Institute of Social Anthropology photograph collection relating to Latin America
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 4623
name: label: Collector
content: Smithsonian Institution. Institute of Social Anthropology
place: label: Place
content: Peru
label: Place
content: Brazil
label: Place
content: Mexico
label: Place
content: Colombia
topic: label: Topic
content: Dwellings
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Flying dance
creator: label: Collector
content: Smithsonian Institution. Institute of Social Anthropology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mexicans
label: Culture
content: Totonac (Totonaco)
label: Culture
content: Guambiano (Guambia)
label: Culture
content: Brazilians
label: Culture
content: Colombians
label: Culture
content: Peruvians
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: The Institute of Social Anthropology was established under the directorship of Julian H. Steward on September 8, 1943, as an autonomous unit of the Bureau of American Ethnology. The Institute had two basic purposes: training of personnel and local students in anthropology, and acquisition of scientific information regarding Latin American rural populations. At its outset, the ISA staff consisted of eight social scientists in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Color prints
label: Extent
content: 39 Prints (silver gelatin)
label: Extent
content: 7 Posters (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1945-1950
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.4623
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Color prints
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Posters
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Posters
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made as part of the work of the Institute of Social Anthropology (ISA), some of which have been mounted on posters for a Smithsonian Institution Regents Exhibit. The photographs document people, the built and natural environments, agricultural work, and events (including dances and a Catholic procession) in Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru. Some photographs also depict ISA staff, teachers, and students. The collection includes images by A. Guillen M. and ISA staff.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives also holds the Institute of Social Anthropology records, 1941-1952.
label: Contained in
content: Numbered manuscripts 1850s-1980s (some earlier)