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Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)
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circa 1910
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2 cu. ft. (4 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-014
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of 76 photogravure plates from the Harriman Alaska Series, a 14-volume publication detailing the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899. The plates were made from photographs and drawings made during the Expedition. Prominent photographers include C. Hart Merriam and Edward S. Curtis.
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Harriman Alaska Expedition Collection
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Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)
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1899-1900
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1.5 cu. ft. (3 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7243
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927
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1908-1913
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4 Items
- Collection ID:
- AAA.walcchar
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Archives of American Art
Four letters between Charles D. Walcott and others. Included are three 1908 letters from Herbert Adams to Charles Walcott, from Walcott to J. Scott Hartley, Secretary of the National Sculpture Society and from Hartley to Walcott, relating to the election of Herbert Adams as the representative of the National Sculpture Society to the Advisory Commit...
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Rumsey, Mary Harriman, 1881-1934.
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1898-1900
1903
1914
bulk 1899-1899
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396 lantern slides
286 Photographic prints
1 Map
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.053
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Mary Harriman Rumsey collection largely consists of photographic prints and lantern slides documenting the Harriman Expedition to Alaska in summer 1899. These depict members of the expedition and Alaskan scenery and people. The collection also includes scenic photographs of Alaska taken by Dora Keen in 1914 and photographs of Blackfeet, Hopi, Apache, and Suquamish Indians made by Edward Curtis in 1900 and 1903.
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Coville, Frederick V. (Frederick Vernon), 1867-1937
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1888-1936 and undated
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3 cu. ft. (6 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7272
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers of Frederick Vernon Coville were part of a group of Smithsonian Department of Botany records which were originally deposited in 1971 at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. In December 1977, the records were returned to the Smithsonian for maintenance in the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
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Sanborn, Elwin R. (Elwin Roswell)
New York Zoological Society
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September 23, 1904
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12 Photographs
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.204
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains photographs depicting the erection of a Tlingit totem pole and chief's house near the Mammals' Pond at the New York Zoological Society on September 23, 1904.
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Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
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circa 1904
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1 mounted print (platinum)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.96-17
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photograph published by Edward S. Curtis titled "The Vanishing Race," depicting Navajo Indians on horseback riding away from the photographer. The recto of the print is signed by Edward S. Curtis in ink, and the copyright notice appears in blindstamp.
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Cole, Leon J. (Leon Jacob), 1877-1948
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1941
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0.43 cu. ft. (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7244
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of an album of photographs taken by Cole in Alaska in 1941. The album also contains memorabilia collected by Cole. The photographs are in chronological order and are labeled.
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Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
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circa 1908
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3 Prints (photogravure)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.84-8
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National Anthropological Archives
Photogravures made from Edward S. Curtis portraits of American Horse, Oglala Indian; Hollow Horn Bear, Brule Indian; and an Assiniboine/Gros Ventre man. Curtis copyrighted the original photographs in 1907 and 1908.
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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
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400 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001
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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.