The Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits Photograph Collection consists of some personal photographs and documentation of Melville's professional activities. Documentation of Frances' anthropological career is combined with Melville's research.
Content: Collection contains photographs by Melville J. Herskovits, the Eastern Nigerian Information Service, Eugene L. Ray, W. T. Mullarky, and others.
Extent: Ca. 2217 items (6.5 lin. ft., 15 boxes); 652 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b ; 30 x 38 cm. and smaller ; 960 photographic prints : b and col. ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller; 20 photographic prints : albumen ; 10 x 13 cm. and smaller; 480 negatives b and col. ; 9 x 11 cm. and smaller; 102 slides ; 7 x 9 cm.; 3 photomechanical prints : b ; 19 x 13 cm. and smaller.
