Major Collections
Ahlborn, Richard E., photographer (1933- ) Collection
c. 1965. Photographic survey of Filipino-Hispanic architecture and art in the Philippines, with 568 black and white negatives and prints made by Abbye A. Gorin and Harriet Blum. Also includes corresponding descriptive note cards with contact prints, other prints and written materials. Three examples of church architecture in the collection are Libog, Pardo, and Paete. Collection 20.
Anthony, Alfred W., photographer and collector (1865-1939) Collection
1920s. Photographs (and negatives) of seals and other wildlife along the Baja California coast; Guatemala and its Indians, and Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Includes papers, passport, and obituary of Anthony, a noted naturalist. Three examples of the Guatemala photos are Market day at Momostenango, Basket Maker, Momostenango, and San Mateo. Approximately 300 pieces. Collection 18.
Bartlett, Paul, photographer, Collection
1970s. Photographs of haciendas in Mexico. See also Bartlett, The Haciendas of Mexico (N6537.B2264A4 1990). 198 pieces. Collection 19.
Brazil Slide Collection
c. 1976. Commercial packs of colored 35mm slides of Brazil with views of São Paulo, Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, the Amazon River, and numerous other cities and places; also Indians, art and aspects of the economy of Brazil. 163 slides. Collection 49.
Canal Zone Collection
1907-1909. Photographs of Canal Zone, Panama City, and of construction on the Panama Canal, some of which are commercial photos by W.A. Fishbaugh. Also included are larger photos of Havana, Cuba. 103 pieces. Collection 34.
Cervantes, Enrique A., photographer, Collection
1931-1943. Some items are cataloged. Do an "author search" for "Cervantes, Enrique. A." Works include portfolios by Cervantes on the cities of Guanajuato, Mérida, Puebla, Querétaro, and Taxco, with 255 mounted photographs; and on the cathedral of Mexico, ironwork, and pottery and tiles of Puebla, with 272 commercially reproduced mounted photographs in black and white and color. Also includes 25 prints of Taxco and 10 unidentified prints in the photographic archive. 527 photos. Collection 45.
Chambi, Martín, photographer (1891-1973) Collection
1920s-1940s. Black and white photographs of the people of Peru: Indians, workers, and the upper class, at work and in social settings; most are from Cuzco. Prints are by Edward Ranney from Chambi's original glass negatives. 50 pieces; 21 study prints; 7 postcards. Collection 4.
CIRMA Collection of Mitchell Denburg Photographs
1979-1982. Photographs of 19th century Guatemalan farming equipment, 20th century city and country life, including activities of Indians, coffee plantation workers, tradespeople, prostitutes, and political parties, and scenes of Holy Week and church interiors. Includes a comprehensive collection guide. Some examples of Denburg's work are Retrato de un anciano indígena, Lavando pulpa de café, and Tejiendo. 922 pieces. Collection 12.
CIRMA Collection of Juan Yas and José D. Noriega Photographs
1880-1940. Prints by Mitchell Denburg from original glass negatives of photographs of Guatemalans in social settings--weddings, funerals, etc.--taken by these two early Guatemalan photographers. Several examples include Mother and Dead Child, Hempstead-Dieseldorff Wedding, and Teachers and Students of the Royal School. 70 pieces. Collection 13.
Codex Tulane Collection
1977. Three sets of black and white prints with negatives and three sets Ektachrome color slides by Betsy Swanson of this Mixtec pictorial manuscript; also includes an older black and white set and a set of color prints. 136 pieces. Collection 26.
Collenberg and Miller Collection
1906-1909. Glass negatives of cities and towns of Mexico including Mexico City, Puebla, Cuernavaca, etc., showing landscapes, trees, volcanoes, churches, houses, and people, with contact prints of each exposure. 246 negatives with contact prints. Collection 50.
Crandall, Ernest L., photographer (d. mid-1940s) Collection
1924-1927. Photographs taken on three Carnegie Institution expeditions to archaeological sites in Mexico and Guatemala. Three photographs in the collection are attributed to Teobert Maler. Several examples include Mayan Girl, Observatory, and Serpent Columns from the Temple of the Warriors. 197 pieces. Collection 5.
Cruces y Campa, photographers, Collection of Mexican Occupationals
c. 1860. Cartes-de-visites showing Mexican men, women, and children in a diversity of occupations, against realistic backgrounds.
