series 17: People, Scenic Views and Animals of Kenya, Sudan, Angola, and Ghana, circa 1972-circa 1985 (Binder 7; 168 slides)

Series 18: Peoples and Arts of Ghana, Mali, and the Ivory Coast, circa 1966-circa 1992 (Binder 7; 406 slides)

Series 19: Published Maps and Photos, circa 1968-circa 1985 (Binder 8; 70 slides)

Series 20: Nigerian Masks and Art Objects, circa 1967-circa 1978 (Binder 8; 396 slides)

Series 21: Yoruba Festivals, People, and Art in Nigeria, circa 1967-circa 1988 (Binders 8-9; 128 slides)

Series 22: Yoruba Photography and Textiles, circa 1975-circa 1983 (Binder 9; 54 slides)

Series 23: Ife-Olu, Ilishan, circa 1980-circa 1988 (Binder 9; 87 slides)

Series 24: Yoruba Festivals, People, Hairstyles, Ibeji Objects, Eshu Figures, and Oya and Orishala Priests, Priestesses, and Shrines, circa 1966-circa 1988 (Binder 9; 168 slides)

Series 25: Shango, circa 1970-circa 1983 (Binder 10, 162 slides)

Series 26: Ara Festival, 1975 (Binder 10; 174 slides)

Series 27: Ceremonies and Festivals, Portraits, Art and Ceremonial Objects, Domestic and Market Scenes, circa 1969-circa 2005 (Binders 10-11; 759 slides)

Series 28: Yoruba Art Objects, and Domestic, Work, and Festival Scenes, circa 1971-circa 1983 (Binder 11; 104 slides)

Series 29: Manuscript and Printed Materials, 1973-circa 2005 (Binder 12)
Biographical/Historical note:
Artist, anthropologist, and art historian Dr. Marilyn Hammersley Houlberg was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1939. Houlberg received an Associate of Arts degree from Wright Junior College (1959) and a BFA from the University of Chicago (1963). After graduating, she traveled to North Africa and explored Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. In 1964, Houlberg researched Haitian art, religion, and indigenous photography in Haiti and in 1965 was awarded a scholarship for graduate study from the University of Chicago. There she completed her MAT in Art History in 1967. Following graduation, Houlberg worked at the Nigerian Museum in Lagos, where she documented Yoruba sculpture, masquerades, religion, body art, and indigenous photography.

She began her teaching career at the University of Chicago as a lecturer on African art and African civilization, working there from 1971 to 1973. At the University of London, Houlberg earned a Masters in Anthropology, producing the thesis Yoruba Twin Sculpture and Ritual (1973). She also extensively photographed her travels abroad in Yorubaland. Between 1974 and 1990, Houlberg taught at the University of Chicago, Columbia College, Kalamazoo College, and Northwestern University. From 1974 to 2008 she continued teaching at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, lecturing on Yoruba art and ritual in West Africa and the New World, and the art and ritual of Vodou in Haiti.

Houlberg has lectured worldwide at numerous museums and symposiums since 1972, including in Lagos, Nigeria; Jacmel, Haiti; Toronto, Canada; Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; and Cologne, Germany. Her essays have been published in several issues of African Arts. Some of Houlberg's significant publications include Arts of the Water Spirits of Haitian Vodou, in Sacred Waters: Arts for Mami Wata and Other Divinities in Africa and the Diaspora (2008) and Water Spirits of Haitian Vodou: Lasiren, Queen of Mermaids, in Mami-Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and the African-Atlantic World (2008). The exhibition Mami-Wata at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (2009) featured her photographs.
Provenance:
Marilyn Houlberg, 733 West 18th St., Chicago, IL 60616, Donation, 20050320, 2005-0002
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Occupation:
Weavers  Search this
Artists  Search this
Topic:
Shrines  Search this
Masks  Search this
Domestic scenes  Search this
Egúngún (Cult)  Search this
Ethnology -- Nigeria  Search this
Gelede (Yoruba rite)  Search this
Hairstyles -- Africa  Search this
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Clothing and dress -- Africa  Search this
Marketplaces  Search this
Masquerades  Search this
Ere ibeji  Search this
Works of art in situ  Search this
Art, African  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Festivals  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Photographic prints
Photographs
Citation:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2005-002
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Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo729173a75-b645-455f-b66b-ae08d0d2102e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2005-002

