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The Flute Dancer

Culture/People:
Potawatomi [Oklahoma]  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Woody Crumbo (Woodrow Wilson Crumbo), Potawatomi [Oklahoma], 1912-1989  Search this
Previous owner:
Ernest S. Carter (Ernest Sigmund Carter/Ernest Sigmund Schickler), Non-Indian, 1922-2009  Search this
Eloise L. Carter (Eloise [Ellie] Leona Carter/Mrs. Ernest S. Carter), Non-Indian  Search this
Donor:
Ernest S. Carter (Ernest Sigmund Carter/Ernest Sigmund Schickler), Non-Indian, 1922-2009  Search this
Eloise L. Carter (Eloise [Ellie] Leona Carter/Mrs. Ernest S. Carter), Non-Indian  Search this
Title:
The Flute Dancer
Object Name:
Print
Media/Materials:
Paper, ink
Techniques:
Lithographed
Dimensions:
26.5 x 32.9 cm
Object Type:
Painting/Drawing/Print
Place:
Oklahoma; USA
Date created:
circa 1960
Catalog Number:
25/1131
Barcode:
251131.000
See related items:
Potawatomi [Oklahoma]
Painting/Drawing/Print
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws647666472-4992-4678-ada1-87c7da5f5143
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_266978
Online Media:

The Deer Dance

Culture/People:
Potawatomi [Oklahoma]  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Woody Crumbo (Woodrow Wilson Crumbo), Potawatomi [Oklahoma], 1912-1989  Search this
Previous owner:
Ernest S. Carter (Ernest Sigmund Carter/Ernest Sigmund Schickler), Non-Indian, 1922-2009  Search this
Eloise L. Carter (Eloise [Ellie] Leona Carter/Mrs. Ernest S. Carter), Non-Indian  Search this
Donor:
Ernest S. Carter (Ernest Sigmund Carter/Ernest Sigmund Schickler), Non-Indian, 1922-2009  Search this
Eloise L. Carter (Eloise [Ellie] Leona Carter/Mrs. Ernest S. Carter), Non-Indian  Search this
Title:
The Deer Dance
Object Name:
Print
Media/Materials:
Paper, ink
Techniques:
Lithographed
Dimensions:
26.5 x 32.9 cm
Object Type:
Painting/Drawing/Print
Place:
Oklahoma; USA
Date created:
circa 1960
Catalog Number:
25/1133
Barcode:
251133.000
See related items:
Potawatomi [Oklahoma]
Painting/Drawing/Print
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws607f2c9d1-3edf-40b9-afb3-d7997a62c36c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_266980
Online Media:

The Eagle Dance

Culture/People:
Potawatomi [Oklahoma]  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Woody Crumbo (Woodrow Wilson Crumbo), Potawatomi [Oklahoma], 1912-1989  Search this
Previous owner:
Ernest S. Carter (Ernest Sigmund Carter/Ernest Sigmund Schickler), Non-Indian, 1922-2009  Search this
Eloise L. Carter (Eloise [Ellie] Leona Carter/Mrs. Ernest S. Carter), Non-Indian  Search this
Donor:
Ernest S. Carter (Ernest Sigmund Carter/Ernest Sigmund Schickler), Non-Indian, 1922-2009  Search this
Eloise L. Carter (Eloise [Ellie] Leona Carter/Mrs. Ernest S. Carter), Non-Indian  Search this
Title:
The Eagle Dance
Object Name:
Print
Media/Materials:
Paper, ink
Techniques:
Lithographed
Dimensions:
26.5 x 32.9 cm
Object Type:
Painting/Drawing/Print
Place:
Oklahoma; USA
Date created:
circa 1960
Catalog Number:
25/1135
Barcode:
251135.000
See related items:
Potawatomi [Oklahoma]
Painting/Drawing/Print
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b2a2c367-0472-4aac-b408-f273dded02ba
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_266982
Online Media:

