Theodore G. Lemmon (1855-1932) Collection, ca. 1885-1916, 1885-1916

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Summary

Creators:
Abstract:
Extent:
2 linear foot (Boxes: 2 letter, 3 5x7)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Theodore G. Lemmon (1855-1932) Collection, ca. 1885-1916. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Background

Scope and content:

Photographs and negative. Photos include Taos, Grand Junction Indian School, Keams Canyon, Fort Mojave Indian School, Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings, and studio portraits.

Biographical / historical:

Lemmon served as a teacher, then as superintendent of Indian Schools at San Carlos, New Mexico, at Grand Junction, Colorado, and at Keams Canyon, Arizona. He was also involved with Jesse Walter Fewkes of the Smithsonian Institution in the excavations at Mesa Verde (circa 1916).

Access and use

Restrictions:

Research is by appointment only

Terms of access:

Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

Preferred citation:

Theodore G. Lemmon (1855-1932) Collection, ca. 1885-1916. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Location of this collection:
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
Contact:
(213) 763-3359
seavercenter@nhm.org
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