Object Details
Collection Creator
Blue Eagle, Acee, 1907-1959
Collection Citation
Acee Blue Eagle Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
Acee Blue Eagle was an accomplished artist of Indian-themed paintings; he was also an avid collector of Native American-themed art. This series contains material related to Blue Eagle's art career, including his artwork (in calendars, greeting cards, sketches, and books); art tools such as wood blocks and cut outs; descriptions of his art work; exhibit catalogs; and other artists' work.
This series also contains over 600 pieces of art by other Native artists collected by Blue Eagle. His collection of American Indian art includes items by Pauline Antoine (San Juan); Gilbert Benjamin Atencio (San Ildefonso); James Auchiah (Kiowa); Awa Tsireh, or Alfonso Roybal (San Ildefonso); Buma Barry; Francis Batiste (Okanagan); Stanley Battese (Navaho); Fred Beaver (Creek); Harrison Begay (Navaho); Eloisa Bernal (Taos); Archie Blackowl (Cheyenne); M. Brown; S. Cata; Robert Chee (Navaho); Che Chilly Tsosie, or Stanley C. Mitchell (Navaho); Chino; Chiu Tah, or Vincent Mirabel (Taos); Woodrow Wilson Crumbo (Creek-Potawatomi); Joe V. Cruz (San Juan); Marcell J. Darling (Potawatomi); Wilson Dewey (Apache); Eah Ha Wa, or Eva Mirabel (Taos); Fernando Edwin (Hopi); Louie Ewing; Gerald T. Feathers (Blackfoot); Telesfor Gachupin (Sia); Lorenzo García (Santo Domingo); Ga Wa Te Wa, or Andrew Trujillo (Cochiti); Joseph L. Gutiérrez (Santa Clara); Irene Roberta Harney; Diego Herrera (Tesuque); Joe Hilario Herrera (Cochiti); Justino Herrera (Cochiti); Stephen Herrera; Trew Hocker; R.P. Hooton; Allan C. Houser (Apache); James Russell Humetewa, Jr. (Hopi); Ruth Blalock Jones, or Welaweri (Delaware-Shawnee); Jeff King (Navaho); George Kishketon (Kickapoo); Ku Pe Ru, or Theodore Suina (Cochiti); Calvin Larvie (Dakota); Charlie Lee, or Yel Ha Yah (Navaho); Bette Ann Lucero; Alfred L. Luján (Taos); Solomon McCombs (Creek); Ma-Pe-Wi, or Velino Shije Herrera (Sia); Anita Martínez; Alice Martínez; Gilbert Mermejo (Nambe); James Mitchell (Navaho?); Waldo Mootzka (Hopi); Stephen Mopope (Kiowa); Delfino Moquino (Sia); Bobbie Mouse; Gerald Nailor (Navaho); Nana-Tside; Louis Naranjo (Santa Clara); Wesley Nash (Apache); Oqwa-Owin, or Ramos Sánchez (San Ildefonso); Ricardo Otero (Santa Ana); Owu Terwa, or Manuel "Bob" Chávez (Cochiti); Pai-Tum-Mu; Dixon Palmer (Kiowa); L. Palmer; Pan Yo Pin, or Thomas Vigil (Tesuque); Delfina Peano (Santo Domingo); Pop Chalee (Taos); Po-Povi; Oqwa Pi; Quah Ah, or Tonita Peña (San Ildefonso); Ben Quintana (Cochiti); Joe A. Quintana (Cochiti); Rilie Quoyavema, or Riley Sunrise (Hopi); Margaret Sarracino; Diego Salas (Sia); Pat Sevagh (Tesuque); Buck Simms; Pat Swazo; Masminio Tafoya; Tahcawin (Dakota); Quincy Tahoma (Navaho); Johnny Toledo; P. Torres; Rosie Toya (Jemez); Manuel Trujillo (San Juan); Monroe Tsatoke (Kiowa); Tse Ye Mu, or Romando Vigil (San Ildefonso); G. Tsoodle; Umpah, or Calvin T. Tyndall (Dakota, Omaha?); Horace Valle; Pablita Velarde (Santa Clara); Albert Vigil (San Ildefonso); J.A. Vigil; Jose Utimio Vigil; Pete Vigil (Tesuque); Tim Vigil (Tesuque); Utimio Vigil (Tesuque); Russell William Wagoshe (Osage); Waki Yeni Dewa, or Ignacio Moquino (Sia); Wasaba Shinga, or Carl Woodring (Osage); White Buffalo, or Bobby Hill (Kiowa); Roland N. Whitehorse (Kiowa); Wade Williams (Pawnee); Beatien Yazz, or Jimmy Toddy (Navaho); Jimmie Yazzie (Navaho); Yel-Ka-Yak, or Charlie Lee (Navaho); and Emilina Yepa (Jemez). Also represented are artists identified only by first names or initials: J.A., Thomas C., C.D. (Cecil Dick?), Clarence G. (Gutiérrez?), Harold, P.G. (Paul Goodbear?), J.C.H., J.S.H., Jimmie, Jolene, Martínez, Melchor, Palmer, J.D.P., and S.M. In addition, there are prints by Winold Reiss, a pastel sketch of Blue Eagle by Tom Handforth, and a lithographic print of the Creek Chief McIntosh published by McKenney and Hall.
SUBSERIES: ACEE BLUE EAGLE
SUBSERIES: OTHER
This subseries contains artwork by others, mostly other Native American artists.
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Extent
673 Paintings (visual works)
2.27 Linear feet
Date
1953-1971
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Identifier
NAA.1973-51, Series 3
Type
Archival materials
Paintings (visual works)
Collection Rights
Literary property rights to unpublished material in the collection in the National Anthropological Archives has been given to the public.
Collection Restrictions
There are no restrictions on access.
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