E. Richard Sorenson Papua New Guinea photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Sorenson, E. Richard
place: label: Place
content: Oceania
label: Place
content: Papua New Guinea
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Source of acquisition is unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sorenson, E. Richard
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4,100 Photographs (black-and-white and color negatives, 120mm; 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963-1968
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The still negatives were brought to the Smithsonian when Sorenson began the National Anthropological Film Center in 1975. They are most likely associated with NIH motion picture film that Sorenson shot that was also transferred to the Smithsonian.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2006.06
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Still photographs shot by E. Richard Sorenson while working for NIH. These stills were shot between 1963-1968 in Papua New Guinea. The still negatives were brought to the Smithsonian when Sorenson began the National Anthropological Film Center in 1975.  May be associated with NIH motion picture film that Sorenson shot that was also transferred to the Smithsonian.

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