Emma A. Koch photograph collection relating to India, South Asia, and Australia
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 161, USNM ACC 40922
name: label: Collector
content: Koch, Emma Augusta, 1847-1932
label: Names
content: Bourne & Shepherd
label: Names
content: Scowen & Co.
label: Names
content: Shepherd & Robertson
label: Names
content: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912
label: Names
content: Shepherd, Charles
place: label: Place
content: Australia
label: Place
content: India
label: Place
content: Afghanistan
label: Place
content: Assam (India)
label: Place
content: Bengal (India)
label: Place
content: Rajasthan (India)
label: Place
content: Tibet (China)
label: Place
content: Nepal
label: Place
content: Pakistan
label: Place
content: Sri Lanka
label: Place
content: Burma
label: Place
content: Andaman Islands (India)
label: Place
content: Jammu and Kashmir (India)
topic: label: Topic
content: Architecture -- India
label: Topic
content: Tea trade
creator: label: Collector
content: Koch, Emma Augusta, 1847-1932
culture: label: Culture
content: Pushtuns
label: Culture
content: East Indians
label: Culture
content: Burmese
label: Culture
content: Andamanese (Indic people)
label: Culture
content: Assamese
label: Culture
content: Fakirs
label: Culture
content: Pakistanis
label: Culture
content: Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)
label: Culture
content: Kashmiri (South Asian people)
label: Culture
content: Bengali (South Asian people)
label: Culture
content: Tibetans
label: Culture
content: Nepalese
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content: Emma A. Koch photograph collection relating to India, South Asia, and Australia
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 165 Albumen prints (circa 165 mounted prints, mounted)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1862-1885
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Emma Augusta Koch to the United States National Museum in 1903 (accession 40922). Three photographs were found in the office of Smithsonian anthropologist Gus Van Beek, and transferred to the National Anthropological Archives, 1979. Four photographs were relocated from Photo Lot 8.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.161
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Albumen prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies note
content: Digital surrogate is available online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Inventory available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs collected by Emma A. Koch documenting the people and natural and built environments in India, South Asia, and Australia.  The collection largely consists of images of East Indian peoples, structures, scenery, and activities, including tea making and entertainment; areas of India  most commonly depicted are Assam, Bengal, and the Andaman Islands.  Additional photographs portray people, architecture, and scenery in Burma, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet, and Australia.  Most of the photographs were likely taken by Samuel Bourne and Charles Shepherd (Bourne & Shepherd), with some made by Scowen & Co., Shepherd & Robertson, Benjamin F. Simpson, Reynolds, and Ganey.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: This collection has been relocated from Photo Lot 79-38.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Photographs in the Koch Collection (accession 40922), previously filed in Photo Lot 97 and Photo Lot 8, have been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 161.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photograhs by Bourne & Shepherd can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 82-44, Photo Lot 91-27, and Photo Lot 97.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs by Shepherd & Robertson can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 8.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives hold additional photographs by Benjamin Simpson, Samuel Bourne, Bourne & Shepherd, Scowen & Co., and Shepherd & Robertson.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Koch also donated an album of dried flowers to the Department of Anthropology as part of accession 40922.