Abstract This collection contains notes, photographs, articles, manuscripts, maps, published papers, clippings, correspondence, sound recordings, and other material from cultural anthropologist Ralph C. Michelsen. Materials in the collection mostly pertain to Michelsen's anthropological research on numerous indigenous tribes in North and Central America, including the PaiPai and Kiliwa of Baja California, various Luiseño groups in southern California, the Mohave and Cocopah, the Seri of Mexico, and...

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The collection consists of 25 photographs of indigenous people from the Darién Gap region of Panama, taken in the early 20th century. Photographs in the collection depict Guna and Embera-Wounaan (also known as Chocó) people, both posed for portraits as well as participating in their daily activities.

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The collection consists of one photograph album, containing 126 original gelatin silver photographs taken during the early 1940s by an unknown United States (U.S.) airman stationed at Albrook Field and Rio Hato bases in the U.S. Controlled Panama Canal Zone during World War II. Photographs in the album include handwritten captions, and show images of the two U.S. air bases, group shots and portraits of fellow airmen, local scenery, native Panamanians, and local events and outings.