Paul and Astrid Oscanyan photograph collection relating to Iceland and Greenland
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 89-2, USNM ACC 356736
name: label: Collector
content: Oscanyan, Paul
label: Names
content: Jón Helgason, 1866-1942 (author)
label: Collector
content: Oscanyan, Astrid
label: Artist
content: Petersen, Emanuel A. (Emanuel Aage), 1894-1948
place: label: Place
content: Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration
label: Place
content: Greenland
label: Place
content: Reykjavík (Iceland)
topic: label: Topic
content: Dogsledding
creator: label: Collector
content: Oscanyan, Paul
culture: label: Culture
content: Inuit
label: Culture
content: Arctic peoples
label: Culture
content: Eskimos
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Paul Oscanyan was a member of the University of Michigan Greenland Expeditions in 1927-1928.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Prints (silver gelatin)
label: Extent
content: 1 Volume
label: Extent
content: 6 Colored prints
label: Extent
content: 7 Prints (color halftone)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: The collection was placed on loan in the Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia, 1942. It was donated by Paul and Astrid Oscanyan to the Smithsonian in 1982, as part of accession 356736. Photo lot 89-2 was sent to the archives by the Processing Lab in 1988.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.89-2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Volumes
label: Type
content: Colored prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Collection of photographs made or collected by Paul and Astric Oscanyan relating to Iceland and Greenland. They include Jon Helgason's work on Reykjavik between 1786 and 1936, with photographic plates and copies of drawings; reproductions of paintings by Emanuel A. Petersen of Eskimo or Inuit settlements and boats on or near the coast of Greenland; and photographs of Greenland, possibly made or collected by Paul Oscanyan during the Michigan Greenland Expeditions. One photograph mount has a handwritten letter on its verso, from November 1939.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Artifacts donated by the Oscanyans can be found in the Department of Anthropology in accession 356736.