Gino E. Conti Collection (GEC)
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
Brown University300 Tower Street
Bristol, RI 02809
Tel: (401) 863-5700
Collection Overview
| Title: | Gino E. Conti Collection |
| Date range: | 1928-1973, 1958-1973 |
| Creator: | Gino Emilio Conti, 1900-1983 |
| Extent: | 3.2 Linear feet |
| Abstract: | The photographic collection encompasses the years of 1958 until 1973 and documents Rhode Island artist Gino Conti's travels in the American southwest and northern Mexico, primarily on American Indian reservations. It consists of over 3,700 photographic prints, negatives and slides, a disbound photo album and calendar pages used to record the locations of his travels. The collection also includes a box of postcards, a letter, newspaper clippings, art exhibition flyers, images of religious art and architecture, a reference book on the Tarahumana signed by Conti and a related ethnographic collection. |
| Physical location: | Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology Collections and Research Center 300 Tower Road Bristol, Rhode Island 02809 Phone: (401) 863-5700 Email: haffenreffermuseum@brown.edu |
| Language of materials: | English . English, Italian, Spanish, French |
| Repository: | Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology |
| Collection number: | GEC |
