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Printer:

MacCormack, Forrest (intern)  Search this

Talman, Hugh (photographer)  Search this

Photographer:

Smillie, T. W. (Thomas William), 1843-1917  Search this

Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952  Search this

Collector:

Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).  Search this

Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).  Search this

Names:

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Photographs  Search this

Extent:

2 Cubic feet (7 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Contact prints

Place:

White House (Washington, D.C.)

Washington (D.C.) -- 1890-1900

Chicago Ill. -- 1890-1900

Date:

1993 - 1993

circa 1888-1899, 1906

Summary:

Twenty glass plate negatives and reference copy prints of the images taken between the late 1880s and the early 1900s by Frances Benjamin Johnston and Thomas W. Smillie. The images depict the skyline of Washington D.C., views from the 1893 World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, blueprints for the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, and an unidentified orchestra.

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of twenty glass plate negatives and associated reference copy prints depicting scenes from the 1893 World's Fair: Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois as well as images of the Washington D.C. skyline dating from between 1888 and 1899. The glass plate negatives range in size from 17" x 20" to 20" x 24" while the silver gelatin, resin-coated paper prints are all 20" x 24". All the images are black and white.

Series 1, Glass Plate Negatives, 1893, 1906, circa 1888-1899, is arranged by a numbering system, possibly assigned by the Smithsonian Office of Printing and Photographic Services (OPPS). The numbers were etched or written on the negatives, for example 3107. The series begins with the numbered images from Washington DC (#3101-#3107), followed by images without identifying numbers. The numbered images from the 1893 Columbian Exposition (non-inclusive #11302-11359) come next, followed by the images without identifying numbers.

The images of Washington D.C., when arranged in the following sequence, form a panorama of the Washington D.C. city: #3103, #3107, #3104, #3101, #3106, #3105, #3102. The images were taken from the tower of the Smithsonian Castle facing north, beginning with a view of the United States Capitol Building in the east (#3102) and ending with a view of the incomplete Washington Monument in the west (#3103). An unnumbered image of the United States Capitol taken after 1899 from the tower of the Old Post Office and Clock Tower looking down Pennsylvania Avenue is included. Two unnumbered blueprints dated July 19, 1906 show the second and third floor layouts of the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building.

The images of the 1893 World's Fair: Columbian Exposition show various buildings built for the event as well as a replica of the Battleship Illinois which was constructed to illustrate advances in naval technology. Exterior views of the Administration Building, Government Building, Palace of Fine Arts, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building as well as an interior view of the World's Fair Post Office in the Government Building are found among the negatives. A number of the images appear to have been taken from atop some of the buildings looking down.

One unnumbered and unidentified picture of a musical orchestra sitting on stage is included at the end of the series.

Series 2, Copy prints, 1993, include duplicate or, in some instances triplicate, photographic copy prints of the images from the glass plate negatives. In the case of #11311 and #11359, no copy prints exist. The silver gelatin prints on resin-coated paper were created in the fall of 1993.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in two series.

Series 1: Glass Plate Negatives, 1893, 1906, circa 1888-1899

Series 2: Copy prints (reference copies), 1993

Biographical / Historical:

While the origin and provenance of some of the glass plate negatives is uncertain, it is likely that the images were created by Smithsonian photographer and curator Thomas W. Smillie and by Frances Benjamin Johnston, a prominent female photographer who was a protege of Smillie's.

Thomas W. Smillie was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1843 and emigrated to the United States when he was five years old. He attended Georgetown University, where he studied medicine and chemistry. Shortly thereafter he became a photographer for the Smithsonian and remained with the institution until his death in 1917. In 1896 he was named "custodian" of photography for the Institution, in essence becoming its first photography curator. He staged photographic exhibits and actively collected both images and equipment related to photography.

Frances Benjamin Johnston was an early pioneer for women in the field of photography and photojournalism. Born in 1864 in Grafton, West Virginia, Johnston studied art in Maryland and later at the Académie Julien in Paris. Her high-profile family connection with the Eastman family as well as her insatiable appetite for knowledge about photographic processes quickly propelled her to a formidable professional career. Her work appeared in publications such as The Ladies' Home Journal, Harper's Weekly, and Cosmopolitan, among others. As an apprentice to Thomas W. Smillie, Johnston was engaged to photograph the 1893 World's Fair: Columbian Exposition in Chicago. She made Washington D.C. her home and had the opportunity to photograph a large number of high profile individuals and government officials, including five United States presidents. Her photography often documented mundane and commonplace aspects of life rather than spectacular or prominent ones. Later in her career she focused her photography on colonial architecture, with images of houses, barns, and other buildings that intentionally showed everyday life in the United States South rather than high profile structures which had already been well-documented. She moved to New Orleans in 1940 and died in 1952.

Related Materials:

Materials at the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Records, circa 1883-1984 (SIA RU000529)

Field Research Photographs, circa 1909-1924 (SIA Acc. 02-086)

Personnel Records, 1892-1952 (SIA Acc. 05-123)

Collected Registers, 1908-1912 and undated (SIA Acc. 06-138)

National Anthropological Archives

Glass Negatives of Indians (Collected by Bureau of American Ethnology)

Provenance:

Immediate source of acquisition unknown.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Reference photograph copies should be used where possible. Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special care is required when handling the glass plate negatives both because of their large size and because some of the negatives are broken.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass -- 1890-1900

Contact prints -- 1950-2000

Citation:

Frances Benjamin Johnston and Thomas W. Smillie Glass Plate Negatives, 1888-1906, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0416

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0416

Creator:

Vroman, A. C. (Adam Clark), 1856-1916  Search this

Names:

Mission La Purísima Concepción (Calif.)  Search this

Mission San Antonio de Pala  Search this

Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.)  Search this

Mission San Juan Capistrano  Search this

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)  Search this

Mission San Miguel Arcangel (San Miguel, Calif.)  Search this

Nuestra Señora de la Soledad (Mission : Calif.)  Search this

San Antonio de Pádua (Mission)  Search this

San Buenaventura Mission  Search this

San Carlos Borromeo Basilica (Carmel, Calif.)  Search this

San Francisco de Asís Mission (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

San Juan Bautista (Mission : San Juan Bautista, Calif.)  Search this

San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.)  Search this

Santa Barbara Mission  Search this

Santa Clara Mission  Search this

Santa Inés Mission (Solvang, Calif.)  Search this

Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885. Ramona  Search this

Extent:

48 Postcards (collotype)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Postcards

Photographs

Place:

Camulos (Calif.)

