National Anthropological Archives

Francis Harper photographs from an expedition to Great Slave Lake, 1914

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.4606
Creators:
Harper, Francis, 1886-1972
Dates:
1914
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
46 Prints
silver gelatin
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting Native Americans/First Nations peoples (chiefly Cree and Chipewyan) in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Mackenzie, Canada, taken by Francis Harper on an expedition of the Geological Survey of Canada to Great Slave Lake in May-September 1914. Includes images of Cree, Ojibwa, Chipewyan, Salteaux, and Slavey people, as well as images of boats, encampments, and tea dances. Each of the photographs has an associated caption, given by either Harper or the Geological Survey of Canada.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Francis Harper (1886-1972) was born in Southbridge, MA to a Canadian father and German mother. He attended Cornell University, receiving a BA in 1914 and a PhD in 1925. Harper made his first trip to northern Canada in 1914, as a zoologist for the Geological Survey of Canada. During World War I, he was stationed with the US Army 79th division in France, and then in New York and Maryland. He returned to Canada in 1920, but continued to travel throughout his life. Harper also worked to trace the travels of John and William Bertram through the American South and made numerous trips to study the people and environment of the Okefinokee Swamp.

Administration

Author
NAA Staff
Custodial History note
Purchased from Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, in June 1961, with the assistance and approval of the Dr. Francis Harper. Correspondence with Dr. Harper and with Dr. J. M. Harrison, Director of the Geological Survey of Canada, in Bureau of American Ethnology files.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Reproductions of these photographs should include credit to the Geological Survey of Canada.
Preferred Citation note
Photo Lot 4606, Francis Harper photographs from an expedition to Great Slave Lake, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional photographs by Francis Harper held in the National Anthropological Archives BAE historical negatives.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds some of Harper's fieldbooks (SIA RU007434, SIA Acc. 12-443, SIA Acc. 12-581, and SIA Acc. 12-443).
Location of Other Archival Materials
The University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library holds the Francis Harper papers.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 4606

Addl. KW Subj

Addl. KW Subj
Chippewa
Salteaux


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Indians of North America -- Northeast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Deh Gah Got'ine (Slavey) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tli Cho (Dogrib/Thlingchadinne) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Denésoliné (Chipewyan) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cree Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Boats and boating Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Great Slave Lake (N.W.T.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Saskatchewan Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Alberta Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Subarctic Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dance Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Camps Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Geological Survey of Canada Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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