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Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Photographs relating to Reo and Eileen Fortune
- Date
- [ca 1875]-1971
- By
- Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979
- Reference
- PA-Group-00254
- Description
The collection falls into two parts:
1. Anthropological photographs taken by Reo Fortune in the late 1920s-1930s. 170 of the negatives date from this time. Associated with these are 2 groups of photographs relating to his return visits to Dobu in 1959 and 1970-1971. There are also some negatives and prints, originally filed with Fortune's research papers on the New Guinea Highlands, which covered two trips spanning 1930s to 1950s. Some of the prints have corresponding negatives. Images are likely to be of local people and scenes in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, particularly in Kamano, taken by Fortune, circa 1930s-1950s.
Also includes four portraits of Fortune taken circa 1940s and 1950s and 1970 or 1971.
2. Family photographs. The smaller groups of these relate to Reo Fortune and his family and there are two images of his first wife, the anthropologist Margaret Mead, with his parents.
The larger group of family photographs relate to his second wife, Eileen Pope before her marriage to Fortune, and then to their life together in China, North America, and Cambridge, England.
Title supplied by Library
Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-230268-F to 1/2-230548-F. 1/4-110420-F to 1/4-110544-F. 35mm-81098 to 35mm-81188. 35mm-102680 to 35mm-102758.
Quantity: 518 b&w original negative(s) 56 of which are 35mm negatives comprising 85 images. 170 colour original negative(s) 45 of which are 35mm negatives comprising 125 images. 1703 b&w original photographic print(s). 134 colour original photographic print(s). 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).
Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - From MS-Group-0923 Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979..
Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2005. Reference number changed from PAColl-8563 to PA-Group-00254 in 2008.
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- Format
- 518 b&w original negative(s) 56 of which are 35mm negatives comprising 85 images, 170 colour original negative(s) 45 of which are 35mm negatives comprising 125 images, 1703 b&w original photographic print(s), 134 colour original photographic print(s), 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s), Photographs
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Eileen Fortune's trip to Europe
Date: 1931-1932
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Photographs relating to Reo and Eileen Fortune
Reference: PAColl-8563-06
Description: Photographs taken on the sea voyage to France in 1931. These include deck scenes, views of Sydney Harbour and unidentified Australian locations, people and scenes in Colombo Sri Lanka, the Suez Canal, and Gibraltar. Other photographs record a holiday through the south of France to Italy in July 1932, and travells in France in September 1932. This included visiting Poitiers, and there is a group of postcards from that city. Other photographs show groups of people many of them young women, and most set in the countryside and on a farm or farms. One group of photographs associated with a street market show women in traditional costumes. Some of the photographs may relate to other students with whom she lived while in France, and two photographs may be of her fellow students and teachers in a class room. She also visited what looks like the International Colonial Exhibition which opened in Paris in May 1931. Quantity: 175 b&w original photographic print(s).
Eileen Fortune's trip to Europe and Britain
Date: 1931-1932
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Photographs relating to Reo and Eileen Fortune
Reference: PAColl-8563-07
Description: Photographs of a trip to Spain made by Eileen in about 1932. Alpine mountaineering and skiing trips in Germany and Norway made by men friends from Eileen's days with the Victoria University College Tramping Club. Views of castles and towns taken during a journey down the Danube. A New Zealand friend at Cambridge University. Photographs of Eileen with groups of unidentified men. Deck scenes taken during the journey from New Zealand. Holiday trips in Britain which include Eileen with her mother in Cornwall. Eileen with her collegues at Wellington Girls College. Two photographs of Kingsford Smith's "Southern Cross" aeroplane. Two images are of hay making on "Earle's farm" in New Zealand. Quantity: 226 b&w original photographic print(s).