John Pemberton III Collection

Photographer:
Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016  Search this
Pemberton, Jane G., 1931 -  Search this
Fakeye, Lamidi Olonade, 1925 - 2009  Search this
Extent:
1,370 Negatives (photographic) (35 mm, B/W)
42 Contact sheets
3959 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Contact sheets
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Ila Orangun (Nigeria)
Date:
1977-1992
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of color 35 mm slides, B/W negatives and contact sheets taken by John Pemberton III during his field research in Nigeria from 1977-1992, which focus primarily on the Ila-Orangun region. Images depict scenes of towns and people; monarchy, palace and chiefs; Orisha shrines and festivals; divination and sacrifice; masquerades; Christianity and Islam; and art and artists. Some images of Lagos, Ibadan, Oshogbo, Ile-Ife, and Ekiti.
Provenance:
Donated by John Pemberton III, 2014 and 2016.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Royalty -- Africa  Search this
Palaces  Search this
Government and politics -- chiefs  Search this
Orisha religion  Search this
Shrines  Search this
Festivals  Search this
Masquerades  Search this
Islam  Search this
Christianity  Search this
Citation:
John Pemberton III Collection, EEPA.2014-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
EEPA.2014-003
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John Pemberton III Collection
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo792658806-9e66-4922-b342-29df57e61464
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2014-003
Online Media:

Henry John Drewal Collection

Photographer:
Drewal, Henry John  Search this
Kinnoudo, Martin  Search this
Extent:
1425 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)
20 Notebooks (2 Boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Notebooks
Newspaper clippings
Place:
Nigeria
Benin
Senegal
Côte d'Ivoire
Ife (Nigeria)
Date:
1970s - 1990s
Content Description:
Collection contains 35mm slides from the Republic of Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal as well as 20 original field notebooks from Nigeria and various miscellaneous documents, newspaper articles, and photographs from Nigeria.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Copyright held by John and Margaret Drewal. To publish images from this collection, permission must be given by Henry and Margaret Drewal. Contact Archives staff for further information. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Anthropologists  Search this
Art -- History  Search this
Art -- African  Search this
Festivals  Search this
Yoruba (African people) -- Nigeria -- Music.  Search this
Gelede (Yoruba rite)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Notebooks
Newspaper clippings
Identifier:
EEPA.2011-012
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7403f23e1-8267-4f6c-a207-5d632092696b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2011-012

