Tunumiit (East Greenland Eskimo) [Ammassalik] (Angmagsalik Eskimo) Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Copy negatives
Black-and-white negatives
Photographs
Place:
Greenland
Date:
1928-1930
Summary:
The photographs and negatives consists of views of the Ford-Bartlett expedition to East Greenland.
Scope and Contents:
The Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition collection consists of photographic prints and negatives directly and indirectly related to the 1930 expedition. Included are two toned silver gelatin (DOP) studio portraits of Captain Robert (Bob) Bartlett, leader of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation-sponsored expedition like taken sometime in the 1920s. The photographs from the Ford-Bartlett expedition itself include images of Captain Bartlett trading with Tunumiit (Ammassalimiut Eskimo) men as well as several views of Tunumiit men in kayaks, both pulling up to and fishing near the expedition schooner. The photographer is unknown. The collection also contains a World Wide Photo Co. negative and print from it of Bartlett's schooner, the Effie M. Morrissey. The negatives are copy negatives made by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye foundation during a large photograph conservation project in the 1960s.
Prints are arranged in two folders; Ford-Bartlett expedition (Folder 1) and Portraits of Robert Bartlett (Folder 2). Negatives Arranged by catalg number.
Biographical/Historical note:
For more than 50 years and on more than 40 expeditions, Captain Robert "Bob" Bartlett sailed, explored, and mapped the Arctic. During the Great Depression, in order to finance his cruises, Bartlett frequently collaborated with scientific institutions, including with the Museum of the American Indian for the 1930 Bartlett East Greenland Expedition. Led by Bartlett and financed by Museum trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928) for the Museum, the expedition allowed anthropologist Junius Bird (1907-1982) to conduct archaeological excavations of Eskimo ruins on Shannon Island and Clavering Island. Co-authored by Bartlett and Bird, "The Bartlett East Greenland Expedition" appeared in the July 1931 issue of Geographical review.
Provenance:
Most of the photographs were part of the field collection received by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation in 1930. It is unlear when the two portraits of Bartlett arrived at the museum, it was likely around the same time.
Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.
Topic:
Ammassalimiut Eskimos -- Fishing -- Greenland -- Photographs Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographic prints
Black-and-white negatives
Photographs
Photographs -- Silver gelatin prints
Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition photograph collection, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Tunumiit (East Greenland Eskimo) [Ammassalik] (Angmagsalik Eskimo) Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1930
Scope and Contents:
View of Captain Robert A. Bartlett, leader of the 1930 Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition, trading with Tunumiit (East Greenland Eskimo) men in a tipi-like structure on the deck of the schooner Effie M. Morrissey in Tunu (East Greenland).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition photograph collection, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Tunumiit (East Greenland Eskimo) [Ammassalik] (Angmagsalik Eskimo) Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Copy negatives
Date:
1930
Scope and Contents:
View of Tunumiit (East Greenland Eskimo) men in kayaks with small sails, alongside the schooner Effie M. Morrissey during the1930 Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition. Small ice floes in background in Tunu (East Greenland).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition photograph collection, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Tunumiit (East Greenland Eskimo) [Ammassalik] (Angmagsalik Eskimo) Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Copy negatives
Date:
1930
Scope and Contents:
Tunumiit (East Greenland Eskimo) man in a kayak with inflated hide float and various harpoons and fishing equipment. Possibly a view from the schooner Effie M. Morrissey during the1930 Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition. Rocks in foreground, ice at sea's edge, and rocky mountains in the background in Tunu (East Greenland).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition photograph collection, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Tunumiit (East Greenland Eskimo) [Ammassalik] (Angmagsalik Eskimo) Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Copy negatives
Date:
1930
Scope and Contents:
Tunumiit (East Greenland Eskimo) man in a kayak with inflated hide float and various harpoons and fishing equipment. Possibly a view from the schooner Effie M. Morrissey during the1930 Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition. Rocks in foreground, ice at sea's edge, and rocky mountains in the background in Tunu (East Greenland).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition photograph collection, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
View of the schooner Effie M. Morrissey owned by Captain Robert A. Bartlett, leader of the 1930 Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition, on the water in Kitaa (West Greenland).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition photograph collection, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Studio profile portrait of the explorer Captain Robert A. Bartlett, leader of the 1930 Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition photograph collection, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Studio portrait of the explorer Captain Robert A. Bartlett, leader of the 1930 Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition. A dedication on the photograph is written to "Thea," Thea Heye, wife of George Gustav Heye, director of the Museum of the American Indian,
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition photograph collection, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