Representative images of men and women in this collection. Collected by Charles R. Hunt. 60 pieces. Collection 48.
Deutsch, Hermann, photographer (1889- ) Collection of Slides
1942-1957. 240 slides. Color slides of Mexico, also Curaçao and Aruba, by this New Orleans journalist. Special emphasis on Mérida, Yucatán, and Palenque. 240 slides. Collection 53.
Díaz Barriga, Miguel, photographer, Collection
1987.
The Miguel Díaz Barriga Collection of Ernesto Licona Photographs contains 43 8" x 10" black and white documentary photographs taken in 1988 as part of Díaz Barriga's anthropology dissertation fieldwork on independent urban organizations in Mexico City. The photographs focus graphically on everyday life in low-income settlements and grassroots political mobilization to improve conditions. Two events receive special attention--a march for the victims of the September 19, 1985 earthquake and a march protesting the October 2, 1968 massacre at Tlatelolco. Organizations of the urban poor participated in both marches. 51 pieces. Collection 44.
Entre Ríos Province, Argentina, Collection
[Between 1940 and 1960]. 48 Prints. The photos mainly show a number of buildings which include banks, schools, government offices, shops, the cathedral & main plaza, beaches, port facilities and street scenes in the city of Concepción del Uruguay, Argentina. Photos also show Palmar National Park (famous for its stands of Yacay Palms) and the Palacio de San José (the residence of General Urquiza). See Inventory and Contents Records for holdings. Collection 62.
Gorin, Abbye A., photographer (1927- ) Collection
1965-1985. Photographs of people, city and country scenes, architecture, archaeological sites and pre-Columbian art in Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru and England (Museum of Mankind).
Representative images of Gorin's work in this collection. 755 entries; 1,760 negatives; and 718 prints. Collection 1.
Gray, Matilda Geddings, collector, Collection
1935. Photographs taken or collected during the Tulane Expedition to Guatemala of 1935, predominantly of Indians, and including a miniature album of Chichicastenango scenes. Also includes archaeological sites and photographs of contemporary paintings of Indians. Only partially identified. 291 pieces. Collection 31.
Gropp, Arthur E., photographer (1902- ) Collection
1937-1938. Photographic survey of libraries and archives in Central America and the Caribbean. Included are churches and archaeological sites, and two photographs of Dr. Hermann Beyer. Three examples of the collection are Public Library, Port of Spain, Trinidad, Nassau Public Library, Bahamas, and Schoelcher Public Library, Martinique. 1054 pieces. In 1994 this collection was merged with manuscripts collection #121, Gropp Arthur E., Papers and Photographs. [Formerly this was photograph collection 10.]
Guerra, photographer, Collection
c. 1900. Photoprints of glass plates taken by Guerra in Mérida and elsewhere in Yucatán in social and work settings, of machinery and archaeological sites. Four examples of Guerra's photography are Archbishop of Yucatán, Anuncio, La Ninfa and Bishop Mejía. 173 pieces. Collection 27.
Guerrero, Gustavo Adolfo (1900- ) Collection
c. 1935-1961. Photographs of diplomatic personnel of El Salvador including Gustavo Adolfo Guerrero (son of José G. Guerrero, president of the World Court), ambassador to the United States and consul in New Orleans. Also includes 7 glass negatives of scenes in San Salvador and the country at large. Also includes his papers, diplomas, passports, clippings, etc. 32 photos; 36 pieces. Collection 46.
Guillén, Abraham, photographer (1901-1985) Collection
1940s-1960s. Photographs of Indian life, city and country scenes, archaeological sites, colonial and modern architecture and pre-Hispanic, colonial and folk art in Peru. Three examples of Guillen's photography are Procesión del Cristo de los Milagros, Hacienda Kápana, Ocongate, and Balcón de Riquelme. 860 pieces. Collection 3.
Biographical article on Abraham Guillén Melgar (1901-1985): The Art of Documentary Photography: a Peruvian Son's Contribution to the World Data Base of Social Scientific Photography by Abbye A. Gorin.
Harth-Terré, Emilio, collector and photographer (1899- ) Collection
1930s-1970s. Photographs of colonial architecture of Peru, also colonial art and archaeological sites; much documentation of earthquake damage in Lima. Three examples of the photography of Harth-terré are Catedral de San Antonio, Los Huérfanos (Terremoto de 1940) and Huanchaco. 4332 pieces. Collection 2.
