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Archives related to: Hatch, Olivia Stokes
| title | M. Marvin Breckenridge Patterson photographs, 1932. | repository | National Museum of African Art |
| description | Photographs taken by M. Marvin Breckenridge Patterson during her trip with Olivia Stokes Hatch from Capetown, South Africa, to Cairo, Egypt, by boat, car and train in 1932. The book, "Olivia's African Diary: Cape Town to Cairo," (Washington, DC: Eastern Press, 1980) recounts the details of the trip. The photographs document the peoples of Africa in Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Sudan, Tanganyika (now Tanzania), Uganda, Congo (Democratic Republic) and Zanzibar. They include the Baila, San, Shona, Xhosa and Zulu. The images portray African peoples in a wide range of activities. These include a bride and groom at Lovedale, South Africa; dancers at the Crown Mine near Johannesburg, South Africa; flower vendors in Cape Town, South Africa; two leading elders at Amanzimtoti, South Africa; a craftsman making spears; a tanner in the Sudan; miners with their wives in Katanga (now Shaba), Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo); schoolboys in the Sudan; a Shona man; women lining-up to receive rations in the Belgian Congo; workers pouring gold at the Crown Mine near Johannesburg, South Africa; and a Zulu woman at a market in Durban, Natal, South Africa. Architecture includes the Queen Hatshepsut's room at Karnak, Luxor, Egypt; and the ruins of Great Zimbabwe. Images of the natural world include a mountain at Cape Town, South Africa; a park in Port Elizabeth, South Africa; and Victoria Falls, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Animals depicted include egrets, ostriches and wildebeests. Bio / His Notes: M. Marvin Breckenridge Patterson; filmmaker, photographer and photo-journalist; graduated from Vassar College in 1927. The following year she traveled to Europe and joined the Frontier Nursing Service. During World War II, she broadcasted news from Europe for the Columbia Broadcasting System. |
| extent | 415 photographic prints : b&w. ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller : silver gelatin (3 v.) |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | Permission to reproduce images from Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. For information on photo services and research appointments, please visit |
| bibliography | Hatch, Olivia Stokes (American). Olivia's African Diary: Cape Town to Cairo, 1932. Washington, D.C.: Distributed by A.C.E. Distribution Center. 1980. 162p. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | Images indexed by negative number. |
| acquisition information | Photographs from the collection were published in the Boston Herald on July 31, 1933, and in the Crown Colonist in August, 1933. The collection was donated to the National Museum of African Art by Mrs. Jefferson Patterson in 1985. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:57 |
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| title | Olivia Stokes Hatch Papers, 1874-1983 | repository | Bryn Mawr College |
| description | This is a collection of the personal papers of Olivia Stokes Hatch. The bulk of the collection consists of personal correspondence, much of it between Hatch and her mother, Caroline Mitchell Phelps Stokes. Other correspondents include her husband, John Davis Hatch, Jr., and his mother, Gethel Gregg Hatch. Another portion of the collection consists of the papers of Anna V.S. Mitchell, Hatch's aunt. These include letters to and from Mitchell, diaries, and miscellaneous printed materials. The collection also includes photographs, invitations, and calling cards. Background Olivia Stokes Hatch (1908-1983) attended Bryn Mawr College from 1925 to 1930. Before her marriage in 1939 she was active in the American Red Cross and the American Conferences of Social Work. After her marriage, she worked with the League of Women Voters, the Race Relations Group, and the Red Cross Speaker's Bureau. She traveled extensively in the United States, Africa, and Central and South America. LOCATION B Canaday Special Collections (Manuscript Collection) |
| extent | 12.75 linear feet |
| formats | Personal Papers Correspondence Ephemera Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/record=b3354227~S10 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:07 |
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