Photographic albums from ethnographic expeditions to Turkmen SSR and Byelorussian SSR
Overview
Four photographic albums from ethnographic expeditions to Turkmen SSR and Byelorussian SSR.
Dates
- Creation: 1952-1970
Creator
- Annaklychev, Sh. (Compiler, Person)
Language of Materials
Russian
Condition Description
Albums are fragile.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Extent
.7 linear feet (4 volumes)Four volumes of visual material from three students concerning ethnographic expeditions to Turkmen SSR and Byelorussian SSR for the Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography. Content is chiefly photographs; with sketches and drawings of clothing, rug patterns, tools, buildings, maps, and clippings.
Authors of the dissertations were Olga Andreevna Gantskaia, Kurban Ovezberdyev, and Shikhberdy Annaklychev.
Biographical / Historical
These studies were part of candidacy dissertations for the Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography; the Institute was established in 1933 as part of the "cultural revolution" effort to document the social order of peoples of the USSR.
Arrangement
Arranged in author order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2020M-33. Purchased with funds from the Bayard Livingston and Kate Gray Kilgour Fund, 2019 September.
Processing Information
Processed by Melanie Wisner, 2019 September.
Creator
- Annaklychev, Sh. (Compiler, Person)
- Gant︠s︡kai︠a︡, O. A. (Compiler, Person)
- Ovezberdyev, Kurban (Compiler, Person)
- Title
- Photographic albums from ethnographic expeditions to Turkmen SSR and Byelorussian SSR, 1952-1970 (MS Russ 158): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2019 September 19
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03265
Repository Details
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