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Creator:

Amiotte, Arthur  Search this

Extent:

314 Copy color slides

Culture:

Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Copy color slides

Photographs

Date:

circa 1963-1986

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs depicting Arthur Amiotte's artwork, including stitchery and quilts, clothing and mocassins, wall hangings, and paintings. The collection also includes some images of exhibits of Amiotte's work, a powwow, and scenic views of the Great Plains area.

Biographical/Historical note:

Born in 1942 and raised on the Pine Ridge Reservation, Arthur Amiotte is an Oglala painter, collage and fiber artist, lecturer, and author. Influenced by Native artist Oscar Howe, Amiotte's art is based on Oglala tradition and culture.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 88-1, NAA ACC 89-13

Reproduction Note:

Copy slides made by Smithsonian Institution, 1987.

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Artwork by Amiotte can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in American Indian Social and Political memorabilia.

The Archives of American Art holds audio recording of an oral history interview with Amiotte.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Wall hangings  Search this

Clothing and dress  Search this

Painting  Search this

Quilts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 88-1, Arthur Amiotte photographs of his art, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.88-1

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f042efb1-4e83-4fb5-b39d-653e584b455e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-88-1

Extent:

3 Photomechanical prints (26.75 x 17.5 inches; 41 x 18 inches)

Container:

Folder 4589

Culture:

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Graphic Materials

Photomechanical prints

Works of art

Facsimiles (reproductions)

Place:

North America

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of three (3) photomechanical reproductions of Ojibwe mide charts. There is no information about the charts from which these copies were made.

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.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4589

NAA INV 08592500

NAA INV 08592600

NAA INV 08592700

Provenance:

The provenance of the collection is unknown. The facsimiles are labelled "Property of Herbert M. Temple, St. Paul, Minnesota" on the verso. They were presumably received from him, but no accession information is available.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Midéwiwin  Search this

Genre/Form:

Works of art

facsimiles (reproductions)

Citation:

MS 4589 Facsimiles of Ojibwe mide charts, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4589

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31a18e017-d273-44e2-9d7e-99c9ceebb8f0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4589

Creator:

Tamarin, Alfred H.  Search this

Extent:

425 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm, 120 film)

65 Photographic prints (black and white, 8x10)

Culture:

Passamaquoddy  Search this

Mashpee Wampanoag  Search this

Narragansett  Search this

Cayuga [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]  Search this

Mohawk [Akwesasne]  Search this

Seneca  Search this

Lenape (Delaware)  Search this

Nanticoke  Search this

Nanticoke [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]  Search this

Pamunkey  Search this

Chickahominy  Search this

Eastern Band of Cherokee  Search this

Seminole  Search this

Southeast  Search this

Mid-Atlantic  Search this

Northeast  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Photographic prints

Negatives

Copy prints

Date:

1970-1971

Summary:

The Alfred Tamarin photograph collection consists of negatives and contact prints shot by Tamarin in 1971 during research for his publication We Have not Vanished: Eastern Indians of the United States. Tamarin made photographs among the Passamaquoddy, Mashpee Wampanoag, Narragansett, Cayuga [Six Nations/Grand River (Brantford, Ontario)], Mohawk [Akwesasne (St. Regis), Hogansburg, New York], Seneca, Lenape (Delaware), Nanticoke, Pamunkey, Chickahominy and Eastern Band of Cherokee communities, capturing both events and craftspeople at work.

Scope and Contents:

The Alfred Tamarin photograph collection consists of negatives and contact prints shot by Tamarin during research for his publication We Have not Vanished: Eastern Indians of the United States. In addition to Tamarins own photographs there are also 8x10 black and white prints from other sources used in the same publication.

Series 1: Reasearch Negatives includes photographic negatives made by Tamarin which were shot on 35mm film and 120 (6x6) film and have accompanying contact sheets. Most of the negatives were shot in 1971 along the east coast of the United States in Maine, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia as well as in Ontario, Canada and at the Heard Fair in Phoenix, Arizona. Tamarin made photographs among the Passamaquoddy, Mashpee Wampanoag, Narragansett, Cayuga [Six Nations/Grand River (Brantford, Ontario)], Mohawk [Akwesasne (St. Regis), Hogansburg, New York], Seneca, Lenape (Delaware), Nanticoke, Pamunkey, Chickahominy and Eastern Band of Cherokee communities, capturing both events and craftspeople at work.

