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Filmmaker:

Killy, Monroe P., 1910-  Search this

Extent:

6 Film reels

Culture:

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

circa 1939-1949

Summary:

This collection contains 6 moving image films depicting the Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) community in Minnesota that were filmed by amateur filmmaker Monroe P. Killy, circa 1939-1949.

Scope and Contents:

This collection contains 6 moving image films shot by Monroe P. Killy from 1939-1949. The films depict Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) community in Minnesota and include the following titles: Sugar Bush (1939), Chippewa Handicraft (1939), The Moccasin (1940), Wild Rice Harvest (1940), Anishinaabe (1949), and Pow-wow (date unknown).

Please note that the language and terminology used in this collection reflects the context and culture of the time of its creation, and may include culturally sensitive information. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Arrangement:

Films are arranged in 6 film canisters by date.

Biographical / Historical:

Monroe P. Killy was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 28, 1910. He worked as an amateur photographer and ethnologist, while he managed the Eastman Kodak store Minneapolis laboratory. In addition to being an avid collector of American Indian cultural materials, he was also active in the Minneapolis Photographic Society. He died in 2010.

Related Materials:

The Minnesota Historical Society also holds Monroe P. Killy films.

Provenance:

Acquired from Monroe P. Killy in 1972.

Restrictions:

This collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.

Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films, image #, NMAI.AC.430; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.430

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Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv48aed88f6-7b98-42d0-b864-4da35bbd3d0e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-430

Filmmaker:

Killy, Monroe P., 1910-  Search this

Collection Filmmaker:

Killy, Monroe P., 1910-  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel

Culture:

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1939

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films, image #, NMAI.AC.430; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4f7e174db-e81d-4a02-a1e0-f32a2a4bf986

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-430-ref1

Filmmaker:

Killy, Monroe P., 1910-  Search this

Collection Filmmaker:

Killy, Monroe P., 1910-  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel

Culture:

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1939

Scope and Contents:

This film depicts Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) possibly at the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation in Minnesota, harvesting and preparing wild rice, spearfishing through ice, collecting sap and making maple syrup, playing games, gathering birchbark making birchbark items, and preparing skins for leather and sewing moccasins. Filmed by Monroe Killy in 1939.

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films, image #, NMAI.AC.430; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv47a5edd33-cfbd-4efe-be29-bab504f1c9ce

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-430-ref2

Filmmaker:

Killy, Monroe P., 1910-  Search this

Collection Filmmaker:

Killy, Monroe P., 1910-  Search this

Culture:

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1940

Scope and Contents:

This film shows Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) women at Leech Lake, Minnesota tanning hides and making moccasins decorated with beadwork and a woman [Sahnish (Arikara) or Minitari (Hidatsa)] at Fort Berthold, North Dakota tanning cow hide and doing quillwork on clothing. Filmed by Monroe P. Killy in 1940.

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films, image #, NMAI.AC.430; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4f18d0380-686d-4522-8f09-c984573e02da

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-430-ref3

Filmmaker:

Killy, Monroe P., 1910-  Search this

Collection Filmmaker:

Killy, Monroe P., 1910-  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel

Culture:

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1940

Scope and Contents:

This film shows a traditional Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) wild rice harvest including parching, threshing or jigging by foot power, and fanning. Participants are the John Chicag family and Gerald Strong. Filmed by Monroe P. Kelly (1910-2010) on the Nett Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota in 1940.

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films, image #, NMAI.AC.430; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4d82fdb85-994d-4c99-82b5-1df74043531e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-430-ref4

Filmmaker:

Killy, Monroe P., 1910-  Search this

Collection Filmmaker:

Killy, Monroe P., 1910-  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel

Culture:

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1949

Scope and Contents:

This film shows pictographs on Drum Island, Nett Lake and spirit houses at Kathio, Mille Lacs Indian Reservation in Minnesota. The film also includes footage showing Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) games (stick game, moccasin game and bowl game) played at the 1949 Territorial Centennial at Itasca State Park and a pow-wow at Lake Calhoun during the 1949 Minneapolis Aquatennial. Filmed by Monroe Killy in 1949.

