Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
- See more items in
- 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
- 56.5 Linear feet
- Date
- circa 1895-1927
- undated
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.2010-28, Subseries 9.3
- Type
- Archival materials
- Arrangement
- This sub-series is arranged chronologically by NAI volume, with Curtis's camp scenes, photos from his visit with Custer's Crow scouts, and negative jackets at the end. Within each volume subseries, photographs are presented in chronological order by negative number, with exceptions where necessary to keep groupings of related photographs together.
- Collection Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Scope and Contents
- This sub-series contains over 900 photographic objects (over 500 of which are original negatives) bearing 760 North American Indian (NAI) images. Included are both published and unpublished photographs, with many of the unpublished views being alternates of the photographs selected for publication. Many of the original negatives show slight enhancements made by Curtis with pencil or other means, as well as the occasional removal of umbrellas, people, and other items from the image. In addition to original and working copy negatives, there are glass transparencies and a variety of prints. Most of the prints are silver gelatin but platinum prints are also present, as are a few cyanotypes. Also included in this series are a number of negative jackets in which the negatives arrived in the NAA; these are not Curtis's original negative enclosures but jackets used by Beth and Manford Magnuson. Each volume of NAI is represented in this sub-series, some with only a few photographs, and others having over a hundred. Photographs of some of Curtis's campsites and automobiles used during his fieldwork are included, as are two photographs from Curtis's visit with some of George Armstrong Custer's former Crow scouts. Reference prints are available for most of the negatives.
- Collection Restrictions
- Viewing of the photographic negatives and transparencies requires advance notice and the permission of the Photo Archivist. Access to the Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1569600215629-1569600215742-7
