Photographs of John Canfield Ewers' retirement party
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 79-44
name: label: Names
content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
label: Names
content: Ewers, John C. (John Canfield), 1909-1997
label: Names
content: Fitzhugh, William W., 1943-
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: John Canfield Ewers (1909-1997) joined the Smithsonian's Department of Anthropology as the Associate Curator of Ethnology in 1946. He then worked at the Smithsonian in varous capacities, including as Director of the National Museum of History and Technology (now called the National Museum of American History). At the time of his retirement in 1979, Ewers was named Ethnologist Emeritus. Ewers wrote several books on a wide variety of topics including artists' depictions of Native Americans, Plains Indian sculpture, and the significance of horses in Blackfoot  culture.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Prints (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by the Department of Anthropology Office of the Chairman, 1979.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.79-44
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made by a Smithsonian photographer at John Canfield Ewers party on March 8, 1979. Pictured are attendees William Fitzhugh, Dr. John Canfield Ewers, Margaret Dumville Ewers, and possibly Jane Ewers.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds the papers of John Canfield Ewers.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs of Ewers can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 86-68 (7) and Negative MNH 1530.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Oral history interviews with John C. Ewers can be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives in SIA RU009505.