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William Henry Jackson photograph albums based on his Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians

Creator:
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this
Photographer:
Geological Survey (U.S.)  Search this
J. Gurney & Son  Search this
Savage & Ottinger  Search this
Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893  Search this
Carter, C. W., 1832-1918  Search this
Chamberlain, W. G. (William Gunnison)  Search this
Easterly, Thomas M. (Thomas Martin), 1809-1882  Search this
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882  Search this
Hillers, John K., 1843-1925  Search this
M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.)  Search this
Shindler, A. Zeno (Antonio Zeno), 1823-1899  Search this
Ulke, Henry, 1821-1910  Search this
Vannerson, Julian, 1827-  Search this
Westmann, Orloff R.  Search this
Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886  Search this
Names:
Geological Survey of the Territories (U.S.) (1862-1872) (Hayden Survey)  Search this
Powell-Thompson Survey  Search this
Extent:
9 Albums (circa 4000 prints, albumen (some copies))
Culture:
White Mountain Apache  Search this
Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache (New Mexico)  Search this
Wahpetonwan Dakota (Wahpeton Sioux)  Search this
Waco Indians  Search this
White River Ute (Yampa)  Search this
Wyandot  Search this
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  Search this
Wichita  Search this
Tewa Pueblos  Search this
Taos Indians  Search this
Stockbridge Indians  Search this
Sisitonwan Dakota (Sisseton Sioux)  Search this
Ute  Search this
Uintah Ute  Search this
Tonkawa  Search this
Pueblo  Search this
Tohono O'odham (Papago)  Search this
Akimel O'odham (Pima)  Search this
A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this
Yanktonnai Nakota (Yankton Sioux)  Search this
Montauk  Search this
Bannock  Search this
Diné (Navajo)  Search this
Brotherton Indians  Search this
Modoc  Search this
Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this
Mojave (Mohave)  Search this
Sahnish (Arikara)  Search this
Minneconjou Lakota (Minniconjou Sioux)  Search this
Missouria (Missouri)  Search this
Apache  Search this
Numakiki (Mandan)  Search this
Chiricahua Apache  Search this
Miami  Search this
Oto  Search this
Kitchai Wichita  Search this
Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)  Search this
Kiowa  Search this
Osage  Search this
Chickasaw  Search this
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Jicarilla Apache  Search this
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this
Cherokee  Search this
Omaha  Search this
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this
Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)  Search this
Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  Search this
Caddo  Search this
Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)  Search this
Iowa  Search this
Sauk  Search this
Seminole  Search this
Dakota (Eastern Sioux)  Search this
Shawnee  Search this
Potawatomi  Search this
Shoshone  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Sihasapa Lakota (Blackfoot Sioux)  Search this
Choctaw  Search this
Cochiti Pueblo  Search this
Niuam (Comanche)  Search this
Muskogee (Creek)  Search this
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Lenape (Delaware)  Search this
Fox  Search this
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Seneca  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Albums
Photographs
Date:
circa 1877
Scope and Contents note:
Albums probably assembled by William Henry Jackson, mostly containing portraits of Native American delegates in Washington, D.C. and photographs made on US Geological Surveys (including the Hayden and Powell surveys). Photographs from the field include John K. Hillers' photographs of the Southwest, photographs of Fort Laramie (possibly by Alexander Gardner), Orloff R. Westmann's photographs of Taos Pueblo, and Jackson's photographs of Crow, Shoshoni, Pawnee, and Nez Perce Tribes and related sites. Most of the photographs were made circa 1860s-1870s.

The albums were probably by Jackson while working under Ferdinand V. Hayden for the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. The reason for their creation is uncertain, though it may have been a project set up by Hayden or a continuation of William Henry Blackmore's tradition of publishing albums. Some of the albums include captions pasted from Jackson's Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians (1877) while others have handwritten captions.
Biographical/Historical note:
William Henry Jackson (1843-1942) was an American painter, photographer and explorer. Born in New York, he sold drawings and retouched photographs from an early age. After serving in the Civil War, he opened a photography studio in Omaha, Nebraska, with his brother Edward. As photographer for the US Geological and Geographical Surveys (1870-1878), he documented the American west and published the first photographs of Yellowstone. When the surveys lost funding in 1879, Jackson opened a studio in Denver, Colorado, and also worked for various railroad companies. Many of Jackson's photographs were displayed at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago (1893), for which he was the official photographer.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 4420
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Original negatives for many of the photographs in this collection can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in the BAE historical negatives.
The National Museum of the American Indian Archives holds William Henry Jackson photographs and negatives.
Additional Jackson photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 4605, MS 4801, Photo Lot 14, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 29, Photo Lot 37, Photo Lot 40, Photo Lot 60, Photo Lot 93, Photo lot 143, Photo Lot 87-2P, Photo Lot 87-20, and Photo Lot 90-1.
Correspondence from Jackson held in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4517, MS 4881, MS 4821, and collections of personal papers.
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 -- Northeast  Search this
Pueblos  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 4420, William Henry Jackson photograph albums based on his Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.4420
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Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3579a455e-5931-4e6e-9659-42bb7718b6fd
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-4420
Online Media:

MS 1912 Assorted historical texts

Collector:
Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this
Addressee:
Preston, William Col  Search this
Creator:
Springstone, William  Search this
Names:
Raven Chief  Search this
Culture:
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Chippewa  Search this
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this
Potawatomi  Search this
Illinois Indians  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Contains copy of letter dated August 9, 1780, addressed to Col William Preston, relative to a threatened attack by the Indians (Cherokee), signed by Jas. Martin. Also copy of an affidavit by William Springstone, formerly a trader in the Cherokee town of Sciligo (Tciligo) referring to a "treaty" between Raven Chief of the Cherokee and the British Agent in Georgia, and an agreement to attack the inhabitants of Virginia and Carolina. (undated) Includes note on "Black Padoucas" (Bowles, (1792) quoted by Bowen, 1876. Note on the Illinois, Ottawa, Chippewa and Potawatomi, and the Miami,-purchase of land by the U. S. Notes on Civil War, etc.
Bibliographic notes from "Arthur, John Preston- Western N. C., 1730 to 1913. Published by the D.A.R. of (?), Raleigh, Edwards and Broughton, 1914."
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1912
Topic:
Treaties -- Cherokee  Search this
Land tenure and claims -- Miami  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1912, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1912
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3fb30caf2-a2d9-4f76-802f-832c1876cbb7
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1912
Online Media:

Male doll

Culture/People:
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Bobbi Bear (Roberta Heath/Mrs. Basil F. Heath), Odawa (Ottawa), 1937-2017  Search this
Donor:
Natalie Kolliner Kutz (Mrs. Clarence A. Kutz), Non-Indian, 1912-2001  Search this
Previous owner:
Natalie Kolliner Kutz (Mrs. Clarence A. Kutz), Non-Indian, 1912-2001  Search this
Commissioner:
Natalie Kolliner Kutz (Mrs. Clarence A. Kutz), Non-Indian, 1912-2001  Search this
Subject:
Chief White Eagle (Basil F. Heath), Mohawk [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario], 1917-2011  Search this
Object Name:
Male doll
Media/Materials:
Ceramic doll head, hide, metal items, hair, glass bead/beads
Techniques:
Modeled, painted, sewn, edge beaded , overlay beadwork
Dimensions:
16 x 28 x 62 cm
Object Type:
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
Place:
Rochester; Fulton County; Indiana; USA
Date created:
1985-1990
Catalog Number:
25/4139
Barcode:
254139.000
See related items:
Odawa (Ottawa)
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws631566a14-a51b-4440-a849-faff73b73916
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_269759
Online Media:

Female doll

Culture/People:
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Bobbi Bear (Roberta Heath/Mrs. Basil F. Heath), Odawa (Ottawa), 1937-2017  Search this
Donor:
Natalie Kolliner Kutz (Mrs. Clarence A. Kutz), Non-Indian, 1912-2001  Search this
Previous owner:
Natalie Kolliner Kutz (Mrs. Clarence A. Kutz), Non-Indian, 1912-2001  Search this
Commissioner:
Natalie Kolliner Kutz (Mrs. Clarence A. Kutz), Non-Indian, 1912-2001  Search this
Subject:
Bobbi Bear (Roberta Heath/Mrs. Basil F. Heath), Odawa (Ottawa), 1937-2017  Search this
Object Name:
Female doll
Media/Materials:
Ceramic doll, commercially tanned leather, glass bead/beads, abalone/haliotis shell, metal cones, hair, paint, thread
Techniques:
Sewn, loom beadwork, overlay beadwork, painted, strung
Dimensions:
14 x 28 x 65 cm
Object Type:
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
Place:
Rochester; Fulton County; Indiana; USA
Date created:
1985-1990
Catalog Number:
25/4140
Barcode:
254140.000
See related items:
Odawa (Ottawa)
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a8ca4e13-a0da-4f49-954a-94d35706412a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_269760
Online Media:

McKenney and Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America folios and lithographs

Creator:
McKenney, Thomas L. (Thomas Loraine), 1785-1859  Search this
Hall, James, 1793-1868  Search this
Former owner:
Biddle, Edward C., 1808-1893  Search this
King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862  Search this
Extent:
20 Volumes
120 Lithographs
Culture:
Sauk  Search this
Meskwaki (Fox)  Search this
Shawnee  Search this
Osage  Search this
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this
Mississippi Choctaw  Search this
Mdewakantonwan Dakota (Mdewakanton Sioux)  Search this
Eastern Band of Cherokee  Search this
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  Search this
Oto  Search this
Seneca  Search this
Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)  Search this
Yanktonnai Nakota (Yankton Sioux)  Search this
Muskogee (Creek)  Search this
Omaha  Search this
Iowa  Search this
Sac and Fox  Search this
Oklahoma Cherokee  Search this
Lenape (Delaware)  Search this
Numakiki (Mandan)  Search this
Euchee (Yuchi)  Search this
Potawatomi  Search this
Seminole  Search this
Mohawk  Search this
Menominee (Menomini)  Search this
Quatsino Kwakwaka'wakw  Search this
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Pikuni (Piegan) [Blackfeet Nation, Browning, Montana]  Search this
Powhatan  Search this
Kaw (Kansa)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Volumes
Lithographs
Date:
1836-1844
Summary:
This collection contains all 20 original folios of Thomas Loraine Mckenney and James Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs. The folios were published and sent to subscribers between 1836-1844 and include 120 hand-colored lithographic plates. As Superintendent of Indian Affairs from 1824-1830, McKenney commissioned and collected portraits of Native American leaders, the majority painted by Charles Bird King. These portraits, along with biographical text by James Hall, form the basis of History of the Indian Tribes of North America.
Scope and Contents:
This collection includes all 20 folios of Thomas Loraine Mckenney and James Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs in their original wrappers. Each folio includes six hand-colored lithographic plates along with biographical essays on Native American leaders, both men and women, from the early 19th century.

Native Communities represented in these volumes include—Sauk, Meskwaki (Fox), Shawnee, Osage, Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa), Mississippi Choctaw, Mdewakantonwan Dakota (Mdewakanton Sioux), Eastern Band of Cherokee, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), Oto, Seneca, Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee), Yanktonnai Nakota, Muskogee (Creek), Omaha, Iowa, Sac and Fox (Sauk and Fox), Oklahoma Cherokee, Lenape (Delaware), Numakiki (Mandan), Euchee (Yuchi), Potawatomi, Seminole, Mohawk, Menominee (Menomini), Quatsino Kwakwaka'wakw, Odawa (Ottawa), Pikuni (Piegan) [Blackfeet Nation, Browning, Montana], Powhatan, Kaw (Kansa).

The lithographs were cataloged individually with P (print) numbers P27694-P27813, though not physically separated from their volumes.
Please note that the language and terminology used in this collection reflects the context and culture of the time of its creation, and may include culturally sensitive information. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Arrangement:
Arranged by foilio number.
Biographical / Historical:
Thomas Loraine McKenney was born in 1785 to a family of Quakers in Hopewell, Maryland. Following the abolition of the U.S. Indian Trade program in 1822, McKenney (1785-1859) was appointed to the new position of Superintendent of Indian Affairs, which he held from 1824-1830. During his time as Superintendent of Indian trade in Georgetown, McKenney hired the painter Charles Bird King and began developing a governmental collection of portraits of prominent Native chiefs and elders who visited Washington. Between 1821-1842, King painted over 100 portraits with some assistance from friend and student George Cook.

Following his dismissal from the War Department by President Andrew Jackson in 1830, McKenney moved to Philadelphia to begin the process of getting his collection of portraits reproduced as lithographs with original hand coloring. The publication would document the extensive collection of King paints, many of which were later lost in a fire that destroyed part of the Smithsonian castle in January 1865.

This process was aided by Edward C. Biddle, a Philadelphia printer, who published the first volume (parts 1-6) in 1836 of what would be a three-volume set of 20 folios. James Hall (1793-1868), a judge and known writer, was hired to write text based on McKenney's research. Later parts were published between 1836-1844 by Frederick W. Greenough (parts 7-13), J.T. Bowen (part 14), and by Daniel Rice and James G. Clark (15-20). Several octavo editions were later published.
Provenance:
Provenance is unknown, part of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation collection when the MAI became the NMAI in 1989.
Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Topic:
Indians of North America  Search this
Genre/Form:
Lithographs -- 19th century
Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); McKenney and Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America folios and lithographs image #, NMAI.AC.115; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.115
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Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv49af79ce9-3723-4fb9-80b6-18ecfc5fb97a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-115
Online Media:

MS 1585 Research notes compiled by A.S. Gatschet

Collector:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this
Culture:
Crow Indians  Search this
Dakota Indians  Search this
Cheyenne Indians  Search this
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)  Search this
Blackfoot  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)  Search this
Shawnee  Search this
Sahnish (Arikara)  Search this
Cree  Search this
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this
Maya  Search this
Aztec (archaeological culture)  Search this
Sauk  Search this
Peoria  Search this
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this
Menominee (Menomini)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
Illinois
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Contents: Words and lists of days, months and years and other time divisions, approximately 100 pages. (includes Maya, Aztec, etc.) Color adjectives, 8 pages. Totemic clans of all tribes, 37 pages. Personal names (Chiefs, etc.), 25 pages. (Personal names of "Knisteneaux or Crees, Shawnee, Crow, Dakota, Arikaras, Cheyennes, Blackfeet, Piegan, Menomoni, Peoria, Otawa, Sauk").
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1585
General:
Previously titled "Texts."
Topic:
Color and dyes  Search this
Time -- divisions  Search this
Totems and totem poles -- totemic clans  Search this
Shawnee Indians  Search this
Arikara Indians  Search this
Blackfeet  Search this
Piegan Indians  Search this
Menominee language  Search this
Peoria Indians  Search this
Ottawa Indians  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1585, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1585
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b6a081bb-231c-43af-a1bc-68ab396e5114
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1585
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Alanson Buck Skinner photograph collection

Photographer:
Van Schaick, C.J.  Search this
Smith, Huron H. (Huron Herbert), 1883-1933  Search this
Creator:
Skinner, Alanson, 1886-1925  Search this
Extent:
454 Negatives (photographic)
99 Photographic prints (black and white)
5 Lantern slides
Culture:
Indians of Mexico  Search this
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  Search this
Iowa  Search this
Menominee (Menomini)  Search this
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Plains Cree (Prairie Cree)  Search this
Seminole  Search this
Bribri  Search this
Plains Ojibwa (Bungi)  Search this
Cayuga  Search this
Minnesota Chippewa  Search this
Saulteaux  Search this
Shinnecock  Search this
Wahpetonwan Dakota (Wahpeton Sioux)  Search this
James Bay Cree  Search this
Seneca [Cattaraugus]  Search this
Potawatomi [Forest County, Wisconsin]  Search this
Kesagami (Kesagmi) Cree  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Photographic prints
Lantern slides
Negatives
Place:
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Costa Rica
Oklahoma
Mexico
Canada
Florida
New York
New Mexico
Wyoming
Date:
circa 1870 to before 1926
Summary:
Tribes covered in the photographs are: Arapaho, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Iowa, Iroquois, Mahican, Menomini, Ojibwa, Oto, Plains Cree, Potawatomi, Seminole, Seri, Shinnecock, Sioux, Winnebago, Zuni Pueblo. The majority of photographs (552) have Skinner listed as the photographer and presumably are photographs he took on his expeditions. However, 104 photos are of the Seminole in Florida. According to Dennis P. Carey's biography of Skinner (Unpublished? 1980) Julian Q. Dimock, a well-known photographer, accompanied him on his expedition to the Seminole in Florida; how many of the photos were taken by Dimock is unknown, but he is listed as the photographer for 23 of them. Skinner's other photographs are of the Seneca Iroquois in New York; the Zuni Pueblo and Hawikku site; several tribes in Wisconsin; the Chippewa in Minnesota; and miscellaneous shots taken in Canada, Costa Rica, Florida and New York. Two photographs of the Mahican were taken by Huron H. Smith (1923) and two of the Winnebago were taken by C.J. Van Schaick (c. 1870). The remaining photographs have no photographer listed but were in Skinner's collection of photographs and are of varying tribes with dates ranging from 1909 to 1923.
Arrangement note:
Collection arranged by item number.
Biographical/Historical note:
Alanson Buck Skinner was born in Buffalo, New York, on September 7, 1886. His parents moved to Staten Island, New York, when Alanson was still very young. There Alanson met W.T. Davis who taught him to find arrowheads and other traces of ancient Indian life. When he was older he consulted with Prof. F.W. Putnam and George H. Pepper at the American Museum of Natural History about his interest. In the summer of 1902 Skinner went on his first fieldwork expedition near Shinnecock Hills, Long Island, for the American Museum of Natural History with Arthur C. Parker and Mark R. Harrington. Two years later Skinner and Harrington went on another archeological expedition in western New York State for the Peabody Museum and while there he attended his first Native ceremony on the Cattaraugus reservation. After high school Skinner joined the staff of the AMNH as an assistant in anthropology. In 1908 he led an expedition to Hudson Bay to study the Cree Indians. In 1910 he went to Wisconsin where he met John V. Satterlee, part Menomini, and Judge Sabatis Perote, a full-blooded Menomini, who adopted him into the tribe under the Thunder clan name of Sekosa or "Little Weasel." He later went on expeditions to collect from the Seminoles in the Florida Everglades, and other tribes in Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and other states. During these years he was also studying anthropology at Columbia under Boas, Farrand, Saville, and Bandelier, and at Harvard under Dixon, Tozzer, and Farrabee. In 1916 Skinner joined the Museum of the American Indian and remained there until 1920, when he took a position as curator of anthropology at the Public Museum of Milwaukee. He returned to the MAI in 1924 where he remained until his untimely death on August 17, 1925 in a car accident in North Dakota. He was a member of the American Anthropological Association, the Wisconsin Archeological Society, the Explorer's Club, a York Rite Mason and a Shriner. A more detailed biography by Dennis P. Carey (1980) can be found in the vertical file. A complete bibliography of Skinner's writings can be found in Indian Notes, Vol. II, No. 4 (October 1925).
Restrictions:
Access restricted. Researchers should contact the staff of the NMAI Archives for an appointment to access the collection.
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Wisconsin  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Lakes Region  Search this
Indians of North America -- New York (State)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Indians of North America -- New Mexico  Search this
Genre/Form:
Negatives
Photographic prints
Lantern slides
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.001.036
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv43e72bdfd-3445-490f-9e4f-9684dc6b5597
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-001-036

Photographs and microfilm of Paul Kane paintings and sketchbook

Creator:
Kane, Paul, 1810-1871  Search this
Extent:
1 Copy negative (acetate)
1 Microfilm reel
84 Copy prints
Culture:
Menominee (Menomini)  Search this
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Potawatomi  Search this
Cree  Search this
Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this
Cowichan  Search this
Klallam (Clallam)  Search this
Cowlitz  Search this
Chinook  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Copy negatives
Microfilm reels
Copy prints
Photographs
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs of sketches and paintings made by Paul Kane in 1845-1856, including portraits and scenes of camps, dances, and a buffalo hunt, relating to the Ojibwa, Ottawa, Menominee, Potawatomi, Eastern Sioux, Cree, Assiniboine, Chinook, Cowlitz, Clallam, Cowichan and Babine. The sketchbook, of which the microfilm may be incomplete, includes many of the same subjects as the paintings, as well as artifacts, scenic views and scenes from Kane's studies in Europe. The collection also includes a photostat of the catalog published in Kane's "Wanderings of an Artist..." and a typed list of the captions for the sketches.
Biographical/Historical note:
Paul Kane (1810-1871) was born in Ireland and emigrated to Toronto (then called York) when he was nine. He worked as a decorative furniture painter before turning to portrait painting and studying art at centers throughout Europe. Inspired by George Catlin's paintings documenting the Plains Indians, Kane set out on an expedition from Fort William (Thunder Bay) to Fort Vancouver to document the peoples of the Northwest. From 1845-1848, Kane traveled amongst tribes of the Great Plains, Pacific Northwest, and elsewhere, sketching and describing his experiences in a journal. When Kane returned to Toronto, he published "Wanderings of an artist among the Indians of North America" (1859) and made over 100 paintings based on his journal sketches, commissioned by George William Allen. The entire Allen collection was later purchased by Sir Edmund Osler and donated to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 4428, NAA Photo Lot 4427
Reproduction Note:
Copy prints and microfilm made by the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology.
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Photographs previously filed in Photo Lot 4427, have been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 4428. These are photographs of paintings by Kane in the Royal Ontario Museum and were donated with the photographs of sketches already filed in this collection.
Additional photographs of paintings by Kane held in National Anthropological Archives MS 4642 and the BAE historical negatives.
Contained in:
Numbered manuscripts 1850s-1980s (some earlier)
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Restrictions: Publication rights granted to Bureau of American Ethnology or Smithsonian Institution staff members for use of small selections of the material; collection not to be published in its entirety. Royal Ontario Museum wishes to be informed when and where illustrations are used. Persons outside the Smithsonian Institution must obtain publication permission as well as photographic prints from the Royal Ontario Museum; the Smithsonian may not make copy negatives for the general distribution of prints.
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Painting  Search this
Dance  Search this
Camps  Search this
Hunting  Search this
American bison  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 4428, Photographs and microfilm of Paul Kane paintings and sketchbook, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.4428
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3fbfbb5ad-2b26-4006-8b8d-3ceb8f594622
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-4428

MS 2643 Algonquian Linguistics

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Informant:
Poweshiek, Horace  Search this
Poweshiek, Jonas  Search this
Extent:
40 Pages
Culture:
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)  Search this
Penobscot  Search this
Fox  Search this
Sauk  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2643
Local Note:
Fox by H.P. and J.P.
Topic:
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2643, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2643
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a856430d-caa0-433f-9ff1-f894e2b349d7
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2643

MS 1642 The Story of the South (Summer) and the North (Winter)

Creator:
Miscogeon, John L.  Search this
Translator:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Extent:
5 Pages
Culture:
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Chippewa  Search this
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1900
Scope and Contents:
Text with interlinear translation in pencil by Miscogeon and in red ink by Hewitt.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1642
Local Note:
"Ojibwa (elsewhere altered to Ottawa) text. August 7, 1900.--Note and correction by J.N.B. Hewitt.
Topic:
Folklore -- Chippewa  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1642, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1642
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34c75eba3-e0a9-4529-a22a-37e80391a99d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1642

MS 2001 Ethnographic text of the Otawa language

Collector:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this
Creator:
Early, John W.  Search this
Extent:
4 Pages
Culture:
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2001
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2001, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2001
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c61c61f0-e65e-4270-8f0c-e7aa06f178e0
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2001

MS 2744 Ottawa notes and stories from Lillian Walker

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Informant:
Walker, Lillian  Search this
Extent:
35 Pages
Culture:
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Vocabulary
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Ottawa linguistic notes and stories collected by Truman Michelson from Lillian Walker, age 16. Includes vocabulary, pronominal paradigms, a letter in Ottawa with an English translation, and stories in Ottawa and English. There are also notes on the list of stories known by Walker; information about her family; and locations of the Ottawa.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2744
Local Note:
Title updated from "Linguistics; legend" 4/25/2014.
Topic:
Ottawa language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Linguistics  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Vocabulary
Citation:
Manuscript 2744, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2744
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3060230e0-4426-423d-ae81-5efc57aea487
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2744
Online Media:

