Arthur C. Ballard photographs relating to the Muckleshoot Tribe submitted to the Indian Claims Commission
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 4527
name: label: Photographer
content: Ballard, Arthur C. (Arthur Condit), 1876-
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Salish
place: label: Place
content: Muckleshoot Reservation (Wash.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ceremonial objects
label: Topic
content: Dwellings
label: Topic
content: Textile fabrics
label: Topic
content: Fishing
creator: label: Photographer
content: Ballard, Arthur C. (Arthur Condit), 1876-
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America
label: Culture
content: Nisqually
label: Culture
content: Muckleshoot
label: Culture
content: Snoqualmie
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content: Arthur C. Ballard photographs relating to the Muckleshoot Tribe submitted to the Indian Claims Commission
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Arthur Condit Ballard (1876-1962) collected and translated legends and linguistic material belonging to people from the Puget Sound region in Western Washington. Raised near the White River, Ballard attended Whitworth College and graduated from the University of Washington in 1899, before the establishment of an anthropology department. He worked as a schoolteacher, post office worker, and City Clerk for the City of Auburn, as well as secretary for the Azurite Gold Company and the Auburn Investment Company. He made depositions to the Indian Claims Commission for both the Muckleshoot and Puyallup tribes and was a founder of the White River Valley Historical Society.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 60 Prints (Album :, silver gelatin)
label: Extent
content: 7 Prints (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1902-1936
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Received in 1957 from the Indian Claims Commission through F. W. Post, Attorney, Seattle, Washington, with the permission of Arthur C. Ballard, , Auburn, Washington. Additional manuscript material and photographs sent by Ballard in 1958.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.4527
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies note
content: Digital surrogates for some photographs available online. Negative microfilm available.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photograph album prepared by Arthur C. Ballard circa 1950-1956 and submitted to the Indian Claims Commission in connection with the Mucklesoot claim. It includes images of Muckleshoot people, artifacts relating to salmon catching and preparation, dwellings, textiles, and ceremonial objects.  Also included in the collection are Ballard's manuscript of "The Salmon Weir on the Green River in Western Washington,"Davidson Journal of Anthropology 3: no. 1, 1957, and seven snapshot prints of the salmon weir, received from A. C. Ballard March 25, 1958.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Correspondence from Arthur C. Ballard held in National Anthropological Archives MS 2352.