Herbert Becker photographs of Meskwaki people
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 38
name: label: Creator
content: Becker, Herbert
label: Names
content: Fox Project
label: Names
content: Tax, Sol, 1907-1995
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox
topic: label: Topic
content: Baseball
label: Topic
content: Dwellings
label: Topic
content: Vending stands
label: Topic
content: Handicraft
label: Topic
content: Cooking
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Creator
content: Becker, Herbert
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
label: Culture
content: Meskwaki (Fox)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Herbert Sheldon Becker was a student of Sol Tax during his Fox Project (1948-1953) with the University of Chicago and the Mesquaki settlement at Tama, Iowa. Becker later became a photographer associated with the university.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 300 Prints (circa, silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1955
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.38
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The collection consists of photographs of Mesquaki (Fox) people, probably made during or as part of Sol Taxʹs action anthropology work with the Fox Tribe.  It includes images of people, dances, archery, handicraft, vending, medical examinations, and food preparation at a single event, probably a powwow.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives also holds Sol Tax's Fox field notes and Fox Project records (MS 4802) and the University of Chicago Fort Berthold Action Anthropology Project records (MS 4805).
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library holds two photographs by Herbert Sheldon Becker.