Dixon, Joseph K. (Joseph Kossuth)
Variant namesPhotographer of North American Indians.
From 1908-1917, Joseph Kossuth Dixon led three expeditions sponsored by Rodman Wanamaker to American Indian reservations in the west. The purpose of these expeditions was to document Indian culture through photography, and in so doing to promote the campaign to make them citizens.
From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, Pa., to Edward E. Ayer, Chicago, Ill., 1914 Feb. 11. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 36836646
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Dixon, Joseph Kossuth,. Wanamaker expeditions photographs, 1908-1913. | Massachusetts Historical Society | |
| creatorOf | Dixon, Joseph K.. Dixon, Joseph K. : [photography bio file]. | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library | |
| creatorOf | Joseph K. Dixon photographs from the 1909 Wanamaker Expedition | National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center | |
| creatorOf | Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952. The vanishing race on the old trails, ca. 1917. | Colorado College, Tutt Library | |
| creatorOf | Dixon, Joseph Kossuth. Letter : Philadelphia, Pa., to Edward E. Ayer, Chicago, Ill., 1914 Feb. 11. | Newberry Library | |
| referencedIn | Frank G. Speck papers, 1903-1950 | American Philosophical Society Library | |
| creatorOf | Corcoran Gallery of Art collection of Joseph K. Dixon Wanamaker Expedition photographs | National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center |
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| associatedWith | Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927. | person |
| associatedWith | Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Newberry Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950 | person |
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| West (U.S.) | |||
| Pennsylvania--Philadelphia |
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| Ethnological expeditions |
| Indians of North America |
| Indians of North America |
| Manuscripts, American |
| Photographers |
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| Photographers |
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Birth 1856
Death 1926
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