Original recorded in Smithsonian Institution Comparative Vocabulary schedule. Includes autograph signed note by Smith: "This vocabulary was taken by me from the lips of a Seminole of the Mikasuke tribe the 19th May 1886, at Washington." Also includes a six-page copy by George Gibbs in the schedule Comparative Vocabulary.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 596
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 596, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Includes: census of Indian families in several Louisiana towns, pages 2 and 200; Houma vocabulary, pages 3, 198, and 4; Alibamu belt design, page 8; Hitchiti and Creek stories, pages 29-33, 172-169; and diagram of "Stomp ground in Greenleaf Mtns. for Natchez and Cherokee," page 58. Diary of May 2-22 [1907] in Louisiana; then proceeds to Indian Territory. In stenographic notebook. Is numbered 1-100 on on side of pages and 101-200 running back the other way on reverse; but notes have been taken in normal order. Partial outline of contents prepared summer, 1970 by M. C. Blaker gives page numbers in order inscribed, Incomplete outline of contents left with manuscript.-- MCB, 6/1972.
Original daguerreotype in hinged leather case. Daguerreotype plate marked, "CHRISTOFLE," and to the right of this is a maker's mark in form of an oval enclosing a pan balance with "C" on each side, 4 stars above and "CHRISTOFLE" below. Daguerretype cleaned by the Library of Congress at the request of the BAE before making this negative.
Biographical / Historical:
The original, belonging to Billy Bowlegs, was taken from his camp on November 19, 1857, by soldiers including Captain L.G. Lesley, and was inherited by the latter's grandson, Theodore Lesley of Tampa. See information with 42913.
Date: Original daguerreotype taken 1852.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.53887
Local Note:
"Warren Thompson of Philadelphia introduced galvanizing (refers to "resilvering" or double-plated silver) to France as a part of "le procede Americain," and the firm of Christofle began to manufacture in 1851 their "scale" plates, so called because of the hallmark, a pair of scales, the government symbol for electroplated wear. "Their product was endorsed by Thompson in a letter dated March 20, 1851, which Christofle reprinted in an advertisement in the French professional photographers' magazine, La Lumiere." --Beaumont Newhall, The Daguerreotype in America, 1961, page 120.
Black and white copy negative
Restrictions:
Restriction: Not to be reproduced without Mr Lesley's permission; therefore prints are not to released by the BAE to persons who have not first secured Mr Lesley's permission. This restriction does not apply to the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress, "or any other government agency which may wish to use it for research, their publications or display." (Leslie to Sturtevant, June 24, 1963).
Original daguerreotype in hinged leather case. Daguerreotype plate marked, "CHRISTOFLE," and to the right of this is a maker's mark in form of an oval enclosing a pan balance with "C" on each side, 4 stars above and "CHRISTOFLE" below. Daguerretype cleaned by the Library of Congress at the request of the BAE before making this negative.
Biographical / Historical:
The original, belonging to Billy Bowlegs, was taken from his camp on November 19, 1857, by soldiers including Captain L.G. Lesley, and was inherited by the latter's grandson, Theodore Lesley of Tampa. See information with 42913.
Date: Original daguerreotype taken 1852.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.53887 A
Local Note:
"Warren Thompson of Philadelphia introduced galvanizing (refers to "resilvering" or double-plated silver) to France as a part of "le procede Americain," and the firm of Christofle began to manufacture in 1851 their "scale" plates, so called because of the hallmark, a pair of scales, the government symbol for electroplated wear. "Their product was endorsed by Thompson in a letter dated March 20, 1851, which Christofle reprinted in an advertisement in the French professional photographers' magazine, La Lumiere." --Beaumont Newhall, The Daguerreotype in America, 1961, page 120.
Black and white copy negative
Restrictions:
Restriction: Not to be reproduced without Mr Lesley's permission; therefore prints are not to released by the BAE to persons who have not first secured Mr Lesley's permission. This restriction does not apply to the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress, "or any other government agency which may wish to use it for research, their publications or display." (Leslie to Sturtevant, June 24, 1963).
Printed on back: "Pub. by Fort Myers Book Store, Fort Myers, Fla." "113425"
Note by W. C. Sturtevant: Chicago Natural History Museum negative 45566, a photo by L. Winternitz, Ft. Myers, received November, 1921, shows the same group on the same occasion, different pose in front of an adjacent building. Band and approximate date supplied by W. C. Sturtevant.
Printed on back: "Published by Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, N.C." "Copyright by Florida Photo Concern" "Beautiful Florida Series" "A-31265" "C. T. American Art" "C T Co [monogram] Chicago" Postage: 1 cent US, 2 cents foreign. Band and approximate date supplied by W. C. Sturtevant.
Printed on back: "E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee" "12012." "96" following caption appears to be card Number, not year. Band and approximate date supplied by W. C. Sturtevant.
Printed on back: "Published by J. N. Chamberlain, Miami, Fla. No. 15459 Made in Germany" Quality H L Co [? - monogram]" Handwritten message dated 3-31-11. Band and approximate date supplied by W. C. Sturtevant.
Data with original: SEMINOLE 105. Howard Tiger, first Seminole volunteer in the Marine Corps, displays his new uniform to his mother (holding cap), his sister (on his right), and other relatives in the traditional Seminole dress, Seminole Indian Agency, Fort Myers, Florida. Photo Miami Herald.Not to be printed without permission. Stamped: After use, please return to--Office of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior.
Howard Tiger was killed in a tractor accident in 1966. Note of E. C. Freeman, 12/67
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.45216 G
Local Note:
Black and white copy film negative
Restrictions:
Restriction lifted per letter from William D. Boehmer, 1/26/71. Letter filed permanent correspondence file.
Theodore Lesley, 2707 Morrison Avenue, Tampa 9, Florida, letters of June 17 and 27, 1959, to WCS: According to quote from The Florida Peninsular (Tampa) of December 12, 1857, on November 19, 1857, a company of Florida Volunteers] under Captain Cone (or perhaps Captain Stephens, Captain Stewart, or Captain [L.G.] Lesley) discovered Billy Bowlegs' settlement [in the Big Cypress Swamp] where "The entire suit of King William, the invincible was secured, together with his Ambrotype, taken when he was last in Washington as Diplomatic Assistant to a celebrated contractor for removing Indians." The ambrotype was kept by Captain L. G. Lesley. About 1885 his son, Captain John T. Lesley, had a copy made. The original was subsequently lost, [original found, see Negative 53887] but the copy is in the possession of Theodore Lesley, grandson of JTL. About 1954 T. L. lent this to Mr Harry P. Kennedy of Tampa (deceased ca 1957), with the understanding that he would have one copy made, for his own use only. Burgert Brothers should not have a copy negative., according to T. L. [but it is in their file of stock views, seen by WCS 3/14/59] Information from W. C. Sturtevant 8-4-59.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.42913
Local Note:
Print submitted marked on reverse: "from Theo Lesley collection," and stamped, "No. Rel 290. When ordering additional photographs please mention above negative number. Burgert Bros., House of photography, 712 Gr. Central, P. O. Box 1497, Tampa, Fla."
William C. Sturtevant, Yale U. Department of Anthropology, in letter to M.W. Stirling, April 16, 1955; refers to this photograph as follows: Seeing it I think the date written on it (1852) is probably correct. While the costume is close to that BB wore for his 1858 portraits, it is even more similar to the one shown in an engraving in the Illustrated London News, volume 22, number 623, May 21, 1853, page 396, which is from a daguerreotype by "Meade Brothers, New York," taken during the visit of BB and party to New York in 1852. However, the pictures are not the same so yours may not be by Meade. This fills a nice gap in the pictures of BB, and allows a better interpretation of this costume than was previously possible--
1956. Sturtevant points out that Bowlegs wears 3 gorgets and 1 medal in this, as in two other portraits which are definitely dated 1852, namely the one in the Illustrated London News (see above) and a (rather poor) line reproduction from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, Volume III, Number 17, Boston, October 23, 1852, page 257. In pictures definitely dated 1858 (see notes on card for BAE Negative 1175) he wears 1 gorget and 2 medals.
