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National Anthropological Archives
Bureau of American Ethnology photograph collection relating to Native Americans, undated
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.87-2M
- Creators:
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Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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2 Printsetching or engraving13 Printsalbumen230 Copy printscirca1 Chromolithograph179 Cyanotypes (photographic prints)200 Printscircasilver gelatin
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photographs mostly commissioned and collected by personnel in the Bureau of American Ethnology. Most of the photographs are studio portraits of Native Americans made by the Bureau of American Ethnology and Smithsonian Institution, possibly for physical anthropologist Ales Hrdlicka. There are also photographs made by Truman Michelson among the Catawba tribe, copies of illustrations and drawings, and various images of archeological sites and artifacts.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Part of this material was originally accessioned and cataloged into the Division of Physical Anthropology and part was accessioned into the National Museum as part of accession 42191. This collection was found in 1972, along with other collections in Photo Lot 87-2, as something which had been set aside as a "problem collection," though this may only reflect that it was unprocessed.
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 87-2M, Bureau of American Ethnology photograph collection relating to Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Original negatives for many photographs in this collection held in the National Anthropological Archives in the BAE historical negatives.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Michelson photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 13, Photo Lot 24, MS 2139, and MS 4365-c.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Hillers photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 14, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 28, Photo Lot 40, Photo Lot 143, Photo Lot 83-18, Photo Lot 87-2N, Photo Lot 90-1, Photo Lot 92-46, and the BAE historical negatives.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Jackson photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 37, Photo Lot 40, Photo Lot 60, Photo Lot 93, Photo Lot 143, Photo Lot R82-10, Photo Lot 87-2P, Photo Lot 90-1, Photo Lot 92-3, the records of the Department of Anthropology, and the BAE historical negatives.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Smillie photographs held in the National Museum of American History Archives Center in the Frances Benjamin Johnston and Thomas W. Smillie Glass Plate Negatives and in Smithsonian Institution Archives SIA Acc. 05-123.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Gardner photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 80-18, Photo Lot 87-2P, Photo Lot 90-1, and the BAE historical negatives.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Associated busts and molds held in the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 42191.
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 87-2M
, USNM ACC 42191
Addl. KW Subj
Addl. KW Subj
Blackfoot
Creek (Muskogee)
Dakota, Sioux
Iroquois
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox
Oraibi
Pima (Akimel O'odham)
San Juan (Ohkay Owingeh)
Santa Clara
Sioux
Standing Rock Reservation
Wenatchee
Yakima
Keywords
National Anthropological Archives
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