Iva Towsley Gardner's collection of Chief Shabbona ambrotypes
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Gardner, Iva Towsley
- Dates:
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1854-1859
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2 ambrotypes (photographs) (1/4 plate)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.100
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 2 hand-colored ambrotypes that depict portraits of Potawatomi Chief Shabbona, circa 1854-1859. The ambrotypes were given to Iva Towsley Gardner when she served as a nurse within the Potowatami community. The ambrotypes are housed in a union case that features a horse and rider motif. The photographs may have been shot on di...
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St. Michael Indian School (Saint Michaels, Ariz.)
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circa 1950-1959
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0.02 Linear Feet
8 Photographic Prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.096
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains photographs that depict students, teachers, and medical professionals associated with the St. Michael Indian School in St. Michaels, Arizona on the Navajo Reservation from circa 1950-1959.
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Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886
Zimmerman, Charles A., 1844-1909
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circa 1864-1865
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4 cartes-de-viste (card photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.098
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of four cartes-de-visite portraits of Native American men involved in the Dakota War of 1862. Individuals were photographed by Joel Emmons Whitney between approximately 1864 and 1865. Reprints of these cartes-de-visite were later sold by Whitney and Charles Alfred Zimmerman in their St. Paul, Minnesota studio throughout the...
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Waugh, Donald.
Waugh, Leuman Maurice, 1877-1972.
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1909-1963
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2.1 Linear Feet ((5 boxes; 1 map case drawer))
1,749 Photographic Prints
1,035 lantern slides
1579 negatives (photographic)
80 film reels (16mm)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.003
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Leuman Maurice Waugh collection contains papers, photographs, and film holdings that were created by Waugh during his dental research expeditions to indigenous communities in Newfoundland and Labrador in eastern Canada and in Arctic Alaska.
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The Arctic Circle (Gallery: Los Angeles, Calif.)
Witt, Ellen, 1917-2007
Witt, Bert
- Dates:
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1967-1987
bulk 1971-1986
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634 slides (photographs)
152 photographs
1.6 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.004
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Arctic Circle records include materials gathered by Bert and Ellen Witt for their private gallery of Inuit art The Arctic Circle. These materials include native artists information which is organized by community, reference material organized topically, slides from the gallery's annual print collections as well as photographs of scupltures and textiles displayed in the gallery. Much of the reference material used by the gallery pertains to native communities in the Nunavet Territory of Canada such as Cape Dorset and Baker Lake as well as other small communities throughout the Northwest Territiories. Additionally photographs taken by Bert and Ellen Witt's son Tony during a trip to Canada in 1973 are included in this collection.
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Krinsky, Carol Herselle
- Dates:
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1964-2004
- Size:
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2.92 Linear Feet ((7 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.008
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
These papers consist of research materials collected and used by Professor Carol Herselle Krinsky for her book Contemporary Native American Architecture: Cultural Regeneration and Creativity.
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Teriananda, 1947-
- Dates:
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1972 - 1999
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0.83 Linear Feet (2 archival boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.009
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Teriananda Papers, located in the Cultural Resource Center of the National Museum of the American Indian, contain writings authored by Teriananda, as well as various position papers, news articles, flyers, correspondence, and group newsletters that represent the political activities she participated in on behalf of Native American and other indigenous peoples.
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Hight, George C.
- Dates:
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circa 1963-1964
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23 slides (photographs) (color)
38 negatives (photographic) (black and white)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.039
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Images include domestic and ceremonial scenes of Navajo Indians. Ceremonies include Blessing Way Ceremony, Enemy Way Ceremony,and Hoop Ceremony.
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Calver, William L.
- Dates:
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1895-1936
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129 negatives (photographic) (black and white, 4.5 x 6.5 inches.)
22 lantern slides (black and white, color.)
19 albumen prints
129 acetate negatives (Duplicates, black and white, 5 x 7 inches.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.042
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 22 lantern slides in black and white and color, 129 black-and-white glass negatives and 19 albumen prints taken by William L. Calver between 1895-1936. The images primarily depict archaeological excavation sites in Inwood, New York City, and the broader New York City area. Also present are 129 duplicate acetate negatives.
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Lang, Charles B.
- Dates:
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1894-1910
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16 acetate negatives (Duplicates, 5 x 7 inches.)
16 negatives (photographic) (black and white, 4.5 x 6.5 inches.)
1 Photographic Print (gelatin silver.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.048
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 16 glass plate negatives and 1 gelatin silver print taken by Charles B. Lang between 1894-1910. Also present are 16 duplicate acetate negatives. The images depict views of Canyon de Chelly and Monument Valley in Arizona, scenes of everyday life in Cochiti Pueblo, and a Navajo silversmith in Bluff, Utah.