James Reid Graham photographs and postcard collection relating to India and Asia
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 88-37
name: label: Creator
content: Graham, James Reid
label: Publisher
content: Albertype Co.
label: Publisher
content: Asheville Postcard Company
label: Publisher
content: Collotype Co. (Elizabeth, N.J. and N.Y.C.)
label: Publisher
content: Dexter Press
label: Publisher
content: H. A. Mirza & Sons
label: Publisher
content: Honolulu Paper Company
label: Names
content: Island Curio (Company), publisher or seller
label: Publisher
content: Lehnert & Landrock
label: Publisher
content: Mahatta & Co.
label: Publisher
content: Sarrafian Bros.
label: Names
content: Behar, Isaac (editor or publisher)
label: Photographer
content: Ferger, Henri R. (Henri Rabb), b. 1889
label: Names
content: Harriz, Michel (photographer or publisher)
label: Photographer
content: Malhotra, K. L.
label: Photographer
content: Stewart, R. R. (Ralph Randles), 1890-
label: Photographer
content: ʻAbbūd, Karīmah
place: label: Place
content: India
label: Place
content: Jammu and Kashmir (India)
label: Place
content: Pakistan
label: Place
content: Israel
label: Place
content: Palestine
label: Place
content: Hong Kong (China)
label: Place
content: Japan
label: Place
content: Syria
label: Place
content: India -- religion
label: Place
content: Hawaii
topic: label: Topic
content: Sports
creator: label: Creator
content: Graham, James Reid
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
label: Culture
content: Japanese
label: Culture
content: Kashmiri (South Asian people)
label: Culture
content: East Indians
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: James Reid Graham was as a Presbyterian missionary at Gordon College in Rawalpindi, Punjab (1929-1932). His doctoral dissertation for the Yale University Department of Religion was "The Arya Samaj as a Reformation in Hinduism, with Special Reference to Caste," submitted in 1943.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Copy prints
label: Extent
content: 1 Sketched map
label: Extent
content: 1,850 Prints (circa, silver gelatin (some on postcard stock))
label: Extent
content: 1,500 Negatives (circa, nitrate)
label: Extent
content: 96 Printed postcards (collotype, color halftone, halftone)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1929-1932
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by James A. Graham, James Reid Graham's son, 1988.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.88-37
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy prints
label: Type
content: Sketched map
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Negatives
label: Type
content: Printed postcards
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Preliminary finding aid and copied negative descriptions available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made and collected by James Reid Graham during his travels in India and Asia. They document the people, the natural and built environments, religious shrines and objects (including Buddhist, Hindu, and Catholic representations), transportation (including by yak, donkey, boat, airplane, and ricksha), games (particularly polo and field hockey), gatherings, and crafts.

The photographs depict locations in northern India and Pakistan, southern India and Ceylon, Egypt, Greece, Israel and Palestine, Syria, Hong Kong, Japan, Hawaii, and possibly Yale University.

Some photographs by Ralph Randles Stewart, a botanist who worked at Gordon College from 1911-1954; Reverend Henri R. Ferger, a missionary and teacher for the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in India; and K. L. Malhotra.  Includes postcards by Sarrafian Bros, Isaac Behar, Karimeh Abbud, Michel Harriz, Albertype Co., Asheville Postcard Co., Dexter Press, Lehnert & Landrock, Honolulu Paper Co., Collotype Co., Mahatta & Co., Island Curio Co., and H. A. Mirza & Sons.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Albertype Company negatives can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 25.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional Isaac Behar and Lehnert & Landrock postcards can be found in the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives Postcard Collection.