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Collector:

Allen, George V.  Search this

Names:

Albuquerque Indian School  Search this

Castillo de San Marcos (Saint Augustine, Fla.)  Search this

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School  Search this

Geological Survey (U.S.)  Search this

Haskell Indian Nations University  Search this

United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)  Search this

Yankton Mission (Yankton Indian Reservation, S.D.)  Search this

American Horse, 1840-1908  Search this

Big Bow Chief  Search this

Bogy, Lewis V. (Lewis Vital), 1813-1877  Search this

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923  Search this

Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this

Iron Bull (Crow Indian chief)  Search this

Kelly, Luther S. (Luther Sage), 1849-1928  Search this

Mató-Tópe, Mandan chief, d. 1837  Search this

Mix, Charles E.  Search this

Monroe, Mark, 1930-  Search this

Moran, John, 1831-1903  Search this

Ouray  Search this

Red Cloud, 1822-1909  Search this

Red Dog, Oglala chief  Search this

Red Shirt, 1845?-1925  Search this

Reilly, John James, 1838-1894  Search this

Reynolds, Joseph Jones, 1822-1899  Search this

Sitting Bull, 1831-1890  Search this

Spotted Tail, 1823-1881  Search this

Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1850-1915  Search this

Two Guns White Calf, 1872-1934 (Piegan)  Search this

Photographer:

Alvord, Kellogg, & Campbell  Search this

Bailey & Whitesides  Search this

Bailey, Dix, & Mead  Search this

Bennett & Brown  Search this

Black Hills View Company  Search this

Brooks Photo  Search this

Brubaker and Whitesides  Search this

C. Duhem & Bro.  Search this

Calfee & Catlin  Search this

Caswell & Davy  Search this

Copelin & Son  Search this

Cosand & Mosser  Search this

Cunningham & Co. (1880-1889)  Search this

D.D. Merrill, Randall & Co.  Search this

E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)  Search this

Eaton, of Ralston, Oklahoma  Search this

Griffith & Griffith  Search this

Gurnsey & Illingworth  Search this

Hamilton and Hoyt  Search this

Hamilton and Kodylek  Search this

Hansard & Carden  Search this

Henry L. Shepard & Co.  Search this

Ingersoll View Company (St. Paul, Minnesota)  Search this

J.J. Reilly & Co.  Search this

Judd and McLeish  Search this

Keystone View Company  Search this

Kilburn Brothers  Search this

Lawrence & Houseworth  Search this

Leonard & Martin  Search this

M.S. Mepham & Bro.  Search this

Martin's Gallery  Search this

Montgomery Ward  Search this

Ramsour & Pennel  Search this

Reed & McKenney  Search this

Rodocker & Blanchard  Search this

Savage & Ottinger  Search this

Thomas Houseworth & Co  Search this

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Universal Photo Art Co  Search this

Whitney & Zimmerman  Search this

Wittick & Bliss  Search this

Wittick & Russell  Search this

Young & Chase  Search this

Barker, George, 1844-1894  Search this

Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934  Search this

Batchelder, B. P. (Benjamin Pierce), 1826-1891  Search this

Bates, Edw. (Edward)  Search this

Beaman, Edward O.  Search this

Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893  Search this

Bell, William, 1830-1910  Search this

Benecke, Robert  Search this

Bennett, H. H. (Henry Hamilton), 1843-1908  Search this

Bierstadt, Charles, 1819-1903  Search this

Blessing, S. T.  Search this

Blosser, J. A.  Search this

Bonine, Elias A., 1843-1916  Search this

Brockham, William (of Morris, Minnesota)  Search this

Brown, William Henry, 1844-1886  Search this

Brubaker, C. B.  Search this

Buehman, Henry, 1851-1912  Search this

Calfee, H. B. (Henry Bird), 1848-1912  Search this

Carbutt, John, 1832-1905  Search this

Carter, C. W., 1832-1918  Search this

Chamberlain, W. G. (William Gunnison)  Search this

Chase, D. B. (Dana B.)  Search this

Childs, B. F. (Brainard F.), ca. 1841-1921  Search this

Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902  Search this

Clark, George A. (George Alfred), 1936-  Search this

Climo, John Saunders  Search this

Cobb, William Henry, 1859-1909  Search this

Conklin, E (Enoch)  Search this

Cozzens, Samuel Woodworth, 1834-1878  Search this

Croft, Thomas  Search this

Cross, W. R. (William R.)  Search this

Currier, Frank, fl. 1890-1909  Search this

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952  Search this

Curtis, George E., 1830-1910  Search this

Cushing, W. H., fl. 1870-1889  Search this

Davis, S., fl. 1860-1880  Search this

Doremus, John P., 1827-1890  Search this

Eaton, E. L. (Edric L.), b. ca. 1836  Search this

Ebell, Adrian J. (Adrian John), 1840-1877  Search this

Eisenmann, Charles, b. 1850  Search this

Flanders, Dudley P.  Search this

Forsyth, N. A. (Norman A.), 1869-1949  Search this

Fouch, John H., 1849-1933  Search this

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882  Search this

Godkin, William R.  Search this

Goodell, Abner Cheney, 1831-1914  Search this

Graves, C. H. (Carleton H.), -1943  Search this

Gurnsey, B. H. (Byron H.), 1833-1880  Search this

Hamilton, J. H. (James H.)  Search this

Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908  Search this

Hawkins, B.A.  Search this

Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay), 1853-1921  Search this

Hazeltine, M. M. (Martin Mason), 1827-1903  Search this

Heister, H. T., (Henry T.), -1895  Search this

Heller, Louis Herman, ca. 1839-1929  Search this

Heston, Wat  Search this

Hillers, John K., 1843-1925  Search this

Hook, W. E. (William Edward), 1833-1908  Search this

Huffman, L. A. (Laton Alton), 1854-1931  Search this

Illingworth, W. H. (William H.), 1842-1893  Search this

Immke, Henry W.  Search this

Ingalls, George W., 1838-1920  Search this

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this

Jacoby, W. H. (William H.), 1841-1905  Search this

Jarvis, J. F. (John F.), b. 1850  Search this

Johnson, W.S.  Search this

Kirkland, Geo. W. (George W.)  Search this

Knight, J. Lee  Search this

Landon, S. C. (Seth C.), b. 1825  Search this

Line, A. A.  Search this

Little, H.N.  Search this

Marshall, William I. (William Isaac), 1840-1906  Search this

Martin, Alex (Alexander), 1841-1929  Search this

Maude, F. H. (Frederic Hamer)  Search this

Maynard, Hannah, 1834-1918  Search this

Maynard, Richard, 1832-1907  Search this

McIntyre, A. C. (Alexander Carson)  Search this

Meddaugh, J. E.  Search this

Mellen, Geo. E. (George Egbert), b. 1854  Search this

Mepham, Michael S.  Search this

Mitchell, Daniel S.  Search this

Morrow, Stanley J.  Search this

Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904  Search this

Newcomb, C. H.  Search this

Nims, F.A.  Search this

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882  Search this

Palmer, A. A.  Search this

Parker, Joseph C.  Search this

Pierron, Geo. (George), b. 1816  Search this

Pollock, Charles, 1832-1910  Search this

Powers, F. F.  Search this

Raitt, T.G.  Search this

Randall, A. Frank  Search this

Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920  Search this

Rinehart, F. A. (Frank A.)  Search this

Rodocker, D. (David)  Search this

Rothrock, George H.  Search this

Rudy, W. Ira  Search this

Russell, Andrew J.  Search this

Rutter, Thomas H., 1837-1925  Search this

Savage, C. R. (Charles Roscoe), 1832-1909  Search this

Seaver, C. (Charles)  Search this

Sedgwick, S. J. (Stephen James)  Search this

Shipler, James William, 1849-1937  Search this

Soule, John P.  Search this

Stoddard, Seneca Ray, 1844-1917  Search this

Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912  Search this

Thorne, G.W.  Search this

Thurlow, J., 1831-1878  Search this

Towne, Bertram C.  Search this

Trager, George E.  Search this

Upton, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)  Search this

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916  Search this

Weitfle, Charles, 1836-1921  Search this

Wendt, Julius M.  Search this

Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886  Search this

Williscraft, W.H.  Search this

Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903  Search this

Woodburn, J. R.  Search this

Zimmerman, Charles A., 1844-1909  Search this

Publisher:

Beal's Gallery  Search this

Continent Stereoscopic Company  Search this

Florida Club (Cooperative)  Search this

Union View Company (Rochester, New York)  Search this

Webster & Albee (Rochester, N.Y.)  Search this

Smith, O. C.  Search this

Extent:

67 Lantern slides

26 Negatives (photographic) (glass)

10 Negatives (photographic) (nitrate)

6 Autochromes (photographs)

50 Stereographs (circa 50 printed stereographs, halftone and color halftone)

1,000 Stereographs (circa, albumen and silver gelatin (some tinted))

239 Prints (circa 239 mounted and unmounted prints, albumen (including cartes de visite, imperial cards, cabinet cards, and one tinted print) and silver gelatin (some modern copies))

96 Prints (Album :, silver gelatin)

21 Postcards (silver gelatin, collotype, color halftone, and halftone)

Culture:

Puyallup  Search this

Kumeyaay (Diegueño)  Search this

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Tohono O'odham (Papago)  Search this

Kalispel (Pend d'Oreilles)  Search this

Indians of North America -- California  Search this

Taos Indians  Search this

Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)  Search this

Kickapoo  Search this

Laguna Indians  Search this

Pueblo  Search this

Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  Search this

Havasupai (Coconino)  Search this

Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this

Isleta Pueblo  Search this

Mojave (Mohave)  Search this

Mewuk (Miwok)  Search this

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Arctic peoples  Search this

Akimel O'odham (Pima)  Search this

Piipaash (Maricopa)  Search this

Iroquois  Search this

Hopi Pueblo  Search this

Modoc  Search this

A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this

Washo Indians  Search this

A'aninin (Gros Ventre)  Search this

Tonkawa  Search this

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Yavapai  Search this

Ute  Search this

Sauk  Search this

Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Bannock  Search this

Shoshone  Search this

Cochiti Pueblo  Search this

Omaha  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Choctaw  Search this

Sioux  Search this

Eskimos  Search this

Northwest Coast  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Numakiki (Mandan)  Search this

Sahnish (Arikara)  Search this

Tlingit  Search this

Haida  Search this

Cree  Search this

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Acoma Pueblo  Search this

Quapaw Indians  Search this

Osage  Search this

Apache  Search this

Kaw (Kansa)  Search this

Umatilla  Search this

Shawnee  Search this

Fox  Search this

Pomo  Search this

Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this

Paiute  Search this

Seminole  Search this

Mi'kmaq (Micmac)  Search this

Niuam (Comanche)  Search this

Potawatomi  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Negatives (photographic)

Autochromes (photographs)

Stereographs

Prints

Postcards

Place:

Custer Battlefield (Montana)

Date:

circa 1860-1935

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs relating to Native Americans or frontier themes, including portraits, expedition photographs, landscapes, and other images of dwellings, transportation, totem poles, ceremonies, infants and children in cradleboards, camps and towns, hunting and fishing, wild west shows, food preparation, funeral customs, the US Army and army posts, cliff dwellings, and grave mounds and excavations. The collection also includes images of prisoners at Fort Marion in 1875, Sioux Indians involved in the Great Sioux Uprising in Minnesota, the Fort Laramie Peace Commission of 1868, Sitting Bull and his followers after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and the aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890.

