Casey collection of lantern slides of the southwestern United States
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 32, USNM ACC 211312
name: label: Publisher
content: Detroit Publishing Co.
label: Publisher
content: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
label: Publisher
content: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
label: Publisher
content: Bond, George W.
label: Collector
content: Casey
label: Collector
content: Cooper, John M. (John Montgomery), 1881-1949
label: Donor
content: Cooper, John M. (John Montgomery), 1881-1949
label: Names
content: Judd, Neil Merton, 1887-1976
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Pima (Akimel O'odham)

Mishongnavi

Santa Clara
place: label: Place
content: Carlsbad Caverns (N.M.)
label: Place
content: Santa Fe (N.M.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Excavations (Archaeology)
label: Topic
content: Pueblos
label: Topic
content: Dwellings
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
label: Culture
content: A:shiwi (Zuni)
label: Culture
content: Apache
label: Culture
content: Akimel O'odham (Pima)
label: Culture
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: Culture
content: White Mountain Apache
label: Culture
content: Acoma Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Tewa Pueblos
label: Culture
content: Hopi Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Laguna Indians
label: Culture
content: Jemez Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Taos Indians
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 81 Lantern slides
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1920s
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: The lantern slides were donated by the Department of Anthropology of the Catholic University of America in 1956 as part of accession 211312. They were originally cataloged and may have been collected by Father John Montgomery Cooper, who had built a large collection of artifacts and other items from a wide number of people. The lantern slides were transferred to the archives of the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1962.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.32
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Lantern slides
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies note
content: Digital surrogates for most of the lantern slides are available online.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Preliminary finding aid available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Lantern slides depicting the people and landscape of the American Southwest.  Images include those of Puebloan people, dwellings, churches, dances and ceremonies, archaeological excavations (including Pueblo Bonito and Neil M. Judd with his excavation party), pictographs, and landscapes.  Tribes represented include Acoma, White Mountain Apache, Hopi (Mishongnovi), Laguna, Navajo, Taos, and Santa Clara.  The slides were largely commercially distributed by the George W. Bond, Chicago Slide Company, Chicago Transparency Company (for the Santa Fe Railroad), Detroit Slide Company, Edward H. Kemp, National Geographic Society, and United States Bureau of Reclamation.  The collection was listed as the "Casey collection" by Father John Montgomery Cooper when it was brought to the museum.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Artifacts donated by the Department of Anthropology, Catholic University of America in accession 211312 held in the anthropology collections of the National Museum of Natural History. Additional photographs donated by Catholic University of America can be found in Photo Lot 20 in the National Anthropological Archives.