Date:

circa 1900

Scope and Contents note:

Photographic postcards made by Adam Clark Vroman of California Missions and Camulos Ranch, part of "Vroman's Series of Postcards." The depicted mission include San Juan Bautista, Santa Clara, San Luis Rey de Francia, San Juan Capistrano, San Gabriel Arcangel, San Antonio de Pala, San Diego de Alcala, San Buenaventura, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez, La Purisima Conception, San Luis Obispo de Toloso, San Miguel, San Antonio de Padua, Our Lady of Solitude, Soledad, San Fernando Rey, San Francisco de Asis, Carmel (Monterey), and San Francisco Solano. The photographs of Camulos Ranch relate to Helen Hunt Jackson's book Ramona and have the subtitle "Ramona Haunts" with a notation of related book pages.

Biographical/Historical note:

Adam Clark Vroman (1856-1916) was a bookstore owner and photographer of Southwest Native Americans and culture. He and his wife moved to Pasadena, California, in 1892, where he took up photography, mostly documenting pueblos in New Mexico. After his wife's death in 1894, Vroman opened a bookstore in Pasadena, though he continued to make photography excursions to southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico. He also made photographs for the Bureau of American Ethnology during two expeditions in 1897 and 1899. Vroman's photographs illustrated the 1913 edition of Helen Hunt Jackson's novel Ramona.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 89-58

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Additional photographs by Vroman can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 14, Photo Lot 92-3, the records of the Department of Anthropology, and the BAE historical negatives.

Correspondence from Vroman can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in the Otis Tufton Mason papers.

The Smithsonian American Art Musem, University of California-Riverside's Museum of Photography, Massachusetts Historical Society, and the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona Libraries hold Vroman photographs.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Missions -- California  Search this

Genre/Form:

Postcards

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 89-58, Adam Clark Vroman photographic postcards of California missions and Camulos Ranch, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.89-58

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-89-58

Photographer:

Baker, Elwood A.  Search this

Names:

Serven, Abram R.  Search this

Extent:

1 Print (silver gelatin)

1 Contact print

Culture:

Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Contact prints

Date:

1930, 1934

Scope and Contents note:

Photograph depicting luncheon group including Nez Perce delegates and A. R. Serven and his associates, made by Elwood A. Baker on March 5, 1930. There is also a studio photograph of Oscar Boy, a Piegan man, and Carter in March 1934.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 89-50

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Citation:

Photo Lot 89-50, Photographs of Piegan man and Nez Perce delegates with members of Serven and Potter law firm, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.89-50

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-89-50

Collector:

Schultze-Westrum, Thomas  Search this

Extent:

1 Color print

5 Photocopies

33 Prints (silver gelatin)

Culture:

Papuans  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Color prints

Photocopies

Prints

Photographs

Place:

Papua, Gulf of (Papua New Guinea)

Date:

circa 1966, 1984

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs depicting artifacts collected in 1966 in the central and western Papua New Guinea Gulf, particularly the Era and Wapo River area, Urama Island, and Kerewo. They include images of ancestral boards, figures, bark belts, and plaited straw masks.

Biographical/Historical note:

Dr. Thomas Schultze-Westrum collected extensively in the Papuan Gulf in the mid 1960s. He also published books and articles about the region, including "Neuguinea. Papua--Urwelt im Aufbruch" (1972).

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 89-48, USNM ACC 358974

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Pictured artifacts can be found in the Department of Anthropology in accession 358974.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

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Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 89-48, Photographs of Thomas Schultze-Westrum's collection of artifacts from the Papuan Gulf, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.89-48

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-89-48

Creator:

Halstead, Whitney (collector and photographer)  Search this

Names:

British Museum  Search this

Field Museum of Natural History  Search this

Laboratory of Anthropology (Museum of New Mexico)  Search this

Nampeyo, ca. 1856-1942  Search this

Pushruk, Anthony Eskimo  Search this

Extent:

27 Negatives (acetate)

140 Prints (silver gelatin (including proof sheets of contact prints))

1 Print (albumen)

11 Copy prints

Culture:

Peruvians  Search this

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Eskimos  Search this

Wichita  Search this

Seneca  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Tewa Pueblos  Search this

Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this

Pueblo Indians  Search this

Arctic peoples  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives

Prints

Copy prints

Place:

Benin (Kingdom)

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs documenting pottery and pottery designs from historic Pueblo groups and archeological sites, including pottery by Hopi potter Nampeyo and an image of Maria Martinez of San Ildefonso and examples of her pottery. There are also some photographs that depict a pueblo, Southwest landscapes, cliff dwellings, rock art, craftspeople, and dwellings, mostly relating to Southwest peoples, Peruvians, and Australian aborigines. The collection includes images of artifacts in the collections of the Chicago Natural History Museum, Field Museum, British Museum, University of Illinois, Santa Fe Laboratory of Anthropology, and Paul Pearson collection. Notes and notices relating to publication are also available with the collection.

Biographical/Historical note:

Whitney Halstead (1926-1979) was an art historian and artist. He acquired his BFA and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he became Chairman of the Division of Fine Arts in 1967. He also worked as an assistant in the Field Museum's anthropology department and wrote art history publications.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 89-43

Location of Other Archival Materials:

The Archives of American Art holds Whitney Halstead's papers.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Copy prints of photographs or photographs of objects held by Chicago Natural History Museum, Field Museum of Natural History, British Museum, University of Illinois, and Santa Fe Laboratory of Anthropology cannot be copied. Copies or permission must be obtained from these repositories.

Topic:

Pottery  Search this

Kachinas  Search this

Camps  Search this

Australian Aborigines  Search this

Cliff-dwellings  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Baskets  Search this

Masks  Search this

Spinning  Search this

Dwellings  Search this

Citation:

Photo Lot 89-43, Whitney Halstead collection of photographs of indigenous art, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.89-43

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-89-43

Creator:

Sabbagh, Michael E.  Search this

Extent:

1 Print (silver gelatin)

Culture:

Maasai (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Photographs

Place:

Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)

Date:

circa 1978

Scope and Contents note:

Image of a Masai man, made at Ngorongoro Crater in the Great Rift Valley in Tanzania.

