Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.R74-10
- Creators:
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- Dates:
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circa 1902-1905, 1920s-1940s, 1960s
- Languages:
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- Physical Description:
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3,800 Copy prints
circa
black and white
- Repository:
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Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Copy photographs depicting buildings, farms, Dakota Indians, and mission school activities in and around the St. Francis Mission on the Rosebud Reservation. The majority of the photographs were made by Eugene Buechel, a Jesuit who served at St. Francis and Holy Rosary missions. The collection also includes some photographs by Fr. Salvatore Gentile of a Sun Dance on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
St. Francis Mission was a Jesuit mission established on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota in 1886. The central function of the mission was education, in the form of the St. Francis Mission school. Father Digmann, often referred to as the founder of St. Francis Mission, also established thirty-seven mission stations around the reservation. In 1972 the mission school was turned over to the tribe's community corporation, Sicangu Oyate Ho, Inc., which renamed it St. Francis Indian School.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies note
Copy negatives also available.
Existence and Location of Originals note
Originals now in Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries in Milwaukee, WI.
Custodial History note
These photographs were copied from the original negatives in the St. Francis Mission archives, 1973-1974.
Local Call Number(s)
Reproduction Note
Reproduction Note
Copy prints and negatives made by Smithsonian Institution, 1973-1974.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
This copy collection has been obtained for reference purposes only. Contact the repository for terms of use and access.
Preferred Citation note
Photo Lot R74-10, St Francis Indian Mission photograph collection, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Photographs of St. Francis Mission may be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4574.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Marquette University's Raynor Memorial Libraries in Milwaukee, WI, holds the records of the St. Francis Mission.
Other Finding Aids note
Other Finding Aids note
Inventory available in repository.
Keywords
National Anthropological Archives
Museum Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746
naa@si.edu
