John C. Casey letter books
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Casey, John C.
- Dates:
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1848-1856
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1 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.029
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The collection of John C. Casey journals includes three original letter books from Captain John Casey's time in Monterrey, Mexico during the Mexican-American War from 1847-1848 and as an emigration agent at the Seminole Agency in Florida from 1848 to 1856. This covers a period of time that includes the beginning of the third Seminole War. Additionally, one of the letter books also contains a journal of Casey's operations in the Indian Department in Florida from his arrival in August of 1848 until October of 1849.
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Davidson, Daniel Sutherland, 1900-
- Dates:
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1925
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36 Photographic Prints (albumen, 2.5 x 4 inches.)
101 acetate negatives (black and white, 5 x 7 inches.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.044
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of 101 black-and-white acetate negatives and 36 albumen prints taken by Daniel Sutherland Davidson in 1925. The images portray Pamunkey and Chickahominy Indians of Virginia and the Algonquin (Kitcisakik, Grand Lake Victoria) and Tetes de Boule (Attikamek) Indians of Quebec, Canada.
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Snake, Reuben, 1937-1993
- Dates:
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1970-1996
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1.25 Linear Feet (3 archival boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.012
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Reuben A. Snake, Jr. Papers, located in the Cultural Resource Center of the National Museum of the American Indian, contain writings, correspondence, biographical materials, and written materials relating to the Native American Church which document the literary and political activities of this Winnebago tribal leader.
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Woolf, Paul J., 1899-1985
- Dates:
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1940-1964
- Size:
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1 box (Archival materials:)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.005
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
These materials provide supporting documentation for the Paul Woolf photographs. These papers contain reference materials, including publications and ephemera, biographical materials, including articles about Woolf and his C.V., documentation of Woolf's travel and photography, including typescript and handwritten notes, correspondence and ephemer...
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1880-1940
- Size:
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0.02 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.288
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of 11 chromolithograph trading and advertising cards dating to the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Images depict Native individuals and groups throughout North America, but tend to focus specifically on Northeast, Great Lakes, and Plains communities.
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Armstrong, Josephine Sloan
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circa 1908-1920
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4 Photographic Prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.278
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 4 photographs that depict Josephine Sloan Armstrong (Minnesota Chippewa [White Earth, Minnesota]) and her family circa 1908-1920.
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Teweles, Hugo
- Dates:
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1929
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1 film reel (8mm)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.128
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains one 8mm silent film that was shot by Hugo Teweles presumably while he and his wife Alice Heller Teweles and their children Lawrence, Richard, and Marie, were on vacation in New Mexico and Arizona. Included in the film is footage of an Apache Fire Dance, possibly by the White Mountain Apache dancers in Arizona. The film can...
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Burn, Farrar, 1888-1974
Burn, June, 1893-1969
- Dates:
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1920-1921
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12 glass plate negatives
13 copy negatives
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.131
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection includes negatives from June and Farrar Burn's time in Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska between 1920 and 1921. The Burns were granted teaching appointments from the Bureau of Education in the Alaska School Service and assigned to Gambell where they lived for a year, working closely with the Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik) community there.
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Bernard, Joseph-Fidèle, 1878-1972
- Dates:
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1921
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11 glass plate negatives
11 copy negatives
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.132
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Joseph-Fidèle Bernard photographs from Alaska consists of negatives taken by Bernard in 1921 among the Inupiaq (Alaska Inupiat Eskimo) and Siberian Yu'pik communities. Bernard was an artic trader, trapper and captain of the schooner "Teddy Bear."
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Jennerson, Horace G.
Bratley, J. H. (Jesse H.)
- Dates:
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bulk circa 1887-1902
circa 1887-1940
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1 Linear Feet
28 glass plate negatives
30 Photographic Prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.224
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains photographs was shot circa 1887-1899 by Jesse Hasting Bratley and Horace G. Jennerson while they served as teachers on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Reservations.