Melville Herskovits photographs
name: label: Photographer
content: Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963
label: Names
content: Herskovits, Jean
note: label: See Also
content: Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits photograph collection, The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, New York 10037-1801
label: See Also
content: Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits papers, The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, New York 10037-1801
place: label: Place
content: Surinam
label: Place
content: Benin
label: Place
content: Haiti
label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Brazil
topic: label: Topic
content: Dahomey (Kingdom)
creator: label: Photographer
content: Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963
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content: Melville Herskovits photographs
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographs taken by Melville J. Herskovits during his trips with his wife, Frances Shapiro Herskovits, to Surinam (1928-29); Dahomey, now Republic of Benin (1931); Haiti (1934); and Brazil (1941-42). From 1928 to 1943 Melville Herskovits and his wife, Frances Herskovits (nee Shapiro) traveled together throughout West Africa and the Americas to collect evidence of the legacy of African culture. The contributions of Frances Herskovits to her husband's research were fully recognized in an exhibition held by the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, from April 2-August 9, 1998. Entitled, "Living Tradition in Africa & the America: The Legacy of Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits," the brochure noted, "On each trip, Frances was a full partner in the research...Until Melville's death in 1963, they worked together on the analysis of their data and the writing of books and articles; and after he died, she edited a collection of his papers."
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Melville J. Herskovits, 1895-1963, anthropologist. After receiving a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1923, Dr. Herskovits began teaching at Northwestern University in 1927, where he was founder and first chair of the Department of Anthropology (1938) and founder and first director of the Program of African Studies (1948).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 736 Negatives (photographic) (+contact prints (5 v.), black & white, 3 x 4 in.)
label: Extent
content: 736 Photographic prints ((6 v.), black & white, 3 x 4 in.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928-1934
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Jean Herskovits, 1986.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1986-029
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Negatives (photographic)
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Images indexed by negative number.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints