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National Anthropological Archives
Guide to the Bertha Crum Sparks photographs of Sicangu Lakota (Rosebud) community in Valentine, Nebraska
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.4818
- Creators:
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Sparks, Bertha Crum
- Dates:
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circa 1903-1930s
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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46 Printssilver gelatin9 Printscyanotype
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photographs primarily of Sicangu Lakota (Rosebud) individuals and groups at dances and other events in Valentine, Nebraska. One event is possibly related to a presidential campaign for Franklin D. Roosevelt, or a Fourth of July celebration. Also included are two photographs of a sod church in Kennedy, Nebraska. Most of the photographs were made by Bertha Crum Sparks but Helen Sparks, daughter of Bertha Sparks, may have made several.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Bertha Crum (Mrs. Levi C.) Sparks lived in Valentine, Nebraska and took many photographs of visiting Sicangu Lakota people from the nearby Rosebud reservation. Some photographs were made in the Sparks' back yard.
Administration
Author
Gina Rappaport
Existence and Location of Copies note
Digital surrogates available online.
Processing Information
The photographs were initially filed by tribe in Photo Lot 24. In 2010 the photos were removed from Photo Lot 24 and restored as a distinct collection.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated in 1968 by Helen Sparks, daughter of Bertha Crum Sparks.
Digital Content
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Conditions Governing Access note
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Preferred Citation note
Photo Lot 4818, the Bertha Crum Sparks photographs of Sicangu Lakota (Rosebud) community in Valentine, Nebraska, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 4818
Addl. KW Subj
Addl. KW Subj
Sioux
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyanotypes | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Valentine (Neb.) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sicangu Lakota [Rosebud Sioux] | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sparks, Helen | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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