Frederick K. Morris photographs of East Asia
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 85-3
name: label: Creator
content: Morris, Frederick K. (Frederick Kuhne), 1886-
label: Names
content: Bei yang shi fan xue tang (Tianjin, China)
label: Names
content: Morris, Florence E. (photographer and collector)
place: label: Place
content: China
label: Place
content: Mongolia
label: Place
content: Yokohama-shi (Japan)
label: Place
content: Tianjin (China)
label: Place
content: Beijing (China)
label: Place
content: Zhangjiakou (China)
label: Place
content: Kyoto (Japan)
label: Place
content: Nara-shi (Japan)
label: Place
content: Nikkō-shi (Japan)
label: Place
content: Seoul (Korea)
label: Place
content: Japan
label: Place
content: Korea
label: Place
content: Shanghai (China)
topic: label: Topic
content: Cooking
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Artisans
label: Topic
content: Fishing
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content: Peddlers and peddling
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content: Weddings
label: Topic
content: Funeral rites and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: Draft animals
label: Topic
content: Boats and boating
label: Topic
content: Rickshaws
label: Topic
content: Dwellings
creator: label: Creator
content: Morris, Frederick K. (Frederick Kuhne), 1886-
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
label: Culture
content: Mongols
label: Culture
content: Japanese
label: Culture
content: Koreans
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Dr. Frederick Kuhn Morris (1885-1962) was a geologist and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He first visited China as a visiting professor at Pei Yang University (Bei yang shi fan xue tang) at Tianjin from 1920-1921.  Joining the American Museum of Natural History's third Central Asiatic Expedition (circa 1925) as the expedition's geologist, Morris assisted expedition leader Roy Chapman Andrews to collect natural history specimens in Northern China and Mongolia.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Albums
label: Extent
content: 1,000 Items (circa)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-1925
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Florence E. Morris, Frederick Morris's wife, gave the albums to Paul Nesbitt after Morris's death in 1962. Paul Nesbitt's widow, Helen Nesbitt, donated the albums to the National Anthropological Archives in 1985.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.85-3
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Albums
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Sketches
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketches
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs compiled by Frederick K. Morris documenting his travels in China, 1920-1923; Mongolia, 1922-1923; and Japan and Korea, 1923 and 1925. The photographs were made or collected by Frederick and Florence Morris in Shanghai, Yokohama (after an eathquake), Tianjin, Beijing, Zhangjiakou, Kyoto, Nara, Nikko, Seul, and Kaijo, as well as various villages. They depict scenery, cities, clothing, transportation (including rickshaws, boats, and animals), fishing, peddlers, tradesmen and craftsmen, students, Pei Yang University, the tomb of Confucius, ceremonies and festivals, agriculture, and tourist sites such as the Great Wall and palaces. The collection also includes photographs of the Morris family, their friends, and personnel of the Third Asiatic Expedition. A few newspaper clippings, postcard, sketches, and souvenirs are also in the albums.