Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Collection Title, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Collection Title, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
2004.0044- Photographs related to Commander John B. Herrington (Chickasaw) and Flight STS-113 of Space Shuttle Endeavor
Collection Collector:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Search this
Extent:
3 Photographs
Container:
Oversize 1
Photo-folder 2004.0044
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographs
Date:
1996
Scope and Contents:
This set of photos includes a photo collage, which features photographs, a small American flag, and flight patch. The collage reads, "This United States flag was flown aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, STS-77, May 19-29, 1996, orbiting the Earth 160 times, traveling 4.1 million miles. Presented to The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the crew of the Endeavour, STS-113. [Signed] John B. Herrington / Mission Specialist"
Also included in this lot are 2 photographs of an eagle feather floating on the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The feather was presented by native elder Phil Lane, Sr. (Yankton Sioux) to Commander John B. Herrington (Chickasaw) in a religious ceremony and subsequently taken on a mission into space by Commander Herrington.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shot the photographs.
Separated Materials:
This collection was also donated with a Flute and a Certificate of Authentication related to Commander John B. Herrington and Flight STS-113 of Space Shuttle Endeavor. These are cataloged under object numbers 264550.
Provenance:
Gift of Commander John B. Herrington, 2004.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Rights:
NMAI does not hold rights to the photographs. Please contact the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for permission to use these images.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General Photograph collections, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Some material in this folder has been restricted due to cultural sensitivity.
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Leuman Maurice Waugh collection, 1909-1963. National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Collection Creator:
National Tribal Chairmen's Association Search this
Container:
Box 68
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
1977
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Records of the National Tribal Chairmen's Association, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
