John and Naomi Bishop collection
name: label: Creator
content: Bishop, Naomi Hawes
label: Creator
content: Bishop, John Melville
place: label: Place
content: Asia
label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Malemchigāon (Nepal)
label: Place
content: New England
topic: label: Topic
content: Music
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received in multiple accessions from John and Naomi Bishop. Initial accessions of the Melamchi films were received in 1987 and 1990, and additional groups of material were received in 2002, 2008, and 2017.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bishop, Naomi Hawes
label: Creator
content: Bishop, John Melville
culture: label: Culture
content: Helambu Sherpa (Nepalese people)
setName: label: See more items in
content: John and Naomi Bishop collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Video recordings
label: Extent
content: Sound recordings
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1977-2009
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1987.07
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Sound films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited films, outtakes, stills, and narration tracks by John and Naomi Bishop. Includes footage shot in the village of Melamchi, Nepal, for the film Himalayan Herders.

Supplementary material: 
Supplementary materials: audio tapes, 35mm slides, black-and-white stills.  

Annotatations (recorded narratives) are by John Bishop, documentary filmmaker, Naomi Bishop, anthropologist, John Homiak, Human Studies Film Archives and Nogabu, cultural informant from Melamchi. Footage complements [Melemchi Village, 1989].

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.