Pierre Jay photograph album from Peru and Bolivia

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sova.nmai.ac.353
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv44298651a-1d74-4117-9c8e-23be229c9bbb
Creator
Jay, Pierre (1870-1949)
Place
Peru
Bolivia
Provenance
Gift of Miss Frances Jay courtesy of A. Hyatt Mayor, 1966.
Creator
Jay, Pierre (1870-1949)
Culture
Aymara
Quechua
Orejón (Orejon)
Conibo
Cashibo
Awishira (Auishiri/Auxira)
Yanesha' (Amuesha)
Piro
Northwestern Amazonia
Huachipaeri (Huachipairi)
Summary
This collection includes one scrapbook of black and white photographs taken by Pierre Jay in Peru and Bolivia.
Biographical / Historical
Pierre Jay was born into a prominent family in 1870 in Warwick, New York. His great-great grandfather was a Founding Father of the United States. Jay graduated from Yale in 1892 before going into banking, like his grandparents. He was the Bank Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and helped establish the first credit unions in the United States. In 1913 he became the first chairman of the New York Federal Reserve before going to Berlin as part of the Dawes Plan transfer committee. Jay married Louisa Shaw Barlow in 1897; the couple had four children together. Jay passed away in 1949 in New York City.
Extent
1 Scrapbook
Date
1893
Archival Repository
National Museum of the American Indian
Identifier
NMAI.AC.353
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Scrapbooks
Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Pierre Jay photograph album from Peru and Bolivia, image #, NMAI.AC.353; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement
Photographs have been left in the scrapbook in the order in which it was received. Catalog image numbers were assigned starting at the first page.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Mattie Lewis, Archives Technician in 2025.
Rights
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Scope and Contents
One scrapbook of 36 black and white photographs taken in Bolivia and Peru by Pierre Jay and J. Charles Kroehle. There is not a back cover on the album. Many of the photographs are individual portraits or posed small groups. The other images depict people dancing, gathered on the street, or next to railways. Some of the images contain nudity. Image numbers P27815-P27850.
Restrictions
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Related Materials
The Pierre Jay papers at Yale cover his time in Berlin.
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Record ID
ebl-1739907000636-1739907000875-0