Finding Aid to the Gertrude Anthony photographs

Orphanages and orphans (or refugee children)

PIC_box 1, folder 1

Orphanages: Armenian children. Oropes [Oropos], Greece? approximately 1919-1929

Physical Description: 18 photographs

Scope and Contents

Boys' orphanage or school: probably all at Oropos, Greece. Some annotated on verso, others unidentified but printed on similar photographic paper. (1 matching negative in NEG Folder 1.)

PIC_box 1, folder 2

Orphans approximately 1919-1929

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Contents

Armenian orphan boys with toy guns(?), possibly at Oropes, Greece. (Corresponding original negative present in NEG Folder 1.)

PIC_box 1, folder 3

Near East Relief: Constantinople orphanage 1922

Physical Description: 4 photographs

Scope and Contents

Official Near East Relief photographs, with identifying labels on versos. Boys at the Kouleli Kindergarten amd Kouleli Orphan School [Kuleli School, Istanbul] (for Armenian orphans), Constantinople, 1922. From an envelope labeled "Army's orphanage on the Bosphorus in Army barracks."

PIC_box 1, folder 4

Orphanages and/or schools approximately 1919-1929

Physical Description: 5 photographs

Scope and Contents

Various orphanages or schools, presumably for Armenian orphans. Some unidentified. Includes American School for Boys, Talas, Turkey, Chalcis (Khalkis) Greece, and possibly Anatolia College, among others.

PIC_box 1, folder 5

Orphanages or schools: girls and women teachers approximately 1919-1929

Physical Description: 2 photographs

Scope and Contents

Girls in orphanage or school. Unidentified, presumably Greece or Turkey.

PIC_box 1, folder 6

Group portraits: teachers? approximately 1919-1929?

Physical Description: 3 items

Scope and Contents

Group photo of women and a few men, possibly Anatolia Girls' School faculty, or faculty of another school or orphanage. Fundraising card for Charlotte R. Willard Memorial Hall. All received in envelope labeled "Turkey". (One matching negative present in NEG Folder 11.)

Note

2 photoprints, 1 printed card

PIC_box 1, folder 7

Unidentified landscapes & group snapshots approximately 1919-1929

Physical Description: 5 photographs

Scope and Contents

Probably taken in Greece or Turkey. Several are of a woman (G. Anthony?) and youths in sailor suits outside a large building; probably a school or orphanage. (For negaties taken at the same location, see NEG Folder 12.)

PIC_box 1, folder 8

Group portraits: former students at orphanage approximately 1922-1940?

Physical Description: 4 photographs

Scope and Contents

Professionally photographed group portraits of Armenian orphans or former students. Some apparently former Oropes [Oropos] residents who went on to the Working Boys' House, Cairo, Egypt. Some students supported by Near East Relief. Some individuals identified on verso of mounts. One group of boys holds a sign reading "Remember Us".

PIC_box 1, folder 9

Postcards & note cards: Armenian connections

Physical Description: 9 items

Scope and Contents

Postcards and cards. Views and personal portrait postcards with correspondence from former students (Armenian) and perhaps one former colleague.

Travel: Greece, Turkey, Middle East

PIC_box 1, folder 10

Circassian leader approximately 1919-1929

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Contents

"A Circassian leader taking 80 people back to Baku, Caucasus…" [complete note on back of photo.] Annotation and photographic paper link this to Oropes orphanage images (see PIC Folder 1). May have been taken at Oropes, or simply may have been printed and annotated at same time. (1 matching negative in NEG Folder 13.)

PIC_box 1, folder 11

Travel snapshots: Marsovan (1) approximately 1919-1929

Physical Description: 19 photographs

Scope and Contents

Snapshots from a trip to Marsovan (Merzifon, Turkey). Many roadside views with travelers, donkeys, views of the market, and one view outside the boys' orphanage there. All snapshots of the same format and tonality, suggesting that, although some are unidentified, they are from the same journey.

PIC_box 1, folder 12

Travel snapshots: Marsovan (2) approximately 1919-1930

Physical Description: 6 photographs

Scope and Contents

Marsovan (Merzifon, Turkey). Snapshots physically different than preceding file. Includes group on steps of Dr. White's house, July 1920; Marsovan Market; road scene "coming into Samsoun (Samsun?, Turkey) from interior"; and Misses Spinden, Willard, Noyes, and Corning in 1930.

PIC_box 1, folder 13

Travel snapshots: road to Cesaria, Turkey approximately 1919-1929?

Physical Description: 2 photographs

Scope and Contents

Travel snapshots on road to Cesaria, Turkey. Sandstone formations.

