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A Guide to the Bob Campbell Papers
Finding aid created by Dan Reboussin and Janna Royal
University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
July 2016
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator: | Campbell, Bob (Bob Ian Martin) | |
| Title: | Bob Campbell Papers | |
| Dates: | 1948-2011 | |
| Bulk dates: | 1965-1995 | |
| Abstract: | Bob Campbell is best known for his success encouraging and filming the first peaceful close encounters between a human and mountain gorillas, as part of Dian Fossey's conservation and primatology field research at the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda, Central Africa. The bulk of the collection is Bob Campbell's professional photographic work, primarily on the subjects of African wildlife and orchids, with an emphasis on East African species. | |
| Extent: | 11.15 Linear feet. 19 boxes (including approximately 15,050 slides). | |
| Identification: | MSS 0345 | |
| Language(s): | English | |
 | Items from this collection have been digitized and are available online in the UF Digital Collections. For more information please see the note below. | |
Biographical/Historical Note
Born on October 29, 1930 in England, Bob Campbell was raised in Kenya. He attended primary school in Nairobi and public school in Surrey. After working several jobs, he joined the army in 1952, serving in the Kings African Rifles until 1955. Following military service, he worked as an auto mechanic and partnered in an independent garage. Through his future wife Heather, a veterinarian, Campbell met Emmy Award-winning wildlife filmmaker Des Bartlett, who offered him his first photography-related work. Bob processed film for Bartlett's Operation Noah, a documentary on the Kariba Dam wildlife rescue project. In 1963, he joined Armand Denis Productions and became friends with Richard Leakey on a paleoanthropology filming expedition for ABC-TV in 1964. Bob and Heather equipped the entire safari in eleven days. Campbell began freelancing as a camera operator that year, working with filmmaker Alan Root on Leakey's projects for National Geographic in 1967 and 1969.
Through his friendship and project work with Richard Leakey, Campbell was asked to watch over Fossey's research camp at Karisoke during her two-month absence in 1968. He filmed gorillas on his own, but soon began working for National Geographic, which in January 1970 published his work as a cover story. He is best known for his then-unique success in encouraging and filming Fossey's historic first close peaceful interactions with gorillas in the field, continuing to film such encounters over the three-and-a-half years they collaborated. His final film with gorillas was shot in 1972, when he met Aubrey Buxton, founder of one of television's longest running and most successful nature documentary series, Survival. Campbell began work for Survival in 1973, filming many documentaries over the following 17 years. After Fossey's 1985 murder, Bob shot production stills for Gorillas in the Mist. Uncomfortable with the Academy Award-nominated film's dramatic embellishments, Bob authored his own account, The Taming of the Gorillas (published in 2000). He retired from Survival shortly thereafter. Campbell died on June 14, 2014 in Nairobi.
Scope and Content
The bulk of the collection (1948-2011) is Bob Campbell's professional photographic work with African wildlife species as the primary subjects, most notably Dian Fossey's research with mountain gorillas and (later) African orchids. Another important focus is on the Leakey's excavation of prehistoric hominin fossils at various sites. Campbell documented Richard Leakey's projects throughout his career, including his campaign against the illegal trade in ivory as head of Kenya's Wildlife Conservation and Management Department (later, the Kenya Wildlife Service). Most numerous are images of East African wildlife, including large game species, predators, primates, birds, reptiles, and insects. Evidence documenting his creative process, such as field notes and editorial correspondence evaluating film for publication, may be of particular research interest. Included are incomplete typescript chapter drafts for his 2000 book, The Taming of the Gorillas (with unpublished autobiographical chapter drafts) and a documentary screenplay typescript on mountain gorillas. Audio recordings and silent motion picture film offer additional perspectives, with many fragments or unedited B-rolls, but also several high quality examples of this aspect of his creative work. Some personal materials (historical and contemporary photographs of his family, friends, colleagues, pets, homes, as well as passports, logbooks, daybooks, and expense records) are also included. These may help researchers to associate photographs, film and audio recordings with specific projects, dates, and locations.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into two series: "Series I. Audio and visual media" and "Series 2. Professional and personal papers." Each series is further divided into subseries, based on format, following the original arrangement.
Access or Use Restrictions
Access
This collection is open for research.
Related or Separated Material
Bob's autobiographical account of his work with Dian Fossey, his oral history with Wild Film History, and the National Geographic documentary all provide insight into his life and work:
- Campbell, Bob. The Taming of the Gorillas. London: Minerva, 2000.
- National Geographic Television and Film. The Lost Film of Dian Fossey. New York, N.Y.: Films Media Group, 2010.
