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Native Californian photograph collection
MS 356
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Title: Native Californian photograph collection
Date (inclusive): 1853-1930, undated
Collection Number: MS 356
Extent:
1.04 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: This collection contains prints of photographs from the National Anthropological Archives of the Smithsonian Institution of
various indigenous peoples from California. Photographs in the collection depict members of various tribes, tribal housing
and artifacts, and the local environment.
Languages: The collection is in English.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & Archives. Distribution
or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the
copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable
rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Native Californian photograph collection (MS 356). Special Collections & University
Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Gift of Robert Hine, date unknown.
This collection was processed by Carlota Ramirez, Student Processing Assistant, 2017.
Processing of the Native Californian photograph collection was completed by undergraduate students from the University of
California, Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015.
This project was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian.
This collection contains prints of photographs from the National Anthropological Archives of the Smithsonian Institution of
indigenous peoples from California. Photographs in the collection depict members of various tribes, tribal housing and artifacts,
and the local environment. An index of the photos with captions is located at the end of the collection.
The tribes represented in the collection are: Cahuilla, Chumash, Cocopa, Digueno, Hupa, Karok, Klamath, Luiseno, Maidu, Modoc,
Mojave, Paiute, Pomo, Tolowa, Washo, Wintun, Yahi, Yokuts, Yuma and Yurok.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by tribe name. Folder titles have been maintained from the original donation.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Indians of North America -- California
Black-and-white photographs
Photographic prints