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Boy's outfit

Culture/People:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Collector:
George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957  Search this
Object Name:
Boy's outfit
Media/Materials:
Cotton cloth
Techniques:
Sewn, patchwork
Dimensions:
41.3 x 48.6 cm
Object Type:
Clothing/Garments
Native Term:
fiksikco.bi
Place:
Everglades; Florida; USA
Date created:
1925-1935
Catalog Number:
20/3627
Barcode:
203627.000
See related items:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)
Clothing/Garments
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws601809f7b-9b88-4a1b-83b8-ff0f7c67778c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_217462
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Man's turban plume/feather

Culture/People:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Previous owner:
Ingraham Billie (Ingram Billy), Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki), 1895-1983  Search this
Collector:
William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980  Search this
Object Name:
Man's turban plume/feather
Media/Materials:
Cotton cloth, feather/feathers, wood, hide thong/babiche
Techniques:
Wrapped, tied
Object Type:
Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
Place:
Big Cypress Reservation; Hendry County; Florida; USA
Catalog Number:
23/4885
Barcode:
234885.001
See related items:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)
Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws646101bfd-22ee-4746-affd-fbd66612c91a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_250208
Online Media:

William F. Stiles collection of photographs and films

Creator:
Stiles, William F., 1912-1980  Search this
Former owner:
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this
Extent:
82 Photographic prints
242 Negatives (photographic)
211 Slides (photographs)
2 Film reels (8mm)
Culture:
Seminole  Search this
Eastern Band of Cherokee  Search this
Innu [Ekuanitshit (Mingan)]  Search this
Innu [Pakuashipi (Saint Augustin)]  Search this
Seneca [Tonawanda]  Search this
Innu [Uashat-Maliotenam (Seven Islands)]  Search this
Innu [Moisie]  Search this
Innu [Unaman Shipit (Romaine)]  Search this
Mushuaunnuat (Barren Ground Naskapi) [Utshimassit (Davis Inlet)]  Search this
Attikamekw (Tete De Boule Cree)  Search this
Seneca [Allegany]  Search this
Seneca [Cattaraugus]  Search this
Niantic  Search this
Narragansett  Search this
Onondaga  Search this
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Attikamekw (Tete De Boule Cree) [Weymontachie Band, Saint Maurice River, Quebec] Cree  Search this
Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Negatives (photographic)
Slides (photographs)
Film reels
Negatives
Color slides
Photographs
Date:
1938-1974
Summary:
This collection consists of photographic views made by William Stiles in New York, Rhode Island, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Newfoundland and Quebec, among the Attikamekw (Tete De Boule Cree), Eastern Band of Cherokee, Innu, Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki), Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)], Mushuaunnuat (Barren Ground Naskapi) [Utshimassit (Davis Inlet)], Narragansett, Niantic, Onondaga, Seminole, and Seneca communities. These were made while Stiles was a staff member of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation from 1938-1974.
Scope and Contents:
The Stiles collection consists of photographs and films made by William Stiles on behalf of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation from 1938 to 1974. More than half of these document the life of Innu peoples of Quebec, Canada, in the years 1952, 1958, 1959, and 1964. They depict Innu men, women, and children, and food preparation, dwellings, fishing, canoes, settlements, the preparation of animal skins, and ceremonials. Stiles photographed among the Seminole and Miccosukee peoples of Florida in 1939, 1940, 1941, 1966, and 1974. He also variously photographed the Narragansett and Niantic peoples of Rhode Island, the Onondaga on the Onondaga Reservation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee in North Carolina, the Seneca of New York, the Attikamekw (Tete De Boule Cree) and the Mohawk of Quebec, and the Mushuaunnuat of Labrador. He also photographed various archaeological sites in New York State, Mississippi, and South Carolina. There are also two 8mm film reels titled "Nascapi Indians at Davis Inlet, Labrador, New Foundland" that were made in the summer of 1965.
Negtatives include: N21703-N21711, N21792-N21802, N22300-N22310, N22481-N22484, N22594-N22597, N22630, N22705-N22710, N22722, N23504, N23581-N23585, N23675-N23684, N26086-N23585, N23675-N23684, N26086-N26100, N26109-N26126, N26186-N26188, N29562-N29604, N32844-N32867, N33295-N33343, N41162-N41186.

Photographic prints include: P13375-P13385, P13431-P13438, P15331-P15346, P15770-P15773, P15885-P15889, P16102, P17154, P17212-P17217, P17282-P17284, P18537-P18551, P18586, P19991-P20002)

Slides include: S02005-S02178, S02389, S04518-S04519, S04559-S04575, S04675-S04678, S04694-S04702, S04753-S04760.
Arrangement note:
This collection has been intelectually arranged into four series and subseries geographically and then chronologically within each subseries.

Series 1: Expedtions in New York, 1938-1973; Series 2: Expeditions in Canada, 1940-1965; Series 3: Expeditions in the Southeastern, United States, 1939-1974; Series 4: Nebraska, Rhode Island and Other Locations, 1939-1942, undated.

Physically arranged by negative "N", print "P" or slide "S" number.
Biographical/Historical note:
Before joining the staff of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation in May 1938, William F. Stiles was George G. Heye's personal driver. An employee of the Museum for almost forty years, Stiles retired in March 1978 as the Curator of Collections. Although Stiles published very little, he was an active field collector and participated in numerous archaeological expeditions. As is evident from his photographs of the Innu and Seminole peoples, he often visited individual communities more than once and over the course of several years.

Stiles Expeditions for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation

1938 Summer -- Cayuga County Expedition.

1939 October -- Expedition to Pennsylvania and New York.

1939 November – 1940 January -- F. K. Seward and William F. Stiles Florida Expedition.

1941 -- Trip to North Carolina and Florida.

1942 -- Trip to Putnam County, New York.

1946 -- Expedition to Mississippi.

1952 June -- Expedition to Québec, Canada.

1953 June-July -- Expedition to Québec, Canada.

1957 July -- Expedition along St. Lawrence River, Canada.

1959 August -- Expedition to Québec, Canada.

1960-1967 -- William F. Stiles Southeast Expedition. Stiles began expeditions to the Southeastern U.S. in Spring and Fall of 1960. He returned to the Southeast each Oct - Nov. through 1966 conducting investigations and excavations in South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and North Carolina and Florida returning to some sites multiple times.

1961-1965 -- William F. Stiles Savannah Farms Expedition. Preliminary investigation began in Nov 1961 and work continued each year during the fall until 1965.

1964 May-June -- Expedition to Québec, Canada.

1965 June-July -- Stanley R. Grant Naskapi Expedition to Davis Inlet, Labrador, Canada.

1966 June-July -- Expedition to Labrador, Newfoundland, and Québec, Canada

1972 October -- Expedition to Seneca Reservations, New York.

1972 October-December -- Expedition to Tennessee.

1973 April -- Expedition to Seneca Reservations, New York.

1974 November -- Expedition to the Southeast: North Carolina and Florida.
Separated Materials:
Correspondence and field notes from William Stiles can be found in the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation records in Box 200.13, Box 201.7, Box 274.3-275.9, Box 305.1-305.2, Box 307.21, Box 312.11-312.17.
Restrictions:
Access is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment.
Rights:
Restricted: Cultural Sensitivity
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Canada  Search this
Indians of North America -- Florida  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mississippi  Search this
Indians of North America -- New York (State)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Rhode Island  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- New York (State)  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- South Carolina  Search this
Genre/Form:
Negatives
Photographic prints
Color slides
Photographs
Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William F. Stiles collection of photographs and films, NMAI.AC.001.014, item #; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.001.014
See more items in:
William F. Stiles collection of photographs and films
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4ebf62231-9761-49fa-b7b5-22d6ab5be5cf
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-001-014
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MS 4201 Southeast ethnographic and vocabulary notes

Creator:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this
Billy, Baptiste  Search this
Informant:
Billiot, Billy  Search this
Verdine, Yeet  Search this
Bohanan, Anthony  Search this
Lewis, Jackson  Search this
Extent:
163 Pages
Culture:
Ofo  Search this
Alabama Indians  Search this
Atakapa  Search this
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Biloxi Indians  Search this
Natchez  Search this
Tunica  Search this
Muskogee (Creek)  Search this
Houma  Search this
Choctaw  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Diaries
Date:
May, 1907
Scope and Contents:
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.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4201
Local Note:
autograph document
Topic:
American Indian -- Southeast  Search this
Folklore  Search this
Censuses  Search this
Ofo language  Search this
Choctaw language  Search this
Alabama language  Search this
Atakapa language  Search this
Hitchiti language  Search this
Creek language  Search this
Biloxi language  Search this
Natchez language  Search this
Tunica language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Diaries
Citation:
Manuscript 4201, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4201
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3869cd484-b1a2-485f-a934-dabc566d1155
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4201
Online Media:

