This series consists of anthropologist Ruth Landes' field photographs and personal photographs in the Ruth Landes Papers. Topics include her field research on Afro-Brazilians and CandombleĢ in Bahia (now known as Salvador), Brazil; the Prarie Potawatomi in Mayetta, Kansas; the Ojibwa in Emo, Ontario, near Manitou Rapids; the Chippewa in Red Lake, Minnesota; and the Acadians (Cajuns) of Lousiana. There are also photographs of Ruth Landes; family and friends/colleagues including her parents, Ruth Benedict, Edison Carneiro, Sally Chilver, Alexander Daveron, Jules Henry, Elmer Samuel Imes, Margaret Mead; and Landes' vacation photographs.
Arrangement:
Photographs are organized by subject.
Funding note:
These photographs were cataloged and digitized with the assistance of a grant from the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
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.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form:
Photographs
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.
Financial records and statements from various years. Majority of the records are from the years 1950 ā 1960. Records include bank statements, checkbooks, cancelled checks, mortgage held on property in Ogden, Utah and records of AT&T stock held by the Society.
Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
Collection Restrictions:
The American Ethnological Society records are open for research.
Access to the American Ethnological Society records requires an appointment. Advance notice must be given to view materials stored off-site.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
American Ethnological Society records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Miscellaneous reports of the Society including correspondence with and publications of other
associations such as the American Anthropological Association and the New York Academy of
Sciences.
Collection Restrictions:
The American Ethnological Society records are open for research.
Access to the American Ethnological Society records requires an appointment. Advance notice must be given to view materials stored off-site.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
American Ethnological Society records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Correspondence and voting records pertaining to constitutions and amendments to the
constitution (1917, 1952, 1959). Election materials including ballots, lists and correspondence on
nominations.
Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
Collection Restrictions:
The American Ethnological Society records are open for research.
Access to the American Ethnological Society records requires an appointment. Advance notice must be given to view materials stored off-site.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
American Ethnological Society records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Photograph of Donald George Nocktonick, son of Louise Nocktonick, one of Ruth Landes' informants during her field research among the Prarie Potawatomie in Mayetta, Kansas in 1935-36. The two reconnected in the 1950s, corresponding with each other into the 1970s. Handwritten on verso: "Donald George Nocktonick."
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_potawatomi_people_02
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.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
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.
Photograph of Norwood Frank Nocktonick, son of Louise Nocktonick, one of Ruth Landes' informants during her field research among the Prarie Potawatomie in Mayetta, Kansas in 1935-36. The two reconnected in the 1950s, corresponding with each other into the 1970s. Handwritten on verso: "18. Norwood Frank Nocktonick."
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_potawatomi_people_04
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.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
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.
Photograph of Verna Mae Nocktonick, daughter of Louise Nocktonick, one of Ruth Landes' informants during her field research among the Prarie Potawatomie in Mayetta, Kansas in 1935-36. The two reconnected in the 1950s, corresponding with each other into the 1970s. Handwritten on verso: "Verna Mae Nocktonick (Pot.)."
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_potawatomi_people_07
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.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
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.
See also folder "Negatives" for negative of one of the prints. Manitou Ojibwa beaded moccasins made of moose-hide and deer-hide, porcupine quill kneebands and armbands, a shawl, and a black and white wampum necklace. The wampum necklack may not be Ojibwa as it also appears in a photograph of Potawatomi objects published in Landes's book, The Prairie Potawatomi. (Digital Surrogates: landes_photo_chippewa_artifacts)
Artifacts collected by anthropologist Ruth Landes during her fieldwork with the Ojibwa of Manitou Rapids, Ontario in the 1930s. The artifacts pictured are beaded moccasins made of moose-hide and deer-hide, porcupine quill kneebands and armbands, a shawl, and a black and white wampum necklace. The wampum necklack may not be Ojibwa as it also appears in a photograph of Potawatomi objects published in Landes' book, The Prairie Potawatomi. One negatives exists for landes_photo_potawatomi_artifacts_03.
Handwritten on versos:
landes_chippewa_artifacts_01 - "Manitou Ojibwa mocassins; Porcupine quill kneebands, armbands; bl. & white old wampum necklace."
Negative is stored separately from prints in folder "Negatives" in Ruth Landes Papers.
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_chippewa_artifacts_01
Image ID.landes_photo_chippewa_artifacts_02
Image ID.landes_photo_chippewa_artifacts_03
Image ID.landes_photo_chippewa_artifacts_04
Image ID.landes_negative_04
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.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
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.