Biographical/Historical note:

Dr. Michael Ernest Sabbagh (1934-1977) was an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Texas, Austin. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, he was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand. His scholarly interests included climatology, physical geography, Africa, and statistical methods in geography.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 89-42

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 89-42, Michael Sabbagh photograph of Masai Warrior, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.89-42

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-89-42

Collector:

Oscanyan, Paul  Search this

Oscanyan, Astrid  Search this

Names:

Jón Helgason, 1866-1942 (author)  Search this

Artist:

Petersen, Emanuel A. (Emanuel Aage), 1894-1948  Search this

Extent:

10 Prints (silver gelatin)

1 Volume

6 Colored prints

7 Prints (color halftone)

Culture:

Inuit  Search this

Arctic peoples  Search this

Eskimos  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Volumes

Colored prints

Place:

Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration

Greenland

Reykjavík (Iceland)

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents note:

Collection of photographs made or collected by Paul and Astric Oscanyan relating to Iceland and Greenland. They include Jon Helgason's work on Reykjavik between 1786 and 1936, with photographic plates and copies of drawings; reproductions of paintings by Emanuel A. Petersen of Eskimo or Inuit settlements and boats on or near the coast of Greenland; and photographs of Greenland, possibly made or collected by Paul Oscanyan during the Michigan Greenland Expeditions. One photograph mount has a handwritten letter on its verso, from November 1939.

Biographical/Historical note:

Paul Oscanyan was a member of the University of Michigan Greenland Expeditions in 1927-1928.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 89-2, USNM ACC 356736

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Artifacts donated by the Oscanyans can be found in the Department of Anthropology in accession 356736.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Dogsledding  Search this

Citation:

Photo Lot 89-2, Paul and Astrid Oscanyan photograph collection relating to Iceland and Greenland, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.89-2

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-89-2

Creator:

Graham, James Reid  Search this

Publisher:

Albertype Co.  Search this

Asheville Postcard Company  Search this

Collotype Co. (Elizabeth, N.J. and N.Y.C.)  Search this

Dexter Press  Search this

H. A. Mirza & Sons  Search this

Honolulu Paper Company  Search this

Lehnert & Landrock  Search this

Mahatta & Co.  Search this

Sarrafian Bros.  Search this

Names:

Island Curio (Company), publisher or seller  Search this

Behar, Isaac (editor or publisher)  Search this

Harriz, Michel (photographer or publisher)  Search this

Photographer:

Ferger, Henri R. (Henri Rabb), b. 1889  Search this

Malhotra, K. L.  Search this

Stewart, R. R. (Ralph Randles), 1890-  Search this

ʻAbbūd, Karīmah  Search this

Extent:

8 Copy prints

1 Sketched map

1,850 Prints (circa, silver gelatin (some on postcard stock))

1,500 Negatives (circa, nitrate)

96 Printed postcards (collotype, color halftone, halftone)

Culture:

Chinese  Search this

Japanese  Search this

Kashmiri (South Asian people)  Search this

East Indians  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Copy prints

Sketched map

Prints

Negatives

Printed postcards

Postcards

Photographs

Place:

India

Jammu and Kashmir (India)

Pakistan

Israel

Palestine

Hong Kong (China)

Japan

Syria

India -- religion

Hawaii

Date:

circa 1929-1932

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs made and collected by James Reid Graham during his travels in India and Asia. They document the people, the natural and built environments, religious shrines and objects (including Buddhist, Hindu, and Catholic representations), transportation (including by yak, donkey, boat, airplane, and ricksha), games (particularly polo and field hockey), gatherings, and crafts.

The photographs depict locations in northern India and Pakistan, southern India and Ceylon, Egypt, Greece, Israel and Palestine, Syria, Hong Kong, Japan, Hawaii, and possibly Yale University.

Some photographs by Ralph Randles Stewart, a botanist who worked at Gordon College from 1911-1954; Reverend Henri R. Ferger, a missionary and teacher for the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in India; and K. L. Malhotra. Includes postcards by Sarrafian Bros, Isaac Behar, Karimeh Abbud, Michel Harriz, Albertype Co., Asheville Postcard Co., Dexter Press, Lehnert & Landrock, Honolulu Paper Co., Collotype Co., Mahatta & Co., Island Curio Co., and H. A. Mirza & Sons.

Biographical/Historical note:

James Reid Graham was as a Presbyterian missionary at Gordon College in Rawalpindi, Punjab (1929-1932). His doctoral dissertation for the Yale University Department of Religion was "The Arya Samaj as a Reformation in Hinduism, with Special Reference to Caste," submitted in 1943.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 88-37

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Albertype Company negatives can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 25.

Additional Isaac Behar and Lehnert & Landrock postcards can be found in the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives Postcard Collection.

Restrictions:

Original nitrate negatives are in cold storage and require advanced notice for viewing.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Sports  Search this

Genre/Form:

Postcards

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 88-37, James Reid Graham photographs and postcard collection relating to India and Asia, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.88-37

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-88-37

Collector:

Zies, E. G. (Emanuel George), 1883-1981  Search this

Publisher:

Atelier Kurkdjian  Search this

Photographer:

Tosari Studio  Search this

Petweschewsky  Search this

Satake, S.  Search this

Weissenborn, Thilly  Search this

Names:

Rankin, Dorothy (colorist)  Search this

Extent:

27 Prints (silver gelatin)

36 Lantern slides (36 colored lantern slides)

28 Copy lantern slides

Culture:

Balinese (Indonesian people)  Search this

Javanese (Indonesian people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Lantern slides

Copy lantern slides

Photographs

Place:

Bali (Indonesia : Province)

Java (Indonesia)

Date:

circa 1920-1928

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs documenting life in Bali and Java. These include images of people, street scenes, agriculture, scenic views, and ancient sites. Many of the lantern slides are copies of prints in the collection and some were hand-colored by Dorothy Rankin.