There are studio portraits of well-known Native Americans, including American Horse, Big Bow, Four Bears, Iron Bull, Ouray, Red Cloud, Red Dog, Red Shirt, Sitting Bull, Spotted Tail, Three Bears, and Two Guns White Calf. Depicted delegations include a Sauk and Fox meeting in Washington, DC, with Lewis V. Bogy and Charles E. Mix in 1867; Kiowas and Cheyennes at the White House in 1863; and Dakotas and Crows who visited President Warren G. Harding in 1921. Images of schools show Worcester Academy in Vinita, Oklahoma; Chilocco Indian School; Carlisle Indian Industrial School; Haskell Instittue, and Albuquerque Indian School.

Some photographs relate to the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, 1876; World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893; Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, 1903; and Centennial Exposition of the Baltimore and Ohio Railraod, 1876. Expedition photographs show the Crook expedition of 1876, the Sanderson expedition to the Custer Battlefield in 1877, the Wheeler Survey of the 1870s, Powell's surveys of the Rocky Mountain region during the 1860s and 1870s, and the Hayden Surveys.

Outstanding single views include the party of Zuni group led to the sea by Frank Hamilton Cushing; Episcopal Church Rectory and School Building, Yankton Agency; Matilda Coxe Stevenson and a companion taking a photographs of a Zuni ceremony; John Moran sketching at Acoma; Ben H. Gurnsey's studio with Indian patrons; Quapaw Mission; baptism of a group of Paiutes at Coeur d'Alene Mission; court-martial commission involved in the trial of Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds, 1877; President Harding at Sitka, Alaska; Walter Hough at Hopi in 1902; and Mrs. Jesse Walter Fewkes at Hopi in 1897.

Biographical/Historical note:

George V. Allen was an attorney in Lawrence, Kansas and an early member of the National Stereoscope Association. Between the 1950s and 1980s, Allen made an extensive collection of photographs of the American West, mostly in stereographs, but also including cartes-de-visite and other styles of mounted prints, photogravures, lantern slides, autochromes, and glass negatives.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 90-1

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Camps  Search this

Child care  Search this

Rites and ceremonies  Search this

Totem poles  Search this

Cookery  Search this

Wild west shows  Search this

Fishing  Search this

Hunting  Search this

Transportation  Search this

Dwellings  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Funeral rites and ceremonies  Search this

Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this

Citation:

Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.90-1

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George V. Allen photograph collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c6f12a20-b859-4219-a567-b2b3246a66be

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-90-1

Creator:

Drucker, Philip, 1911-1982  Search this

Names:

Albert, John  Search this

Beardsley, Richard K. (Richard King), 1918-1978  Search this

Beynon, William  Search this

Fast, Edward G.  Search this

Garfield, Viola Edmundson, 1899-1983  Search this

Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1915-1979  Search this

Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960  Search this

Thompson, George E.  Search this

Tobin, J.E.  Search this

Uyeharan, Harry K.  Search this

Extent:

17 Boxes

17 Boxes

Culture:

Angaur  Search this

Haida  Search this

Nuxalk (Bellacoola)  Search this

Yoeme (Yaqui)  Search this

Tohono O'odham (Papago)  Search this

Chinook  Search this

Yurok  Search this

Karuk (Karok)  Search this

Likiep  Search this

Jaliut  Search this

Heiltsuk [Oowekeeno (Wikeno)]  Search this

Kili  Search this

Ebon  Search this

Samoans  Search this

Paipai (Pi-Pi/Pais)  Search this

Clackamas  Search this

Bikini  Search this

Haisla  Search this

Heiltsuk (Bella Bella)  Search this

Coos (Kusan)  Search this

Alsea  Search this

Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)  Search this

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Tsimshian  Search this

Tolowa  Search this

Payómkawichum (Luiseño)  Search this

Kumeyaay (Diegueño)  Search this

Micronesians  Search this

Xai'xais (Haihais/China Hat)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

Kili (Marshall Islands)

Date:

1933-circa 1954

1933-circa 1954

Summary:

The processed material in this collection concerns work before 1955. Included are field notebooks, printed material, drafts of manuscripts, notes, catographic material, drawings, photograhs, writings, historical documents, and copies of United States government documents. Incorporated are notes (often comments and suggestion regarding Drucker's work) by Alfred Louis Kroeber, photographs of Nootka by R. Maynard, copies of papers by William Beynon and Viola Garfield, a catalog of an Alaskan Collection of Edward G. Fast, a field notebook relating to the British Columbia coast archeology survey by Richard King Beardsley, notes on Alsea by John Albert, and miscellaneous papers of various authors concerning Micronesia. The latter includes material by Harry K. Uyeharan on Angaur clan organization, J.E. Tobin on the Bikini, and George E. Thompson on education in American Samoa.

Scope and Contents:

These papers reflect the professional life of Dr. Philip Drucker (1911-1982), Assistant Curator for the U. S. National Museum, Ethnologist and Anthropologist for the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE), Staff Anthropologist in the U. S. Navy, farmer, and professor at the Universities of Kentucky, Colorado, and Baylor. Included are notes and fieldnotes from his expeditions into the American Northwest, MesoAmerica, and Oceania, correspondence sent and received by Drucker, drafts and notes of some of his works, element lists, newspapers and newsletters he collected, papers and materials from others in the field, class notes and exams from his years of teaching, photographs, and maps.

Of primary concern are the materials dealing with the Northwest Coast, which contain his most detailed notes. Dr. Drucker was considered to be one of the foremost experts in that region. There is also considerable photographic material on MesoAmerica, the majority of which remains unprocessed. Also included are materials dealing with Southern California, South America, and Oceania.

Correspondents include Margaret Blackman, Joanna Chisholm, William Beynon, John Fox, E. Gartly Jaco, Elizabeth Tooker, Margaret Lantis, Joseph P. Benson, Kenneth Ames, Vera Rubin, Charles M. Tolbert, Robert E. Quirk, James R. Glenn, and Ward H. Goodenough.

The Drucker Papers also include notes, exams, and assignments from his classes as well as a number of papers dealing with topics not directly related to the main series. There are many photographs of the Northwest Coast and MesoAmerica, and a few maps from each of the main regions in which Drucker worked.

Arrangement:

(1) Northwest Coast native brotherhoods; (2) Northwest Coast Nootkan tribes; (3) Northwest Coast miscellaneous ethnology (on the Bellabella, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Bellacoola, Wikeno, Haida, Haisla, Xaihais, and Heiltsuk); (4) Northwwest Coast archeology; (5) Northwest Coast cultural element distribution; (6) Oregon Coast and Northern California (including material on the Coos, Alsea, Clckamas, Tolowa, Karuk, Chinook, Karok, and Yurok; (7) southern California (including material on the Diegueno, Akwa'ala, Yaqui, Papago, Luiseno); (8) southwest Yuman-Piman tribes; (9) miscellaneous North American ethnology; (10) Mesoamerican archeology; (11) Micronesia (including material on Kili, Likiep, Jaliut, Ebon, Angaur, and other islands); (12) unprocessed material

Biographical Note:

Chronology of the Life of Philip Drucker

January 13, 1911 -- Born in Chicago, Illinois

1927 -- Began degree program in Animal Husbandry at Colorado Agricultural College

1929 -- Changed to Liberal Arts program at Colorado College

Summer 1930 -- Field School in Archaeology with the University of New Mexico

1930 -- Began Anthropology Degree at the University of California, Berkeley

1932 -- A. B. Degree in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley

1933 -- Teaching Fellowship, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley

1934-1935 -- Social Science Research (SSRC) pre-doctoral fellowship "Study of Nootkan Indians"

1936 -- Ethnographic Survey of Northwest Coast for the University of California Program in "Cultural Element Distribution" Ph. D. In Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley

1938-1939 -- National Research Council (NRC) post-doctoral fellowship(Archaeological Survey of the Northwest Coast)

1940 -- Assistant Curator, United States National Museum (transferred to Bureau of American Ethnology)

1941-1942 -- Olmec Field Trips

1942 -- Commissioned Lt. (Jg) (Line) USNR; active duty

December 1945 -- Released from active duty Ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution

October 1948 -- Ordered to active duty, LCdr, USNR. Staff Anthropologist, Staff of Deputy High Commissioner, Trust Territory Of the Pacific Islands (Micronesia)

January 1952 -- Released from active duty Anthropologist for BAE

December 1955 -- Resigned BAE

1955-1966 -- Married Rosario and had two children, Felipe and Rosario Self-employed, farming operation, Vera Cruz, Mexico

October 1966 -- Sold farm and moved to San Andes Tuxtla, Vera Cruz

Spring 1967 -- Visiting professor of Anthropology, University of Kentucky

Summer 1968 -- Visiting professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado

1968-1969 -- Visiting professor of Anthropology, University of Kentucky

1969-1978 -- Professor of Anthropology, University of Kentucky

June 1978 -- Professor Emeritus, University of Kentucky

1978-1979 -- Distinguished Visiting Professor, Baylor University

1979—? -- Senior Scientist (Ethnography), Kentucky Longevity Study Project, University of Kentucky

February 28, 1982 -- Died in Lexington, Kentucky

Addl. KW Subj::

Tipai-Ipai, Karuk, Luiseno, Bella Coola (Nuxalk), Chinook, Coosan, Bella Bella (Heiltsuk), Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw), Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth), Papago (Tohono O'odham), Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw), Papago (Tohono O'odham), Luiseno, Tipai-Ipai, Karuk

Provenance:

These materials were left by Drucker in his office at the Bureau of American Ethnology when he resigned in December, 1955, and were deposited in the Bureau of American Ethnology Archives ca. 1956 By M. W. Stirling, Chief, Bureau of American Ethnology.

Restrictions:

Manuscript 4516 is open for research.

