National Anthropological Archives

Ed Edson photographs of Oglala people and camp near Chadron, Nebraska, circa 1889

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.2001-14
Creators:
Edson, Ed
Dates:
circa 1889
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
3 Glass negatives
3 Gelatin silver prints
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Portraits of Red Cloud and possibly Little Wound, as well as one image of probably an Oglala camp near the eastern edge of Chadron, Nebraska.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Glass negatives given by Ed Edson to Dr. Peter Thaddeus Barber, Sr., shortly before he moved away from Chadron in 1901. They were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Mary B. Breckenridge through Joanna Scherer of the Handbook of North American Indians Project, 2001. Prints originally filed in MS 4701 were made from the glass negatives in 1961 for Dr. R. W. Breckenridge, Iowa State College, and donated by Dr. Breckenridge through the Missouri Basin Project, River Basin Surveys in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Processing Information
Photographs previously filed in MS 4701 have been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 2001-14.

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 2001-14, Ed Edson photographs of Oglala people and camp near Chadron, Nebraska, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 2001-14
,
NAA MS 4701

Reproduction Note

Reproduction Note
Contact prints made by Smithsonian Institution, circa 2001.

Addl. KW Subj

Addl. KW Subj
Sioux


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Chadron (Neb.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Camps Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Red Cloud, 1822-1909 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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