Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Schmidt, Erich Friedrich, 1897-1964
- Abstract:
- Glass lantern slides produced by Erich F. Schmidt, a German-born archaeologist and professor, while at archaeological sites.
- Extent:
- 3 Linear Feet (3 microfilm-size boxes and 1 videotape)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Erich F. Schmidt Collection. Bernath Mss 19. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection primarily contains boxes of glass lantern slides taken by Erich F. Schmidt while at archaeological sites, such as Persepolis (in Luristan, Iran).
The collection also includes a videotape (VHS) copy of movies originally shot on film. This tape has been digitized.
- Biographical / historical:
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Erich Friedrich Schmidt (September 13, 1897 – October 3, 1964) was a German-born and American-naturalized archaeologist. He specialized in Ancient Near East Archaeology and was known as an early adopted of the use of aerial photography in archaeological research.
After fighting in WWI as a lieutenant in the German Army, Schmidt attended Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität (now Humboldt University of Berlin) for several years before moving to New York in 1923 to study anthropology at Columbia University, eventually earning a Ph.D. in Anthropology there in 1929.
After graduation, he directed the excavation of the mounds of Rayy from 1934 to 1936, under the direction of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In 1935, Schmidt replaced Ernst E. Herzfeld as field director of the Persepolis Expedition of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, now known as the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia and North Africa (ISAC), in which capacity he served through the end of 1939. In 1935 and 1938, Schmidt was also seconded to direct the Holmes Expeditions to Luristan.
With the financial assistance and support of his wife, Mary-Helen Warden, and her parents, the Schmidts established the Aerial Survey of Iran, which was intended to conduct a comprehensive survey of the archaeological sites in Iran using a combination of aerial photography and observations made on the ground.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Richard Schmidt and Erika Schmidt Kuiper, 1991.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged by format into two series:
- Series 1: Glass slides
- Series 2: Moving images
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iran
- Places:
- Persepolis (Iran)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@library.ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Erich F. Schmidt Collection. Bernath Mss 19. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062