Henle, Fritz, photographer (1909- ) "Mexican Studies" Collection
1940s. Photographs of city and country scenes, Indians, workers, famous personages, archaeological sites and architecture of Mexico. See also the companion book, Mexico by Fritz Henle (F1215.H47). 45 pieces. Collection 24.
Hermanos Mayo Collection
Scenes of Holy Week ceremonies in Mexico in the 1950s by the Hermanos Mayo. 300 pieces. Collection 57.
Hilton, Ronald, collector, Collection
1950s. Miscellaneous Latin American photographs and illustrations, especially of Brazil and Peru, including photographs of Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre. Also includes two photographs of New Mexico by Laura Gilpin. 122 pieces. Collection 16.
Hilton, Ronald, collector (1911- ) Postcard Collection
1952-1956. Picture postcards from throughout Latin America sent to Hilton and radio station KGEI of San Francisco, California, sponsor of a short-wave program, "La Universidad del Aire." Includes small photographs and personal cards sent to Hilton. Approximately 4000 pieces. Collection 39(1).
Hoffenberg, H.L., collector, Collection
1869-1885. 19th century cartes de visite and stereoptician views by E. Courret or Courret Hermanos of ladies and urban scenes of Lima, Peru. Early undated photos of rural houses of British Honduras, San José and Limón, Costa Rica, an Alberto G. Valdeavellano photo of Guatemalan Indians, and 60 photos of city and country scenes of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica in the 1920s. 80 pieces. Collection 14.
Janson, Horst, photographer, Collection
1960s. Photographs of pre-Columbian stone figures and colonial architecture of Peru. Includes pre-Columbian sites of Pachacamac and Machu Picchu. 252 pieces. Collection 15.
Johnson, Ben, collector, Collection
1911-1912. Photoprints and postcards of the Panama Canal under construction and the Canal Zone. 13 pieces. Collection 30.
June, Frank M. (1905-1957) Guatemala Vistas
1940-1942. These photos were taken during Colonel June's service as Naval Attaché in Guatemala. The prints include an aerial view of Guatemala City, several colonial structures in Antigua and a number of pictures taken around Lake Atitlán. The collection's strength are the scenes of daily rural life which include market days, typical housing and costumes, means of transportation and an indigenous musical group playing traditional instruments. 30 photos. Collection 58.
Kelemen, Pál and Kelemen, Elisabeth Zulauf, Collection
ca. 1933-1988, n.d. The majority of the photographs, negatives and slides show church architecture and religious art in Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Bolivia, El Salvador and United States. Also shown are colonial and domestic architecture, street scenes, antiquities, folk art, furniture, mountains, markets, archeological sites and indigenous peoples. This collection also includes 66 items of correspondence. 3994 items. Collection 59.
La Rosa A., Fernando, photographer, Collection
1971-1972. Photographs of the archaeological sites of Chavin de Huantar and Sechin in Peru. 24 pieces. Collection 6.
La Rosa A., Fernando, photographer, Collection of Peru and Bolivia Photographs
1967-1977. Urban and rural scenes of Lima, Iquitos, San Mateo, Jauja, and Huaraz in Peru, and of La Paz and Santa Cruz in Bolivia. Photographs printed on 11" x 14" silver gelatin base paper and treated with silver remover for archival purposes. Some examples of La Rosa's photography are Jorge Acuña (14), Niños, La Punta, Callao (22), Familia, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (69), and Mujer en el mercado de Huaráz (132). 141 pieces. Collection 51.
Leeson, David, photographer, Collection
June 1983. Photoprints taken in Nicaragua and Honduras by a New Orleans Times-Picayune photographer for a feature series of people associated with the conflict between the Sandinista forces and the Contras. Includes exhibit caption. Two examples from the collection are Woman and Soldier. 33 pieces. Collection 29.
Mace, Carroll Edward, collector (1926- ) Collection
1940s-1960s. Postcards and amateur photographs of Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru. Included are 100 postcards by Martín Chambi; other photographers are Robert González, Jiménez, Mateo Nieva, and Villavicencio. Also includes three miniature commercial albums of Brazil. 600 photographs. Collection 17.
