George Crews McGhee photograph collection relating to Papua New Guinea
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 2003-08, USNM ACC 390923
name: label: Creator
content: McGhee, George Crews, 1912-
place: label: Place
content: New Guinea
topic: label: Topic
content: Masks
label: Topic
content: Carving (Decorative arts)
label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies
creator: label: Creator
content: McGhee, George Crews, 1912-
culture: label: Culture
content: Abelam (Papua New Guinean people)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: George Crews McGhee (1912-2005) was a geologist and United States diplomat.  He worked with oil companies in the United States and established his own McGhee Production Company before joining the U.S. foreign service after World War II.  He served as U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (1952-1953), Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs during the Kennedy Administration and U.S. Ambassador to West Germany (1963-1968).  During the 1970s, McGhee purchased artifacts from Papua New Guinea, the Trobriand Islands, New Britain, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu from dealers in New Guinea, Vanuatu, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Pages (Report :)
label: Extent
content: 62 Color prints (mounted)
label: Extent
content: 154 Color prints (Album :)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1970s
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by George C. McGhee to the National Museum of Natural History in 1994 in accession 390923. Transferred to the National Anthropological Archives in 2002.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.2003-08
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Color prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs possibly made by George McGhee depicting people, dwellings, carvings, masks, and ceremonies in Papua New Guinea.  The collection also includes an album of photographs portraying artifacts purchased by McGhee from dealers in New Guinea; McGhee's collection of artifacts was donated to the National Museum of Natural History along with these photographs.  There is also a report, possibly written by McGhee, describing the yam ceremony in Maprik.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Artifacts collected by McGhee held in the anthropology collections of the National Museum of Natural History, in accession 390923.