Biographical/Historical note:

Emanuel George Zies (1884-1981) was a chemist for the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory, where he pursued research in geochemical volcanology starting in 1913. He participated in the Carnegie Institution-National Geographic Society 1919 expedition to the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in southern Alaska and he studied volcanoes in Indonesia and Central America in the 1920s and 1930s.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 88-2

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Musical instruments  Search this

Baskets  Search this

Markets  Search this

Agriculture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lantern slides

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 88-2, Emmanuel George Zies photograph collection relating to Bali and Java, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.88-2

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-88-2

Creator:

Blair, Laurence R. (collector and photographer)  Search this

Photographer:

Hood Museum of Art  Search this

Collector:

Blair, Mary Ellen  Search this

Names:

Keam, Thomas V.  Search this

Nampeyo, ca. 1856-1942  Search this

Stephen, Alexander MacGregor, d. 1894  Search this

Extent:

5 Copy prints

5 Color prints

4 Color slides

Culture:

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Hopi Pueblo  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Copy prints

Color prints

Color slides

Photographs

Place:

England

Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)

Arizona

Date:

circa 1915, 1984-1986

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs relating to Nampeyo and her pottery, and Thomas V. Keam's life. Includes photographs made by Laurence Blair in the church graveyard at Truro, England, where Keam was buried; the house in Truro where he died; and a copy of a portrait, possibly the last made of Keam. The collection also includes images of the birthplace of A. M. Stephen in Edinburgh and his grave in Keams Canyon, Arizona. Two photographs show pottery made by Nampeyo, which is now in the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, and an additional photograph depicts Nampeyo with members of the Polacca family at the Tom Polacca Memorial at Hopi Pueblo. There is also an image of Nampeyo's eldest daughter Annie Lesou Healing with three other women (Rachel Healing Namingha, Priscilla Namingha Shamie, and Lydia Healing).

Biographical/Historical note:

Laurence and Mary Ellen Blair were historical researchers and authors. In 1999, they published a book on Nampeyo, entitled The Legacy of a Master Potter: Nampeyo and Her Descendants. The book detailed the life and work of Iris Nampeyo (ca. 1860-1942), a potter who lived at Hopi in Arizona. During the 1870s and 1880s, she sold her work at a local trading post operated by Thomas Keam, an English-born trader who worked with both Hopi and Navajo craftspeople.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 87-35

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Photographs of Nampeyo can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 59, and the BAE historical negatives.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Museum of the American Indian, and Department of Anthropology hold examples of Nampeyo pottery.

The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds correspondence from Thomas Keam regarding his pottery collection (SIA RU000189).

The Peabody Museum at Harvard University and the Cline Library at Northern Arizona University hold photographs and artifacts donated by Keam.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Copy prints of photographs held by Royal Cornwall Art Institute and Dartmouth College's Hood Museum of Art cannot be copied. Copies may be obtained from these repositories.

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 87-35, Laurence R. Blair and Mary Ellen Blair photographs relating to Nampeyo and Thomas V. Keam, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.87-35

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-87-35

Creator:

United States National Museum., Dept. of Anthropology.  Search this

Photographer:

Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)  Search this

Heyn Photo  Search this

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.)  Search this

Mitchell, McGowan and Company  Search this

Place & Coover  Search this

Addison, George A.  Search this

Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934  Search this

Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893  Search this

Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896  Search this

Bretz, George W. (Fort Sill, Oklahoma)  Search this

Fly, C. S. (Camillus Sidney), 1849-1901  Search this

Fouch, John H., 1849-1933  Search this

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882  Search this

Goff, O. S. (Orlando Scott), 1843-1917  Search this

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917  Search this

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this

Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930  Search this

Randall, A. Frank  Search this

Shindler, A. Zeno (Antonio Zeno), 1823-1899  Search this

Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903  Search this

Publisher:

Rice, Rutter & Co.  Search this

Artist:

Noyes, Francis H.  Search this

Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953  Search this

Extent:

3 Painted photographs

8 Prints (halftone and color halftone)

56 Photographic prints (albumen and silver gelatin)

10 Copy prints

1 Stereograph (albumen)

2 Engravings

2 Color lithographs

Culture:

Sioux  Search this

Shoshone  Search this

Ute  Search this

Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Chiricahua Apache  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this

Seminole  Search this

Sauk  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Powhatan  Search this

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this

Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)  Search this

Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  Search this

Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern States  Search this

Mohawk  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Painted photographs

Prints

Photographic prints

Copy prints

Stereographs

Engravings

Color lithographs

Photographs

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents note:

The bulk of the collection consists of portraits of identified Native Americans and some government officials and interpreters. It includes cabinet cards, other mounted prints, newspaper articles, illustrations, and a photographic postcard. Depicted individuals include American Horse, Oglala; Black Hawk, Sauk; Bob Tail, Cheyenne; Crowfoot, Hunkpapa; Gaul, Hunkpapa; Geronimo, Chiricahua; John Grass, Teton; Chief Joseph, Nez Perce; Little Wound, Oglala; Medicine Bull, Hunkpapa; Osceola, Seminole; Ouray, Ute; Litte Raven, Arapaho; Plenty Coups, Crow; Pocahontas, Powhatan; Rain in the Face, Hunkpapa; Red Cloud, Oglala; Red Iron, Dakota; Short Man, Piegan; Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa; Standing On Prairie, Siouan; Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant), Mohawk; Two Guns White Calf, Piegan; Two Moon, Cheyenne; and Washakie, Shoshoni.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 87-2P

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

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Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 87-2P, United States National Museum Department of Anthropology photograph collection relating to Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.87-2P

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-87-2p

Creator:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

Names:

H. B. Hall & Sons, engraver  Search this

Wilcox, John Angel James, 1835- (engraver)  Search this

Depicted:

Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887  Search this

Berendt, C. Hermann (Carl Hermann), 1817-1878  Search this

Birtwell, Francis Joseph  Search this

Boban, E.  Search this

Bohmersheim, August Bohn von  Search this

Bolles, T. Dix (Timothy Dix), -1892  Search this

Casanowicz, Immanuel M.  Search this

Craddock, Charles Egbert, 1850-1922  Search this

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Daniel, Z. T.  Search this

Dedrick, Thomas S.  Search this

Eames, Moses  Search this

Evans, Sir John  Search this

Fisk, Clinton Brown  Search this

Golovneen, D.  Search this

Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896  Search this

Hawley, Edwin H.  Search this

Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887  Search this

Hooton, Earnest Albert, 1887-1954  Search this

Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this

Johnston, T. C.  Search this

Knowlton, Frank Hall, 1860-1926  Search this

Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906  Search this

LeConte, Joseph N. (Joseph Nisbet), 1870-1950  Search this

Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903  Search this

Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this

McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900  Search this

Millner, Isaac B.  Search this

Montgomery, Henry  Search this

Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925  Search this

Murfree, Mary Noailles, 1850-1922  Search this

Palmer, Edward, 1829-1911  Search this

Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915  Search this

Rathbun, Richard, 1852-1918  Search this

Renshawe, John H.  Search this

Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934  Search this

Simpson, Charles Torrey, 1846-1932  Search this

Slocum, Joshua, 1844-1909  Search this

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962  Search this

Stevenson, James, 1840-1888  Search this

Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1850-1915  Search this

Volk, Ernest  Search this

Walker, Francis Amasa, 1840-1897  Search this

Ward, Herbert, 1863-1919  Search this

Winson, Justin  Search this

Photographer:

Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893  Search this

Dumble, A. E.  Search this

Gill, De Lancey, 1859-1940  Search this

Herman, Mme de (of Paris)  Search this

Holland (of Trenton, New Jersey)  Search this

Lainer, Charles  Search this

Macnabb Studio  Search this

Notman, J.  Search this

Parker, Charles  Search this

Parker, Joseph C.  Search this

Prince, George  Search this

Rice, Moses P.  Search this

Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896  Search this

Teel, S. S.  Search this

Yasvoin, A. (of St. Petersburg, Russia)  Search this

Collector:

Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933  Search this

Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this

Mason, Otis T., 1838-1908  Search this

Extent:

4 Copy prints

4 Engravings

2 Prints (woodburytype)

42 Prints (albumen, silver gelatin, and platinum)

18 Prints (halftone)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Copy prints

Engravings

Prints

Photographs

Date:

circa 1864-1921

Scope and Contents note:

The collection consists of studio portraits and expedition photographs of anthropologists, administrators, scholars, and others. It includes some photographs of an Native American demonstrating sign language, possibly made during W J McGee's Seriland expedition.

Photographers represented in the collection are Charles Milton Bell, A. E. Dumbie; De Lancey W. Gill, Mme de Hermann, of Paris; Holland, of Trenton, New Jersey; Charles Lainer, J. Notman; Parker, George Prince, Macnabb, of New York; Moses P. Rice; Napolean Sarony; S. S. Teel; and A. Yasvoin, of St. Petersburg, Russia.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 70

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Additional photograph collections of anthropologists held in the National Anthropological Archives are Photo Lot 4822, Photo Lot 33, Photo Lot 39, and Photo Lot 77-80.

See others in:

Department of Anthropology photograph collection of anthropologists, circa 1864-1921

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

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Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 70, Department of Anthropology collection of photographs of anthropologists, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.70

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-70

Names:

Eldridge, Stuart, 1843-1901  Search this

Otis, George A. (George Alexander), 1830-1881 (curator)  Search this

Extent:

6 Prints (albumen)

Culture:

Filipinos  Search this

Taiwan aborigines  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Photographs

Date:

circa 1877-1881

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs of skulls, which were sent by Stuart Eldridge of Yokohama, Japan, to the Army Medical Museum in November 1876. They include front and profile images of skulls of "Botan" warriors from the island of Formosa (Taiwan) and of an adult male from Manila, Philippines.

Biographical/Historical note:

Stuart Eldrige (1843-1901) was a New York-born physician known for his work in Japan for both the United States and Japanese governments. He traveled to Japan as Secretary and Physician to the Scientific Mission to Japan under General Horace Capron in 1871. He continued to serve there in several positions, including Surgeon-General of the Kaitakushi (Commissioner of Development Projects), director of the General Hospital of Yokohama, and Member of the Central Sanitary Board by the Japanese Government (1883).

The United States Army Medical Museum (AMM, renamed the National Museum of Health and Medicine in 1989) was established by US Army Surgeon General William A. Hammond in 1862. Its initial focus was on collecting specimens of unusual pathology, mostly taken from victims of the American Civil War. By 1867, the museum had expanded to include medical, microsopical, anatomical, comparative anatomics, and other sections. The anatomical collection grew in part as a result of Circular No. 2 of 1867, which authorized military medical officers to collect cranial specimens from deceased Native Americans. Additionally, the AMM made an arrangement with the Smithsonian Institution, by which the Smithsonian transferred their collection of human remains in exchange for ethnological artifacts. AMM photographed and measured many of the specimens in its collection as part of the museum's anthropological research.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 6B

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Army Medical Museum photographs of skulls can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 6A, Photo Lot 73-26C, Photo Lot 78-42, Photo Lot 83-41, and Photo Lot 97.

The National Anthropological Archives holds records concerning skeletal material transferred to the Smithsonian Institution from the Army Medical Museum.

Restrictions:

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Topic:

Physical anthropology  Search this

anthropometry  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 6B, Dr. Stuart Eldridge photograph collection of skulls from Taiwan and the Philippines, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.6B

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-6b

Photographer:

Cross, W. R. (William R.)  Search this

Dinwiddie, William, 1867-1934  Search this

Gill, De Lancey, 1859-1940  Search this

Matteson, Sumner W., 1867-1920  Search this

Mcbride, C. C.  Search this

Smillie, T. W. (Thomas William), 1843-1917  Search this

Extent:

49 Prints (albumen and silver gelatin)

5 Copy prints

3 Prints (collotype)

Culture:

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Sioux  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Wanapum Indians  Search this

Tonkawa  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Northwest Coast  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Copy prints

Photographs

Place:

Deadwood (S.D.)

Fort Cummings (N.M.)

White Earth Indian Reservation (Minn.)

Florida

West Virginia

Salt Lake City (Utah)

New Mexico

Charleston (S.C.)

Utah

Washington (State)

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs of various subjects, including portraits of Native Americans made from negatives by the Bureau of American Ethnology and United States National Museum. Depicted individuals include Lamar Richards (also known as Ostin, Tonkawa) and Grant Richards (also known as Sentele, Tonkawa); Turning Hawk, Crow Dog, Spot Tail, Red Leaf, and White Thunder. There are also images of Shuswap people dressing hides; Smohalla and Sokulk followers at Priests Rapids, Washington; and Native Americans around a campfire at Fort Marion, Florida.

