Allison V. Armour expedition to Yucatán, Mexico photograph album
Finding aid prepared by Carlota Ramirez, Student Processing Assistant.
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Title: Allison V. Armour expedition to Yucatán, Mexico photograph album
Date: 1895
Collection Number: MS 023
Creator:
Field Museum of Natural History
Source:
Armour, Allison V.
Source:
Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
Extent:
1.56 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: The collection consists of an album of photographs depicting the Allison V. Armour expedition to the Yucatán peninsula in
Mexico, a research expedition undertaken in 1895 by curators from the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Photographs
in the album focus mainly on the Mayan ruins visited by members of the expedition, with additional photographs of local scenery
and the expedition group.
Languages: The collection is in English.
The collection is open for research.
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[identification of item], [date if possible]. Allison V. Armour expedition to Yucatán, Mexico photograph album (MS 023). Special
Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Provenance unknown.
The collection was processed by Carlota Ramirez, Student Processing Assistant, in 2017.
Processing of the Guide to the Allison V. Armour expedition to Yucatán, Mexico photograph album was completed by undergraduate
students from the University of California, Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing
Project started in 2015. This project was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management
Librarian.
The Allison V. Armour expedition to Yucatán, Mexico, was a research expedition undertaken in 1895 for the Field Museum of
Natural History, then known as the Columbian Museum of Chicago. Allison V. Armour was a wealthy patron of the museum who funded
the expedition, which was meant to carry out research for the anthropology, botany, geology, and zoology departments of the
museum. Jointly headed by the museum's Curator of Anthropology, William Henry Holmes, the expedition took two and a half months
and explored areas of the Yucatán peninsula researching the Maya, Zapotec and Mixtec civilizations.
The collection consists of an album of 27 black and white photographs taken during the Allison V. Armour expedition to Mexico
in 1895. Photographs in the collection show some of the locations explored by the group, including Chichén Itzá, Isla Mujeres,
various cenotes and other ruins. Other photographs include shots of the expedition group and their transportation. All photographs
in the album include short captions.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Armour, Allison V.
Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
Chichén Itzá Site (Mexico)
Mayas -- Antiquities
Scientific expeditions
Yucatán Peninsula
Black-and-white photographs