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Collector:

Rumsey, Mary Harriman, 1881-1934.  Search this

Names:

Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)  Search this

Photographer:

Averell, William H.  Search this

Coe, Wesley R. (Wesley Roswell), 1869-1960  Search this

Cole, Leon J. (Leon Jacob), 1877-1948  Search this

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952  Search this

Devereux, W. B.  Search this

Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918  Search this

Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909  Search this

Keen, Dora, 1871-  Search this

Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942  Search this

Pillsbury, Arthur C. (Arthur Clarence)  Search this

Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929  Search this

Artist:

Schreyvogel, Charles, 1861-1912  Search this

Extent:

396 Lantern slides

286 Photographic prints

1 Map

Culture:

Suquamish  Search this

Hopi Pueblo  Search this

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this

Yakutat Tlingit  Search this

A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Apache  Search this

Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik)  Search this

Tlingit  Search this

Alaskan Eskimo  Search this

Unangan (Aleut)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Photographic prints

Maps

Place:

British Columbia

Siberia (Russia)

Alaska

Date:

1898-1900

1903

1914

bulk 1899-1899

Summary:

The Mary Harriman Rumsey collection largely consists of photographic prints and lantern slides documenting the Harriman Expedition to Alaska in summer 1899. These depict members of the expedition and Alaskan scenery and people. The collection also includes scenic photographs of Alaska taken by Dora Keen in 1914 and photographs of Blackfeet, Hopi, Apache, and Suquamish Indians made by Edward Curtis in 1900 and 1903.

Scope and Contents:

The bulk of the collection comprises photographic prints, lantern slides, and one map documenting the Harriman Alaska Expedition from May to July of 1899. These photographs were made by members of the expedition, most prominently its official photographer Edward S. Curtis, funder Edward Henry Harriman, and lead scientist C. Hart Merriam. They depict Alaskan scenery, members of the expedition, and Native people and settlements that they encountered. Mary Harriman Rumsey's collection also includes later platinum prints of American Indians made and signed by Curtis (1900, 1903), photographs of glaciers in Alaska by Dora Keen (1914), a photograph of a painting by Charles Schreyvogel (1903), and a photograph of White Pass by Arthur Clarence Pillsbury (1898).

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in three series: photographs relating to the Harriman Expedition; photographs of Alaska that were not made on the Harriman Expedition; and other photographs relating to American Indians. The Harriman series is arranged in a rough chronological order.

Biographical / Historical:

Mary Harriman Rumsey (1881-1934) was an important American philanthropist and the oldest child of railroad tycoon Edward Henry Harriman. In 1901, while studying at Barnard College, she co-founded the Junior League for the Promotion of Settlement Movements (later named the Junior League of the City of New York), which facilitated charitable work by privileged women among New York's impoverished groups. Rumsey's efforts lead to the establishment of the Association of Junior Leagues International Inc. in 1921. Additionally, Rumsey co-founded Today magazine with her brother Averell Harriman and others, and in 1933 she chaired the Consumer Advisory Board of the National Recovery Administration.

In 1899, Mary Harriman was among the Harriman family members who accompanied the Harriman Alaska Expedition. Originally planned as a bear-hunting trip for the family, the expedition, was funded by Edward Henry Harriman and organized with the help of ethnographer and naturalist Clinton Hart Merriam. The party of accomplished scientists, naturalists, photographers, artists, and writers cruised from British Columbia to Siberia and back on a private ship, the SS George W. Elder, in June and July of 1899. The scientists' findings were published in the thirteen-volume Harriman Alaska Series, and Harriman also paid the expedition's official photographer, Edward S. Curtis, to compile souvenir albums from the over 5,000 photographs made during the course of the expedition.

Related Materials:

The Smithsonian Institution Archives, University of Washington Special Collections, and Library of Congress have photo albums relating to the Harriman Alaska Expedition. The SI Archives also holds the Harriman Alaska Expedition Collection and photogravure plates from the Harriman Alaska Series.

NMAI holds photogravure plates and proofs made from Edward Curtis's later photographs and Frederick Dellenbaugh's expedition notes in the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation records. The National Anthropological Archives also holds Curtis photographs and papers.

Separated Materials:

The following materials were also part of Mary Harriman Rumsey's estate, gifted to the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, in 1934. Where possible, their current locations have been noted.

