National Anthropological Archives

Larz Anderson photographs of the American Southwest, circa 1904

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.87-2R
Creators:
Anderson, Larz, 1866-1937
Dates:
circa 1904
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
31 Prints
silver gelatin
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Photographs made by Larz Anderson in the Southwest, possibly on a trip to visit Matilda Coxe Stevenson, probably at Zuni Pueblo in 1904. The collection documents scenery, pueblos, Native American people, ranches, and cliff dwellings in the American Southwest, mostly New Mexico. There are also images of Larz Anderson, his wife Isabel Anderson, and friends.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Larz Anderson III (1866-1937) was a wealthy American businessman and friend of BAE ethnologist Matilda Coxe Stevenson. He briefly served as US Minister to Belgium (1911-1912) and US Ambassador to Japan (1912-1913), and traveled extensively throughout the United States and abroad with his wife, Isabel Weld Perkins.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Photographs probably donated by Larz Anderson, circa 1904. 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
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Preferred Citation note
Photo Lot 87-2R, Larz Anderson photographs of the American Southwest, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
Correspondence from Anderson can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in the Matilda Coxe Stevenson Papers (MS 4689).
Location of Other Archival Materials
Two Zuni stone fetishes, given by Matilda Coxe Stevenson to Anderson's wife, can be found in the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 240140.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The Archives of American Gardens holds records and photographs relating to Anderson's estate in Brookline, Massachusetts.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 87-2R


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
A:shiwi (Zuni) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cliff-dwellings Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pueblo Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pueblos Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1850-1915 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Anderson, Isabel, 1876-1948 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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