Jesse Walter Fewkes photograph collection
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 1
label: Varying Form of Title
content: E. Kenneth Stabler collection of J. W. Fewkes photographs
name: label: Collector
content: Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930
label: Collector
content: Stabler, E. Kenneth
label: Donor
content: Stabler, E. Kenneth
label: Photographer
content: Waite, C. B. (Charles Betts), 1861-1927
place: label: Place
content: China -- Antiquities
label: Place
content: Egypt -- Antiquities
label: Place
content: Colorado -- Antiquities
label: Place
content: San Juan (P.R.)
label: Place
content: Easter Island -- Antiquities
label: Place
content: Arizona -- Antiquities
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
creator: label: Collector
content: Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
label: Culture
content: A:shiwi (Zuni)
label: Culture
content: Hopi Pueblo
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content: Jesse Walter Fewkes photograph collection
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850‐1930) was a naturalist, anthropologist, and archeologist who served as chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology from 1918 to his death in 1928. Fewkes received a Ph.D. in marine zoology from Harvard in 1877, and was curator of lower invertebrates at the Museum of Comparative Zoology until 1887. He became deeply interested in the culture and history of Puebloan peoples while on a collecting trip in the western United States. In 1891, he served as director of the Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition and editor of the Journal of American Archeology and Ethnology.  In 1895 he embarked on various archeological explorations for the Bureau of American Ethnology, during which he conducted excavations in the Southwest, the West Indies, and Florida.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 140 Lantern slides
label: Extent
content: 1 Drawings (visual works)
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content: 29 Prints (albumen and silver gelatin)
label: Extent
content: 1 Color lithograph
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Prints and lantern slides donated by E. Kenneth Stabler, Fewkes's nephew by marriage, in 1968.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Lantern slides
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Color lithographs
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Maps
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Lantern slides
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Maps
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs originally made or collected by Jesse Walter Fewkes, the bulk of which relate to the American Southwest, including images of Native Americans of the Southwest, archeological sites and artifacts, and landscapes. The collection also includes some images of the West Indies and Mexico, coral islands and atoll formations, and archeological sites in Egypt, China, and other "Old World" regions. There are also photographs of artifacts now in the Department of Anthropology collections, including a broken ladle (ANTHRO CAT 155,771) and cooking pot (ANTHRO CAT 315, 806) from Sityatki and a stone axe from Awatobi (ANTHRO CAT 156,062). Lantern slides, which make up the bulk of the collection, were mostly made from photographs, drawings, and maps, probably for use in Fewkes's lectures. Some photographs may have been made by Fewkes, but most appear to be by other photographers, including C. B. Waite.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives also holds Fewkes's field notes (MS 4408).
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional Fewkes photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 4321, Photo Lot 30, and Photo Lot 86 (his negatives).
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Correspondence from Fewkes held in the National Anthropological Archives in the George L. Beam papers (MS 4517), the Henry Bascom Collins, Jr. papers, the Anthropological Society of Washington records (MS 4821), the Herbert William Krieger papers, the J.C. Pilling papers, the Walter Hough Papers (in the records of the Department of Anthropology), and the records of the Bureau of American Ethnology.
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content: Jesse Walter Fewkes photograph collection donated by E. Kenneth Stabler n.d.