Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.154
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- Dates:
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circa 1910s
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Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photographs made by Mary Lois Kissell as part of her research relating to textiles, basketry, and Native Americans. The images document textile and basket weaving patterns, Salish people, and a Wichita dwelling.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Mary Lois Kissell (1874-ca. 1944) wrote several books and articles on textiles and basketry among Indigenous peoples of America and Africa. Educated at Columbia University, she was the first professor in the Household Art department at University of California, Berkeley (1912-1914)
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies note
Digital surrogate is available.
Using the Collection
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 154, Mary Lois Kissell photographs, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
This collection has been relocated from Photo Lot 78.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Correspondence from Kissell can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Ales Hrdlicka's Papers, Records of the Department of Anthropology, Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and MS 4846.
Keywords
National Anthropological Archives
Museum Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746
naa@si.edu