Access to Manuscript 4516 requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Archeology -- Meso-America  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 4516, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4516

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34664157a-4d7a-4b62-8ecf-c8c111494273

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4516

Collector:

Tilton, Willis G.  Search this

Names:

Field Museum of Natural History  Search this

Big Foot, -1890  Search this

Geronimo, 1829-1909  Search this

Photographer:

Dorsey, George A. (George Amos), 1868-1931  Search this

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917  Search this

Hall, E. E.  Search this

James, George Wharton, 1858-1923  Search this

Maude, F. H. (Frederic Hamer)  Search this

Nelson, Edward William, 1855-1934  Search this

Thompson, J. Eric S. (John Eric Sidney), 1898-1975  Search this

Voth, H. R. (Henry R.), 1855-1931  Search this

Winternitz, Ludwig (Louis)  Search this

Extent:

685 Negatives (photographic) (circa, glass and nitrate)

Culture:

Pueblo  Search this

Sioux  Search this

Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this

Apache  Search this

Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)  Search this

Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this

Jicarilla Apache  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Kootenai (Kutenai)  Search this

Kickapoo  Search this

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)  Search this

Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  Search this

Ponca  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this

Potawatomi  Search this

Northwest Coast  Search this

Sauk  Search this

Seminole  Search this

Shoshone  Search this

Taos Indians  Search this

Iroquois  Search this

Umatilla  Search this

White Mountain Apache  Search this

Wichita  Search this

Arctic peoples  Search this

Hopi Pueblo  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this

Mayas  Search this

Patagonia  Search this

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Fox  Search this

Eskimos  Search this

Haida  Search this

A'aninin (Gros Ventre)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)  Search this

Chiricahua Apache  Search this

Niuam (Comanche)  Search this

Coast Salish  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Place:

Belize

Fort Belknap Indian Reservation (Mont.)

Oraibi (Ariz.)

Date:

circa 1880-1930

bulk 1899-1904

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs collected by Willis G. Tilton, a dealer in artifacts and photographs relating to Native Americans. Many of the photographs were made by Field Columbian Museum photographer Charles Carpenter at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904; many others were created by various photographers for Field Museum publications. Notable subjects include Big Foot, dead in the snow at the Wounded Knee battlefield; Arapaho and Cheyenne social dances; Hopi ceremonies; a reenactment of the shooting of Sitting Bull; Sun Dances (Arapaho, Assiniboin, Gros Ventre, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Ponca); and views of the United States Indian School Building and Pawnee people at the the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri. Other photographs include portraits and images of artifacts, basket weaving, cradles, dress, dwelling, tipis and other dwellings, and tree burials. There are also some photographs of Henry Field's expedition to Iraq in 1934 (Field museum anthropological expedition to the Near East), work elephants in Burma, Pipestone Quarry in Minnesota, a church in the Yucatan, and a rickshaw and cart in Ceylon.

Biographical/Historical note:

Willis G. Tilton was a dealer and owner of the store, Tilton Indian Relics, in Topeka, Kansas.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 89-8, NAA Photo Lot 135

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Photographs in the Tilton Collection, previously filed in Photo Lot 135, have been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 89-8. These photographs were also purchased by the Bureau of American Ethnology from Willis G. Tilton and form part of this collection.

Associated photographs still held in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Most photographs included in the card catalog of copy negatives and in the reference file prints by tribe.

Additional photographs by Dorsey held in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4721 and Photo Lot 24.

Correspondence from Dorsey held in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4821, records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, the J.C. Pilling Papers, and the Ales Hrdlicka Papers.

Additional photographs by Nelson held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 171, Photo Lot 133, Photo Lot 24, and the BAE historical negatives.

Additional Maude photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 90-1 and Photo Lot 24.

Additional E. E. Hall photographs held in National Anthropological Archives MS 4978 and Photo Lot 24.

The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds Nelson's field reports (SIA Acc. 97-123) and the Edward William Nelson and Edward Alphonso Goldman Collection (SIA RU007364).

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Willis G. Tilton photograph collection of American Indians, circa 1880-1930 (bulk 1899-1904)

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Topic:

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this

Rites and ceremonies  Search this

Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890  Search this

Sun Dance  Search this

Citation:

Photo Lot 89-8, Willis G. Tilton collection of photographs of Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.89-8

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Willis G. Tilton collection of photographs of Native Americans

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3754be8a9-31b2-4b22-9fbb-dc5b7dadb75f

EDAN-URL:

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Culture/People:

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Collector:

George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957  Search this

Presenter/funding source:

Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928  Search this

Object Name:

Welcoming figure

Media/Materials:

Red cedar, pigment/pigments

Techniques:

Carved, painted

Dimensions:

210 x 48 cm

Object Type:

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Place:

Cape Mudge; Comox-Strathcona Regional District; British Columbia; Canada

Archipelago:

Vancouver Island Group

Island Name:

Vancouver Island

Date created:

1800-1900

Catalog Number:

11/5244

Barcode:

115244.000

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Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6beba0399-fdc6-46a7-a69a-7cd996def7aa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_124215

Culture/People:

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Previous owner:

Sergeant Donald Angerman (D. Angermann), Non-Indian, 1883-1963  Search this

Seller:

Sergeant Donald Angerman (D. Angermann), Non-Indian, 1883-1963  Search this

Seller agent:

Bertha Elizabeth Angerman (B. E. Angerman/Mrs. Donald Angermann), Non-Indian, ca. 1899-1983  Search this

Object Name:

Box

Media/Materials:

Wood

Techniques:

Painted

Object Type:

Containers and Vessels

Place:

British Columbia; Canada

Catalog Number:

14/6878

Barcode:

146878.000

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Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)

Containers and Vessels

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws628379ab6-5e78-465f-b2fe-97e0c5c99a5b

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edanmdm:NMAI_157493

Culture/People:

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Collector:

Dorr F. Tozier (D. F. Tozier), Non-Indian, 1843-1946  Search this

Previous owner:

Dorr F. Tozier (D. F. Tozier), Non-Indian, 1843-1946  Search this

Seattle Land and Improvement Company  Search this

Fred E. Sander (Fred Everett Sander), Non-Indian, 1854-1921  Search this

Seller:

Seattle Land and Improvement Company  Search this

Fred E. Sander (Fred Everett Sander), Non-Indian, 1854-1921  Search this

Seller agent:

George Louis Berg (G. L. Berg), Non-Indian, 1868-1941  Search this

Object Name:

Box with cover

Media/Materials:

Wood

Techniques:

Carved

Object Type:

Containers and Vessels

Place:

Vancouver Island; British Columbia; Canada

Archipelago:

Vancouver Island Group

Island Name:

Vancouver Island

Catalog Number:

7/1114

Barcode:

071114.000

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Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)

Containers and Vessels

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65cf62553-3bff-449a-bf6b-9c418d956cc3

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Creator:

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952  Search this

Extent:

86 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1895-2001

bulk 1898-1951

Scope and Contents:

The Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs, circa 1895-2001 (bulk 1898-1951) primarily relate to Curtis's work on his opus, the North American Indian (NAI), although other subjects are documented as well. The papers relate closely to the Edward S. Curtis papers at the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections (UW), as that collection was donated by Curtis's daughter Florence Graybill and appears to be part of the same body of materials that was maintained by Curtis, and after his death, by Florence. Occasionally a correspondence exchange or manuscript draft is divided between the National Anthropological Archives and UW. Also found in both collections are notes, mostly dated 1951, in Curtis's handwriting on slips of paper or the document itself that gives an explanation of the document.

The collection includes correspondence, research notes, NAI files and promotional material, writings and memoirs, a small amount of material relating to a complaint regarding his reporting in NAI of certain Pueblo ceremonies, and correspondence and other documents relating to his gold mining interests. Also included are papers of Florence Graybill, who published on Curtis after his death and maintained contacts with various individuals and entities involved in Curtis exhibits, publications, and sales.

The correspondence exchanges are almost exclusively NAI related and document the relationships Curtis had with various influential people, including Gifford Pinchot, Joseph Blethen, Jacob Riis, William Farabee, Smithsonian scholars Frederick Webb Hodge and Matilda Coxe Stevenson, and the immediate and extended family of Theodore Roosevelt. Included are letters of introduction for Curtis as he sought to promote his work.

The research notes consist of a small mixture of writings on field experiences as well as maps used during his fieldwork (the bulk of Curtis's fieldnotes and NAI manuscripts are at the Seaver Center in the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History). The NAI files chiefly contain material promoting the work, such as published reviews, articles, and ephemera, but there are a few North American Indian Inc. business records (the bulk of the business records are maintained at the Pierpont Morgan Library). Of note is a lengthy annual report for the North American Indian, Inc., in which Curtis explains difficulties encountered in the fieldwork and volume publication. Related to his NAI work are letters and other materials documenting a 1934 complaint from Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior on Curtis's reporting of certain Pueblo ceremonies, as well as Curtis's response.

The writings comprise manuscript drafts on various topics. Most are short, stand-alone stories relating to his NAI work, often relaying a story about his own experiences. Similar stories can be found in Florence Graybill's papers, as she published some of them after his death. Also part of the writings are drafts for several chapters of Curtis's unpublished memoir, "As it Was."

Curtis's interest in gold mining is represented in correspondence and other material dating from 1938-1950. Most of the letters are between Curtis and his son Harold. Curtis's invention of a concentrator for separating fine gold from placer tailings is also documented in photographs and drawings.

Florence Graybill's papers pertain to writings, talks, and projects relating to Curtis after his death. Included are publication files for Graybill's biography of Curtis written with Victor Boesen, Visions of a Vanishing Race, as well as other of her articles and book reviews. Graybill's correspondence reveals her commitment to assist scholars and others interested in researching and exhibiting Curtis material, as well as her communication with individuals having a commercial interest in Curtis. Also present are Graybill's lecture notes for talks given, and articles and newspaper features on Curtis written by others.

The photographs in this collection primarily relate to Curtis's NAI work (1898-1927) and are a mix of original and working copy negatives, prints, and transparencies. The original negatives are remarkable in that they reveal some of Curtis's working methods in crafting his images through pencil and other enhancements, as well as showing removal of unwanted items from the image. Also of note are two original logbooks used for recording negatives from approximately 1895-1916. The majority of the prints appear to be silver gelatin prints made for reference; however, there are a fair number of platinum prints as well as several blue-toned silver prints in the collection. There are only a few cyanotypes.

Among the photographs is a deerskin-bound photograph album containing Harriman Alaska Expedition and NAI photographs, representing some of Curtis's earliest Native American subjects. These include images of people from the Puget Sound area as well as from his 1900 trip to the Blackfoot reservation. There are no annotations in the album; however, tucked among the pages are a few small notes of identification in Curtis's handwriting.

Photographs documenting other subjects are also present to a lesser degree. Among these are photographs of Curtis's Seattle photography studio, a 1915 Grand Canyon trip, hop field workers in the Puget Sound area, and Curtis's illustrations for Marah Ryan's book Flute of the Gods. Additionally, the collection contains a number of photographs of Curtis, his children, and portraits of various individuals including Theodore Roosevelt and actor Anna May Wong.