Events of note photographed include--the Monroe Powwow sponsored by Lenape (Delaware) Chief Earl Two Bears and a Narragansett anniversary celebration. There are also several photographs featuring Chief Jake Thomas (Ha-da-jib-ghen-ta [Descending Cloud]/Jacob Ezra Thomas) and his daughter Donna Thomas during a mask making demonstration in Brantford, Ontario. At the time, Chief Thomas was a museum preparator at the Mohawk Indian Woodland Indian Cultural.

Series 2: Publication Prints includes 65 8x10 black and white photographic prints and copy prints. Subseries 2.1 includes 19 prints from Tamarin's negatives that can be found in Series 1. Subseries 2.2 includes copy prints requested from outside photographer and institutions for use in We Have Not Vanished. These include photographs from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Florida News Bureau, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Maine State Highway Commission, and National Anthropological Archives (Smithsonian Institution).

Arrangement:

Arranged in two series. Series 1: Research Negatives and Series 2: Publication Prints.

Biographical / Historical:

Alfred Tamarin (1913-1980) was born in New York to parents Abraham and Fannie. Tamarin worked in publicity and advertising for theatre and film until the 1960s. During that time he worked for the Theatre Guild, United Artists Corporation and was also a founder and vice president of In Flight Motion Pictures Inc. After marrying his second wife Shirley Glubok in 1968, Alfred began his second career as a photographer for a series of art books written by Shirley. Alfred also wrote several books himself including We Have not Vanished: Eastern Indians of the United States (1974). We Have not Vanished was illustrated with photographs taken by Alfred in 1970-1971 among several Native American communities along the East Coast of the United States. Other books written by the Tamarins include Ancient Indians of the Southwest (1975), The Art of the Plains Indians (1975), Voyaging to Cathay (1976), among many others. Shirley Glubok Tamarin donated Alfred's materials related to We Have not Vanished to the Museum of the American Indian, Heye foundation in 1985 following Alfred's death in 1980.

Provenance:

Gift of Shirley Glubok Tamarin, 1985.

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.

Images in Subseries 2.2: Copy prints from other sources are not owned by the National Museum of the American Indian.

Genre/Form:

Photographic prints

Negatives

Copy prints

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Alfred Tamarin photographs for We Have not Vanished, image #, NMAI.AC.376; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.376

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Alfred Tamarin photographs for We Have not Vanished

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4e3e6f8d7-c04d-46c3-989e-ccf7043e6b93

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-376

Artist:

Catherwood, Frederick, 1799-1854  Search this

Extent:

1 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor, 42 x 28 inches)

Container:

Item 211351

Culture:

Maya  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Graphic Materials

Drawings (visual works)

Works of art

Watercolors

Place:

North America

Mexico

Uxmal Site (Mexico)

Date:

1841

Scope and Contents:

A gouache drawing depicting the Teocallis, also called House of the Diviner or Dwarf's House, sitting on a pyramidal mound. It is a grand stone structure with intricate stone carvings at the gateway. Several people and a dog gather outside the entrance.

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:

Frederick Catherwood (1799–1854) was an English artist and architect known for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya civilization. In 1839 and 1841, Catherwood and John Lloyd Stephens toured dozens of archaeological sites in Central America and Mexico. Together they published two books describing their discoveries: Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan (published in 1841, after the first voyage) and Incidents of Travel in Yucatan (published in 1843, after the second voyage).

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 211,351

USNM Accession Number 38171

Variant Title:

Drawing of a ruined temple in Yucatan

House of the Magician

House of the Dwarf

Publication Note:

A lithograph of a portion of this drawing was published in:

Catherwood, F. (1844). Views of ancient monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan. London: Published by F. Catherwood.