The Crow Dance

Culture/People:
Potawatomi [Oklahoma]  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Woody Crumbo (Woodrow Wilson Crumbo), Potawatomi [Oklahoma], 1912-1989  Search this
Previous owner:
Ernest S. Carter (Ernest Sigmund Carter/Ernest Sigmund Schickler), Non-Indian, 1922-2009  Search this
Eloise L. Carter (Eloise [Ellie] Leona Carter/Mrs. Ernest S. Carter), Non-Indian  Search this
Donor:
Ernest S. Carter (Ernest Sigmund Carter/Ernest Sigmund Schickler), Non-Indian, 1922-2009  Search this
Eloise L. Carter (Eloise [Ellie] Leona Carter/Mrs. Ernest S. Carter), Non-Indian  Search this
Title:
The Crow Dance
Object Name:
Print
Media/Materials:
Paper, ink
Techniques:
Lithographed
Dimensions:
26.5 x 32.9 cm
Object Type:
Painting/Drawing/Print
Place:
Oklahoma; USA
Date created:
circa 1960
Catalog Number:
25/1136
Barcode:
251136.000
See related items:
Potawatomi [Oklahoma]
Painting/Drawing/Print
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws605d9cdc3-5abc-46fb-8b37-c9159e5c3581
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_266983
Online Media:

The Buffalo Dance

Culture/People:
Potawatomi [Oklahoma]  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Woody Crumbo (Woodrow Wilson Crumbo), Potawatomi [Oklahoma], 1912-1989  Search this
Previous owner:
Ernest S. Carter (Ernest Sigmund Carter/Ernest Sigmund Schickler), Non-Indian, 1922-2009  Search this
Eloise L. Carter (Eloise [Ellie] Leona Carter/Mrs. Ernest S. Carter), Non-Indian  Search this
Donor:
Ernest S. Carter (Ernest Sigmund Carter/Ernest Sigmund Schickler), Non-Indian, 1922-2009  Search this
Eloise L. Carter (Eloise [Ellie] Leona Carter/Mrs. Ernest S. Carter), Non-Indian  Search this
Title:
The Buffalo Dance
Object Name:
Print
Media/Materials:
Paper, ink
Techniques:
Lithographed
Dimensions:
27.7 x 33 cm
Object Type:
Painting/Drawing/Print
Place:
Oklahoma; USA
Date created:
circa 1960
Catalog Number:
25/1137
Barcode:
251137.000
See related items:
Potawatomi [Oklahoma]
Painting/Drawing/Print
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c07c1a84-455f-4d2e-b701-bfda1b9fb697
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_266984
Online Media:

William F. Stiles collection of photographs and films

Creator:
Stiles, William F., 1912-1980  Search this
Former owner:
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this
Extent:
82 Photographic prints
242 Negatives (photographic)
211 Slides (photographs)
2 Film reels (8mm)
Culture:
Seminole  Search this
Eastern Band of Cherokee  Search this
Innu [Ekuanitshit (Mingan)]  Search this
Innu [Pakuashipi (Saint Augustin)]  Search this
Seneca [Tonawanda]  Search this
Innu [Uashat-Maliotenam (Seven Islands)]  Search this
Innu [Moisie]  Search this
Innu [Unaman Shipit (Romaine)]  Search this
Mushuaunnuat (Barren Ground Naskapi) [Utshimassit (Davis Inlet)]  Search this
Attikamekw (Tete De Boule Cree)  Search this
Seneca [Allegany]  Search this
Seneca [Cattaraugus]  Search this
Niantic  Search this
Narragansett  Search this
Onondaga  Search this
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Attikamekw (Tete De Boule Cree) [Weymontachie Band, Saint Maurice River, Quebec] Cree  Search this
Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Negatives (photographic)
Slides (photographs)
Film reels
Negatives
Color slides
Photographs
Date:
1938-1974
Summary:
This collection consists of photographic views made by William Stiles in New York, Rhode Island, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Newfoundland and Quebec, among the Attikamekw (Tete De Boule Cree), Eastern Band of Cherokee, Innu, Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki), Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)], Mushuaunnuat (Barren Ground Naskapi) [Utshimassit (Davis Inlet)], Narragansett, Niantic, Onondaga, Seminole, and Seneca communities. These were made while Stiles was a staff member of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation from 1938-1974.
Scope and Contents:
The Stiles collection consists of photographs and films made by William Stiles on behalf of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation from 1938 to 1974. More than half of these document the life of Innu peoples of Quebec, Canada, in the years 1952, 1958, 1959, and 1964. They depict Innu men, women, and children, and food preparation, dwellings, fishing, canoes, settlements, the preparation of animal skins, and ceremonials. Stiles photographed among the Seminole and Miccosukee peoples of Florida in 1939, 1940, 1941, 1966, and 1974. He also variously photographed the Narragansett and Niantic peoples of Rhode Island, the Onondaga on the Onondaga Reservation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee in North Carolina, the Seneca of New York, the Attikamekw (Tete De Boule Cree) and the Mohawk of Quebec, and the Mushuaunnuat of Labrador. He also photographed various archaeological sites in New York State, Mississippi, and South Carolina. There are also two 8mm film reels titled "Nascapi Indians at Davis Inlet, Labrador, New Foundland" that were made in the summer of 1965.
Negtatives include: N21703-N21711, N21792-N21802, N22300-N22310, N22481-N22484, N22594-N22597, N22630, N22705-N22710, N22722, N23504, N23581-N23585, N23675-N23684, N26086-N23585, N23675-N23684, N26086-N26100, N26109-N26126, N26186-N26188, N29562-N29604, N32844-N32867, N33295-N33343, N41162-N41186.

