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Letter to the Mr. Frederick S. Arkhurst, First Secretary for the Ghana Mission, from Eliot Elisofon, 12/04/57, regarding Eliot Elisofon's trip to Africa, and requesting that he be allowed to photograph the Prime Minister

1957

African history · place not specified

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.

Cataloged as “Letter to the Mr. Frederick S. Arkhurst, First Secretary for the Ghana Mission, from Eliot Elisofon, 12/04/57, regarding Eliot Elisofon's trip to Africa, and requesting that he be allowed to photograph the Prime Minister”.

Collection
Eliot Elisofon Field collection
Archival grouping
Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Manuscript Materials / S-2: African Memo
Catalog date
1957
Cataloged creator or photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
About this record

This is a catalog record for historical archival material, not a biography. Catalog wording reflects the source record. Metadata reuse does not grant permission to reproduce restricted photographs or documents.

Sources & collection details

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: sova.eepa.1973-001_ref39827

Collection: Eliot Elisofon Field collection

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