Additionally, there are photographs of St. Columba's Church, White Earth Reservation, Minnesota; Otoe Industrial School; a chapel at the Cheyenne Mowerʹs place, with Mower's son; a sketch of Fort Cummings, New Mexico; buildings and a mound at Charleston, West Virginia; the Tabernacle at Salt Lake City; an American Indian camp with hides drying; Native Americans dragging brush in preparation of a medicine lodge; and a wood engraving of a Dakota Ghost Dance, taken from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.

Photographers include William Dinwiddie; De Lancey W. Gill; Sumner W. Matteson; Thomas William Smillie; Cross, of Hot Springs, South Dakota; and C. C. McBride.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 66F

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Additional photographs by Dinwiddie can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 14, Photo Lot 60, Photo Lot 78, Photo Lot 89, Photo Lot 141A, Photo Lot 144, Photo Lot 80-18, the BAE historical negatives, and the Herbert William Krieger Papers.

Additional Gill photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 14, Photo Lot 33, Photo Lot 65, Photo Lot 70, Photo Lot 85, Photo Lot 79-4, Photo Lot 87-2P, and Photo Lot 90-1.

The National Museum of the American Indian Archives holds the Sumner W. Matteson collection of photographs, negatives and lantern slides.

Additional Smillie photographs held in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 60, Photo Lot 79, and the BAE historical negatives. The Archives Center, National Museum of American History also holds the Frances Benjamin Johnston and Thomas W. Smillie Glass Plate Negatives.

Restrictions:

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Topic:

Camps  Search this

Mounds  Search this

Buildings  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 66F, Photographs relating to Native Americans and buildings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.66F

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-66f

Creator:

Wanamaker, Rodman, 1863-1928  Search this

Photographer:

Dixon, Joseph K. (Joseph Kossuth)  Search this

Extent:

154 Prints (silver gelatin)

Culture:

Siksika Blackfoot  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Sioux  Search this

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Photographs

Date:

1908-1909

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs commissioned by Rodman Wanamaker to document the "vanishing" way of life for Native Americans during 1908-1913. The photographs were made by Joseph Kossuth Dixon and largely depict northern Plains tribes, including Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Crow, and Dakota. These large bromide prints form a set of presentation photographs and apparently such sets were placed by Rodman Wanamaker in several museums.

Biographical/Historical note:

Rodman Wanamaker (1863-1928) was heir to a successful Philadelphia department business and patron of the arts, education, and Native American culture. In the early 20th century, he hired photographer Joseph Kossuth Dixon and sponsored three expeditions to Native American reservations (1908-1913). The main goal of these expeditions was to document the way of life of Native Americans, whom he saw as a "vanishing race," and to make "first-class citizens" of the Indians as a means of saving them from extinction. In additiona to still photography, films were also made during these expeditions including a motion picture film about Hiawatha made on the first expedition (1908), and a reenactment of the Battle of the Little Big Horn made on the second expedition (1909). The third expedition, the "Expedition of Citizenship" (1913), focused on carrying an American flag to tribes across the country and inviting them to sign a declaration of allegiance to the United States.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 64

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Dixonʹs negatives are at the Indiana University, Mathers Museum of World Cultures.

The National Anthropological Archives also holds a copy photograph of Wanamaker's Memorial to First Americans ground-breaking (Photo Lot R82-55).

The National Museum of the American Indian holds artifacts and some additional photographs from Wanamaker's expeditions. The Human Studies Film Archives holds expedition footage.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

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Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 64, Rodman Wanamaker photograph collection relating to Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.64

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-64

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

Photographer:

Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893  Search this

Cohner, Samuel A.  Search this

Dinwiddie, William, 1867-1934  Search this

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882  Search this

Gill, De Lancey, 1859-1940  Search this

Hillers, John K., 1843-1925  Search this

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this

Rinehart, F. A. (Frank A.)  Search this

Sawyer, Wells, 1863-1960  Search this

Shindler, A. Zeno (Antonio Zeno), 1823-1899  Search this

Vannerson, Julian, 1827-  Search this

Names:

Mindeleff, Cosmos, 1863-  Search this

Mindeleff, Victor, 1860-1948  Search this

Extent:

16 Albums (albumen and platinum)

Culture:

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Cocopa  Search this

Sioux  Search this

Sihasapa Lakota (Blackfoot Sioux)  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Wichita  Search this

Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  Search this

Northwest Coast  Search this

Tonkawa  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this

Spokan  Search this

Shoshone  Search this

Sauk  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Fox Indians  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Apache  Search this

Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this

Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Ponca  Search this

Tewa Pueblos  Search this

Omaha  Search this

Osage  Search this

Plains Apache (Kiowa Apache)  Search this

Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this

Iowa  Search this

Kalispel (Pend d'Oreilles)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Albums

Photographs

Place:

Chaco Canyon (N.M.)

Sonora (Mexico : State)

New Mexico

Date:

1858-1905

Scope and Contents note:

Photograph albums prepared by the Bureau of American Ethnology or the photographic lab, possibly for reference purposes by staff. The use of such albums has been mentioned by BAE photographer De Lancey W. Gill. The albums contain photographs made from the Bureau of American Ethnology's collection of negatives, documenting Apache, Arapaho, Assiniboin, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Cocopa, Dakota, Flathead, Fox, Iowa, Kalispel, Kiowa Apache, Nez Perce, Omaha, Osage, Ponca, Santa Clara, Sauk, Shoshoni, Spokane Tonkawa, Wichita, and Winnebago people. The bulk of the photographs are studio portraits, made at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha in 1898 or during delegation visits to Washington, DC. There are also other photographs made during Victor Mindeleffʹs work in Chaco Canyon, and on W J McGeeʹs expedition to Sonora, Mexico, in 1900.

Photographers include Charles Milton Bell, William Dinwiddie, Alexander Gardner, De Lancey W. Gill, John K. Hillers, William Henry Jackson, Frank Albert Rinehart, Wells Moses Sawyer, Antonio Zeno Shindler, Victor or Cosmos Mindeleff, Julian Vannerson with Samuel A. Cohner. Included are negative numbers formerly used by BAE, but the National Anthropological Archives also annotated them with current negative numbers.

