Summer Palace and Elliot Smith, Peking 1930
- UTA 1084-3-6-B2011-0011/007M
- File
- 1930
Part of Black (Davidson) Family fonds
Summer Palace and Elliot Smith, Peking 1930
Part of Black (Davidson) Family fonds
Part of Black (Davidson) Family fonds
This series consists of five films made by Dr. Black. Four are home movies documenting his children, Davy and Nevitt; one is of the Summer Palace and Elliott Smith in Peking in 1930.
[Films from the excavation of Peking Man]
Part of Black (Davidson) Family fonds
These film were done for the Royal Society by Davidson Black. The first roll shows the localities as well as some of the excavation, quarrying, labelling of specimens etc...
Roll 2 is titles "A trip to Cho Kou Tien" and shows the countryside and villages en-route.
Roll 3 shows detailed excavation of the skull.
Davidson Black Home Movies - children
Part of Black (Davidson) Family fonds
[Billy Whiskers], [The Rough Riding Baboon], and [European Wonders Sensational Animal Show]
Part of Black (Davidson) Family fonds
Consists of one film reel containing copies of three commercial silent films most likely made in the 1920s.
Davidson William Black sous-fonds
Part of Black (Davidson) Family fonds
Black, Davidson [William]
This description is under review
Personal records of the Davidson Black family, covering three generations, with particular reference to Davidson Black, the discoverer of Peking Man. Included are his diaries, extensive family correspondence and a few professional letters; files on his education, his employment, including his service in World War I but especially at Peking Union Medical College, his life in China generally, along with a few on his writings, and some artifacts. There is an extensive and well documented photo collection that helps tie the whole together. There are also a number of films made by Davidson Black between the late 1920s and 1932.
Black (Davidson) Family