Stereoviews of Indians and the Colorado River from the J.W. Powell Survey, ca. 1869-1864

Processed by James Ryan.

The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

1997

Stereoviews of Indians and the Colorado River from the J.W. Powell Survey, ca. 1869-1874

BANC PIC 1980.082--STER

The Bancroft Library

University of California

Berkeley, California 1997

Finding aid and digital representations of archival materials funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed and encoded by:

California Heritage Digital Image Access Project staff in The Bancroft Library and The Library's Electronic Text Unit

Digital images processed by:

The Library Photographic Service

Finding aid completed:

March 1997

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Stereoviews of Indians and the Colorado River from the J.W. Powell Survey,

Date: ca. 1869-1874

Collection Number: BANC PIC 1980.082--STER

Creator: Smithsonian Institution

Extent: 107 stereographs: b&w; 12 x 18 cm. 107 digital objects

Repository: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Languages Represented: English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is available for use.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Stereoviews of Indians and the Colorado River from the J.W. Powell Survey, ca. 1869-1874, BANC PIC 1980.082--STER, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Digital Representations Available

Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were copied onto 35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and the Photo CD files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.

Related Collections

Title: C. Hart Merriam Papers,

Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 83/129 c

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The Stereoviews of Indians and the Colorado River from the J.W. Powell Survey were transferred from the C. Hart Merriam Papers (BANC MSS 83/129 c).

Scope and Content

The Stereoviews of Indians and the Colorado River from the J.W. Powell Survey consists of 107 stereographic prints taken from circa 1869 to circa 1874. The photographers include John K. Hilliers, E.O. Beaman, and James Fenmore. John Wesley Powell's exploration of the Colorado River occurred under the auspices of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, from 1869 to 1872. Some of the stereographs present are published under the imprint of the "Indians of the Colorado Valley" series by J.F. Jarvis. The collection consists of scenes in the Colorado Valley, including views of the Colorado River and the Native American inhabitants of this region and their dwellings. Some of the Colorado Valley Indian photographs are dated 1874.

Printed captions are reprinted in the container listing. Captions in parentheses appear in manuscript on the stereographs. Captions in brackets have been supplied.

Container Listing

:1 The Arrow Maker and his Daughter.

Photographer: [Jack] Hillers

Photographer's number: 1

Place of Publication: Washington, D. C.

Publisher: J. F. Jarvis/ J. W. Powell and A. H. Thomson.

Date: c1874.

Photographer's series: U.S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West. Indians of the Colorado Valley.