National Anthropological Archives

Photograph collection relating to archeology, burial mounds, and the Southwest, circa 1880s-1920s

Summary
Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.28
Dates:
circa 1880s-1920s
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
1 Engraving
1 Print
platinum
18 Prints
silver gelatin
38 Prints
albumen
Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photographs relating to archeology, most of which were made by Bureau of American Ethnology photographers and ethnologists. Much of the collection consists of photographs by Cosmos and Victor Mindeleff of Southwest pueblos. Images depict mounds and excavations (including Grant Mound in Pennsylvania and additional mounds in West Virginia, Alabama, Louisiana, and elsewhere); Hopi Sipaulovi village; petroglyphs in Wind River, Wyoming; ancient artifacts; Standing Rock; Tohono O'odham Indians; Canyon de Chelly; and Clear Creek. Photographers represented include John K. Hillers; C. H. Bryan of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky; the Mindeleff brothers; Henry Bascom Collins; L. C. Rennick; J. W. Milner; Hattons Studio in Lansing, Michigan; and a drawing by W. A. Rogers.
Collection may contain images of human remains.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Photographs found circa 1972 "wrapped in brown paper." They were probably originally collected in the Bureau of American Ethnology.
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 28, Bureau of American Ethnology photograph collection relating to archeology and burial mounds, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
William Dinwiddie photographs documenting Papago Indians, previously filed in Photo Lot 28, have been relocated to National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 89.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Mindeleff photographs can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 4362, Photo Lot 14, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 40, Photo Lot 78, and the BAE historical negatives.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Hillers photographs can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 14, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 40, Photo Lot 143, Photo Lot 83-18, Photo Lot 87-2N, Photo Lot 90-1, Photo Lot 92-46, and the BAE historical negatives.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Collins photographs can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 82-23, Photo Lot 86-42, Photo Lot 86-43, and Photo Lot 86-59.
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Photograph collection relating to archeology, burial mounds, and the Southwest, 1880s-1920s
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 28
Addl. KW Subj
Addl. KW Subj
Papago (Tohono O'odham)
Standing Rock Reservation
Sioux
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
A:shiwi (Zuni) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mounds Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pennsylvania -- Antiquities Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
West Virginia -- Antiquities Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Louisiana -- Antiquities Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Alabama -- Antiquities Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pueblos Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Petroglyphs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hopi Pueblo Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Zuni Indian Reservation (N.M.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wyoming -- Antiquities Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tohono O'odham (Papago) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sioux Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hillers, John K., 1843-1925 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Milner, James W. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mindeleff, Victor, 1860-1948 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rennick, L. C. (Leverett C.), 1887-1953 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Collins, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1899-1987 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mindeleff, Cosmos, 1863- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Repository Contact
National Anthropological Archives
Museum Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746
naa@si.edu