5. Photographs, 1920s-1989

The photograph series consists of personal and professional photos including negatives, positives and proofs (circa 1920-1989). Images include Towles and Turnbull with various friends and family members and on trips abroad as well as in their New York, Virginia and Connecticut homes, including the last image taken of Towles in St. Croix and his burial site. Also included are images from Turnbull's travels to India and his first trip to Africa (1949-1952). Professional photos include anthropological related images from work in the Congo with the Mbuti people, Camp Putnam, Uganda with the Ik people, and regions from their Tourism as Pilgrimage research. Images used for Turnbull publications of The Forest People, The Mountain People, and Wayward Servants are also included. In addition, copies and originals of American Museum of Natural History images are included from various exhibits such as Man in Africa and Lute, Flute, and Drum.