Kenneth Blaisdell photographs of Naga people
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 83-39
label: Reproduction Note
content: Copy prints made by Smithsonian Institution, 1982-1983.
name: label: Creator
content: Blaisdell, Kenneth
label: Names
content: United States. Army
place: label: Place
content: Naga Hills (Burma)
label: Place
content: Assam (India)
creator: label: Creator
content: Blaisdell, Kenneth
culture: label: Culture
content: Gurkhas
label: Culture
content: Naga (South Asian people)
label: Culture
content: Konyak (Indic people)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Kenneth Blaisdell was a lieutenant who commanded a platoon of the 679th Signal Aircraft Warning Company in the United States Army Signal Corps.  From October 1942 to January 1944, Blaisdell's platoon was assigned to an installation near the Naga Hills, Assam, where they interacted with indigenous people and learned the Naga language.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 29 Copy prints
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-1944
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Original prints loaned by Kenneth Blaisdell for copying, 1982-1983.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.83-39
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Originals retained by Kenneth Blaisdell.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made by Kenneth Blaisdell while he was stationed with the United States Army in Assam.  They document Konyak Naga people, villages, and activities, including work for the United States Army. There are also some images of Gurkha soldiers.  The original prints were in an album; photocopies of these are available with the collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Naga artifacts can be found in the Department of Anthropology in accession 356652.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs of Konyak Naga people can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 8 and Photo Lot 97.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Films depicting the Konyak Naga people can be found in the Human Studies Film Archives in 2006.2.345 and 2006.2.351.