Markman, Sidney D., photographer (1911- ) Collection
1950. Photographs of the colonial architecture of Antigua, Guatemala, archaeological sites and colonial architecture of Mexico, colonial architecture and pre-Columbian art of Panama, architecture of Spain. Three examples of the collection are Church and Plaza, Antigua, Courtyard and Fountain, Antigua, and Templo de Quetzalcoatl, Teotihuacán. Approximately 3200 pieces. Collection 7.
Markman, Sidney D., collector (1911- ) Collection of Muybridge Prints
1875. Copy prints of original Eadweard Muybridge photographs of colonial architecture and daily life in Central America. Three examples of the collection are Weeding and protecting young coffee plants, Cactus plantation for cochineal, and San Isidro coffee plantation. 142 pieces. Collection 8.
Markman, Sidney D., photographer (1911- ) Collection of Cuenca Photographs
1979. Photographs of Cuenca, Ecuador, showing street scenes and people, including Indians, and architecture dating from the late 19th or early 20th centuries. Three examples of Markman's photographs of Cuenca are Barrio de Corazón de Jesús, Plaza de la Merced, and Casa de la Lisa. 392 pieces. Collection 32.
Markman, Sidney D., photographer and collector (1911- ) Collection of Slides
1950. 225 slides bound in glass of Antigua, Guatemala. Also includes 100 slides of Spanish architecture, half of which are commercial color photos, and 20 slides of Mexican architecture. Most are black and white. 345 pieces. Collection 36.
Markman, Sidney D., collector (1911- ) Postcard Collection
1947-. Black and white and color postcards principally from Mexico, including views of the frescos of Diego Rivera, J. Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Also includes views of Oaxaca, Monte Albán, Puebla, and Mazatlán, Mexico, and of Spain, Colombia, Guatemala, and Honduras. 116 pieces. Collection 39(11).
Markman, Sidney D., photographer (1911- ) Collection of Chiapas Photographs
1969, 1971, 1975. Photographs of colonial architecture and modern native housing found in towns of Chiapas, Mexico, used in his book Architecture and Urbanization in Colonial Chiapas, Mexico, 1984. Also includes 357 duplicates and other photos not used in the book. Representative examples of Markman's photographs of Chiapas. 249 pieces. Collection 43.
Mexican Glass Images Collection
c.1900. Glass lantern negatives of people and places from Mexico. The collection contains a number of street scenes which focus on the daily lives of the Mexican working class. A number of negatives deal with various means of transportation in Mexico. 155 glass lantern negatives. Collection 60.
Miceli, Augusto, collector, Collection
c. 1970. Black and white photographs of the archaeological site of Copán, Honduras, fully identified, but not dated. 76 pieces. Collection 33.
Pan American Union Collection
1942-1946. Photographs of Latin American intellectuals and government leaders who visited the Pan American Union in Washington, D.C. 99 pieces. Collection 11.
Polack, R.G., Collection of Slides
1969. Slides taken during a trip to Mexico, the Caribbean, Panama, Guatemala and Chichén Itzá. 152 pieces. Collection 37.
Rasmussen, Christian H., photographer (1943- ) Collection
1980-. Photographs of colonial churches throughout Yucatán, Mexico, with some from Quintana Roo, showing details of art and architecture. Also includes sisal haciendas of Yucatán with views of types of buildings and machinery, and a map indicating locations. Some examples of the collection are Hacienda Paraíso, Iglesia Principal, Maní, and Franciscan Baptizing. 415 pieces. Collection 23.
Robertson, Donald and Martha, collectors, Collection
c. 1904. Photographs taken throughout Mexico by C.B. Waite. Numerous views of railroads, archaeological sites, architecture and one hacienda. 25 pieces. Collection 28.
Robertson, Martha, Postcard Collection
1930-. Postcards principally of Mexico including views of Mexico City, Teotihuacán, Morelia, Cuernavaca, Acapulco, and Zamora, Michoacán; and frescos of Diego Rivera. Also includes views of Puerto Rico, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Guatemala, Curaçao, Trinidad, Panama, Honduras, and early Belize. 64 pieces. Collection 39(9).
Robertson, Merle Greene, photographer, Mayan rubbings photographs
c. 1973. Photographs of rubbings in the Merle Greene Robertson Collection of Maya Relief Sculpture in the Latin American Library. Maya sites are in Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. The few photographs with blue dots are of rubbings not in the collection. 456 photos. The photographs in the collection are all 3 1/2 x 3 1/2. (The LAL also has 8 x 10 copies of all these photos in 8 leather volumes in the Rare Book Collection -- Call Number F1435.3A7R6.) Collection 54.
