50 Stereographs (circa 50 printed stereographs, halftone and color halftone)
1,000 Stereographs (circa, albumen and silver gelatin (some tinted))
239 Prints (circa 239 mounted and unmounted prints, albumen (including cartes de visite, imperial cards, cabinet cards, and one tinted print) and silver gelatin (some modern copies))
96 Prints (Album :, silver gelatin)
21 Postcards (silver gelatin, collotype, color halftone, and halftone)
Photographs relating to Native Americans or frontier themes, including portraits, expedition photographs, landscapes, and other images of dwellings, transportation, totem poles, ceremonies, infants and children in cradleboards, camps and towns, hunting and fishing, wild west shows, food preparation, funeral customs, the US Army and army posts, cliff dwellings, and grave mounds and excavations. The collection also includes images of prisoners at Fort Marion in 1875, Sioux Indians involved in the Great Sioux Uprising in Minnesota, the Fort Laramie Peace Commission of 1868, Sitting Bull and his followers after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and the aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890.
There are studio portraits of well-known Native Americans, including American Horse, Big Bow, Four Bears, Iron Bull, Ouray, Red Cloud, Red Dog, Red Shirt, Sitting Bull, Spotted Tail, Three Bears, and Two Guns White Calf. Depicted delegations include a Sauk and Fox meeting in Washington, DC, with Lewis V. Bogy and Charles E. Mix in 1867; Kiowas and Cheyennes at the White House in 1863; and Dakotas and Crows who visited President Warren G. Harding in 1921. Images of schools show Worcester Academy in Vinita, Oklahoma; Chilocco Indian School; Carlisle Indian Industrial School; Haskell Instittue, and Albuquerque Indian School.
Some photographs relate to the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, 1876; World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893; Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, 1903; and Centennial Exposition of the Baltimore and Ohio Railraod, 1876. Expedition photographs show the Crook expedition of 1876, the Sanderson expedition to the Custer Battlefield in 1877, the Wheeler Survey of the 1870s, Powell's surveys of the Rocky Mountain region during the 1860s and 1870s, and the Hayden Surveys.
Outstanding single views include the party of Zuni group led to the sea by Frank Hamilton Cushing; Episcopal Church Rectory and School Building, Yankton Agency; Matilda Coxe Stevenson and a companion taking a photographs of a Zuni ceremony; John Moran sketching at Acoma; Ben H. Gurnsey's studio with Indian patrons; Quapaw Mission; baptism of a group of Paiutes at Coeur d'Alene Mission; court-martial commission involved in the trial of Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds, 1877; President Harding at Sitka, Alaska; Walter Hough at Hopi in 1902; and Mrs. Jesse Walter Fewkes at Hopi in 1897.
Biographical/Historical note:
George V. Allen was an attorney in Lawrence, Kansas and an early member of the National Stereoscope Association. Between the 1950s and 1980s, Allen made an extensive collection of photographs of the American West, mostly in stereographs, but also including cartes-de-visite and other styles of mounted prints, photogravures, lantern slides, autochromes, and glass negatives.
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Robinson, Franklin A., Jr., 1959- (actor) Search this
Container:
Box 39, Folder 11
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1950
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but negatives and audiovisuial materials are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Some papers of living persons are restricted. Access to restricted portions may be arranged by request to the donor. Gloves required for unprotected photographs. Viewing film portions of the collection and listening to LP recording requires special appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
The Archives Center does not own exclusive rights to these materials. Copyright for all materials is retained by the donor, Franklin A. Robinson, Jr.; permission for commercial use and/or publication may be requested from the donor through the Archives Center. Military Records for Franklin A. Robinson (b. 1932) and correspondence from Richard I. Damalouji (1961-2014) are restricted; written permission is needed to research these files. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
The Robinson and Via Family Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sponsor:
Preservation of the 8mm films in this collection was made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Film Preservation Fund.
Sun dance (1:32) -- Love song (0:57) -- Crazy Dog song (1:41) -- Buffalo dance song (1:03) -- Man's love song (0:54) -- Hand game song (1:42) -- Prisoner's song (2:20) -- World War II song (1:36) -- Warrior death song for Sitting Bull (2:00) -- Canvas dance song (1:40) -- Funeral song (1:37) -- Suguaro song (1:58) -- Peyote song : first song cycle (1:26) -- Moonlight song (2:09) -- Eagle dance (2:59) -- Butterfly dance (1:41) -- Lullaby (0:58) -- Rain dance (1:47) -- Night chant (1:43) -- Song of happiness (1:09) -- Silversmith's song (1:09) -- Corn grinding song (0:59) -- Children's songs (1:47) -- Church song (1:03) -- Devil dance, crown dance (2:57). Wolf song (2:05) -- Potlatch song (1:38) -- Hamatsa song (1:12) -- War song for marriage (1:50) -- Rabbit dance song (2:03) -- Cree dance song (2:24) -- Fiddle dance song (1:00) -- Bear hunting song (1:44) -- Inviting-in dance song (0:47) -- His first hunt (2:06) -- Hunting for musk ox (3:33) -- Corn dance (2:08) -- Stomp dance (1:57) -- Song of welcome (1:19) -- Buffalo feast song (1:06) -- Morning song (1:12) -- Song of the unfaithful woman (0:59) -- Hoot owl song (1:09) -- Oh Mary (1:01) -- Catholic hymn (0:42) -- Calusa corn dance song (1:32) -- Song of removal (1:41) -- Fortynine dance (2:00) -- Unidentified track (1:03) -- As long as the grass shall grow (6:03).
