Photographs made during William Boehmer's time teaching on the Brighton and Big Cypress Reservations. They depict day schools, classes, students and other Seminole people (including the Osceola family), celebrations (including Field Days, a pow wow, and Civilian Conservation Corps Achievement Day), handicrafts, agriculture, meetings, and Seminole dances.
Biographical/Historical note:
William D. Boehmer (d. 1991) was an Educational Field Agent for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and taught on reservations in Florida. In 1938, he moved to Brighton, Florida, with his wife, Edith M. Boehmer, to teach at the Seminole Indian Agency. When the school closed in 1954, Boehmer began working with other Seminole groups, including those at the Big Cypress Reservation and the Hollywood Seminole Reservation.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 18
Reproduction Note:
Enlargements and prints made from original negatives by the Smithsonian Institution, circa 1966-1972.
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional photographs by Boehmer of Seminole people held in the National Anthropological Archives MS 4526.
The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries hold an oral history with William Boehmer.
Restrictions:
Nitrate negatives are in cold storage and require advanced notice for viewing.