- Hartley, Jean. "Robert Ian Martin Campbell". WildFilmHistory. Bristol (UK): Wildscreen, 2008. http://www.wildfilmhistory.org/oh/42/
Administrative Information
Alternative formats
Digital reproductions of selected audio, video, and photographic images in the Bob Campbell Papers are available online via the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC). Please read the Permissions for Use statement for information on copyright, fair use, and use of UFDC digital objects.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Bob Campbell Papers, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated by Heather Campbell in February 2015.
Processing Notes
Access to audio recordings and 16 mm silent motion picture films is provided through digitized files at UFDC. Campbell's labels for slide folders (or trays) and tabs within trays are used, with some added or modified for clarity, consistency, or to reflect current terminology. Based on their apparent priority selection and use by Campbell for presentations, all 35 mm slides housed in transparent binder sheets were also digitized, along with the slides labeled "Gorilla lecture, 1967-1974." These originals are rehoused in binder sheets.
Items returned to the family include personal correspondence of Ronald J. Campbell (Bob's father) from his Royal Artillery service in India and Europe, immediately before and during World War I. The donation included several Kenyan serial titles, several of which will be cataloged (e.g., Women in Kenya). Newspaper clipping files were discarded.
Contents List
I. Audio and visual media. | |||||||||||||
Subject species include: African wild dog, baboon, buffalo, bush baby (galago), bushbuck, butterflies, caracal, cheetah, climbing (Dendromus) mice, colobus monkey, crocodile, eland, elephant, flamingo, flatid bugs and nymphs, gerenuk, giraffe, gorilla, grasshopper, hippopotamus, honey badger (ratel), hyena, hyrax, impala, lion, macaque, mongoose, moths, oryx, ostrich, praying mantis, rhinoceros, snakes (cobra), spiders, vultures, vulturine Guinea fowl (guineafowl), wildebeest, and zebra. In some cases, skeletal fossil species are depicted in situ at excavation sites or as reconstructions and models at laboratories and museums. There are photographs of ivory destruction and game trophy burning events in 1990 and 1991. Places depicted include: Aberdare National Park (Kenya), Amboseli National Park (Kenya), Laetoli (Tanzania), Lake Baringo (Tanzania), Lake Magadi (Kenya), Lake Manyara National Park (Tanzania), Lake Naivasha (Kenya), Lake Turkana [formerly Lake Rudolf] (Kenya) including Richard Leakey's excavation sites at Allia Bay and Koobi Fora, Luangwa (Lower Zambezi National Park (Zambia), Maasai Mara National Reserve (Kenya), Mount Kenya (Kenya), Mount Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro National Park (Tanzania), Nairobi National Park (Kenya), Ngong Hills (Kenya), Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania), Samburu National Reserve (Kenya), Tsavo East National Park and/or Tsavo West National Park (Kenya), and Volcanoes National Park (Rwanda) where Dian Fossey founded the Karisoke Research Center. | |||||||||||||
I.a. Slides. | |||||||||||||
I.a.i. 35 mm format color transparencies in original order. | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Giraffe slides. 1970 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Giraffe slides. 1970 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Giraffe slides. 1970 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Giraffe slides. 1970 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Giraffe slides. 1974-1975 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Giraffe slides. 1970, 1975 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Giraffes and gorillas. 1970-1972, 1975 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Gorilla slides. 1972 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Gorilla slides. 1969-1972 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Gorillas, orchids, ivory burning, elephant TV special. 1970, 1972, 1988-1991 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Ivory burning and elephants TV special. 1987-1988, 1990 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Elephants TV special, ivory, Des's bird pictures, Dr. Carmichael Dr. Paynes. 1989, 1971, undated | |||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Dr. Carmichael and Dr. Paynes, Rwanda, Gorillas, Leakey expedition. 1969-1972 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Gorillas, orchids, elephants, East Rudolf. 1968-1969, 1985, undated | |||||||||||
| 2 | 7 | Pumphouse baboons, Mara animals. 1979-1981, 1986-1988 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 8 | Pumphouse baboons, Mara animals, footprints. 1966-1978, 1980-1983, 1985 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Various animals including baboons and wild dogs. 1970, 1974, 1979-1982 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Baboons, Magadi, Etosha, and other animals. 1977-1978, 1980-1982, 1985 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Animals from Mara reserve, Amboseli, and Nairobi Park. 1973-1974, 1978, 1980-1982, 1985 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Amboseli, Mara, Magadi, bamburi, elephants, gorillas. 1969-1972, 1974, 1976-1978 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Luangwa, Amboseli, Mara animals, orchid show. 1974, 1976-1978 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Animals photography. 