Richard H. and Nana Pratt photographs
30 Negatives (nitrate)
Photographs probably made by Richard Henry Pratt and his daughter Nana Pratt on a trip around the United States, circa 1896. They include images of Southwest and Northwest Coast Native peoples, waterways, dwellings and pueblos, a church, a totem pole, and a town in the Northwest.
Willis G. Tilton collection of photographs of Native Americans
bulk 1899-1904
Photographs collected by Willis G. Tilton, a dealer in artifacts and photographs relating to Native Americans. Many of the photographs were made by Field Columbian Museum photographer Charles Carpenter at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904; many others were created by various photographers for Field Museum publications. Notable subjects include Big …
Septima V. Koehler collection
0.4 Linear feet (1 Document Box)
The Septima Koehler collection includes photographic prints, correspondence and student papers that document Septima's work as a mission teacher for the Episcopal Church in South Dakota from around 1895 to 1905. Koehler taught Sicangu Lakota students at St. Mary's Mission School on the Rosebud Reservation and Hunkpapa Lakota students at St. Elizatbeth's Mission School on the Standing Rock Reservation.
William Earl Carter papers
The collection relates to Carter's study of the native Bolivian's use of coca and the Aymara. Materials related to the coca study in Bolivia include: correspondence, administrative documents, and miscellany; "Coca in Bolivia" (final report in English and Spanish); coding sheets and questionnaires; miscellaneous research materials; bio-medical examination forms; punch …
Alice Kennedy Eagan Collection of George A. Addison Fort Sill photographs
0.25 Linear feet
This collection of twenty-three cabinet card photographs was collected by Alice Kennedy Eagan, and depicts Native American and non-native life in the Fort Still, Oklahoma Territory, circa 1894-1896.
Scenes and natives of Samoa and Hawaii, signed "Moody"
5 Photographs
One drawing dated 1873.
A. T. Agate drawings of Natives of Oceania and ornamental architecture
Phyllis Hersh collection
Lensen-Tomasson, Nancy, 1931-
bulk 1975-1980
536 Photographic prints
1.3 Linear feet
The Phyllis Hersh collection consists of papers and photographs associated with a book project on contemporary Hopi, Navajo, Santo Domingo, and Zuni jewelry and jewelers. The collection measures 1.3 linear ft. of mansucript materials, 521 photographic prints, and 85 photographic negatives, and dates from 1974 to 2008, with the bulk of the material dating from 1975 to 1980. The papers primarily document Hersh's work on "The Indian Jewelers' Art," an unfinished book on contemporary Native American jewelry.
Olive Rush papers
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.
National Congress of American Indians records
bulk 1944-1989
The National Congress of American Indian (NCAI), founded in 1944, is the oldest nation-wide American Indian advocacy organization in the United States. The NCAI records document the organization's work, particularly that of its office in Washington, DC, and the wide variety of issues faced by American Indians in the twentieth century. The collection is located in the Cultural Resource Center of the National Museum of the American Indian.