Man's turban

Culture/People:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Previous owner:
Ingraham Billie (Ingram Billy), Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki), 1895-1983  Search this
Collector:
William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980  Search this
MAI agent:
William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980  Search this
Object Name:
Man's turban
Media/Materials:
Cotton cloth, feather/feathers
Techniques:
Sewn
Object Type:
Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
Place:
Big Cypress Reservation; Hendry County; Florida; USA
Catalog Number:
23/4885
Barcode:
234885.000
See related items:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)
Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws639231028-9af8-4fc9-8171-4534ab5e2c67
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_250207
Online Media:

Man's turban

Culture/People:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Collector:
William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980  Search this
Object Name:
Man's turban
Media/Materials:
Cotton cloth, cardboard, rickrack, thread
Techniques:
Sewn, appliquéd
Object Type:
Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
Place:
Big Cypress Reservation; Hendry County; Florida; USA
Date created:
1966
Catalog Number:
23/8328
Barcode:
238328.001
See related items:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)
Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d299b337-5095-4ee9-b940-26ef4516ccfb
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_253610
Online Media:

Woman's cape/overblouse

Culture/People:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Maggie Buster (Maggie Billie Buster), Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki), ca. 1912-1967  Search this
Previous owner:
Maggie Buster (Maggie Billie Buster), Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki), ca. 1912-1967  Search this
Mary W. Williams, Non-Indian  Search this
Collector:
Mary W. Williams, Non-Indian  Search this
Donor:
Mary W. Williams, Non-Indian  Search this
Object Name:
Woman's cape/overblouse
Media/Materials:
Cotton cloth, lace, rickrack, ribbon, thread
Techniques:
Sewn, ribbonwork appliqué
Dimensions:
66.5 x 138 cm
Object Type:
Clothing/Garments
Place:
Florida; USA
Catalog Number:
25/1906
Barcode:
251906.000
See related items:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)
Clothing/Garments
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65917b85c-26b7-4793-88c7-4c08bfe8c3d0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_267821
Online Media:

Woman's skirt

Culture/People:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Maggie Buster (Maggie Billie Buster), Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki), ca. 1912-1967  Search this
Previous owner:
Maggie Buster (Maggie Billie Buster), Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki), ca. 1912-1967  Search this
Mary W. Williams, Non-Indian  Search this
Collector:
Mary W. Williams, Non-Indian  Search this
Donor:
Mary W. Williams, Non-Indian  Search this
Object Name:
Woman's skirt
Media/Materials:
Cotton cloth, rickrack
Techniques:
Sewn, patchwork
Dimensions:
95 x 65 cm
Object Type:
Clothing/Garments
Place:
Florida; USA
Catalog Number:
25/1908
Barcode:
251908.000
See related items:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)
Clothing/Garments
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d671718d-34b8-4814-ae12-49601926a210
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_267823
Online Media:

Potholder

Culture/People:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Peggy Osceola, Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
IACB source:
Osceola's Indian Village  Search this
Previous owner:
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-  Search this
Object Name:
Potholder
Media/Materials:
Cotton cloth, thread, rickrack
Techniques:
Sewn, patchwork
Dimensions:
27.3 x 19.2 x 0.3 cm
Object Type:
Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
Place:
Tamiami Trail, Miccosukee Reservation; Miami-Dade County; Florida; USA
Date created:
1965
Catalog Number:
25/8904
Barcode:
258904.000
See related items:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)
Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws680979ca0-47df-458f-a487-cbe89c0b1616
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_274853
Online Media:

Expeditions in the Southeast, United States

Collection Creator:
Stiles, William F., 1912-1980  Search this
Extent:
37 Negatives (photographic)
19 Slides (photographs)
13 Photographic prints
Culture:
Seminole  Search this
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Eastern Band of Cherokee  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Slides (photographs)
Photographic prints
Date:
1939-1974
Collection Restrictions:
Access is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Restricted: Cultural Sensitivity
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William F. Stiles collection of photographs and films, NMAI.AC.001.014, item #; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.001.014, Series 3
See more items in:
William F. Stiles collection of photographs and films
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv45f3934f9-7bf2-4e42-8468-fc918ee6630f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-001-014-ref516

