Sheila Salo Gypsy Photographs
name: label: Photographer
content: Salo, Sheila
place: label: Place
content: Canada
label: Place
content: Chicago (Ill.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Gypsies -- 1970-1980 -- United States
label: Topic
content: Gypsies -- 1970-1980 -- Canada
label: Topic
content: Hull House (Chicago, Ill.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Matt and Sheila Salo, [1990?].
creator: label: Photographer
content: Salo, Sheila
setName: label: See more items in
content: Sheila Salo Gypsy Photographs
abstract: label: Summary
content: This collection contains photographs of North American Rom Gypsies by donor Sheila Salo; also copy prints, negatives, and slides made from material in other collections.
bioghist: label: Historical
content: Most of the color photographs were taken by Sheila Salo in 1973-1979: (a) Canada, 1973, 1976, and 1977 as part of research supported by contracts from the National Museums of Canada; and (b) taken in Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, and New Jersey through 1979. Sheila Salo and her husband Matt are historians of Gypsy culture; Ms. Salo also processed and wrote the register for the the Carlos de Wendler-Funaro Gypsy Research Collection. The Salos have personal contacts among Gypsy groups, and they made these photographs to document Gypsy customs, clothing, and rituals.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973-1979
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The Salos donated these photographs to the Division of Home and Community Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life). The Division then transferred them to the Archives Center.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0357
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection arranged into one series. Roughly chronological.

Series 1: Color Photoprints by Sheila Salo, 1973-1979

Series 2: Copy Photographs, Black-and-White
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by David E. Haberstich, curator, 1991.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1970-1980
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Color photoprints -- 1970-1980
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film -- 1970-1980
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection contains photographs of North American Rom Gypsies by donor Sheila Salo; also copy prints, negatives, and slides made from material in other collections. The photographs by Ms. Salo are Kodak color prints, while the copy photographs are all black-and-white prints, negatives, and a slide.  Most of the copy negatives and prints were made from a series of photographs taken in Chicago, 1928, of settlement houses, including Hull House, with some Mexican subjects.  Captions have been typed on the backs of most of the color and black-and-white prints by Ms. Salo.


The collection is divided into two series: (1) Color photoprints by Sheila Salo; and (2)  Black-and-white copy photographs.  Formats include: color photographic prints (4" x 6" and 3-1/2" x 5"), black-and-white photographic copy prints (3-1/2 x 5"), 35mm negatives, a slide, and a 4" x 5" copy negative.  The color prints depict Gypsies and Gypsy community events in Illinois; Ontario; Ste.-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec; Mississippi; Louisiana; and New Jersey.   The subject emphasis is on wedding and saint's day celebrations, and memorial services for the deceased.