Overview
The collection consists primarily of British maps of North Africa, most with annotations.
Dates
- Creation: 1911-1917 (bulk)
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions on access: none
Conditions Governing Use
Restrictions on use: none
Extent
.5 linear feetThe collection includes British maps of North Africa, most with annotations (Tripoli, Mersa Matru, Ben-Ghazi, Cyrene, Dernah to Ras Bulau, and Ras Bulau to Alexandria) as well as several maps that were published in Harvard African Studies.
There are also related archaeological and ethnographic objects, and some human remains, collected or donated by Bates during several expeditions to Africa in 1902 and 1910-1917. Supporting documentation for objects can be found in the Museum accession files which include exhibition labels, lists of specimens, notes, correspondence, notebooks and financial records.
Biographical Sketch
Oric Bates (1883-1918) was the Peabody Museum's first scholar to work extensively in Africa. He received his A.B. from Harvard in 1905, and was subsequently involved with several Peabody expeditions, including those directed by George Reisner to Egypt, and others to Tripoli, Nubia, and the Libyan desert. He became Curator of African Archaeology and Ethnology at the Peabody in 1914, a position he held until his untimely death in 1918. In 1917, he began the Harvard African Studies publication series, of which he edited the first two volumes.
Physical Location
Peabody Museum Archives
General note
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Processed by:
Victoria Swerdlow cataloguer; July 1987; edited by Patricia H. Kervick, Associate Archivist; January 2010
- Title
- Bates, Oric, 1883-1918, Papers, 1911-1917, bulk : A Finding Aid
- Author
- Peabody Museum Archives
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- pea00052
Repository Details
Part of the Peabody Museum Archives Repository
Papers in the Peabody Museum Archives consist of primary source materials that document the Museum’s archaeological and ethnographic research and fieldwork since its founding in 1866. More than 2,800 feet of archival paper collections contain documents, papers, manuscripts, correspondence, data, field notes, maps, plans, and other historical records that represent diverse peoples from around the world, and which were created or collected by the Museum, its individual affiliates, or related entities. The collections also document the history or provenience, as well as the creation of, many of the Museum’s archaeological and ethnographic collections.