Susan M. Stevens photograph collection of Passamaquoddy Indians
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot R74-49
name: label: Collector
content: Stevens, Susan MacCulloch
place: label: Place
content: Princeton (Me.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Logging
label: Topic
content: Parades
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
label: Topic
content: Fishing
creator: label: Collector
content: Stevens, Susan MacCulloch
culture: label: Culture
content: Passamaquoddy
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Susan MacCulloch Stevens (1934-2003) moved to the Passamaquoddy Indian reservation in Princeton, Maine, when she was a doctoral student in cultural anthropology.  She conducted research that helped the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes gain federal recognition and won an Indian Health Service grant in 1973 to implement drug and alcohol rehabilitive services for Maine Indians.  Her husband, John Stevens, served as Governor of the Passamaquoddy and then Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the State of Maine.  Susan Stevens worked in various Indian affairs-related agencies, eventually moving to New Mexico in 1979.  Maine's Department of Indian Affairs was closed in 1980 with the passage of the Maine Indians land claim settlement, which led to the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 100 Copy prints (circa)
label: Extent
content: 2 Copy negatives
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Original photographs loaned by Susan M. Stevens in 1974 so that the Smithsonian Institution could make copies.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.R74-49
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy prints
label: Type
content: Copy negatives
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Studio portraits
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies note
content: Copy negatives and prints prepared by Smithsonian Institution, 1974.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Studio portraits
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Originals may be in Maine's government records.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: The photographs are described in card catalog for photographic negatives. Prints are located in the reference prints file in repository reading room, under Passamaquoddy Indians.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Copies of photographs depicting Passamaquoddy Indians in Princeton, Maine. The collection consists largely of studio portraits, though some images show activities such as fishing, logging, and a parade. These photographs were likely collected by Susan M. Stevens as part of her work for the Department of Indian Affairs in Maine.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional studio photographs of Passamaquoddy Indians can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in the BAE historical negatives.