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MSS.PHOTO.0586
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Frederick Starr photographs from Southern Mexico
creator:
Starr, Federick
source:
Johanson Rare Books
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.PHOTO.0586
Physical Description:
0.8 Linear Feet
(2 flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): c. 1897-1901
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.
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.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase; 2018. Accession MSS 2018-027.
[identification of item], Frederick Starr photographs from Southern Mexico (Mss Photo 0586). Department of Special Collections
and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Starr, Federick
Johanson Rare Books