Scope and Contents note

Photographs made by Henry Milton Whelpley in Minnesota and South Dakota in August 1902. Images depict people and pictographs at a quarry in Pipestone, Minnesota, as well as individuals including Mrs. Keochsmoney (Walk Fast and Strike), Dr. Isaac Stinger, and others near Keochsmoney's house in Flandreau, South Dakota.

Biographical/Historical note

Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley (1861-1926) was a pharmacist in St. Louis, Missouri, a collector of Native American artifacts and an amateur archeologist. Born in Michigan, he graduated from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy in 1883. After a brief period managing a drug store in Mine La Motte, he settled in St. Louis. There he became an editor for the St. Louis Druggist (later the Meyer Brothers Druggist) in 1884 and taught at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. He later took a teaching post in the medical department at Washington University in St. Louis and received the Remington Medal in 1925 for outstanding achievement in the pharmaceutical profession. In addition to his pharmaceutical interests, Whelpley was an amateur archeologist, known for conducting original investigations as well as for his large collection of flint and hematite implements.

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Location of Other Archival Materials

Additional photographs by Whelpley held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Flint artifacts from Whelpley held in the anthropology collections of the National Museum of Natural History in accession 55830.

Location of Other Archival Materials

The Missouri History Museum holds a collection of personal materials relating to Henry Milton Whelpley.

Custodial History note

The photographs were probably collected by William Henry Holmes. They were transferred from the Division of Archeology, US National Museum, in December 1964.