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

Watercolors

Citation:

Frederick Catherwood drawing of the great Teocallis at Uxmal (MS 211351), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS211351

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw352cd2a36-151a-41f3-b075-a0be482a2948

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms211351

Creator:

Lomen Bros.  Search this

Extent:

73 Copy negatives

Culture:

Iñupiaq [Kinugumiut/Kingegan/Cape Prince of Wales]  Search this

Iñupiaq [Kingikmiut/Wales, Alaska]  Search this

Inuit  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Copy negatives

Place:

Prince of Wales, Cape (Alaska)

Nome (Alaska)

Date:

1896-1915

1920

Summary:

This collection of copy negatives was taken approximately between 1896 and 1920 by the Lomen Brothers Studio among Inuit communities in Canada and Inupiaq communities in Alaska. Photographers include the Lomen brothers and Albert D. Kinne (1835-1925).

Scope and Contents:

This collection is currently unprocessed. Copy negatives include N35405–N35477.

Arrangement:

Arranged by catalog number.

Biographical / Historical:

The Lomen Brothers Co. Was a photography studio founded in Nome, Alaska in 1908 by brothers Carl, Harry, Alfred, and Ralph Lomen. Gudbrand J. Lomen originally came to Nome, Alaska with his son George as part of the 1900 gold rush. G.J. Lomen soon established a profitable law practice in Nome. In 1903, G.J. Lomen's wife, daughter Helen, and sons Ralph, Harry and Alfred moved from Minnesota to join him in Nome. G.J. Lomen's son George arrived in Nome in 1906, opening a men's furnishing store in 1907. The family was involved in many commercial and civic interests including law, the Lomen Reindeer Corporation, lighterage, and retail.

In 1908, the brothers bought a photographic studio. Carl, Harry, Alfred, and Ralph Lomen were partners in the business. Harry managed the studio, and all four took photographs; however, Alfred became the most avid photographer. As part of their photography business, the Lomens regularly purchased the negatives of several other photographers including Dobbs, Nowell, Goetze and Kinne to be reissued under the Lomen Brothers Co. studio name. Their photographs focused on a variety of subjects related to Nome and the surrounding areas, including Nome mining operations, business in Nome, dogsled teams, ships and boats, aviation, and indigenous communities throughout Alaska and Canada.

In September 1934, a fire destroyed their studio along with 25,000-30,000 negatives and 50,000 commercial prints. Approximately 3,000 negatives were salvaged. The Lomens never reopened their photography business. By the 1940s they had all moved to Seattle, Washington, where George died in 1934, Alfred in 1950, Harry in 1957, and Carl in 1965.

Adapted from Archives West, Orbis Cascade Alliance.

Provenance:

Photographs received and copied from the Glenbow Museum in a 1967 exchange.

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.

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lomen Brothers Studio copy negatives from Alaska and Canada, image #, NMAI.AC.164; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.164

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4adb58fb2-5b43-454c-80b4-d0404f53ac6f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-164

Creator:

Quain, Buell H. (Buell Halvor), 1912-1939  Search this

Extent:

4.25 Linear feet

Culture:

Mehim (Krahô/Crahao)  Search this

Fijians  Search this

Trumai  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

Fiji

Brazil

Date:

1935-1955

bulk 1935-1939

Summary:

The papers of Buell H. Quain (1935-1955) document his field work amoung the Fijian people and the Trumai and Kraho of Brazil. The papers consist primarily of field notes in original notebooks and as organized by topic. There are also hand-drawn maps, letters of correspondence, reading notes, introductory essays to posthumously published work, and photographs.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Buell H. Quain document his research in Fiji and Brazil in the 1930s. The first series on Fiji contains an index file organized by informant and topic, his field notebooks, and reading notes. Amoung the Fijian people, Quian studied personal histories, kinship, social relationships, sexual activity, law, economics, and cooperative activies. He kept notes on daily activities, and collected folktales, songs, and linguistic notes.

