Photographs relating to Southwest, Plains, and Northwest Coast Indians

Object Details

Collection Collector

Rumsey, Mary Harriman, 1881-1934.

Collection Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mary Harriman Rumsey Collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition Photographs, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

P11170-P11179

The bulk of this series comprises nine platinum prints made and signed by Edward Sheriff Curtis, which depict Apache, Hopi, Zuni, and Suquamish Indians and a Piegan camp. Most of these photographs were made as part of Curtis's The North American Indian project. This series also includes a print of a painting by Charles Schreyvogel entitled Custer's Demand, which was presented to E. H. Harriman by Colonel John Schuyler Crosby.

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Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs

Extent

10 Photographic prints

Date

1903

1900

Container

Box Oversize 2

Archival Repository

National Museum of the American Indian

Identifier

NMAI.AC.053, Series 3

Type

Archival materials

Prints

Photographic prints

Collection Rights

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.

Collection Restrictions

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

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