Box 54

Scope and Contents

Includes images related to Turnbull's 1948-1951 travels in East Africa, Egypt, and India. Regions include Kenya, Uganda, Makerere University, DRC (specifically Epulu River and Camp Putnam) the Nile River, Sudan, and Valley of the Kings. Depict festivals, students, temples, and Anandamayi Ashram.

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Includes images of ashrams, Buddhist temples, Maharajah and Maharishi of Sikkim, and other various scenes from Colin Turnbull's travels through India.

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Includes slides from Gurnee and Betty Dyer's trip to collect objects for the American Museum of Natural History, given to Joseph Towles and Colin Turnbull by Mr. Gurnee Dyer. Includes various general scenes such as camel caravans, markets, forts, and villagers.

Scope and Contents From the Series: The slides series consists of about 10,000 personal and professional slides taken by Joseph Towles, Colin Turnbull, and others during their world travels, mostly relating to the Mbuti of the Ituri Forest in Uganda and the Ik of the Congo (1948-1988). They reflect the people, physical environment, material culture, and rituals. Many slides also relate to Towles and Turnbull's project on Tourism as Pilgrimage and include images of India, China, Japan, Indonesia, and other countries. Personal...

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Includes slides from Colin Turnbull and Joseph Towles' research in India, Sri Lanka, Bali, China, Japan, American Samoa and Tahiti, 1979. Slides feature various temples, rivers, gardens, tombs, mosques, monasteries, shrines and palaces.

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Includes personal slides of Joseph Towles and Colin Turnbull, including home, family, pets, and other domestic subjects.