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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
This album, entitled "The Way It Looks," contains 146 photographic prints taken by Frank Churchill between 1899 and 1900 and later compiled by Clara Churchill. Most of the photographs were taken in Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) with many shot in and around Muskogee where Churchill was living during his time as a revenue collector to the Cherokee Nation. There are also images from Missouri and Kansas. The photographs are not arranged in chronological order (see the chronology for a timeline). Locations (Indian Territory unless otherwise indicated) represented in this album include—Muskogee, Fort Gibson, Vinita, Spavinaw, Marble, Sallisaw, Dawson, Saratoga (MO) Fairland, Noel (MO), Cowskin Creek (MO), Southwest City (MO), Adair, Blue Jacket, Oologah, Chelsea, Afton, Pryor Creek, Coffeyville (KS), Tahlequah, Manard, Claremore and Caloosa.
Photographs taken in and around Muskogee include—Inspectors offices, Inspectors Frank C. Churchill and Guy Cobb (inspector to the Creek Nation), U.S. Marshall J.C.C. Rogers; Chief Isparhecher (Muskogee Creek); Agents J. Blair Shoenfelt (agent to the Seminole), Zevely and Wright with Mrs. Bixby; Mrs. Clara Churchill with Miss Severs, Mr. Dana, Mr. Von Weise, Betty (Muskogee Creek) and Mrs. Tuttle; government offices, Dawes commission buildings; Alfred Taylor, D.H. Kelsey (clerk), Col. Dew M. Wisdom, Cullen and Wells; Muskogee Court House; Churchill's deputies B.P. Rasmus, W.S. Irvin, P.L. Soper, N.L. Ryder; U.S. Marshalls Wells and Talbert; Blanche Oppenheimer (stenographer) at the US Indian Office; Hotel Early and various views of the town. Photographs in Fort Gibson include—Chief Bushyhead's former house; Commanders residence; National Cemetery; and Barracks. Other photographs of note include—The National Hotel in Tahlequah; Niven's Ferry on the Arkansas River; images of "Movers"; horse traders; and oil fields in Chelsea.
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Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
This album contains 170 photographic prints taken by Frank Churchill between 1899 and 1900 and later compiled by Clara Churchill. Most of the photographs were taken in Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) with many shot in and around Muskogee where Churchill was living during his time as a revenue collector to the Cherokee Nation. There are also images from Kansas and Arkansas. The photographs are not arranged in chronological order (see the chronology for a timeline). Locations (Indian Territory unless otherwise indicated) represented in this album include—Vinita, Muskogee, Tahlequah, Fort Gibson, Fort Smith (AR), Wagoner, Caney (KS), Claremore, Chelsea, Coffeyville (KS), Fairland, Dawson.
Photographs most likely taken in and around Muskogee include—1899 horse races with Feers, Porter, Spalding and Severs; US Judge W.T. Hutchings; Mrs. Shoenfelt, Miss Feers and Miss Oppenheimer; The Rullison House and Mrs. Tipton (landlady); Muskogee jail, prisoners and freight depot; Gus Lubbes (jailor) with guards and Nancy Brown; various houses and buildings; Col. Dew M. Wisdom; the circus; Indian University, Bacone College; Dr. Fite and A.P. McKellop. Other photographs of note include—Cherokee policeman, John C. West; Cherokee Chief T.M. Buffington, Cherokee Police Captain J.W. Ellis, J. Fentress Wisdom (clerk) and Murchison in Tahlequah; City Marshall "Bud" Ledbetter in Vinita; J.C. Early and his family in Darwin; and Pecan Mission (Muskogee Creek). Additional views in Indian Territory include—cotton fields, farms, tenements, an unknown Indian School, the Arkansas and Grand Rivers and the boundary post of the Cherokee and Creek Nations.
