Includes 1930s portraits Christina Wilson Bombay, Janet Leonard, Leonard Wilson, Maggie Wilson, and Nathan Whitefeather family, all of Emo, Ontario; and Tom Cain, Esther Iceman, and Will Rogers (Pindigegizik), all of Red Lake, Minnesota. Also includes 1965 portraits of Nancy Cain, Tom Cain, Roy Cloud, Madge Downfeather, and Alec Everwind, of Red Lake, taken by W. Bateman. Photographic postcards of John Smith and woman parching wild rice. Nitrate negative of Will Rogers has been separated from collection and stored off-site. Some of the prints are duplicates. (Digital Surrogates: landes_photo_chippewa_people)
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
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Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.