National Anthropological Archives

Duane H. King photographs of Mikasuki tribal fair, 1980

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.81-45
Creators:
King, Duane H.
Dates:
1980
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
13 Color prints
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Photographs documenting the Mikasuki tribal fair on December 31, 1980, including Aztec dancers, musician Buffy St. Marie, craftspeople, and visitors.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Duane King was an anthropology scholar of Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee. From 1975 to 1982, he served as director of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in North Carolina. Afterwards, he became executive director of the Cherokee National Historical Society in Tahlequah, assistant director for the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian at the Heye Center in New York City, executive director of the Middle Oregon Historical Society in Warm Springs, Oregon, and executive director of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian/Autry National Center in Los Angeles, Califorinia. In 2008 he was named Vice President for Museum Affairs and Director of the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Probably donated by Duane H. King, 1981.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
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Conditions Governing Use note
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Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 81-45, Duane King photographs of Mikasuki tribal fair, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional images of tribal fairs can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in the BAE historical negatives and Photo Lot 24.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The National Museum of the American Indian and the Archives Center at the National Museum of American History also hold photographs of American Indian fairs.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 81-45

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 -- Southern states Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Fairs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Florida Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Color photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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