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
This album contains 177 photographic prints taken by Frank Churchill between 1899 and 1900 and later compiled by Clara Churchill. Most of the photographs were taken in Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) with many shot in Tahlequah, capital of the Cherokee Nation, and in and around Muskogee where Churchill was living during his time as a revenue collector to the Cherokee Nation. There are also images from Texas, Kansas and Arkansas. The photographs are not arranged in chronological order (see the chronology for a timeline). Locations (Indian Territory unless otherwise indicated) represented in this album include—Tahlequah, Muskogee, Dawson, Verdigris, Gans, Campbell (TX), Fort Smith (AR), Parsons (KS), South McAlester and Denison (TX).
All the photographs in Tahlequah were taken in 1899 and include—Cherokee Children, Cherokee council and Capital buildings, Cherokee Council members Clem V. Rogers, Bluford W. Starr, J.S. Davenport, Daniel Te-hee, Scott, Lynch, Hildebrand, and Fawling; former Principal Cherokee Chief C.J. Harris and William H. Mayes; Josh Shepard and Miss Archer; Dr. Leoser and family; Mrs. Eliza Alberty, Callie McNair (Cherokee) and Miss Morgan; J.C. Dannenburg house; The National Hotel, US Courthouse, jail, advocate office, wagon yard and seminaries. Photographs taken in and around Muskogee include—Big Pond, Standwaty and Tody Standwaty (Muskogee Creek); US Judge J.R. Thomas at a ball game; a baptism in March 1900; US Indian Inspector offices with Frank Churchill and Guy Cobb; Muskogee city elections (Dew M. Wisdom for mayor); D.W. Tuttle; Miss Roberts; Still, Oppenheimer, Dunlap and Basler; street scenes, the cemetery and a masonic building. Additional views include—Grand River, Arkansas River, Brushy Mountain, railroad construction and the Red River Bridge in Texas.
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
This album contains 196 photographic prints taken by Frank Churchill between 1899 and 1901 and later compiled by Clara Churchill. Most of the photographs were taken in Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) with many shot in and around Muskogee and Vinita. There are also images from Missouri and Arkansas. The photographs are not arranged in chronological order (see the chronology for a timeline). Locations (Indian Territory unless otherwise indicated) represented in this album include—Muskogee, Seneca (MO), Vinita, Claremore, Fort Gibson, Webbers Falls, Sallisaw, Muldrow, Hanson, Vian, Talala, Afton and Checota.
Photographs most likely taken in and around Muskogee include—Chief Pleasant Porter and Chief Isparhecher (Muskogee Creek); Shackleford and P.J. Byrne; Campbell Russell Ranch; US Jail; Doris Shoenfelt and Mrs. Churchill; Dr. J.C. Bushyhead; E.M. Morton and T. Gulick; Col. William Craven; Frank Churchill's office with D.H. Kelsey (clerk), Agent Guy Cobb and Frank Churchill; US Court; Dawes Commission buildings; Mrs. D.W. Tuttle; Mrs. Tipton (landlady); Pearl Eddleman (stenographer); street scenes and other views. Other photographs of note include—Dawes Commission set up in Vinita; cowboy roping contest in Vinita; Smallpox camp in Claremore and Vinita; S.S. Cobb and Jake Guthrie at a zinc mine in Seneca (MO). Additional views include—Coal strippers and mines, farms, goats, roadside scenes, wildflowers, Grand River, Arkansas River, Illinois River and various ferries.
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
This album contains 105 photographic prints taken by Frank Churchill in 1900 and later compiled by Clara Churchill. Most of the photographs were taken in Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) with many shot in and around Muskogee and Fort Gibson. There are also images from Missouri and Arkansas. The majority of photographs in this album are of scenic views. The photographs are not arranged in chronological order (see the chronology for a timeline. Locations (Indian Territory unless otherwise indicated) represented in this album include—Muskogee, Tahlequah, Fort Gibson, South McAlester, Gans, Webbers Falls, Fort Smith (AR), Ornogo (MO), Oologah, Talala, Joplin (MO)and Southwest City (MO). Photographs of note include—Chief Bushyhead's house in Fort Gibson; Campbell Russell's ranch; Dr. J.C. Bushyhead (Cherokee); Big Pond, Standwaty and Tody Standwaty (Muskogee Creek). Additional views include—farms, cowboys, wildflowers, Arkansas and Grand Rivers, and a confederate hospital.
