UC Berkeley, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology

103 Anthropology and Art Practice Building
Berkeley, CA 94720-3712, US
(510) 643-6390
Founded in 1901, the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology is dedicated to the study of cultures from yesterday and today, both near and far. Today, the Museum contains an estimated 3.8 million objects from California and around the world, as well as extensive documents, photographs and film recordings. We continue a legacy of enrichment and education, functioning as a research unit for the University of California, Berkeley by supporting scholarly discovery and community-based research. Located in the heart of the Berkeley campus, we have grown into a museum that studies the past and the present in order to encourage dialogue, understanding, and respect. We facilitate connections by helping people relate to objects, cultures, and to one another. With a collection containing millions of objects, we are constantly working to tell the stories of the cultures around us. Stories that demonstrate our shared humanity and the myriad connections that bring communities—from around the world—closer together.

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The Paul L. Hoefler collection contains Hoefler’s extensive photographic documentation of animals and peoples in Africa; predominantly Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as India. Additional photographs were taken in Chad, Mozambique, Sri Lanka, Japan, Nepal, Yemen, and Hawaii, as well as in London and Hong Kong. Hoefler’s notes and documentation of his experiences can be found typed on separate index cards. In addition to his observations, Hoefler discusses his own feelings and interactions with the people and wildlife in the countries he visited.
A total of thirty-four (34) permanent collection objects from the Bagobo tribe, Mindanao Island, Philippines(Acc.4403: #10-3348 through 10-3361; 10-3363 through 10-3368a,b).(Acc.4800: #10-3362; 10-2269a-h; 10-3462 through 10-3465).Five (5) bankers boxes (DOC1989.1: #ARCV-57 through ARCV-61) containing non-accessioned research documentation; including manuscripts, photographs, slides, and audio cassette tapes.
Accession files include material and correspondences from George A. Reisner during and after Egyptian excavations in Coptos (present-day Qift), December 18, 1899 to February 1, 1900; Deir el-Ballas, February 1900 to August 1901; El Ahaiwah, May 24, 1900 to August 1900; Ballas, December 1900 to May 1901; Naga ed-Deir, February 4, 1901 to August 1903; and Giza, March 1903 to 1905, written both while Reisner was under the patronage of Phoebe Apperson Hearst and thereafter at Harvard University in the 1920s. Additional materials include conservation reports; copies of field records and photographs held by Harvard; 1963 William Bascom report on collection extent; and scholarly publications. Documents are in English, French, and German. Accession numbers are Acc.54, Acc.56, Acc.63, Acc.107, Acc.195, and Acc.462.
4,300 slide transparencies of Black American artists’ work in various American museums, collections, etc., assembled by Irene Sawyer, Director of the Black Culture Research Project. The majority of the slides are unlabeled.● Slide images of works by African-American artists, such as John Scott, Jacob Lawrence, Henry Tanner, etc. marked “Afro-American Art Slide Collection, U.C. Berkeley.” ● Small grouping of slides of non-African Americans artists Edward Hopper, William Morris Hunt, and William J. Glackens.● Microfilm from sent from UCLA #B-489 addressed to UC Berkeley Black Culture Research containing archival information on the lost Hollywood film “Georgia Rose.” ● Archival documentation.● Related loan file L1974-1975 #3.
140 photographic prints : albumen ; on 22 x 28 inch mounts 140 digital objects