Edward Curtis collection, 1907-1913

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Edward Curtis collection, 1907-1913

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Photographer Edward Curtis' collection at the Museum of Northern Arizona consists of correspondence between Curtis and a researcher, as well as promotional material for his famous volume set, The North American Indian.

1.5 cm textual material

eng,

The Museum of Northern Arizona

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SNAC Resource ID: 6633151

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Curtis, Edward Sheriff, 1868-1952

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Edward Sheriff Curtis, American photographer and ethnologist, was born near Whitewater, WI, in 1868 and grew up in Seattle, WA. Fascinated with the Indians and their way of life he embarked on lifelong career dedicated to presenting "the very spirit of the Indian peoples" in photographs, film, recordings and print. George Bird Grinnell, an authority on Indians, appointed him Official Photographer to the Harriman Alaska Expedition in 1899. Curtis' dream of a comprehensive written and photographic...