Photographs
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
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content: Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1895-1927
label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2010-28, Series 9
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Series 9 is arranged into 6 sub-series: (9.1) Negative log books; (9.2) Photograph Album; (9.3) North American Indian; (9.4) Other photographs; (9.5) Old negative jackets; and (9.6) Reference prints.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: As stated in numerous publications, it is a common belief that Curtis made approximately 40,000 photographs for the North American Indian (NAI). While this is possible, the known universe of the NAI photographs—as evidenced in the original logbooks as well as in known collections—is closer to 5,000.  The bulk of series 9 are NAI photographs (representing about 785 images), comprising Curtis's original and working copy negatives, transparencies, and prints, as well as two original negative logbooks and a photograph album which also contains Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs.

To a lesser degree, other subjects are also represented. Among these are photographs of Curtis's field campsites and photography studios, a 1907 visit with Custer's former Crow scouts, a 1915 Grand Canyon trip, hop field workers in the Puget Sound area, and Curtis's illustrations for Marah Ryan's book Flute of the Gods. Additionally, the collection contains a number of photographs of Curtis, his children, and portraits of various individuals including Theodore Roosevelt and actor Anna May Wong.