Victor and Cosmos Mindeleff photographs of Pueblo architecture
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 83-14
name: label: Photographer
content: Mindeleff, Victor, 1860-1948
label: Photographer
content: Mindeleff, Cosmos, 1863-
topic: label: Topic
content: Dwellings
creator: label: Photographer
content: Mindeleff, Victor, 1860-1948
culture: label: Culture
content: Hopi Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
label: Culture
content: Pueblo
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: In the 1880s, Victor Mindeleff (1860-1948) was employed by the Bureau of American Ethnology to conduct studies of Pueblo architecture.  He hired His brother, Cosmos Mindeleff (1863-1938), to be his assistant.  They worked at Zuni, Acoma, and Hopi villages, as well as among the Navajo; at ruins at Kin Tiel, Canyon de Chelly, and Chaco Canyon; and at Etowah Mound in Georgia.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Albumen prints (mounted)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1885
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Collection found in 1982, probably in the Department of Anthropology or the National Anthropological Archives, with a note stating it had "been around for years." May have been left by the Mindeleffs in the Bureau of American Ethnology.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.83-14
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Albumen prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made by Victor and Cosmos Mindeleff, possibly as part of their studies of Pueblo architecture. They depict houses and ovens at Pescado, New Mexico, and a Hopi house at Moenkopi, Arizona.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional Mindeleff photographs can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 4362, Photo Lot 14, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 28, Photo Lot 40, Photo Lot 78, and the BAE historical negatives.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Victor Mindeleff's manuscript on the Origin of Pueblo architecture and correspondence describing his fieldwork can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in the records of the Department of Anthropology.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Mindeleff sketches, plans, and drawings relating to Pueblo architecture can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 2138, MS 2926, and MS 2621.