J. Harold Waugh photographs from the Spirit Lake Reservation (Devils Lake Reservation)
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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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M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.) (studio owner and photographer)
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circa 1850 to 1863
bulk 1857-1858
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32 Mounted prints (albumen)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.4286
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Studio portraits made by the James E. McClees Studio and published by the Blackmore Museum, depicting Native American visitors to Washington, D.C. The series is identified by an 1863 broadside in the collection as "Photographs of some of the principal Chiefs of the North American Indians, made when they have visited Washington as deputations from ...
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Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
- Dates:
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circa 1877
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9 Albums (circa 4000 prints, albumen (some copies))
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.4420
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Albums probably assembled by William Henry Jackson, mostly containing portraits of Native American delegates in Washington, D.C. and photographs made on US Geological Surveys (including the Hayden and Powell surveys). Photographs from the field include John K. Hillers' photographs of the Southwest, photographs of Fort Laramie (possibly by Alexander...
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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.
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Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
- Dates:
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1840s-1960s
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18,000 Items (ca. 18,000 items)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.24
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The collections consists mostly of original and copy prints. There are also some negatives, artwork, photographs of artwork, and printed materials. Included is a large miscellany of ethnological, historical, and some archaeological subjects collected by the Bureau of American Ethnology from a wide variety of sources. To these have been added some p...
