William D. Boehmer photographs of Seminole people
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 18
label: Reproduction Note
content: Enlargements and prints made from original negatives by the Smithsonian Institution, circa 1966-1972.
name: label: Creator
content: Boehmer, William D.
label: Names
content: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
place: label: Place
content: Big Cypress Reservation (Fla.)
label: Place
content: Florida
label: Place
content: Brighton Reservation (Fla.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Schools
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Southern states
label: Topic
content: Harvesting
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Handicraft
creator: label: Creator
content: Boehmer, William D.
culture: label: Culture
content: Seminole
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: William D. Boehmer (d. 1991) was an Educational Field Agent for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and taught on reservations in Florida.  In 1938, he moved to Brighton, Florida, with his wife, Edith M. Boehmer, to teach at the Seminole Indian Agency.  When the school closed in 1954, Boehmer began working with other Seminole groups, including those at the Big Cypress Reservation and the Hollywood Seminole Reservation.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 400 Negatives (photographic) (circa, nitrate)
label: Extent
content: 2200 Negatives (photographic) (circa, acetate)
label: Extent
content: 2,200 Prints (circa 2200 prints (enlargements), silver gelatin)
label: Extent
content: 32 Color negatives (acetate, 35 mm)
label: Extent
content: 250 Negatives (photographic) (circa, acetate, 35 mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1939-1963
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Original negatives donated by William D. and Edith M. Boehmer, circa 1966-1970.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.18
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Negatives (photographic)
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Color negatives
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Box list and basic inventory available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made during William Boehmer's time teaching on the Brighton and Big Cypress Reservations.  They depict day schools, classes, students and other Seminole people (including the Osceola family), celebrations (including Field Days, a pow wow, and Civilian Conservation Corps Achievement Day), handicrafts, agriculture, meetings, and Seminole dances.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs by Boehmer of Seminole people held in the National Anthropological Archives MS 4526.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries hold an oral history with William Boehmer.