Photographs documenting the Mikasuki tribal fair on December 31, 1980, including Aztec dancers, musician Buffy St. Marie, craftspeople, and visitors.
Biographical/Historical note:
Duane King was an anthropology scholar of Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee. From 1975 to 1982, he served as director of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in North Carolina. Afterwards, he became executive director of the Cherokee National Historical Society in Tahlequah, assistant director for the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian at the Heye Center in New York City, executive director of the Middle Oregon Historical Society in Warm Springs, Oregon, and executive director of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian/Autry National Center in Los Angeles, Califorinia. In 2008 he was named Vice President for Museum Affairs and Director of the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 81-45
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional images of tribal fairs can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in the BAE historical negatives and Photo Lot 24.
The National Museum of the American Indian and the Archives Center at the National Museum of American History also hold photographs of American Indian fairs.
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
Photographs made as part of Joseph C. Farber's project to document modern NAtive American everyday life. Represented tribes include the Acoma, Apache, Blackfoot, Chehalis, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Cocopa, Dakota, Eskimo, Haida, Kiowa, Kutenai, Lummi, Mohave, Mohawk, Navaho, Northern Athabascan, Onandaga, Pima, Pueblo, Quinalt, Seminole, Taos, Tlingit, and Zuni. Subject coverage is broad and varies from tribe to tribe. Included are portraits, as well as totem poles, carving, weaving, pottery, painitng, landscapes, boats and canoes, ceremonial regalia, camps, classes and vocational training, homes and traditional dwellings, construction projects, rodeos and powwows, dances, industries (including lumber), herding and ranching, agriculture, stores and storefronts, cliff dwellings, parades, crab cleaning, fishing, games, health care, legal processes, music, office work, sewing, vending, and a funeral. There are also photographs of R. C. Gorman (and a letter from Gorman to Farber) and Fritz Shoulder (some in color).
Farber's travels included Alaska (Point Barrow, Dead Horse, Glacier Bay, Haines, Hoona, Hydaberg, Ketchikan, Mount McKinley, Prudhoe Bay, Saxman, and Sitka); Alberta (Blackfeet Reservation); Arizona (Canyon de Chelly, Cocopa Reservation, Flagstaff, Kayenta, Monument Valley, Pima Reservation, Quechan Reservation, Mojave Reservation, and Yuma); California (Alcatraz, Oakland, and San Francisco); Florida (Big Cypress Reservation; Miccosukee Reservation); Minnesota (Minneapolis and Nett Lake); Montana (Northern Cheyenne Reservation); New Mexico (Acoma, Gallup, Navajo Forest, Picuris, Puye, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, Santa Fe, Taos, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, and Tesuque); New York (New York City and Onandaga Reservation); North Carolina (Cherokee Reservation); Oklahoma (Anadarko, Apache, Lawton, Stilwell, and Tahlequah); South Dakota (Rosebud and Wounded Knee); and Washington (Lummi Reservation, Nisqually River, Puyallup River, and Quinalt Reservation).
Biographical/Historical note:
Joseph C. Farber (1903-1994) was a successful New York businessman and professional photographer. He studied with Edward Steichen at the New York Camera Club in the 1920s. The prints in this collection resulted from a five-year project that involved travelling to Native communities throughout the United States to document modern Native American life. The project resulted in a book, Native Americans: 500 Years After (1975), as well as exhibits, including one in the National Museum of Natural History in 1976-1977.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 78-1, NAA ACC 95-3
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Farber's photographs, previously located in Photo Lot 95-3 have been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 78-1. These photographs were also made by Joseph C. Farber and form part of this collection.
The National Museum of American History Archives Center holds the Joseph Farber Papers and Photographs, circa 1962-1990.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Photographs published in Farber's books still under copyright. Reproduction permission from artist's estate.
