W.J. McGee Photograph Collection 1894-1895

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W.J. McGee Photograph Collection 1894-1895

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Photographs, 1894-1895, originals and copy prints, mostly taken by William Dinwiddie (1894-1895), with some taken by J. W. Mitchell (1895) of two expeditions, led by W. J. McGee, to study the Tohono O’odham Indians of southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico, and the Seri Indians of Mexico. The images document homes, people, and household and work activities including pottery and basket making.

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McGee, W. J., 1853-1912

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Geologist, anthropologist, and hydrologist. From the description of Papers of W. J. McGee, 1822-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78067600 Biographical Note 1853, Apr. 17 Born near Farley, Iowa 1878 1882 Made surveys of the geology of Iowa...

Dinwiddie, William

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Born in Iowa in 1853, anthropologist, ethnologist, and geologist William J. McGee worked for the U.S. Geological Survey from 1881 until 1893 when the Bureau of American Ethnology was formed. He was in charge of the Bureau from 1893 to 1903. During that time, he conducted field expeditions to study the Tohono O’odham Indians in southern Arizona and Seri Indians in Sonora, Mexico in late 1894 and late 1895. He held various other prominent scientific positions until his death in 1912. ...