William M. Mann photographs of Fiji and the Solomon Islands
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 110
name: label: Creator
content: Mann, William M., 1886-1960
place: label: Place
content: Solomon Islands
label: Place
content: Fiji
creator: label: Creator
content: Mann, William M., 1886-1960
culture: label: Culture
content: Marovo (Solomon Islands people)
label: Culture
content: Fijians
label: Culture
content: Lau (Solomon Islands people)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: William M. Mann (1886-1960) was an entomologist and zoologist who took part in several collecting expeditions and directed the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park for three decades. Born in Helena, Montana, Mann completed his BA at Stanford University in 1911 and earned his doctorate in entomology from Harvard University in 1915.  After completing his studies at Harvard, he was selected as a Sheldon Traveling Fellow for a trip to Fiji and the Solomon Islands in 1915.  Mann returned to the United States to serve as an entomologist for the United States Department of Agriculture (1916-1925).  In 1925, he was appointed Superintendent of the National Zoological Park, a position he held until his retirement in 1956.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 400 Negatives (circa, nitrate)
label: Extent
content: 220 Prints (circa 220 (duplicates not counted) prints, silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1915-1916
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.110
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Negatives
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies note
content: Copy negatives for some of the nitrate negatives are available.
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 made by William M. Mann during a zoological expedition to Fiji and the British Solomon Islands. They document Indigenous people, villages, and the natural environment, as well as activities such as tapa making, building construction, and ceremonies.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds the William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann Papers, circa 1885-1981 (SIA RU007293), which include field notes from Mann's trip to Fiji and the Solomon Islands.