Godfrey J. Olsen collection of negatives and prints

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv429d4ce3f-0fc8-4646-921c-c0eaaa9671ea

Creator

Olsen, Godfrey J.

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation

Place

Bruneau Canyon (Nev. and Idaho) -- photographs

Topic

Excavations (Archaeology) -- New Jersey -- Photographs

Archaeological surveying -- Idaho -- Photographs

Provenance

Historically, the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation managed all photographic and related manuscript collections separately. This collection description represents current management practices of organizing and contextualizing related archival materials.

Creator

Olsen, Godfrey J.

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation

Summary

This collection contains 43 black-and-white negatives and 37 gelatin silver prints taken by Godfrey J. Olsen. The images depict several archaeological excavations in West Long Branch and Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, circa 1933. Also present are images from a survey of Bruneau Canyon, Owyhee County, Idaho, which was undertaken in 1937 for the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation.

Biographical/Historical note

Godfrey J. Olsen was an archaeologist for the Fort Ticonderoga Museum and the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Over the course of his career, he excavated several sites in New Jersey, and in 1937 surveyed Idaho's Bruneau Canyon for the Museum of the American Indian.

Extent

37 Photographic prints (gelatin silver, 4 x 5 inches.)

43 Acetate negatives (black and white, 5 x 7 inches.)

Date

1933

1937

Archival Repository

National Museum of the American Indian

Identifier

NMAI.AC.001.030

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Acetate negatives

Black-and-white negatives

Photographs

Gelatin silver prints

Citation

Godfrey J. Olsen collection of negatives and prints, National Museum of the American Indian Archives, Smithsonian Institution (negative, slide or catalog number).

Arrangement note

Negatives Arranged by negative number (N20646-N20650, N20678-N20690, N21435-N21459). Prints Arranged by print number (P10305-P10311, N10444-P10452, N12676-N12696).

Processing Information note

Processed by Heather Shannon, Photo Archivist, in 2012.

Rights

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Some images are restricted due to cultural sensitivity.

Genre/Form

Black-and-white negatives

Photographs

Gelatin silver prints

Scope and Contents

The Godfrey J. Olsen collection consists of 43 black-and-white negatives and 37 gelatin silver prints made by Olsen around 1933 and in 1937. The circa 1933 images depict several archaeological excavations in West Long Branch and Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, and the 1937 a survey of Bruneau Canyon, Owyhee County. Olsen made the 1937 materials for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.

Restrictions

Access is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment.

Record ID

ebl-1503510141163-1503510141166-0