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italiansoldiersethiopianphotos Guide to the Italian soldier's Ethiopian photograph album, 1935-1937 Processed by: Alice Poffinberger; machine-readable finding aid created by: Noah Huffman David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 004063555

Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record via DukeMARC2EAD.xslDate of source: February 2010Processed by Alice Poffinberger, February 2010; Finding Aid encoded by Noah Huffman, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, February 2010 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Guide to the Italian soldier's Ethiopian photograph album, 1935-1937 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Italian soldier's Ethiopian photograph album, 1935-1937 Materials in English 1 item (0.6 lin. ft.) For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Collection comprises a photograph album maintained by an Italian soldier stationed in Ethiopia during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and the subsequent Italian occupation of the region. The soldier is unidentified, but his name may be the one that is embossed on the lower right-hand corner of the album's leather cover. On the first page of the album is a postcard announcing the Italian troop's victorious entry into Addis Ababa. Comprises 133 black-and-white photographs, ranging in size from 2"x1" to 4.75"x6", of the A.O.I. (Africa Orientale Italiana). The photographs are divided into groups by city, and many have captions written in Italian. Cities and other locations mentioned include Axum, Scire, Gondar, Cheren, Asmara, Lake Tana, Adua, and Addis Ababa, among others. In addition to images of military maneuvers, there are photographs of social customs and conditions (markets, native buildings, hairdos, priests, pilgrims, ceremonies, families, etc.), wildlife, and landscapes. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Italian soldier's Ethiopian photograph album, 1935-1937, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

Purchase, 2008

Processing Information

Processed by: Alice Poffinberger, February 2010

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, February 2010

Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2008-0295

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Collection Overview

Collection comprises a photograph album maintained by an Italian soldier stationed in Ethiopia during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and the subsequent Italian occupation of the region. The soldier is unidentified, but his name may be the one that is embossed on the lower right-hand corner of the album's leather cover. On the first page of the album is a postcard announcing the Italian troop's victorious entry into Addis Ababa. Comprises 133 black-and-white photographs, ranging in size from 2"x1" to 4.75"x6", of the A.O.I. (Africa Orientale Italiana). The photographs are divided into groups by city, and many have captions written in Italian. Cities and other locations mentioned include Axum, Scire, Gondar, Cheren, Asmara, Lake Tana, Adua, and Addis Ababa, among others. In addition to images of military maneuvers, there are photographs of social customs and conditions (markets, native buildings, hairdos, priests, pilgrims, ceremonies, families, etc.), wildlife, and landscapes.

Subject Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936. Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936--Pictorial works. Fascism--Ethiopia--Pictorial works. Archive of Documentary Arts (Duke University) John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture. Africa, Northeast--Description and travel. Africa, Northeast--History. Ethiopia--Foreign relations--Italy--Pictorial works. Ethiopia--History--1889-1974. Ethiopia--Description and travel. Ethiopia--Social life and customs. Italy--Foreign relations--Ethiopia--Pictorial works. Photograph album. Black-and-white photographs.