Frances Densmore photographs of July 4 observances at Standing Rock Reservation (original) (raw)
Summary
Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.81L
Creators:
Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957
Dates:
1912
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Physical Description:
Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting camps and scenery during July 4th observances in 1912 at Bullhead, Standing Rock Reservation, South Dakota. Handwriting on the photographs' versos is probably that of Frances Densmore.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Frances Densmore (1867-1957) was born in Red Wing, Minnesota, and educated at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music (1884-1886). She taught music in St. Paul until 1889, when she moved to Boston to study with composers at Harvard University. Soon thereafter, Densmore became interested in Native American music and she did her first field studies with the Ojibwa in Minnesota in 1905. She became associated with the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1907, which helped fund her trips to record music, collect musical insturments, and make photographs documenting tribes across the United States. Densmore stayed with the Bureau for fifty years until her death in Red Wing in 1957.
Administration
Custodial History note
Photographs possibly donated by Frances Densmore as part of publication of BAE Bulletin 61.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
Original nitrate negatives are in cold storage and require advanced notice for viewing.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 81L, Frances Densmore photographs of July 4 observances at Standing Rock Reservation, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
The National Anthropological Archives holds Frances Densmore papers (MS 4250) and material relating to her music research (MS 3370 and other numbered manuscript collections).
Location of Other Archival Materials
Densmore photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24, MS 4250, MS 4635, MS 3261, MS 4690, MS 4877, Photo Lot 33, and the BAE historical negatives.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Correspondence from Densmore held in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4846, MS 4821, Bureau of American Ethnology records, Science Service records, records of the Department of Anthropology, and collections of personal papers.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The Braun Research Library at Autry National Center and the Minnesota Historical Society also holds Frances Densmore papers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography
Photograph published in Frances Densmore, Teton Sioux Music, BAE Bulletin 61, 1918.
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| [Indians of North America -- Great Plains](/search?q=Indians of North America -- Great Plains) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| [Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)](/search?q=Standing Rock Indian Reservation %28N.D. and S.D.%29) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sioux | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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