Drawings of Fort Simpson, British Columbia and Tsimshian subjects, possibly by James G. Swan
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: MS 76608

OPPS NEG 45,604-c--f
label: Variant Title
content: View of Fort Simpson (British Columbia), and Indians
name: label: Creator
content: Swan, James G., 1818-1900
place: label: Place
content: British Columbia
label: Place
content: North America
creator: label: Creator
content: Swan, James G., 1818-1900
culture: label: Culture
content: Tsimshian (Ts'msyen)
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content: Drawings of Fort Simpson, British Columbia and Tsimshian subjects, possibly by James G. Swan
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: James Gilchrist Swan (1818–1900) was an American writer, artist, collector of Native American artifacts, and political advisor who is known for his study of indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Born in Massachusetts, he spent most of his adult life in the Washington Territory. His prolific writing documented both pioneer society and indigenous cultures. The Smithsonian Institution hired Swan to collect Pacific Northwest Coast artifacts for the 1876 world's fair in Philadelphia, the 1884 fair in London, and the 1893 exposition in Chicago. Swan died in Port Townsend in 1900.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Drawings (visual works) (pencil and ink)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1880 - 1883
container: label: Container
content: 75085 / 76603 / 76607 / 76608, Folder 4
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The drawings were found in the USNM collections. No accession number has been located.  They were transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in 1968.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS76608
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of nine (9) drawings of Fort Simpson (also known as Port Simpson and Lax-Kwʼalaams) and Tsimshian subjects.  The drawings have been attributed to James G. Swan on basis of the handwritten captions and subject matter. Swan was at Fort Simpson in 1883.

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