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• Title: Curtis North American Indian photograph collection
• Other Title: Curtis (Edward S.) collection
  Edward S. Curtis collection
  Curtis photographs of North American Indians
• Creator(s): Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, photographer
• Date Created/Published: 1899-1929.
• Medium: ca. 2,500 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; 5 x 7 inches or 11 x 14 inches and larger.
• Summary: The collection includes a large number of individual or group portraits, as well as traditional and ceremonial dress, dwellings and other structures, agriculture, arts and crafts, rites and ceremonies, dances, games, food preparation, transportation, and scenery. The Edward S. Curtis Collection offers a unique glimpse into Curtis's work with indigenous cultures. About two-thirds (1,608) of these images were not published in Curtis's multi-volume work, The North American Indian.
• Reproduction Number: ---
• Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
  
• Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
• Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
• Notes:
  • Arrangement: The prints are organized in 22 groups called LOTs, with the call numbers LOT 12310 through LOT 12331. Each LOT has its own catalog record and is based primarily on geographical area, thereunder by tribal group and, when a Curtis number exists, numerically by the number Curtis assigned to the image. One LOT comprised of 11" x 14" and larger photographs was grouped together because of size and represents a number of different tribes (LOT 12331).
  • Collection title devised by Library staff.
  • Special Collections in the Library of Congress / compiled by Annette Melville. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1980, no. 55
  • The portion of the collection that is cataloged online represents those photographs for which copy negatives, transparencies, or scans have been made. The digitized images in the collection and their associated identifying information are available through the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog, http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/ecurquery.html
  • Copyright deposit; Edward S. Curtis; 1899-1929.
  • More information about the Curtis Collection is available at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/ecurhtml/ecurabt.html and at http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/067 curt.html
  • A card shelflist by Curtis number is arranged by Curtis file number (by title for images without a number). Most cards note Curtis number, LOT number, title, copyright date, tribal group, geographical location, reproduction number, and description. If the image was published in The North American Indian, the volume and plate or page number are also noted. A second card index is arranged by LOT number and tribal group.
  • A complete alphabetical list of tribal groups represented in the collection, followed by corresponding LOT number and corresponding North American Indian volume number is available at http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/067 appendix.html. It is also available in the Curtis finding aid in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room.
  • A set of catalog records is available through the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. See http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/lcoa1.about
  • Many images were published as photogravures in: Edward S. Curtis. The North American Indian. Seattle, Wash.: E.S. Curtis, 1907-1930. 20 v.
• Subjects:
  • Indians of North America--United States--1900-1930.
• Format:
  • Gelatin silver prints--1900-1930.
  • Portrait photographs--1900-1930.
• Collections:
  • Guide Records
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• Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
• Reproduction Number: ---
• Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
• Medium: ca. 2,500 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; 5 x 7 inches or 11 x 14 inches and larger.

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• Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
• Medium: ca. 2,500 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; 5 x 7 inches or 11 x 14 inches and larger.

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