Helmut de Terra Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-163
Scope and Content
Photographs documenting the travels of Dr. Helmut de Terra throughout Asia and the Americas. This collection includes several photographs of Mesoamerican artifacts.
Dates
- 1921-1950
Creator
- De Terra, Helmut, 1900-1981 (Person)
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.
Biography
Helmut de Terra (1900-1981) was born in Guben, Germany to Margrit and Otto de Terra. De Terra received his doctorate in geography from the University of Munich. After coming to the United States, he became an Assistant Professor at Yale University and later a Research Associate at the Carnegie Institution in Washington. He was also an Associate Professor at the New School for Social Research and Chief of Regional Research for the US Board of Geology, Department of Interior. His research interests included geography and pleistocene geology of high central Asia and southern Asia as well as the relationship between environment and human prehistory. De Terra conducted research expeditions to India, Burma, Java, Tibet, and Mexico, and he is known for the discovery of "Tepexpan Man," a prehistoric human skull from Mexico.
Extent
uncounted items (4 boxes) : 3 folders, 6 photograph albums, with uncounted photographic prints
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photographs documenting the travels of Dr. Helmut Deterra throughout Asia and the Americas.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.
Separated Material
The photographic material was separated from the Helmut de Terra Papers.
Creator
- De Terra, Helmut, 1900-1981 (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Helmut de Terra Photograph Collection, 1921-1950
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- © 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
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