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:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Collection Title, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Outdoor portrait of Wahpetonwan Dakota doctor Charles A. Eastman standing in front of St. Elizabeth's Mission school on the Standing Rock Reservation, South Dakota. Both Eastman and his wife Elaine Goodale were outspoken about their beliefs on the education of Native American children.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Thursday, 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); Septima Koehler Collection (NMAI.AC.319), Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, W. Atlee Burpee & Company Records.
1 Film reel (31 minutes, black-and-white silent; 1128 feet)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1908
Scope and Contents:
Outtakes of a film shot during an expedition to Crow Agency, Montana, sponsored by department store magnate Rodman Wanamaker. Included are scenes of a mission school where young women were educated, a give-away in which young men are honored with gifts, a Crow Fair encampment where people come together to observe and participate in various activities, a horse procession in which the horses and riders are adorned with headdresses, and 19th- and 20th- century Crow leader, Chief Pleny Coups. A reenactment of the Battle of Little Big Horn at Custer's battlefield is filmed in which some of the participants were also present during the actual battle.
Local Number:
HSFA 1983.6.1
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Films of the Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Edited video version of randomly organized outtakes was re-ordered according to thesis research conducted by Susan Applegate Kraus on the Wanamaker expeditions. Footage includes scenes of a mission school where young women were educated, a give-away in which young men are honored with gifts, a Crow Fair encampment where people come together to observe and participate in various activities, a horse procession in which the horses and riders are adorned with headdresses, and 19th- and 20th- century Crow leader, Chief Pleny Coups. A reenactment of the Battle of Little Big Horn at Custer's battlefield is filmed in which some of the participants were also present during the actual battle.
Local Number:
HSFA 1983.6.2
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Films of the Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Congo, Republic of the, -- Commune de Brazzaville, -- Brazzaville
Date:
[ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
Printed caption on recto reads: "7. Congo Français. - Brazzaville. - Les Enfants de l'Ecole de la Mission dans l'Allée des Manguiers (150 m.)."
Translated caption reads: "7. French Congo. - Brazzaville: The Children of the Mission School in the Mango Tree Path (150 m.). "
Publisher's logo on recto: "Impr. Réunies de Nancy." Additional printed text on recto reads: "Col. Leray - Cliché Augouard."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CF-31-02
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Missions d'Afrique Ecole - Nos ecoles existent sous le contrôle de l'etat
Extent:
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Container:
Volume 2 CF
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)
Date:
[ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
Printed caption on recto reads: "Missions d'Afrique. - Ecole - Nos Ecoles existent sous le contrôle de l'Etat."
Translated caption reads: "African Missions.- School - Our Schools are under the control of the State."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CF-31-07
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Congo, Republic of the, -- Commune de Brazzaville, -- Brazzaville
Date:
[ca. 1905]
Scope and Contents:
Postcard image of young boys in a mission school in Brazzaville, Congo Français. Original caption reads, "Congo Français, Mission Catholique de Brazzaville." Original text on recto reads, "École de la Mission de Brazzaville. - Vive la France!!!" Translated caption and text reads, "French Congo, Catholic Mission of Brazzaville. Mission school in Brazzaville - Long Live France!" Postmarked postage stamp on recto, "Congo Français Brazzaville, 2 NOV 05."
Stamped address on verso.
Local Numbers:
EEPA CF-09-07
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
This collection consists of 534 glass lantern slides depicting Indigenous groups throughout North America. It also includes a small number of publications written by Elmer E. Higley and others about Native Americans and missionary work during the early twentieth century.
Scope and Contents:
The Elmer E. Higley collection consists of both Lantern Slides and Printed Materials. Series 1: Lantern Slides, 1900-1924, includes 534 glass lantern slides, many hand-colored. The lantern slides were used by Higley in lectures to promote his missionary and reform work with the Joint Committee on Indian Work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was the Superintendent from 1919 to 1923. While Higley was the photographer of some of the lantern slide images, specifically those taken in Mesa Verde, the majority of the photographs were not taken by Higley, but rather collected by him for use in his lectures as he traveled around the country. Series 2: Printed Materials, 1914-1968, includes a small number of early twentieth-century publications written by Higley and others about Native Americans and missionary work in the United States during this time.
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:
This collection is arranged into two series. Series 1: Lantern Slides, 1900-1924 and Series 2: Printed Materials, 1914-1968.
Biographical / Historical:
Elmer Ellsworth Higley was born in Ohio in 1867. He attended high school and college in northwestern Pennsylvania before marrying Alice C. Dowler in 1892. Higley later also attended the Drew Theological Seminary and afterwards worked as a pastor in a number of Methodist churches around the country. In approximately 1919 Higley was appointed Superintendent of the Joint Committee on Indian Work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with his office based in Chicago, Illinois. Employed in this work until 1923, Higley traveled the United States, visiting Native reservations and promoting Christian reform efforts for American Indian education. While traveling, Higley frequently presented illustrated lectures on his missionary work to audiences, using the glass lantern slides now residing in the collections of the National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. In the years after 1923, Higley continued as a pastor in both Ames, Iowa, and Evanston, Illinois, the latter where he eventually died in 1931.