Arrangement:

The Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs are arranged into the following 10 series:

Series 1: Biographical information, 1919-1952

Series 2: Correspondence, 1904-1951

Series 3: Research notes, 1900-1930, undated

Series 4: North American Indian, circa 1906-1920

Series 5: Writings, 1906, 1948, undated

Series 6: Complaint regarding Curtis's reporting of Pueblo ceremonies, 1924-1935

Series 7: Gold mining, 1938-1950

Series 8. Florence Curtis Graybill papers, 1948-2001

Series 9: Photographs, circa 1896-1927

Series 10: Duplicate material, undated

Biographical / Historical:

Edward Sherriff Curtis (1868-1952) was an American photographer famous for his photographs of the indigenous peoples of North America. His work was highly influential in shaping a sympathetic yet romantic view of cultures that he and many others believed to be "vanishing." Over the course of 30 years, Curtis visited more than 80 Native American communities and published his photographs and ethnographies in the twenty-volume North American Indian (NAI) (1907-1930).

Curtis was born in Whitewater, Wisconsin, to Ellen and Johnson Curtis in 1868. In about 1874, his family moved to a farm in Cordova, Minnesota. At a young age, Curtis built a camera, and it is possible that he may have worked in a Minneapolis photography studio for a time. In 1887, Curtis and his father moved West and settled on a plot near what is now Port Orchard, Washington, with the rest of the family joining them the following year. When Johnson Curtis died within a month of the family's arrival, 20-year-old Curtis became the head of the family.

In 1891, Curtis moved to Seattle and bought into a photo studio with Rasmus Rothi. Less than a year later, he and Thomas Guptill formed "Curtis and Guptill, Photographers and Photoengravers." The endeavor became a premier portrait studio for Seattle society and found success in photoengraving for many local publications. In 1892, Curtis married Clara Phillips (1874-1932) and in 1893 their son Harold was born (1893-1988), followed by Elizabeth (Beth) (1896-1973), Florence (1899-1987) and Katherine (Billy) (1909-?). Around 1895, Curtis made his first photographs of local Native people, including the daughter of Duwamish chief Seattle: Kickisomlo or "Princess Angeline." Curtis submitted a series of his Native American photographs to the National Photographic Convention, and received an award in the category of "genre studies" for Homeward (later published in volume 9 of the NAI). In 1896, the entire Curtis family moved to Seattle, which included Curtis's mother, his siblings Eva and Asahel, Clara's sisters Susie and Nellie Phillips, and their cousin William Phillips. Most of the household worked in Curtis's studio along with other employees. Curtis became sole proprietor of the studio in 1897, which remained a popular portrait studio but also sold his scenic landscapes and views of the Seattle Area. Curtis also sent his brother Asahel to Alaska and the Yukon to photograph the Klondike Gold Rush, and sold those views as well. Asahel went on to become a well-known photographer in his own right, primarily working in the American Northwest.

Curtis was an avid outdoorsman and joined the Mazamas Club after his first of many climbs of Mount Rainier. On a climb in 1898, Curtis evidently met a group of scientists, including C. Hart Merriam, George Bird Grinnell, and Gifford Pinchot, who had lost their way on the mountain, and led them to safety. This encounter led to an invitation from Merriam for Curtis to accompany a group of over 30 well-known scientists, naturalists, and artists as the official photographer on a maritime expedition to the Alaskan coast. Funded by railroad magnate Edward Harriman, the Harriman Alaska Expedition left Seattle in May of 1899, and returned at the end of July. Curtis made around 5000 photographs during the trip, including photographs of the indigenous peoples they met as well as views of mountains, glaciers, and other natural features. Many of the photographs appeared in the expedition's 14 published volumes of their findings.

In 1900, Curtis accompanied Grinnell to Montana for a Blackfoot Sundance. Here, Curtis made numerous photographs and became interested in the idea of a larger project to document the Native peoples of North America. Almost immediately upon returning from the Sundance, Curtis set off for the Southwest to photograph Puebloan communities. By 1904, Curtis had already held at least one exhibit of his "Indian pictures" and his project to "form a comprehensive and permanent record of all the important tribes of the United States and Alaska that still retain to a considerable degree their primitive customs and traditions" (General Introduction, the NAI) had taken shape and already received some press coverage. With his fieldwork now increasing his absences from home, Curtis hired Adolph Muhr, former assistant to Omaha photographer Frank Rinehart, to help manage the Seattle studio.

In 1904, Curtis was a winner in the Ladies Home Journal "Prettiest Children In America" portrait contest. His photograph of Marie Fischer was selected as one of 112 that would be published and Fischer was one of 12 children selected from the photographs who would have their portrait painted by Walter Russell. Russell and Curtis made an acquaintance while Russell was in Seattle to paint Fischer's portrait, and not long afterwards, Russell contacted Curtis to make photographic studies of Theodore Roosevelt's children for portraits he would paint. Curtis subsequently photographed the entire Roosevelt family, and developed a social connection with the President. Several important outcomes came of this new friendship, including Roosevelt eventually writing the foreword to the NAI, as well as making introductions to influential people.

Key among these introductions was one to wealthy financier John Pierpont Morgan, in 1906. After a brief meeting with Curtis during which he viewed several of Curtis's photographs of Native Americans, Morgan agreed to finance the fieldwork for the NAI project for five years, at $15,000.00 per year. It was up to Curtis to cover publishing and promotion costs, with the publication being sold as a subscription. In return, Morgan would receive 25 sets of the 20-volume publication. The ambitious publication plan outlined 20 volumes of ethnological text, each to be illustrated with 75 photogravure prints made from acid-etched copper plates. Each volume would be accompanied by a companion portfolio of 35 large photogravures. With high-quality papers and fine binding, a set would cost $3000.00. 500 sets were planned. Under Morgan, the North American Indian, Inc. formed as body to administer the monies. Also around this time, Frederick Webb Hodge, Director of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology, agreed to edit the publications.

Curtis then began more systematic fieldwork, accompanied by a team of research assistants and Native interpreters. In 1906, Curtis hired William E. Myers, a former journalist, as a field assistant and stenographer. Over the years, Myers became the lead researcher on the project, making enormous contributions in collecting data and possibly doing the bulk of the writing for the first 18 volumes. Upon meeting a new community, Curtis and his team would work on gathering data dealing with all aspects of the community's life, including language, social and political organization, religion, food ways, measures and values, and many other topics. (See box 2 folder 1 in this collection for Curtis's list of topics.) Curtis and his assistants, especially Myers, brought books and papers to the field relating to the tribes they were currently concerned with, and often wrote from the field to anthropologists at the Bureau of American Ethnology and other institutions for information or publications. In addition to fieldnotes and photographs, the team also employed sound recording equipment, making thousands of recordings on wax cylinders. Curtis also often brought a motion picture camera, although few of his films have survived.

The first volume of the NAI was published towards the end of 1907. Already, Curtis was encountering difficulty in finding subscribers to the publication despite great praise in the press and among those who could afford the volumes. Curtis spent progressively more of his time outside the field season promoting the project through lectures and in 1911, presenting his "Picture Musicale"—a lecture illustrated with lantern slides and accompanied by an original musical score—in major cities. After the initial five funded years, only eight of the twenty volumes had been completed. However, Morgan agreed to continue support for the fieldwork and publication continued.

Starting in 1910, Curtis and his team worked among the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nation on Vancouver Island, and in 1913 began to develop a documentary film project featuring the community in Alert Bay. In 1914, Curtis produced the feature-length film, In the Land of the Headhunters. The film showcased an all-indigenous cast and included an original musical score. Screened in New York and Seattle, it received high praise. However after this initial success, it did not receive the attention Curtis had hoped for, and resulted in financial loss.

Meanwhile, Curtis's prolonged absences from home had taken a toll on his marriage and in 1919 Clara and Edward divorced. The Seattle studio was awarded to Clara, and Curtis moved to Los Angeles, opening a photography studio with his daughter Beth and her husband Manford "Mag" Magnuson. Daughters Florence and Katherine came to Los Angeles sometime later. Curtis continued with fieldwork and promotion of the project, and in 1922 volume 12 of the NAI was published. Also in 1922, Curtis was accompanied during the field season in California by his daughter Florence Curtis Graybill, the first time a family member had gone to the field with him since the Curtis children were very small.

Curtis continued to push the project and publications along, yet never without financial struggle and he picked up work in Hollywood as both a still and motion picture photographer. John Pierpont Morgan, Jr., continued to provide funding for the fieldwork in memory of his father, but with the various financial upsets of the 1910s and 1920s, Curtis had a difficult time getting subscribers on board. In 1926, Myers, feeling the strain, regretfully resigned after the completion of volume 18. Anthropologist Frank Speck recommended Stewart Eastwood, a recent graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, to replace Myers as ethnologist for the final two volumes.

In 1927, Curtis and his team, along with his daughter Beth Curtis Magnuson, headed north from Seattle to Alaska and Canada on a final field season. Harsh weather and a hip injury made the trip difficult for Curtis, but he was very satisfied with the season's work. The party returned to Seattle, and upon arrival Curtis was arrested for unpaid alimony. He returned exhausted to Los Angeles, and in 1930 the final two volumes of NAI were published without fanfare. Curtis spent the next two years recovering from physical and mental exhaustion. Beth and Mag continued to run the Curtis studio in LA, but for the most part, Curtis had set down his camera for good. With the NAI behind him and his health recovered, Curtis pursued various interests and employment; he continued to do some work in Hollywood, including working on The Plainsman, starring Gary Cooper.

In 1933 Curtis was publicly criticized by John Collier, the Commissioner for Indian Affairs for some of the statements he had made on certain Pueblo ceremonies in the NAI volume 16, published in 1924. In September of 1934 Curtis received a letter from Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior regarding the claims published in volume 16, demanding a printed apology to be distributed among the text of the book as well as removal of the offending text from any undistributed copies of the publication. Curtis spent months writing and compiling supporting documentation in his defense, which he submitted to Ickes in January 1935. Also in 1935, the Morgan estate liquidated the North American Indian, Inc. and sold the remaining sets of the NAI volumes and unbound pages, photogravures, and copper printing plates along with the rights to the material to Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat for $1000.00.

Curtis's interest in gold prospecting took a front seat in the mid-1930s. While he scouted for potentially profitable mines in Northern California, his friend Ted Shell and possibly his son Harold sought investors. However, nothing ever fully panned out, though Curtis did design and build a concentrator for separating fine gold from placer tailings. He later sold the patent for ten dollars. Eventually, Curtis settled down on a farm outside Los Angeles, moving later to live with Beth and Mag, where he stayed until his death. In the mid to late 1940s Curtis began to write his memoirs. His daughter Florence visited him regularly and typed as Curtis dictated his recollections, and at some point he completed a draft of a memoir titled "As it Was." He also went through his papers and annotated or tucked notes among the correspondence and other material giving a brief explanation of the item or its context. Curtis died at home in 1952.

Prior to his death, Curtis had been out of the public eye for some years, and the NAI had slipped into relative obscurity. The Curtis studio in Los Angeles continued to sell Curtis's Native American photographs, and Florence gave occasional talks on her father, but it wasn't until the early 1970s that Curtis's work saw a renewed interest. This renaissance took place largely in the art photography market, but Curtis's biography and the NAI were also getting treatment in publications. Florence Curtis Graybill partnered with Victor Boesen to produce two narrative histories of Curtis and his work, and these were followed by many others. Florence continued to publish short works on her father for many years, and stayed in touch with numerous people involved in projects both scholarly and commercial that related to Curtis's work.

Sources Cited

Davis, Barbara. Edward S. Curtis: the life and times of a shadowcatcher. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1984.

Gidley, Mick. The North American Indian, Incorporated. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Chronology

1868 -- Curtis is born in Whitewater, Wisconsin

circa 1874 -- Curtis family moves to Cordova, Minnesota

1887 -- Moves with his father to Washington territory to be joined by his mother and siblings in 1888

1891 -- With Rasmus Rothi forms Rothi & Curtis photography studio in Seattle

1892 -- Marries Clara Phillips With Thomas Guptill forms Curtis & Guptill Photographers and Photoengravers in Seattle

circa 1895 -- Becomes interested in photographing the indigenous people of the area

1897 -- Guptill leaves, Curtis establishes himself as Edward S. Curtis, Photographer and Photoengraver

1898 -- Meets C. Hart Merriam, George Bird Grinnell, and Gifford Pinchot during climb on Mount Rainier Receives first place award from the National Photographic Convention in the "Genre Studies" for his photographs of Native Americans

1899 -- Joins Harriman Alaska Expedition as official photographer at request of C. Hart Merriam and George Bird Grinnell

1900 -- Accompanies George Bird Grinnell to Blackfoot reservation in Montana for Sundance Becomes interested in a major project to document Native American tribes Travels to Arizona to photograph Hopi communities

circa 1902 -- Travels again to the southwest to photograph Native communities

1903 -- Holds first formal exhibit of Native American photographs in his studio

1904 -- Publicly announces intention to produce major publication on Native Americans Portrait entered in the Ladies Home Journal "Prettiest Children in America" contest is selected for publication and as a result, Curtis is asked to photograph President Theodore Roosevelt's family

circa 1904-1906 -- Conducts fieldwork among Native communities of the southwest

1906 -- Meets with J. P. Morgan, who agrees to finance the fieldwork for Curtis's project Hires William E. Myers as researcher and writer for the project

1907 -- Volume 1 of NAI is published

1908 -- Volumes 2 and 3 of NAI are published

1909 -- Volumes 4 and 5 of NAI are published

1911 -- Volumes 6, 7, and 8 of NAI are published Presents and tours the "Picture Musicale"

1913 -- J. P. Morgan dies, but his son agrees to continue to provide support for NAI Volume 9 of NAI is published

1914 -- Releases film In the Land of the Headhunters

1915 -- Volume 10 of NAI is published

1916 -- Volume 11 of NAI is published

1919 -- Edward and Clara Curtis divorce and the Seattle studio is awarded to Clara Moves to Los Angeles and opens new studio with daughter Beth and her husband, Manford Magnuson

1922 -- Volume 12 of NAI is published Conducts fieldwork in California with daughter Florence Curtis Graybill

1924 -- Volumes 13 and 14 of NAI are published

1926 -- Volumes 15, 16, and 17 of NAI are published William E. Myers resigns as chief writer and ethnologist of NAI

1927 -- Conducts fieldwork in Alaska and Canada for final NAI volume with daughter Beth Curtis Magnuson

1928 -- Volume 18 of NAI is published

1930 -- Volumes 19 and 20 of NAI are published

circa 1930-1950 -- Applies himself to various interests, especially gold mining

1952 -- Dies in Los Angeles at the home of Beth and Manford Magnuson

Related Materials:

The National Anthropological Archives holds additional Curtis papers and photographs in MS 2000-18, the Edward Curtis investigation of the battle of Little Bighorn and Photo Lot 59, the Library of Congress copyright prints collection.

The Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University holds Curtis's wax cylinder audio recordings from 1907-1913.

The Braun Research Library at the Autry Museum of the American West holds the Frederick Webb Hodge papers (1888-1931), which contain substantial correspondence from Curtis. The Braun also holds a small amount of Curtis papers and photographs, including some of Curtis's cyanotypes.

The Getty Research Institute holds the Edward S. Curtis papers (1900-1978), which include the original manuscript scores for the Curtis Picture Musicale and film In the Land of the Headhunters.

The Palace of the Governors at the New Mexico History Museum holds original Curtis negatives pertaining to the southwest.

The Pierpont Morgan Library holds the Edward S. Curtis papers (1906-1947), which contain the records of the North American Indian, Inc., as well as Curtis's correspondence to librarian, and later library director, Belle Da Costa Greene. The library also holds a large collection of Curtis's lantern slides, used in his Picture Musicale.

The Seattle Public Library holds correspondence of Curtis to Librarian Harriet Leitch (1948-1951), pertaining to his career.

The Seaver Center for Western History Research at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History holds collection GC 1143, which contains Curtis's field notes as well as manuscript drafts for the North American Indian.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian holds NMAI.AC.080, the Edward S. Curtis photogravure plates and proofs, as well as NMAI.AC.053, the Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs.

The University of Washington Libraries Special Collections holds the Edward S. Curtis papers (1893-1983). Additionally, the Burke Museum holds papers and photographs of Edmund Schwinke, which relate to Curtis's work with the Kwakwaka'wakw community.

Separated Materials:

Artifacts collected by Curtis that were a part of this donation comprise Accession No. 2058745 in the collections of the Department of Anthropology in the National Museum of Natural History.

Provenance:

The papers and photographs were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Jim Graybill, grandson of Edward S. Curtis, in 2010 and 2011.

Restrictions:

Viewing of the photographic negatives and transparencies requires advance notice and the permission of the Photo Archivist.

Access to the Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Sponsor:

Processing and digitization of parts of this collection was supported by funding from the Smithsonian Women's Committee and the Small Research Grants program of the National Museum of Natural History.

Identifier:

NAA.2010-28

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Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

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EDAN-URL:

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Collector:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Native American Public Programs  Search this

Ringlero, Aleta Pima  Search this

Photographer:

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Printing and Photographic Services  Search this

Clark, Chip, 1947-2010  Search this

Hansen, Carl C.  Search this

Hart, Alan  Search this

Long, Eric  Search this

Minor-Penland, Laurie  Search this

Penland, Dane  Search this

Strauss, Richard  Search this

Taccone, Christina  Search this

Vargas, Rick  Search this

Names:

Lewis, Lucy M.  Search this

Extent:

5,750 Prints (circa, silver gelatin (including contact prints))

12 Color transparencies

10 Color negatives

3,500 Color slides (circa)

67 Color prints

4 Negatives (photographic) (acetate)

Culture:

Indians of North America -- California  Search this

Paiute  Search this

Jemez Pueblo  Search this

Mewuk (Miwok)  Search this

Yurok  Search this

Cherokee  Search this

Tewa Pueblos  Search this

Tlingit  Search this

A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this

Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  Search this

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Lenape (Delaware)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Tohono O'odham (Papago)  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this

Akimel O'odham (Pima)  Search this

Hopi Pueblo  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Onondaga  Search this

Muskogee (Creek)  Search this

Kutzadika'a (Mono Paiute)  Search this

Pomo  Search this

Laguna Indians  Search this

Makah  Search this

White Mountain Apache  Search this

Seneca  Search this

Minneconjou Lakota (Minniconjou Sioux)  Search this

Sioux  Search this

Numakiki (Mandan)  Search this

Pueblo  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Minitari (Hidatsa)  Search this

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Kiowa  Search this

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this

Cayuse  Search this

Acoma Pueblo  Search this

Payómkawichum (Luiseño)  Search this

Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)  Search this

Mohawk  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Color transparencies

Color negatives

Color slides

Color prints

Negatives (photographic)

Date:

1989-1993

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs documenting Native American Public Programs events, including images of Native American artists and examples of their work during demonstrations and lectures at the National Museum of Natural History. Photographs were mostly made by Smithsonian photographers, including Carl C. Hansen, Richard Strauss, Chip Clark, Laurie Minor-Penland, Eric Long, Alan Hart, Rick Vargas, Dane Penland, and Christina Taccone. Included are a large number of photographs of Don Tenoso (Hunkpapa), an artist-in-residence at the National Museum of Natural History, and performances by James Luna (Luiseno/Digueno), Guillermo Gomez-Pena (Chicano), and Coco Fusco. Crafts and arts depicted include beadwork, basket weaving, dollmaking, peyote fanmaking, weaving, hand games, quilting, clothing making, leatherwork, woodcarving, saddlemaking, sculpture, painting, story-telling, and performance art. There are also images of Dolores Lewis Garcia and Emma Lewis Garcia (daughters of Acoma potter Lucy M. Lewis) and their pottery, Joallyn Archambault with artists, and the 1990 American Indian Theater Company reception.

Other depicted artists include Maynard White Owl Lavadour (Cayuse/Nez Perce), Evangeline Talshaftewa (Hopi), Lisa Fritzler (Crow), Marian Hanssen, Vanessa Morgan (Kiowa/Pima), Marty Good Bear (Mandan/Hidatsa), Katie Henio and Sarah Adeky (Navajo), Geneva Lofton and Lee Dixon (Luiseno), Chris Devers (Luiseno), Mary Good Bear (Mandan), Robert and Alice Little Man (Kiowa), Lisa Watt (Seneca), Jay McGirt (Creek), Bill Crouse (Seneca), Kevin Johnny-John (Onondaga), Rose Anderson (Pomo), Francys Sherman and Margaret Hill (Mono), Thelene Albert and Annie Bourke (White Mountain Apache), Bob Tenequer (Laguna), Jimmy Abeyeta (Navajo), Lou Ann Reed (Acoma), Melissa Peterson (Makah), Jennifer and Kallie Keams Musial (Navajo), Joyce Growing Thunder-Fogarty and Juanita Fogarty (Assiniboine/Sioux), David Neel (Kwakiutal), Mervin Ringlero (Pima), Jhon Goes-In-Center (Oglala), D. Montour (Delaware/Mohawk), Rikki Francisco (Pima), Annie Antone (Papago), Angie Reano-Owen (Santo Domingo Pueblo), Carol Vigil (Jemez), Gregg Baurland (Miniconjou), Greg Colfax (Makah), Lydia Whirlwind-Soldier (Sicangu Dakota), Martin Red Bear (Oglala), Michael Rogers (Paiute), Alta Rogers (Yurok/Paiute), Dorothy Stanley (Miwok), Lisa Little Chief (Dakota), Tom Haukaas (Sicangu Dakota), Nora Navanjo-Morsie (Santa Clara Tewa), Seneca Women's Singing Society, Molly Blankenship and Martha Ross (Eastern Cherokee), Julia Parker (Miwok/Pomo), Candy and Claudia Cellicion (Zuni), Sally and Lorraine Black (Navajo), Carmen Quinto-Plunkett (Tlingit), Ina McNeil (Hunkpapa), and Ellen and Faye Quandelancy (Zuni), and Rikki Francisco (Pima).

Biographical/Historical note:

Native American Public Programs was founded in 1989 as a part of the Department of Education in the National Museum of Natural History. Under the directorship of Aleta Ringlero, its main activity was the arranging of demonstrations by Native American artists and craftsmen in the exhibition areas of the museum.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 91-26

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Audio of James Luna's lecture for the Native American Public Programs office held in National Anthropological Archives in MS 7514.

Dolls made by Don Tenoso for the Native American Public Programs office held in Department of Anthropology collections in accession 390905.

Additional photographs of Tenoso held in the Smithsonian Institution Archives in SIA2009-2222 and 90-13726.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this

Art  Search this

Handicraft  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Citation:

Photo Lot 91-26, Native American Public Programs photograph collection relating to Native American artists and art, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.91-26

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw380668afd-9cb5-4658-9c1c-491584e12125

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-91-26

Creator:

United States. Bureau of Fisheries  Search this

Names:

Seattle-Yukon Pacific Exposition, 1909  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

Extent:

1 Cyanotypes (photographic prints) (008 in x 010 in)

Container:

Box III:6, Folder 3

Culture:

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Cyanotypes (photographic prints)

Photographs

Date:

1909

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.00067300

Local Note:

cyanotype

Place:

Canada -- British Columbia/Vancouver Island -- Alert Bay Village

Topic:

Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 24 SPC Nwc Kwakiutl NM 50990 00067300, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects

Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects / Series 1: America north of Mexico / Northwest Coast / Kwakiutl

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw382198c22-4bc5-48a9-8684-661e0954bc7c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-24-ref4324

Creator:

N B. M.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

Extent:

1 Cyanotypes (photographic prints) (008 in x 010 in)

Container:

Box III:6, Folder 3

Culture:

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Cyanotypes (photographic prints)

Photographs

Date:

1909

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.00067500

OPPS NEG.56437

Local Note:

cyanotype

Place:

Canada -- British Columbia/Vancouver Island -- Fort Rupert Village

Topic:

Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 24 SPC Nwc Kwakiutl NM 50990 00067500, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects

Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects / Series 1: America north of Mexico / Northwest Coast / Kwakiutl

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c3065a2a-d339-4151-bbab-8b533d1b15d6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-24-ref4326

Creator:

Goldman, Irving, 1911-2002  Search this

Names:

Jenner Committee  Search this

Extent:

27 Sound recordings

9.3 Linear feet (26 boxes)

Culture:

Shuswap  Search this

Modoc  Search this

Cubeo (Kobeua)  Search this

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Tzotzil Maya  Search this

Nuxalk (Bellacoola)  Search this

Dakelh (Carrier)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Field notes

Photographs

Color slides

Place:

Vaupés (Colombia)

Chiapas (Mexico)

British Columbia

Date:

1928-1999

bulk 1934-1994

Summary:

Irving Goldman (1911-2002) was an anthropologist who conducted research among the Modoc Indians in California, the Ulkatcho Carrier of British Columbia, and the Cubeo Indians in the Vaupes region of the Northwest Amazon. The focus of the collection is Goldman's field research on the Cubeo. The collection also includes some materials relating to his work on the Modoc, the Ulkatcho Carrier, Polynesians, and Tzotzil of Chamula Indians of Chiapas, Mexico. Other materials in the collection include his professional and personal correspondence and his writings. Another important part of this collection is from his personal materials. Goldman was a Communist from 1936-1942, and in 1953 was brought before the Jenner Committee. The file Goldman kept of this investigation includes a transcript of his appearance in front of the Committee, as well as many newspaper clippings.

Scope and Contents:

The focus of the collection is Irving Goldman's field research on the Cubeo Indians of Vaupes, Colombia. In addition to documentation from multiple trips to Cubeo, the collection also includes some materials relating to his work on the Modoc, the Ulkatcho Carrier, Polynesians, and Tzotzil of Chamula Indians of Chiapas, Mexico. The Cubeo materials include field notes, research notes, questionnaires and photographs that Goldman used in his publications, which include The Cubeo: Indians of the Northwest Amazon and Hehenewa of the Cuduiari: An Introduction to Cubean Religious Thought, which was published posthumously as Cubeo Hehenewa Religious Thought: Metaphysics of a Northwestern Amazonian People. Additional materials from his Cubeo research are 26 field recordings of music, interviews, and dances. Also in the collection is a sound recording relating to the Kwakiutl Indians. The work on Polynesia for his publication "Ancient Polynesian Society" consist of his reading notes. His Ulkatcho Carrier notes contain language material from his field research among the Ulkatcho, Nazko, and Quesnel, three Carrier bands in the Blackwater dialect group. His notes from his research in Chiapas contain ethnographic and linguistic notes on what appears to be Tzotzil. The Modoc materials also contain ethnographic and linguistic notes.

The correspondence in the collection is a mix of professional and personal. This includes correspondence from former students and recommendations he wrote for them. In the writing series are notes and edits of chapters and manuscripts for his books, as well as articles that Goldman wrote and a couple of speeches he gave. The collection includes many photographs, most of which do not have descriptions of locations. The identified photographs include images from Vaupes and Chiapas, Mexico. There is one folder that includes some photographs of the Modoc and another that contains pictures from the British Columbia Ulkatcho.

Another important part of this collection is a file on the Jenner Committee's investigation of Goldman and a transcript of his testimony in front of the committee, as well as many newspaper clippings.

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.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in 7 series: (1) Professional Correspondence, 1951-1999; (2) Field Research, 1935-40, 1955-90, undated [Bulk 1970-1985, undated]; (3) Writings, 1941-45, 1958-94 [Bulk 1968-85]; (4) Conferences, 1975-1976; (5) Personal Material, 1928-1977 [Bulk 1943-1958]; (6) Photographs, Undated, 1934, 1948-40, 1948, 1955, 1962-79 [Bulk 1978-1979]; (7) Microfilm, undated; (8) Sound recordings, 1968-70, 1986, undated.

Biographical Note:

Irving Goldman was born September 2, 1911 in Brooklyn, New York to Louis and Golda Goldman, immigrants from Russia. Goldman graduated from Brooklyn College in 1933, and continued from there to Columbia University for graduate work, where he studied under Franz Boas. In 1936, he joined the American Communist Party, but left the party in 1942.

As a graduate student, Goldman conducted research among the Modoc Indians in California (1934) and the Cubeo in the Vaupes region of the Northwest Amazon (1939). For his graduate work at Columbia, he focused on the Ulkatcho Carrier of British Columbia, which he researched from 1935-36. His thesis, "The Alkatcho Carrier of British Columbia" was published in Acculturation in Seven American Indian Tribes (1940). Goldman received his Ph.D. in 1941.

Goldman began World War II as a Research Analyst for the Coordinator of InterAmerican Affairs (1942-43). He was reassigned to the Office of Strategic Services, where he was a 2nd Lieutenant (1943-1945). In 1945 he was transferred to the U.S. Department of State, where he was the Chief of Branch for the Office of Research and Analysis, until he was released in 1947 as a security risk due to his earlier involvement with communism.

Goldman taught at Sarah Lawrence from 1947 until 1981, where he also served on many faculty committees, as well as their Board of Trustees. During this time, Goldman also continued his anthropological research. He spent 1955 in Chiapas, Mexico, studying Tzotzil of Chamula Indians. He also did library research on Polynesia, which led to his book Ancient Polynesian Society (1970), a key work in anthropological thought. During his time at Sarah Lawrence College, Goldman also published two other significant books: The Cubeo: Indians of the Northwest Amazon (1963) and The Mouth of Heaven: An Introduction to Kwakiutl Religious Thought (1975). In 1968, he returned to the Cubeo, continuing his research there into the early 1980s. His wife, Hannah, who died in 1986, traveled occasionally with him. From 1980 to 1987, Goldman taught at the New School for Social Research in New York City.

During the McCarthy era, in 1953, Goldman was forced to testify before the Jenner Senate Committee, which investigated connections between academics and communism. While Goldman admitted to having been a part of the party, he took his First Amendment right to avoid naming others who he knew had been members. This was a risky and rare tactic; however it had a positive outcome for him, as Sarah Lawrence College, where Goldman was teaching at the time, decided not to fire him since he had spoken his conscious and no more.

Goldman died April 7, 2002. Goldman's peers considered him to have "insightful analyses that were often ahead of his time" (Rubel 2003) and to have had "the courage to tackle big problems in the realm of comparative research." (Rubel 2003) His final manuscript was published posthumously as Cubeo Henewa Religious Thought: Metaphysics of a Northwestern Amazonian People (2004).

Sources Consulted

Rubel, Paul and Abraham Rosman. 2003. Irving Goldman (1911-2002). American Anthropologist 105:4.

Shenn, Jody. 2002. Remembering Irving Goldman. News and Events at Sarah Lawrence.

Schildkrout, Enid, and Irving Goldman. 1989. A Conversation with Irving Goldman. American Ethnologist 16:3.

1911 -- Born April 18 in New York, New York.

1933 -- Earns B.S. from Brooklyn College.

1934 -- Fieldwork on Modoc Indians, California.

1935-1936 -- Fieldwork on Ulkatcho Carrier Indians, British Columbia.

1939-1940 -- First fieldwork on Cubeo Indians, Vaupes, Colombia.

1941 -- Earns Ph.D. from Columbia University.

1942 -- Research Analyst on Latin America for the Coordinator of InterAmerican Affairs.

1943-1945 -- 2nd Lieutenant for the Office of Strategic Services.

1945-1947 -- Chief of Branch for the Office of Research and Analysis for the United States State Department.

1947 -- Left State Department; began to teach at Sarah Lawrence College.

1953 -- Investigated by the Jenner Committee for his communist connections.

1955 -- Fieldwork on Tzotzil of Chamula Indians, Chiapas, Mexico.

1968-1980 -- Goldman continuously returned to Vaupes, Colombia to study the Cubeo.

1980 -- Began to teach at the New School for Social Research.

1981 -- Retired from Sarah Lawrence College.

1987 -- Retired from the New School for Social Research.

2002 -- Died April 7, 2002 in Brooklyn, New York.

Related Materials:

Materials at the NAA relating to Irving Goldman's involvement with the Handbook of South American Indians can be found in Manuscript 4846 and the Handbook of South American Indians records, 1934-47.

