Smithsonian Human Studies Film Archives (HSFA)

The HSFA, in conjunction with the National Anthropological Archives, provides a unique anthropological repository for audio-visual, paper, and photographic records. "Collections comprise more than eight million feet of film (3,000 hours) and one thousand hours of video recordings. These visual research resources, along with related documentary materials, encompass a broad range of documentary, travelogue, ethnographic and amateur genres that span most of the 20th century. Associated collections include more than 250,000 photographs, fieldnotes and shot logs, audio field recordings, and a series of “video dialogues” with well-known anthropologists." An appointment is necessary to access physical collections, some material in collections are restricted, some items have been digitized and made available online, see website for details.