Photographs of people relating to the Bureau of American Ethnology and an archeological expedition
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 65
name: label: Names
content: Smithsonian Institution
label: Names
content: Douglass, William Boone
label: Depicted
content: Gill, De Lancey, 1859-1940
label: Depicted
content: Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
label: Depicted
content: Mooney, James, 1861-1921
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 50 Prints (silver gelatin)
label: Extent
content: 47 Negatives (photographic) (glass)
label: Extent
content: 3 Negatives (photographic) (nitrate)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa late 19th century
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: The negatives were found in the Smithsonian photo lab.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.65
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Negatives (photographic)
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs of people, houses, and offices, possibly relating to the operations of the Bureau of American Ethnology. These include portraits of BAE personnel and others, including one photograph of men at the Smithsonian Castle and an image possibly showing De Lancey Gill in his office. An additional set of photographs show an archeological expedition in the American Southwest, possibly involving William Boone Douglass. Depicted individuals include De Lancey Gill, William Henry Holmes, and James Mooney. Many of the portraits may have been made by Gill. The prints in the collection were likely made by the Smithsonian Office of Printing and Photographic Services from the negatives in the collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Photographs by Gill can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 14, Photo Lot 33, Photo Lot 70, Photo Lot 85, Photo Lot 79-4, Photo Lot 87-2P, Photo Lot 89, and Photo Lot 90-1.