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United States National Museum Department of Anthropology photograph collection relating to Native Americans

Creator:
United States National Museum., Dept. of Anthropology.  Search this
Photographer:
Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) (1873-1878) (Hayden Survey)  Search this
Heyn Photo  Search this
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.)  Search this
Mitchell, McGowan and Company  Search this
Place & Coover  Search this
Addison, George A.  Search this
Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934  Search this
Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893  Search this
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896  Search this
Bretz, George W. (Fort Sill, Oklahoma)  Search this
Fly, C. S. (Camillus Sidney), 1849-1901  Search this
Fouch, John H., 1849-1933  Search this
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882  Search this
Goff, O. S. (Orlando Scott), 1843-1917  Search this
Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917  Search this
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this
Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930  Search this
Randall, A. Frank  Search this
Shindler, A. Zeno (Antonio Zeno), 1823-1899  Search this
Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903  Search this
Publisher:
Rice, Rutter & Co.  Search this
Artist:
Noyes, Francis H.  Search this
Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953  Search this
Extent:
3 Painted photographs
8 Prints (halftone and color halftone)
56 Photographic prints (albumen and silver gelatin)
10 Copy prints
1 Stereograph (albumen)
2 Engravings
2 Color lithographs
Culture:
Sioux  Search this
Shoshone  Search this
Ute  Search this
Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Chiricahua Apache  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this
Seminole  Search this
Sauk  Search this
Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this
Powhatan  Search this
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this
Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)  Search this
Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  Search this
Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this
Mohawk  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Painted photographs
Prints
Photographic prints
Copy prints
Stereographs
Engravings
Color lithographs
Photographs
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents note:
The bulk of the collection consists of portraits of identified Native Americans and some government officials and interpreters. It includes cabinet cards, other mounted prints, newspaper articles, illustrations, and a photographic postcard. Depicted individuals include American Horse, Oglala; Black Hawk, Sauk; Bob Tail, Cheyenne; Crowfoot, Hunkpapa; Gaul, Hunkpapa; Geronimo, Chiricahua; John Grass, Teton; Chief Joseph, Nez Perce; Little Wound, Oglala; Medicine Bull, Hunkpapa; Osceola, Seminole; Ouray, Ute; Litte Raven, Arapaho; Plenty Coups, Crow; Pocahontas, Powhatan; Rain in the Face, Hunkpapa; Red Cloud, Oglala; Red Iron, Dakota; Short Man, Piegan; Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa; Standing On Prairie, Siouan; Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant), Mohawk; Two Guns White Calf, Piegan; Two Moon, Cheyenne; and Washakie, Shoshoni.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 87-2P
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
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo lot 87-2P, United States National Museum Department of Anthropology photograph collection relating to Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.87-2P
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United States National Museum Department of Anthropology photograph collection relating to Native Americans
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw378544a5f-2448-46cd-90a0-4f00194bb205
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-87-2p
Online Media:

MS 7534 Calendar for 1935 with Winold Reiss painting of Yellow Kidney

Creator:
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)  Search this
Artist:
Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953  Search this
Names:
Yellow Kidney (Blackfoot)  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (calendar , color lithograph, 16 x 33 inches)
Container:
Folder 7534
Culture:
Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Works of art
Lithographs
Calendars
Place:
North America
Date:
1934
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of one (1) wall calendar for the year 1935 published by the Great Northern Railroad. The calendar is illustrated with a print from an original painting by Winold Reiss of the Blackfoot man Yellow Kidney.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Biographical Note:
Winold Reiss (1886-1953) was a German-born American artist who specialized in portraits of Native Americans. After attending art school in Munich, he immigrated to the United States in 1915 and began drawing pastel portraits of members of the Blackfoot tribes. In addition, Reiss drew portraits of workers and revolutionaries in Mexico as well as residents of Harlem in New York City. Reiss was also commissioned to draw portraits of Native Americans for Great Northern Railway calendars.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7534
Related Materials:
Additional artwork by Winold Reiss can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 77-15, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 87-2P, and the Acee Blue Eagle Papers.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form:
Works of art
Lithographs
Calendars
Citation:
MS 7534 Calendar for 1935 with Winold Reiss painting of Yellow Kidney, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS7534
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3699e470e-d484-4c33-abc7-0633a241aad9
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7534

