urn:taro:utexas.blac.00180 Hans Mann Photograph Collection, c.1950s-1960sPreliminary Inventory Benson Latin American Collection University of Texas Libraries, 2007 Finding aid encoded by Christian Kelleher, CA, May 2006Finding aid written inEnglish. Descriptive Summary Mann, Hans Hans Mann Photograph Collection c.1950s-1960s English N/A 2740+ photographs in 68 boxes Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Black-and-white photographs of historical art and architecture from Brazil. Biographical Sketch

Photographer Hans Mann was born in Ulm, Germany and emigrated to South America in 1930. He is the author of The 12 prophets of O Aleijadinho (1958, 1967), Strolling through Rio (1958), and Buenos Aires, recopilación fotográfica (1946). Mann died in Recife, Brazil, in 1966.

 Scope and Contents Note

Approximately 2740 black-and-white photographs document colonial and other historical art and architecture in Brazil. It is believed that the photographs were taken or collected by Hans Mann, though provenance is not clear for all of the included images.

The collection is roughly arranged geographically. This guide and the container inventory list below are very preliminary; more information and a more detailed list is available in the Benson Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts Reading Room.

 Custodial History

The collection now called the Hans Mann Photograph Collection (formerly the Brazilian Photographic Archive) was transferred to the Benson Collection in 1970 from the College of Fine Arts where it was held as the collection of "Brazilian Art and Architecture." The Hans Mann Collection had previously been transferred to the Art Department from the Humanities Research Center in 1968.

 Access Restrictions

Unrestricted.

 Use Restrictions

Standard copyright restrictions apply.

 Preferred Citation

Cite as: Hans Mann Photograph Collection, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, the University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms

The Hans Mann Photograph Collection is classified under the following Subject Headings:

Art, Colonial--Brazil--Photographs Architecture, Colonial--Brazil--Photographs Minas Gerais (Brazil)--Description and travel--Photographs Document Types Photographs Box and Folder Inventory Alagoas 1Alagoas Amapá 2Amapá Amazonas 2Amazonas Bahía 2-15Bahía Distrito Federal - Brasilia 15Distrito Federal Guanabará 16-22Guanabará [also old boxes numbered 21-24] Minas Gerais 25-44Minas Gerais Paraíba 48Paraíba Paraná 48Paraná Pernambuco 45-47, 49-50Pernambuco Recife 50Recife São Paolo 51-56São Paolo Other 16-18Various [old boxes 16-18] 19Bolivia [old box 19] 20Peru [old box 20] 53São Roque, São Sebastião, São Vicente, Santo Amaro, Santos, Sorocaba, Tatuapé, Taubaté, Voturuna 57Alagoas/Bahía 58Various 59Sculpture by Hugo Rodríguez 60-61"Iphan"