Photographic prints include: P13375-P13385, P13431-P13438, P15331-P15346, P15770-P15773, P15885-P15889, P16102, P17154, P17212-P17217, P17282-P17284, P18537-P18551, P18586, P19991-P20002)

Slides include: S02005-S02178, S02389, S04518-S04519, S04559-S04575, S04675-S04678, S04694-S04702, S04753-S04760.
Arrangement note:
This collection has been intelectually arranged into four series and subseries geographically and then chronologically within each subseries.

Series 1: Expedtions in New York, 1938-1973; Series 2: Expeditions in Canada, 1940-1965; Series 3: Expeditions in the Southeastern, United States, 1939-1974; Series 4: Nebraska, Rhode Island and Other Locations, 1939-1942, undated.

Physically arranged by negative "N", print "P" or slide "S" number.
Biographical/Historical note:
Before joining the staff of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation in May 1938, William F. Stiles was George G. Heye's personal driver. An employee of the Museum for almost forty years, Stiles retired in March 1978 as the Curator of Collections. Although Stiles published very little, he was an active field collector and participated in numerous archaeological expeditions. As is evident from his photographs of the Innu and Seminole peoples, he often visited individual communities more than once and over the course of several years.

Stiles Expeditions for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation

1938 Summer -- Cayuga County Expedition.

1939 October -- Expedition to Pennsylvania and New York.

1939 November – 1940 January -- F. K. Seward and William F. Stiles Florida Expedition.

1941 -- Trip to North Carolina and Florida.

1942 -- Trip to Putnam County, New York.

1946 -- Expedition to Mississippi.

1952 June -- Expedition to Québec, Canada.

1953 June-July -- Expedition to Québec, Canada.

1957 July -- Expedition along St. Lawrence River, Canada.

1959 August -- Expedition to Québec, Canada.

1960-1967 -- William F. Stiles Southeast Expedition. Stiles began expeditions to the Southeastern U.S. in Spring and Fall of 1960. He returned to the Southeast each Oct - Nov. through 1966 conducting investigations and excavations in South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and North Carolina and Florida returning to some sites multiple times.

1961-1965 -- William F. Stiles Savannah Farms Expedition. Preliminary investigation began in Nov 1961 and work continued each year during the fall until 1965.

1964 May-June -- Expedition to Québec, Canada.

1965 June-July -- Stanley R. Grant Naskapi Expedition to Davis Inlet, Labrador, Canada.

1966 June-July -- Expedition to Labrador, Newfoundland, and Québec, Canada

1972 October -- Expedition to Seneca Reservations, New York.

1972 October-December -- Expedition to Tennessee.

1973 April -- Expedition to Seneca Reservations, New York.

1974 November -- Expedition to the Southeast: North Carolina and Florida.
Separated Materials:
Correspondence and field notes from William Stiles can be found in the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation records in Box 200.13, Box 201.7, Box 274.3-275.9, Box 305.1-305.2, Box 307.21, Box 312.11-312.17.
Restrictions:
Access is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment.
Rights:
Restricted: Cultural Sensitivity
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Canada  Search this
Indians of North America -- Florida  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mississippi  Search this
Indians of North America -- New York (State)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Rhode Island  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- New York (State)  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- South Carolina  Search this
Genre/Form:
Negatives
Photographic prints
Color slides
Photographs
Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William F. Stiles collection of photographs and films, NMAI.AC.001.014, item #; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.001.014
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William F. Stiles collection of photographs and films
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4ebf62231-9761-49fa-b7b5-22d6ab5be5cf
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-001-014
Online Media:

2014.0023- Hopi Chief, Buffalo Dancer, and unidentified man photographs

Photographer:
Garrett, Norman Rhodes  Search this
Collection Collector:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
3 Photographs
1 Negatives (photographic)
2 Photographic prints
Container:
Oversize 1
Culture:
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Jemez Pueblo  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographs
Negatives (photographic)
Photographic prints
Date:
circa 1940-1980
Scope and Contents:
This lot consists of three photographs. One photograph depicts a Hopi Chief by photographer Norman Rhodes Garrett, Prescott, Arizona, circa 1950. The second photo is a negative depicting a Jemez Buffalo Dancer Felix Frague photographed by Ralph Anderson in New Mexico on August 15, 1940. The third photograph is of an unidentified man.
Provenance:
Gift of Neal McKinley, 2014.
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:
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 to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, 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. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
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.
See more items in:
General Photograph collections
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4c726acce-1ae9-475c-9aef-416cc59ff264
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-999-ref533

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records

Creator:
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this
Director:
Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957  Search this
Dockstader, Frederick J.  Search this
Names:
Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition 1930  Search this
Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)  Search this
Hendricks-Hodge Expedition (1917-1923).  Search this
Huntington Free Library  Search this
Hyde Exploring Expedition (1902-1903)  Search this
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research  Search this
Collector:
Barrett, S. A. (Samuel Alfred), 1879-1965  Search this
Churchill, Clara G.  Search this
Churchill, Frank C. (Frank Carroll), 1850-1912  Search this
Davis, Edward H., b. 1862  Search this
Emmons, George Thornton  Search this
Gridley, Marion E. (Marion Eleanor), 1906-1974  Search this
Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond), 1882-1971  Search this
Harvey, Byron  Search this
Harvey, Fred  Search this
Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956  Search this
Johnson, Frederick, 1904-1994  Search this
Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956  Search this
Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland), 1892-1965  Search this
Pepper, George H. (George Hubbard), 1873-1924  Search this
Skinner, Alanson, 1886-1925  Search this
Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950  Search this
Stiles, William F., 1912-1980  Search this
Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1871-1954  Search this
Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1885-1936  Search this
Wildschut, William  Search this
Former owner:
Burnett, Edwin K.  Search this
Force, Roland W.  Search this
Extent:
400 Linear feet
Culture:
Indians of North America  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Administrative records
Photographs
Annual reports
Field notes
Correspondence
Ledgers (account books)
Minutes
Date:
1890-1998
Summary:
These records document the governance and programmatic activities of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation (MAI) from its inception in 1904 until its sublimation by the Smithsonian Institution in 1990. The types of materials present in this collection include personal and institutional correspondence, individual subject files, minutes and annual reports, financial ledgers, legal records, expedition field notes, research notes, catalog and object lists, publications, clippings, flyers, maps, photographs, negatives and audio-visual materials. These materials span a varied range of subjects relating to the activities of the museum which are more fully described on the series level.
Scope and Contents:
These records document the governance and programmatic activities of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation (MAI) from its inception in 1904 until its sublimation by the Smithsonian Institution in 1990. The types of materials present in this collection include personal and institutional correspondence, individual subject files, minutes and annual reports, financial ledgers, legal records, expedition field notes, research notes, catalog and object lists, publications, clippings, flyers, maps, photographs, negatives and audio-visual materials. These materials span a varied range of subjects relating to the activities of the museum which are more fully described on the series level.
Arrangement:
The MAI, Heye Foundation records have been arranged into 21 series and 50 subseries: Series 1: Directors, 1908-1990 (1.1: George Gustav Heye, 1863-1962, 1.2: Edwin K. Burnett, 1943-1960, 1.3: Frederick Dockstader, 1950-1976, 1.4: Alexander F. Draper, 1972-1977, 1.5:Roland W. Force, 1963-1990, 1.6: George Eager, Assistant Director, 1977-1990) Series 2: Board of Trustees, 1916-1990 (2.1: Board of Trustee Minutes, 1916-1990, 2.2: Individual Board Correspondence, 1943-1990, 2.3: Subject Files, 1917-1990) Series 3: Administrative, 1916-1989 (3.1: Subject Files, 1904-1991, 3.2: Personnel, 1956-1991, 3.3: Legal, 1900-1989, 3.4: Task Force, 1976-1986, 3.5: George Abrams, 1980-1991) Series 4: Financial, 1916-1990 (4.1: Ledgers, 1900-1962, 4.2: Correspondence, 1905-1985, 4.3: Subject Files, 1916-1990) Series 5: Expeditions, 1896-1973Series 6: Collectors, 1872-1981Series 7: Registration, 1856-1993Series 8: Collections Management, 1937-1988Series 9: Curatorial, 1963-1990 (9.1: Curatorial Council, 1973-1990, 9.2: Gary Galante, 1979-1991, 9.3: Mary Jane Lenz, 1974-1994, 9.4: James G. E. Smith, 1963-1990, 9.5: U. Vincent Wilcox, 1968-1984, 9.6: Anna C. Roosevelt, 1973-1988) Series 10: Exhibits, 1923-1991 (10.1: MAI Exhibits, 1923-1990, 10.2: Non-MAI Exhibits, 1937-1991) Series 11: Public Programs, 1935-1990Series 12: Publications, 1904-1994 (12.1: Annual Reports, 1917-1989, 12.2: Publications by MAI, 1904-1990, 12.3: Publications by Other Sources, 1881-1990, 12.4: Administration, 1920-1988, 12.5: Archival Set of Official Publications, 1907-1976) Series 13: Public Affairs, 1938-1991Series 14: Development, 1927-1991 (14.1: Administration, 1979-1990, 14.2: Donors, 1978-1990, 14.3: Fundraising, 1973-1990, 14.4: Grants, 1970-1990, 14.5: Subject Files, 1976-1990) Series 15: Other Departments, 1914-1990 (15.1: Archives, 1914-1990, 15.2: Conservation, 1972-1989, 15.3: Education, 1921-1990, 15.4: Indian Information Center, 1977-1989, 15.5: Museum Shop, 1947-1989, 15.6: Photography, 1918-1990, 15.7: Physical Anthropology, 1919-1956) Series 16: Huntington Free Library, 1926-1991Series 17: Museum Relocation, 1969-1992 (17.1: Subject Files, 1979-1990, 17.2: American Museum of Natural History, 1980-1987, 17.3: Dallas, Texas, 1984-1987, 17.4: Smithsonian Institution, 1979-1990, 17.5: U.S. Custom House, 1977-1990, 17.6: Other Locations, 1974-1987) Series 18: MediaSeries 19: PhotographsSeries 20: Miscellaneous, 1837-1990Series 21: Oversize, 1873-1972 (21.1: Maps, 1873-1975, 21.2: Miscellaneous, 1884-1982)
History of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation:
The Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation was established by wealthy collector George Gustav Heye in 1908. Heye began collecting American Indian artifacts as early as 1897 and his collection rapidly increased over the next several years. Based in New York, Heye bought collections and documentary photographs, sponsored expeditions, and traveled and collected items himself. In addition, once MAI was established he sponsored numerous expeditions across the Western Hemisphere, including North American, Canada, South America and Central America.

From 1908 to 1917 Heye housed his artifacts on temporary loan at the University of Pennsylvania's University Museum, Pennsylvania, in lofts on East 33rd Street in New York City, and at other depositories. In 1917, the collections moved from his apartment to their permanent museum location at Audubon Terrace, at 155th Street and Broadway in New York City. The museum, containing ethnographic and archaeological collections from North, Central and South America, opened to the public in 1922. Less than ten years later, Heye completed a storage facility in the Pelham Bay area of the Bronx, known as the Research Branch. Heye served as Chairman of the Board and Museum Director until his death in 1957. After growing concern about the financial and other management of the collections came to a head, the museum became part of the Smithsonian Institution in 1989 and in 1994 opened exhibit space in the U.S. Customs House at Bowling Green near New York City's Battery Park. The Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, Maryland later opened in 1999 and the main Washington, DC museum opened in 2004.