PIC_box 1, folder 14-15

YeniJey Village [Yenice, Turkey?] approximately 1919-1929

Physical Description: 4 photographs

Scope and Contents

YeniJey [Yenice?]. Workers and oxen at YeniJey village [Yenice?] threshing floor. Annotation on photo indicates village now occupied by Albanians, with only one Armenian (with a Turkish name) remaining. (One corresponding original negative present in NEG Folder 18.)

Note

4 photoprints, 1 negative

PIC_box 1, folder 16

Travel snapshots: Etchmiadzin trip (1) [Vagharshapat, Armenia] approximately 1919-1929

Physical Description: 11 photographs

Scope and Contents

Etchmiadzin. Travel snapshots on road, with people on horses, camels, an with laden donkeys. Multiple copies of some images present. Poor image quality; low contrast and dark. (Matching negatives for some views in NEG Folder 19.)

Note

11 photoprints & approximately 8 negatives

PIC_box 1, folder 17

Travel snapshots: Etchmiadzin trip (2) [Vagharshapat, Armenia] approximately 1919-1929

Physical Description: 6 photographs

Scope and Contents

Etchmiadzin. Travel snapshots on road, with people on horses, camels, an with laden donkeys. Same photographic paper as those listed above, but these lack negatives. Poor image quality; low contrast and dark.

PIC_box 1, folder 18

Travel snapshots: Miscellaneous & Unidentified approximately 1919-1929

Physical Description: 17 photographs

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous unidentified travel snapshots, most probably dating from circa 1919-1925. Includes local people, a woman (G. Anthony?) riding a camel (from an envelope labeled "Gamerlu"(?)), a small ship, a group of Anatolia College boys in Egypt (1944), and unidentified landscapes. One or two might be from domestic (California?) travels. Most appear to be from Turkey, Greece, or the Middle East. Some accompanying envelopes or notes, not associated with any specific images, are annotated "Balbeck etc. Palestine & Syria" and "Russia". These annotations might apply to views long since separated from the envelopes and possibly now in other folders.

PIC_box 1, folder 19

Caucasus & Egypt: Sara Corning snapshots approximately 1919-1929?

Physical Description: 12 photographs

Scope and Contents

Sara Corning's pictures: Caucuses and Egypt. Small snapshots of groups of people, landscapes, and sites. Includes two photographs of refugees in the Caucasus.

PIC_box 1, folder 20

Travel snapshots: possibly Turkey approximately 1919-1929

Physical Description: 20 photographs

Scope and Contents

Travel snapshots. Unidentified, but probably Turkey. Received in early 20th century postal envelope from 'Dave Hoagland" to G. Anthony, with partially legible annotation: "Kapakiwc"(?). Poor image quality. Small snapshots.

Note

Approximately 20 photoprints

PIC_box 1, folder 21

Church buildings approximately 1919-1929

Physical Description: 3 photographs

Scope and Contents

Two exterior views of large domed churches, presumably Armenian. One interior view of crumbling arches, probably in a church. (Matching negatives for 3 images in NEG Folder 22.)

Note

3 photoprints & negatives

PIC_box 1, folder 22

Greece: scenic views 19--

Physical Description: 12 items

Scope and Contents

Greece. Commercial scenic views of Greek theaters and famous ancient Greek sites.

Note

12 items (photoprints and prints)

PIC_box 1, folder 23

Postcards: Turkey & Egypt

Physical Description: 15 items

Scope and Contents

Postcards. Turkey and Egypt. Chiefly a set of Constantinople views. No correspondence.

Note

Approximately 15 postcards

Personal and family (United States)

PIC_box 1, folder 24-25

Personal photographs: family & California approximately 1900-1960

Physical Description: 45 photographs

Scope and Contents

Portraits and snapshots of Gertrude Anthony and family in Berkeley and other California locales. Includes one portrait of Anthony by Dorothea Lange (in somewhat poor condition.)

Note

Approximately 45 photoprints

PIC_box 1, folder 26

Personal snapshots. approximately 1919-1950

Physical Description: 20 photographs

Scope and Contents

Personal snapshots. A.H. Anthony's ranch and avocado orchard in Fallbrook, Calif., wedding snapshots (1940s), and miscellaneous. Ranch photos received in illustrated printed fundraising envelope for the American Farm School in Thessalonica.

Note

Approximately 20 photoprints

PIC_box 1, folder 27

U.C. Berkeley

Physical Description: 3 photographs

Scope and Contents

University of California, Berkeley. Two Greek Theatre views, one of Campanile from (old) botanical garden.

PIC_box 1, folder 28

Postcards: Hawaii & California

Physical Description: 20 items

Scope and Contents

Various postcards of Hawaii, California, and miscellaneous. Some with correspondence from "A.H.A." (presumably A.H. Anthony of Fallbrook, Calif., brother of Gertrude Anthony.)

Negatives

NNEG_box 1, folder 1

Armenian orphan group approximately 1919-1929