Phila and George Caldwell Print and Slide Collection about Kenya and Antarctica, 1971, 1987
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Phila and George Caldwell Print and Slide Collection
about Kenya and Antarctica,
Date (inclusive): 1971, 1987
Collection number: 313
Creator: Caldwell, Mrs. Phila M.
1917-2008
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections
for the Sciences
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: Photographs and slides taken by Phila and George
Caldwell on a Los Angeles Natural History Museum collecting expedition to Kenya
in 1971, and on a Society Expedition cruise to the Antarctic in 1987.
Physical location: Biomedical Library History and Special
Collections for the Sciences cage manuscripts
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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Library. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and
their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Phila and George Caldwell print and slide collection about Kenya and Antarctica (Manuscript collection
313). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of California, Los
Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Acquisition Information
The materials were a gift of Mrs. Phila M. Caldwell to the History and
Special Collections Division, University of California, Los Angeles, in August,
2001.
Biography
Phila and George Caldwell were well-known philanthropists who supported
cultural, educational, and family-support institutions in Southern California.
These world travelers were trustees of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
and sometimes accompanied Museum staff on collection expeditions. The Caldwells
owned the Milbank House in Santa Monica, Calif., a remarkably well preserved
Craftsman style home built in 1911 by Phila Caldwell's grandfather, Isaac
Milbank. Through Mrs. Caldwell's initiative the house was designated a Santa
Monica Landmark.
Phila McFie Caldwell was born in Los Angeles and attended Marlborough School
and UCLA. She and George Caldwell were married during World War II. George
Caldwell died in 1990 and Phila died in 2008, at age 91.
Scope and Content
The Kenya material consists of 43 color snap shots (33 3x5" and 10 3x4"
prints), four 35mm color slides, and a six-page letter to friends sent from the
field.
The Antarctica material includes 240 colored 35mm slides, a one-page printed
itinerary and a printed notebook titled "Project Antarctica" provided by the
company running the cruise.
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Field Work : Kenya, circa 1971
- Series 2. Ecotourism : Antarctica, between 1987 and 1990
Related Material
The bird specimens collected on this expedition are held in the Ornithology
collection of the Los Angeles Natural History Museum.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Caldwell, George, d.
1990
Caldwell, Phila M.
-- Archives
Ecotourism -- Antarctic Regions --
Pictorial works
Safaris -- Kenya -- Pictorial
works
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.
Note
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.
Note
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.