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
This album contains 126 photographic prints taken by Frank Churchill from 1899 to 1902 and later compiled by Clara Churchill. The majority of the photographs were taken in Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) and Nebraska in 1901-1902 at Various Indian agencies and reservations including—Quapaw, Wyandotte, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Osage, Miami, Cherokee, Winnebago and Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). The photographs are not arranged in chronological order (see the chronology for a timeline).
The largest number of photographs in this album are from Pawhuska on the Osage reservation in June 1901 around quarterly payments (see also Album 7, P23374). These images include—Osage men, women and children; White Hair and his son with interpreter; Saucy Chief; Mrs. Churchill with a baby on a cradleboard; tents and camp scenes. Other photographs of note include—Wyandotte students at the Seneca Training School; Cherokee Seminaries near Tahlequah; Choctaw Council house; Chief Pleasant Porter (Muskogee Creek); Omaha graves [RESTRICTED]; and photographs of Frank and Clara Churchill. Additional views include—Arkansas River, M.K.T. railroad, Verdigris River, Spring River, Grand River and Neosha River.
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Eastern Shawnee [Quapaw Agency, Oklahoma] Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photograph albums
Photographic prints
Date:
1901-1903
Scope and Contents:
This album contains 105 photographic prints taken by Frank Churchill from 1901to 1903 and later compiled by Clara Churchill. The majority of the photographs were taken in Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) in 1901 at the Osage, Wyandotte and Quapaw agencies and in 1902-1903 in Sulpher Springs, Platt National Park. The photographs are not arranged in chronological order (see the chronology for a timeline). The largest number of photographs in this album are from Pawhuska on the Osage reservation in June 1901 around quarterly payments (see also Album 6, P23358). These images include—Osage agency buildings, camp grounds, and street shots during quarterly payments. Other photographs of note include—Wyandotte students at the Seneca Training school and views at the Quapaw Agency. Additional views include—Spring River, Lost Creek, Grand Creek, Neosha River, Peoria and Baxter Springs (KS).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Crow Creek (South Dakota), White Eagle (Ponca), Pawhuska (Osage) and other Views in Indian Territory (Oklahoma), Wisconsin, Iowa, Washington, DC and San Francisco
Collection Creator:
Churchill, Frank C. (Frank Carroll), 1850-1912 Search this
This album contains 154 photographic prints taken by Frank Churchill in 1902-1903, 1905 and later compiled by Clara Churchill. The majority of the photographs were taken in Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) in 1902-1903 at the Oto, Ponca, Osage, Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee), Seminole and Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne) Agencies, in South Dakota at Crow Creek and in Wisconsin and Iowa. There are also a significant number of photographs taken in Sulpher Springs, Platt National Park, these include—Mr. Taft (surveyor with Frank Churchill); visitors from Washington, DC; and Mrs. Willis Townsley. The photographs are not arranged in chronological order (see the chronology for a timeline). Additional Locations include—Muskogee, Eau Claire (WI), Sioux City (IA), Okmulgee, Ardmore, Pawhuska (Osage), White Eagle (Ponca), and Darlington. Other photographs of note include—Dave Muskrat (Cherokee); Guy Cobb and John C. West at a small pox camp near Muskogee.
There is a break from 1903 to 1905, when additional photographs were added to the back of the album. Photographs from 1905 include—Washington, DC, Alexandria and Mount Vernon; San Francisco and Oregon on the return trip from Alaska (see Subseries 1.3).