Arrangement note:

Titles of the albums are (1) Omaha and Winnebago; (2) miscellaneous; (3) Sauk and Fox; (4) miscellaneous; (5) Arapaho and Cheyenne; (6) Chiricahua, San Carlos, and Apache; (7) Sauk and Fox; (8) Osage, Shoshoni and Nez Perce, Siouan, Oto; (9) Santa Clara and Flathead; (10) Ponca; (11) Sauk and (12) Wichita and Kiowa Apache; (13) Cocopa; and (14) Assiniboin and Blackfoot

Biographical/Historical note:

The Bureau of American Ethnology was founded in 1879 in part as a result of the federal geological surveys and under the administration of the Smithsonian Institution. Under the directorship of John Wesley Powell (1879-1902), the BAE supported field research by its staff and collaborators, initiated several anthropological publications, and supported the growth of the anthropological discipline, particularly as it related to Native Americans. In addition to its research and publications program, it developed a manuscript repository, library, and an illustrations section that included (in addition to the preparation of artwork for publications) photography and a photographic collection. The BAE commissioned studio portraits of visiting Indian delegates and hired De Lancey Gill served as the its official photographer and illustrator from the 1890s to 1930.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 60

Location of Other Archival Materials:

The National Anthropological Archives also holds the Bureau of American Ethnology records and the BAE historical negatives, as well as Dinwiddie photographs of the W. J. McGee expeditions are held in (Photo Lot 89 and Photo Lot 144), Charles Milton Bell photographs (Photo Lot 80), and additional photographs by most photographers represented in this collection (Photo Lot 59 and Photo Lot 90-1)

See others in:

Bureau of American Ethnology photograph albums of Native Americans, 1858-1905

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

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Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 60, Bureau of American Ethnology photograph albums of American Indians, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.60

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-60

Publisher:

McAllister, T. H.  Search this

Extent:

1 Glass negative

10 Lantern slides

Culture:

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Kickapoo  Search this

Isleta Pueblo  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Filipinos  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this

Sioux  Search this

Ute  Search this

Yavapai  Search this

Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this

Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Glass negatives

Lantern slides

Place:

Arizona -- Antiquities

Colorado -- Antiquities

Date:

circa early 20th century

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs relating to various Native American tribes and archeological sites in the American Southwest. The lantern slides in the collection appear to have been collected from multiple sources, and include a grouping that largely depicts dwellings (possibly collected by W. C. Peekhaus), another set focused on archeologiy and portraits of Native Americans, a hand-colored Besseler slide of a bust wearing a headress, and a negative and positive transparency depicting Philippine people outside of a dwelling, possibly at the St. Louis exposition in 1904.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 4995

Restrictions:

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Citation:

Manuscript 4995, Photographs relating to Native American dwellings and archeology, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.4995

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-4995

Creator:

Whelpley, H. M. (Henry Milton), 1861-1926  Search this

Collector:

Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933  Search this

Extent:

9 Mounted prints (silver gelatin)

Culture:

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Dakota (Eastern Sioux)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Mounted prints

Photographs

Place:

Flandreau (S.D.)

Pipestone (Minn.)

Date:

1902

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs made by Henry Milton Whelpley in Minnesota and South Dakota in August 1902. Images depict people and pictographs at a quarry in Pipestone, Minnesota, as well as individuals including Mrs. Keochsmoney (Walk Fast and Strike), Dr. Isaac Stinger, and others near Keochsmoney's house in Flandreau, South Dakota.

Biographical/Historical note:

Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley (1861-1926) was a pharmacist in St. Louis, Missouri, a collector of Native American artifacts and an amateur archeologist. Born in Michigan, he graduated from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy in 1883. After a brief period managing a drug store in Mine La Motte, he settled in St. Louis. There he became an editor for the St. Louis Druggist (later the Meyer Brothers Druggist) in 1884 and taught at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. He later took a teaching post in the medical department at Washington University in St. Louis and received the Remington Medal in 1925 for outstanding achievement in the pharmaceutical profession. In addition to his pharmaceutical interests, Whelpley was an amateur archeologist, known for conducting original investigations as well as for his large collection of flint and hematite implements.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 4697

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Additional photographs by Whelpley held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24.

Flint artifacts from Whelpley held in the anthropology collections of the National Museum of Natural History in accession 55830.

The Missouri History Museum holds a collection of personal materials relating to Henry Milton Whelpley.

Restrictions:

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Rights:

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Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 4697, Henry Milton Whelpley photographs relating to Pipestone and Flandreau, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.4697

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-4697

Collector:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this

Photographer:

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (U.S.)  Search this

Gibson Art Galleries  Search this

Harris & Ewing  Search this

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Farrar, Richard  Search this

Prokopec, Miroslav  Search this

Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920  Search this

Names:

Harper & Brothers, printers  Search this

Allen, Harrison, 1841-1897  Search this

Angel, J. Lawrence (John Lawrence)  Search this

Baer, Karl Ernst von, 1792-1876  Search this

Barbour, Erwin Hinckley, 1856-1947 (possible photographer)  Search this

Bertillon, Alphonse, 1853-1914  Search this

Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899  Search this

Broca, Paul, 1824-1880  Search this

Cobb, W. Montague (William Montague), 1904-1990  Search this

Corrêa, A. A. Mendes (Antonio Augusto Mendes), 1888-1960  Search this

Dubois, Eugène, 1858-1940  Search this

Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926  Search this

Farabee, William Curtis, 1865-1925  Search this

Ford, James Alfred, 1911-1968  Search this

Giuffrida-Ruggeri, V. (Vincenzo), 1872-1922  Search this

Goldstein, Marcus S. (Marcus Solomon), 1906-  Search this

Gorjanović-Kramberger, Dragutin, 1856-1936  Search this

Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940  Search this

Harvey, William, 1578-1657  Search this

Hooton, Earnest Albert, 1887-1954  Search this

Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this

Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this

Leakey, L. S. B. (Louis Seymour Bazett), 1903-1972  Search this

León, Nicolás, 1859-1929  Search this

Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947  Search this

Manouvrier, L. (Léonce), 1850-1927  Search this

Meigs, James Aitken, 1829-1879  Search this

Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851  Search this

Newman, Marshall T. (Marshall Thornton), 1911-1994  Search this

Ortner, Donald J.  Search this

Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935  Search this

Purkyně, Jan Evangelista, 1787-1869  Search this

Retzius, A. (Anders), 1796-1860  Search this

Retzius, Gustaf, 1842-1919  Search this

Schultz, Adolph H. (Adolph Hans), 1891-  Search this

Schwalbe, Gustav Albert, 1844-1916  Search this

Sergi, Giuseppe, 1841-1936  Search this

Sims, J. Marion (James Marion), 1813-1883  Search this

St. Hoyme, Lucile Eleanor  Search this

Stewart, T. D. (Thomas Dale), 1901-1997  Search this

Todd, T. Wingate (Thomas Wingate), 1885-1938  Search this

Virchow, Rudolf, 1821-1902  Search this

Wyman, Jeffries, 1814-1874  Search this

Extent:

1 Print (engraving)

2 Prints (chalk manner lithograph)

3 Prints (etching)

23 Photomechanical prints (halftone, photogravure, and collotype)

152 Photographic prints (silver gelatin and albumen)

8 Copy prints

6 Copy negatives

1 Print (offset lithography)

1 Print (probably chromolithograph)

11 Negatives (acetate)

3 Drawings

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Photomechanical prints

Photographic prints

Copy prints

Copy negatives

Negatives

Drawings

Photographs

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs relating to physical anthropologists from the 19th and 20th centuries in Europe and the United States. Many of the photographs depict Smithsonian staff, particularly Ales Hrdlicka and T. Dale Stewart, as well as people and artifacts relating to physical anthropology throughout history. Some of the portraits are signed and the collection also includes pamphlets from professional societies, prints mounted for publication, a copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun relating to Adolph Schultz, and some correspondence.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 4822

Location of Other Archival Materials:

The National Anthropological Archives holds the Ales Hrdlicka papers, Thomas Dale Stewart papers, and John Lawrence Angel papers.

Additional photographs collected by the Division of Physical Anthropology held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 8 and Photo Lot 83-41.

Contained in:

Numbered manuscripts 1850s-1980s (some earlier)

See others in:

Division of Physical Anthropology collection of photographs of physical anthropologists, undated

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Physical anthropologists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 4822, Division of Physical Anthropology collection of photographs of physical anthropologists, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.4822

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-4822

Creator:

Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930  Search this

Photographer:

Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935  Search this

Gill, De Lancey, 1859-1940  Search this

Higley, Elmer Ellsworth  Search this

McKee, Thomas M., 1854-1939  Search this

Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)  Search this

Rowland, Wesley R.  Search this

Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903  Search this

Artist:

Gill, Mary W.  Search this

Mullett, G. M.  Search this

Extent:

9 Prints (cromolithograph)

40 Prints (circa, halftone)

77 Prints (circa, albumen)

84 Drawings (circa 84 drawings (some mechanically produced))

1,655 Prints (circa, silver gelatin)

71 Copy negatives

43 Copy prints

363 Negatives (circa, nitrate)

7 Paintings

1 Print (cyanotype)

1 Print (photogravure)

1 Postcard (collotype)

Culture:

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Hopi Pueblo  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Huastec  Search this

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Drawings

Copy negatives

Copy prints

Negatives

Paintings

Postcards

Photographs

Place:

Tennessee -- Antiquities

Stikine River (B.C. and Alaska)

South Carolina -- Antiquities

New Mexico -- Antiquities

Huasteca Region (Mexico)

Maryland -- Antiquities

Louisiana -- Antiquities

Alabama -- Antiquities

Arizona -- Antiquities

Colorado -- Antiquities

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park (Ill.)

Florida -- Antiquities

Mexico -- Antiquities

Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.)

Utah -- Antiquities

Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)

Navajo National Monument

Casa Grande (Ariz.)

Date:

circa 1890-1928

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs and drawings mostly relating to archeological subjects, collected and arranged by Jesse Walter Fewkes for his reference. Subjects include burial mounds, excavations, drawn maps, as well as urns, implements, idols, pottery, and other artifacts found in excavations, and Hopi, Zuni, and Piegan ceremonies and dances. Many of the photographs and drawings were probably made by Fewkes. Publication information is noted on some. The collection also includes newspaper clippings and correspondence.

Photographs were taken in Alabama, Arizona (including Casa Grande, Elden Pueblo, Navajo National Monument, and Wupatki National Monument), Colorado (including Mesa Verde and Montezuma Valley), Florida (including Weeden Island), Illinois (Cahokia Mound), Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico (including La Huasteca Region), Mississippi Valley, New Mexico (including Chaco Canyon, Hawikuh, and Mimbres Valley), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah (including Hill Canyon, McElmo Canyon, and McLean Basin Ruins), Hovenweep National Monument, the West Indies (including Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, and Cuba), and West Virginia.

Biographical/Historical note:

Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850-1930) was a naturalist, anthropologist, and archeologist, and chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology from 1918 to his death in 1928. Fewkes received a Ph.D. in marine zoology from Harvard in 1877, and acted as curator of lower invertebrates at the Museum of Comparative Zoology until 1887. While on a collecting trip in the western United States, he developed an interest in the culture and history of the Pueblo Indians. In 1891, Fewkes became director of the Hemenway Southwestern Archeological Expedition and editor of the Journal of American Archeology and Ethnology, studying and recording Hopi ceremonials. In 1895, he embarked on various archeological explorations for the Bureau of American Ethnology, excavating ruins in the Southwest, the West Indies, and Florida. He was appointed chief of the Bureau in 1918, and played an important role in the creation of Hovenweep National Monument in Colorado and Wupatki National Monument in Arizona.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 4321

Location of Other Archival Materials:

The National Anthropological Archives also holds the Jesse Walter Fewkes Papers (MS 4408), his photographs of excavations in Mesa Verde (Photo Lot 30), his negatives (Photo Lot 86), and other manuscript collections by and related to Fewkes' ethnological research and archeology and his work with the Bureau of American Ethnology.

Correspondence from Fewkes held in the National Anthropological Archives in the George L. Beam papers (MS 4517), the Henry Bascom Collins, Jr. papers, the Anthropological Society of Washington records (MS 4821), the Herbert William Krieger papers, the J.C. Pilling papers, the Walter Hough Papers (in the records of the Department of Anthropology), and the records of the Bureau of American Ethnology.

The anthropology collections of the National Museum of Natural History hold artifacts collected by Fewkes, including USNM ACC 048761 (relating to Casa Grande excavations) and USNM ACC 050765 (relating to Mesa Verde excavations).

Restrictions:

Original nitrate negatives are in cold storage and require advanced notice for viewing.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

Burial  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 4321, Jesse Walter Fewkes photograph collection relating to archaeological subjects, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.4321

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-4321