National Anthropological Archives

Department of the Interior Reference Service photograph collection relating to Native Americans and Western scenes, undated

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.75-65
Creators:
United States, Department of the Interior, Reference Service Branch
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
1 Postcard
2 Prints
halftone
2 Negatives (photographic)
9 Photographic prints
silver gelatin and albumen
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Photographs that were originally museum items at Homestead National Monument and donated by the Department of the Interior as part of an exchange program. They depict Native American women and girls, Weber Canyon, Old Creek Indian Council House in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, Chief Isparhecher, burial of the dead at Wounded Knee, and the Wyoming Consistory's class of February 1908. The collection also includes a postcard reproduction of a painting depicting Buffalo Bill's Grave on Lookout Mountain, Colorado.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Transferred to Smithsonian Institution in 1975 as part of an exchange between the Smithsonian and the National Park Service.

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 75-65, Department of the Interior Reference Service photograph collection relating to Native Americans and Western subjects, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 75-65

Other Finding Aids note

Other Finding Aids note
Inventory available in repository.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Okmulgee (Okla.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
South Dakota Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kiowa Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Postcards Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Niuam (Comanche) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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