The second series contains research materials from Brazil that were organized after his death. Included are a letter he wrote to missionaries near the Trumai, and typed field notes that have been organized by topic, such as: maps, folktales, kinships terms, daily activities, census, household observations, land and property, and house inventories. Duplicate copies of these notes are included in the papers. Also included are photocopies of the foreward and introduction to his posthumously published book, The Trumai Indians of Central Brazil. An indexed album of photos contains images from the upper Xingu river and the Trumai community, as well as photos from Quain's stay among the Kraho.

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.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in two series: (1) Fiji, 1935-1936; (2) Brazil, 1938-1955.

Biographical Note:

Buell H. Quain was a promising young anthropologist in the 1930s who worked with the Indigenous peoples of Fiji and Brazil. Quain was born into a prominent family in Bismarck, North Dakota on May 31, 1912. He received his bachelor's degree in 1934 from the University of Wisconsin. Quain went on to study anthropology at Columbia University where he was mentored by Franz Boas and worked closely with other prominent anthropologists of the time, Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead. He wrote the section on the Iroquois for Mead's book, Cooperation and Competition Among Primitive Peoples.

After completing his master's degree in 1935, Quain went to Fiji where he spent a year studying the culture, stories, and songs of the Fijian people. He completed his dissertation upon his return to the United States and received his PhD from Columbia University in 1936.

Quain received a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation in 1938 and went to Brazil to conduct a research project on the Trumai, an indigenous community from the upper Xingu River. After three months, Quain left the community for more supplies, but was then prohibited from returning to the Trumai by government agents. This caused Quain great frustration which he expressed in his correspondence. Ultimately, Quain shifted his research focus and went to work with the Ge speaking Kraho people in the state of Maranhao.

Quain died by suicide on August 2, 1939. In a letter dated August 12, 1939, Quain left instructions for his estate and burial in which he claimed to be dying of a contagious disease and asked that his death not be investigated. However, his two indigenous companions suggested that Quain had been in good health prior to his death but had been distressed by recent letters received from family. Communications from him had indicated his continued feeling of discouragement after being prohibited from returning to the Trumai, in addition to describing family troubles.

All of Quain's books were published posthumously. His original field notes were in various states of organization at the time of his death. His mother, Dr. Fannie Dunn Quain, arranged the notes and gave them to Columbia University so that they could be prepared for publication.

A fictional account of Quain's final days, called Nove Noites, was published by Brazilian author Bernardo Carvalho in 2002. The English translation, Nine Nights, was published in 2007.

Sources Consulted

Eriksmoen, Curt. "Promising Anthropologist from Bismarck Died Young." The Bismarck Tribune, April 3, 2011.

Thomas, Erika. "Buell Quian (1912-1939): an Ethnologist without a Grave," Human and Social Studies, vol. VII, no. 2 (2018): 69-77.

Chronology

1912 May 12 -- Born in Bismarck, North Dakota

1934 -- B.A. in Zoology, University of Wisconsin Registered with Department of Anthropology at Columbia University

1935-1936 -- First trip to Fiji Islands

1936 -- PhD, Columbia University

1938 February -- Arrived in Brazil

1938 August to November -- Lived with Trumai

1939 March to July -- Lived with Kraho

1939 July 31 -- Left Kraho village with men nicknamed João and Ismael

1939 August 2 -- Died near Fazenda Serrinha, Brazil

Related Materials:

Buell Quain is listed as a correspondent in the Ruth Landes papers and William Duncan Strong papers at the NAA. The William Duncan Strong papers include Ruth Benedict's Quain correspondence. Quain's Trumai research is held at Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). The Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives at the Library of Congress contains correspondence related to Quain. The manuscripts and photo collection of Fannie Dunn Quian, Buell Quain's mother, are held at the North Dakota State Archives and contain at least one photo of Buell Quain.

Provenance:

There is currently no information available regarding the provenance of the Fiji Series of this collection. The Brazil series was received from the American Museum of Natural History in 2016.

Restrictions:

The Buell Halvor Quain papers are open for research.

