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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:
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United States, Department of the Interior, Reference Service Branch
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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1 Postcard2 Printshalftone2 Negatives (photographic)9 Photographic printssilver 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
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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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 |
National Anthropological Archives
Museum Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746
Business Number: Phone: 301.238.1300
Fax Number: Fax: 301.238.2883
naa@si.edu