Lydia Puccinelli Robbins Collection
name: label: Photographer
content: Puccinelli Robbins, Lydia
label: Photographer
content: Robbins, Warren M.
label: Photographer
content: Tamarin, Alfred H.
label: Photographer
content: DeVall, Sue
place: label: Place
content: Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: National Museum of African Art
label: Topic
content: Art and photography
creator: label: Photographer
content: Puccinelli Robbins, Lydia
label: Photographer
content: Robbins, Warren M.
label: Photographer
content: Tamarin, Alfred H.
label: Photographer
content: DeVall, Sue
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lydia Puccinelli Robbins was the Curator of Collections at the Smithsonian Museum of African Art between 1979 and 1999, and served as a registrar, educator, and curator with the Museum of African Art (1966-1979), prior to the institution's transfer to the Smithsonian. Lydia was also married to Warren M. Robbins, who founded the Museum of African Art in the basement of his home, prior to purchasing the former Capitol Hill home of Frederick Douglas.  

Joe Holly, "Warren M. Robbins, founder of the Museum of African Art, dies at 85," Los Angeles Times, Dec 8, 2008.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Videocassettes
label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel
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content: 605 Photographic prints (Color and black and white)
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content: 1,055 Color slides
label: Extent
content: 1,316 Color slides (35 mm)
label: Extent
content: 56 Color negatives (35 mm)
label: Extent
content: 157 Negatives (photographic) (Black and white, 35 mm)
label: Extent
content: 4 Color negatives (2 x 2 in)
label: Extent
content: 3 Books (1 Guidebook and 2 magazines)
label: Extent
content: 20 Slides (photographs) (Black and white, 35 mm )
label: Extent
content: 2 Photographic prints (Black and white)
label: Extent
content: 2 Videocassettes (VHS)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-2005
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2019-001
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Videocassettes
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Color slides
label: Type
content: Color negatives
label: Type
content: Negatives (photographic)
label: Type
content: Books
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Videocassettes (vhs)
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Videocassettes
label: Genre/Form
content: Color slides -- 20th century
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Related materials include: EEPA 2016-009 Lydia Pucinelli Robbins study collection, EEPA 1982-002 Warre Robbins photographs, EEPA 1986-028 Collection ROBBINS Warren, and EEPA 2015-013 Robbins Center Collection.