Todd Lewis collection of photographs of Nepal
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 86-34, NAA Photo Lot 86-2, NAA Photo Lot 86-26
label: Reproduction Note
content: Copy negatives made by Sanu Bajracarya, David Sassoon, and Todd Lewis, circa 1982.
name: label: Collector
content: Lewis, Todd
label: Names
content: Karmacharya, Gyan Bahadur (photographer and/or collector)
label: Collector
content: Sassoon, David
place: label: Place
content: Nepal -- Religion
label: Place
content: Kathmandu (Nepal)
label: Place
content: Kathmandu Valley (Nepal)
topic: label: Topic
content: Temples
label: Topic
content: Painting
label: Topic
content: Sculpture
label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies
creator: label: Collector
content: Lewis, Todd
culture: label: Culture
content: Nepalese
label: Culture
content: Newar
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Todd Lewis is a scholar of anthropology, history of religions, and Indology with special research focus on Buddhism in the Kathmandu Valley, particularly among the Newars.  He earned a PhD in Religion from Columbia University in 1984 and, as part of his dissertation research, he lived in the Asan Tol neighborhood of Kathmandu in 1978-1982 and 1987.  From mid-1981 to 1982, Lewis documented life in Asan Tol with the assistance of Harvard photographer David Sassoon. During this time, Todd Lewis also collected photographs from an elderly Newar man in the Kel Tol neighborhood of central Kathmandu, possibly Gyan Bahadur Karmacharya, a photographer and photograph collector.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 23 Negatives (glass (some copy glass negatives))
label: Extent
content: 67 Copy negatives
label: Extent
content: 50 Negatives (nitrate)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Todd Lewis and David Sassoon, circa 1986.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.86-34
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Negatives
label: Type
content: Copy negatives
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Originals not in this collection possibly in possession of David Sassoon.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Notes by David Sassoon identifying some of the photographs are available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs collected by Todd Lewis, probably while conducting research in Kathmandu with photographer David Sassoon in 1981-1982, many of which were copied from originals held by Nepalese individuals. They document religious sites, artwork, cities, people, and ceremonies in Kathmandu and other parts of Nepal. The glass negatives were probably made by Gyan Bahadur Karmacharya, who may have also made the nitrate negatives.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional Karmacharya photographs held by the Lost Light Preservation Project in New York.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Footage by Todd Lewis's of Asan Tol can be found in the Human Studies Film Archives in HSFA 89.5.1 and HSFA 80.4.1.