National Anthropological Archives

Copy of Frank A. Bowman portrait of Red Cloud and Othniel Charles Marsh, 1883

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.R79-49
Creators:
Bowman, Frank A.
Dates:
1883
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
1 Copy print
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Copy of a studio portrait depicting Red Cloud presenting a headdress and pipe to Othniel Charles Marsh. The portrait was made at Frank A. Bowman's studio in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 22, 1883.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899) was a well-known paleontologist who met Red Cloud (1822-1909) in 1874. While doing fieldwork for the Red Cloud Agency, Marsh assisted Red Cloud in encouraging Indian agent Dr. John J. Saville, a physician accused of graft, to resign from the agency. In 1883, Red Cloud visited Marsh at the Peabody Museum of Yale University, at which time they visited Frank Augustus Bowman (1847-1911), a commercial photographer in New Haven from about 1878-1900.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Existence and Location of Originals note
Original in Peabody Museum, Yale University.
Custodial History note
Copy print donated by John Canfield Ewers, a member of the Department of Anthropology and alumnus of Yale University, in 1979.

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 print was obtained for reference purposes only and cannot be reproduced for researchers.
Preferred Citation note
Photo lot R79-49, Copy of Frank A. Bowman portrait of Red Cloud and Othniel Charles Marsh, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
The Peabody Museum holds the headdress and pipe pictured, as well as other photographs made during the same event.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional photographs of Red Cloud can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4559, MS 4598, MS 4754, Photo Lot 87-2P, Photo Lot 90-1, Photo Lot 2001-14, and the BAE historical negatives.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Papers relating to Marsh can be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives in SIA RU000248, SIA RS00251, and SIA AH00049.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot R79-49

Reproduction Note

Reproduction Note
Copy print made, probably by John Canfield Ewers, 1979.

Addl. KW Subj

Addl. KW Subj
Sioux


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Red Cloud, 1822-1909 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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