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Phila and George Caldwell Print and Slide Collection about Kenya and Antarctica, 1971, 1987
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Series 1. Field Work : Kenya circa 1971

Box 1

Los Angeles Natural History Museum Collection Expedition. June-July 1971

Physical Description: 3x5" and 3x4" photographs, 35mm slides, typed pages

Scope and Content Note

Photographs and slides taken mainly in Kenya, showing safari members and landscapes. Included are: George and Phila Caldwell and Ken Stager (collecting for the museum); Monty and Barbara Brown (safari managers); Dr. Bill and Mrs. Smith (tourists?); African assistants and servants. A six-page typed letter from Phila Caldwell, dated June 1-July 5, 1971, describes some of the events and people encountered during this time.

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Two maps and additional information about Kenya, downloaded from the Internet, have been added by the collection processors.
 

Series 2. Ecotourism : Antarctica between 1987 and 1990

Box 2

"Project Antarctica": tourist cruise of southern Chile, the Antarctic Peninsula, and islands. between 1987 and 1990

Physical Description: 35 mm slides, printed notebook

Scope and Content Note

240 slides of people, fauna, and landscapes taken on the cruise. Cruise itinerary, and a 180-page notebook of text, illustrations and maps provided by Society Expedition Cruises, the cruise company, summarizing history, politics, and scientific research pertaining to Antarctica.

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the date of the Antarctic expedition is not certain: a photocopied one-page announcement of the voyage lists sailing dates for 1987 through 1989; the expedition notebook bears the date Feb. 10-24, 1990. Mr. Caldwell died sometimes during 1990.