Access to the Buell Halvor Quain papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Identifier:

NAA.2016-40

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Buell Halvor Quain papers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d70243ac-cc2e-44b7-9966-cce3f7892d0c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-2016-40

Creator:

Jenkins, Dale  Search this

Extent:

145 Postcards

11 Photographic prints

.5 Linear feet

Culture:

Havasupai (Coconino)  Search this

Hopi Pueblo  Search this

A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Acoma Pueblo  Search this

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Tesuque Pueblo  Search this

K'apovi (Santa Clara Pueblo)  Search this

Laguna Pueblo  Search this

Iñupiaq  Search this

Suquamish  Search this

Indians of North America -- California  Search this

Cayuse  Search this

Northern Paiute (Paviotso)  Search this

Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute)  Search this

Plains Apache (Naisha/Kiowa Apache)  Search this

Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this

Seminole  Search this

Indians of Central America -- Panama  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Postcards

Photographic prints

Place:

Temuco (Chile)

Cuzco (Peru)

Date:

1890-1939

Summary:

This collection consists of 145 postcards and 11 photographs depicting Indigenous peoples of the Americas, with dates ranging 1890 – 1930s. The bulk of the collection consists of postcards of Native communities throughout the United States, and includes portrait images, dwellings, basket-making, weaving, and crafts.

Scope and Contents:

The Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection consists of 145 postcards and 11 photographs with dates ranging 1890 – 1930s. The images depict Indigenous peoples of the Americas, and spans a large geographical breadth extending from the Arctic in the north to Chile and Peru in South America. The bulk of the collection consists of postcards of Native communities throughout the United States, with a significant number of images depicting various Pueblo and Southwest cultural groups; many of these latter postcards were produced by the Fred Harvey Company. A number of the postcards and photographs include portrait images, dwellings, basket-making, weaving, and crafts. Also of particular note are 13 scenes of daily life at a number of different Indian Boarding Schools at the turn of the twentieth century. Finally, in addition to the postcard images are 11 photographs consisting of cabinet cards and other photographic prints.

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:

This collection is arranged into 11 series, organized thematically (Indian Boarding Schools) and then regionally by location or culture group. Series 1: Indian Boarding Schools, Series 2: Arctic/Subarctic, Series 3: Northwest Coast, Series 4: California, Series 5: Great Basin/Plateau, Series 6: Southwest, Series 7: Plains, Series 8: Northeast/Great Lakes, Series 9: Southeast, Series 10: Mexico/Central America, Series 11: South America

Biographical / Historical:

Dale Jenkins is a retired Financial Planner living in California, having previously worked in the Aerospace industry. He has collected late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century American photographs and postcards for over 30 years. In addition to archival collections donated to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian, Jenkins has also donated postcard and photograph collections to the California Museum of Photography, the California Historical Society, and the Museum of the City of New York.

Provenance:

This collection was donated by Dale Jenkins in 2013 and 2014.

Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 3:30 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 Archives Center's Digital Image request website.

Topic:

Indians of North America -- Education  Search this

Off-reservation boarding schools -- Photographs  Search this

Education -- Carlisle Indian School  Search this

Indians of Central America -- Guatemala  Search this

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection, NMAI.AC.069, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.069

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Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv497ccf83e-56ee-4a16-8ea6-3e3c84db22eb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-069

Collection Creator:

Jenkins, Dale  Search this

Extent:

12 Postcards

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 1

Photo-folder 2

Photo-folder 3

Photo-folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Postcards

Photographic prints

Date:

1890-1914

Scope and Contents:

This series contains 12 postcards and 1 cabinet card. The images include depictions of Native youth as well as exterior views of buildings at the following Indian Boarding Schools: Carlisle Indian School, PA; Chemawa Indian School, OR; Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, OK; Fort Simcoe Indian School, WA; Fort Totten Indian Industrial School, ND; Phoenix Indian School, AZ; Pipestone Indian School, MN.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection 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 Archives Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection, NMAI.AC.069, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.069, Series 1

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Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4411e3f81-132a-447f-8f8a-83b36d975301

