William O. Field films
name: label: Creator
content: Field, William O. (William Osgood), 1904-
place: label: Place
content: Africa, North
label: Place
content: Africa, East
label: Place
content: South Asia
label: Place
content: Asia, Central
label: Place
content: Europe
label: Place
content: Oceania
label: Place
content: Egypt
label: Place
content: Sudan
label: Place
content: Nile River
label: Place
content: Jammu and Kashmir (India)
label: Place
content: Himalaya Mountains
label: Place
content: Russia
label: Place
content: Caucasus
label: Place
content: Dagestan (Russia)
label: Place
content: Georgia (Republic)
label: Place
content: Samoa
topic: label: Topic
content: Georgians (South Caucasians)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Diana S. Field in 1997.
creator: label: Creator
content: Field, William O. (William Osgood), 1904-
culture: label: Culture
content: Shilluk (African people)
label: Culture
content: Kashmiri (South Asian people)
label: Culture
content: Samoans
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content: William O. Field films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Film reels (2 hours 46 minutes, black-and-white color silent; 5200 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1997.07
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: Collection consists of films by geologist William O. Field of the Nile River, Kashmir, the U.S.S.R., Moscow, and Samoa.  The collection also includes 8 albums of still photographs and 8 albums of negatives of Africa, photographs of British Guiana, folders with paper materials relating to the Africa expedition/film, miscellaneous photographs and other papers.

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