Donald Croom Beatty photographs of South American expedition
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 82-43
label: Reproduction Note
content: Prints made by Smithsonian Institution from Beatty's negatives, circa 1982
name: label: Creator
content: Beatty, Donald Croom, 1900-1980
place: label: Place
content: Amazon River Region
creator: label: Creator
content: Beatty, Donald Croom, 1900-1980
culture: label: Culture
content: Shuar/Achuar
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Donald Croom Beatty (1900-1980) was an American aviator who flew to South America in 1931 as part of a trade delegation.  His expedition was endorsed by Major Leslie Barbrook of the National Geographic Society and Matthew Stirling (chief ethnologist for the Smithsonian Institution) and was funded by J. P. Morgan.  The expedition explored the interior of the continent and acquired the first photographs and motion-picture recordings of the Jivaro (Shuar) people, as well as the collection of artifacts and live animal specimens from the Amazon River region.  The expedition also led to Beatty's induction as a "fellow" to both The Explorers Club of New York and the Royal Geographical Society.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Negatives (photographic) (nitrate)
label: Extent
content: 150 Copy prints (circa)
label: Extent
content: 237 Negatives (photographic) (acetate)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1931
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Donald Beatty, through the conservation Lab, 1982.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.82-43
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Negatives (photographic)
label: Type
content: Copy prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The collection consists of photographs depicting of South American Indigenous peoples, made during Donald Croom Beatty's South American expedition. It includes images of Jivaro (Shuar) people, as well as their boats, houses and villages. Additional photographs depict members of the expedition and the Amazon River.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Material relating to Beatty's Latin American Expedition can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 7124, MS 7315 and MS 7551.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Jivaro artifacts donated by Beatty can be found in the Department of Anthropology in accession 341779.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Photographs of a Smithsonian reception honoring Donald C. Beatty can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 80-51.