Division of Old World Archeology collection of photographs of ancient sculpture, architecture, and art
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 79-38
name: label: Collector
content: United States National Museum, Department of Anthropology, Division of Old World Archeology
label: Collector
content: Van Beek, Gus W. (Gus Willard), 1922-
place: label: Place
content: Zimbabwe
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, Egyptian
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Coins
label: Topic
content: Sculpture
creator: label: Collector
content: United States National Museum, Department of Anthropology, Division of Old World Archeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Roman
label: Culture
content: Greek
label: Culture
content: Egyptians
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Prints (silver gelatin and albumen)
label: Extent
content: 2 Cyanotypes
label: Extent
content: 1 Print (halftone)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: This collection was found in files in the office of Gus Van Beek, an anthropologist at the Smithsonian, and transferred to the National Anthropological Archives, 1979.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.79-38
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Cyanotypes
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs depicting classical art and architecture from Rome, Egypt and elsewhere. They include images of classical sculpture in Rome, an Egyptian papyrus, as well as additional sculpture, coins, and other items. There is also a postcard from A. C. Haddon that shows Smart & Copley's photograph of the Matopos in Zimbabwe. Some of the photographs are mounted, possibly for publication.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Photographs from accessions 29586, 40922, 121411, 124072, and 161740, have been relocated to National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 158, Photo Lot 161, Photo Lot 76-78, Photo Lot 160, and Photo Lot 159, respectively.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Material found in Gus Van Beek's office can also be found in the National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 79-34.