Object Details
Collection Creator
Waugh, Donald.
Waugh, Leuman Maurice, 1877-1972.
Collection Citation
Leuman Maurice Waugh collection, 1909-1963. National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes Lantern slides, negatives, and photographic prints shot by Dr. Leuman Waugh in Labrador, Newfoundland, Québec, Ontario, and other locations in eastern Canada circa 1915-1930. Waugh photographed people from many Indigenous eastern Canadian communities including Labrador Inuit, Inuit [Ungava/Ungavamiut], Eastern Arctic, and Eastern Subarctic. There are also photographs that depict Eastern Subarctic and Northeast Indigenous communities in Muskoka Lakes and Wabikin regions of Ontario.
The photographs include landscapes; transportation via canoes, flatboat, motorboat, and steamboat; buildings such as post offices, churches, and homes; wildlife and animals such as dogs, cats, polar bears, and birds including puffins; flora such as wildflowers; fishing and fishermen; and whaling and whalers, among other scenes depicting daily life. This subseries includes restricted photographs documenting medical procedures.
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Culture
Inuit [Ungava/Ungavamiut]
Labrador Inuit
Eastern Arctic
Eastern Subarctic
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Extent
302 Lantern slides
890 Negatives (photographic)
1,281 Photographic prints
Date
1915-1930
Archival Repository
National Museum of the American Indian
Identifier
NMAI.AC.003, Subseries 6.2
Type
Archival materials
Lantern slides
Negatives (photographic)
Photographic prints
Collection Rights
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Series Restrictions
Access to some photographs are restricted. Some dental records may be restricted from access, reproduction, or publication under personal health information privacy provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. Researchers should contact the NMAI Archies Center at nmaiarchives@si.edu for an appointment to access the collection.
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Record ID
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