Captain Robert R. Bennett photograph collection
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- Creator
- Bennett, Robert R.
- Place
- Mexico
- Cuba
- Provenance
- Gift of Robert R. Bennett to MAI, 1932.
- Creator
- Bennett, Robert R.
- Culture
- Mesoamerican (archaeological culture)
- Maya
- Summary
- This collection includes 100 photographs taken by Robert. R. Bennett in Mexico and Cuba.
- Biographical / Historical
- Robert R. Bennett grew up in Indianapolis, Minnesota. During World War I he was a special agent for the Department of Justice. Later, he became an attorney and worked in Washington, D.C. He conducted multiple explorations/excavations in California, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and Cuba for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
- Extent
- 100 Gelatin silver prints
- Date
- 1930-1932
- undated
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Identifier
- NMAI.AC.148
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Gelatin silver prints
- Citation
- Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Captain Robert R. Bennett photograph collection, image #, NMAI.AC.148; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- Arranged by catalog number.
- Processing Information
- This collection is currently unprocessed.
- Rights
- Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
- Genre/Form
- Gelatin silver prints
- Scope and Contents
- This collection contains 100 black and white photographs taken by Robert R. Bennett from 1930-1932 in Mexico and Cuba. The collection is currently unprocessed. Image numbers P09765-P09773, P10226-P13046.
- Restrictions
- Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
NMAI.AC.148
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NMAI.AC.148
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- Record ID
- ebl-1749564600685-1749564600884-0