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Smithsonian Institution
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2014
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-263
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the "Indians at the Post Office: Native Themes in New Deal-Era Murals" online exhibition as it existed on July 2, 2014. The exhibition was jointly created by the National Postal Museum, the National Museum of the American Indian, and the United States Postal Service. It looks at post office murals depicting the ...
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United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board
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1870-2010
bulk 1962-1985
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39 slides (photographs)
35 negatives (photographic)
257 Photographic prints
14 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.072
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Indian Arts and Crafts Board accession records collection includes documents and photographs related to works of art accessioned into the IACB collection from it's inception in 1935 to 1999. The collection also includes docuements related to objects accessioned into the IACB's run Southern Plains Indian Museum. The collection is nearly comprehensive and includes works of art from Alaska Native artists to Catawba pottery, and includes artwork from several renowned artists including, Maria Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo), James Kivetoruk Moses (Inupiaq), and Don Morse "Lelooska" Smith (Cherokee).
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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circa 1914
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8 Prints (cyanotype)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.87-2K
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs depicting American Indian musical instruments in the Crosby Brown Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including Northwest Coast reed instruments and rattles.
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Siegriest, 1899-1989
United States. Works Progress Administration
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1939
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7 Posters
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4883
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National Anthropological Archives
Titles: "Antelope Hunt from a Navaho Drawing, New Mexico;" "Pomo Indian Basket, California;" "Apache Devil Dancer from an Indian Painting, Arizona;" "Pueblo Turtle Dancers from an Indian Painting, New Mexico;" "Eskimo Mask, Western Alaska;" "Blanket Design of the Haida Indians, Alaska;" and "From an Indian Painting on Elkskin, Great Plains."
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Forbes, Anne, 1919-
United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board
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1948-1977
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472 Photographic prints
1 Linear foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.060
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Anne Forbes collection includes documents and photographs pertaining to her research on Indian arts in the Southwest, United States conducted during 1948-1948 and revisited in 1958. The work culminated in the dissemination of a survey titled "Survey of American Indian Arts and Crafts, Southwest and Northern Plains." Forbes focused mostly on Pueblo paintings having developed personal relationships with several Pueblo painters including Joe Herrera (Cochiti Pueblo), Velino Herrera (Zia Pueblo) and Jose Rey Toledo (Jemez Pueblo).
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Hill, Richard W., Sr.
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circa 1972-1978
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25 Prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.83-35
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National Anthropological Archives
Informal photographic portraits depicting Iroquois, Seminole, and other American Indians. Images document the preparation of fry bread, a lacrosse player, a corn-husk doll maker, an Iroquois dancer, a longhouse wedding party, a Seneca wood carver making a water drum, a Seneca basketmaker, and a Seneca flute maker.
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Halstead, Whitney (collector and photographer)
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undated
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27 Negatives (acetate)
140 Prints (silver gelatin (including proof sheets of contact prints))
1 Print (albumen)
11 copy prints
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.89-43
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs documenting pottery and pottery designs from historic Pueblo groups and archeological sites, including Nampeyo pottery and an image of Maria Martinez of San Ildefonso and examples of her pottery. There are also some photographs that depict a pueblo, Southwest landscapes, cliff dwellings, rock art, craftspeople, and dwellings, mostly re...
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D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968
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1921-1983
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2.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.dharrene
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Archives of American Art
The papers of art curator, lecturer, and museum director, René d'Harnoncourt (1901-1968), document d'Harnoncourt's activities, primarily in the 1930s and 1940s, particularly as they relate to Mexican and Native American art. D'Harnoncourt's career, including his arrival in Mexico in 1925, his curation of the exhibitions, Mexican Art (1930-1932), and Indian Art of the United States (1941), and his work for the Department of the Interior's Indian Arts and Crafts Board from 1937-1944, are documented in small amounts of biographical material and correspondence, published writings, printed material, scrapbooks, photographs of d'Harnoncourt and colleagues, and photographs of works of art. The collection also contains a drawing of d'Harnoncourt, and photocopies of caricatures of d'Harnoncourt and others.
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Rush, Olive, 1873-1966
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1879-1967
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6.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.rusholiv
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Olive Rush measure 6.3 linear feet and date from 1879 to 1967. They contain correspondence, artwork, photographs, writings, and other personal papers documenting Rush's education and career as an illustrator, portraitist, muralist, painter, teacher, and promoter of Native American art.
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Catlin, George, 1796-1872
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1840-1860
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1 Reel (ca. 500 items (on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.catlgeop
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Archives of American Art
Letters from Catlin to Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1840-1860, and 2 letters from Phillipps to Catlin; writings by Catlin; material on Catlin's Indian Gallery, including clippings, catalogs, handbills, invitations, Indian drawings, and printed material; a watercolor sketchbook; a list of paintings; Indian portrait sketches; and miscellany.