J. Harold Waugh photographs from the Spirit Lake Reservation (Devils Lake Reservation)
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- Creators:
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Waugh, John Harold, Jr., 1878-1956
- Dates:
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1890-1893
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41 Glass plate negatives
41 Copy negatives
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.143
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection includes glass plate negatives shot by J. Harold Waugh, the son of Indian Agent John H. Waugh on the Spirit Lake (Devil's Lake) reservation between 1890 and 1893. The agency headquarters were located at Fort Totten in North Dakota and Waugh (Sr.) oversaw both the Spirit Lake (Devil's Lake) and Turtle Mountain reservations. J. Harold Waugh's photographs include images of agency buildings, activities on the reservation and members of the Wahpetonwan Dakota [Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe] Tribe.
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Paul, William L. Jr
Curry, James E., 1907-1972
- Dates:
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1932-1958
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121.7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.015
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
These are the papers of Washington, D.C. attorney James E. Curry, whose legal career included work both as a government attorney and in his own private practice. The bulk of the papers reflect his private practice in the area of Indian affairs.
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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
- Dates:
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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.