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The Bougainville Collection Public Deposited
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The Anthropology Section of the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History is dedicated to connecting originating communities to collections. We are delighted to be making this connection with you. This “Primary Source Book” is an informal publication in which we have brought together collections associated with Bougainville Island from the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in the state of Colorado in the United States of America.
The collector of these items and photographs, Conrad “Bud” Johnson, was a student at the University of Colorado before he enlisted in the army. He was a private in the 30th Engineer Battalion and was stationed in Bougainville in 1948 and 1949 conducting surveys and making maps. He sent over 300 items to the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History from the islands he visited during this time. And, to our surprise, he also sent a number of photographs of his visits to the islands to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
This primary sources in this book include: 1) The Conrad “Bud” Johnson collection of photographs from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science; 2) Images of all of the objects in the Conrad “Bud” Johnson collection at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History; and 3) Copies of all of the associated documentation related to the Conrad “Bud” Johnson collection at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, including his fieldnotes and his letters to the museum.
Dr. Jeffrey Noro, Executive Director of The Kainake Project, told us that historical information like this “is critical…to create systems and processes for digital and print repatriation of collections back to Bougainville. There are many collections from Bougainville that are stored in museums around the globe, and thankfully have been preserved. Sadly, we have lost many of these…[this] is a great way to regain some of these lost knowledges.” We are honored to be a part of this process and look forward to continuing the conversation.
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