Rodman Wanamaker Expedition films
name: label: Creator
content: Rodman Wanamaker Expedition
label: Creator
content: Dixon, Joseph K. (Joseph Kossuth) (1856-1926)
place: label: Place
content: North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Dance
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Wayne Weiss in 2006.
creator: label: Creator
content: Rodman Wanamaker Expedition
label: Creator
content: Dixon, Joseph K. (Joseph Kossuth) (1856-1926)
culture: label: Culture
content: Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
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content: Rodman Wanamaker Expedition films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Film reels (black-and-white silent; 1112 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1913-1916
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2006.03
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of films shot by Joseph K. Dixon who was financed by department store magnate Rodman Wanamaker to lead expeditions to the west photographing and filming American Indians. Collection also contains research notes and master thesis on the Dixon-Wanamaker expeditions.

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