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
This album contains 190 photographic prints taken by Frank Churchill between December 1903 and March 1904 and later compiled and captioned by Clara Churchill. Some of the photographs were also later hand colored by Clara Churchill. The majority of the photographs were taken among the A:shiwi (Zuni), Hopi, Navajo (Dine), Akimel O'odham (Pima) and Pueblo peoples of New Mexico during the first four months Frank Churchill was assigned as U.S. Indian Inspector to visit Indian day schools and boarding schools in Arizona and New Mexico. See album P23376 for additional photographs taken at the same locations during this time.
Photographs at Zuni include—General Pueblo views; houses; ovens; children; women firing pottery; and a mother with her child on a cradleboard. There are also photographs of bead maker "Zuni Dick" (Tsinahe/Tsanahe), Zuni Governer Lazaleo [sp?], School Superintendent D.D. Graham with Mrs. Churchill and field matron Miss Julie Palen. Photographs in Arizona and among the Navajo include—Hay Stacks and the U.S. Indian School at Fort Defiance; Father Haile (Franciscan Friar) at St. Michael's school; Hubbells Ranch in Ganado; U.S. Indian School in Keams Canyon (at Christmas); Navajo visitors on horseback; views of the Grand Canyon and various desert views.
Additional photographs in and around Phoenix, AZ include—The Phoenix Indian School; Lehi Day School; Salt River Day School; an irrigation ditch being worked on near Sacaton (Akimel O'odham); and Gila Crossing. The majority of the Akimel O'odham photographs taken in Sacaton during this time period are in albums P23352 and P23371.
Photographs in Hopi were taken in in Oraibi, Walpi, and other villages. Oraibi photographs include—the Oraibi day school; school students; field matron Miss Keith; School superintendent Charles E. Burton; a family near the school; wicker basket weavers; and views of the Village. Additional Hopi photographs include—building a house in Walpi; the Toreva Day School; and various village views.
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Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Sacaton (Akimel O'odham/Pima) and Fort Mojave (Arizona), Zuni (New Mexico), Riverside (California), White Earth Agency (Minnesota), and Other views in Arizona, California, Minnesota and Wisconsin
Collection Creator:
Churchill, Frank C. (Frank Carroll), 1850-1912 Search this
This album contains 207 photographic prints taken by Frank Churchill in February-March 1904 and March-July 1906, with the bulk being taken in 1903 and 1904. The album was later compiled and captioned by Clara Churchill. Some of the photographs were also later hand colored by Clara Churchill. The majority of the photographs were taken in Sacaton (Arizona) among the Akimel O'Odham (Pima), Fort Mojave Indian Reservation (Arizona), Riverside (California), White Earth Agency (Minnesota) and several locations in Wisconsin during Frank Churchill's assignment as U.S. Indian Inspector to visit Indian day schools and boarding schools. There are also a small amount of photographs at other locations in Arizona, New Mexico and California.
The photographs taken in and around Sacaton, on the Gila River Indian Reservation, were made in February 1904 and March 1906 on two different visits. The 1904 photographs include—Images from Issue Day; Indian Agency Building; Kee's (Ki) Tohono O'odham homes; giant cacti; Sawtooth Mountain views; Mrs. Churchill and Mrs. Alexander in a Pima grain basket; School Superintendent J.B. Alexander and wife and Gila Crossing Day School; Casa Blanca petroglyphs; Sacaton water supply. The 1906 photographs include—Superintendent J.B. Alexander with S.M. McCowan and Frank Churchill; Williams and Dr. Marden; Girls' dormitory and girl students at the "Indian Trading School," the boarding school in Sacaton; boys at the school and outdoor classes; M. Scott Smith; Mr. Crouse (trader); Superintendent Alexander, Mr. McCowan, Miss Chingian, Miss Squier and Mrs. Chuchill; Indian Agency offices; views on issue day; Gila River during floods; Bapchule church; fake petroglyphs made by Frank Churchill; and additional views of Sacaton and its surrounding area. Additional views around Phoenix include—an Apache camp outside of Phoenix; Salt River Day School; and the Mission at Gila Crossing.
