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National Anthropological Archives
Copies of National Museum of Canada photograph collection relating to American Indians, 1893-1926
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.R81N
- Creators:
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National Museum of Canada
- Dates:
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1893-1926
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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61 Copy prints
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting Blackfeet, Cree, Sarsi, Eskimo, and Chukchi people, as well as boats, interiors of igloos, and a camp. Many of the photographs are studio portraits. One series was made by Diamond Jenness on Little Diomede Island in 1926 and another by R. M. Anderson on the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1916. Photographers represented in the collection include David F. Barry. J. B. Tyrell, F. W. Waugh, and J. D. Soper.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
The photographs were donated by the National Museum of Canada in exchange for a cast furnished by the United States National Museum Division of Physical Anthropology, 1961.
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. Copies may be obtained from the National Museum of Canada.
Preferred Citation note
Photo lot R81N, Copies of National Museum of Canada photograph collection relating to American Indians, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Barry photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 90-1, Photo Lot 4605, Photo Lot 87-2P, Photo Lot 24, and in the BAE historical negatives.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Jenness photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 8, and correspondence from him is held in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 7053, the Henry Bascom Collins, Jr. papers, the Frederica de Laguna papers, the Ales Hrdlicka papers, the John Peabody Harrington papers, the Society for American Archaeology records, and the Bureau of American Ethnology records.
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot R81N
Other Finding Aids note
Other Finding Aids note
List made by the National Museum of Canada is available in the repository.
Addl. KW Subj
Addl. KW Subj
Sarcee
Blackfeet
Utkiavinmiut
Sioux
Keywords
National Anthropological Archives
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