William S. Soule photographs of American Indians and camps in Kansas and Oklahoma 1867-1874
Photographer:
Soule, William S (William Stinson) 1836-1908
Physical description:
Album : 92 prints : silver gelatin
Album : circa 85 prints : albumen
42 prints : silver gelatin
30 prints : albumen (mostly cabinet cards)
Culture:
Kiowa Apache Indians
Cheyenne Indians
Kiowa Indians
Wichita Indians
Comanche Indians
Arapaho Indians
Caddo Indians
Indians of North America Great Plains
Indians of North America Southern States
Type:
Photographs
Collection descriptions
Place:
Kansas
Oklahoma
Date:
1867-1874
Topic:
Camps
Local number:
NAA Photo Lot 3912
Notes:
William Stinson Soule (1836-1908) was the photographer at Fort Sill (now in Oklahoma) from its founding in 1869 to the end of the Indian campaigns in 1874-1875. Soule moved from New England circa 1868, first working as a photographer at Fort Dodge, KS, then at Camp Supply in Indian Territory with General Philip Sheridan's campaigning troops. As the photographer for the United States Army at Fort Sill, he photographed the construction of the fort as well as many of the persons and events associated with the Indian Wars in that area. Soule left Fort Sill in 1875 to return to Boston where he joined his brother's Soule Photograph Co. and then operated the Soule Art Company until his death
Summary:
Mostly studio portraits and images of camps, made by William S. Soule in the vicinity of Fort Dodge, KS; Camp Supply, OK; and Fort Sill, OK. Depicted tribes include Arapaho, Caddo, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Kiowa-Apache, and Wichita Indians
One albumen print mounted on a card with C. W. Carter's photographer imprint, though the photograph was taken by Soule. One album includes silver gelatin prints made from original Soule negatives by Henry G. Peabody
Cite as:
Photo Lot 3912, William S. Soule photographs of American Indians and camps in Kansas and Oklahoma, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution