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Arctic/Subarctic

Collection Creator:
Evelyn, Douglas E.  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph
Container:
Photo-folder 13
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereographs
Date:
1904
Scope and Contents:
P33117

This series contains 1 Keystone View Company stereograph depicting Alaska Natives and sled dogs posed with sled and snowshoes at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, also known as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
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:
The following images are restricted due to cultural sensitivity: 226_pht_010_003; 226_pht_010_004; 226_pht_012_002; P33114; P33116; P33120.
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.
Topic:
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)  Search this
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Douglas E. Evelyn photograph and ephemera collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.226, Series 2
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4662a0f58-d760-4f8c-91e7-9656c774ffd1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-226-ref2

Northwest Coast

Collection Creator:
Evelyn, Douglas E.  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard
2 Stereographs
Container:
Photo-folder 4
Photo-folder 13
Photo-folder 16
Culture:
Tlingit  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Photographs
Postcards
Stereographs
Date:
1896-1904
Scope and Contents:
Postcards: 226_pht_004_001; Stereographs: P33112; P33131

This series contains 2 stereographs and 1 postcard. The images include depictions of Tlingit (Sitka) peoples engaged in a potlatch in 1904, two Tlingit (Sitka) men in a boat in Sitka Bay, and a group of Native men on horseback in Tacoma, Washington.
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:
The following images are restricted due to cultural sensitivity: 226_pht_010_003; 226_pht_010_004; 226_pht_012_002; P33114; P33116; P33120.
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); Douglas E. Evelyn photograph and ephemera collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.226, Series 3
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv45ccc0062-63a7-42d9-95d7-229fd0530e48
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-226-ref3

Southwest

Collection Creator:
Evelyn, Douglas E.  Search this
Extent:
12 Postcards
10 Stereographs
Container:
Photo-folder 6
Photo-folder 7
Photo-folder 8
Photo-folder 13
Photo-folder 14
Photo-folder 15
Photo-folder 16
Culture:
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Diné (Navajo)  Search this
Laguna Pueblo  Search this
Taos Pueblo  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Photographs
Postcards
Stereographs
Date:
1880-1937
Scope and Contents:
Postcards: 226_pht_006_001; 226_pht_006_002; 226_pht_006_003; 226_pht_006_004; 226_pht_006_005; 226_pht_007_001; 226_pht_007_002; 226_pht_007_003; 226_pht_007_004; 226_pht_007_005; 226_pht_008_001; 226_pht_008_002; Stereographs: P33115; P33116 (Restricted); P33119; P33120 (Restricted); P33122; P33123; P33124; P33125; P33130; P33135

This series contains 12 postcards and 10 stereographs. The images include depictions of activities such as weaving, basket making, and horse-racing. Communities represented include Diné (Navajo), Hopi Pueblo, Laguna Pueblo, and Taos Pueblo. The images also include depictions of a number of buildings and structures such as the Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde, the Lagoon Indian School in Phoenix, Arizona, and the Indian Building in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A number of the stereographs were produced by the Keystone View Company and feature educational, though not always accurate or factual, classroom information on the reverse. A number of the postcards were produced by the Fred Harvey Company which partnered with the Santa Fe Railroad in the early 20th century to generate tourism in the American Southwest.
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:
The following images in this series are restricted due to cultural sensitivity: P33116; P33120.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Douglas E. Evelyn photograph and ephemera collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.226, Series 5
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv413052b25-50ec-45f5-8622-cd1f343ba001
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-226-ref5

Plains

Collection Creator:
Evelyn, Douglas E.  Search this
Extent:
9 Postcards
7 Stereographs
Container:
Photo-folder 9
Photo-folder 10
Photo-folder 14
Photo-folder 15
Photo-folder 16
Culture:
Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)  Search this
Niuam (Comanche)  Search this
Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
White Mountain Apache  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Photographs
Postcards
Stereographs
Date:
1900-1937
Scope and Contents:
Postcards: 226_pht_009_001; 226_pht_009_002; 226_pht_009_003; 226_pht_009_004; 226_pht_009_005; 226_pht_010_001; 226_pht_010_002; 226_pht_010_003 (Restricted); 226_pht_010_004 (Restricted); Stereographs: P33121; P33126; P33127; P33128; P33132; P33133; P33134

This series contains 9 postcards and 7 stereographs. The images include depictions of Kiowa, Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux), Niuam (Comanche), Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne), and White Mountain Apache communities. Individuals specifically identified are Bald Eagle (Sioux), Ho-Wear [Niuam (Comanche)], Horseback [Niuam (Comanche)], and Min-nin-ne-wah or Whirlwind [Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)]. Also represented in this series are a landscape image of the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, as well as an exterior view of the buildings at the Kickapoo Mission in Horton, Kansas.
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:
The following images in this series are restricted due to cultural sensitivity: 226_pht_010_003; 226_pht_010_004.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Douglas E. Evelyn photograph and ephemera collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.226, Series 6
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4b9ae0d42-6c07-4ae2-9856-e387cd0f5ba8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-226-ref6

Northeast/Great Lakes

Collection Creator:
Evelyn, Douglas E.  Search this
Extent:
5 Postcards
4 Stereographs
Container:
Photo-folder 11
Photo-folder 13
Photo-folder 15
Photo-folder 16
Culture:
Seneca  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Photographs
Postcards
Stereographs
Date:
1893-1960
Scope and Contents:
Postcards: 226_pht_011_001; 226_pht_011_002; 226_pht_011_003; 226_pht_011_004; 226_pht_011_005; Stereographs: P33113; P33114 (Restricted); P33129; 226_pht_016_001

This series contains 5 postcards and 4 stereographs. The images include depictions of Mille Lacs (Minnesota Chippewa), Seneca (Allegany), and Wendat (Huron) communities, as well as interior and exterior views of unidentified families with wigwams. Also represented in this series are a stereograph of a Wendat (Huron) community at the 1894 Quebec Winter Carnival, and views of the Kickapoo Indian Cavern Trading Post in Wauzeka, Wisconsin, and the Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post Museum in Onamia, Minnesota.
Please note that the language and terminology used in this collection reflects the context and culture of the time of its creation, and may include culturally sensitive information. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
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:
The following image in this series is restricted due to cultural sensitivity: P33114.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Douglas E. Evelyn photograph and ephemera collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.226, Series 7
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv47d5f4da7-34d9-4090-8967-6efc24674cdb
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-226-ref7

Central America

Collection Creator:
Evelyn, Douglas E.  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph
Container:
Photo-folder 13
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereographs
Date:
circa 1900
Scope and Contents:
P33118

This series contains 1 Keystone View Company stereograph depicting a woman and child using a metate to grind corn in El Salvador.
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:
The following images are restricted due to cultural sensitivity: 226_pht_010_003; 226_pht_010_004; 226_pht_012_002; P33114; P33116; P33120.
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.
Topic:
Indians of Central America -- El Salvador  Search this
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Douglas E. Evelyn photograph and ephemera collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.226, Series 9
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv45ad1872e-304e-47ec-8668-5bbd9a2621fa
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-226-ref9

N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection

Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Graves, C. H. (Carleton H.), -1943  Search this
Extent:
12 Stereographs
0.03 Linear feet
Culture:
Shoshone  Search this
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this
Salish (Flathead)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Stereographs
Date:
1902-1909
Summary:
This collection consists of twelve stereographic images depicting individuals from Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan), Salish (Flathead), and Shoshone communities in the region of western Montana and eastern Idaho during the first decade of the twentieth century.
Content Description:
The N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection consists of eleven stereographic images taken by photographer N.A. Forsyth between approximately 1906 and 1909. Forsyth visited and documented life on a number of Native American reservations in western Montana, including the Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) and the Salish (Flathead). This collection also contains one stereographic image taken by photographer C.H. Graves in eastern Idaho in 1902 depicting a leader of the Shoshone people.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged into folders by cultural group.
Biographical / Historical:
Norman A. Forsyth was born in upstate New York in 1869, and at a young age moved west with his family to Nebraska. By the early years of the twentieth century he moved west again, this time to Montana, opening a photo studio there in Butte in 1904. Employed first by Underwood and Underwood and later by the Keystone View Company, Forsyth photographed landscape scenes of Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks which were sold as stereographs. Additionally, he also documented the daily lives of a number of Native communities of western Montana, including the Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and the Salish (Flathead) on the Flathead Indian Reservation. He died in 1949.
Related Materials:
The Research Center Archives at the Montana Historical Society contains several hundred of N.A. Forsyth's stereographic images, while the Smithsonian Institution's National Anthropological Archives also contains a few dozen of Forsyth's photographic works.
Provenance:
This collection was donated by Rebecca Hawkins in 1966.
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:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives 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.
Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection, NMAI.AC.343; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.343
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv45563159d-bb12-43b0-b350-a06b107260bb
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-343
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Painted Lodges of the Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)

Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Collection Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Graves, C. H. (Carleton H.), -1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph
Container:
Photo-folder 1
Culture:
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereographs
Date:
1906-1909
Scope and Contents:
Photograph of Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) encampment on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana. Photographed by N.A. Forsyth between 1906 and 1909.
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:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives 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); N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection, NMAI.AC.343; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.343, Item P25978
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4ad27319c-cb65-41a8-8c43-084efe38d36c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-343-ref1

Salish (Flathead) group

Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Collection Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Graves, C. H. (Carleton H.), -1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph
Container:
Photo-folder 2
Culture:
Salish (Flathead)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereographs
Date:
1907
Scope and Contents:
Photograph of a large group of Salish (Flathead) people gathering to witness a women's dance on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Photographed by N.A. Forsyth in 1907.
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:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives 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); N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection, NMAI.AC.343; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.343, Item P25977
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4e1edf87d-6ce7-46c5-bd45-312d06d855a6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-343-ref10

Duncan MacDonald and his wife

Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Collection Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Graves, C. H. (Carleton H.), -1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph
Container:
Photo-folder 3
Culture:
Salish (Flathead)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereographs
Date:
1907
Scope and Contents:
Photograph of Salish (Flathead) man Duncan MacDonald and his wife on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Photographed by N.A. Forsyth in 1907.
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:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives 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); N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection, NMAI.AC.343; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.343, Item P25980
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv48196d60b-6104-49bc-b5bc-ea6390a0cf5b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-343-ref11

Shoshone chief in eastern Idaho

Creator:
Graves, C. H. (Carleton H.), -1943  Search this
Collection Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Graves, C. H. (Carleton H.), -1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph
Container:
Photo-folder 3
Culture:
Shoshone  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereographs
Date:
1902
Scope and Contents:
Portrait of an unnamed Shoshone man, identified only as the Chief of the Snake River Indians. Photographed by C.H. Graves in eastern Idaho in 1902.
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:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives 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); N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection, NMAI.AC.343; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.343, Item P25976
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv42b806ea7-86b1-4631-b22b-ff6f3cd2917a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-343-ref12

Little Dog, Chief of the Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)

Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Collection Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Graves, C. H. (Carleton H.), -1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph
Container:
Photo-folder 1
Culture:
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereographs
Date:
1906-1909
Scope and Contents:
Photograph of Little Dog, Chief of the Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana. Photographed by N.A. Forsyth between 1906 and 1909.
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:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives 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); N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection, NMAI.AC.343; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.343, Item P25973
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv46759d30a-b89e-47b8-8642-bb66093deea2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-343-ref2

Unidentified Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) women

Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Collection Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Graves, C. H. (Carleton H.), -1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph
Container:
Photo-folder 1
Culture:
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereographs
Date:
1906-1909
Scope and Contents:
Photograph of a group of unidentified Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) women on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana. Photographed by N.A. Forsyth between 1906 and 1909.
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:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives 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); N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection, NMAI.AC.343; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.343, Item P25972
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N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4ad6615a3-9ee0-445b-9cbc-5f16dd95f557
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-343-ref3

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) Choosing Dance

Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Collection Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Graves, C. H. (Carleton H.), -1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph
Container:
Photo-folder 1
Culture:
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereographs
Date:
1906-1909
Scope and Contents:
Photograph of a Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) Choosing Dance, also possibly known as the Owl Dance, on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana. Photographed by N.A. Forsyth between 1906 and 1909.
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:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives 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); N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection, NMAI.AC.343; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.343, Item P25981
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N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv41358b99e-0c84-44cc-be00-2a0d6e99edbd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-343-ref4

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) Choosing Dance

Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Collection Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Graves, C. H. (Carleton H.), -1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph
Container:
Photo-folder 1
Culture:
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereographs
Date:
1906-1909
Scope and Contents:
Photograph of a Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) Choosing Dance, also possibly known as the Owl Dance, on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana. Photographed by N.A. Forsyth between 1906 and 1909.
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:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives 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); N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection, NMAI.AC.343; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.343, Item P25971
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N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4fbb562a9-72ad-4d73-be16-34b27fe4319f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-343-ref5

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) Grass Dance

Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Collection Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Graves, C. H. (Carleton H.), -1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph
Container:
Photo-folder 2
Culture:
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereographs
Date:
1906-1909
Scope and Contents:
Photograph of a Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) Grass Dance on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana. Photographed by N.A. Forsyth between 1906 and 1909.
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:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives 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); N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection, NMAI.AC.343; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.343, Item P25979
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N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv44472c138-4ab4-4964-b92b-25c87b98c269
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-343-ref6

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) men at a dance

Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Collection Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Graves, C. H. (Carleton H.), -1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph
Container:
Photo-folder 2
Culture:
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereographs
Date:
1906-1909
Scope and Contents:
Photograph of a Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) dance on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation near Browning, Montana. Probably photographed by N.A. Forsyth between 1906 and 1909.
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:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives 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); N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection, NMAI.AC.343; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.343, Item P25975
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4852cbd61-a207-49ca-9a26-8f572ebd320d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-343-ref7

Salish (Flathead) Chief Antoine Moise and his family

Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Collection Creator:
Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this
Graves, C. H. (Carleton H.), -1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph
Container:
Photo-folder 2
Culture:
Salish (Flathead)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereographs
Date:
1907
Scope and Contents:
Photograph of Salish (Flathead) Chief Antoine Moise and his family on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Photographed by N.A. Forsyth in 1907.
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:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives 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); N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection, NMAI.AC.343; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.343, Item P25970
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N.A. Forsyth stereograph collection
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4c93e2c2a-9d56-4d05-aa4e-d21a41f3083d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-343-ref9

Byron H. Gurnsey stereograph collection

Creator:
Gurnsey, B. H. (Byron H.), 1833-1880  Search this
Hamilton, C.L.  Search this
Hamilton, J. H. (James H.)  Search this
Extent:
0.05 Linear feet
9 Stereographs
Culture:
Nakota (Yankton Sioux)  Search this
Wahpetonwan Dakota (Wahpeton Sioux)  Search this
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Stereographs
Place:
Sioux City (Iowa)
Date:
1865-1870
Summary:
This collection consists of nine stereographic images depicting individuals from Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), Nakota (Yankton Sioux), and Wahpetonwan Dakota (Wahpeton Sioux) communities in the vicinity of Sioux City, Iowa, between approximately 1865 and 1870.
Scope and Contents:
The Byron H. Gurnsey stereograph collection consists of nine stereographic images taken between approximately 1865 and 1870 near Sioux City, Iowa. The stereographic photos depict men and women from Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), Nakota (Yankton Sioux), and Wahpetonwan Dakota (Wahpeton Sioux) communities, and include studio portraits as well as less formalized photographs shot outside of the studio on Native reservations. Some of the more notable photographs include images of Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) leaders Gray Wolf and Standing Buffalo.

While several of the images in this collection lack attribution or even list Charles L. Hamilton or his brother James H. Hamilton as the possible creators of these photographs, evidence points to Byron H. Gurnsey as the original photographer. The Hamilton brothers operated a photo studio in Sioux City at this time, as did Gurnsey, and after Gurnsey sold his studio in 1871 and relocated to Colorado, the Hamilton brothers continued to reproduce many of Gurnsey's photos with their own imprint.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged into folders by cultural group.
Biographical / Historical:
Byron H. Gurnsey was born in New York state in 1833. After serving with the Union Army from 1861 until 1866, Gurnsey set up a photo studio in Sioux City, Iowa, primarily photographing non-Native soldiers at local forts and Native communities living in the area around Sioux City. Partnering with W.H. Illingworth in Sioux City, Gurnsey shot studio portrait photographs of Native community members and delegations passing through the area on their way to and from Washington, DC. During this time Gurnsey reportedly advertised his photo studio as Sioux City's "Headquarters for Stereoscopic Views and Indian Pictures." On at least one occasion he also traveled to the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska to document the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) peoples living there.

In 1871 Gurnsey decided to sell his Sioux City photo studio along with many of his previous Native American portraiture shots to the brothers Charles L., James H., and Grant Hamilton, who also operated a photo studio in Sioux City. By the following year Gurnsey and his family were living in Colorado, where he set up photo studios first in Pueblo and then later in Colorado Springs. While living in Colorado for the remainder of his days, Gurnsey continued to take stereographic views of the local scenery and neighboring Native communities, much as he had done earlier in Iowa. Byron H. Gurnsey died in 1880, and his widow, Delilah Simpson Gurnsey, thereafter briefly operated his studio until approximately 1882.
Related Materials:
Byron H. Gurnsey, Charles L. Hamilton, and James H. Hamilton images of Native American communities photographed between approximately 1865 and 1870 in the vicinity of Sioux City, Iowa, exist in many archival collections throughout the U.S. and Europe, including in the Smithsonian Institution's National Anthropological Archives, Newberry Library, the Library of Congress, and the British Museum in London.
Provenance:
Gift from the Historical Society of Washington, DC, in 2003.
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:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives 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.
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Byron H. Gurnsey stereograph collection, NMAI.AC.359; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.359
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Byron H. Gurnsey stereograph collection
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4bc6a4b91-f050-4059-9b0f-6cd08af4a10c
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-359
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Thunder Storm, Winnebago

Collection Creator:
Gurnsey, B. H. (Byron H.), 1833-1880  Search this
Hamilton, C.L.  Search this
Hamilton, J. H. (James H.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph
Container:
Photo-folder 1
Culture:
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereographs
Date:
1865
Scope and Contents:
Studio portrait of Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) woman Thunder Storm. Photographed by Byron H. Gurnsey in his Sioux City, Iowa, photo studio.
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:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives 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); Byron H. Gurnsey stereograph collection, NMAI.AC.359; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.359, Item P28567
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Byron H. Gurnsey stereograph collection
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4ee68f73e-4dad-4e56-bec4-8a5e6c5d9680
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-359-ref1

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