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A. Frank Randall Photographs of Apache Indians: Finding Aid
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    Title: A. Frank Randall Photographs next hit of Apache Indians
    Dates (inclusive): approximately 1883-1888
    Collection Number: photCL 101
    Creator: Randall, A.F. (A. Frank)
    Extent: 123 previous hit photographs next hit in 1 disbound album; prints 18 x 11 cm. (7.25 x 4.5 in.)
    Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Photo Archives
    1151 Oxford Road
    San Marino, California 91108
    Phone: (626) 405-2191
    Email: reference@huntington.org
    URL: http://www.huntington.org
    Abstract: This disbound album contains 123 previous hit photographs next hit taken by photographer A. Frank Randall between 1883 and 1888. The images include studio and field previous hit photographs next hit of Apache Indians taken during the United States military campaign to capture Apache renegades during the Apache Wars. Notable portraits include those of A. Frank Randall, Geronimo, Naiche, and Nelson A. Miles. There are also some scenes of Indian agencies and camps in Arizona. The last part of the album ends with views in Southern California, including Rancho Camulos, scenes of Santa Barbara, missions, and San Diego. There are also views of Guaymas, Mexico.
    Language: English.

    Access

    Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

    Administrative Information

    Publication Rights

    The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

    Preferred Citation

    A. Frank Randall previous hit Photographs next hit of Apache Indians. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

    Provenance

    Gift of Mrs. Lyman Thompson in December 1957.

    Bibliography

    Sources used in the creation of this finding aid include:
    Faulk, Odie B. The Geronimo Campaign. Oxford University Press: New York, 1969.
    Kraft, Louis. Gatewood & Geronimo. University of New Mexico Press: Albuquerque, 2000.
    Lane, Jack C., ed. Chasing Geronimo: The Journal of Leonard Wood, May-September, 1886. University of New Mexico Press: Albuquerque, 1970.
    Radbourne, Allan. "Capturing the Apaches: The previous hit Photographs next hit of A. Frank Randall." Wild West, February 2004.
    A Researcher's Guide to the Apache Indian previous hit Photographs next hit made by A. Franklin Randall in Arizona and New Mexico 1883-1887: Part Two: The Mescalero Apache Reservation, N.M., and Fort Bowie, A.T., 1885-1886.

    Biographical Note

    A. Frank Randall was born March 2, 1854, in Massachusetts. Little is known about his early years, but in 1883, he accompanied General George Crook's expedition as a newspaper correspondent and photographer in the campaign to capture Apache Indians in Mexico. For the next four years, Randall traveled around Arizona and New Mexico photographing various Apache tribes, including the Chiricahua, Warm Springs, Mescalero, and Jicarilla Apaches. In 1887, Randall moved to California and spent his final years in Alameda County, where he died of a heart attack on March 4, 1916.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    This disbound album contains 123 previous hit photographs next hit taken by photographer A. Frank Randall between 1883 and 1888. The previous hit photographs next hit have descriptive captions written by Randall, most identifying their subjects. The images include studio and field previous hit photographs next hit of Apache Indians taken during the United States military campaign to capture Apache renegades during the Apache Wars. Notable portraits include those of A. Frank Randall, Geronimo, Naiche, and Nelson A. Miles. There are also some scenes of Indian agencies and camps in Arizona. The last part of the album ends with views in Southern California, including Rancho Camulos, scenes of Santa Barbara, missions, and San Diego. There are also views of Guaymas, Mexico.
    The majority of Randall's previous hit photographs next hit are portraits of men, women, and children from various Apache subtribes in Arizona and New Mexico. Among these previous hit photographs next hit are images of a fox tamer; a fiddler; a flutist; a well-dressed, possibly high-ranking Apache man; medicine men; young girls; mothers and their infant children; and Apache chiefs. Portraits of United States Army officers and scouts include Nelson A. Miles, Leonard Wood, Wilber E. Wilder, Roger Ames, Henry W. Lawton, William A. Thompson, Amos S. Kimball, John A. Dapray, Thomas J. Clay, Frank P. Bennett, Buffalo Jack, a female Indian scout, and Apache scouts. Randall also included previous hit photographs next hit of Rancho Camulos, many of which show people dramatizing scenes from Helen Hunt Jackson's novel Ramona. Antonio Franco Coronel appears in some scenes. Other images include views of Missions Santa Barbara and San Juan Capistrano, what may be Vasquez Creek and Tujunga Canyon near Los Angeles, and street scenes of Guaymas, Mexico.
    The first page of the album is a dedication written by Randall, saying: "This album is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Captain Emmet Crawford who offered his life as a sarafice [sic] to the Apache race, a brave and noble man, the idol of his friends. Murdered by Mexicans in Mexico January 11th 1886. A. Franklin Randall, artist." A newspaper cutout of Captain Crawford's portrait has been pasted on the dedication page. On the reverse side of the page, Randall wrote: "Presented to Claire W. Murphy. Christmas 1888. The Author [Randall]." Part of this presentation note includes a phrase written in Greek.
    Though presumably the previous hit photographs next hit are all by Randall, research has shown some images may be the work of Ben Wittick.
    Item titles transcribed from A. Frank Randall's handwritten captions.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.  
    Apache Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Apache Indians--Wars, 1883-1886 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Chiricahua Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Chiricahua Indians—Wars -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Fort Bowie (Ariz.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Fort Huachuca (Ariz.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Hotels—Arizona -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Indians of North America--Southwest, New -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Indian scouts -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885. Ramona—Pictorial works -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Jicarilla Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Medicine-man -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Mescalero Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Mission San Juan Capistrano -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Mohave Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Rancho Camulos (Ventura County, Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Santa Barbara Mission -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Fort Apache Agency -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. San Carlos Agency -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Warm Spring Apache Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Chato, 1860?-1934 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Clay, Thomas Jacob, 1853-1939 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Coronel, Antonio Franco, 1817-1894 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Crawford, Emmett -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Geronimo, 1829-1909 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Lawton, Henry Ware, 1843-1899 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Naiche, ca. 1857-1921 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Randall, A.F. (A. Frank)--Portraits
    Victorio, Apache Chief, -1881 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Wilder, Wilbur Elliott, 1856-1952 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Arizona -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Guaymas (Sonora, Mexico) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    New Mexico -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    previous hit Photographs next hit .
    previous hit Photograph next hit albums.
    Studio portraits.

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