Florida photographs

Collection Creator:
Stiles, William F., 1912-1980  Search this
Culture:
Seminole  Search this
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1939-1941
1966
1974
Scope and Contents:
This subseries includes photographs made in Florida on a number of different expeditions to Southeastern states. These include photographs in Collier County and Charlotte County among the Seminole and Miccosukee Seminole (Mikusuki) communities in 1939-1940 (N22300-N22310); Everglades region among the Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki), 1941 (N22705-N22710, P15331); and on the Big Cypress Reservation in 1966 (S04753-S04760) and 1974 (S04696-S04702.) There are also a small number of photographic postcards from Florida included in this subseries.
Collection Restrictions:
Access is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Restricted: Cultural Sensitivity
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William F. Stiles collection of photographs and films, NMAI.AC.001.014, item #; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.001.014, Subseries 3.1
See more items in:
William F. Stiles collection of photographs and films
William F. Stiles collection of photographs and films / Series 3: Expeditions in the Southeast, United States
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv40138edfe-293e-40db-86e6-e873babf0d77
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-001-014-ref517

MS 596 Mikasuki vocabulary

Creator:
Smith, Buckingham, 1810-1871  Search this
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873  Search this
Extent:
9 Pages
Culture:
Seminole  Search this
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Hitchiti Seminole  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
May 19, 1866
Scope and Contents:
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
Identifier:
NAA.MS596
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3650252f0-85f1-4066-8a69-9e231ceaf55d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms596

Wilson Cypress, brother of Charlie Cypress

Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Biographical / Historical:
Wilson Cypress also brother of Whitney Cypress- have a picture of him teaching me to spear fish [E. C. Freeman, 12/67]
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.44702 A
Local Note:
Identifications by W. C. Sturtevant.
Black and white copy negative
Topic:
Seminole  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37792bbeb-b8b9-49e5-84b8-fd9f5809d1b7
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref11415

Camp at Fort Lauderdale

Creator:
Robinson, Frank A.  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (6 1/2x8 1/2 in)
Culture:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Florida -- Fort Lauderdale
Date:
ca 1917
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.45837 A
Local Note:
Mikasuki information identified by W. C. Sturtevant.
Black and white copy negative
Restrictions:
Please credit photographer.
Topic:
Seminole  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Robinson, Frank A.
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c1f81981-2c12-425a-a1d9-ca3c2d41482a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref11512

Billy Bowlegs

Extent:
1 Photograph (3 3/4x4 1/4 in)
Culture:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1852
Scope and Contents:
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).
Topic:
Seminole  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3edfa8b79-e4cb-45db-b33a-30c87e317c51
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref11537

Detail of Billy Bowlegs' silver ornaments

Extent:
1 Photograph (1 3/4x2 1/2 in)
Culture:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1852
Scope and Contents:
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).
Topic:
Seminole  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
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Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ab2cc1c1-f5e3-454d-a2a9-e187368efa4f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref11538

"Seminole Indians with their little babes, Ft. Myers, Fla."

Extent:
1 Photograph (6 1/4x10 in)
Culture:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Florida -- Fort Myers
Date:
ca 1920
Biographical / Historical:
Date: Not recorded; about 1920.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.55662
Local Note:
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.
Black and white copy negative
Topic:
Seminole  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
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Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw35a8b57f1-753b-4bac-bc21-f28646b46be2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref11605

"211. Seminole Indian hunter in dugout canoe in the Everglades, Florida."

Extent:
1 Photograph (6 1/4x10 in)
Culture:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Florida -- Fort Myers
Date:
ca 1915
Biographical / Historical:
Date: Not recorded; about 1915?
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.55662 A
Local Note:
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.
Black and white copy negative
Topic:
Seminole  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30fa61686-8ded-4e8a-ade8-c039778834a4
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref11606

"Seminole Indians, Florida. - 96"

Extent:
1 Photograph (6x10 in)
Culture:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Florida
Date:
ca 1910
Biographical / Historical:
Date: Not recorded; about 1910?
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.55662 B
Local Note:
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.
Black and white copy negative
Topic:
Seminole  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39c62e99d-ceea-41e8-b9c7-1ba029a821e8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref11607

"Miami, Fla. Seminole Indians in Everglades"

Extent:
1 Photograph (6 3/4x10 in)
Culture:
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Florida -- Miami
Date:
ca 1910
Biographical / Historical:
Date: Not recorded; about 1910?
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.55662 C
Local Note:
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.
Black and white copy negative
Topic:
Seminole  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36e67722a-1c6d-495b-8cf8-d189fd9bf2be
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref11608

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