Elizabeth Bayley Willis photographs of peoples, artifacts, and scenery of Northeastern India
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 79-11
name: label: Creator
content: Willis, Elizabeth Bayley (collector and photographer)
label: Photographer
content: Elwin, Verrier
label: Photographer
content: Pal, Panna
label: Photographer
content: Pyngrope, R.
place: label: Place
content: Arunāchal Pradesh (India)
label: Place
content: Assam (India)
label: Place
content: Brahmaputra River Valley
creator: label: Creator
content: Willis, Elizabeth Bayley (collector and photographer)
culture: label: Culture
content: Khasi (Indic people)
label: Culture
content: Mishmi (Indic people)
label: Culture
content: Lushai (Asian people)
label: Culture
content: Akha (Southeast Asian people)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Elizabeth Bayley Willis (1902-2003) was a scholar of textiles and decorative arts who was affliliated with several museums and galleries including the San Francisco Museum of Art and the Henry Gallery of the University of Washington in Seattle. In 1952, she was appointed to the United Nations Technical Assistance Board, where she focused on marketing of textile and other decorative art products from India to improve economic development; she later worked on similar missions for the UN in Vietnam, Formosa, and Morocco.  Willis went to India to consult the Uttar Pradesh government about the development and preservation of crafts and served as an advisor to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Textile Commissioner, and the All India Handloom Board.  Between 1957 and 1965, Willis returned to India several times to collect textiles and continue her research on the tribal arts of northeastern India and Bhutan.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 33 Color slides
label: Extent
content: 1 Color postcard
label: Extent
content: 53 Prints (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950-1965
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Elizabeth Bayley Willis, 1978.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.79-11
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Color slides
label: Type
content: Color postcards
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Postcards
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Inventory available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs depicting indigenous peoples, antiquities, implements, textile types, and scenery in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and other areas of northeastern India. Represented photographers include Elizabeth Bayley Willis, Verrier Elwin, Panna Pal, R. Pyngrope, and other photographers.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs collected by Willis can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 97.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Willis also donated artifacts to the Department of Anthropology, in accessions 255963, 264169, 268921, 270239, and 279910.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Special Collections at the University of Washington holds the Elizabeth Bayley Willis Papers, 1933-1988.