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-069-ref501

Collection Creator:

Jenkins, Dale  Search this

Extent:

14 Postcards

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 5

Photo-folder 6

Photo-folder 7

Photo-folder 8

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Postcards

Photographic prints

Date:

1905-1930

Scope and Contents:

This series contains 14 postcards and 1 photographic print. The images include depictions of Alaska Natives from various communities, including Cape York, Nome, Port Clarence, and Teller. Individuals specifically identified are Happy Jack [Inupiaq (Alaskan Inupiat Eskimo)], Menadelook, and Wegaruk. In addition to portraits, there are also scenes of Native merchants, dwellings, and basket weaving. A number of the postcards were originally produced for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, or 1909 world's fair, which took place in Seattle, Washington.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection 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 Archives Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection, NMAI.AC.069, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.069, Series 2

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Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv425e7d24a-9d48-4812-ac65-dba131e419fa

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-069-ref502

Collection Creator:

Jenkins, Dale  Search this

Extent:

5 Postcards

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 9

Photo-folder 10

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Postcards

Photographic prints

Date:

1895-1925

Scope and Contents:

This series contains 5 postcards and 1 photographic print. The images include a color portrait of Princess Angeline (Suquamish), daughter of Chief Seattle, as well as views of totem poles in Wrangell and Ketchikan, Alaska.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection 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 Archives Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection, NMAI.AC.069, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.069, Series 3

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Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv42f01f02b-e9f1-4fd6-a395-5bebe1b51c0a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-069-ref503

Collection Creator:

Jenkins, Dale  Search this

Extent:

6 Postcards

Container:

Photo-folder 11

Photo-folder 12

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Postcards

Date:

1890-1939

Scope and Contents:

This series contains 6 postcards. The images include depictions of individuals and dwellings from Hupa, Mojave Desert, Pomo, and Yosemite Valley communities.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection 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 Archives Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection, NMAI.AC.069, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.069, Series 4

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Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv486d68d1e-9914-4068-848b-c4ac597ecfef

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-069-ref504

Collection Creator:

Jenkins, Dale  Search this

Extent:

8 Postcards

Container:

Photo-folder 13

Photo-folder 14

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Postcards

Date:

1900-1920

Scope and Contents:

This series contains 8 postcards. The images include depictions of individuals from Cayuse, Paiute, Southern Ute, and Yakama communities and views of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Individuals specifically identified are Buckskin Charlie (Southern Ute) and Fish Hawk (Cayuse).

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection 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 Archives Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection, NMAI.AC.069, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.069, Series 5

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Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4cb0dc5f7-56da-4ae2-b858-0329e4a0717b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-069-ref505

Collection Creator:

Jenkins, Dale  Search this

Extent:

45 Postcards

6 Photographic prints

Container:

Photo-folder 15

Photo-folder 16

Photo-folder 17

Photo-folder 18

Photo-folder 19

Photo-folder 20

Photo-folder 21

Photo-folder 22

Photo-folder 23

Photo-folder 24

Oversize 1

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Postcards

Photographic prints

Date:

1890-1939

Scope and Contents:

This series contains 45 postcards and 6 photographic prints. The images include depictions of activities such as weaving, basket making, pottery making, bread-baking, and selling crafts. Communities represented include Acoma Pueblo, Akimel O'odham (Pima), A:shiwi (Zuni), Chimayo, Cochiti Pueblo, Diné (Navajo), Havasupai (Coconino), Hopi Pueblo, Hualapai (Walapai), K'apovi (Santa Clara Pueblo), Laguna Pueblo, Mojave (Mohave), Tesuque Pueblo, and Tohono O'odham (Papago). The only individual specifically identified is Elle of Ganado [Diné (Navajo)], a well-known and celebrated weaver of the time. A large number of these postcards were produced by the Fred Harvey Company which partnered with the Santa Fe Railroad in the early 20th century to generate tourism in the American Southwest.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection 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 Archives Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection, NMAI.AC.069, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.069, Series 6

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Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv450d6560a-552e-4340-bc06-4802f64b8764