Provenance:

These papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Sonya Shenn of the Department of Anthropology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2002. An unidentified 8mm film in the collection was transferred to the Human Studies Film Archives in 2007 (HSFA 2008.04)

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Topic:

Cubeo language  Search this

Carrier language  Search this

Bella Coola language  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Linguistics  Search this

Tzotzil language  Search this

Modoc language  Search this

Shuswap language  Search this

Ethnology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Field notes

Photographs

Sound recordings

Color slides -- 1960-1990

Citation:

Irving Goldman papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.2003-11

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Irving Goldman papers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw342644939-5f47-4aa5-8da9-53912e4adca1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-2003-11

Creator:

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952  Search this

Names:

Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)  Search this

Former owner:

Cardozo, Christopher  Search this

Extent:

12.5 Linear feet

Culture:

Acoma Pueblo  Search this

Apache  Search this

Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this

Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)  Search this

Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Duwamish (Dwamish)  Search this

Hopi Pueblo  Search this

Hupa  Search this

Klamath  Search this

Jicarilla Apache  Search this

Kootenai (Kutenai)  Search this

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  Search this

Coast Salish  Search this

Taos Pueblo  Search this

San Ildefonso Pueblo  Search this

Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)  Search this

Wishram  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1899-1930

Summary:

The collection comprises Edward S. Curtis original and copy negatives, prints, and photogravures relating to the Harriman Alaska Expedition and Curtis's 20 volume publication, the North American Indian (NAI), as well as ephemera and one gold-tone of Fort Lapawi.

Scope and Contents:

The Christopher Cardozo collection of Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs primarily relate to Curtis's opus, the North American Indian, and also the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition. Papers in the collection include promotional ephemera for the NAI as well as articles by Curtis and others. Photographic material includes original and copy negatives, prints, two Harriman Alaska Expedition souvenir albums, and one gold-tone of Fort Lapawi.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in two series: 1. Papers; and 2. Photographs and photogravures.

Biographical / Historical:

Edward Sherriff Curtis (1868-1952) was an American photographer famous for his photographs of the indigenous peoples of North America. His work was highly influential in shaping a sympathetic yet romantic view of cultures that he and many others believed to be "vanishing." Over the course of 30 years, Curtis visited more than 80 Native American communities and published his photographs and ethnographies in the twenty-volume North American Indian (NAI) (1907-1930).

Curtis was born in Whitewater, Wisconsin, to Ellen and Johnson Curtis in 1868. In about 1874, his family moved to a farm in Cordova, Minnesota. At a young age, Curtis built a camera, and it is possible that he may have worked in a Minneapolis photography studio for a time. In 1887, Curtis and his father moved West and settled on a plot near what is now Port Orchard, Washington, with the rest of the family joining them the following year. When Johnson Curtis died within a month of the family's arrival, 20-year-old Curtis became the head of the family.

In 1891, Curtis moved to Seattle and bought into a photo studio with Rasmus Rothi. Less than a year later, he and Thomas Guptill formed "Curtis and Guptill, Photographers and Photoengravers." The endeavor became a premier portrait studio for Seattle society and found success in photoengraving for many local publications. In 1892, Curtis married Clara Phillips (1874-1932) and in 1893 their son Harold was born (1893-1988), followed by Elizabeth (Beth) (1896-1973), Florence (1899-1987) and Katherine (Billy) (1909-?). Around 1895, Curtis made his first photographs of local Native people, including the daughter of Duwamish chief Seattle: Kickisomlo or "Princess Angeline." Curtis submitted a series of his Native American photographs to the National Photographic Convention, and received an award in the category of "genre studies" for Homeward (later published in volume 9 of the NAI). In 1896, the entire Curtis family moved to Seattle, which included Curtis's mother, his siblings Eva and Asahel, Clara's sisters Susie and Nellie Phillips, and their cousin William Phillips. Most of the household worked in Curtis's studio along with other employees. Curtis became sole proprietor of the studio in 1897, which remained a popular portrait studio but also sold his scenic landscapes and views of the Seattle Area. Curtis also sent his brother Asahel to Alaska and the Yukon to photograph the Klondike Gold Rush, and sold those views as well. Asahel went on to become a well-known photographer in his own right, primarily working in the American Northwest.

Curtis was an avid outdoorsman and joined the Mazamas Club after his first of many climbs of Mount Rainier. On a climb in 1898, Curtis evidently met a group of scientists, including C. Hart Merriam, George Bird Grinnell, and Gifford Pinchot, who had lost their way on the mountain, and led them to safety. This encounter led to an invitation from Merriam for Curtis to accompany a group of over 30 well-known scientists, naturalists, and artists as the official photographer on a maritime expedition to the Alaskan coast. Funded by railroad magnate Edward Harriman, the Harriman Alaska Expedition left Seattle in May of 1899, and returned at the end of July. Curtis made around 5000 photographs during the trip, including photographs of the indigenous peoples they met as well as views of mountains, glaciers, and other natural features. Many of the photographs appeared in the expedition's 14 published volumes of their findings.

In 1900, Curtis accompanied Grinnell to Montana for a Blackfoot Sundance. Here, Curtis made numerous photographs and became interested in the idea of a larger project to document the Native peoples of North America. Almost immediately upon returning from the Sundance, Curtis set off for the Southwest to photograph Puebloan communities. By 1904, Curtis had already held at least one exhibit of his "Indian pictures" and his project to "form a comprehensive and permanent record of all the important tribes of the United States and Alaska that still retain to a considerable degree their primitive customs and traditions" (General Introduction, the NAI) had taken shape and already received some press coverage. With his fieldwork now increasing his absences from home, Curtis hired Adolph Muhr, former assistant to Omaha photographer Frank Rinehart, to help manage the Seattle studio.

In 1904, Curtis was a winner in the Ladies Home Journal "Prettiest Children In America" portrait contest. His photograph of Marie Fischer was selected as one of 112 that would be published and Fischer was one of 12 children selected from the photographs who would have their portrait painted by Walter Russell. Russell and Curtis made an acquaintance while Russell was in Seattle to paint Fischer's portrait, and not long afterwards, Russell contacted Curtis to make photographic studies of Theodore Roosevelt's children for portraits he would paint. Curtis subsequently photographed the entire Roosevelt family, and developed a social connection with the President. Several important outcomes came of this new friendship, including Roosevelt eventually writing the foreword to the NAI, as well as making introductions to influential people.

Key among these introductions was one to wealthy financier John Pierpont Morgan, in 1906. After a brief meeting with Curtis during which he viewed several of Curtis's photographs of Native Americans, Morgan agreed to finance the fieldwork for the NAI project for five years, at $15,000.00 per year. It was up to Curtis to cover publishing and promotion costs, with the publication being sold as a subscription. In return, Morgan would receive 25 sets of the 20-volume publication. The ambitious publication plan outlined 20 volumes of ethnological text, each to be illustrated with 75 photogravure prints made from acid-etched copper plates. Each volume would be accompanied by a companion portfolio of 35 large photogravures. With high-quality papers and fine binding, a set would cost $3000.00. 500 sets were planned. Under Morgan, the North American Indian, Inc. formed as body to administer the monies. Also around this time, Frederick Webb Hodge, Director of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology, agreed to edit the publications.

Curtis then began more systematic fieldwork, accompanied by a team of research assistants and Native interpreters. In 1906, Curtis hired William E. Myers, a former journalist, as a field assistant and stenographer. Over the years, Myers became the lead researcher on the project, making enormous contributions in collecting data and possibly doing the bulk of the writing for the first 18 volumes. Upon meeting a new community, Curtis and his team would work on gathering data dealing with all aspects of the community's life, including language, social and political organization, religion, food ways, measures and values, and many other topics. (See box 2 folder 1 in this collection for Curtis's list of topics.) Curtis and his assistants, especially Myers, brought books and papers to the field relating to the tribes they were currently concerned with, and often wrote from the field to anthropologists at the Bureau of American Ethnology and other institutions for information or publications. In addition to fieldnotes and photographs, the team also employed sound recording equipment, making thousands of recordings on wax cylinders. Curtis also often brought a motion picture camera, although few of his films have survived.

The first volume of the NAI was published towards the end of 1907. Already, Curtis was encountering difficulty in finding subscribers to the publication despite great praise in the press and among those who could afford the volumes. Curtis spent progressively more of his time outside the field season promoting the project through lectures and in 1911, presenting his "Picture Musicale"—a lecture illustrated with lantern slides and accompanied by an original musical score—in major cities. After the initial five funded years, only eight of the twenty volumes had been completed. However, Morgan agreed to continue support for the fieldwork and publication continued.

Starting in 1910, Curtis and his team worked among the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nation on Vancouver Island, and in 1913 began to develop a documentary film project featuring the community in Alert Bay. In 1914, Curtis produced the feature-length film, In the Land of the Headhunters. The film showcased an all-indigenous cast and included an original musical score. Screened in New York and Seattle, it received high praise. However after this initial success, it did not receive the attention Curtis had hoped for, and resulted in financial loss.

Meanwhile, Curtis's prolonged absences from home had taken a toll on his marriage and in 1919 Clara and Edward divorced. The Seattle studio was awarded to Clara, and Curtis moved to Los Angeles, opening a photography studio with his daughter Beth and her husband Manford "Mag" Magnuson. Daughters Florence and Katherine came to Los Angeles sometime later. Curtis continued with fieldwork and promotion of the project, and in 1922 volume 12 of the NAI was published. Also in 1922, Curtis was accompanied during the field season in California by his daughter Florence Curtis Graybill, the first time a family member had gone to the field with him since the Curtis children were very small.

Curtis continued to push the project and publications along, yet never without financial struggle and he picked up work in Hollywood as both a still and motion picture photographer. John Pierpont Morgan, Jr., continued to provide funding for the fieldwork in memory of his father, but with the various financial upsets of the 1910s and 1920s, Curtis had a difficult time getting subscribers on board. In 1926, Myers, feeling the strain, regretfully resigned after the completion of volume 18. Anthropologist Frank Speck recommended Stewart Eastwood, a recent graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, to replace Myers as ethnologist for the final two volumes.

In 1927, Curtis and his team, along with his daughter Beth Curtis Magnuson, headed north from Seattle to Alaska and Canada on a final field season. Harsh weather and a hip injury made the trip difficult for Curtis, but he was very satisfied with the season's work. The party returned to Seattle, and upon arrival Curtis was arrested for unpaid alimony. He returned exhausted to Los Angeles, and in 1930 the final two volumes of NAI were published without fanfare. Curtis spent the next two years recovering from physical and mental exhaustion. Beth and Mag continued to run the Curtis studio in LA, but for the most part, Curtis had set down his camera for good. With the NAI behind him and his health recovered, Curtis pursued various interests and employment, eventually, settling down on a farm outside Los Angeles. he later moved in with Beth and Mag. Curtis died at home in 1952.

Sources Cited Davis, Barbara. Edward S. Curtis: the life and times of a shadowcatcher. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1984. Gidley, Mick. The North American Indian, Incorporated. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Christopher Cardozo (1948-2021) was a major collector and dealer in Edward S. Curtis photography.

Related Materials:

The National Anthropological Archives holds additional Curtis papers and photographs in NAA.2010-28, the Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs, MS 2000-18, the Edward Curtis investigation of the battle of Little Bighorn and Photo Lot 59, the Library of Congress copyright prints collection.

The Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University holds Curtis's wax cylinder audio recordings from 1907-1913.

