Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Starr, Federick and Johanson Rare Books
- Extent:
- 0.8 Linear Feet (2 flat boxes)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], Frederick Starr photographs from Southern Mexico (Mss Photo 0586). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Materials include photographs of various indigenous groups of Mexico, including the Zapotec, Otomi, Mixi, and Trique, as well as buildings, the landscape, artifacts, and one photograph of Frederick Starr with another man, possibly his travel companion Ernst Lux. Photos have plate numbers written on the versos. Some photos by Jahn & Ollier Engraving Company.
- Biographical / historical:
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Frederick Starr was an anthropologist and professor at the University of Chicago. Between the years of 1897 and 1901, he made four trips to Southern Mexico to study the indigenous people there. He took with him an interpreter, a photographer, and a "plaster works" specialist. He published his findings in his book, In Indian Mexico: A Narrative of Travel and Labor, publsihed in 1908. Reproductions of many of the photographs included here appear in his book.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase; 2018. Accession MSS 2018-027.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
- Terms of access:
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There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], Frederick Starr photographs from Southern Mexico (Mss Photo 0586). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022