Jean Borgatti Collection

Photographer:
Borgatti, Jean  Search this
Artist:
Ajanaku, Lawrence  Search this
Obamina, Achetu, b. 1897 -  Search this
Omogbai, Pius Isah  Search this
Onobrakpeya, Bruce, 1932-  Search this
Names:
Erediauwa, King of Benin, 1923-2016  Search this
Extent:
3617 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm)
166 Contact sheets ((2 binders))
3555 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35 mm)
4 Notebooks ((1 box))
1 Cassette tape ((2 boxes))
25 Film reels (Super 8)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Contact sheets
Negatives (photographic)
Notebooks
Cassette tapes
Film reels
Place:
Nigeria
Nigeria -- Osun State -- Ilesha
Nigeria -- Kaduna -- Zaria
Lagos (Nigeria)
Benin (Nigeria)
Nigeria -- Federal Capital Territory -- Abuja
Nigeria -- Plateau -- Jos Plateau (Bauchi Plateau)
Oshogbo (Nigeria)
Kumasi (Ghana)
Cape Coast (Ghana)
Niamey (Niger)
Abomey (Benin)
Benin -- Atlantique -- Ouidah
Nigeria -- Benue State
Bida (Nigeria)
Kano (Nigeria)
Date:
1971-2003
Summary:
Jean Borgatti's collection dates from 1971 to 2003 and was created primarily in Nigeria but with some images from Ghana (Kumase, Cape Coast), Niger (Niamey), and the Benin Republic (Road to Abomey, near Ouidah). Much of the collection documents masquerades, shrines, festivals, market scenes, and ceremonies in the then Bendel State (now Edo and Delta States), and includes images from Etsako (specifically, Auchi, Avianwu, Ekperi, North Ibie/Ivie, South Ibie/Ivie) Okpella, Okhu, and Weppa-Wano peoples), Akoko Edo (Urhurhun Uneme, Igarra), and Owan (Otuo and Ikao peoples), as well as some images from Ishan (Ekpoma-Illeh, Ubiaja, Ugboha), Urhobo (Ughelli, Ohoro, Okpedomu, Emadaja) and Benin City as well as other parts of Nigeria including the then Western State (Oshogbo, Ibadan, Oyo, Ilesha), Benue Plateau State (Oturkpo-Makurdi Road, Tiv country, Jos), Northeastern State (Yankari Game Preserve, Gombe, Tula, Yola), Northwest Stateb (Bida), East Central State (Owerri), and Kano.
Scope and Contents:
Jean Borgatti's collection dates from 1971 to 2003-4 and is comprised of 3,617 slides, 3,625 negatives, 4 negative books, contact prints, an audio cassette, 25 Super 8 film reels, and 23,425 digital images. The 1971-2004 collection includes photographs made between 1971-1974, 1979, and (mostly born digital) 2002-2004.

The materials from 1971-1974 include research-oriented images taken at the National Museum, Onikan, Lagos, as well as field photographs in Edo North. Initially a survey of material culture was carried out in Etsako Local Government Area of the then Bendel, now Edo, State. This included visiting some 43 villages across 9 ethnic groups (Auchi, Avianwu, Ekperi, North Ibie/Ivie, South Ibie/Ivie, Okpella/Ukpila, Okhu, Uzairue, Weppa-Wano [Uwepa-Uwao], and Uneme/Ineme in Akoko-Edo LGA) as well as Otuo and Ikao in Owan LGA. The Etsako communities included Auchi, Avianwu's Afashio, Fugar, and Iraokhor; Ekperi's Azukhala, Okpenada, Osomegbe, Ugbekpe, Udaba Weppa-Wano's Agenebode, Aigyere, Amugbe, and Edegbe; North Ibie included Itsukwi and Okpekpe; South Ibie; Eastern Okpella made up of Afokpella including numerous quarters (Iyeluwa, Imiomoka, Imiamune, Kalaba, Imigbai, Imioko), Ogiriga, and Iddo I (old Iddo) and Iddo II (new Iddo); and western Okpella made up of Awuyemi, Imiegiele, Ogute, Imiaguese, Imiekuri, Ilewi, Ithurogbe, Ogute, and the affiliated Okhu I and Okhu II; Weppa Wano's Agenebode, Aigyere, Amugbe, Edegbe, Iviabua, Iviukhua, Emokhueme, and Iviukhwe; and Uzairue's Ogbido, Iluoke, Afowa, Ayogiri, Apana, Ikabigbo, Iyora, and Jattu.

ShapeMuch of the collection depicts festivals, masquerades, and ceremonies, including Okpella's Olimi Festival, Ekperi's Otsa Festival, Weppa Wano's Ake festival, the Aimhi or Okakagbe masquerade, Otuo and Ikao's Igugu or Eliminia Festival, a Gelede masquerade performance, Okpella's Aminague masquerade, and many individually named masquerades in Edo North. There are also images of title-taking ceremonies, paraphernalia, and shrines, including the Okpella men's Atsogwa title ceremony Oghalo and a comparable one for an Ogbidegua, a titled woman; Avianwu's Aziza, Ekperi's Okailopokai shrine, the Yoruba Oshun shrine at Oshogbo, and Okpella's Okula, a forest shrine associated with Olimi Festival. The most intensive photography is associated with Okpella, Ekperi, Weppa-Wano, Otuo and Ikao masquerades.

