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National Museum of the American Indian
Douglas D. Graham Photographs of the Southwest
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.313
- Creators:
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Hillers, John K., 1843-1925Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903Churchill, Frank C. (Frank Carroll), 1850-1912
- Dates:
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circa 1880-1914
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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46 Photographs
- Repository:
This collection contains 46 gelatin silver and albumen prints that depict the southwest Indigenous peoples and landscapes from around 1880-1914.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 46 gelatin/albumen silver prints that were in the collection of Douglas D. Graham. The photographs represent portraits and landscapes of the southwest around 1880-1914. Some photographs were taken by Ben Wittick (6), John K. Hillers (2), and Colonel Frank. C. Churchill (1).
Arrangement
Arrangement
Arranged in folders by print catalog number.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Douglas D. Graham was born in New York in 1849 and died in 1914. Graham was a U.S. Indian Agent at Zuni, New Mexico from 1870 to about 1906. During this time, he was also a teacher and superintendent at a local school.
Administration
Author
Tazbah Gaussoin
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the Museum of the American Indian (MAI) in 1959 by Graham's nieces: Evelyn Brinckerhoff Lent (Mrs. Ward S. Lent, 1890-1970); Heloise Graham Brinckerhoff Oman (Mrs. Charles M. Oman, 1885-1966); Beatrice Brinckerhoff Young (Mrs. Alexander M. Young, 1895-1973); and Mary Franklin Brinckerhoff Van Houten (Mrs. John M. Van Houten, 1894-1964).
Processing Information
Processed by Tazbah Gaussoin [Picuris Pueblo, Diné (Navajo)], Museum Specialist, in 2022.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Conditions Governing Access
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Douglas D. Graham photographs of the Southwest, image #, NMAI.AC.313; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
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Repository Contact
National Museum of the American Indian
4220 Silver Hill Rd
Suitland, Maryland 20746-2863
nmaiarchives@si.edu
