Hassoldt and Ruth S. Davis films
name: label: Creator
content: Davis, Hassoldt, 1907-1959
label: Creator
content: Davis, Ruth
place: label: Place
content: South America
label: Place
content: Africa, West
label: Place
content: Guyana
label: Place
content: French Guiana
label: Place
content: Côte d'Ivoire
topic: label: Topic
content: Boni (French Guianese and Surinamese people)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Aline Hulbert in 1994.
creator: label: Creator
content: Davis, Hassoldt, 1907-1959
label: Creator
content: Davis, Ruth
setName: label: See more items in
content: Hassoldt and Ruth S. Davis films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 23 Film reels (color silent; 17,000 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: 8 Linear feet
label: Extent
content: 500 Photographs
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1930-1960
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Hassoldt Davis Collection ca. 1930s - 1950s."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1994.08
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of motion picture film outtakes, production elements, and incomplete edited films shot in Guyana and French Guiana. Collection also includes numerous photographs from the two filming projects as well as other travels and a Denis Roosevelt filmed African expedition, newspaper articles, correspondence, books, unpublished manuscripts and travel writings as an explorer.

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