1974, 1978-1983 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 7 | Animal photography. 1974, 1978-1981, 1985, 1987 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 8 | Mara animals, Lake Bogoria, gorillas. 1969-1972, 1978, 1980-1981 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Gorillas, bushbuck, Lake Natron, house. 1964, 1969-1972, undated | |||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Ngong hills, Lake Rudolf, orchids, Mara lions, gorillas. 1969-1972, undated | |||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Gorillas, orchids. 1969-1972 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Gorillas, Lake Rudolf. 1969-1972 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Gorillas, other wildlife, landscapes, orchids. 1964-1981,1985 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Landscapes, wildlife, and orchids. 1964-1979 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 7 | Kenya maps, flowers, Grand Canyon, balloons, Brazil. 1965-1979 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 8 | Flatid bugs, L. Magadi, Illainyamok, Tucson area, rock garden. 1973-1977,1985 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Rock garden, Dr. Leakey fossil excavation, Dian and dog, baby gorilla, Rafiki, Nairobi, birds and flowers, animals, Heather, Mara animals. 1965-1978 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Mara, Amboseli, Luangwa animals. 1976-1978 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Luangwa animals and gorillas. 1969-1972, 1977 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Gorillas, snakes, people(Masai Norok), Keith Norak, jadini caracal, hyrax, Mara. 1966-1972 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | Manyara lamp, orchids, dogs, Olduvai party, Sievkwe Vanessa, animals, sunsets and landscapes, Baringo lake, Rena's pictures, gorillas. 1966-1972 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | Various topics, gorillas, elephants, animals, Rudolf. 1966-1972 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 7 | Various animals, Rudolf, gorillas. 1966-1976 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 8 | Various animals, Rudolf, gorilla research, afterbirth, gorillas. 1966-1976 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | Gorillas. 1969-1972 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | Gorillas. 1969-1972 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 3 | Gorillas. 1969-1972 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 4 | Gorillas. 1969-1972 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | Gorillas. 1969-1972 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | Gorillas. 1969-1972 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | Gorillas, nose prints, various. 1969-1972 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 8 | Gorillas, Tsavo and Mara, Amboseli animals, dupes, Naivasha. 1969-1972,1974, 1976, 1978 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 9 | Mara animals, Mt. Kenya, Magadi, skull, landscape, plants, spider. 1974-1975, 1978, undated | |||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | Black and white prints, 35mm slides of gorillas in binder sheets. (8 sheets). 1969-1972 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 2 | Black and white prints, 35mm slides of gorillas, other wildlife in binder sheets. (11 sheets). 1969-1972 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 35mm slides of giraffes, baboons, rhinos, and other wildlife in binder sheets. (15 sheets). 1963-1982 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 4 | 35mm slides of lions, rhinos, elephants, and other wildlife in binder sheets. (11 sheets). 1966-1982 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 35mm slides of gorilla research in binder sheets. (10 sheets). 1969-1972 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 6 | 35mm slides of gorilla research in binder sheets. (19 sheets). 1969-1972 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | 35mm slides of gorilla research in binder sheets. (13 sheets). 1968-1972 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 8 | 35mm slides of gorilla research, Omo river, and Manyara in binder sheets. (3 sheets). 1969-1972, 1978-1979 | |||||||||||
I.a.ii. Medium format (60 x 60 mm) mounted color transparencies (most undated, subjects from divider tabs). | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | Orchid slides. 1970s, undated | |||||||||||
| 8 | 2 | Orchid slides. 1966, 1970s, 1990, undated | |||||||||||
| 8 | 3 | Orchid slides. 1966, 1969, undated | |||||||||||
| 8 | 4 | Orchids, wild animals, trees, lion surgery. 1967, 1969, 1974, undated | |||||||||||
| 8 | 5 | Domestic cat, wild animals, landscape. undated | |||||||||||
| 8 | 6 | "Fossils zinj," wild animals. undated | |||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | Wild animals, flowers. undated | |||||||||||
| 9 | 2 | Wild animals, landscapes, fossils, illustrations. 1970s, 1980s, undated | |||||||||||
| 9 | 3 | Dr. Leakey, wild animals, flowers, illustrations, dendromus. 1960s, 1970s, undated | |||||||||||
| 9 | 4 | Lion surgery, fossils, landscape, domestic and wild animals, illustrations, Leakey expedition, flowers. undated | |||||||||||
| 9 | 5 | Wild animals, illustrations, artwork, flatid bugs. undated | |||||||||||
| 9 | 6 | Elephants, Africans, orchids, flatid bugs, other bugs and animals. undated | |||||||||||
| 17 | Bruce Coleman, Ltd. stock photo transparencies of animals, insects, and orchids (approx. 167 5"X4" mounted slides). undated | ||||||||||||
