Indians of North America -- Southwest, New Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Copy prints
Photographs
Date:
circa 1870-1898
Scope and Contents note:
Copies of photographs depicting American Indian scouts with various United States Army detachments. The collection includes group portraits of Indian scouts at Fort Grant in 1898; as well as images of Sioux scouts in 1870; Pawnee scouts; Apache scouts at San Carlos, circa 1893; Dakota followers of Sitting Bull at Standing Rock reservation in 1877; a squad of Indian police with Lieutenant Maury Nichols and an Indian agent; and a studio portrait of an Apache scout.
Biographical/Historical note:
Jacques Noel Jacobsen is a collector and dealer with a focus on US military antiquities and memorabilia.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot R86-39
Reproduction Note:
Copy prints made by Marc Teatum for Jacobsen, circa 1975.
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional photographs of American Indian scouts can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4423, MS 4536, MS 4659, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 89-8, Photo Lot 90-1, and the BAE historical negatives.
Drawings by scouts can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4653 and MS 7500.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
This copy collection has been obtained for reference purposes only. Cannot be reproduced without written permission of the donor.
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot R86-39, Jacques Noel Jacobsen photograph collection of American Indian scouts, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
