Morden-Smithsonian expedition to Dominica films
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 2007.5.1
place: label: Place
content: Caribbean Area
label: Place
content: Dominica
topic: label: Topic
content: Botany
label: Topic
content: Beaches
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Transferred from the Botany Department, National Museum of Natural History.
culture: label: Culture
content: Kalinago (Carib/Kalina) [Dominica]
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 50 Film reels (color silent; 2500 feet, S8mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2007.05
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
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: Footage documenting the Morden-Smithsonian Expedition to Dominica to collect plant specimens.   Mrs. William J. Morden hired a photographer (name unknown) to document the collecting activities on the then most pristine and least disturbed of all the Antilles.  Content includes aerial views, market scenes, collecting Viola Stipularis and Anthurium on summit of Morne Diablotin, preparing specimens for return to the Smithsonian, collecting lichens, walking and searching for specimens in different terrains, Carib Reserve and School and visit with Carib chief, and scenic views of beaches and mountains.

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