Major Arthur E. Hillier photograph album
odd: label: General note
content: Title provided by EEPA staff.
name: label: Creator
content: Hillier, Arthur Edmonds, Major, d. 1944
label: Names
content: Great Britain. Army. Royal West African Frontier Force
place: label: Place
content: Nigeria
label: Place
content: Africa
creator: label: Creator
content: Hillier, Arthur Edmonds, Major, d. 1944
culture: label: Culture
content: Baggara (African people)
label: Culture
content: Sara (African people)
label: Culture
content: Angas (African people)
label: Culture
content: Tiv (African people)
label: Culture
content: Bagirmi (African people)
label: Culture
content: Zarma (African people)
label: Culture
content: Nupe (African people)
label: Culture
content: Fula (African people)
label: Culture
content: Dakakari (African people)
label: Culture
content: Bella (African people)
label: Culture
content: Hausa (African people)
label: Culture
content: Yoruba (African people)
label: Culture
content: Kanuri (African people)
abstract: label: Summary
content: This collection consists of an album containing 36 photographs taken by Maj. Arthur E. Hillier, a British Army officer serving with the Nigeria Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force, circa 1935. The images are portrait photographs, which were used to identify local staff and employees. Individuals from a variety of culture groups are depicted, including the Hausa, Yoruba, Kanuri, Nupe, Fula, Dakakari, Bella, Baggara, Sara, Angas, Tiv, Bagirmi and Zarma peoples.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Major Arthur Edmonds Hillier was a British Army officer who served with the Nigeria Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force, from 1934-1940, during which time he participated in the Somaliland and Abyssinia campaigns. In 1943, Hillier returned to England and was appointed to the 21st Army Group; after D-Day, he volunteered for more active duty in Europe. Hillier died on October 21, 1944 at the age of 35, from injuries received in battle, and is buried in the military cemetery in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 36 Photographs (1 photograph album, black and white)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1935
container: label: Container
content: Volume 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Penelope Piety, 2006.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2006-001
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums