Folders 7-9 Sowerby, Arthur deC. Miscellaneous photographs. Includes photographs of Sowerby on expeditions; as leader of the Shensi Relief Expedition, 1911-1912; with Allied Forces during World War I; and with his third wife, Alice Muriel Cowans Sowerby.
Container:
Box 15 of 42
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7263, Arthur de Carle Sowerby Papers
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation Search this
Collection Director:
Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957 Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1936 - 1955
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Portraits of Native Americans made by Charles Milton Bell in his Washington, DC studio. Depicted individuals include Red Cloud, Oglala; Spotted Tail, Brule; Quanah Parker, Comanche; Nawat, Arapaho; Scabby Bull, Arapaho; Wolf Robe, Cheyenne; D. W. Bushyhead, Cherokee; John Jumper, Seminole; Plenty Coups, Crow; Rushing Bear, Arikara; Gall, Hunkpapa; John Grass, Sihasapa; Lean Wolf, Hidatsa; Chief Joseph, Nez Perce; and Lone Wolf, Kiowa; as well as people associated with Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show. The collection also includes copies of some images by other photographers, including G. G. Rockwood and F. T. Cummins.
Biographical/Historical note:
Charles Milton Bell (circa 1849-1893) was the youngest member of a family of photographers that operated a studio in Washington, DC, from around 1860-1874. Bell established his own studio on Pennsylvania Avenue in 1873 and it rapidly became one of the leading photography studios in the city. Bell developed the patronage of Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, who sent Native American visitors to the studio to have their portraits made. Bell also made photographs of Native Americans for the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of American Ethnology.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 80, NAA MS 4661
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Copy prints previously filed in MS 4661 have been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 80. These are also copy prints of Bell negatives that were acquired from Boyce and form part of this collection.
Additional C. M. Bell photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 4420, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 60, Photo Lot 81-44, Photo lot 87-2P, and 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.
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 80, Charles Milton Bell photographs of Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
All identifications are from individual portraits in the Bell Collection, which were identified by Bell as follows: Front row: 1. Yellow Lodge (S.I. Negative 52505). 3. Iron Ore (S.I. Negative 52823). Second row: 1. Little Dog (S.I. Negative 52824) 3. Walking Crow (S.I. Negative 52508). 4. Pawnee Bill (S.I. 52521) 5. Spotted Tail Jr (S.I. Negative 52507) 7. Kettle (S.I. Negative 52821) Third row: 2. a white man 3. a white man. Fourth row: Little Horse (S.I. Negative 52822)
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
All identifications are from individual portraits in the Bell Collection, which were identified by Bell as follows: Front row: 1. Yellow Lodge (S.I. Negative 52505). 2. Daughter of Yellow Lodge (S.I. Negative 52505) 4. Iron Ore (S.I. Negative 52823). Second row: 1. Little Dog (S.I. Negative 52824) 3. Walking Crow (S.I. Negative 52508). 4. Pawnee Bill (S.I. Negative 52521) 5. Spotted Tail Jr (S.I. Negative 52507) 7. Kettle (S.I. Negative 52821) Third row: 2. a white man 3. a white man. Fourth row: Little Horse (S.I. Negative 52822)
Collection documents Wild West Shows in Oklahoma and Washington, particularly the career of Lewis Frederick Foster who was known for his showmanship and skills.
Scope and Contents:
Consists of two scrapbook albums documenting the career of Lewis Frederick Foster. Materials also relate to western shows, rodeos, Buffalo Bill Cody, Pawnee Bill, and the 101 Ranch Wild West Show. Many other individual showmen, including American Indians, are also represented. Information in the collection indicates that Foster was an amateur photographer. It is unclear if the photographs are the work of Foster or if he assembled the album himself.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into one series.
Biographical / Historical:
Lewis Frederick Foster was born in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts to James Foster and Elizabeth T. Frederick on September 19, 1861. He married Leona [Rosamond] Stockman on September 30, 1890 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Fosters had one daughter Leona Rosamond born in 1897. Foster
performed on horseback in shows across the West including the Wild West Show in Oklahoma, the Frontier Show in Cheyenne, Washington, and the 101 Ranch Wild West Show. He was known as a 'Rough and Fancy Rider' and a 'Revolver Expert'. Foster died on March 4, 1924 at the age of sixty- two in Modesto, Stanislaus County, California and is buried in Acacia Memorial Park.
Related Materials:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Archives Center Wild West Collection, NMAH.AC.1466
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, NMAH.AC.0060
Sonora Carver Papers, NMAH.AC0.521
Provenance:
Donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1933 by Foster's sister, Louise T. Foster, and his brother, John H. Foster.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Composed primarily of photographs and newspaper clippings. Subjects include Lewis Frederick Foster, his daughter Leona Rosamond, notorious outlaws the Dalton brothers, Pawnee Bill of the Wild West Show, various cowboys and performers, and members of the Sioux and Apache tribes. Newspaper clippings contain coverage of the Annual Frontier Celebration in Cheyenne, and smaller competitions across the country including and women participating in male-dominated rodeos.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
L.F. Foster Wild West Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Copy Negatives, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes images of Native Americans, Lulu Bell Parr, Joe C. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Tantilinger, Pawnee Bill, May Leille and others.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
L.F. Foster Wild West Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Copy Negatives, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Group of Men, Members of Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show, In Native Dress and Eating Watermelon, Outside Painted Tipi; Feathered Shield Hanging from Tipi; Lance, Shield and Pipe Nearby; Bleachers in Background
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