Anthony (Gertrude) photographs, bulk approximately 1900-1960, bulk 1919-1922

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Summary

Title:
Gertrude Anthony photographs
Dates:
bulk approximately 1900-1960, bulk 1919-1922
Abstract:
Chiefly photographs from Gertrude Anthony's time (1919-1922?) as a teacher in Armenia, Greece, and Turkey.
Extent:
: approximately 300 photographs in 4 boxes (approximately 260 photographic prints in 1 box and 215 negatives in 3 boxes), 215 digital images
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Gertrude Anthony photographs, BANC PIC 1986.006, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

Chiefly photographs from Gertrude Anthony's time (1919-1922?) as a teacher in Armenia, Greece, and Turkey, or on a return trip circa 1929. Many Armenian orphans pictured, as well as teachers and staff at schools or orphanages. Some views from a trip to Egypt are present. Includes some family snapshots, chiefly in Berkeley and the Altadena area of Southern California.

Biographical / historical:

A. Gertrude Anthony was a native of Berkeley, Calif. who taught science at the Berkeley High School. From 1919 to 1922 she went to Armenia and Turkey as a teacher for the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief (Near East Relief). She returned to help Armenian orphans in Athens, Greece in 1929.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Frances Avik in 1985.
Processing information:

Preliminary processing by Bancroft Library staff in 2006-2007. Nitrate negatives digitized in 2023.

Arrangement:

Arranged by apparent subject, as determined by library staff.

Negatives were received by the library in disarray, and chiefly unidentified. Some envelopes from photographic labs were present, but it was not clear that the negatives contained in them were originally related, and the envelopes provided no identification clues. Some of these envelopes bear number codes that sometimes are also written on the edges of negatives, but these negatives were distributed in different envelopes or files.

Library staff have attempted logical groupings of negatives based upon apparent similarities in subject matter, also taking into consideration similarities in film format and film stock, and condition. (Similarities in discoloration between separated negatives may indicate they were originally shot and developed at the same time.) Exhaustive comparison of all of the criteria for possible comparison was not undertaken, and original associations have not been fully recreated. Some images may have inadvertently been placed next to unrelated images, and separated from closely related ones. Furthermore, sorting and description of negatives were done based on the negative image, often with no prints or scans available. Identifications are, therefore, tentative.

Physical location:
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Rules or conventions:
DACS

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Bancroft Library staff.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-02-17 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Photographic prints are open for research. NITRATE NEGATIVES are CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS. Use online digital images only.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Gertrude Anthony photographs, BANC PIC 1986.006, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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