33 artifacts, most of which were likely collected in Alaska by the Harriman Alaska Expedition, are now housed in the NMAI object collection (catalog numbers 18/6460 - 18/6494)

A set of Harriman Alaska Expedition books, probably now in the Cornell University Libraries

4 phonograph records

A bundle of botanical specimens

Provenance:

This collection was donated as part of the estate of Mary Harriman Rumsey to the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, in May 1934.

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 users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, 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.

Topic:

Scientific expeditions  Search this

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mary Harriman Rumsey Collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition Photographs, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

This collection was processed with funding from the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.053

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Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4043dd48c-ff74-4ab4-8c80-e46a55517c90

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-053

Collector:

C. H. Merriam  Search this

W. B. Devereux  Search this

Length - Total:

825 mm

Length - Tail:

290 mm

Length - Hind Tarsus:

140 mm

Preparation:

Skin

Skull

Remarks:

left upper canine broken

Sex:

Female

Stage:

Old adult

Type Citation:

Merriam, C. H. 1900 Mar 14. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 2: 15.

Type Status:

Type

Place:

Hall Island, Bering Sea, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States, North America

Collection Date:

14 Jul 1899

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Carnivora, Caniformia, Canidae

Published Name:

Vulpes lagopus lagopus

Alopex lagopus hallensis

Vulpes hallensis Merriam, 1900

Other Numbers:

Mammals Field Number : AKF 2177

USNM Number:

98067

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Vertebrate Zoology

Mammals

Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33d3c4046-0d25-4f67-b62e-0332257605db

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhvz_7239503

Photographer:

Devereux, W. B.  Search this

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952  Search this

Collection Collector:

Rumsey, Mary Harriman, 1881-1934.  Search this

Extent:

1 Lantern slide

Container:

Box 10

Culture:

Tsimshian [Metlakatla]  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Lantern slides

Date:

1899 June 4

Scope and Contents:

View of village of New Metlakahtla, Annette Island, Alaska, with wooden walkway; bay and snow-capped mountains in background.

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 users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, 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.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mary Harriman Rumsey Collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition Photographs, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

This collection was processed with funding from the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.053, Item L00742

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Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs

Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs / Series 1: Harriman Alaska Expedition / 1.5: Metlakatla

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv49649be40-d6e1-4d96-9d39-9768c2f452cc

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-053-ref619

Photographer:

Devereux, W. B.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Rumsey, Mary Harriman, 1881-1934.  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print

1 Lantern slide

Container:

Photo-folder 5

Box 10

Culture:

Tsimshian [Metlakatla]  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Slides

Photographic prints

Lantern slides

Date:

1899 June 4

Scope and Contents:

Interior of wooden plank church at New Metlakahtla, showing pews, altar area with lectern, oil lamps. and pipe organ. A large representation of an open bible hangs over the altar area, as does an arched sign stating "Peace on earth good will toward men".

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 users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, 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.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mary Harriman Rumsey Collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition Photographs, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

This collection was processed with funding from the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.053, Item P10897, L00744

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Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs

Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs / Series 1: Harriman Alaska Expedition / 1.5: Metlakatla

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4871047f6-8e04-4a57-8325-c8ea99959b49

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-053-ref621

Photographer:

Devereux, W. B.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Rumsey, Mary Harriman, 1881-1934.  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print

1 Lantern slide

Container:

Photo-folder 7

Box 11

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Slides

Photographic prints

Lantern slides

Date:

1899 June 6

Scope and Contents:

View from across a body of water of the Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company and outlying buildings in the distance, Douglas Island, Alaska.

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 users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, 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.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mary Harriman Rumsey Collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition Photographs, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

This collection was processed with funding from the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.053, Item P11115, L00785

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Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs

Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs / Series 1: Harriman Alaska Expedition / 1.7: Treadwell Mine and Skagway

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv44cb654de-bdcf-443e-aea0-ce6d966c7ea6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-053-ref633

Photographer:

Devereux, W. B.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Rumsey, Mary Harriman, 1881-1934.  Search this

Extent:

1 Lantern slide

Container:

Box 11

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Lantern slides

Date:

1899 June 6

Scope and Contents:

View, likely from the S.S. George W. Elder, of the Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company and outlying buildings in the distance; pier with ship in foreground, Douglas Island, Alaska.

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 users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, 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.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mary Harriman Rumsey Collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition Photographs, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

This collection was processed with funding from the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.053, Item L00786

See more items in:

Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs

Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs / Series 1: Harriman Alaska Expedition / 1.7: Treadwell Mine and Skagway

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4b875e5b2-8d71-454b-8767-821150969e6c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-053-ref634