Parker McKenzie photograph collection of McKenzie family
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot R86-51
label: Reproduction Note
content: Copy prints made by Smithsonian Institution, 1986.
name: label: Collector
content: McKenzie, Parker, 1897-1999
topic: label: Topic
content: Tipis
creator: label: Collector
content: McKenzie, Parker, 1897-1999
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Parker McKenzie (1897-1999) was a Kiowa linguist who worked with the United States government. He served as a stenographer for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and as a translator for Smithsonian anthropologist John Peabody Harrington during Harrington's trip to study the Kiowa language. McKenzie also published A Grammar of Kiowa in collaboration with Laurel Watkins in 1984 and translated many texts from English. At the time of his death, McKenzie was identified as the oldest living Kiowa Indian.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Copy prints
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: The original prints were loaned for copying in 1986 by Parker McKenzie through Elaine Mills, project editor for the John P. Harrington microfilming project.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.R86-51
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Originals retained by Parker McKenzie.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Inventory available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Copies of photographs depicting Parker McKenzie and his family.  Included are images of McKenzie's maternal great-grandmother, maternal grandmother, mother, father, siblings, mother with her second husband (Delos Lonewolf), wife, and great-grandsons.  There is also an image of McKenzie's great-grandmother's tipi.  Copies of descriptions on the original photographs are available.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Kiowa Disyllables, compiled and arranged by McKenzie, can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 7535.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds John Peabody Harrington's papers.