Emmanuel George Zies photograph collection relating to Bali and Java
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 88-2
name: label: Collector
content: Zies, E. G. (Emanuel George), 1883-1981
label: Publisher
content: Atelier Kurkdjian
label: Photographer
content: Tosari Studio
label: Photographer
content: Petweschewsky
label: Names
content: Rankin, Dorothy (colorist)
label: Photographer
content: Satake, S.
label: Photographer
content: Weissenborn, Thilly
place: label: Place
content: Bali (Indonesia : Province)
label: Place
content: Java (Indonesia)
topic: label: Topic
content: Musical instruments
label: Topic
content: Baskets
label: Topic
content: Markets
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
creator: label: Collector
content: Zies, E. G. (Emanuel George), 1883-1981
culture: label: Culture
content: Balinese (Indonesian people)
label: Culture
content: Javanese (Indonesian people)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Emanuel George Zies (1884-1981) was a chemist for the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory, where he pursued research in geochemical volcanology starting in 1913. He participated in the Carnegie Institution-National Geographic Society 1919 expedition to the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in southern Alaska and he studied volcanoes in Indonesia and Central America in the 1920s and 1930s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 27 Prints (silver gelatin)
label: Extent
content: 36 Lantern slides (36 colored lantern slides)
label: Extent
content: 28 Copy lantern slides
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1920-1928
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Collection donated to the Division of Mineral Sciences Global Volcanism Program Archives in 1986. All but the volcano material was transferred to the National Anthropological Archives by Elizabeth Nielsen, 1987.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.88-2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Lantern slides
label: Type
content: Copy lantern slides
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Lantern slides
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Inventory for Java photographs available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs documenting life in Bali and Java. These include images of people, street scenes, agriculture, scenic views, and ancient sites. Many of the lantern slides are copies of prints in the collection and some were hand-colored by Dorothy Rankin.