Category | Institutional Archive |
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Organization | Smithsonian Institution |
Country | USA |
Address | National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington DC 20560-0708, USA |
Telephone | +1 202 357 4600, ext. 281, 282, 283 |
Fax | +1 202 357 4879 |
URL | http://africa.si.edu/ |
The Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives in the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, holds a postcard collection that shows the Mission Protestante Française de Madagascar, the “Diaconesses Distribuant le Riz aux Lépreux; Léproserie de Manankavaly” (1905); and the “Leproserie Catholique” at Fianarantsoa (1905).
There is also a slide collection taken by Eliot Elisofon (1911-1973) of Dr G W Harley at the Ganta Methodist Mission doing research on leprosy for the Liberian Institute of Tropical Medicine (1959).
Entry made 22 October 2002
Name | Dr Christaud Geary, Curator |
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Organization | National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Address | Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, MRC 708, National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington DC 20560-0708, USA. |
Telephone | +1 202 357 4600, ext. 280 |
Fax | +1 202 357 4879 |
geary.christaud@nmafa.si.edu |