William F. Stiles collection of negatives, slides and photographic prints
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Creators:
Stiles, William F., 1912-1980
Dates:
1938-1974
Size:
82 Photographic prints (mostly albumen)
242 Negatives (photographic) (acetate)
211 Slides (color)
Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.001.014
Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian

This collection consists of views of New York, Rhode Island, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Newfoundland and Quebec (slides are primarily of Saint Augustin, Quebec).

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Digitized Content MS 4332 Truman Michelson field notes from Bersimis, Natashquan, and Seven Islands
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Creators:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Fontaine, Alec
MacKenzie, Sylvester, 1876-
Moreau, Mathieu
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Dates:
1937
Size:
17 Items (0.17 linear feet (10 notebooks and 30 cards)
Collection ID:
NAA.MS4332
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Collection of 10 notebooks containing notes and texts collected by Truman Michelson at Bersimis, Natashquan, and Seven Islands in Quebec, Canada, in 1937. Also a set of index cards with linguistic notes, some of which are marked Weenusk (Eastern Swampy Cree). The field notebooks consist primarily of Innu-aimun (Montagnais) linguistic notes, includi...

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Digitized Content Frederick Johnson photograph collection
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Creators:
Johnson, Frederick, 1904-1994
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Dates:
1924-1931
Size:
1.5 Linear feet
450 Negatives (photographic) (black and white)
Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.001.038
Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian

The Frederick Johnson collection consists of original negatives made from 1924 to 1931 by Johnson primary among the Mi'kmaq, Innu, Algonquin, Potawatomi, Montagnais, Abenaki, Anishinaabe, and Mistassini Cree peoples of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Quebec, Canada. Frederick Johnson began his anthropological studies as a teenager, accompanying anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1951) on trips to Native communities in Eastern Canada. Between 1923 and 1929, Johnson studied at the University of Pennsylvania and conducted several research trips in Canada, some of which were sponsored by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.

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Digitized Content Frank Gouldsmith Speck photograph collection
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Creators:
Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
Dates:
1909-1937
Size:
1428 Negatives (photographic)
40 Photographic prints (black & white)
Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.001.032
Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian

The Frank Gouldsmith Speck photograph collection includes portraits of individuals and families, as well as scenic shots and landscape views made between 1909 and 1937. Speck was an anthropologist and ethnographer, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and worked on behalf of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation collecting ethnographic materials across the Eastern United States and Canada. His collection of photographs includes materials from native communities ranging from Newfoundland to Ontario in Canada and from Maine to South Carolina in the United States.

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