I.b. Photographic prints, slide transparencies, and negatives. | |||||||||||||
Several of the folders in box 10 with cardboard album pages and typed captions had prints removed prior to accession. Box 10, folders 8-11 contain plastic albums. Box 16 items with BC are black and white contact prints with cropping indications and negatives in small booklets. | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 10 | 1 | Gorilla research, porters and guards, bushbuck, Bob's work as mechanic, Leakey family and fossil skull (sleeved prints). undated | |||||||||||
| 10 | 2 | Personal photographs of Heather Campbell, Campbell's cars, house, pet hyraxes, boat, and pet dogs (sleeved prints). Elephants sleeved negative with cropping instructions. undated | |||||||||||
| 10 | 3 | "Bob's life" (sleeved prints). Bob with ciné cameras, with gorillas and guards, at Olduvai, in Karisoke cabin. Black and white colobus monkeys. Pet hyraxes, Flurry and Curry. Family group photograph, house at Karen. undated | |||||||||||
| 10 | 4 | Gerenuk, buffalo at Samburu 1965, color sleeved prints, black and white contact prints, and negatives of African wildlife. undated | |||||||||||
| 10 | 5 | Wildlife photographs including lizard, wildebeest, lion/leopard hybrid, rhino, giraffe, and guide book illustrations (bird and monkey identification images without creator or publication identified). Bob and Heather Campbell wedding in 1961 (sleeved prints). undated | |||||||||||
| 10 | 6 | Bulk is separated album pages with captions and some prints removed. Gorillas, Photographs of Bob Campbell, some with gorillas or cameras in field or at camp by Dian Fossey at Karisoke, photographs of Dian Fossey (one signed by Bob Campbell, 1970), personal photographs of pet dogs with names (sleeved prints). undated | |||||||||||
| 10 | 7 | Gorilla picture book, Dian meeting tracker Sanwekwe with guards, Dian with first student resident Alan Goodall, cattle on mountain slope, Digit, Flossie and Augustus. Includes posters for Gorillas in the Mist, photographs of Richard Leakey, Australopithecus fossil skull 1470, Lake Rudolf 1968, Mursi fishermen, Omo River 1967. "Years of Survival" and personal photographs of Campbell including from his service with King's African Rifles at Ragati Forest. undated | |||||||||||
| 10 | 8 | Red album. Wildlife photographs including Mara buffalo 1980?, "Charlie" chimpanzee, gorillas including Rafiki (Group 8 leader, 1969); landscapes, aerial map of Mount Visoke and Karisoke camp location, Ileret (Kenya) in 1970 and 2010, Lake Turkana central island, Koobi Fora spit in 1968 and 1974, expedition vehicles "on the way to Lokori 1967", orchid shows, Bob Campbell (album with sleeved prints) includes personal and historic family photographs, Campbell's decorated honeymoon car, Heather's orchid exhibits and trophies, family homes in 1966, 1926, 1929, photographs of Campbell's army service, Ithwagi [Ihwagi?] Hill camp, on patrol in Mt. Kenya forest, 1954. undated | |||||||||||
| 10 | 9 | Green album. Gorilla identification photographs (collage), Rafiki 1969. Karisoke cabins and camp site, Digit and other gorillas. Pages from "Gorilla picture book." "Sandy Harcourt and Dian, 1971." [UC Davis Professor Emeritus of Anthropology Alexander H. Harcourt]. Snared bushbuck, other wildlife including albino frog, apparent production stills from Gorillas in the Mist, published images possibly from a magazine, topographic map of Mount Visoke, Dian Fossey with her Congolese tracking guide Sanwekwe, Heather Campbell, Louis Leakey, MG car restoration, safari or expedition images, "Bob Campbell with Des Bartlett and Alan Root, 2006, © Jen Bartlett." "Mara 4 Feb., 2006 at Sue Allan's Ol Seki Safari Camp," personal family photographs including Bob Campbell's father Ronald J. Campbell in Royal Artillery uniform, on a tractor, with a lion in 1924, Bob as young man, on motorcycle, in the army with soldiers, home computer printed images of himself, airplane, dog (album with sleeved prints). undated | |||||||||||
| 10 | 10 | Brown album. Python tooth extraction photograph, Leakey expeditions 19674, 1968, Omo River 1967, Mursi people, gorillas including Digit, Uncle Bert, Flossie, Maisie, buffalo in foreground with mountain in background, Taming of the Gorillas book cover, Mt. Visoke aerial with labels, baboon, elephant, zebra, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, flamingo, other wildlife including kudu, wild dog, albino giraffe, black and white colobus monkeys, snakes (album with sleeved prints). undated | |||||||||||
| 10 | 11 | Black album. Computer printouts from scanned photographs of Cusco, Cuenca and Machu Picchu, Ecuador 2004, Panama hat making, "Elephants bathing in Ewaso Ng'iro River, 1978," Maasai spear hunting rhinoceros 1976, giraffe, lions, Etosha (Namibia) Kudu 1981, Luangwa River hippos 1976, Olduvai Gorge, 1978, Kanapoi 1994, Omo River delta 1967, W. L. Turkana, oryx, dhow 1974, Lake Natron 1965. Photograph by Bob Campbell's father, Ronald J. Campbell: "Mkamba ladies, Machakos area, 1926". undated | |||||||||||
| 15 | 1 | Unmounted orchid transparencies. undated | |||||||||||
| 15 | 2 | Unmounted transparencies of wildlife, skyline. undated | |||||||||||
| 15 | 3 | Various orchids and beryl herb plants (unmounted transparencies). undated | |||||||||||
| 15 | 4 | Unmounted transparencies of orchids, Ngong hills, and Beryl herbs. 1998, undated | |||||||||||
| 15 | 5 | Unmounted transparencies of orchids and birds. undated | |||||||||||
