PHOTOGRAPHS AND ART WORK, 1897-1986

Photographs relating to Frances Grant's personal relationships, interests, and activities. Subjects covered include Latin American art, Latin American scenes, portraits of Grant, her family and friends, and awards received by Grant.

Of particular interest are photographs assembled for the proposed Alcance magazine, including a photo essay on the indigenous people of Latin America (1945). Also of interest are a large group of undated photographs (possibly from the 1940s) of life at the Roffo nurses training center in Buenos Aires.

Many of the Latin American views are from Grant's various trips. Among these is a scrapbook of a social center for children in the slums of La Paz, sponsored by the Volunteers for Children's Cultural and Social Centers, whom Grant apparently met in Bolivia in 1972. Of particular interest in this group is a 1946 photograph of a typical dance by Bolivian indigenous women. Among the miscellaneous views, some of which are from the United States, is a photograph of Hampton Institute students repairing a log cabin, from Grant's writing on spirituals in the 1920s

The photographs of Grant's friends include portraits of Angelica Balabanoff, Dr. Angel Roffo, and Grassi Dias, director of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

Oversize items stored separately include a book of lithographs of Santiago, Chile, by Pablo Vidor; eleven photographs of citations awarded to Grant; and four prints.

See also: newspaper box 85.