National Anthropological Archives

Copy photographs of Indians of Michigan

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4564
Creators:
Tyrrell, J. B.
Michigan Historical Commission
Bell, W. J.
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
7 Prints
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Relate to Indians of Michigan in the period 1865- ca. 1900.
Scope and Contents
Catalog Number 4564: (1) Tribe: Chippewa Description: "Indians, Upper Peninsula. Ojibway using western type cradle." (Michigan Historical Commission Negative Number 00703). Photographer: Michigan Historical Commission (source) Copied from collection of Marquette Co. Historical Society. (2) Chippewa "An Indian family outside their birch-bark wigwam, sixty years ago." (Michigan Historical Commission Negative Number 00744). J. B. Tyrrell; Michigan Historical Commission (source) Copied from a photoengraving in collection of Marquette Co. Historical Society. (3) Chippewa "Indian and half-breed witnesses in Jackson Iron Mining Co. Controversy vs. Charlotte Kawbawgam." Names in front of photo: Back row: Edw. Shaw wa no; Chas. Ko bo gour. Front row: John Busha (left to right) Louis Cadote [(Cado, a famous family] John Gurrine. (Michigan Historical Commission Negative Number 00745). Marjigesick led Everette and party to Lake Superior iron mines, 1845. Was promised share in Jackson Mining Co. Didn't receive it. Descendants sued.-- P. P. Mason, informant. Michigan Historical Commission (source). Copied from collection, Marquette County Historical Society. (4) Chippewa "Indians Squaw Point, ca. 1865." Group of 9 men, 3 women, boy in camp. Cooking tripod with metal kettles at right. Michigan Historical Commission (source) Copy from glass negative borrowed from Al Barnes, Traverse City ca. 1865. (5) Chippewa "Indians running rapids at Sault Ste Marie. Man using dip net from prow of boat; man in stern paddling. (Michigan Historical Commission Negative Number 00336). W. J. Bell, Michigan Historical Commission, copy from University of Michigan Transportation Library, Shays Collection. (6) Chippewa "Squaw Point, 1865." View of camp and boats. Michigan Historical Commission (source) Copy from glass negative borrowed from Al Barnes. (7) Chippewa "M. E. Church, Old Mission." Dougherty's Mission (founded 1837) at Mission Point, a peninsula on Lake Michigan.--P. P. Mason, informant. Michigan Historical Commission (source) Copy from glass negative borrowed from Al Barnes, Traverse City.

Administration

Custodial History
Collected from various sources by the Michigan Historical Commission. Gift of Michigan Historical Commission, through Dr Philip P. Mason, May, 1958.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 4564, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4564

Local Note

Local Note
Filed: Original prints series, by tribe.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Photographs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chippewa Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Habitations and other structures -- Wigwam Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Camps Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Missions Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northeast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shaw waw no, Edward Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ko bo gour, Charles Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Busha, John Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cadotte, Louis Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gurrine, John Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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