| 15 | 6 | Unmounted 35mm transparencies and loose papers of Campbell's autobiography. undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC1-100 | Various animals (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC101-200 | Various animals, rodent skulls, insects, people (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC201-300 | African people, insects, lions, elephants (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC301-400 | Birds, bones, jaguars (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC401-500 | Various animals (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC501-600 | Various animals (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC601-700 | Insects, scenery (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC701-800 | Rhino capture (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC801-900 | Animals, portraits, and landscapes (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC901-1000 | Birds (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC1001-1100 | Portrait, scenery, landscapes, various animals (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC1101-1200 | Elephants, scenery (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC1201-1300 | Various animals, flowers (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC1301-1400 | Crocodiles and other animals (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC1401-1500 | Vultures, flowers, lion (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC1501-1600 | Lion surgery, bush baby, zebra (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC1601-1700 | Various subjects (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC1701-1800 | Fossil skulls, various animals, orchids (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC1801-1900 | Various animals, fossil skulls (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 16 | BC1901-2000 | Various animals, fossil skulls (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 17 | BC2001-2100 | Lions and other animals, scenery (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 17 | BC2101-2200 | Aerials, various animals (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
| 17 | BC2201-2300 | Aerials, rhino (unlabeled black and white contact prints and negatives in binder). undated | |||||||||||
1.c. Audio recordings (reel-to-reel, unless otherwise noted). | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 18 | A1 | Dian Fossey lecture on "The Mountain Gorilla" to National Georgraphic Society. 1973 Novemer 16 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A2 | Field recording labeled "baboon youngsters, calling and screaming, et cetera". undated | |||||||||||
| 18 | A3 | Field recording of bird chorus, Karen (Nairobi, Kenya). 1972 June 12 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A4 | Field recordings of Black-Headed Oriole, Verreaux's Eagle-Owl, shrike, and dove; bird calls with calls of Colobus monkeys at Lake Naivasha, Kenya. 1976 February 20 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A5 | Field recordings of weaver birds, including Speke's weaver. 1978 March 9 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A6 | Field recording: the early morning bird chorus at Karen (Nairobi, Kenya). 1972 June 8 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A7 | Field recording: early morning chorus of unidentified bird calls. 1972 April 8 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A8 | Field recording of hyrax, crickets, squirrel, Robin Chat, Francolin, shrikes. undated | |||||||||||
| 18 | A9 | Field recording of gorilla vocalizations, chest beating and other behaviors. 1968 October | |||||||||||
| 18 | A10 | Field recording of Group 8 gorilla chestbeats, warning shout, et cetera. 1968 October | |||||||||||
| 18 | A11 | Field recording of gorilla "warning calls and a few chestbeats from Geronimo". 1968 November 6 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A12 | Field recording of "a few [gorilla] chestbeats and towards the end one or two warning-danger calls". 1968 October | |||||||||||
| 18 | A13 | Field recording of gorillas, Group 9 "one chest beat and a few shouts from Geronimo mainly on 1st half of tape". 1968 November 5 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A14 | Field recording of Group 9 gorilla chest beats and shouts. 1968 November 6 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A15 | Field recording of birds, lions, bushbabies, wildebeeste, zebra, helmeted Guinea fowl calls at Amboseli National Park. 1977 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A16 | Field recording labeled "Marula lions roaring 200 ft". undated | |||||||||||
| 18 | A17 | Field recording labeled "crickets, hyaena, and night jar, followed by hyrax. Impala rutting, Francolin". undated | |||||||||||
| 18 | A18 | Field recording labeled "lion, leopard, birds, hyaena, elephant, rhino, buffalo, frogs". undated | |||||||||||
| 18 | A19 | Field recording labeled "hyrax, hyaena, leopard, lion and lion cub". undated | |||||||||||
