"Nepal" Photograph Album, 1949

Title:

"Nepal" Photograph Album, 1949

Date:

1949

Description:

This album is comprised of photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, and other documents from the Dillon Ripley Nepal Expedition, in which Getrude Legendre and others participated. The expedition was sponsored by the National Geographic Society, The Smithsonian Institute, and Yale University, and included travel through Nepalese villages, temples, and mountains, including Mount Everest.

Collection Title:

Gertrude Sanford Legendre Papers, 1844-1996

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Images

Series:

Gertrude Sanford Legendre Papers: Scrapbooks and Photo Albums

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Legendre, Gertrude Sanford, 1902-2000
Wentzel, Volkmar Kurt, 1915-2006
National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon), 1913-2001
Smithsonian Institution
Yale University

Topical Subject:

Mountains, Camping, Temples, Villages, Hiking, and Scientific expeditions

Geographic Subject:

Nepal

Shelving Locator:

Mss 182, PA1949a

Date Digital:

2014-12-16

Digitization Specifications:

400 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Bookeye 4V1, Archival masters are tiffs.

Format:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Copyright © College of Charleston Libraries

Access Statement:

This work is licensed for educational use only.

Access Information:

For more information contact Special Collections at Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424.

Admin ID:

24180

Admin ID (Page)

lcdl:67603/204355