Amos Burg photographs of Argentina and Chile
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 88-36
name: label: Creator
content: Burg, Amos
label: Names
content: Ethnogeographic Board (Washington, D.C.)
label: Names
content: United States. Office of Naval Intelligence, printer
place: label: Place
content: Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina)
label: Place
content: Buenos Aires (Argentina)
label: Place
content: Chiloé Island (Chile)
label: Place
content: Chile
label: Place
content: Argentina
topic: label: Topic
content: Boats and boating
label: Topic
content: Dwellings
label: Topic
content: Harbors
creator: label: Creator
content: Burg, Amos
culture: label: Culture
content: Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Amos Burg (1901-1986) was a writer, photographer, and filmmaker for National Geographic, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and ERPI Classroom Films.  He sailed around Cape Horn in a small boat in 1933-1934 and documented the trip for the National Geographic Society (NGS). Burg later obtained the release of negatives and prints from NGS to the Ethnogeographic Board, a World War II agency located in the Smithsonian. In turn, the board furnished copies to the US Navy and Army.  Burg moved to Alaska in the 1950s, where he established the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Information and Education Section.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 200 Prints (circa, silver gelatin (including contact prints))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1933-1934
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: The prints in this collection were made by the Office of Naval Intelligence and the Ethnogeographic Board. They were found among the effects of Henry B. Collins, a former assistant director of the Ethnogeographic Board. Transferred from the Department of Anthropology Processing Lab through Molly Coxon, 1988.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.88-36
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made by Amos Burg in the coastal areas between Buenos Aires,Argentina, and Chiloe Island, Chile. Most depict the area around the Strait of Magellan, and include images of terrain, harbors, ships and shipping facilities, industries, and towns, though there are also some images relating to Yahgan peoples.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: An additional Burg photograph can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 8.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: A film by Burg can be found in the Human Studies Film Archives in HSFA 94.9.1.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Alaska State Library and Oregon Historical Society hold Burg's papers and photographs, including original negatives.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Records relating to the Ethnogeographic Board can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in the papers of Henry Bascom Collins and Homer Garner Barnett.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Records of the Ethnogeographic Board can be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives in SIA RU000087.