Guide to the French Indochina (Saigon) photograph album Bernath Mss 461

Finding aid prepared by Special Collections staff, 2014.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2014 April 23


Title: French Indochina (Saigon) photograph album
Identifier/Call Number: Bernath Mss 461
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 0.21 linear feet (1 half-size document box)
Creator: Pestel, Aurélian
Date (inclusive): circa 1880s
Abstract: 37 black-and-white photographs, with handwritten captions (in French), depicting indigenous peoples, places and locales in Vietnam. Photographs likley taken by Aurélian Pestel (1855–1897).
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], French Indochina (Saigon) photograph album, Bernath Mss 461. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Scope and Content

37 black-and -white photographs, with handwritten captions (in French), depicting indigenous peoples, places and locales in Vietnam (mostly Saigon). Photographs likely taken by Aurélian Pestel (1855–1897).

Other Descriptive Information

Album "Indochine Photographs." Penciled note, inside front cover, re photographer "Pestel."

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Indochina -- Pictorial works
Photographs

Box 1

37 black-and-white photographs, with handwritten captions (in French), depicting indigenous peoples, places and locales in Vietnam circa 1880s