The 1979 photographs comprise portraits of individuals responding to a survey on Aesthetic Preference carried out in the Eastern Okpella communities of Ogiriga, Afokpella (Iyeluwa, Kalaba, Imioko, Imiomoka, Imiamune, Imigbai). Iddo I and II, and in Western Okpella the communities of Imiakiu, Imiokewa, Imiedemi, Imiomoh, Udiegwa, Okhu Afokha, Okhu Owu, Imienegwe, and Imiekuri. Olimi Festival research was conducted in Afokpella, Ogiriga, Iddo II, and Ogute.

The 2002-2004 digital images were taken during a panel study based on 1979 Survey on Aesthetic Preference. Portraits of respondents from the communities of Ogiriga, Afokpella, Iyeluwa, Imigbai, Imiamune, Kalaba, Ogute Oke, Imiakiu, Imikhese, Imionoh, Imiokewa, Udiegwa, Imiediemi, Imiagbese, Imiekuri, Awuyemi, Imiegiele, Iddo I, and Iddo II.
Arrangement:
Arranged into 4 series by format. Series 1, 2 and 4 are arranged chronologically and Series 3 is arranged alphabetically.

Series 1: Field Slides, 1971-2003

Series 2: Negatives, 1971-circa 1979

Series 3: Audio and Film Reels, circa 1970s-1982

Series 4: Digital Files, circa 1971-2015
Biographical / Historical:
Art historian and photographer Jean Borgatti's research focuses on cross cultural concepts of art and aesthetics, masquerades and festivals, portraiture, the Black Atlantic, and the continuities and discontinuities in African, African Diaspora, Oceanic and Native American art. An active photographer since at least 1971, she has worked primarily in Benin City, Nigeria and areas in northern Edo State, photographing the Okpella people and other Edo North groups.

Borgatti received her B.A. in Art History from Wellesley College (1966) and both her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Art History from UCLA. Since then, she has received fellowships, grants, and awards for research including a Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities (1979-1980), a Sainsbury Institute Fellowship at the University of East Anglia (2005), and two Fulbright fellowships (2002-2004, 2014-2016) for lecturing and conducting research in Nigeria. She was also presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Arts Council of the African Studies Association (2014) for her contributions to the field. She taught African and Native American Art History at Clark University for twenty years and has continued her affiliation with Clark as a visiting scholar and research fellow. Additionally, Borgatti has been a visiting scholar of art history and African studies at Boston University (2010-2016).

Borgatti has curated a number of exhibitions, including From the Hands of Lawrence Ajanaku (Museum of Cultural History Gallery UCLA and the African American Institute New York, 1979); Likeness and Beyond: Portraits in Africa and the World (with Richard Brilliant and Alan Wardwell), Center for African Art, New York, and the Kimbell Museum, Fort Worth, 1990); Global Africa: Creativity, Continuity and Change in African Art, 2014-2017, and several museum shows in which African works were placed "in conversation" or "face to face" with works from Asia, Europe, and America throughout the Fitchburg Art Museum (2011-2012). Borgatti has published more than twenty articles on African art with such varied topics as masquerades in Edo North (Nigeria), portraiture in world art, the art market, and individual African artists.