Dobu
Date: [1927 or 1959]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Photographs relating to Reo and Eileen Fortune
Reference: 35mm-102680
Description: Photograph taken by Fortune, likely in 1959 or 1927. Shows people, trees, and a structure. Fortune was on Dobu Island for six months in 1927 and returned in 1959. Reo Fortune visited Dobu island in 1928, 1959, and 1970-1971. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 120 film negative, 6 x 6 cm Transfers: This negative was received in an envelope with prints PAColl-10546-028 to PAColl-10546-053. The original enclosure is retained with PAColl-10546.. Processing information: Negative was received folded in a piece of paper which read "[Dobu?]".
Photograph of Reo and Eileen Fortune on Dobu
Date: 1970
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Photographs relating to Reo and Eileen Fortune
Reference: PA12-5486
Description: Reo and Eileen Fortune on the beach at Dobu in Novemeber/December 1970. Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparency, 35mm, mounted
Fore
Date: [1932-1933, 1935, 1951-1952, 1959]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Photographs relating to Reo and Eileen Fortune
Reference: 35mm-102752
Description: Two images showing large group of Fore people sitting in front of a thatched building. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 2 images. Physical Description: 120 film negative, 6 x 12 cm Transfers: This negative was received in an envelope with negatives 35mm-102744 to 35mm-102753 and prints PAColl-10546-121 to PAColl-10546-133. The original enclosure is retained with PAColl-10546..
Fore
Date: [1932-1933, 1935, 1951-1952, 1959]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Photographs relating to Reo and Eileen Fortune
Reference: 35mm-102749
Description: Images showing groups of Fore people, including men, children, and women. There is a structure visible in the background. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 2 images. Physical Description: 120 film negative, 6 x 12 cm Transfers: This negative was received in an envelope with negatives 35mm-102744 to 35mm-102753 and prints PAColl-10546-121 to PAColl-10546-133. The original enclosure is retained with PAColl-10546..
Fore
Date: [1932-1933, 1935, 1951-1952, 1959]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Photographs relating to Reo and Eileen Fortune
Reference: 35mm-102753
Description: Photograph taken by Fortune, circa 1930s or 1950s of Fore people, both images both showing a man, a woman, and three children. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 2 images. Physical Description: 120 film negative, 6 x 12 cm Transfers: This negative was received in an envelope with negatives 35mm-102744 to 35mm-102753 and prints PAColl-10546-121 to PAColl-10546-133. The original enclosure is retained with PAColl-10546..
Fore
Date: [1932-1933, 1935, 1951-1952, 1959]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Photographs relating to Reo and Eileen Fortune
Reference: 35mm-102750
Description: Two images showing large group of Fore people sitting in front of a building. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 2 images. Physical Description: 120 film negative, 6 x 12 cm Transfers: This negative was received in an envelope with negatives 35mm-102744 to 35mm-102753 and prints PAColl-10546-121 to PAColl-10546-133. The original enclosure is retained with PAColl-10546..
Shipboard
Date: [1932-1933, 1935, 1951-1952, 1959]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Photographs relating to Reo and Eileen Fortune
Reference: 35mm-102756
Description: Photograph taken by Fortune, circa 1930s or 1950s. One image shows a ship on open water, one image shows unidentified man standing on ship in a bathing suit. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 2 images. Physical Description: 120 film negative, 6 x 12 cm Transfers: This negative was received in an envelope with negatives 35mm-102754 to 35mm-102753 and prints PAColl-10546-135 to PAColl-10546-142. The original enclosure is retained with PAColl-10546..
Shipboard
Date: [1932-1933, 1935, 1951-1952, 1959]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Photographs relating to Reo and Eileen Fortune
Reference: 35mm-102754
Description: Photograph taken by Fortune, circa 1930s or 1950s. Shows ships, water, and land. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 2 images. Physical Description: 120 film negative, 6 x 12 cm Transfers: This negative was received in an envelope with negatives 35mm-102754 to 35mm-102753 and prints PAColl-10546-135 to PAColl-10546-142. The original enclosure is retained with PAColl-10546..