PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTWORK, 1925-1934

Primarily photographs taken or acquired by Frances Grant during her tenure as vice president of the Roerich Museum. Also includes a set of etchings by Katherina Sresnevska, a pupil of Roerich, and a few exhibition programs. Most of the photographs are 4 x 5 or postcard format. Also includes larger formats and some negatives.

Important subjects include art work displayed in the exhibition of Brazilian painting curated by Grant (1930); Frances Grant and Sina Lichtmann in India (1928); scenes of the Kulu Valley, where Roerich's retreat and scientific institute Urusvati was located; and portraits and views from Grant's trips to Latin America in 1929 and 1930.

Of particular interest is a 1925 photograph, located in the "miscellaneous" file, of Adolf Bolm, principal dancer with Diaghilev's company, posing with Indian dancers while visiting Grant in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Many of the postcards depict art work and buildings, as well as rural scenes in India and Latin America.