The Braun Research Library at the Autry Museum of the American West holds the Frederick Webb Hodge papers (1888-1931), which contain substantial correspondence from Curtis. The Braun also holds a small amount of Curtis papers and photographs, including some of Curtis's cyanotypes.

The Getty Research Institute holds the Edward S. Curtis papers (1900-1978), which include the original manuscript scores for the Curtis Picture Musicale and film In the Land of the Headhunters.

The Palace of the Governors at the New Mexico History Museum holds original Curtis negatives pertaining to the southwest.

The Pierpont Morgan Library holds the Edward S. Curtis papers (1906-1947), which contain the records of the North American Indian, Inc., as well as Curtis's correspondence to librarian, and later library director, Belle Da Costa Greene. The library also holds a large collection of Curtis's lantern slides, used in his Picture Musicale.

The Seattle Public Library holds correspondence of Curtis to Librarian Harriet Leitch (1948-1951), pertaining to his career.

The Seaver Center for Western History Research at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History holds collection GC 1143, which contains Curtis's field notes as well as manuscript drafts for the North American Indian.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian holds NMAI.AC.080, the Edward S. Curtis photogravure plates and proofs, as well as NMAI.AC.053, the Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs.

The University of Washington Libraries Special Collections holds the Edward S. Curtis papers (1893-1983). Additionally, the Burke Museum holds papers and photographs of Edmund Schwinke, which relate to Curtis's work with the Kwakwaka'wakw community.

Provenance:

The collection was donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Julie Cardozo in 2022.

Restrictions:

Viewing of the photographic negatives requires advance notice and the permission of the Photo Archivist.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Identifier:

NAA.2022-12

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Christopher Cardozo Collection of Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36944a23c-3be7-4086-bab0-4696f3aab866

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-2022-12

Collection Creator:

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 5

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

General:

Possibly related to "As it Was" chapter V, on the "Kwakiutl."

Collection Restrictions:

Viewing of the photographic negatives and transparencies requires advance notice and the permission of the Photo Archivist.

Access to the Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Sponsor:

Processing and digitization of parts of this collection was supported by funding from the Smithsonian Women's Committee and the Small Research Grants program of the National Museum of Natural History.

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Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs

Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs / Series 5: Writings

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3fadfe63d-5b5e-4b7b-bb85-321cc32a94da

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-2010-28-ref1619

Collection Creator:

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952  Search this

Extent:

1 Glass negative (original negative)

Container:

Box G10

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Glass negatives

Collection Restrictions:

Viewing of the photographic negatives and transparencies requires advance notice and the permission of the Photo Archivist.

Access to the Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Sponsor:

Processing and digitization of parts of this collection was supported by funding from the Smithsonian Women's Committee and the Small Research Grants program of the National Museum of Natural History.

Identifier:

NAA.2010-28, Item 3484

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Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs

Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs / Series 9: Photographs / 9.3: The North American Indian / Volume 10

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c932e5d8-5d17-444a-bba1-89b10940f84d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-2010-28-ref1896

Culture/People:

Namgis Kwakwaka'wakw (Nemquic)  Search this

Collector:

George Hunt, Tlingit, 1854-1933  Search this

Object Name:

Basket bag

Media/Materials:

Cedar bark

Techniques:

Plaited, twined, aboriginally repaired

Object Type:

Containers and Vessels

Place:

British Columbia; Canada

Catalog Number:

1/3295

Barcode:

013295.000

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Namgis Kwakwaka'wakw (Nemquic)

Containers and Vessels

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6493cb7a6-9f85-4a07-b1dd-45f33e0c8708

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_14343

Creator:

Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994  Search this

Collection Creator:

Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound cassette (120 min)

Culture:

Kwakiutl Indians  Search this

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Lectures

Scope and Contents:

NS 4 Jim's alt. For Biographies Anthro Teaching. Larry said for biographies [use] Social Science Research Council. The use of Personal Documents in the Psychological Sciences, Bulletin 49 1942, Gordon Alport[?] Chap. 6 autobiographic. Social Science Reearch Council use documents in Personal History, Anthropology & Sociology, Gottschalk & Kluckhohn bulletin[?] 53/1945, Kluckhohens

Local Numbers:

Asch Sound Recording 136

Topic:

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lectures

Collection Citation:

Timothy Asch papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Timothy Asch papers

Timothy Asch papers / Series 12: Sound Recordings

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f94809a9-9ace-46bc-b63f-00abb37e7750

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1996-16-ref2646

Creator:

Starr, Frederick, 1859-1933  Search this

Photographer:

Lang, Charles B.  Search this

Grabic, Louis  Search this

Extent:

152 Lantern slides

3344 Negatives (photographic)

Culture:

Zoque  Search this

San Felipe Pueblo  Search this

Mazatec [Huautla]  Search this

Indians of Mexico  Search this

Zapotec  Search this

Maya  Search this

Wampanoag  Search this

Salish (Flathead)  Search this

Mazahua  Search this

Ute  Search this

Sioux  Search this

Numakiki (Mandan)  Search this

Tzotzil Maya  Search this

Taos Pueblo  Search this

Tzeltal Maya  Search this

Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)  Search this

Laguna Pueblo  Search this

Triqui (Trique) [San Joan Copala]  Search this

Shuar  Search this

Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this

Chol Maya  Search this

Totonac  Search this

Osage  Search this

Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)  Search this

Tonkawa  Search this

Otomí (Otomi)  Search this

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Tlingit  Search this

Mixe  Search this

Chinantec  Search this

Mixtec  Search this

Potawatomi  Search this

Chibcha  Search this

Akimel O'odham (Pima)  Search this

Mehináku (Mehinacu)  Search this

Salish (Flathead)  Search this

Apache  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Ponca  Search this

Menominee (Menomini)  Search this

Cahuilla  Search this

Haida  Search this

Karajá (Caraja)  Search this

Cherokee  Search this

Sahnish (Arikara)  Search this

Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Caddo  Search this

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Cochiti Pueblo  Search this

Teotihuacán (archaeological culture)  Search this

Isleta Pueblo  Search this

Purepecha (Tarasco)  Search this

Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this

Iroquois  Search this

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Acoma Pueblo  Search this

Macushi (Macusi)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Negatives (photographic)

Negatives

Place:

Colombia

Washington

West Virginia

Kansas

Kentucky

New Mexico

Brazil

Ecuador

Missouri

Wisconsin

Oklahoma

Ohio

New York

Georgia

Mexico

Iowa

Arkansas

Illinois

Pennsylvania

Alaska

Date:

1894-1910

Summary:

The collection includes materials from cultures in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, and Guiana: Acoma Pueblo, Apache, Arapaho, Arikara, Assiniboine, Caddo, Cahuilla, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chibcha, Chinantec, Chippewa (Ojibwa), Choco, Chol, Chontal, Cochiti Pueblo, Crow, Cuicatec, Eskimo, Flathead, Haida, Hopi, Huastec, Huave, Iowa, Iroquois, Isleta, Karaja, Kwakiutl, Laguna Pueblo, Macusi, Mandan, Maya, Mazahua, Mazatec, Mehinaku, Menomini, Mixe, Mixtec, Navajo, Nez Perce, Osage, Otomi, Ottawa, Pawnee, Pima, Ponca, Potawatomi, Salish, San Blas, San Felipe Pueblo, Sauk & Fox, Shuar, Sioux, Taos Pueblo, Tarasco, Teotihuacan, Tepehua, Tlaxcala, Tlingit, Tonkawa, Totonac, Triqui, Tzental, Tzotzil, Ute, Wampanoag, Zapotec, Zoque, Zuni.

Arrangement note:

Collection arranged by item number.

Biographical/Historical note:

Frederick Starr was born in Auburn, New York, on September 2, 1858. He received a Ph.D. in biology in 1884 at Coe College, where he was later appointed professor of biology. Starr did postgraduate work in anthropology at Yale. In 1889 he was appointed head of Ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History, and in 1892 he was chosen by William Harper to organize the Anthropology Department at the new University of Chicago. Starr remained at the University until his retirement in 1923. Besides his field studies with various Indian tribes in the United States, Starr traveled to Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Ecuador, Guiana, Japan, the Philippines, and Africa. He died in Tokyo, Japan, on August 14, 1933. Starr was the author of several books and scholarly articles.

General note:

Starr hired professional photographers Charles B. Lang and Louis Grabic to accompany him on his field trips. One lantern slide of Moses Ladd (Menomini) was taken by William H. Jackson.

Provenance:

Dr. Frederick Starr, Purchased, circa 1929

Restrictions:

Access restricted. Researchers should contact the staff of the NMAI Archives for an appointment to access the collection.

Topic:

Indians of South America -- Brazil  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest  Search this

Indians of South America -- Colombia  Search this

Indians of North America -- Alaska  Search this

Indians of North America -- Basin  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plains  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southeast  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Indians of Central America -- Guatemala  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Indians of North America -- Midwest  Search this

Indians of South America -- Ecuador  Search this

Indians of South America -- Guiana  Search this

Genre/Form:

Negatives

Lantern slides

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.052

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv40602e9f6-8984-4da6-a139-bd97c27fa824

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-052

Collector:

Wittemann-Albertype Co  Search this

Collection Collector:

Albertype Co.  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (002 in x 003 in)

Culture:

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Photographs

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Six Men in Costume with Cannibal Bird Masks

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.02815402

Local Note:

Black and white photoprint

Place:

Canada ?

Collection Restrictions:

Original nitrate negatives are in cold storage and require advanced notice for viewing. Modern copy prints and copy negatives for nearly all images are available.

Collection Rights:

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Topic:

Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Collection Citation:

Photo lot 25, Albertype Company photograph collection relating to Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Albertype Company photograph collection relating to Native Americans

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39066738d-cc17-45c2-a701-57bd3b5c8f96

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-25-ref544

Collector:

Tilton, Willis G.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Tilton, Willis G.  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (photographic negative)

Culture:

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Local Numbers:

OPPS NEG.T16712

Local Note:

Cataloging based on examination of NAA file print.

Negative

Related Materials:

Related negatives in the Field Museum of Natural History, Photography Department, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Topic:

Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Photo Lot 89-8, Willis G. Tilton collection of photographs of Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Willis G. Tilton collection of photographs of Native Americans

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3db76ee9a-7e45-4fc8-82ea-c2d4742d5463

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-89-8-ref933

Creator:

Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930  Search this

Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this

Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this

Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this

Names:

Boas, Franz, 1858-1942  Search this

Collection Collector:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Culture:

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

December 1920

Scope and Contents:

Concerning efforts to draft a letter to Franz Boas concerning errors in "Ethnology of the Kwakiutl."

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4372(9)

Topic:

Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Manuscript 4372, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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MS 4372 Miscellaneous material relating to the history of the Bureau of American Ethnology, the history of anthropology, and anthropological controversies

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c65fe7bd-0788-4208-9ff7-7959de9116e3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-ms4372-ref9