Salcedo-Mitrani, Lorry, photographer, Collection
1985-1995. Black and white 11x14 photographs by the above Peruvian photographer, of blacks at El Carmen, Peru, and in Bahia, Brazil. They are seen in the activities of daily life. Four examples of Salcedo's photography are Playing in the Cemetery, Our Lady of the Purification, Grocery,and Levitating. 60 photos. Collection 55.
Sandoval, Judith Hancock de, photographer, Collection
1974. Documentary photographs of colonial churches, archaeological sites and contemporary rural buildings and machinery in Nicaragua. Also shown are people at work. Three examples of the collection are Saddlemaker's Shop, Girls at a Shrine, and Plaza in Granada. 747 pieces. Collection 9.
Sandoval, Judith Hancock de, Collection of Costa Rica and Honduras
1983. 35mm negatives with contact prints of cities and towns (including San José, Heredia, and Cartago), churches, coffee mills, and plantations in Costa Rica; and cities of Tegucigalpa and Comayagua, towns, churches, and the archaeological site of Copán in Honduras. Three examples from the collection are House in San Pedro Sula, Ciruela Railroad Station, and Church of La Agonía. 1919 negatives with contact prints. Collection 47.
Schuller, Rudolf, Papers
1914-1930. Personal correspondence, notes, manuscripts, photographs, clippings, and printed ephemera, much of which relates to his linguistic studies in Mexico and Central America, with emphasis on the Huasteca Indians. Some materials relate to the Mexican Revolution. Schuller also collected a series of Posada engravings which are cataloged in the collection as a rare book. 1,016 pieces and over 1,000 photographs. Collection 21 (Manuscripts Collection).
South American Glass Image Collection
Early 20th century. 355 glass stereoptical and single-image lantern slides of South America. The images, many of which are unidentified, include a large number of scenes of Argentina and the Iguaçu Falls region, highland scenes of Peru and the Andean region, and some scenes of coastal areas in northern South America. The images are sharp and clear and of high artistic quality. Two examples of the collection are Cristo de los Andes and Train Station, Uspallata, Argentina. Collection 56.
Team, Peter, photographer (1944- ) Collection
1965-1968. 35mm color slides of Peace Corps training in New Mexico and Peace Corps activities in Honduras, along with vacation slides taken in Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, and Honduras. Also see Team manuscript collection #81. 370 pieces. Collection 21.
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Collection
1899. Mechanically reproduced photographs by Juan T. Aguirre of Tegucigalpa, including views of the colonial bridge and prominent buildings, the Mina del Rosario, and a map. 17 pieces. Collection 42.
Teunisson, John N., photographer, United Fruit Company Collection
1906. Photographs taken during a quarantine tour of inspection of Central American fruit ports by U.S. health authorities as guests of the United Fruit Co. Public and domestic buildings, local bands and hospitals. (For a complete set of these photographs, also see RARE F1432.T4) 35 pieces. Collection 35.
Tulane University Expedition to Middle America, Collection
1928. Photographs taken or collected by Frans Blom during the expedition in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize, including one of expedition members Ciriaco Aguilar, Webster McBryde, Dr. E.A. Bechtel, Louis Kanter and Blom upon their return. 31 pieces. Collection 41.
Weinstein, Elizabeth, Mosquito Coast Mission Collection
c.1902-1908. This Collection was assembled by Elizabeth Weinstein, a German missionary on Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast. The photos show village and jungle scenes; the church and school children; the missionaries and ministers and their wives; scenes from Bluefields and the Mosquito Coast. Some photos have annotations on the front or back. Also included is Elizabeth Weinstein's authograph book c. 1903-1912, with poems from her friends, most in German, one in English. Collection 61.
Wulfing, Bettina, photographer, Collection
1985. Photographs of Franciscan churches in Yucatán described by Father Alonso Ponce in 1588 and revisited by Wulfing in 1985. Some of the churches are in modern-day Campeche, which seceded from Yucatán in 1867 and formed its own separate state. Also includes her 29-page descriptive paper. Three examples of Wulfing's photographs are Hocaba, San Francisco, Campeche, San Román, and Homun, San Buenaventura. 48 pieces. Collection 22.
