National Anthropological Archives

Joseph Stanley-Brown lantern slide collection, circa 1888-1898

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.54
Creators:
Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941
Dates:
circa 1888-1898
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
460 Lantern slides
circa
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Lantern slides, probably largely collected by Joseph Stanley-Brown while stationed at Dutch Harbor in charge of the Pribilof Island seal fisheries, from 1890-1898. Images of Alaska include scenery, towns, seal hunting and preparation, fishing, whaling, boats, churches, livestock, Inuit and Aleut people, and the Chilkoot Pass and images relating to the Klondike gold rush. There are also slides of related maps and charts, and images of buildings in Washington, DC, exhibits at the Smithsonian Institutuion, and cowboys, possibly on the Great Plains. Some lantern slides have labels from "E. H. Harriman, 1 E. 55th Street, New York."

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Born in Washington, DC, Joseph Stanley-Brown (1858-1941) served as private secretary to President James A. Garfield and to President Chester A. Arthur after Garfield's assassination. In 1882, he joined the US Geological Survey and was appointed Assistant Geologist (1888-1889). Stanley-Brown was appointed in 1891 by the Secretary of the Treasury to investigate conditions in the seal industry on the Pribilof islands, which was a contentious issue between the United States and Great Britain. He represented the United States as secretary to the Bering Sea Joint Commission and to commissioners at the Fur Seal Tribunal of Arbitration, Paris, France. He later became a superintendent and leaseholder for the North American Commercial Companyʹs government-regulated sealing activities on the Pribilofs and Unalaska, and worked with several railroad companies.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Existence and Location of Copies note
Digital surrogate is available online.
Custodial History note
Donated to the United States National Museum by Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown in USNM ACC 165342 in 1943.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

silver gelatin; 27 mounted panoramas (each made from 3-5 prints)
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 54, Joseph Stanley-Brown lantern slide collection, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional photographs collected by Joseph Stanley Brown held in National Anthropological Archives in the Department of Anthropology Records (Manuscript and Pamphlet File), Photo Lot 24, and Photo Lot 37.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The Smithsonian Institution Archives hold Joseph Stanley-Brown correspondence in the Frederick William True Papers, circa 1886-1910.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional lantern slides collected by Stanley-Brown and donated as part of USNM ACC 165342 held in National Museum of American History, Archives Center in the Division of Cultural History Lantern Slides and Stereographs.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The Library of Congress holds Joseph Stanley-Brown papers, 1730-1941.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 54

Other Finding Aids note

Other Finding Aids note
Partial inventory is available in repository.

Addl. KW Subj

Addl. KW Subj
Inuit
Alaskan Eskimo


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Cowboys Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Whaling Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Fisheries Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sealing Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Arctic peoples Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Unangan (Aleut) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Eskimos Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lantern slides Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Washington (D.C.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Alaska Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chilkoot Trail Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Museum exhibits Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909 (possible collector) Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Stanley-Brown, Mary Garfield, 1867-1947 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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