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films, image #, NMAI.AC.430; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4a5a94a66-8a76-4ea2-9cc8-9bde377e600b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-430-ref5

Filmmaker:

Killy, Monroe P., 1910-  Search this

Collection Filmmaker:

Killy, Monroe P., 1910-  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel

Culture:

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films, image #, NMAI.AC.430; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Monroe Killy Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) films

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4c5546e92-18db-4951-92c3-3fcae48ff02f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-430-ref6

Creator:

Dale, Dianne  Search this

Polk, P. H., 1898-1985  Search this

Names:

Barry, Marion, 1936-2014  Search this

Dale, Almore M., 1911-1984  Search this

Dale, Dianne  Search this

Dale, John Henry, Jr., 1888-1973  Search this

Dale, Lucille Emma Patterson, 1889-1973  Search this

Dale, Marie Howard, 1914-2011  Search this

Dale, Norman Edward, 1908-1991  Search this

Garner, Araminta Dale, 1913-1987  Search this

Patterson, Frederick D. (Frederick Douglass), 1901-1988  Search this

Patterson, Wilhelmina Bessie, 1888-1962  Search this

Extent:

6 Linear feet (9 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Programs

Clippings

Correspondence

Ephemera

Postcards

Place:

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Date:

1866 - 1990.

Summary:

The Dale-Patterson family papers, which date from 1866 to 2010 and measure 6 linear feet, document the personal and professional lives of the Dale-Patterson family who came to live in Hillsdale, Anacostia, area of Washington, D.C., in 1892.

Scope and Contents note:

The Dale-Patterson family papers, which date from 1866 to 1990 and measure 6 linear feet, document the personal and professional lives of the Dale-Patterson family who came to live in Hillsdale, Anacostia, area of Washington, D.C., in 1892. The collection is comprised of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and ephemera.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged in four series:

Series 1: Dale-Patterson Family papers Series 2: Charles Qualls papers Series 3: Community Organizations Series 4: Subject Files

Biographical/Historical note:

The Dale family came to Washington, DC in 1886 when John Henry Dale, Sr., a gifted self-taught man, obtained a position as clerk in the newly contracted Pension Bureau building at 5th and G Streets, NW. First they lived near 13th Street and Florida Avenue, NW, then moved to Howard Road in Anacostia. Dale built a house at 2619 Nichols Avenue, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, drawing the plans and supervising the construction. The Dales and only one other family lived in this solidly built house for 100 years before it was sold to a church group and demolished.

General Note:

Finding Aid Note: This finding aid is associated with a MARC collection-level record.361883

Provenance:

The Dale-Patterson Family collection was donated to the Anacostia Community Museum on April 07, 2013.

Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

Rights:

The Dale-Patterson Family collection is the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with the Anacostia Community Museum. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

African American families  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Programs

Clippings

Correspondence

Ephemera

Postcards

Citation:

Dale-Patterson Family collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dianne Dale.

Identifier:

ACMA.06-074

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Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7c29572e9-2bd6-4b2a-8982-b527693b7885

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-acma-06-074

Names:

Andrade-Watkins, Claire  Search this

Bambara, Toni Cade  Search this

Dash, Julie  Search this

Gerima, Haile  Search this

Greaves, William, 1953-2005  Search this

Gunn, Bill, 1934-1989  Search this

Jafa, Arthur  Search this

Jones, Robert Earl, 1904-2006  Search this

Massiah, Louis  Search this

Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951  Search this

Moses, Ethel  Search this

Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976  Search this

Sanchez, Sonia, 1934- (poet, reader)  Search this

Snead, James A., 1953-1989  Search this

Spence, Louise, 1945-  Search this

Tucker, Lorenzo  Search this

Donor:

Bowser, Pearl, 1931-  Search this

Extent:

approximately 100 Motion picture films

213 Sound cassettes (7 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Motion picture films

Sound cassettes

Sound cassette

Oral histories (document genres)

16mm motion picture film

Vhs (videotape format)

Place:

England

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Roanoke (Va.)

Memphis (Tenn.)

Date:

bulk 1920-2001

Biographical / Historical:

Pearl Bowser is a filmmaker, producer, author, lecturer, and highly acclaimed scholar of African American film who is recognized as an authority on the works of Oscar Micheaux, a noted writer, director, and producer of race films from 1919 to 1948.

Born Pearl Johnson on June 25, 1931, in Sugar Hill, Harlem, New York, she was named after her mother (also Pearl Johnson), a domestic worker who had been raised in a Catholic nunnery. On occasional Saturdays, the younger Pearl would accompany her mother to work in apartments in lower Manhattan, where she would assist her by folding handkerchiefs for a small allowance. After moving to a lower part of Harlem when she was about four years old, she met Harlem entrepreneur "Bumpy" Johnson, for whom she and other children in the neighborhood did odd jobs such as counting coins or attending to his ice-cream stand. Johnson, who would sometimes give the children joy rides in his Cadillac, occasionally allowed Pearl and the other children to borrow books from his extensive library, provided that they read them and submitted to a quiz.

As a child, Bowser had several racist encounters. For example, one of her white kindergarten teachers at her elementary school wore gloves in the classroom as to not touch Black pupils. She was also occasionally teased for having a gap between her teeth but felt insulated from sustained bullying because she had several older brothers who sometimes protected her. On a separate occasion, when she was about nine years old, her mother sent her on a trip from New York to the South to visit relatives. Although her mother had purchased tickets for her to be in a Pullman car, when she changed trains in Washington, DC., she was forced to ride in the car behind the engine, which left her covered in soot.

An avid reader, Pearl excelled in elementary and high school and received a scholarship to attend Brooklyn College, where she majored in biology. She supplemented her income by recording the numbers in one of Bumpy Johnson's shops. Disappointed with the quality of the education she was receiving, Bowser withdrew from Brooklyn College, eventually landing a job at CBS where she worked on a team that analyzed Nielsen ratings.

In 1955, Pearl married fellow New Yorker LeRoy Bowser. By the mid-1960s, although Pearl and LeRoy Bowser had separate interests, they both were working simultaneously in the civil rights movement. While LeRoy was active in Brooklyn CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) and went to the South in the summer to teach for what was the beginning of HeadStart, Pearl, along with other production activists, took to the streets documenting African American culture and issues—working to bring these films to schools. Additionally, Bowser wanted to write a cookbook to earn funds for Brooklyn's CORE organization. She was approached by David Davis, the editor of Tuesday Magazine. Tuesday had distribution in the Herald Tribune across the country as a Sunday supplement. As the urban-world magazine exploded in Black communities, "Joan" Bowser's two-page pictorials on Southern cooking with a set of recipes became very popular in the five years she wrote them. Bowser retained copyrights to the articles, and easily completed her cookbook a short time later.

Bowser's colleague at ABC, Charles Hobson, found a used book written by Peter Noble about Black films and Oscar Micheaux. The volume was slim and contained what little information contained in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) files. Hobson and his colleagues wanted to write a book about the topic, and they assigned Bowser to begin the research. As part of the project, Bowser went to California to interview actors who may have been in early Black films or may have worked with Micheaux. What she learned began her intensive scholarship into Micheaux and his fellow filmmakers.

In 1971, she organized her first film festival, the Black Film History Series. In 1979, she organized the nation's first American women's film festival in New York City. She also presented a major retrospective, Independent Black American Cinema 1920-1980, which toured the country during 1981 and 1982. She also directed the Journey Across Three Continents film and lecture series, which toured the country from 1983-1985. Bowser also served as president of the prestigious Flaherty Film Seminar in 1987. In 1989, she, alongside Grant Munro, programmed the 35th Flaherty Film Seminar, which featured films such as Finzan, Zajota and the Boogie Spirit, Daughters of the Dust, and many more. She has also been a judge at the world-renown Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESCPACO) in Burkina Faso (formerly known as Upper Volta).

In the 1980s Bowser was awarded an independent artists grant by the Ford Foundation to travel west and collect oral histories from individuals in Oscar Micheaux's orbit, loosely following the route he would have travelled decades earlier. Stopping in cities such as Roanoke, Virginia; Memphis, Tennessee; and Jackson, Mississippi, she collected dozens of oral histories from actors, actresses etc. that knew Oscar Micheaux. Through this research she became an eminent figure in the Black independent film industry. Working as a programmer, she travelled around the United States and the world showing films by domestic and Black filmmakers within the Diaspora.

Despite her wealth of experience working as a programmer, it wasn't until the 1990s that Bowser made her directorial debut with the documentary film Midnight Ramble. Funded by American Experience, the film looks at African Americans and Hollywood movies from 1910 through the 1950s. In 2000, she, along with Louise Spence, co-authored Writing Himself into History: Oscar Micheaux, His Silent Films and His Audiences, a book about the pioneering filmmaker. Additionally, she is founder and director of Chamba Educational Film Services, a film distribution company that specialized in distributing films by African American filmmakers. In the early 1980s, she renamed her company/collection as African Diaspora Images, a collection of historical and contemporary films documenting Black film history. She subsequently joined Third World Newsreel, where she was director of their theater department.

In 2012, Pearl Bowser donated her extensive collection of books, sound cassettes, films, film memorabilia, and papers to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Sources:

1940 United States Federal Census; New York, New York, New York, population schedule, p. 61B, house number 1486, family 195, Pearl Bowser; Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012 accessed: 10 Sept 2022); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm: m-t0627-02665

Bowser, Pearl. Pearl Bowser Oral History. Interview by Tuliza Fleming and Jennifer Lyon, July 21, 2011.

Provenance:

Acquired as a donation from Pearl Bowser in 2012.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Access to collection materials requires an appointment.

Occupation:

Filmmakers  Search this

Actors -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Documentary films  Search this

Film festivals  Search this

African American actors  Search this

African American actresses  Search this

African diaspora  Search this

Race films  Search this

African American motion picture producers and directors  Search this

African American women authors  Search this

Meetings  Search this

Conferences  Search this

Lectures and lecturing  Search this

Amateur films  Search this

Motion picture soundtracks  Search this

Oral history  Search this

Radio broadcasts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound cassette

Oral histories (document genres)

16mm motion picture film

VHS (videotape format)

Citation:

Pearl Bowser Collection, National Museum of African American History and Culture

Identifier:

NMAAHC.A2012.79.AV

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Pearl Bowser Audiovisual Collection

Archival Repository:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3209e9c6d-3045-4a0a-941e-6519385b18d5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmaahc-a2012-79-av

Photographer:

Skinner, G. Gage  Search this

Extent:

0.25 Linear feet

265 Slides (photographs)

1 Sound cassette

Culture:

Ika (Ica/Arhuaco)  Search this

Kogi (Kagaba)  Search this

Mapuche  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Sound cassettes

Audiocassettes

Place:

Santa Marta Range (Colombia)

Chile

Colombia

Date:

1964-1966

1972

Summary:

This collection consists of 265 photographic slides and 1 audio cassette recording made by former Peace Corps volunteer G. Gage Skinner while living and traveling in Chile and Colombia in the 1960s-1970s. Images include portraits, landscapes, ceremonies, and daily village life. Audio recording includes songs, chants, and musical instruments.

Scope and Contents:

The G. Gage Skinner collection consists of 265 photographic slides and 1 audio cassette recording made by former Peace Corps volunteer G. Gage Skinner while living and traveling in Chile and Colombia in the 1960s-1970s. Series 1: Chile, 1964-1966, includes images of individual portraits, landscapes, ceremonies, and daily village life of the Mapuche peoples of what is now the Araucanía Region of Chile. Also part of Series 1 is an audio recording of songs, chants, and musical instruments from a 1965 Nguillatún fertility ceremony near Lumaco, Chile. Series 2: Colombia, 1972, includes images of landscapes and daily village life of the Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) and Kogi (Kagaba) peoples of the area near Donachui in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range of Colombia. Images include a particular focus on Ika (Ica/Arhuaco) dwellings and architecture, weaving, trade goods, and agriculture.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in two series. Series 1: Chile, 1964-1966 and Series 2: Colombia, 1972.

Biographical / Historical:

G. Gage Skinner is a former Peace Corps volunteer, having served in Chile, 1964-1966, and later in Colombia, 1969-1972. A student of cultural anthropology and a graduate of San Diego State University, Skinner has taught at the college level, and has published on a wide range of topics, including beekeeping, the fur trade, and the history of the American West.

Related Materials:

The Peace Corps Community Archives at American University in Washington, DC maintains a collection of manuscript materials donated by G. Gage Skinner documenting his Peace Corps service in Chile and Colombia. These materials include diaries, biographical information, training materials, and publications. In addition to material culture objects in the NMAI Object Collections donated by Skinner, there are also a large number of objects documenting Mapuche culture which he donated to the San Diego Museum of Man's ethnographic collections.

Separated Materials:

G. Gage Skinner also donated a number of material culture objects to the NMAI Object Collections, documenting the Mapuche, Ika (Ica/Arhuaco), and Kamsá (Sebondoy) peoples of Chile and Colombia. The object numbers are 27/0087 - 27/0089 and 27/0102 - 27/0108.

Provenance:

This collection was donated by G. Gage Skinner in 2017 and 2018.

Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Topic:

Peace Corps (U.S.)  Search this

Indians of South America -- Chile  Search this

Indians of South America -- Colombia  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides (photographs)

Audiocassettes

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Gage Skinner collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.116

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G. Gage Skinner collection

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv47fd8ff0c-b133-438a-9a96-0bf38fd0b978

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-116

Collection Photographer:

Skinner, G. Gage  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic slide

Container:

Box 1

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Photographic slides

Date:

1964

Scope and Contents:

Llaima volcano in summer, Temuco area, Chile.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Gage Skinner collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.116, Item 116_001_001_008

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G. Gage Skinner collection

G. Gage Skinner collection / Series 1: Chile

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4698d2da7-48ef-4478-baca-319baf083730

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-116-ref10

Collection Photographer:

Skinner, G. Gage  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic slide

Container:

Box 1

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Photographic slides

Date:

circa 1964-1965

Scope and Contents:

Mapuche woman's hair ornaments, Chile

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Gage Skinner collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.116, Item 116_001_005_014

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G. Gage Skinner collection

G. Gage Skinner collection / Series 1: Chile

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4d29b7778-f38a-4447-8fc0-26f17130f86f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-116-ref100

Collection Photographer:

Skinner, G. Gage  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic slide

Container:

Box 1

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Photographic slides

Date:

circa 1964-1965

Scope and Contents:

Mapuche woman's hair ornaments, Chile.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Gage Skinner collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.116, Item 116_001_005_015

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G. Gage Skinner collection

G. Gage Skinner collection / Series 1: Chile

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4debb5fd8-e3d2-4dcd-a1e1-b839f0abf165

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-116-ref101

Collection Photographer:

Skinner, G. Gage  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic slide

Container:

Box 1

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Photographic slides

Date:

circa 1964-1965

Scope and Contents:

Mapuche woman's hair ornaments, Chile

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Gage Skinner collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.116, Item 116_001_005_016

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G. Gage Skinner collection

G. Gage Skinner collection / Series 1: Chile

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4c39fee8d-4668-462a-bc18-e74592d938a2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-116-ref102

Collection Photographer:

Skinner, G. Gage  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic slide

Container:

Box 1

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Photographic slides

Date:

circa 1964-1965

Scope and Contents:

Mapuche woman in traditional clothing, Araucanía Region, Chile.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Gage Skinner collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.116, Item 116_001_006_001

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G. Gage Skinner collection

G. Gage Skinner collection / Series 1: Chile

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv45e2b5167-0528-429a-9ece-e5ba8d7c25b2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-116-ref103

Collection Photographer:

Skinner, G. Gage  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic slide

Container:

Box 1

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Photographic slides

Date:

circa 1964-1965

Scope and Contents:

Mapuche woman's hair ornaments, Chile.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Gage Skinner collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.116, Item 116_001_006_002

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G. Gage Skinner collection

G. Gage Skinner collection / Series 1: Chile

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4e8c6f4db-6a7a-4363-b9d8-ef9c637a6597

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-116-ref104

Collection Photographer:

Skinner, G. Gage  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic slide

Container:

Box 1

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Photographic slides

Date:

circa 1964-1965

Scope and Contents:

Mapuche woman's hair ornaments, Chile.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Gage Skinner collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.116, Item 116_001_006_003

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G. Gage Skinner collection

G. Gage Skinner collection / Series 1: Chile

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv455df703f-fae1-47e5-8c7e-0f8f624f7bb5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-116-ref105

Collection Photographer:

Skinner, G. Gage  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic slide

Container:

Box 1

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Photographic slides

Date:

1965

Scope and Contents:

Landscape following wheat harvest, Quetrahue Reservation, near Lumaco, Chile.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Gage Skinner collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.116, Item 116_001_006_004

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G. Gage Skinner collection

G. Gage Skinner collection / Series 1: Chile

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv48a595635-5044-469e-8b2f-149ad0d8035a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-116-ref106

Collection Photographer:

Skinner, G. Gage  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic slide

Container:

Box 1

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Photographic slides

Date:

1964

Scope and Contents:

Ricardo Antileo, Mapuche elder and Quetrahue Reservation leader, near Lumaco, Chile.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Gage Skinner collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.116, Item 116_001_006_005

See more items in:

G. Gage Skinner collection

G. Gage Skinner collection / Series 1: Chile

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv498bdeb31-5a31-4a92-ba38-59a467a3f51c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-116-ref107

Collection Photographer:

Skinner, G. Gage  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic slide

Container:

Box 1

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Photographic slides

Date:

1964

Scope and Contents:

Antonio Antileo, brother of Ricardo Antileo, Quetrahue Reservation, near Lumaco, Chile.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Gage Skinner collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.116, Item 116_001_006_006

See more items in:

G. Gage Skinner collection

G. Gage Skinner collection / Series 1: Chile

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv49ea2e31b-ae14-4819-adeb-1f197739cfd7

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-116-ref108