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-069-ref506

Collection Creator:

Jenkins, Dale  Search this

Extent:

21 Postcards

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 25

Photo-folder 26

Photo-folder 27

Photo-folder 28

Photo-folder 29

Photo-folder 30

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Postcards

Photographic prints

Date:

1890-1930

Scope and Contents:

This series contains 21 postcards and 1 cabinet card. The images include depictions of Apache, Arapahoe, Dakota (Eastern Sioux), Kiowa, Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet), Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux), Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan), and Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne) communities. Individuals specifically identified are Buffalo Calf (Jicarilla Apache), James A. Garfield (Jicarilla Apache), Wenona Turkey Legs (Arapahoe), Kicking Bird (Kiowa), Henry Between Lodge [Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)], Low Dog [Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)], Nellie Old Man [Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)], Black Eagle, Black Hawk, and Holy Eagle.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection 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 Archives Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection, NMAI.AC.069, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.069, Series 7

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Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4acf7c40e-221a-4282-ad70-b33e808185de

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-069-ref507

Collection Creator:

Jenkins, Dale  Search this

Extent:

4 Postcards

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 31

Photo-folder 32

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Postcards

Photographic prints

Date:

1890-1910

Scope and Contents:

This series contains 4 postcards and 1 photographic print. The images include depictions of Cass Lake, Crow Wing, and Mille Lacs (Minnesota Chippewa) communities. Individuals specifically identified are (Aleck) Wabunosa [Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)] and Song-ge-ge-Sig [Minnesota Chippewa (Cass Lake, Minnesota)].

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection 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 Archives Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection, NMAI.AC.069, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.069, Series 8

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Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4573c0d7b-51f9-4def-846d-5276fb67641f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-069-ref508

Collection Creator:

Jenkins, Dale  Search this

Extent:

8 Postcards

Container:

Photo-folder 33

Photo-folder 34

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Postcards

Date:

1900-1930

Scope and Contents:

This series contains 8 postcards. The images include depictions of Seminole community members in Miami, Musa Isle, and the Everglades. The only individual specifically identified is Tom Tiger [Seminole (Cow Creek)].

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection 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 Archives Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection, NMAI.AC.069, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.069, Series 9

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Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv40133447b-6696-4ee9-961e-043e3901b9c8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-069-ref509

Collection Creator:

Jenkins, Dale  Search this

Extent:

20 Postcards

Container:

Photo-folder 35

Photo-folder 36

Photo-folder 37

Photo-folder 38

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Postcards

Date:

1900-1930

Scope and Contents:

This series contains 20 postcards. The images include depictions of indigenous community members throughout Mexico and Central America. The postcards represent individuals, families, and dwellings in the regions of Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico; Azucar Island, Chiriquí, and San Blas Islands, Panama; Quiché and Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala; and Talamanca, Costa Rica.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection 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 Archives Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection, NMAI.AC.069, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.069, Series 10

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Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv49d1b8a61-cf28-436a-9bfe-943509d9f19e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-069-ref510

Collection Creator:

Jenkins, Dale  Search this

Extent:

3 Postcards

Container:

Photo-folder 39

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Postcards

Date:

1900-1930

Scope and Contents:

This series contains 3 postcards. The images include depictions of Native community members in a village near Temuco, Chile, as well as individuals selling merchandise in Cusco, Peru.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection 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 Archives Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection, NMAI.AC.069, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.069, Series 11

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Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4a9b77139-2534-4763-9afb-68807f85ab0d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-069-ref511

Extent:

2 Linear feet

Culture:

A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1988-1990

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of audio tapes and transcriptions with related material concerning a project entitled Telapna:we, Zuni Verbal Art in Performance, an NEA sponsored project, 1988-1990.

Related Materials:

The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress also holds Telapna:we -- Zuni verbal art in performance collection (AFC 1991/007).

Provenance:

Received from Andrew Wiget, Director, New Mexico Heritage Center in 1991.

