John Reed Swanton photograph collection of illustrations for "The Indians of the Southeastern United States"
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA Photo Lot R87-2Q
name: label: Creator
content: Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
label: Artist
content: McKenney & Hall
label: Names
content: Catlin, George, 1796-1872
label: Artist
content: De Batz, A.
label: Artist
content: Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, 1533?-1588
label: Names
content: Le Page du Pratz, -1775
label: Names
content: Romans, Bernard
label: Artist
content: Tidball, J. C.
label: Artist
content: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843
label: Names
content: Verelst, Willem (painter)
label: Names
content: White, John (painter)
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Alibamu

Creek (Muskogee)
topic: label: Topic
content: Dwellings
label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Southern states
creator: label: Creator
content: Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
culture: label: Culture
content: Catawba Indians
label: Culture
content: Alabama Indians
label: Culture
content: Atakapa
label: Culture
content: Cherokee
label: Culture
content: Chickasaw
label: Culture
content: Chitimacha
label: Culture
content: Choctaw
label: Culture
content: Coushatta (Koasati)
label: Culture
content: Houma
label: Culture
content: Muscogee (Creek)
label: Culture
content: Natchez
label: Culture
content: Seminole
label: Culture
content: Timucua (archaeological)
label: Culture
content: Tunica
bioghist: label: Biographical note
content: John Reed Swanton (1873-1958) was an ethnologist and ethnohistorian with the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) from 1900 until his retirement in 1944. Swanton spent his first few years at the BAE studying the Haida and Tlingit groups of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, and published a number of significant articles on the language, ethnography, and folklore of Northwest Coast Indians. His focus then shifted to the American Indians of the Southeastern United States, where his interest remained for the rest of his career. In addition to conducting ethnographic fieldwork in the Southeast, Swanton studied extensively the history of the area in order to better understand its indigenous cultures and is considered a pioneer in the field of ethnohistory. During his career Swanton published numerous articles and several major works on Southeastern American Indians, including the reference work The Indians of the Southeastern United States (1946), a Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin (No. 137).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 80 Copy prints (circa)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.R87-2Q
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy prints
label: Type
content: Paintings
label: Type
content: Sketches
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Illustrations
label: Type
content: Drawings
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Illustrations published in John R. Swanton, "The Indians of the Southeastern United States," BAE Bulletin 137, 1946.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Paintings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketches
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Illustrations
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals held by the British Museum, Creek Indian Memorial Association, D.I. Bushnell Jr., Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, and the National Anthropological Archives BAE historical negatives.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs used to illustrate John Reed Swanton's "The Indians of the Southeastern United States" depicting American Indians of the Southeast and their dwellings, food preparation, and ceremonies.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs published in BAE Bulletin 137 can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 80-39.

Photographs made by Swanton can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 76 and the BAE historical negatives.

The National Anthropological Archives hold more than 200 manuscripts created or collected by Swanton, in the Numbered Manuscripts.


Objects collected by Swanton, including potsherds from various sites in Southeastern United States can be found in the Department of Anthropology in accessions 111748, 113252, 122679, 129788, 165802, and 062577.
label: Contained in
content: Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology photograph collections, undated