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Special Collections - Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: Photography

Guide to Special Collections and primary source materials created by and relating to the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

Photography

  • Carlisle Indian School, Photographs - J. N. Choate Collection. SPOV-100
    • Copies of glass plate photographs given to the Smithsonian Institution by George Olinger. This collection contains photographs taken by John Nicholas Choate of the Carlisle Indian School, its students, and its staff. Includes studio portraits, student groups, and athletics.

 

  • Richard C. Ryder, Class of 1970, Stereograph Collection
    • This collection, donated by the Estate of Richard C. Ryder, Class of 1970, contains thousands of stereograph cards, as well as stereoviewers. This collection can be seen physically in the Special Collections Reading Room, and sampling can be found in our GettDigital Collections. 

Browse Native American Images from the Richard C. Ryder Collection on GettDigital 

 

Seminole Indians whose Forefathers Inhabited the Everglades