Ambrotype of Chief Okemos
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- Creators:
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Smith, Henry H.
Imhof, Joseph, 1871-1955
- Dates:
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1858
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1 ambrotypes (photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.385
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Ambrotype of Chief Okemos [Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)] photographed by Henry H. Smith in 1858.
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National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Education and Museum Programs. Publications Office
- Dates:
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2013-2014
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-032
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the publications: Before and After the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes and For a Love of His People: The Photography of Horace Poolaw. Before and After the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes was published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at the George Gustav Heye C...
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Reed, Roland, 1864-1934
Rinehart, F. A. (Frank A.)
Muhr, Adolph F., -1913
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1882-1913
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43 Photographic prints
0.25 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.289
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of 43 photographic prints of Native American peoples from throughout North America. Dating from 1882 to 1913, the images in this collection document a variety of Native American communities and events, including the U.S. Indian Congress which took place at the 1898 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska. Photographers include Frank A. Rinehart, Adolph F. Muhr, and Roland W. Reed, as well as a series of images by an unknown photographer who also documented American Indian life.
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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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Jenkins, Dale
- Dates:
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1890-1939
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145 Postcards
11 Photographic prints
0.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.069
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of 145 postcards and 11 photographs depicting indigenous peoples of the Americas, with dates ranging 1890 – 1930s. The bulk of the collection consists of postcards of Native communities throughout the United States, and includes portrait images, dwellings, basket-making, weaving, and crafts.
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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Johnson, Frederick, 1904-1994
Dockstader, Frederick J.
Churchill, Frank C. (Frank Carroll), 1850-1912
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1890-1998
- Size:
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400 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
These records document the governance and programmatic activities of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation (MAI) from its inception in 1904 until its sublimation by the Smithsonian Institution in 1990. The types of materials present in this collection include personal and institutional correspondence, individual subject files, minutes and annual reports, financial ledgers, legal records, expedition field notes, research notes, catalog and object lists, publications, clippings, flyers, maps, photographs, negatives and audio-visual materials. These materials span a varied range of subjects relating to the activities of the museum which are more fully described on the series level.