Museum of the Cherokee Indian photograph collection
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot R82-1
label: Reproduction Note
content: Copy prints made by Smithsonian Institution, circa 1981.
name: label: Collector
content: Museum of the Cherokee Indian
label: Names
content: Confederate States of America. Army. Thomas Legion
label: Photographer
content: Guth and Hensel
label: Photographer
content: Sherrill's Studio, Waynesville, North Carolina
label: Names
content: United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)
label: Photographer
content: Adams, Clifton
label: Photographer
content: Fiske, Frank Bennett, 1883-1952
label: Photographer
content: Vivienne Roberts
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Shoshone

Nez Perce
place: label: Place
content: Fort Yates (N.D.)
label: Place
content: Fort Thompson (S.D.)
label: Place
content: North Carolina
label: Place
content: Cherokee (N.C.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Southern states
creator: label: Collector
content: Museum of the Cherokee Indian
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Basin
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Plateau
label: Culture
content: Shoshone
label: Culture
content: Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)
label: Culture
content: Cherokee
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: The Museum of the Cherokee Indian, established in 1948, has as its mission, "To perpetuate the history, culture, and stories of the Cherokee people." It does so through exhibits, education and outreach, and its collections and archives.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 100 Copy prints (circa)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Safety prints loaned by Duane King of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian for copying, 1981.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.R82-1
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Originals in the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in Cherokee, North Carolina.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Mostly images of Cherokee Indians, including informal portraits, group portraits, and views of Cherokee Indians engaged in agriculture, food preparation, craft, and games. There are also several images of the town of Cherokee, including the museum building, a school, homes, and the main street, as well as Cherokee artifacts.  Numerous photographs depict the Thomas' Confederate Legion of Cherokee Indians, and the statue and sculptor of Sequoyah in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.  In addition, there are photographs of Fort Thompson and Fort Yates, including one of the Indian boarding school at Fort Yates and another of an encampment at the Fort Yates Fourth of July celebration in 1902. 

There are several photographs made at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, including one taken at the ceremony in 1918 in which the school was turned over to the United States Army. The Carlisle photographs include images of Nez Perce Indians and other tribes. There is also a photograph of a group of Shoshonis, including Arimo. Photographers include Sherrill's Studio, Waynesville, North Carolina; Vivienne Roberts; Clifton Adams; Guth and Hensel; and F. B. Fiske.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs from the Carlisle School can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4241, MS 4537, MS 4544, MS 4574, MS 4988, and Photo Lot 73-8, Photo Lot 81-12 and Photo Lot 90-1.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional Fiske photographs can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 25, Photo Lot 59, and Photo Lot 89-14, MS 4602, and the BAE historical negatives.