Please visit the following links for more information about the history of the museum; History of the Collection, Collections Overview, and Significance of the Collection. Moreover, for information about how the museum currently cares for and exhibits the collection, please see the Conservation department and recent entries regarding Exhibitions and Conservation on the NMAI Blog. In addition, see portions of the NMAI Archive Center's collections highlighted in the SIRIS Blog.
Related Materials:
In 2004, the Huntington Fee Library, once part of the MAI/Heye Foundation, was transferred to the Cornell University Library Rare Book and Manuscript Collection. While this collection mainly contained books, it also contained a significant amount of archival materials. The Huntington Free Library's Native American Collection contains outstanding materials documenting the history, culture, languages, and arts of the native tribes of both North and South America, as well as contemporary politics and human rights issues are also important components of the collection. Further information about the collection and links to finding aids can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/collections/HFL_old.html.
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:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Peru  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Tennessee  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- New York (State)  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Panama  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- New Jersey  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- New Mexico  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Missouri  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Nevada  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- California  Search this
Indians of South America  Search this
Indians of Central America  Search this
Pre-Columbian objects  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Texas  Search this
Museums -- Collection management  Search this
Archaeological expeditions  Search this
Ethnological expeditions  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Museums -- Acquisitions  Search this
Museums -- Curatorship  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Cuba  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Ecuador  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arkansas  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Canada  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Guatemala  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Haiti  Search this
Genre/Form:
Administrative records
Photographs
Annual reports
Field notes
Correspondence
Ledgers (account books)
Minutes
Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.001
See more items in:
Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv412df8cf1-44c0-41fd-9101-eefb477e5aef
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-001
Online Media:

The Eagle Dance

Culture/People:
Potawatomi [Oklahoma]  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Woody Crumbo (Woodrow Wilson Crumbo), Potawatomi [Oklahoma], 1912-1989  Search this
Previous owner:
Ernest S. Carter (Ernest Sigmund Carter/Ernest Sigmund Schickler), Non-Indian, 1922-2009  Search this
Eloise L. Carter (Eloise [Ellie] Leona Carter/Mrs. Ernest S. Carter), Non-Indian  Search this
Donor:
Ernest S. Carter (Ernest Sigmund Carter/Ernest Sigmund Schickler), Non-Indian, 1922-2009  Search this
Eloise L. Carter (Eloise [Ellie] Leona Carter/Mrs. Ernest S. Carter), Non-Indian  Search this
Title:
The Eagle Dance
Object Name:
Print
Media/Materials:
Paper, ink
Techniques:
Lithographed
Dimensions:
26.5 x 32.9 cm
Object Type:
Painting/Drawing/Print
Place:
Oklahoma; USA
Date created:
circa 1960
Catalog Number:
25/1134
Barcode:
251134.000
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Potawatomi [Oklahoma]
Painting/Drawing/Print
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69a6195f8-2241-4d28-8f08-1d781cd668a9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_266981
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Lee Marmon photographs

Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Names:
Bolger, Ray  Search this
Eisenhower, Mamie Doud, 1896-1979  Search this
Hope, Bob, 1903-2003  Search this
Lewis, Lucy M.  Search this
Extent:
94 Photographic prints (black and white; color)
Culture:
Indians of North America  Search this
Laguna Pueblo  Search this
Acoma Pueblo  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Portraits
Photographs
Place:
New Mexico
Date:
circa 1950-1987
Summary:
The Lee Marmon photographs collection contains 94 color and black and white photographic prints. Subjects include Laguna and Acoma elders (1950-1965), publicity images of celebrities (1967-1973), Native American portraiture (circa 1987), the New Mexico pueblos and landscape, and the potter Lucy M. Lewis, her daughters, and their pottery (1987). The photographs were shot by Lee Marmon (Laguna Pueblo), circa 1950-1987.
Scope and Contents:
The Lee Marmon photographs collection contains 94 color and black and white photographic prints that were shot by Laguna Pueblo photographer Lee Marmon, circa 1950-1987. Subjects include people, sites, and landscapes around Laguna Pueblo and Acoma Pueblo (1950-1965) in New Mexico; publicity images of celebrities (1967-1973) including Bob Hope and Dean Martin; Native American portraiture (circa 1987);and the potter Lucy M. Lewis, her daughters, and their pottery (1987).
Arrangement note:
Small prints organized in photo folders; and larger prints are stored in oversize boxes.
Biographical/Historical note:
Lee Howard Marmon was born as the second son of Lily and Henry "Hank" Marmon on September 25, 1925 in Laguna, New Mexico. Marmon's interest in photography was sparked when he took his first photograph at the age of 11 of an automobile accident on Route 66. Initially planning to attend the University of New Mexico to study geology, Marmon dropped out after several semesters to begin his World War II career as a Sergeant-Major on Shemya Island, Alaska in 1943. Marmon's service to the United States in the Aleutian chain lasted until 1946, after which he returned to Laguna.

