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National Anthropological Archives
Ed Brady collection of photographs of Native Americans, circa 1880-1950
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.90-8
- Creators:
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Brady, Ed
- Dates:
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circa 1880-1950
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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1 Pamphlet1 Stereographsilver gelatin2 Color postcards2 Color prints3 Copy negatives5 Copy prints42 Printssilver gelatin (some on postcard stock)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Ed Brady's collection of photographs and postcards of Native American camps, people, crafts, schools, and dances, as well as agency personnel at various reservations. A majority of the original prints are photographs by Lee Moorhouse, including images of American Indian dwellings, camps, Kate Drexel School, children in cradleboards, and formal and informal portraits. Additionally, there are photographs made by E. Potts at Tesuque Pueblo on November 12, 1924 during the feast day; images are mostly of Tewa people dancing the Buffalo-Deer Dance.
The collection also includes a stereograph depicting Taos people in front of Taos Pueblo, as well as photographic postcards of Omaha men in Walthill, Nebraska, American Indians at a camp in Idaho, Indians at a camp near International Falls, Minnesota, a Navajo camp in Arizona, an elevated view of a camp with numerous tipis, possibly for a rodeo, two Alaskan Eskimo girls, and a reenactment of the Battle of Little Bighorn aftermath. There is also a pamphlet entitled "Old Travois Trails," from 1941, which was possibly originally collected by Dr. W. A. Russell, a doctor for the Fort Peck Agency.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Photographs donated by Ed Brady of Seattle, Washington, over a period from 1980 through 1995.
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 90-8, Ed Brady collection of photographs of Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Photo Lot 81-39 has been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 90-8. These photographs were also collected by Ed Brady and form part of this collection.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Brady also donated Indian police badges to the Department of Anthropology in accessions 343151 and 378681.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional photographs by Moorhouse can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 78 and the BAE historical negatives.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The University of Oregon Special Collections holds a large collection of Lee Moorhouse photographs, 1888-1925 (PH036).
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional photographs published by the Keystone View Company can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4551, Photo Lot 140 and Photo Lot 90-1.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The University of Washington holds Ed Brady photographs of the Mount St. Helens Eruption (PH Coll 889).
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 90-8
, NAA Photo Lot 81-39
, NAA Photo Lot 89-28
Addl. KW Subj
Addl. KW Subj
Sioux
Palouse
Wishram
Alaskan Eskimo
Keywords
National Anthropological Archives
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