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Negative log books

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

sova.naa.2010-28_ref1764
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36d1e2b9b-e602-4891-b72a-4b53855be9fc
Collection Creator
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
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Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs
Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs / Series 9: Photographs
Sponsor
Processing and digitization of parts of this collection was supported by funding from the Smithsonian Women's Committee and the Small Research Grants program of the National Museum of Natural History.
Extent
.5 Linear feet
Date
circa 1895-circa 1916
undated
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Identifier
NAA.2010-28, Subseries 9.1
Type
Archival materials
Collection Rights
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Scope and Contents
This sub-series comprise two ledgers used for logging negatives, possibly used by Curtis's Seattle studio from the 1890s to about 1916. The contents primarily list NAI photographs; however, logbook 1 includes other photographic series as well, including Curtis's Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs, photographs made in and around Seattle, Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush (some of which Asahel Curtis may have made), and a Mount Rainier series. Logbook 1 mostly records Curtis's standard 6" x 8" negatives, although there is also a "Kodak Series" listed which would have comprised smaller nitrate negatives. Logbook 2 records 14" x 17" and larger negatives. Most if not all of the large negatives are enlargements from the 6" x 8" negatives, and both books cross-reference these. Both logbooks have annotations and marginalia, corrections, and cross-outs, and though Curtis's handwriting does appear in both, most of the entries are in hands other than his. There are multiple numbering schema; however, the letter "x" precedes all of the NAI numbers. Photographs made after about 1916 are not recorded in logbook 1. The first page of logbook 1 has an alphabetical list of tribes and their corresponding negative number range. The letter "T" appears next to most of the NAI photographs and indicates that a transparency was made. A date appears next to some of the negative numbers; this indicates the copyright date of the photograph. Occasionally there will also be a note indicating the NAI volume in which the photograph appears. The two logbooks have been transcribed into a spreadsheet, which is available upon request.
Restrictions
The original logbooks are fragile and not available for viewing. Digital and hardcopy surrogates are available.
NAA.2010-28_ref1764
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36d1e2b9b-e602-4891-b72a-4b53855be9fc
NAA.2010-28
NAA
Record ID
ebl-1569600215629-1569600215730-7

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