Edward S. Curtis photogravure plates and proofs for The North American Indian
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Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
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1899-1927
circa 1980
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96 photomechanical prints (photogravure proofs)
184 printing plates (copper printing plates)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.080
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Edward S. Curtis photogravure plates and proofs for The North American Indian include photogravure printing plates and associated proofs made from Curtis photographs and used in the publication of The North American Indian volumes 1-9 and 12-19. The bulk of the images are portraits, though there are also images of everyday items, ceremonial artifacts, and camps.
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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
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1866-1868
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61 Photographic prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.077
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) was a photographer best known for his portraits of President Abraham Lincoln, his American Civil War photographs, and his photographs of American Indian delegations. This collection contains 61 albumen prints that were shot by Gardner circa 1866-1868 and held in General William T. Sherman's personal collection. Photographs depict American Indian tribes and Peace Commissioners involved in the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty; photographs shot along the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division in 1867; and photographs of American Indian delegations visiting Washington, D. C. from 1866-1868.
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Teiwes, Helga
- Dates:
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1965-2002
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3775 negatives (photographic)
3126 slides (photographs)
433 Photographic prints
196 Transparencies
16 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.070
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Helga Teiwes photograph collection contains over 7,000 negatives, slides and prints made by Teiwes between 1965 and 2002. For over thirty years Teiwes worked as a staff photographer for the Arizona State Museum, photographing and documenting Native American communities across the American Southwest. During this time, Teiwes also privately took photographs and built personal relationships among members of the Akimel O'odham, Tohono O'odham, Apache, Diné (Navajo) and Hopi tribes. These photographs include portraits of artists at work, families in their homes, daily life on the reservation, special events and landscape photography. Additionally, the Teiwes collection includes photographs from a 1975 trip to Peru and photographs of the Tarahumara (Rarámuri) community in Chihuahua, Mexico.
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Karsh , Yousuf, 1908-2002
- Dates:
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1981-1993
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0.25 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.310
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 3 photographs depicting Diné (Navajo) artist R.C. Gorman and one poster depicting his artwork.
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DeLong, Lillian
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circa 1890-1910
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7 cyanotypes (photographic prints)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.249
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Cyanotype photographs depicting outdoor portraits possibly on the Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) reservation in Montana, circa 1890-1910.
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Silleck, Herbert Underhill
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circa 1924-1944
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260 Photographs
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.223
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 260 photographs depicting many American Indian communities including Diné (Navajo); Hopi; Isleta Pueblo; Pikuni (Piegan) [Blackfeet Nation, Browning, Montana]; Taos Pueblo; and Lacandon Maya, as well as others. Photographs were shot by amateur photographer Herbert Underhill Silleck circa 1924-1944 during his travels with his wife Agnes Smartt Silleck.
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Meyer, Andrew
- Dates:
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1929
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49 Photographic prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.259
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of 49 black and white photographic prints of images of village life as well as pre-Columbian stone carvings and statues photographed by Andrew Meyer in Colombia in 1929.
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O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882
Bell, William, 1830-1910
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
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1871-1874
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54 albumen prints
7 copy negatives
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.229
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains photographs documenting American Indian communities and landscape scenes in the Southwest photographed by Timothy O'Sullivan and William Bell for U.S. geographical surveys circa 1971-1974.
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United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)
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circa 1900-1914
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0.21 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.250
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains booklets and correspondence circa 1900-1914 related to the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania and collected by George Conner (Tse-da-ha), a former alumnus.
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Evelyn, Douglas E.
- Dates:
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1880-1960
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1 Linear foot
42 printed pages
30 Postcards
25 Photographic prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.226
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of 42 NABISCO Straight Arrow cards, 30 postcards, and 25 stereographs depicting indigenous peoples of North and Central America, with dates ranging 1880 – 1960. The bulk of the collection consists of images of Native communities throughout the United States, and includes portrait images, dwellings, and landscape views.