The photograph and the American Indian
Scope and Contents
Postcard reproductions of photographs from the Princeton Collections of Western Americana related to an exhibition by the Princeton University Library, October 13, 1985 to January 5, 1986. The images consist primarily of studio portraits of Native American individuals, 1852-1985.
Identified individual studio portraits include Charles Keokuk, a Sac and Fox; Little Crow, a Mdewakanton; Magashapa, a Blackfeet Dakota; Man Who Packs the Eagle, a Cut Head Dakota; Rushing War Eagle, a Mandan; Standing Elk, a Yankton Dakota; Sword, an Oglala Dakota; Wahcoma, a Sac and Fox; and White Horse, a Pawnee. An unidentified studio portrait consists of the torso of a contemporary man identified as "Genizaro", a Spanish term for a detribalized Native American.
A portrait of an Apache man and woman couple is identified as Cassadora and his wife. Exterior portraits include an individual identified as Medicine Bottle, a Dakota, and a group portrait of Pawnee chiefs.
A non-portrait image shows a sculptural detail depicting Leonard Peltier from the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, New York.
Identified photographers include Charles M. Bell, Alexander Gardner, William Henry Jackson, James E. McClees Studio, Everett Scott, A. Zeno Shindler, Joel E. Whitney, and Hope Wurmfeld.
Dates
- Publication: 1985
Creator
- Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886 (Person)
- Wurmfeld, Hope Herman (Person)
- Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 (Person)
- Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893 (Person)
- Scott, Everett (Person)
- Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942 (Person)
- Shindler, A. Zeno (Antonio Zeno), 1823-1899 (Person)
- Princeton University. Library (Organization)
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from The photograph and the American Indian must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Extent
1 folder
14 postcards (15.3 x 10.8 cm.)
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
Photographs (Photograph Archives).
- As-sau-Taw-Ka
- Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893
- Cassadora (Apache Indian)
- Cathedral of St. John the Divine (New York, N.Y.)
- Dakota Indians -- Pictorial works
- Dakota Indians -- Portraits
- Fox Indians -- Pictorial works
- Fox Indians -- Portraits
- Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
- He-Há-Ka-A-Ná-Zin
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Portraits
- Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
- Keokuk, Charles
- Little Crow, -1863
- M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.)
- Mandan Indians -- Pictorial works
- Mandan Indians -- Portraits
- Mdewakanton Indians -- Pictorial works
- Mdewakanton Indians -- Portraits
- Pawnee Indians -- Pictorial works
- Pawnee Indians -- Portraits
- Peltier, Leonard -- Monuments
- Princeton University. Library
- Scott, Everett
- Shindler, A. Zeno (Antonio Zeno), 1823-1899
- Sihasapa Indians -- Pictorial works
- Sihasapa Indians -- Portraits
- Sword (Oglala Indian)
- Wa-Kan'-O-Zan-Zan, -1865
- Wa-Shú-Na-Koo-Rá
- Wah-Com-Mo
- Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886
- Whoe-A-Ke
- Wurmfeld, Hope Herman
- Title
- Register of The photograph and the American Indian
- Author
- Lucas J. Chehda
- Date
- 2012 March 09
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States