Yaqui photograph albums, circa 1908 - circa 1909

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Yaqui photograph albums
Dates:
circa 1908 - circa 1909
Abstract:
Photographs documenting conflicts in Northern Mexico, particularly of Yaqui people. Includes studio portraits as well as views of villages, Yaqui dancers, soldiers and prisoners of war, deportations to Yucatan, hangings and other executions, groups of children and adults, peace talks at Hermosillo, etc.
Extent:
96 digital objects 1 box (3 albums, 96 photographic prints) : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.
Language:
Collection materials are in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Yaqui photograph albums, BANC PIC 2005.054--ALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

Photographs documenting conflicts in Northern Mexico, particularly of Yaqui people. Includes studio portraits as well as views of villages, Yaqui dancers, soldiers and prisoners of war, deportations to Yucatan, hangings and other executions, groups of children and adults, peace talks at Hermosillo, etc.

Physical location:
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Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Note:

Chiefly by an unidentified photographer. Some studio portraits identified in negative as: by W. Roberts, Hermosillo, Jan. 28, 1909.

Each photograph numbered in ink, presumably by compiler or photographer: B.1 through B.96.

Most bear ms. captions, in English.

Photographs are of uniform format and most may be by a single photographer. Several may be copy photographs, particularly those of hangings.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Bancroft Library Staff
Date Prepared:
2010
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: September 2017

Access and use

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Yaqui photograph albums, BANC PIC 2005.054--ALB, 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