Guide to the Africa and Middle East photograph album Bernath Mss 482

Finding aid prepared by Edward C. Fields, 2015.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-9010
Phone: (805) 893-3062
Email: special@library.ucsb.edu; URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections
2015 February 4


Title: Africa and Middle East photograph album
Identifier/Call Number: Bernath Mss 482
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 0.21 linear feet (1 half-size document box)
Date: circa 1890
Abstract: Photographs of Africa Including South Africa, Mozambique, Egypt and elsewhere in North Africa and the Middle East [1890's].
Physical Location: Del Norte Stacks

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special 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], Africa and Middle East photograph album, Bernath Mss 482. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Library purchase, 2014.

Scope and Content

Photographs of Africa Including South Africa, Mozambique, Egypt and elsewhere in North Africa and the Middle East [1890's]. The professional photographer is not identified. 23 photos on Egypt (mostly antiquities but there are some other scenes and settings including our cover photo); 4 from Algeria; 11 from South Africa 2 (smaller) from Mozambique; and 1 (smaller) from Greece. Locations of the rest of the photos unclear but most appeared to be somewhere in North Africa or Egypt.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Africa--Pictorial works
Middle East--Pictorial works
Photograph albums
Photographs