Marmon retained an interest in photography and purchased his first professional camera, a 2¼ x 2¾ Speed Graphic. Later in his career, he would use a 4x5 Speed Graphic, a Rolleiflex, a Hasselblad Superwide, and a Hasselblad C model. When Marmon began photographing, he favored Kodachrome sheet film (ASA 8) and super speed B&W (ASA 100). As Marmon was learning this new hobby, his civilian life included employment as the Laguna postmaster and as a worker in his father's store, The Laguna Trading Post. Photography escalated from a hobby to a more serious pursuit after Marmon's father suggested that his son bring a camera along while making store deliveries in order to take portraits of the Laguna elders. These early black and white photographs, taken using fixed-lens cameras and natural light, became some of Marmon's most well-known images.

While Marmon mainly focused on documenting the traditions and lifestyles of the Laguna and Acoma Pueblos, a departure from this theme occurred when he moved from New Mexico to Palm Springs, California in 1966. As the official photographer for the Bob Hope Desert Classic Golf Tournament from 1967 until 1973, Marmon took publicity photographs of golfers participating in the competition along with celebrity entertainers and guests at the accompanying Bob Hope Ball. Marmon also worked as a freelance photographer throughout this time, contributing to publications such as Time Magazine and The Saturday Evening Post, working as a still photographer for Columbia Pictures, and completing a commission from President and Mrs. Nixon to photograph a collection of New Mexican Puebloan pottery.

Marmon moved back to Laguna in 1982, and in the following years he showed his work in a variety of venues, opened a bookstore called The Blue-Eyed Indian, and won an ADDY award for his contribution to the PBS documentary series, Surviving Columbus: The Story of the Pueblo People. In 2003, Marmon published a book, The Pueblo Imagination: Landscape and Memory in the Photography of Lee Marmon, in collaboration with his daughter, author Leslie Marmon Silko, and poets Joy Harjo and Simon Ortiz. The book was heralded as a success, collecting first place awards from The Mountains and Plains Bookseller's Association and from Independent Publisher Online.

After the publication of his book, Marmon's photographic activity began to diminish. His final show, Pueblo Faces and Places, was held in 2007 at the Sky City Cultural Center in Acoma, New Mexico. In recognition for achievements in the photographic field, Marmon was honored as the 88th Annual Inter-Tribal Ceremonial's "Living Treasure" of 2009, the first photographer to be given the award. Throughout his life, Marmon produced a great volume of work. In May of 2009, he donated his personal papers and over 65,000 photographs to the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections (CSWR) at the University of New Mexico. From a humble beginning of taking photographs of village elders, Marmon eventually built a career out of saving the memories of the Laguna and Acoma tribes and is now one of the country's best-known Native American photographers.

Lee Marmon passed away in March 2021 at age 95.
Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives 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:
Copyright held by the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections at the University of New Mexico.
Genre/Form:
Portraits
Photographs
Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lee Marmon photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.054; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.054
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4db9b3d77-6fae-43df-b4d8-ad94353b5510
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-054
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Mr. and Mrs. Miguel Riley

Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Collection Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print
Container:
Oversize 1
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1955-1957
Scope and Contents:
Outdoor portrait of Miguel Riley crouching next to his wife with his hand on a watermelon placed in front of them, posed in front of a plastered adobe wall. Photograph by Lee Marmon (Laguna Pueblo).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives 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:
Copyright held by the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections at the University of New Mexico.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lee Marmon photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.054; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.054, Item P37423
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4dbf782be-778f-4e34-b1e9-5dd268fb4a81
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-054-ref539

