Egypt -- Pictorial works
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of photographs relating to European colonization in Africa
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1606
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of photograph albums, loose photographs, memorabilia and published material that document a European colonialist perspective of Africa and Egypt, and document both African peoples and European colonizers. Locations depicted in the photographs include Cameroon, Dar es Salaam, Egypt, Kenya, Namibia, Sudan, Tanga, Zambia, other regions throughout Africa, as well as some in Europe.Identified photographers in this collection include Alfredo Augusto Freire de...
Dates:
circa 1890s-1930s
Father Carney Gavin legacy collection of Holy Land photographs
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1724
Abstract:
The Father Carney Gavin legacy collection of Holy Land photographs documents early photography of Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia in the 1860s and 1870s, as well as early twentieth century archaeological excavations and travel in Iraq, Greece, Egypt, and Palestine. Included are images by M. J. Diness, the Bonfils family, Francis Frith, Abdullah frères, G. Lékégian, J. P. Sébah, and Zangaki. Also present are stereoscopic views of Jerusalem and Palestine...
Dates:
1820-2013, bulk 1860-1993
Fausto Giaccone photographs and papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1255
Abstract:
The collection consists of photographs, papers, and publications that document the work of Italian photojournalist Fausto Giaccone (1943-), from 1966 to 2013. The material includes Giaccone's reportage of social and cultural aspects of Europe, South America, and the Middle East, with an emphasis on political movements in Italy and Portugal from 1966 to 1986. The photographic materials in this collection consist of exhibition prints, work prints, contact sheets, and original slides for...
Dates:
1966-2013
Photographs and Other Material Related to Egypt
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 2116
Abstract:
Photographs and other material related to Susannah Hays, Egypt (San Francisco: Susannah Hays, 1993) and other associated projects created from 1992 to 2008, with the bulk from the period of 1992 to 1993.
Dates:
1992-2008, bulk 1992-1993