| 18 | A20 | Field recording of Alan Walker and Richard Leakey discussing fossil Hominid skull no. 1813 that Alan has just cleaned and reconstructed. 1974 June 7 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A21 | Field recording labeled "Colobus monkeys, baboons, Omo River". 1967 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A22 | Field recording of Baboon, Colobus, birds, honey guide labeled "Omo River no. 1". 1967 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A23 | Field recording of Baboon, Colobus, birds; labeled "Omo River no. 2". 1967 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A24 | Field recording labeled "Omo River expedition 1973." No. 3. 1973 September 4 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A25 | Field recording: birdsong, frogs, cicadas, river, airplane, De Brazza's monkeys. Interview with Peter Gibbs. "Omo River expedition 1973." No. 4. 1973 September 5 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A26 | Field recording of interview with Peter Gibbs, Jim Moody continued on Roll 6. "Omo River expedition 1973." No. 5. 1973 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A27 | Field recording of interview with Jim Moody on running Omo rapids. "Omo River expedition 1973." No. 6. 1973 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A28 | Field recording of boatmen who ran big Omo rapid, Vulcan. "Omo River expedition 1973." No. 7. 1973 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A29 | Field recording continues group discussion on African people met on river banks, other highlights. "Omo River expedition 1973." No. 8. 1973 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A30 | Field recording labeled "Hyrax calling, Hartlaub's turaco". undated | |||||||||||
| 18 | A31 | Field recording of a group talking and singing in an African language. undated | |||||||||||
| 18 | A32 | Field and other recordings labeled "Nagra 4.2L tests". undated | |||||||||||
| 18 | A33 | Richard Leakey lecture, "Man -- A new perspective from Kenya" to National Geographic Society narrating Bob Campbell's film (1 cassette). 1973 March 29 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A34 | Survival: the music of nature (2 cassettes). 1997 | |||||||||||
| 18 | A35 | Audio book, Taming of the Gorillas (11 cassettes). 2000 September | |||||||||||
| 18 | A36 | Recorded lecture: Campbell introduced at beginning by Richard Leakey. undated | |||||||||||
| 18 | A37 | Recorded lecture: Campbell narrating his gorilla films. undated | |||||||||||
| 18 | A38 | Recorded lecture: Campbell narrating his gorilla slides. undated | |||||||||||
I.d. Motion picture film and video (film reels, unless otherwise noted). | |||||||||||||
Numbers M1-M22 are 3 5/8" reels, M23-M27 are 5" reels, M28-M29 are odd sizes, and M30-M36 are 3" reels. M37-M38 are VHS tapes and M39 is a filmstrip. The numbering sequence is not continuous due to blank reels being discarded during processing of the collection. | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 19 | M1 | "Climate" re: Richard Leakey's research site at Lake Turkana, Kenya. Images of lake shore, rocks and fossils on ground in situ, forested mountains with waterfall. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M2 | Film fragment of Richard Leakey holding stone tools in front of museum display cabinet. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M3 | Film fragment of gorillas, title credits "by Dian Fossey" and "Edited by Ronald S. Altemus". undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M4 | Group of about 17 elephants crossing a river, feeding on shore grass and tree leaves. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M5 | Mountain gorilla family groups in Rwanda: day nesting, youngsters playing, close up. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M6 | "Africa…..The Birth of Man" labeled EM 20120, bulk is map of Kenya. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M7 | Aerial views of mountains, lake shore, shorebirds labeled 171867 [Underexposed, spotty lens]. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M8 | Silhouette map of Kenya and Africa, Baringo fossil mandible, Kilimanjaro mountain landscape, Boeing jet, animated chart; label: 172034. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M9 | Gilgil baboons playing, drinking, carrying young around water trough; labeled O/N 154312 NBI 7252. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M10 | Guinea fowl, cats, lakeside camp, maps of Africa and Rift Valley, urban scenes with people, automobile traffic, museum, buildings; labeled 17201, 20108. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M11 | Mountain forest and agricultural landscapes in Rwanda, historical photos of gorillas as trophies. Faded. Labeled "original". undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M12 | Photos of gorillas as trophies from historic books, aerial Mount Visoke scenics, terraced hillside, aerial images of Visoke, Mt. Visoke crater lake, Mt. Mikeno, Karisimbi. Label: Original. Faded. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M14 | Film fragment of mountain gorilla environment, behavior. Faded. Label: "Tree bridge reel 1, 3 and 4". undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M15 | Dian Fossey in cabin, identifying gorilla skulls, mutilated gorilla, cattle damage, equipping park guards. Labeled "reel 1 30 31 32". undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M16 | Includes map of Africa, images of Great Rift Valley. Includes partial closing credits. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M17 | Film fragment of mountain gorilla mother "Flossie" feeding, nursing day old infant. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M18 | Film fragment labeled "reel 1. 21. Dian with Peanuts." Mountain gorillas feeding, with Dian Fossey observing them in field. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M19 | Bob and Heather Campbell at gathering outside a church. Labeled "No. 5986 Heather wedding". undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M20 | Bob and Heather Campbell leave church, at outdoor wedding reception. Labeled "No. 5988 Heather wedding". undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M22 | Museum lecture: "What is a man?" includes stills of faces and fossils. Label: Beaulieu 12x120 + 90 1/2 s. over. 1971 | |||||||||||