Oral history interview with Herbert Palmer

Interviewee:
Palmer, Herbert Bearl, 1915-2006  Search this
Interviewer:
Ehrlich, Susan, 1942-  Search this
Names:
Ankrum Gallery  Search this
David Stuart Galleries  Search this
Feigen Palmer Gallery  Search this
Felix Landau Gallery  Search this
Irving Blum Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this
New York University -- Students  Search this
Ankrum, Joan  Search this
Bloch, Lucienne, 1909-1999  Search this
Bluhm, Norman, 1921-1999  Search this
Callahan, Harry M.  Search this
Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906  Search this
Feigen, Richard L., 1930-  Search this
Garabedian, Charles  Search this
Grooms, Red  Search this
Maillol, Aristide, 1861-1944  Search this
Mullican, Lee, 1919-1998  Search this
Offner, Richard, 1889-1965  Search this
Onslow-Ford, Gordon  Search this
Paalen, Wolfgang, 1907-  Search this
Reiss, Henrietta  Search this
Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953  Search this
Riley, Bridget, 1931-  Search this
Shapiro, Meyer  Search this
Stevenson, Harold, 1929-2018  Search this
Tudor, David, 1926-1996  Search this
Vasa  Search this
Wölfflin, Heinrich, 1864-1945  Search this
Extent:
56 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
2004 Dec. 6-22
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Herbert Palmer conducted 2004 Dec. 6 and 22, by Susan Ehrlich, for the Archives of American Art, in West Hollywood, Calif.
Palmer discusses his family background and childhood in New York City; early exposure to art exhibitions; music appreciation; attending New York University; taking classes with Winhold Reiss, Meyer Shapiro, Richard Offner, and Heinrich Wolfflin; his master's thesis on Paul Cezanne's paintings of Mount Saint Victoire; moving to California; learning to fly; meeting Lillian, his wife; founding Feigen-Palmer Gallery with Richard Feigen; other galleries in the area, including Irving Blum, David Stuart, Felix Landau, Charles Garabedian, and Joan Ankrum; Monday Night Art Walks; John Cage and David Tudor performance pieces; the many artists he's exhibited; Andy Warhol's "The Kiss"; 1968 split with Richard Feigen to become the Herbert Palmer Gallery; the theft of a Picasso sculpture in Dec. 1981 and the ensuing legal case, which involved numerous galleries and collectors; his longstanding friendships with Gordon Onslow Ford, Lee Mullican, and Wolfgang Paalen; membership to the Art Dealers Association of California; and his enjoyment of discovering art, old and new. Palmer also recalls Henriette Riess, Harold Stevenson, Lucienne Bloch, Bridget Riley, Vasa Mihich, Maillol, Red Grooms, Norman Bluhm, and others.
Biographical / Historical:
Herbert Palmer (1915-2006) owned the Herbert Palmer Gallery of West Hollywood, Calif. Interviewer Susan Ehrlich is an art historian from Beverly Hills, Calif.
General:
Originally recorded on 4 mini discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 15 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 35 min.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Restrictions:
Use requires an appointment.
Occupation:
Gallery owners -- California  Search this
Topic:
Art thefts  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.palmer04
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9865dac29-395b-4aba-932d-dc84613acfdc
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-palmer04
Online Media:

Indians of the Northwest by Winold Reiss

Author:
Reiss, Winold 1886-1953  Search this
Author:
Foster, Walter T (Walter Thomas) 1891-1981  Search this
Physical description:
34 pages chiefly color illustrations, color portraits 35 cm
Type:
Portraits
Date:
196u
Topic:
Indians of North America  Search this
Call number:
E77.5 .R45 1953z
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_773631

