Richard M. Bartleman photographs of Caracas
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 156, NAA Photo Lot 77-38, USNM ACC 024880, USNM ACC 025072, USNM ACC 029132
name: label: Creator
content: Bartleman, Richard M.
place: label: Place
content: Venezuela -- Antiquities
label: Place
content: Caracas (Venezuela)
topic: label: Topic
content: Plants -- Venezuela -- Caracas
label: Topic
content: Bullfights
creator: label: Creator
content: Bartleman, Richard M.
culture: label: Culture
content: Venezuelans
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content: Richard M. Bartleman photographs of Caracas
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Richard Bartleman (b. ca. 1863) was a civil engineer and member of the United States Legation in Caracas during the 1890s, first as Secretary of the Legation and then as Charge d'Affaires. During this mission, he made photographs and collected specimens which he donated to the Smithsonian.  In 1895, Bartleman left Caracas to become the United States Consul in Antigua, and later moved to Spain and Argentina.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 100 Prints (circa, cyanotype, albumen, and halftone)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1890-1899
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Part of this collection donated by Robert Elder, 1977. The rest was donated by Bartleman to the Department of Anthropology as part of accessions 024880, 025072, and 029132, donated in 1891 and 1895.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.156
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies note
content: Digital surrogate is available online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made in Caracas, Venezuela by Richard M. Bartleman while with the United States Legation during the 1890s.  The collection includes images of streets, military personnel, structures, residences and gardens, artifacts, people, scenery, and a bullfight in or near Caracas, Venezuela.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: This collection has been relocated from Photo Lot 77-38.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Bartleman's photographs, previously filed in Photo Lot 97 and Photo Lot 24, have been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 156.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs by Bartleman can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in the records of the Division of Ethnology, Department of Anthropology, and in the Herbert William Krieger Papers.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Bartleman donated artifacts to the Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, in accessions 023968, 030729, 024216, and 029403.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida holds Richard M. Bartleman's papers.
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content: Richard M. Bartleman photographs of Caracas, circa 1890-1899