Copies of Emma "Mahkuk" Wahbnum-Young photograph collection of Prairie Potawatomi Indians
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot R81E
label: Reproduction Note
content: Copy negatives made by Denver Art Museum, circa 1967.
name: label: Collector
content: Wahbnum-Young, Emma "Mahkuk"
label: Photographer
content: Ireland, W. R.
label: Photographer
content: Oaks, W. M.
topic: label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Collector
content: Wahbnum-Young, Emma "Mahkuk"
culture: label: Culture
content: Potawatomi
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Emma "Mahkuk" Wahbnum-Young (probably 1897-1974) lived in Mayetta, Kansas, in the 1960s and was probably married to John Wahbnum. She may have previously lived in Holton, Kansas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Copy negatives
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1880s - 1890s
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Norman Feder of the Denver Art Museum, 1967.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.R81E
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy negatives
label: Type
content: Photographs
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies note
content: Copy prints also available in collection. Digital surrogates produced from copy negatives are available online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Originals may be in Denver Art museum or retained by Emma Mahkuk Wahbnum-Young and her heirs.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Copies of portraits of Potawatomi Indians, some by W. M. Oaks and W. R. Ireland. They include portraits of Bear Chief (Ma ko ko ma), John Young, Joe Cook (Ke so be tuk) and his wife Wkettchi, Wigwas and his wife Nancy, Frank Young, Willie Grey, Arthur Kitchkumee, and Wenbetoh.