Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Administrative Information
Biographical Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection Summary
Collection Title: A.L. Kroeber family photographs
Date (inclusive): circa 1870-1969
Date (bulk): 1910-1960
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1978.128
Extent:
4 boxes (ca. 425 photographic prints, 133 negatives, 5 slides) and 4 albums (ca. 1128 items) : some color ; various sizes.
14 digital objects (14 images)
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
RESTRICTED NEGATIVES: Use of negatives only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials
should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.
NITRATE NEGATIVES CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], A.L. Kroeber family photographs, BANC PIC 1978.128, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley
Alternate Forms Available
Digital reproductions of selected images are available.
Related Material
Theodora Kroeber pictorial collection (BANC PIC 1980.013-014--PIC, BANC PIC 1980.015--ALB)
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Transferred from the A.L. Kroeber papers (BANC MSS C-B 925), and Kroeber family papers (BANC MSS 82/132 c).
Biographical Information
Alfred L. Kroeber was an Anthropologist at the University of California, Berkeley. He is best known for his work on native
peoples of California and the American West. His first wife, Henriette Rothschild, died of tuberculosis in 1913. He married
Theodora Kracaw Brown in 1926, with whom he had two children, Karl Kroeber and Ursula K. Le Guin. He also adopted Theodore
Kroeber and Clifton B. Kroeber, two children from Theodora’s previous marriage. Alfred Kroeber died in Paris in 1960.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection is primarily family photographs: portraits of Alfred Kroeber and Thoedora Kroeber (some are publicity photos),
Alfred Kroeber's relatives, and snapshots of Kroeber’s children and grandchildren. In addition, there are photos related
to Alfred Kroeber's professional career including photographs of colleagues, Juan Dolores, Ishi, Robert Spott, and other native
peoples. There are some photos of trips to Peru, Mexico, Paris and US locations.