Ernest Gillette photographs, 1910-1933 and undated, bulk 1920-1924.

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Ernest Gillette photographs, 1910-1933 and undated, bulk 1920-1924.

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Collection comprises three photograph albums (about 100 pgs.), loose photographic prints, and a few other personal papers. The 5"x12" albums contain approximately 600 mostly 3.25"x 4.5" black-and-white photographs taken by Gillette (1920-1924), with captions, primarily depicting Stone & Webster projects in the Dominican Republic, especially canal building. There are also photographs of the engineering crew and their recreational activities, and images of the U.S. Marine presence, building of the sugar cane industry, markets, railroads, factories, coffee production, and scenes of Dominican and Haitian towns and villages. Includes fifteen 9"x7" black-and-white undated photographs of Santo Domingo City, several with captions; and four pages of published photographs on the development of the Denver, Colorado, Civic Center site. Also includes a 1910 Rand McNally map of the Dominican Republic; a third-grade report card (1933) for Gillette's daughter, Dorothy; as well as four badly deteriorated 4"x6" silver gelatin photographs (undated) with faint images of unidentified subjects, probably Gillette family members. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7938400

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation

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Archive of Documentary Arts (Duke University)

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The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is the largest film festival in the United States entirely devoted to documentary film. An international event dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of non-fiction cinema, the Festival is held annually for four days in the spring in downtown Durham, North Carolina. Typically, more than 100 films are screened, along with discussions, panels, and workshops fostering conversation between filmmakers, film professionals and the public. ...

Gillette, Ernest H.

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Civil engineer with Stone & Webster, Inc., beginning in 1915; resident of Boston. Graduate of University of Michigan in 1914. From the description of Ernest Gillette photographs, 1910-1933 and undated, bulk 1920-1924. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 649841017 ...

Lucas, W. J. (W. Jennings)

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