Object Details
Scope and Contents note
Photographs and correspondence relating to Eugene Dutcher's experiences as a missionary at the Epworth Piegan Mission in Montana. They include images of the mission church and missionaries' homes, as well as scenic views, ranch scenes, railroads and bridges. There are also images of Piegan people, including "Mrs. Four Horns," Charley Lazyboy, and Jim White Calf, as well as images of camps and a Sun Dance. Some photographs were made by Thomas B. Magee of Browning, Montana, and one photograph is by A. B. Coe.
sova.naa.photolot.92-9
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 92-9, USNM ACC 390845
Creator
Dutcher, Eugene S. (photographer and collector)
Photographer
Coe, A. B.
Magee, Thomas B.
Names
McClintock, Walter, 1870-1949
Addl. KW Subj
Blackfoot
Place
Kalispell (Mont.)
Montana
Topic
Dance
Methodist Church
Railroads
Sun Dance
Missions
Ranching
Creator
Dutcher, Eugene S. (photographer and collector)
Culture
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
Indians of North America -- Great Plains
Biographical/Historical note
Eugene S. Dutcher (born ca. 1862) was the first Methodist missionary at the Epworth Piegan Mission in Montana. He arrived there in 1892-1893 with his wife, Mary Bishop, when the mission was under the sponsorship of the Woman's National Indian Association. In July 1894, the mission was transferred to the Methodist church and placed under the administration of the Missionary Society. The Dutchers moved to Nebraska in 1898. Eugene Dutcher may have learned photography from Walter McClintock, a professional photographer who took numerous photographs of Blackfoot Indians in Montana.
Extent
30 Letters (Correspondence :)
190 Prints (circa, silver gelatin and albumen)
1 Stereograph (albumen)
Date
circa 1892-1898
Custodial History note
Donated by Donald and Alice Cummings to the National Museum of Natural History in 1990 (accession 390845). Alice Cummings is the granddaugther of Eugene and Mary Dutcher. Transferred to the National Anthropological Archives, circa 1991.
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Identifier
NAA.PhotoLot.92-9
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Letters
Prints
Stereographs
Photographs
Correspondence
Citation
Photo Lot 92-9, Eugene S. Dutcher photographs relating to the Epworth Piegan Mission in Montana, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Rights
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Existence and Location of Copies note
Copy negatives and prints for some photographs.
Genre/Form
Photographs
Correspondence
Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
NAA.PhotoLot.92-9
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NAA.PhotoLot.92-9
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Record ID
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