William Osgood Field papers, 1914-1988.

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William Osgood Field papers, 1914-1988.

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Papers of a glaciologist and lecturer, mostly dating from the late 1920s and early 1930s, who specialized in Russian geography and culture. The collection includes notes, postcards, travel journals, photographs and motion pictures of his journeys throughout the Soviet Union, especially Georgia and its upper Svanetia (Swanetia) regions (43N, 42E), from 1928 until the 1970s. Field's partially indexed photographs and movie film contain images of Moscow from 1929-1931 and Georgia in 1933. The collection includes notes, postcards, travel journals, photographs, and motion pictures of Field's journeys throughout the Soviet Union, especially Georgia and its upper Svanetia regions, from 1928 until the 1970s. Field's partially indexed photographs and films contain images of Moscow and the Caucasus, mostly from 1929 to 1934, documenting local architecture, geography, and people. The collection also includes a series of 1931 letters from Upton Sinclair and others requesting financial assistance for Sergei Eisenstein's uncompleted film about Mexico, Que Viva Mexico.

5.0 cubic ft.

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7415514

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries

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