Irving C. Root photographs of the Philippines
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 84-31, USNM ACC 362991
name: label: Creator
content: Root, Irving C.
label: Names
content: Stratton, H.H. (photographer or publisher)
place: label: Place
content: Japan
label: Place
content: China
label: Place
content: San Francisco (Calif.)
label: Place
content: Hawaii
label: Place
content: Philippines
topic: label: Topic
content: Markets
label: Topic
content: Architecture -- Philippines
creator: label: Creator
content: Root, Irving C.
culture: label: Culture
content: Ifugao (Philippine people)
label: Culture
content: Filipinos
label: Culture
content: Igorot (Philippine people)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Irving C. Root was an agricultural officer for the US Department of Agriculture.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (cyanotype)
label: Extent
content: 850 Prints (circa, silver gelatin)
label: Extent
content: 200 Negatives (circa, nitrate)
label: Extent
content: 97 Prints (halftone)
label: Extent
content: 13 Prints (albumen)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1900, 1912-1919
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Robert W. Root, Irving C. Root's son, in 1984 (accession 362991).
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.84-31
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Negatives
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Preliminary finding aid available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made by Irving C. Root documenting people, industry, and culture in the Philippines in the 1910s. They include images of Igorot people, industry, and ceremonies, as well as Philippine landscapes and wildlife, agriculture, markets, architecture, events, and military. There are also a number of prints made circa 1900, mostly of military installations and personnel, and some images of the 1915 San Francisco World's Fair (Panama-Pacific International Exposition), Hawaii, Japan, and China. Most of the prints are mounted on unbound pages from two photo albums. Halftone prints were made by H. H. Stratton of San Francisco, California.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Philippine artifacts collected by Root can be found in the Department of Anthropology in accession 362991.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition can be found in the Archives of American Art in AAA 154.