Dr. Borgatti is a consulting curator on African and Oceanic Art at the Fitchburg Art Museum (Massachusetts, 2010-present) and a Professor of Art History, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Benin (Nigeria, 2013-2017).
Provenance:
Donated by Jean Borgatti in 2016.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Collection contains images of art and museum objects and exhibitions with copyright restrictions.
Topic:
Ekperi (African people)  Search this
Urhobo (African people)  Search this
Ghana  Search this
Masquerades  Search this
Festivals  Search this
Coronations  Search this
Workshops  Search this
Portraits  Search this
Okpe (Urhobo people)  Search this
Shrines  Search this
Gelede -- Photographs  Search this
Marketplaces  Search this
Citation:
Jean Borgatti Collection, EEPA 2016-007, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2016-007
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Jean Borgatti Collection
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7cd1b395d-e452-4ecd-b5e2-b5c021e807c4
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2016-007
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Tananarive Fête des Fleurs

Creator:
Bachel, E. (Tamatave)  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Container:
Volume 2 MG
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Paris (France)
Madagascar
Madagascar, -- Antananarivo province, -- Antananarivo (Tananarive)
Date:
ca. 1905
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads, "Tananarive - Festival of Flowers."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Edition E. Bachel, à Tamatave."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MG-46-03
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Men  Search this
Women  Search this
Festivals  Search this
Parade floats  Search this
Genre/Form:
Picture postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 2012-001-2117
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 26: Madagascar (MG)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f266c588-84ff-4df2-88e1-6dd32488f3f0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref5868

Nancy Shia Papers

Creator:
Shia, Nancy, 1947-  Search this
Names:
Barry, Marion, 1936-2014  Search this
Butler, Josephine "Jo", 1920-1997  Search this
Nahikian, Marie Satenik, 1946-  Search this
Washington, Walter E., 1915-2003  Search this
Extent:
2.59 Linear feet (2 boxes (1 box is oversized))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Annual reports
Fliers (printed matter)
Correspondence
Photographs
Newspaper clippings
Newsletters
Place:
Adams Morgan (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
1969 - 2001
Scope and Contents:
These records include documents related to Nancy Shia's tenure as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for the Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington, DC from 1982-184. Materials include correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, annual reports, grant proposals, newspaper clippings, and political fliers. Also contained in the collection are several editions of the Rock Creek Monitor, a newspaper of Adams Morgan and surrounding communities, and photographs by Nancy Shia of the annual Adams Morgan Day celebration.
Biographical/Historical Note:
Nancy Shia is a photographer, political artist, neighborhood activist, and longtime Adams Morgan resident. She received her B.A. in Sociology (with a minor in Photography) from City College of New York, her M.A. in Social Work from Columbia University, and came to Washington, DC in 1972 to attend Antioch School of Law (from which she received her J.D. in 1978). She has extensively documented the Adams Morgan neighborhood through photography since the early 1970s. She later worked for the Federal News Service and was elected to serve as Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner from 1982-1984 and again from 2007-2010.
Provenance:
Donated by Nancy Shia in 2017.
Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Festivals  Search this
Newspapers -- 20th century  Search this
Housing policy  Search this
Genre/Form:
Annual reports -- 20th century
Fliers (printed matter)
Correspondence
Photographs
Newspaper clippings
Newsletters
Citation:
Nancy Shia papers, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Nancy Shia.
Identifier:
ACMA.06-099
See more items in:
Nancy Shia Papers
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7fc16da40-345d-4641-84da-de49f5afcbe7
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-acma-06-099
Online Media:

Pastries from Japong Bakery at the Taiwan Bubble Tea Festival

Photographer:
Benz, Katie (photographer)  Search this
Extent:
2 Digital images
Culture:
Taiwanese  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
Rockville (Md.)
Date:
2021 September 25
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Asian American Foodways Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Asian American Foodways Project Records
Asian American Foodways Project Records / Series 5: Festivals and events / Rockville Taiwan Bubble Tea Festival
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa729945ba4-aeae-4082-a550-55d39c643928
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ead_component:sova-acma-01-007-22-ref286