Track Information:
101 Sun Dance / Drum,Whistle.
102 Love Song.
103 Crazy Dog Song / Jack Low Horn, Jim Low Horn, Emil, Mrs. Wings. Drum,Rattle (Musical instrument).
106 Hand Game Song / William Peaychew. Sticks (Musical instrument).
104 Buffalo Dance Song / Jack V. Anquoe, Kenneth Anquoe, Nick Webster. Drum.
105 Man's Love Song / Mark Evarts.
107 Prisoner's Song / William Burn Stick. Drum.
108 World War II Song / George Nicotine. Drum. English language.
109 Warrior Death Song for Sitting Bull / Bass drum,Bells.
207 Song of Happiness / Fort Wingate (N.M.) Indian School. Drum,Harmonica. Navajo language.
208 Silversmith's Song / Ambrose Roanhorse. Anvils. Navajo language.
209 Corn Grinding Song / Basket drum. Navajo language.
110 Canvas Dance Song / Baptiste Pichette, Eneas Conko. Drum.
111 Funeral Song.
112 Suguaro Song.
113 Peyote Song: First Song Cycle / Burton John, Roy James. Drum,Rattle (Musical instrument).
201 Moonlight Song.
202 Eagle Dance / Drum.
203 Butterfly Dance / Drum.
204 Lullaby.
205 Rain Dance.
206 Night Chant / Rattle (Musical instrument). Navajo language.
210 Children's Song: Wolf Song / Irene Chalepah Poolaw. Kiowa Apache.
303 Hamatsa Song, Cedar Bark Dance / Mungo Martin.
304 War Song for Marriage / Billy Assu.
305 Rabbit Dance Song.
306 Cree Dance Song.
307 Fiddle Dance Song / Fiddle.
308 Bear Hunting Song / Sebastian McKenzie.
309 Inviting in Dance Song / Otis Ahkivigak.
310 His First Hunt / Kemukserar, Pangatkar.
311 Hunting for Musk Ox / Kemukserar, Pangatkar. Drum.
401 Corn Dance / Thomas Lewis.
402 Stomp Dance / Huron Miller.
403 Song of Welcome / Albert Yellow Thunder, Blow Snake, Winslow White Eagle.
404 Buffalo Feast Song / Albert Yellow Thunder, Blow Snake, Winslow White Eagle.
405 Morning Song / Albert Yellow Thunder, Blow Snake, Winslow White Eagle. Rattle (Musical instrument).
406 Song of the Unfaithful Woman / Albert Yellow Thunder, Blow Snake, Winslow White Eagle. Flute.
407 Hoot Owl Song / David, Oshawenimiki Kenosha.
408 Oh Mary / Fred Lacasse.
409 Catholic Hymn / Thomas Shalifoe.
410 Calusa Corn Dance Song / Billy, Gatcayehola Stewart.
411 Song of Removal / Billie Stewart, Susie Tiger.
412 Fortynine Dance / Fred Lacasse. English language.
413 The Seneca: As Long As the Grass Shall Grow / Peter La Farge.
Local Numbers:
FW-COMM-LP-04541
Folkways.4541
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
New York Folkways 1973
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin, Onondaga Indian Reservation (N.Y.), Chesterfield (Alaska), Barrow, Point (Alaska), Alaska, Schefferville (Québec), Québec (Province), Montana, Fort Wingate (N.M.), New Mexico, Fort Qu'appelle (Sask.), Canada, Saskatchewan, New York (N.Y.), United States, New York.
General:
Commercial
Songs and dance music from many tribes including Sioux, Cree, Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, Apache, Kwakiutl-Nootka, Slavey, Iroquoian, Winnebago, Ojibwa, Seminole, and others. Compiled and edited by Michael I. Asch. Originally compiled principally from material previously released on several Folkways and Asch recordings. Program notes in English by Michael I. Asch and others, and Native American vocal texts with English translations and English vocal texts (10 p.)
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Lee Ya-Ching Papers, NASM.2008.0009, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
The collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Henry Ossawa Tanner papers, 1860s-1978 (bulk 1890-1937). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Introduction:
The Children's Area was a magnet to young visitors during the Bicentennial Festival. The Hill and Sand area provided the three essential elements of earth, sand, and water, inviting children to transform the landscape with castles and forts, quarries and caves, as dreams emerged from the blank sand canvas. In the dirt-floored Marble Ring, parents could teach their children, and children could bring their parents up to date on the ways of aggies, steelies, puries, and cats' eyes. The Game Ring had a tree club-house and materials for building on additions; games of all sorts were also played here: tug of war, jump rope, squirt gun fights, four square, hop scotch, football.
In the Crafts Tents, the articles useful in play were constructed; children and adults made doll houses and dolls, folded paper cootie catchers, soap box derby cars, wooden sailboats. The Folk Swap Tent was for the exchange of secret languages and riddles, counting out rhymes and ghost stories. Here, costumes and puppets were also fashioned for the Stage, where children from local schools and clubs shared their performance traditions - clapping games, circuses, stunts, and parades. Sometimes adults taught the traditional games and playparties that they remembered so lovingly from their own childhoods.
The program was coordinated by Kate Rinzler, assisted by Saucie Melnicove.
Presenters and area supervisors:
Jean Alexander, Jeffrey Byrd, Jacqueline Cook, Peter Crowley, Jean Kaplan, Betsy Nadas, Marcella Nichols, Rosa Scott, Suzy Seriff, Kim Storey, Willie Demps
Anne Murphy, Anne Suter, Dawson Terrace, Drew, Germantown, Jackson, Jefferson, Kenmore, Lee, Lubber Run, Madison, Stratford, Swanson, Walter Reed, Yorktown
Washington, D.C. Recreation Centers
Amidon, Anacostia, Arboretum, Bald Eagle, Banneker, Barry Farms, Benning Park, Benning Terrace, Bertie Bachus, Brent, Brentwood, Bruce Park, Bundy, Congress Heights, Douglass, East Capitol, Eliot, Evans, Fairfax, Fort Greble, Francis, Frazier, Friendship House, Greenleaf, Hardy, Hart, Hearst, Hillcrest, Hine, Jefferson, K. C. Lewis, Keane, Kelly Miller, Kenilworth, King, Lafayette, Logan, Ludlow, Malcolm X, Maury, Mayfair, Mitchell Park, Montana, New York Avenue, North Michigan Park, Orr, Parkside, Payne, Peabody, Powell-Lincoln, Randall, Ridge, River Terrace, Roper, Rosedale, Savoy, Seaton, Sherwood, Slowe, Sousa, Stoddert, Taft, Terrell, Thompson, Trinidad, Tyler, Virginia Avenue, Watkins, Woodland, Woodson
Fairfax County, Virginia Recreation Centers
Cameron, D.R. Tinn, Garfield, Greenbriar, Hayfield, Hunt Valley, Hunters, Little Run, Parklawn, Spring Hill, Woodlawn, Woods
Montgomery County, Maryland Recreation Centers
Area 1, Area 2, Area 3, Area 4, Area 5, Camp Breezy Hollow, Camp Meadowbrook, Cannon Road, Cashell, Fox Chapel, Mill Creek Towne, Page, Pinecrest, Watkins Mill
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Recreation Centers
Adelphi, Area 2, Area 4, Area 6, Arts Program, Beltsville, Bowie, Camp Dawana, Morningside, New Carrolton, Seabrook, South Laurel, Valley View
Camps
Arlington YMCA, Barrie Day Camp, Becky Mark's group, Camp Dawana, Camp Green Acres, Camp Greenway, Camp Pinto, Campfire Ga-Ro-Da, Ebenezer Methodist Church, Pin Oak 4 H Club, Safari Day Camp, Town and Country
Collection Restrictions:
Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1976 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
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Type:
Archival materials
Date:
June 30-July 8, 1973
Introduction:
The 1973 Festival saw the inauguration of a new theme presentation entitled "Working Americans". The presentation of working peoples' skills, crafts, and lore began in 1971 and continued in 1972 when the Union Workers programs featured ten member unions of the AFL-CIO. Working Americans differed from these earlier efforts in numerous ways, most substantially in the consideration of how working people serve human needs and how their skills and expressions have shaped a major national festival to celebrate the nation's 200th birthday.
Working Americans in 1973 featured "Workers Who Build Our Shelter", to be followed in future years by exploration of those workers who provide our food and other needs. Nine unions of the building and construction trades demonstrated their skills, complemented by a full musical program that presented various traditions enjoyed by urban and rural working people, from labor songs to urban blues and a Cajun band. On July 7 and 8, a gospel stage was dedicated to presentations of diverse traditions of African American sacred music. Narrative workshops on the Working Americans stage focused attention on the oral traditions of each of the building trades, as well as on the customs and practices that spanned several trades.
The Working Americans Program Coordinator was Shirley Askew, assisted by Denis Lachman. Major sponsors included the AFL-CIO, its Building and Construction Trades Department, and the U.S. Department of Labor.
Participants:
Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union
Thomas Murphy, President
Exhibit Chairman: Edward Royston
Ronald Bennett
James Chellemi
Michael Crowley
Ray Fischer
Thomas Fonte
Charles Poss
and other craftsmen
Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association of the U.S. and Canada
Joseph T. Power, President
Exhibit Chairman: Gilbert Wolfe
Charles Breen
Harry W. Furr
Rufus Jones
Benson Marble
Archie Neal
Carl O. Peterson
B. Lynn Romesberg
Joseph Vittone
Gilbert Wolfe
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
William Sidell, President
Exhibit Chairmen: Charles L. Allen, James E. Tinkcom
Carpenters
Mill-cabinet makers
Millwrights
Apprentices
International Union of Operating Engineers
Hunter P. Wharton, President
Exhibit Chairmen: Delbert Allen, J. C. Turner
Charles Davidson
Charles Monroe
Ernest Motta
Donald Nolan
Charles Stover
and other craftsmen
International Union of Wood, Wire, and Metal Lathers
Kenneth M. Edwards, General President
Exhibit Chairman: G. C. Carter
J. V. Briguglio
Anthony Byrd
Robert Chatman
Frank Eastman
Tom Evans
Rick L. Talglador
Laborers' International Union of North America
Peter Fosco, President
Exhibit Chairmen:
Ben Bostic (Laborers' Joint Training Fund of Washington, D.C. and Vicinity)
Jack Wilkinson
Participants: Laborers District Council
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Charles H. Pillard, President
Exhibit Chairman: Thomas B. Noone
Clinton L. Bearor
Edmund Berry
Harry W. Creamer
William J. Creamer
Robert Crosby
Joseph Dollarton
Jack R. Donahue
Lawrence C. Hogan
Ralph H. Kemp
Richard L. Martin
Daniel J. McQuaid, Jr.
Frederick M. Noone
Thomas B. Noone
Francis J. O'Neill
Paul Parker
Wade H. Sheriff
Walter E. Shoemaker, Jr.
Paul J. Webb
Robert Wines
Sheet Metal Workers International Association
Edward J. Carlough, President
Exhibit Chairmen: James A. Bettis, Bernie McMonigle,
William I. Stewart
Raymond F. Cook
Thomas E. Fitzgerald
Herb Griffith
Francis Hines
Mark Rosenbaum
Frank Santora
William I. Stewart
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the U.S. and Canada
Martin J. Ward, President
Exhibit Chairmen: Joseph Corcoran, George Bliss, Samuel Armstrong, Frank Blanch, Marion E. Moore, James Sullivan
Alexander B. Bell
Denvert Boney
Zigmund Charney
Timothy Christian
Mike Richards
Bernard Thornberg
Department of Labor
Peter J. Brennan, Secretary
Log Cabin Exhibit:
Claude and Billy Phillips, Berryville, Arkansas
Tipi painting:
Kevin Red Star, Crow Agency, Montana
Tipi maker:
Tom Heavy Runner, Browning, Montana
American Federation of Musicians
Hal C. Davis, President
in cooperation with
The Music Performance Trust Funds
Kenneth E. Raine, Trustee
and
Department of Labor
(Funding performances on the Working Americans, Gospel and Memorial stages)
Jimmy Dawkins (1936-2013) Band with Carey Bell (1936-2007), Big Mojo Elem (1928-1997), Clifton James (1936-2006), Willie James Lyons (1938-1980), blues band, Chicago, Illinois
Lefty Dizz (1937-1993) Band with Bill Warren, Bob Simmons, blues band, Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Thomas A. Dorsey, 1899-1993, gospel songwriter, Chicago, Illinois
Eastern High School Gospel Choir, gospel choir, Washington, D.C.
John Edmonds Gospel Truth, gospel group, Bowling Green, Kentucky
John Estes, 1899-1977, with Hammie Nixon, 1908-1984, Memphis bluesman, Brownsville, Tennessee
Ed Gerald Sounds, gospel group, Washington, D.C.
Gospel Music Workshop of America, gospel group, Washington, D.C.
Institutional Church of God in Christ, gospel choir, New York, New York
Cousin Joe, 1907-1989, blues pianist New Orleans, Louisiana
National Gospel Symposium Ensemble, gospel choir, Washington, D.C.
New York Community Choir, gospel choir, New York, New York
Utah Phillips, 1935-2008, labor singer, Saratoga Springs, New York
James Williams with Lefty Dizz Band, blues band, Chicago, Illinois
Collection Restrictions:
Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1973 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
