Gladys Gilbert photograph and postcard collection from India and Nepal
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 91-27
name: label: Collector
content: Gilbert, Gladys
label: Photographer
content: Bourne & Shepherd
label: Publisher
content: D. Macropolo & Co.
label: Photographer
content: Dawkes & Partridge
label: Photographer
content: G.W. Lawrie and Co
label: Photographer
content: Herzog & Higgins
label: Photographer
content: Johnston & Hoffman
label: Photographer
content: London Stereoscopic Company
label: Photographer
content: Matzene Studio
label: Photographer
content: Moorli Dhur & Sons
label: Publisher
content: Raphael Tuck & Sons
label: Publisher
content: Rotary Photo
label: Photographer
content: S. Mahadeo & Son
label: Publisher
content: Thacker, Spink & Co.
label: Publisher
content: W. Newman & Co.
label: Publisher
content: Wiele & Klein
label: Names
content: Rāṇā dynasty
label: Names
content: George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936
label: Photographer
content: Manicum, S. M.
label: Names
content: Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964
label: Photographer
content: Paar, Th. (Thomas) (Darjeeling)
place: label: Place
content: Nepal
label: Place
content: Great Britain
label: Place
content: India
topic: label: Topic
content: Hunting
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Parades
label: Topic
content: Armed Forces
creator: label: Collector
content: Gilbert, Gladys
culture: label: Culture
content: British
label: Culture
content: East Indians
label: Culture
content: Nepalese
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Gladys Gilbert (ca. 1946-1989) was a public health specialist in the Peace Corps and the United States Agency for International Development (AID). She received a masters degree in public health from the University of Pittsburgh. Shortly thereafter, she volunteered with the Peace Corps (1968-1970), where she worked as a health nutrition teacher trainer in Usilampatti, Tamil Nadu. After a short stint with the World Bank, Gilbert joined AID in the late 1970s, ultimately serving in India, Nepal, Somalia, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Somalia and Sudan. Gilbert was killed in the 1989 plane crash which also killed Texas Congressman George "Mickey" Leland. At the time of her death, she was AID's special projects officer in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Prints (2 mounted prints that have been painted)
label: Extent
content: 131 Postcards (collotype (including tinted), halftone, color halftone, and photogravure)
label: Extent
content: 1,580 Prints (circa 1580 mounted and unmounted prints, silver gelatin and albumen (including cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards))
label: Extent
content: 200 Postcards (circa 200 photographic postcards)
label: Extent
content: 24 Prints (Album :, collotype)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1870-1950
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Michael Cairney, Gladys Gilbert's husband, in accordance with her will, 1990.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.91-27
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Postcards
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs in albums acquired or compiled by Gladys Gilbert depicting Indian and Nepalese people, as well as prominent Europeans. Most of the photographs are portraits, including the Rana family, who ruled as prime ministers of Nepal, kings of Nepal, the Maharajah of Jaipur, and men in military uniform, as well as members of the British royalty and the 1911 royal tour of King George V and Queen Mary. In addition, there are images of hunting, military parades, architecture and temples, and religious and civic ceremonies. A set of photographs show Katmadu and Bhaktipur during the 1920s, and a few photographs depict Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, Louis Mountbattan, and the Indian cabinet shortly after independence. Another set shows Nehru visiting Ladakh.

One album bears the stamp of the library of "H. H. the Maharaja," 1933. Most of the portraits were made by Herzog & Higgins, Johnston & Hoffmann, and Bourne & Shepherd. There is also a large series of photographs published by W. Newman & Co.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photograhs by Bourne & Shepherd held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 82-44, Photo Lot 97, and Photo Lot 161.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs by Johnston & Hoffmann held in the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives in the Milton S. Eisenhower Library South Asian Architecture Photograph Collection (A1989.1).