| 19 | M23 | Gilgil baboons foraging, grooming, at water trough, chasing gazelle in natural savannah setting. Labeled "484466 o/n 154317; 16 ASA; roll 2". 1974 September 22 | |||||||||||
| 19 | M24 | Porters, Dian leaving cabin to track gorillas, observing behavior in field, Coco and Pucker playing with dog Cindy. Labeled "reel 1. 13-20. AMOK C/B-18". undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M25 | Film fragment of mountain gorilla troop in field labeled "Gp 5 on slope Gp4-Gp5 confrontation, Bravado kidnap, Gp 4 moving L-R over stream". undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M27 | Dian observes gorillas in field. Label: Uncle Bert on slope looking, Digit watching, Tiger on tree, Papoose and Tiger groom Old Goat. Papoose, Tiger, Augustus. A + T in Vernonia and daynest, T demo, Digit F Prep daynest, Uncle Bert sitting in daynest and looking to L. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M28 | ANG lens test only with color control patches, gray scale: "Angenieux 10-150" and "12-120". 1978 July | |||||||||||
| 19 | M29 | Water hole activitiy, birds, herds, boat, expedition vehicles, sunset. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M30 | Duplicate 3" reel 8 mm not digitized. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M31 | Duplicate 3" reel 8 mm not digitized. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M32 | Duplicate 3" reel 8 mm not digitized. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M33 | Duplicate 3" reel 8 mm not digitized. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M34 | Duplicate 3" reel 8 mm not digitized. Label: Wedding. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M35 | Duplicate 3" reel 8 mm not digitized. Label: Elephant Lion Flower. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M36 | Duplicate 3" reel 8 mm not digitized. Label: P.E. Highway no good. undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M37 | "Time to Act." Michael Backes and Brian Callier (VHS cassette). undated | |||||||||||
| 19 | M38 | "Promises in the Mist" Morris Animal Foundation (VHS cassette). 1988 | |||||||||||
| 19 | M39 | "Kingdom of the Animals. Africa: Imperiled paradise." National Georgraphic Society (filmstrip). 1972 | |||||||||||
| 19 | M40 | Unknown content approx. 100' on 5" clear plastic reel, 8 mm. Not digitized. undated | |||||||||||
II. Professional and personal papers (logbooks include specific context by film rolls). | |||||||||||||
Daybooks are calendar diaries, primarily recording errands, expenses, et cetera, while logbooks contain field notes and accounts of encounters with wildlife. | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 11 | 17 | Accounting records for garage and photography business. 1965-1967,1978-1986 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 18 | Accounting records for garage and photography business. 1966-1974 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 1 | Accounting records for personal expenses. 1968 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 2 | Accounting records for personal expenses. 1969 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 3 | Accounting records for personal expenses. 1970 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 4 | Accounting records for personal expenses. 1971 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 5 | Accounting records for personal expenses. 1972 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 6 | Accounting records for personal expenses. 1973 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 7 | Accounting records for personal expenses. 1974 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 8 | Accounting records for personal expenses. 1975 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 9 | Accounting records for personal expenses. 1976 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 10 | Accounting records for personal expenses. 1977 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 11 | Accounting records for personal expenses. 1978 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 12 | Accounting records for personal expenses. 1979 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 13 | African Garden program plans. 1974-1975 | |||||||||||
| 15 | 7 | Bob's notes for autobiography. undated | |||||||||||
| 13 | 15 | Daybooks: Gorilla encounters and accounting records. 1970 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 16 | Daybooks: Gorillas and scenics, landscapes. 1971 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 17 | Daybooks: Gorilla encounters. 1972 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 18 | Daybooks: Orchids, travel to U.S. 1973 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 19 | Daybooks: Orchids, travel to U.S. 1973 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 20 | Daybooks: Various wildlife encounters. 1974 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 21 | Daybooks: Various subjects. 1975 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 22 | Daybooks: Wildlife and scenics. 1976 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 23 | Daybooks: Roll processing. 1977 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 24 | Daybooks: Various wildlife encounters (especially cheetahs). 