Photograph of Henry Bascom Collins at Cape Kialegak
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 86-59
name: label: Names
content: Collins, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1899-1987
place: label: Place
content: Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Henry B. Collins began his career in anthropology as an assistant on Neil M. Judd's 1922-1924 expeditions to Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico. In 1924, he became an aid in the United States National Museum Division of Ethnology, and later was appointed to assistant curator, associate curator, and archeologist emeritus. He was also a senior ethnologist and later acting director for the Bureau of American Ethnology. Between 1927 and 1936, Collins did field work on the Bering Sea area and the Arctic coasts of Alaska, studying influences of Eskimo culture. His field work later expanded eastward to Baffin, Cornwallis, and Southampton islands during the period 1948-1955.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: The photograph was obtained by the Handbook of North American Indians for use in the Arctic volume, but was not ultimately used.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.86-59
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The collection consists of a photograph depicting Henry Bascom Collins removing loose surface dirt at an excavation site at Cape Kialegak, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs of Collins in the Arctic can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 8, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 82-23, and Photo Lot 86-43.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds Collins's papers.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Footage of Yupik Eskimo Life, made by Collins, can be found in the Human Studies Film Archives in HSFA 82.6.1.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds audio recordings of oral history interviews with Collins (SIA RU009528) and images of Collins in the Arctic.