Provenance:
Gift of Mrs. R. S. Jensen and Family in 2018 and 2019.
Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives 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 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.
Some photographs in this colletion are restricted due to cultural sensitivity.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Elmer E. Higley collection, NMAI.AC.228; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Copy photographs depicting buildings, farms, Dakota Indians, and mission school activities in and around the St. Francis Mission on the Rosebud Reservation. The majority of the photographs were made by Eugene Buechel, a Jesuit who served at St. Francis and Holy Rosary missions. The collection also includes some photographs by Fr. Salvatore Gentile of a Sun Dance on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Biographical/Historical note:
St. Francis Mission was a Jesuit mission established on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota in 1886. The central function of the mission was education, in the form of the St. Francis Mission school. Father Digmann, often referred to as the founder of St. Francis Mission, also established thirty-seven mission stations around the reservation. In 1972 the mission school was turned over to the tribe's community corporation, Sicangu Oyate Ho, Inc., which renamed it St. Francis Indian School.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot R74-10
Reproduction Note:
Copy prints and negatives made by Smithsonian Institution, 1973-1974.
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Photographs of St. Francis Mission may be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4574.
Marquette University's Raynor Memorial Libraries in Milwaukee, WI, holds the records of the St. Francis Mission.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
This copy collection has been obtained for reference purposes only. Contact the repository for terms of use and access.
Topic:
St. Francis Indian Mission (South Dakota) Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot R74-10, St Francis Indian Mission photograph collection, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The photograph depicts Joseph, age 8, at Catholic Mission school. During his trip to Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon visited Bunia and its surroundings, near Lake Albert. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
Local Numbers:
EENG-I-19, 25A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "B 3 Zai. Zaire. Bunia. Joseph Mokobi, age 8, at Catholic Mission school. 4/1970. EE. neg.no. I-19, 25A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
The photograph depicts Joseph, age 8, at Catholic Mission school. During his trip to Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon visited Bunia and its surroundings, near Lake Albert. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
Local Numbers:
EENG-I-19, 26A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "B 3 Zai. Zaire. Bunia. Joseph Mokobi, age 8, at Catholic Mission school. 4/1970. EE. neg.no. I-19, 26A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
The photograph depicts Joseph, age 8, at Catholic Mission school. During his trip to Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon visited Bunia and its surroundings, near Lake Albert. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
Local Numbers:
EENG-I-19, 27A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "B 3 Zai. Zaire. Bunia. Joseph Mokobi, age 8, at Catholic Mission school. 4/1970. EE. neg.no. I-19, 27A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
The photograph depicts Joseph, age 8, at Catholic Mission school. During his trip to Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon visited Bunia and its surroundings, near Lake Albert. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
Local Numbers:
EENG-I-19, 28A.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "B 3 Zai. Zaire. Bunia. Joseph Mokobi, age 8, at Catholic Mission school. 4/1970. EE. neg.no. I-19, 28A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
The photograph depicts Joseph, age 8, at Catholic Mission school. During his trip to Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon visited Bunia and its surroundings, near Lake Albert. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
Local Numbers:
EENG-I-20, 29.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "B 3 Zai. Zaire. Bunia. Joseph Mokobi, age 8, at Catholic Mission school. 4/1970. EE. neg.no. I-20, 29." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
The photograph depicts Joseph, age 8, at Catholic Mission school. During his trip to Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon visited Bunia and its surroundings, near Lake Albert. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
Local Numbers:
EENG-I-20, 30.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "B 3 Zai. Zaire. Bunia. Joseph Mokobi, age 8, at Catholic Mission school. 4/1970. EE. neg.no. I-20, 30." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
The photograph depicts Joseph, age 8, in class at Catholic Mission school. During his trip to Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon visited Bunia and its surroundings, near Lake Albert. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
Local Numbers:
EENG-I-20, 13.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "B 3 Zai. Zaire. Bunia. Joseph Mokobi, age 8, in class at Catholic Mission school. 4/1970. EE. neg.no. I-22, 13." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
The photograph depicts Joseph, age 8, in class at Catholic Mission school. During his trip to Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon visited Bunia and its surroundings, near Lake Albert. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
Local Numbers:
EENG-I-20, 14.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "B 3 Zai. Zaire. Bunia. Joseph Mokobi, age 8, in class at Catholic Mission school. 4/1970. EE. neg.no. I-20, 14." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
The photograph depicts Joseph, age 8, in class at Catholic Mission school. During his trip to Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon visited Bunia and its surroundings, near Lake Albert. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
Local Numbers:
EENG-I-20, 15.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "B 3 Zai. Zaire. Bunia. Joseph Mokobi, age 8, in class at Catholic Mission school. 4/1970. EE. neg.no. I-20, 15." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
The photograph depicts Joseph, age 8, in class at Catholic Mission school. During his trip to Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon visited Bunia and its surroundings, near Lake Albert. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
Local Numbers:
EENG-I-20, 16.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "B 3 Zai. Zaire. Bunia. Joseph Mokobi, age 8, in class at Catholic Mission school. 4/1970. EE. neg.no. I-20, 16." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
