• Sheldon Jackson Collection of Indian Photographs circa 1850-1890

Creator:
  • Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909
Date:
  • circa 1850-1890.
Extent:
  • 6.0 linear feet, 3 boxes
Language:
  • English
Subject:
  • Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
  • Catholic Church
  • Sheldon Jackson College (Sitka, Alaska)
  • Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
  • United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)
  • Apache Indians—Photographs
  • Cheyenne Indians—Photographs
  • Cities and towns, Ruined, extinct, etc—Mexico—Photographs
  • Cities and towns, Ruined, extinct, etc—United States—Photographs
  • Cliff-dwellings—Arizona—Photographs
  • Comanche Indians—Photographs
  • Crow Indians—Photographs
  • Dakota Indians—Photographs
  • Hopi Indians—Photographs
  • Indians of North America—Alaska—Photographs
  • Indians of North America—Anthropometry
  • Indians of North America—Chiefs—Photographs
  • Indians of North America—Clothing—19th century
  • Indians of North America—Cultural assimilation—19th century
  • Indians of North America—Dwellings—19th century
  • Indians of North America—Education—19th century
  • Indians of North America—Ethnology—19th century
  • Indians of North America—Photographs
  • Kiowa Indians—Photographs
  • Mayas—Antiquities
  • Navajo Indians—Photographs
  • Photographers—Mexico—19th century
  • Photographers—United States—19th century
  • Pueblo Indians—Photographs
  • Pueblos—Arizona—Photographs
  • Pueblos—New Mexico—Photographs
  • Ute Indians—Photographs
  • Yuma Indians—Photographs
  • Zuni Indians—Photographs
  • Chichén Itzá Site (Mexico).
  • Colorado
  • Mexico
  • Utah
  • Uxmal Site (Mexico).
  • West (U.S.).
  • Photographs
Abstract:
  • Sheldon Jackson was a Presbyterian missionary in the Western United States in the 19th century. This collection consists of three portfolios with 576 photographic prints and 5 photomechanical photogravures of Native Americans and related subjects compiled by Jackson, possibly from negatives in the collections of the Bureau of American Ethnology and by ordering prints from various photographic trade catalogs. This collection is included in the Princeton University Digital Library.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/1c18dp846
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Call number:
  • WC055
Location:
  • MSS WC055