Mrs. Harry Lewis and Mrs. Abeita

Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Collection Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print
Container:
Oversize 1
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1950
Scope and Contents:
Mrs. Harry Lewis and Mrs. Abeita pose outdoors in front of a rock wall. The woman on the left is possibly Lupe Siow. Photograph by Lee Marmon (Laguna Pueblo).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives 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:
Copyright held by the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections at the University of New Mexico.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lee Marmon photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.054; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.054, Item P37424
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4040bdd12-b6ea-4947-9a3f-62e86cbf4d86
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-054-ref540

Last Wagons

Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Collection Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print
Container:
Oversize 1
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1953
Scope and Contents:
Three horse-drawn wagons parked near a building on a dirt road. A child sits on the building's porch railing and a man drives the team of the foreground wagon. Photograph by Lee Marmon (Laguna Pueblo).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives 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:
Copyright held by the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections at the University of New Mexico.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lee Marmon photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.054; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.054, Item P37427
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv432ee857a-0577-4481-b519-2d5c905adf20
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-054-ref543

John Riley

Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Collection Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print
Container:
Oversize 1
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1949-1950
Scope and Contents:
Outdoor portrait of John Riley beating a drum while sitting on a rock in front of a plastered adobe wall. Photograph by Lee Marmon (Laguna Pueblo).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives 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:
Copyright held by the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections at the University of New Mexico.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lee Marmon photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.054; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.054, Item P37429
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv450138fea-db06-44d1-8a52-4f892f8fbeb0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-054-ref545

Fernando

Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Collection Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print
Container:
Oversize 1
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1950
Scope and Contents:
Outdoor portrait of Mr. Fernando seated in front of a plastered adobe wall. Photograph by Lee Marmon (Laguna Pueblo).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives 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:
Copyright held by the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections at the University of New Mexico.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lee Marmon photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.054; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.054, Item P37439
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4df698dff-e22a-4dd7-9763-7d845d43076f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-054-ref555

Old Wall at Acoma Pueblo

Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Collection Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print
Container:
Oversize 1
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1958
Scope and Contents:
View of the Acoma Pueblo from a hole in the surrounding adobe brick wall. Photograph by Lee Marmon (Laguna Pueblo).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives 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:
Copyright held by the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections at the University of New Mexico.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lee Marmon photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.054; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.054, Item P37440
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv42c28be49-e2d0-441c-bba8-7b16126fb93a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-054-ref556

Jo-Jo Siow (Hoop Dancer)

Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Collection Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print
Container:
Oversize 1
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1959
Scope and Contents:
Outdoor portrait of Jo-Jo Siow in traditional Hoop Dance attire. He dances at a celebration for the opening of Indian Wells Hotel. Photograph by Lee Marmon (Laguna Pueblo).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives 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:
Copyright held by the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections at the University of New Mexico.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lee Marmon photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.054; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.054, Item P37441
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4f1427a36-5cf8-4f26-bf7d-b1f982054f68
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-054-ref557

Georgie Brown

Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Collection Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print
Container:
Oversize 2
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1959
Scope and Contents:
Photograph depicting Georgie Brown, photographed by Lee Marmon (Laguna Pueblo), 1959.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives 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:
Copyright held by the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections at the University of New Mexico.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lee Marmon photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.054; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.054, Item 054_001_000_003
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv43e622278-e3b3-4bf1-bfdd-7391ccb90f2d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-054-ref566

Lupe Siow

Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Collection Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print
Container:
Oversize 2
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1959
Scope and Contents:
Photograph depicting Lupe Siow, photographed by Lee Marmon (Laguna Pueblo), 1959.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives 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:
Copyright held by the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections at the University of New Mexico.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lee Marmon photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.054; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.054, Item 054_001_000_005
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4335b60ed-2cfb-44b3-b82c-fe5a2cba9080
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-054-ref568

Marmon Girls

Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Collection Creator:
Marmon, Lee  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print
Container:
Oversize 2
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
1959
Scope and Contents:
Photograph depicting Marmon Girls, photographed by Lee Marmon (Laguna Pueblo), 1959.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives 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:
Copyright held by the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections at the University of New Mexico.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lee Marmon photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.054; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.054, Item 054_001_000_008
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Lee Marmon photographs / Series 2: Pueblo Scenes and Celebrity Portraiture
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv440042a26-56aa-458e-b3eb-1c45d21e6e9e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-054-ref571

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