Indians of North America -- Great Basin Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Negatives
Copy prints
Place:
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
Washington (D.C.)
Florida
Yellowstone National Park
Colorado
Date:
mid-19th - early 20th century
Scope and Contents note:
Copies of photogaphs selected from the George Eastman House collection by Bureau of American Ethnology archivist Margaret Blaker in 1962. Many of the photographs are individual or group portraits of American Indians and some highlight pottery, baskets, and cradleboards. There are also images of American Indian dwellings, including tipis and hogans; pueblos; dances; and an encampment during the Modoc War and Plains Indian prisoners at Fort Marion, Florida (1870s).
Expedition photos in the collection were made on T. O. Selfridgeʹs Darien Expedition (1870-1871), the Wheeler surveys (1871-1874), and the Hayden Geological Survey (1871). The collection also includes portraits of Frederick Douglass, Sitting Bull, and John A. Logan; and images from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show; Company F of New York's 140th Volunteer Infantry; and the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot R79
Reproduction Note:
Copy negatives made by George Eastman House, 1962.
Copy prints made by the Smithsonian, 1962-1963.
Location of Other Archival Materials:
The National Anthropological Archives holds vintage prints for many of the photographs copied in this collection, including in Photo lot 4501, Photo Lot 4605, and Photo Lot 90-1.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
The images were acquired for reference purposes and cannot be reproduced. Copies may be obtained from George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film.
Photographs depicting people and historically or geologically significant sites. Most of the collection consists of images of Norway, particularly the Sami people, towns, and reindeer. It also includes oversized postcards depicting temple remains in Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy, color images of Biblical locations in Jerusalem and Palestine, and images of "The Beehive" and Bow River in Canada. Most of the images are not dated, though some of the photographs of Norway were made circa 1892.
Biographical/Historical note:
Leonora Jackson (1880-1969) was a female concert violinist who performed at venues around the world. Mrs. Grover Cleveland and George Vanderbilt sponsored her violin training in Chicago, Paris, and Berlin until Jackson made her debut in 1896. She was awarded the Mendelssohn State Prize by the Prussian government in 1898. In 1915 she married Dr. William Duncan McKim (1855-1935), a member of a wealthy Baltimore merchant family. Jackson and McKim traveled extensively and amassed a large art collection, large portions of which she donated to the Smithsonian and the Maryland Historical Society.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 159, USNM ACC 161740
Location of Other Archival Materials:
This collection has been relocated from Photo Lot 79-38.
Additional photographs donated by McKim, which were previously filed in Photo Lot 37 and Photo Lot 97, have been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 159. These photographs were also donated by McKim in accession 161740 and form part of this collection.
Additional material donated by McKim can be found in the Department of Anthropology in accession 161740, 164201, and 210599.
The Library of Congress Music Division holds the Leonora Jackson and William Duncan McKim Collection.
See others in:
Leonora Jackson McKim photograph collection of scenery and people in Norway, Israel and Palestine, Italy, and Canada, undated
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 159, Leonora Jackson McKim photograph collection of scenery and people in Norway, Israel and Palestine, Italy, and Canada, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