MS 3810 Miscellaneous notes

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Culture:
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3810
Local Note:
In envelope marked "Ottawa - James White, 1927."
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 3810, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS3810
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34d065548-17a8-491f-85b4-b0fbfc0f789f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3810

MS 1785 Ojibwe and Ottawa ethnology, linguistics and physical anthropology

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Extent:
72 Pages
Culture:
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Chippewa  Search this
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1785
Topic:
Social structure -- Chippewa  Search this
Linguistics -- Chippewa  Search this
Physical anthropology -- Chippewa  Search this
Social structure -- Ottawa  Search this
Linguistics -- Ottawa  Search this
Physical anthropology -- Ottawa  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1785, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1785
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw378e0d098-8304-43eb-bd13-667011c6a832
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1785

MS 2077 Story of Nanabozho's Mother

Creator:
Miscogeon, John L.  Search this
Annotator:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Translator:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Names:
Nanabozho's Mother (Chippewa)  Search this
Extent:
10 Pages
Culture:
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Chippewa  Search this
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1900
Scope and Contents:
Text with interlinear translation in pencil by Miscogeon and in red and blue ink by Hewitt; also 2 page typed free translation.
"Ojibwa (crossed out and altered to Ottawa) Text, With free translation . Jno. L. Miscogeon, August 7, 1900. Washington, D.C."--Note and correction in Hewitt's hand.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2077
Topic:
Folklore -- Chippewa  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2077, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2077
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d8eeab7a-6080-405f-8149-604d565aed7e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2077

MS 3119 List of Algonquian numerals

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Extent:
15 Pages
Culture:
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Chippewa  Search this
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Compiled by J.N.B. Hewitt from various tribes.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3119
Topic:
Numbers -- Chippewa  Search this
Numbers -- Ottawa  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 3119, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS3119
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw311c7d52a-1f19-4be6-8062-fd2968ea04f5
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3119

MS 228 Otawa Words

Collector:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this
Informant:
Pooler, Joe  Search this
Extent:
28 Pages
Culture:
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
November 1884
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 228
General:
Previously titled "Words."
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 228, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS228
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw35e6fb891-42fe-4867-8b83-2ce4c151d3ac
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms228
Online Media:

Brinnon's Paint Store, Location of Betsy Mo-John Luckert's Tavern in 1873

Creator:
Cleary, Marion Mrs ?  Search this
Names:
Ottawa County Historical Museum  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 Photographic print (007 in x 005 in)
Container:
Box XI:4, Folder 29
Culture:
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
12 SEP 1967
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.01100000
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Ohio -- Port Clinton?/Catawba Island?
Topic:
Odawa  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 24 SPC E Canada Ottawa SOA No # 01100000, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects
Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects / Series 1: America north of Mexico / Eastern Canada / Ottawa SOA
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw392d31cc3-b449-427d-b431-665bc56d482f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-24-ref11530

Portrait of Betsy Mo-John, Last Ottawa to Live in Ottawa Co, from Daguerreotype

Creator:
Cleary, Marion Mrs ?  Search this
Names:
Ottawa County Historical Museum  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 Photographic print (008 in x 010 in)
Container:
Box XI:4, Folder 29
Culture:
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
12 SEP 1967
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.01100100
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Ohio -- Catawaba Island
Topic:
Odawa  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 24 SPC E Canada Ottawa SOA No # 01100100, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects
Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects / Series 1: America north of Mexico / Eastern Canada / Ottawa SOA
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3888be7a5-872f-4a4e-aacb-6dc9a0682912
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-24-ref11531

Betsy Mo-John and Henry Luckert's Log Cabin Built in 1853

Creator:
Cleary, Marion Mrs ?  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 Photographic print (010 in x 008 in)
Container:
Box XI:4, Folder 29
Culture:
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Date:
12 SEP 1967
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.01100200
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint
Place:
Ohio -- Catawaba Island
Topic:
Odawa  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 24 SPC E Canada Ottawa SOA No # 01100200, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects
Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects / Series 1: America north of Mexico / Eastern Canada / Ottawa SOA
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e5a68381-9a7e-4f7a-9a11-7f7f9820a128
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-24-ref11532

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