Canudos War, Brazil Photographs Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-989-005
Scope and Content
Photographs taken during the War of Canudos (Conselheiro Insurrection) in the State of Bahia, Brazil, 1893-1897. Includes Army officers and troops, encampments, views of Canudos and the neighboring towns, captured "jaguncos" (the followers of Antônio Conselheiro), the exhumed body of Conselheiro, and prisoners of war. Some officers are named in captions. There is also a photograph of Flávio de Barros, "expeditionary photographer." Brazilian photo historian Gilberto Ferrez has attributed these photographs to J. Gutierrez, a Spanish photographer who worked in Brazil.
Dates
- 1893-1897
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Extent
206 items (1 boxes) : 58 photographic prints, 148 slides
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photographs taken during the War of Canudos (Conselheiro Insurrection) in the State of Bahia, Brazil, 1893-1897.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.
Processing Information
Copied on slide film from the original albumen prints in two albums at the Museu da Republica in Rio de Janeiro in 1987 by Stella de Sa Rego. Prints and negatives made from the slides by Michael Hagar of the George Eastman House in 1989.
- Bahia (Brazil : State)
- Barros, Flávio de
- Brazil -- Armed Forces -- Officers -- 19th century -- Pictorial works
- Brazil -- History -- Canudos Campaign, 1893-1897 -- Pictorial works
- Brazil -- History, Military -- 19th century -- Pictorial works
- Conselheiro, Antônio, 1830-1897
- Negatives (Photographs)
- Photographers -- Brazil -- 19th century
- Photographic prints
- Prisoners of war -- Brazil -- Bahia (State) -- 19th century -- Pictorial works
- Salvador (Brazil)
- Slides
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Canudos War, Brazil Photographs Collection, 1893-1897
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- © 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451