National Anthropological Archives

National Anthropological Archives

The National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives are a collection of historical and contemporary documents maintained by the Smithsonian Institution, which document the history of anthropology and the world's peoples and cultures. The collection includes documents such as field notes, journals, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, maps, sound recordings, film and video, all compiled by prominent researchers from the Smithsonian or other research institutions. Spanning over 150 years of American and world history, materials held in the archives include nearly 635,000 photographs, 20,000 works of indigenous art, 11,400 sound recordings, and 8 million feet of film stock.

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