Restrictions:

Access to Telapna:we -- Zuni Verbal Art in Performance collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Citation:

Telapna:we -- Zuni Verbal Art in Performance collection, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1991-01

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ec2032d7-4285-4ea3-b871-4d3b96bdc09c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-1991-01

Creator:

Newlin, Richard  Search this

Former owner:

Houston Fine Art Press (1975-)  Search this

Names:

Gorman, Carl Nelson, 1907-1998  Search this

Gorman, R. C. (Rudolph Carl), 1932-2005  Search this

Saito, Yoko (Publisher)  Search this

Extent:

569 Photographic prints

190 Contact sheets

4747 Negatives (photographic)

419 Transparencies

4716 Slides (photographs)

1.9 Linear feet

4 Sound cassettes

1 Videocassettes (VHS)

Culture:

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Contact sheets

Negatives (photographic)

Transparencies

Slides (photographs)

Sound cassettes

Videocassettes (vhs)

Lithographs

Place:

Houston (Tex.)

Taos (N.M.)

Date:

1931-2008

bulk 1980-2000

Summary:

This collection primarily includes photographic prints, slides, and transparencies of Diné (Navajo) artist R.C. Gorman and the work he completed with Houston Fine Press between 1976 and 2000.

Arrangement:

Series 1: R.C. Gorman In Progress Work

Subseries 1.1: Lithographs, Subseries 1.2: Paintings/Pastels/Sketches, Subseries 1.3: Sculpture/Pottery, Subseries 1.4: Studio Printing, Subseries 1.5: Models/Reference

Series 2: R. C. Gorman Completed Work

Subseries 2.1: Lithographs, Subseries 2.2: Sculpture/Pottery, Subseries 2.3: Oil Pastels/Paintings, Subseries 2.4: R.C. Gorman Posed with Work, Subseries 2.5: Early Work, Subseries 2.6: Printing Documentation, Subseries 2.7: Original Work

Series 3: Additonal Material

Subseries 3.1: Personal Photographs, Subseries 3.2: Gallery Openings/Catalogs, Subseries 3.3: Articles, Subseries 3.4: Correspondence, Subseries 3.5: Book Materials, Subseries 3.6: Oversize Contact Sheets

R.C. Gorman Biography:

R.C. (Rudolph Carl) Gorman was born in Chinle, Arizona in 1931 to Adele Katherine Brown and Carl Nelson Gorman, who was a Navajo Code Talker during World War II. Gorman grew up listening to Diné (Navajo) legends and stories of his family history. When he was little, he would draw pictures in the dirt and on rocks while tending sheep. After high school, Gorman served in the United States Navy before attending Northern Arizona University where he studied literature and art. He continued to study and create art at Mexico City College and San Francisco State University. In 1968, Gorman opened the Navajo Gallery showcasing 55 artists. It was the first indigenous-owned fine art gallery in the United States. Gorman's artistic style was heavily influenced by his time in Mexico where he was introduced to stone lithography and the artistic approaches used by Diego Rivera and other Mexican social realist artists. He moved away from more European depictions and began painting strong Navajo women, in honor of those who raised him. Gorman's use of bold colors earned him the title "Picasso of American Indian Art." In addition to lithographs, Gorman worked with ceramics, oil pastels, serigraphs, woodcuts, and etchings. R.C. Gorman passed away in 2005.

Houston Fine Art Press:

In 1975, Tamarind-trained, master printer Richard Newlin and Yoko Saito established a printing business in Berkeley, California. The pair relocated to Texas in 1980 and founded Houston Fine Press. Newlin first printed an R.C. Gorman lithograph in 1976 and continued to work with Gorman for over a decade, in multiple countries. Saito often served as Gorman's model when he was in the Houston Fine Press studio.

Related Materials:

Yousuf Karsh Photographs of R.C. Gorman, NMAI.AC.310

Provenance:

Gift of Richard Newlin in honor of Yoko Saito, 2019.

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.

Genre/Form:

Lithographs

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); R.C. Gorman Collection, image #, NMAI.AC.402; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.402

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Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4da68cbf1-215e-44c5-88e2-3034f62ce690

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-402