1978 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 25 | Daybooks: Wildlife and scenics, landscapes. 1979 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 26 | Daybooks: Wildlife and scenics, landscapes. 1980 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | Daybooks: Wildlife and scenics, landscapes. 1981 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 2 | Daybooks: Various wildlife encounters. 1982 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 3 | Daybooks: Wildlife and scenics, landscapes. 1983 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 4 | Daybooks: Trip to America, African wildlife. 1984 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 5 | Daybooks: Various wildlife. 1984 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 6 | Daybooks: Wildlife and scenics, landscapes. 1985 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 7 | Daybooks: Wildlife and scenics, landscapes. 1986 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 8 | Daybooks: Daily activities and errands. 1987 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 9 | Daybooks: Daily activities and errands. 1988 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 10 | Daybooks: Daily activities and errands, work on book (autobiography?). 1989 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 11 | Daybooks: Daily activities and errands, worked on book. 1990 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 12 | Daybooks: Daily activities and errands, worked on book. 1991 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 13 | Daybooks: Daily activities and errands. 1992 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 14 | Daybooks: Daily activities and errands. 1993 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 15 | Daybooks: Daily activities and errands. 1994 | |||||||||||
| 14 | 16 | Daybooks: Daily activities and errands. 1995 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 17 | Daybooks: Daily activities and errands, orchids. 1996 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 18 | Daybooks: Daily activities and errands, orchids. 1997 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 19 | Daybooks: Daily activities and errands. 1998 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 20 | Daybooks: Daily activities and errands. 1999 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 21 | Daybooks: Daily activities and errands. 2000 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 22 | Daybooks: Daily activities and errands. 2001 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 23 | Daybooks: Daily activities and errands. 2011 | |||||||||||
| 14 | 7 | Digital backup files, with hundreds of captioned tiff and jpeg images, several PowerPoint slide presentations, personal files (on compact discs). 2005-2010 | |||||||||||
| 14 | 5 | Digit fund, Fossey fund, and veterinary projects. 1993-2001 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 1 | Expired passports. 1953-1997 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 13 | Film processing details. 1974-1982 | |||||||||||
| 14 | 3 | General correspondence, including with publishers on image credits, fees for Gorillas in the Mist. 1984-1985 | |||||||||||
| 14 | 4 | General correspondence. 1984-1986 | |||||||||||
| 14 | 1 | Giraffes, rolls 1-51. 1970-1971, 1974 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 14 | Gorilla film presentation manuscript. undated | |||||||||||
| 14 | 2 | Gorilla research, rolls 1-364. 1969-1972 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 2 | Logbook: Hunters, giraffes, cheetahs, Gilgil. 1977-1978 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 3 | Logbook: Amboseli, Luangwa, Quarry, hunters, giraffe. 1977-1978 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 4 | Logbook: Gilgil, cheetah. 1979 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 5 | Logbook: Armyworm, Bogoria, jackal. 1980 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 6 | Logbook: Buffalo, hyena, jackal. 1981 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 7 | Logbook: Cheetah, Gilgil, Bogoria, armyworm. 1979 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 8 | Logbook: Jackal, buffalo, hyena. 1980-1981 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 9 | Logbook: Amboseli (park description and script). 1976 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 10 | Logbook: Amboseli, parenthood, long hot day, Quarry. 1976-1977 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 11 | Logbook: Lake Rudolph, dhows, Flatid bugs, African Garden. 1973-1974 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 12 | Logbook: Colobus. 1975 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 15 | Logbook: Daily logs and roll descriptions, including gorilla encounters. 1969, undated | |||||||||||
| 11 | 16 | Logbook: Gorilla encounters. 1968-1983 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 14 | Orchids photography expenses. 1985-1988 | |||||||||||
| 14 | 6 | Survival Anglia correspondence (includes detailed film shot lists, notes, and recording logs for projects on hyrax, armyworm, antelope, baboon relocation, buffalo, hyena, hornbills, vulture). 1977-1985 | |||||||||||
Selected Subjects and Access Terms
Africa, Sub-Saharan
Field recordings
Fossey, Dian
Fossil hominids
Gorilla--Behavior
Gorilla--Ecology
Karisoke Research Center
Kenya
Leakey, Richard E.
Mountain gorilla
National parks and reserves
Orchids
Rwanda
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife photography
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