Photographs of Winold Reiss portraits of Plains peoples

Artist:
Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953  Search this
Extent:
75 Prints (silver gelatin)
Culture:
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this
A'aninin (Gros Ventre)  Search this
Kainai Blackfoot (Kainah/Blood)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Photographs
Drawings
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs of Winold Reiss drawings of Plains peoples, particularly Blackfeet or Kainah, circa 1927.
Biographical/Historical note:
Winold Reiss (1886-1953) was a German-born American artist who specialized in portraits of Native Americans. After attending art school in Munich, he immigrated to the United States in 1915 and began drawing pastel portraits of members of the Blackfoot tribes. In addition, Reiss drew portraits of workers and revolutionaries in Mexico as well as residents of Harlem in New York City. Reiss was also commissioned to draw portraits of Native Americans for Great Northern Railway calendars.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 77-15
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional artwork by Winold Reiss can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 7534, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 87-2P, and the Acee Blue Eagle Papers.
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
Drawings
Citation:
Photo lot 77-15, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.77-15
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw343d3db88-c5e7-436c-976e-720528de3e22
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-77-15

The art of Winold Reiss an immigrant modernist Marilyn Satin Kushner ; contributions by C. Ford Peatross, Jeffrey C. Stewart, and Debra Schmidt Bach

Author:
Kushner, Marilyn S. 1948-  Search this
Contributor:
Peatross, C. Ford  Search this
Stewart, Jeffrey C. 1950-  Search this
Bach, Debra Schmidt  Search this
Artist:
Reiss, Winold 1886-1953  Search this
Host institution:
New-York Historical Society  Search this
Physical description:
192 pages illustrations (chiefly color), color map 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2021
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Painting  Search this
Drawing  Search this
Peinture  Search this
Dessin  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1155161

Indian Papoose Snow Bird [photomechanical print]

Artist:
Reiss, Winold 1886-1953  Search this
Photographic firm:
Grinnell Lithographic Co. Inc.  Search this
Physical description:
1 photomechanical print color
Type:
Photomechanical prints
Date:
Copyrighted 1942
Topic:
Figure male--Child--Full length  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Image number:
LOC LC001703
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_140082

(No Title Given) [art work] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Reiss, Winold 1886-1953  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Image number:
JUL J0038626
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_38627

(No Title Given) [art work] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Reiss, Winold 1886-1953  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Image number:
JUL J0038627
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_38628

(No Title Given) [art work] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Reiss, Winold 1886-1953  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Image number:
JUL J0038628
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_38629

(No Title Given) [art work] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Reiss, Winold 1886-1953  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Image number:
JUL J0038629
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_38630

(No Title Given) [art work] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Reiss, Winold 1886-1953  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Image number:
JUL J0038631
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_38632

(No Title Given) [art work] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Reiss, Winold 1886-1953  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Image number:
JUL J0038632
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_38633

(No Title Given) [art work] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Reiss, Winold 1886-1953  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Image number:
JUL J0038633
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_38634

(No Title Given) [art work] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Reiss, Winold 1886-1953  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Image number:
JUL J0038634
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_38635

(No Title Given) [art work] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Reiss, Winold 1886-1953  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Image number:
JUL J0038635
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_38636

(No Title Given) [art work] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Reiss, Winold 1886-1953  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Image number:
JUL J0038636
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_38637

(No Title Given) [art work] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Reiss, Winold 1886-1953  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Image number:
JUL J0038637
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_38638

(No Title Given) [art work] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Reiss, Winold 1886-1953  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Image number:
JUL J0038638
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_38639

(No Title Given) [art work] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Reiss, Winold 1886-1953  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Image number:
JUL J0038639
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_38640

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