Eugene S. Dutcher photographs relating to the Epworth Piegan Mission in Montana
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 92-9, USNM ACC 390845
name: label: Creator
content: Dutcher, Eugene S. (photographer and collector)
label: Photographer
content: Coe, A. B.
label: Photographer
content: Magee, Thomas B.
label: Names
content: McClintock, Walter, 1870-1949
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Blackfoot
place: label: Place
content: Kalispell (Mont.)
label: Place
content: Montana
topic: label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Methodist Church
label: Topic
content: Railroads
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content: Sun Dance
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content: Missions
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content: Ranching
creator: label: Creator
content: Dutcher, Eugene S. (photographer and collector)
culture: label: Culture
content: Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: 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.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 30 Letters (Correspondence :)
label: Extent
content: 190 Prints (circa, silver gelatin and albumen)
label: Extent
content: 1 Stereograph (albumen)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1892-1898
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: 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.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.92-9
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Letters
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Stereographs
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Correspondence
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies note
content: Copy negatives and prints for some photographs.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: 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.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Dutcher's collection of Piegan artifacts, donated along with this collection, held in the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 390845.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs by Magee held in the National Anthropological Archives in the BAE historical negatives.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs by Coe held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24.