Photographs from the Fort Mojave (Mohave) reservation and its surrounding area include—Class in gardening at the Fort Mojave Indian School; views of the reservation; views of the Indian School; Gold Road Mine (25 miles east of Fort Mojave); and Needles, California, across the Colorado River. There are also photographs of a trip to the Chemehuevi camp in California with Claude Compton (Trader). Photographs from Riverside, California and the surrounding area include—Views at the Sherman Institute (the Indian School on Magnolia Avenue); morning inspection; students on parade; views of the Perris school (before it was closed); and orange groves and rose gardens. There are also photographs in Banning, California. Additional photographs in Arizona include—views in Yuma; San Xavier Mission and ruins on the Santa Cruz River near Tucson; and Needle Rock near Prescott. There are a small amount of A:shiwi (Zuni) photographs from 1906 which include—Building of the Zuni dam; view of the Zuni school and several Pueblo views.
Photographs from Minnesota, taken among the Minnesota Chippewa include— White Earth Agency buildings; White Earth Indian School; and bark tipis; and the Wild Rice Indian School with condemned property. There are many photographs of the 38th annual June 14th celebration which include dancers, drummers, a barbecue and Chief Wadena (Minnesota Chippewa). Photographs from Wisconsin include—Ashland, Lac Courte Oreilles (Lake Superior Chippewa); Grind Stone Lake; Bad River Reservation; Logging and lumber facilities; Lac du Flambeau; Mr. Ferry's Farm and Island near Carter, Wisconsin.
Many photographs in this album do not have corresponding negatives.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
This album contains 85 photographic prints taken by Frank Churchill between December 1903 and 1906, with the bulk being taken in 1903 and 1904. The album was later compiled and captioned by Clara Churchill. Some of the photographs were also later hand colored by Clara Churchill. The majority of the photographs were taken among the A:shiwi (Zuni), Hopi, Navajo (Dine), and Pueblo peoples of New Mexico during Frank Churchill's assignment as U.S. Indian Inspector to visit Indian day schools and boarding schools in Arizona and New Mexico. See album P23360 for additional photographs taken at the same locations during this time.
Zuni photographs were taken in December 1903 and May 1906 include—Frank Cushing house; Mrs. Churchill sketching; School Superintendent D.D. Graham's office; Graham selling/buying beads and surrounded by children; bead maker "Zuni Dick" (Tsinahe/Tsanahe) making beads; new Zuni school (built in 1905); women carrying water; Navajo visitors for the Shaliko dance; various views of the pueblo including ovens, houses, waffle gardens, church ruins and sheep corrals. Additional views of Zuni include Toyalone Mountain in the background. Photographs in Arizona and among the Navajo include—Hubbells ranch in Ganado; Charles Watchman and his wife in Fort Defiance; Keams Canyon Indian School on Christmas Day (1903). Photographs in Hopi were taken in Oraibi, Walpi, and other villages. Oraibi photographs include—Hopi man spinning cotton; Basket weavers; children putting on their shoes; woman with children. Additional Hopi photographs include—Woman carrying a bundle of clay for pottery; views of children and houses in Walpi; a young woman with "butterfly whorl" hairdressing.
Photographs in Isleta Pueblo include—Chili peppers drying; women with pottery; old mission church; Isleta Indian School children; Miss Turner (teacher) with boy pupils; Mary Maruja (Isleta Pueblo); Mary Chiwiwii (Isleta Pueblo), a pottery maker; and Pueblo game "Tash-a-le-way." Additional Pueblo photographs include—views in Acoma, Chemita and Jemez Pueblos; Pedro Cajete and his daughter in K'apovi (Santa Clara); and corn grinding in Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
This album contains 93 photographic prints taken by Frank Churchill in February-March 1904 in Arizona, New Mexico and Southern California. The album was later compiled and captioned by Clara Churchill. Some of the photographs were also later hand colored by Clara Churchill. The photographs were taken in K'apovi (Santa Clara) and Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan) Pueblos in New Mexico; Sacaton among the Akimel O'Odham (Pima) and Fort Mojave Indian Reservation in Arizona; and Chemehuevi, Riverside, and Redlands in California, during Frank Churchill's assignment as U.S. Indian Inspector to visit Indian day schools and boarding schools.
