Object Details
- Creator
- Davis, Hassoldt, 1907-1959
- Davis, Ruth
- Place
- South America
- Africa, West
- Guyana
- French Guiana
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Topic
- Boni (French Guianese and Surinamese people)
- Provenance
- Received from Aline Hulbert in 1994.
- Creator
- Davis, Hassoldt, 1907-1959
- Davis, Ruth
- See more items in
- Hassoldt and Ruth S. Davis films
- Extent
- 23 Film reels (color silent; 17,000 feet, 16mm)
- 8 Linear feet
- 500 Photographs
- Date
- circa 1930-1960
- Custodial History
- Previously titled "Hassoldt Davis Collection ca. 1930s - 1950s."
- Archival Repository
- Human Studies Film Archives
- Identifier
- HSFA.1994.08
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Film reels
- Photographs
- Silent films
- Citation
- Hassoldt and Ruth S. Davis films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Processing Information
- Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
- Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Genre/Form
- silent films
- Scope and Contents
- Collection consists of motion picture film outtakes, production elements, and incomplete edited films shot in Guyana and French Guiana. Collection also includes numerous photographs from the two filming projects as well as other travels and a Denis Roosevelt filmed African expedition, newspaper articles, correspondence, books, unpublished manuscripts and travel writings as an explorer. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
- Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
- Record ID
- ebl-1633053688995-1633053688997-0
