Eric Matson's diary entries, 1919

Title: Eric Matson's diary entries, 1919
Description: This is a digital reproduction of an image held in the Library of Congress. These images depict Eric Matson’s diary entries from 1919. Eric Matson was one of the leading photographers of the American Colony in Jerusalem who moved to Colony as a young child with his family from Sweden. His diary entries from this year contain detailed notes about photographic shoots, including in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem (see pp.7-8 of the pdf document). The notes include the date of the shoot, the number assigned to the photograph, its subject and location, expenses incurred, and maps. There are also snippets of narrative diary entries from January and June.
Identifier: pb_lc_aco_7252031
Subject: Bethlehem; Palestine; Palestinian Diaspora; American Colony collection; Biblical gaze; American Colony in Jerusalem; Cultural and historic landmarks
License: CC BY 4.0
Date: 1919
Type: Digital scan of handwritten documents
Source: Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA, Manuscript Division
Language: English
Spatial Coverage: 31.777689/ 35.235176
Rights Holder: Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication.