1,195 Prints (albumen, silver gelatin, and platinum)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Photomechanical prints
Photographs
Stereographs
Postcards
Place:
Wyoming
Virginia
New York
New Mexico
Vermont
South Carolina
Maine
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Montana
Nebraska
Alaska
British Columbia
Arizona
Colorado
California
Date:
1871-1912
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs of geologic features and the natural environment of the American West, Alaska, and Mexico, most of which were created during government surveys and the expansion of railroads during the 1800s. There are also photographs collected and made by individuals who worked or traveled in the west. Depicted locales include Alaska, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Wyoming, and there are some additional images of artifacts, artwork, and portraits. Photographers represented include William Henry Jackson, John K. Hillers, Timothy H. O'Sullivan, E. O. Beaman, James Fennemore, William Bell, and other professional and amateur photographers.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 37
Varying Form of Title:
Scenic Views of North America
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Charles Savage photographs previously filed in Photo Lot 37 have been relocated to National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 156.
Bourne & May photographs previously filed in Photo Lot 37 have been relocated to National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 159.
The National Anthropological Archives holds additional photographs by photographers or from accessions represented in this collection in Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 40, and other photo lots.
See others in:
Photographs of North American geology and scenery, 1871-1912
Images in this collection were mostly taken by Frederick Dellenbaugh, William Henry Jackson, Alexander Gardner, John Wetherill, John K. Hillers, Edward O. Beaman, Charles Milton Bell and Frank Rinehart. Subjects include delegation portraits, images from the Hayden's and Powell's Geological and Geographical Surveys, cliff dwellings, landscape views, and images from the U.S. Indian Congress Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha 1898.
Arrangement note:
Lantern slide: organized in envelopes; arranged by image number
Negatives: organized in envelopes; arranged by negative number
Prints: organized in folders; arranged by print number
Biographical/Historical note:
Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (1853--935) was an American explorer, artist and mapmaker, best known for his travels and descriptions of the Southwest. At the age of only 18, he was chosen to accompany the second Powell expedition down the Colorado River, serving as both artist and mapmaker. In 1899, Dellenbaugh was part of the Harriman Alaska Expedition.
Restrictions:
Access is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment.
Frederick S. Dellenbaugh photographs, negatives and other material, circa 1861-1934, National Museum of the American Indian Archives, Smithsonian Institution (negative, slide or catalog number).
Correspondence of the Century Magazine and its predecessors, Scribner's Monthly, and St. Nicholas Magazine. Also included is material related to the Century War Series.
Among the correspondents are: Cecilia Beaux, James C. Beckwith, Samuel G. W. Benjamin, William M. Chase, William A. Coffin, Timothy Cole (98 letters), Charles C. Coleman, Royal Cortissoz, Kenyon Cox, Reginald C. Coxe, Christopher P. Cranch, Henry H. Cross, Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, Thomas W. Dewing, Alexander W. Drake, Wyatt Eaton, George W. Edwards, Frank E. Elwell, Gaston Fay, Harry Fenn, Mary H. Foote, William L. Fraser, Charles L. Freer, Daniel C. French, Frank French, Isabella S. Gardner, Jay Hambidge, Charles H. Hart, Arthur Hoeber, George Inness, Jr., August F. Jaccaci, Arthur I. Keller, Edward W. Kemble, Knoedler M. & Company, Christopher G. La Farge, John La Farge, Charles R. Lamb, Florence N. Levy, Frank J. Mather, Leila Mechlin, Gari Melchers, Francis D. Millet, Thomas Moran, Edward L. Morse, Hobart Nichols, Elizabeth Nourse, Thornton Oakley, Violet Oakley, Maxfield Parrish, William O. Partridge, Elizabeth R. Pennell (83 letters & 55p. handwritten article), Joseph Pennell, Henry R. Poore, Eva A. Remington, Henry Reuterdahl, Boardman Robinson, Henry Sandham, DeCost Smith, Jessie W. Smith, Albert E. Sterner, Alfred Stieglitz, William J. Stillman (ca. 95 letters), Lorado Taft, Henry O. Tanner, Abbott H. Thayer, Gerald H. Thayer, Dwight W. Tryon, John C. Van Dyke, Douglas Volk, Irving R. Wiles, and others.
Biographical / Historical:
A quarterly publication on the arts and current affairs.
Other Title:
Century Company collection (NYPL microfilm title)
Provenance:
Microfilmed 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library. Included in the microfilming project were selected papers of the Art Division and the Prints Division.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
MS 4104 Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh drawings of petroglyphs at Shinumo Canyon
Creator:
Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 Search this
Extent:
18 Drawings (ink, 6.25 x 10 inches)
Container:
Box 4104
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings
Works of art
Place:
North America
Arizona
Date:
1871-1872
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of eighteen (18) drawings of petroglyphs at Shinumo Canyon by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh and related notes. The notes describe 28 drawings in total; 10 drawings have been lost.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Biographical Note:
Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (1853-1935) was an artist, topographer, explorer, and author. From 1871 to 1873, Dellenbaugh was a member of John Wesley Powell's Second Colorado River Expedition, serving as an artist and assistant topographer. Following the expedition, Dellenbaugh traveled in the West, served as artist on E. H. Harriman's expedition to Alaska and Siberia, and studied painting in France. He wrote and lectured about the West, publishing The Romance of the Colorado River and A Canyon Voyage, which described the second Powell expedition. In later years he continued to travel in the West, served as librarian to the National Geographic Society, and founded the Explorer's Club. He died in New York City.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4104
Variant Title:
Collection of original drawings of hieroglyphs by F. S. Dellenbaugh made at Shinumo (Shenomo) Canyon
Related Materials:
The National Anthropological Archives holds additional drawings by Dellenbaugh in MS 2030.
The University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository at Yale University hold collections of Dellenbaugh's papers, photographs, and drawings.
Sketches are mainly unsigned and undated. Numbers 1-299 and others of that group, but unnumbered, appear to be by F. S. Dellenbaugh; one bears his initials. Other signed sketches in the collection are as follows: F. S. Dellenbaugh, 1872 3 sketches; W. H. Holmes, 2 sketches; G. Thompson, 1873, 1 sketch. File also includes list in J. W. Powell's hand, entitled "Landscapes," 4 pages.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2030
Local Note:
2 Dellenbaugh drawings removed from old mounts, 4/64 and laminated for possible use by MHT-Dr. Welsh. Old mounts saved; one carries date Nov. 1872; the other carried the name, F. S. Dellenbaugh, on the mount. These 2 items filed separately in oversize cabinet.
Original diagrams of OPPS NEGS 53194, -A found but not inventoried. OPPS NEG 53194 is a "regular negative." OPPS NEG 53194 A is a "line negative without halftones."
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Citation:
Manuscript 2030, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Original Mount with Identification, Signature, and Date on Back Is Filed with Drawing 1872; Signed and Dated: F. S. Dellenbaugh, Sketch November; Laminated