The photographs taken at the K'apovi (Santa Clara) and Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan) Pueblos in New Mexico include—Governor Francisco Naranjo, his wife and their home (where Mr. Churchill and Mr. Crandall stayed during their visit to Santa Clara); an elderly man showing beads to Mrs. Churchill; a young girl with a water jar; Antonio (no last name) and Joseph Eldodt (son of trader Sam Eldodt). The photographs taken in and around Sacaton, on the Gila River Indian Reservation include—Cacti and desert views; Brush shelters and houses; Inscription rocks; an Akimel O'odham (Pima) arrow maker and pottery maker; and an Akimel O'odham woman on the banks of the Gila River. Photographs taken in and around the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation in Arizona and California include—Views of Fort Mojave; Women selling beads in Needles (CA); Mary (bead maker) wife of Washerman Bill; Grain storage baskets made of arrow weed; Gold Roads Mine; Mr. Walker's Camp; Trading post (former military canteen); Girls at the U.S. Indian School; and a view of the Chemehuevi Camp in San Bernadino County (CA).
Photographs taken in and around Riverside, California, include—Views of the Sherman Institute (U.S. Indian School); School Superintendent Harwood Hall's residence; C.F. Lummis and Harwood Hall; Perris School, including Mr. Churchill and H. Hall; Orange groves with Mrs. Churchill and Mrs. Hall; Portraits of the Hall family including Lylah Hall (daughter); Rubidoux Hill; views of date palms, lemon trees and roses. Additional photographs from southern California include views from La Casa Loma and Smiley Heights in Redlands. Many of the California photographs do not have corresponding negatives in this collection. An additional two photographs are at the end of this album, most likely not taken by Frank or Clara Churchill. These are of the Crandall collection in Santa Fe and of a Taos man (date unknown).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
This album contains 74 photographic prints taken by Frank Churchill in February-March 1905 among the Mescalero Apache in New Mexico. The album was later compiled and captioned by Clara Churchill. Some of the photographs were also later hand colored by Clara Churchill.
These photographs include—views of tipis with and without families; Mr. and Mrs. Churchill among the tipis; groups of women and children; Indian agency buildings; women weaving baskets and carrying water; condemned school house; U.S. Indian School dormitory; and the saw mill. Most of the subjects in the photographs are unidentified except for Buena (Wa-no) Bonita and "Magoosh" (Indian Judge). Many of the photographs were taken on Issue (or Ration) day and feature groups waiting for or carrying rations. It is noted that many of the families photographed had a member of the family working at the saw mill. There are also a small amount of photographs, most likely added later to the album, from the Navajo reservation and the Laguna Pueblo in 1907, none of these have corresponding negatives in the collection. These include images of St. Michaels School, Canyon de Chelly and Hubbells Ranch.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Series 4: Photographs in Arizona, Utah, North Carolina, Montana, North Dakota, Florida and Miscellaneous, 1907-1909, includes five photograph albums and 163 negatives from Frank Churchill's assignment as Indian Inspector. Because the Churchills visited some of the same locations in the Southwest (Arizona and Utah) on multiple occasions, it has been hard to date some of the negatives. For that reason, all the negatives made in the Southwest have been included in Series 3. Locations include Arizona, Utah, North Carolina, Montana, North Dakota and Florida. Native communities visited and photographed include-Diné (Navajo), Hopi Pueblo, Kaibab Paiute, Quechan (Yuma/Cuchan), Eastern Band of Cherokee, Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan), Wahpetonwan Dakota [Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe], Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Seminole. There is restricted material in Box 23 (Album P23380).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
