Collection search - National Museums of Canada photographs [graphic material]

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National Museums of Canada photographs [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

ca. 1907-1953.

Reference:

R999-45-1-E, RG132

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3953204

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Series includes:

135 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

ca. 1907-1953.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

30,400 photographs : b&w negatives (glass plate, nitrate) and lantern slides

Language of material:

English
Accession:

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National Museums of Canada collection [graphic material]
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This is a preliminary description; please consult the linked accessions.

Series consists of photographs created and/or maintained by the National Museums of Canada Corporation and its predecessor, the National Museum of Canada.

The largest accession in this series, 1979-298, consists of approximately 30,400 negatives (glass plate and nitrate) taken by staff in the Anthropological Division of the Geological Survey of Canada, and later the Anthropology and Biology Divisions of the National Museum of Canada, including ethnologists, anthropologists, ornithologists, and zoologists.

Subjects include, but are not limited to: native field work both archaeological and ethnographic; Canadian life and landscapes; portraits, cemeteries, daily life; tools and tradesmen; Native (Inuit) art; native field work (ethnographic); architecture, statues, household items (furniture, area rugs); Native art and sculpture, portraits, agriculture, dwellings, hunting, transportation, human osteology/archaeology. Museum exhibits (taxidermy), transportation, wildlife, agriculture, architecture/housing, Geological Survey; Arctic Expedition; nautical; ceremonial; habitation; flora, fauna, portraits. 1913-1921; Canadian Arctic Expedition & Canadian West (Natives); ships, hunting, flora, fauna, portraits, teepee construction, ranching, hunting camps; Saskatchewan grasslands; birds, taxidermy, farming tools, architecture, furniture, mountain ranges; dog sledding, huskies. Maritimes, fishing, lobster trapping, cliffs, coastal landscapes, religious artifacts, churches, houses, streetscapes, bridges, furniture.

Photographs by Charles Marius Barbeau, Edward Sapir, Diamond Jenness, James Alexander Teit, Rudolph Martin Anderson, Frank Gouldsmith Speck, Harlan Ingersoll Smith, George Hubert Wilkins, Percival Algernon Taverner and Frederick W. Waugh.

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National Museums of Canada
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Photographer: Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969

Photographer: Teit, James Alexander, 1864-1922

Photographer: Speck, Frank G., 1881-1950

Photographer: Moore, E. S
Finding aid:

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Graphic (photo) (Microform) FA-426 Microfilm of catalogue cards relating to collection available through Central Microfilm Unit (NMC - M80 36-38 (90: Open)

Graphic (photo) (Paper) This is a finding aid provided to LAC by the Museum of Nature in June 2002. It contains listings of photographs taken by Geological Survey of Canada personnel. It is a list of numerical numbers only. See guide to FA on Art and Photo Shared Drive for more information. FA-426 (90: Open)

Graphic (photo) (Paper) Finding Aid II is an alphanumeric negative list. It was provided to LAC by the Museum of Nature in June 2002. It is a list of those negatives catalogued with an alphanumeric numbering system. See guide to FA on Art and Photo Shared Drive for more information. FA-426 (90: Open)

Graphic (photo) (Paper) Finding Aid 3. Copies of photographs and source restrictions. This finding aid lists catalogue numbers that were possibly assigned to copies of photographs or photos of artefacts. See guide to FA on Art and Photo Shared Drive for more information. FA 426 (90: Open)

Graphic (photo) (Paper) This is a box list for 1979-298. An electronic list is available on the Art and Photo Shared Drive for more information. FA-426 (90: Open)

Graphic (photo) (Electronic) Listing of 29 containers of nitrate negatives affected by Nitrate Rehousing Project. Finding aid includes items ranges per container and content description. FA-426 Finding Aid located on Art and Photo Shared Drive. (90: Open)

Container note(s):

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109 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 021 barcode 2000902515
110 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 021 barcode 2000902515
111 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 021 barcode 2000902515
112 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 021 barcode 2000902515
113 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 021 barcode 2000902515
114 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 021 barcode 2000902515
115 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 021 barcode 2000902515
116 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 021 barcode 2000902515 and Box RV1 022 barcode 2000902518
117 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 022 barcode 2000902518
118 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 022 barcode 2000902518
119 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 022 barcode 2000902518 and Box RV1 023 barcode 2000902519
120 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 023 barcode 2000902519
121 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 023 barcode 2000902519
122 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 023 barcode 2000902519
123 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 023 barcode 2000902519 and Box RV1 024 barcode 2000902521
124 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 024 barcode 2000902521
125 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 024 barcode 2000902521
126 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 024 barcode 2000902521
127 : Prints - Previously Box RV1 021 barcode 2000902515, Box RV1 022 barcode 2000902518, Box RV1 023 barcode 2000902519
128 : Prints - Previously Box RV1 024 barcode 2000902521
149 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 025 barcode 2000902524
150 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 025 barcode 2000902524
151 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 021 barcode 2000902515, Box RV1 022 barcode 2000902518, Box RV1 023 barcode 2000902519, Box RV1 024 barcode 2000902521, Box RV1 025 barcode 2000902524
152 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 025 barcode 2000902524
153 : Nitrate - Previously Box RV1 025 barcode 2000902524

Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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1955-053 NPC
1967-014 NPC
1969-093 NPC
1972-130 NPC
1974-198 NPC
1979-298 NPC
1980-210 NPC
R999
RG132

Former archival reference no.:

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RG132

Other accession no.:

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1979-298 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R999]

[Consultation 90 Open]

109--128;

[Consultation 90 Open]

149--153;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright : Expired
Restrictions : Nil
Credit : Name of photographer / Library and Archives Canada / copy negative (PA) number or ecopy number.

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Date modified:: 2024-04-09