Sign for Bao Bei, Taiwanese bao buns, at Taiwan Bubble Tea Festival

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Benz, Katie (photographer)  Search this
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1 Digital image
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Taiwanese  Search this
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Place:
Rockville (Md.)
Date:
2021 September 25
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foodways  Search this
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Collection Citation:
Asian American Foodways Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Asian American Foodways Project Records
Asian American Foodways Project Records / Series 5: Festivals and events / Rockville Taiwan Bubble Tea Festival
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa742d58571-b809-4c44-93d0-cd7d03e0635f
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ead_component:sova-acma-01-007-22-ref287

Signs for bubble tea and snacks at Taiwan Bubble Tea Festival

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Benz, Katie (photographer)  Search this
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1 Digital image
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Taiwanese  Search this
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Digital images
Place:
Rockville (Md.)
Date:
2021 September 25
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foodways  Search this
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Street food  Search this
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Collection Citation:
Asian American Foodways Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Asian American Foodways Project Records
Asian American Foodways Project Records / Series 5: Festivals and events / Rockville Taiwan Bubble Tea Festival
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7d22c6fd4-692f-4061-b142-19cb21d9e02d
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ead_component:sova-acma-01-007-22-ref288

Taiko drum performers on main stage at Taiwan Bubble Tea Festival

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Benz, Katie (photographer)  Search this
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2 Digital images
Culture:
Taiwanese  Search this
Japanese  Search this
Type:
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Digital images
Place:
Rockville (Md.)
Date:
2021 September 25
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Collection Citation:
Asian American Foodways Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Asian American Foodways Project Records
Asian American Foodways Project Records / Series 5: Festivals and events / Rockville Taiwan Bubble Tea Festival
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7f3428587-b34e-4ced-90ff-e6b343ab558b
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ead_component:sova-acma-01-007-22-ref289

Welcome booth and signs for the Taiwan Bubble Tea Festival

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Benz, Katie (photographer)  Search this
Extent:
3 Digital images
Culture:
Taiwanese  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
Rockville (Md.)
Yilan County (Taiwan)
Date:
2021 September 25
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Topic:
Asian Americans  Search this
foodways  Search this
Festivals  Search this
Bubble tea  Search this
Signs and signboards  Search this
Banners  Search this
Collection Citation:
Asian American Foodways Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Asian American Foodways Project Records
Asian American Foodways Project Records / Series 5: Festivals and events / Rockville Taiwan Bubble Tea Festival
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7a682c6d6-4132-416a-9dab-88f781c0a6a4
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ead_component:sova-acma-01-007-22-ref290

Crowds at Taiwan Bubble Tea Festival

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Benz, Katie (photographer)  Search this
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1 Digital image
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Taiwanese  Search this
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Place:
Rockville (Md.)
Date:
2021 September 25
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Topic:
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foodways  Search this
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Collection Citation:
Asian American Foodways Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Asian American Foodways Project Records
Asian American Foodways Project Records / Series 5: Festivals and events / Rockville Taiwan Bubble Tea Festival
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa70feff217-1662-4474-a9b7-b3f753da2549
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ead_component:sova-acma-01-007-22-ref291

Tins of mooncake for sale at Eden Center

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Benz, Katie (photographer)  Search this
Extent:
2 Digital images
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
Falls Church (Va.)
Date:
2021 September 19
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Topic:
Asian Americans  Search this
foodways  Search this
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Collection Citation:
Asian American Foodways Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Asian American Foodways Project Records
Asian American Foodways Project Records / Series 5: Festivals and events / Tết Trung Thu, Mid-Autumn Festival at Eden Center
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa759fdb537-1727-48c8-b5e6-f04e517e96e4
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ead_component:sova-acma-01-007-22-ref390

