Matthew Stirling collection
name: label: Creator
content: Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975
label: Creator
content: Stewart, Richard H. (Richard Hewett), 1901-2004
label: Names
content: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
place: label: Place
content: Central America
label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Oceania
label: Place
content: Panama
label: Place
content: Mexico City (Mexico)
label: Place
content: Veracruz-Llave (Mexico : State)
label: Place
content: Papua New Guinea
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
label: Topic
content: Archaeological expeditions
label: Topic
content: Scientific expeditions
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Marion Stirling Pugh, The National Geographic Society, and the National Anthropological Archives in 1987, 1991, and 2017.
creator: label: Creator
content: Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975
label: Creator
content: Stewart, Richard H. (Richard Hewett), 1901-2004
culture: label: Culture
content: Olmec (archaeological culture)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Matthew Stirling collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (9 hours 3 minutes, black-and-white silent sound; 18,296 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: 2 Videocassettes (1 hour 2 minutes, color sound)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1926-1950
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1987.04
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Videocassettes
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of film and video created and collected by Matthew Stirling in Papua New Guinea, Mexico, and Panama.  Collection also contains annotations (recorded narratives).

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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Matthew and Marion Stirlng papers are in the National Anthropological Archives (NAA.2016-24). Film and photogaphs from the National Geographic Society and Smithsonian Institution archaeological expeditions to Central America are held in the National Geographic Society and the National Anthropological Film Collection in the National Anthropological Archives. Film copies of video materials are held in the Office of Inter-American Affairs records at the National Archives and Records Services.