National Anthropological Archives
Department of Anthropology collection of photographs of anthropologists
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
NAA.PhotoLot.70
Archival Resource Key
4 Copy prints
4 Engravings
2 Prints
woodburytype
42 Prints
albumen, silver gelatin, and platinum
18 Prints
halftone
circa 1864-1921
Undetermined
.
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 70
Scope and Contents note
The collection consists of studio portraits and expedition photographs of anthropologists, administrators, scholars, and others. It includes some photographs of an Native American demonstrating sign language, possibly made during W J McGee's Seriland expedition.
Photographers represented in the collection are Charles Milton Bell, A. E. Dumbie; De Lancey W. Gill, Mme de Hermann, of Paris; Holland, of Trenton, New Jersey; Charles Lainer, J. Notman; Parker, George Prince, Macnabb, of New York; Moses P. Rice; Napolean Sarony; S. S. Teel; and A. Yasvoin, of St. Petersburg, Russia.
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 70, Department of Anthropology collection of photographs of anthropologists, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Existence and Location of Copies note
Digital surrogates for some photographs are available online.
Custodial History note
The file was apparently put together from prints that were originally acquired by William Henry Holmes, Otis T. Mason, Walter Hough, and other staff members of the Department of Anthropology.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional photograph collections of anthropologists held in the National Anthropological Archives are Photo Lot 4822, Photo Lot 33, Photo Lot 39, and Photo Lot 77-80.
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Department of Anthropology photograph collection of anthropologists, circa 1864-1921
Other Finding Aids note
Folder list is available in repository.
Photographs
Rathbun, Richard, 1852-1918
Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934
Ward, Herbert, 1863-1919
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962
Stevenson, James, 1840-1888
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1850-1915
Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887
Hooton, Earnest Albert, 1887-1954
Montgomery, Henry
Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906
Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915
Palmer, Edward, 1829-1911
Simpson, Charles Torrey, 1846-1932
Renshawe, John H.
Prince, George
Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900
Walker, Francis Amasa, 1840-1897
Volk, Ernest
Teel, S. S.
Slocum, Joshua, 1844-1909
Yasvoin, A. (of St. Petersburg, Russia)
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943
Wilcox, John Angel James, 1835- (engraver)
Winson, Justin
Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896
Golovneen, D.
Hawley, Edwin H.
H. B. Hall & Sons, engraver
Herman, Mme de (of Paris)
Holland (of Trenton, New Jersey)
Knowlton, Frank Hall, 1860-1926
Johnston, T. C.
Lainer, Charles
LeConte, Joseph N. (Joseph Nisbet), 1870-1950
Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903
Macnabb Studio
McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900
Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
Millner, Isaac B.
Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908
Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925
Murfree, Mary Noailles, 1850-1922
Hough, Walter, 1859-1935
Notman, J.
Parker, Charles
Parker, Joseph C.
Daniel, Z. T.
Boban, E.
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Berendt, C. Hermann (Carl Hermann), 1817-1878
Birtwell, Francis Joseph
Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893
Casanowicz, Immanuel M.
Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896
Craddock, Charles Egbert, 1850-1922
Bohmersheim, August Bohn von
Bolles, T. Dix (Timothy Dix), -1892
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905
Rice, Moses P.
Dedrick, Thomas S.
Dumble, A. E.
Fisk, Clinton Brown
Gill, De Lancey, 1859-1940
Eames, Moses
Evans, Sir John
Portrait of D. Golovneen
Archival Resource Key
Yasvoin, A. (of St. Petersburg, Russia)
1 Photographic print
004 in x 004 in mounted on 004 in x 007 in
undated
Local Numbers
NAA INV.02877900
Local Note
Black and white photoprint on standard card
Place
Russia -- Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic -- Leningrad
Photographs
Probably Seri man demonstrating sign for "hot" or "heat" in hand sign language
Archival Resource Key
Dinwiddie, William
1 Photographic print
008 in x 010 in
November 1874
Local Numbers
NAA INV.02879900
OPPS NEG.31606A
Local Note
Black and white photoprint
Place
Mexico ? -- Sonora ?
Language and languages -- Documentation
Photographs
Seri
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
Portrait of Otis Tufton Mason
Archival Resource Key
1 Photographic print
004 in x 005 in mounted on 005 in x 007 in
1888
Local Numbers
NAA INV.02880000
Local Note
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Place
Washington, DC ?
Photographs
Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908
Portrait of Dr. Edward Palmer, Acting Assistant Surgeon, USA
Archival Resource Key
1 Photographic print
003 in x 004 in mounted on 004 in x 007 in
1864
Local Numbers
NAA INV.02881000
OPPS NEG.80-17994
Local Note
Black and white photoprint on standard card
Place
Missouri ? -- Kansas City
Place
Kansas ? -- Kansas City
Photographs
Portrait of Captain Joshua Slocum
Archival Resource Key
1 Photomechanical print
003 in x 005 in
undated
Local Numbers
NAA INV.02881600
Scope and Contents
Photo included as part of an announcement for Slocum's lecture for J. B. Pond, Everett House, New York.
Local Note
Photo made Approximately 1899 ?/Copyright: The Century Co
Local Note
Black and white photomechanical print
Photographs