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Title: Native American Art and Artist Ephemera Collection
Dates: 1902-2008
Collection Number: MS.254
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 3.5 linear feet (10 boxes)
Repository:
Autry National Center
Los Angeles, California 90027
Abstract: This collection consist of brochures, programs, and promotional material created
throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries by museums, non-profit organizations,
community centers, and art galleries that focus on Native American artists, artwork, music,
and performances.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research. Appointments to view materials are required. To make an
appointment please visit http://theautry.org/research/research-rules-and-application or contact library staff at room@theautry.org.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry National Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Autry Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry National Center
as the custodian 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.
Native American Art and Artist Ephemera Collection. Autry National Center
This collection was assembled by staff from various library purchases
and donations ending in 2008.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection consist of brochures, programs, and promotional material created by museums, non-profit organizations, community
centers, and art galleries that focus on Native American artists, artwork, music, and performances.
Arrangement:
Series 1: Native American Art and Performance, 1902-2004
This series represents materials which feature the artwork and performance of Native American cultures throughout the country,
with emphasis on the Southwest and the Plains Indians. There are also a few examples of Native Alaskan sculpture.
Series 2: Native American Artists, 20th – 21st Century
Each folder in this series contains exhibit brochures of Native American artists. The series is divided into two boxes with
folders arranged alphabetically by last name. When two or more artists are exhibited in one brochure, the brochure is filed
with the first listed artist. Though most artist folders contain only one brochure, there are multiple items for Bob Haozous,
Allan Houser, Doug Hyde, Dan Namingha, and Fritz Scholder.
Series 3: Native American Organizations, 1971-2008
This series contains brochures, letters, and newsletters from Native American charities, scholarship foundations, and tribal
organizations as well as Native American museums and government organizations. This series also holds Powwow programs and
items from Indian schools. Each organization is represented by a folder.
Preliminary inventory and finding aid drafted by Natalie Sims 2010. Finding aid updated by Anna Liza Posas, 2013. Final processing
of collection and publication of finding aid made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records
Commission (NHPRC).
Indian art
Indian arts
Indian artists
Indians of North America -- Music
Indians of North America -- Drama
Indian dance
Indian artists -- Exhibitions
Powwows
Indians of North America -- Education
Indians of North America -- Government relations
Indians of North America -- Museums
Brochures
Programs
Articles
Clippings