Box of mooncake for sale at Eden Center

Photographer:
Benz, Katie (photographer)  Search this
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1 Digital image
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Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
Falls Church (Va.)
Date:
2021 September 19
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Topic:
Asian Americans  Search this
foodways  Search this
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Festivals  Search this
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Pastry  Search this
Collection Citation:
Asian American Foodways Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Asian American Foodways Project Records
Asian American Foodways Project Records / Series 5: Festivals and events / Tết Trung Thu, Mid-Autumn Festival at Eden Center
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7e4e00680-1beb-475b-bf46-ceb0219f8838
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ead_component:sova-acma-01-007-22-ref391

Lotus seeds for sale at Eden Center

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Benz, Katie (photographer)  Search this
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1 Digital image
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Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
Falls Church (Va.)
Date:
2021 September 19
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Collection Citation:
Asian American Foodways Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Asian American Foodways Project Records
Asian American Foodways Project Records / Series 5: Festivals and events / Tết Trung Thu, Mid-Autumn Festival at Eden Center
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa70272f86d-adc2-4ee3-90e6-938e886f6e49
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ead_component:sova-acma-01-007-22-ref393

Glutinous rice and starch powder for sale at Eden Center

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Benz, Katie (photographer)  Search this
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2 Digital images
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Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
Falls Church (Va.)
Date:
2021 September 19
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Collection Citation:
Asian American Foodways Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Asian American Foodways Project Records
Asian American Foodways Project Records / Series 5: Festivals and events / Tết Trung Thu, Mid-Autumn Festival at Eden Center
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7be3d72cc-3a8b-4a20-9201-44745d90e6d1
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ead_component:sova-acma-01-007-22-ref394

Tins of mooncake for sale at Eden Center

Photographer:
Stewart, Daniel (photographer)  Search this
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1 Digital image
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
Falls Church (Va.)
Date:
2021 September 19
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Collection Rights:
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Topic:
Asian Americans  Search this
foodways  Search this
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Festivals  Search this
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Baked products  Search this
Pastry  Search this
Collection Citation:
Asian American Foodways Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Asian American Foodways Project Records
Asian American Foodways Project Records / Series 5: Festivals and events / Tết Trung Thu, Mid-Autumn Festival at Eden Center
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa70703f14b-93bb-4ff4-aa34-c17040bb6a0e
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ead_component:sova-acma-01-007-22-ref395

Boxes of mooncake from Ba Nam Cali for sale at Eden Center

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Stewart, Daniel (photographer)  Search this
Extent:
1 Digital image
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Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
Falls Church (Va.)
Date:
2021 September 19
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Topic:
Asian Americans  Search this
foodways  Search this
Shopping centers  Search this
Festivals  Search this
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Baked products  Search this
Pastry  Search this
Collection Citation:
Asian American Foodways Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Asian American Foodways Project Records
Asian American Foodways Project Records / Series 5: Festivals and events / Tết Trung Thu, Mid-Autumn Festival at Eden Center
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7733215f9-b11a-4726-8c16-63e804fee91e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-01-007-22-ref396

Mung beans for sale at Eden Center

Photographer:
Stewart, Daniel (photographer)  Search this
Extent:
1 Digital image
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
Falls Church (Va.)
Date:
2021 September 19
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
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Beans  Search this
Collection Citation:
Asian American Foodways Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Asian American Foodways Project Records
Asian American Foodways Project Records / Series 5: Festivals and events / Tết Trung Thu, Mid-Autumn Festival at Eden Center
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa780586c03-6b27-49c5-8c3f-a1004555ff91
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-01-007-22-ref397

Durian for sale at Eden Center

Photographer:
Stewart, Daniel (photographer)  Search this
Extent:
2 Digital images
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
Falls Church (Va.)
Date:
2021 September 19
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
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Topic:
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Durian  Search this
Collection Citation:
Asian American Foodways Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Asian American Foodways Project Records
Asian American Foodways Project Records / Series 5: Festivals and events / Tết Trung Thu, Mid-Autumn Festival at Eden Center
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa718893386-a0c9-448a-b336-a13aec6ee2d3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-01-007-22-ref398

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