Additional Resources Relating to the American Indian at the Archives of American Art
COLLECTIONS
Victor Arnautoff (1896-1979) Painter. Papers, 1923-1979. Includes drawings done in Mexico. Reels 3429-3430.
George Elbert Burr (1859-1939) Painter, etcher. Papers 1885-1972. Photographs from the 1891 Western tour with President Benjamin Harrison. Reels 2978-2981
Dorothy Patricia Cavanagh (1907-1986) Art historian. Research material on Henry Hudson Kitson, 1883-1983 (unfilmed). Includes a bust of an American Indian by Theodora Alice Ruggles Kitson.
A. Contini and Son (ca. 1900s) Plaster casting firm. Records, 1916-1981 Worked with several artists who specialized in Western scenes including James Earle Fraser and Frederic Remington. Reels 3612-3613.
Rene d’Harnoncourt (1901-1968) Musuem director, curator, lecturer. Papers, 1920-1983 Photographs of Indians. Reels 3830-3831; 2919-2931.
Edith Emerson (1888-1981) Painter, mural painter, book illustrator. Papers, 1839-1981 (bulk 1894-1971). Travel journal by her cousin from a trip to Yellowstone National Park in 1901. Reels 1186-1187 and unfilmed).
George Fedoroff (b. 1906) Educator, craftsman. Papers, 1944-1979. Writings by Fedoroff and others, and clippings related to craft and art in the Northeastern United States. Includes "Preservation of Indian Art in Southeastern Alaska" by Katherine Kuh. Reels 3958-3959.
Edward Hill (1852-1908) Painter. Papers. Drawings of villages and activities of Pueblo Indians. Reel 2842.
Francis Sumner Merritt (b. 1913) Painter, designer, arts administrator. Papers, 1903-1979. Files on the American Indian Summer Session. Reels 5099-5106.
Alice Barber Stephens (1858-1932) Illustrator. Papers, 1884-1986. Clippings about her husband’s collection of Native American artifacts; an exhibition catalog fo the Philadelphia Art Alliance Exposition of Tribal Arts in 1932). Reel 4152.
Rudolph Weisenborn (b. 1881) Painter, art instructor. Papers, 1919-1977 Travel log from a trip to Arizona. Reel 856.
Edwin Whitefield (1816-1892) and Wilfred Whitfield (1839-1926) Draftsmen. Papers, 1854-1918. Mid-19th century written accounts of traveling in Minnesota, including an account of the Battle of Big Mound, 1863. Reel 4309
Marguerite Wildenhain (1897-1985) Ceramist. Papers, 1930-1982 Typescript for Wildenhain’s book . . .That We Look and See: An Admirer Looks at the Indian. Reels 5045-5048.
Margret Craver Withers Silversmith. Papers, 1926-1992. Subject file on American Indian silver. Reel 136 and unfilmed.
Bruno Louis Zimm (1876-1943) Sculptor. Papers, 1907-1985 Photographs of works of art including Zimm’s sculpture Sacajawea, and a biographical account written by Zimm’s son. Not microfilmed.
ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS
Many oral history interviews are restricted. Contact the Reference Services staff for more information. Interviews with an asterisk are available on the Archives of American Art website.
*José Bedia (b. 1959) 1998 interview, 159 pp.
Oscar Collier (b. 1924) 1994 interview, 58 pp.
George Fedoroff (b. 1906) 1980-81 interview, untranscribed.
*Olinka Hrdy (b. 1902) 1965 interview, 59 pp.
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) 1972 interview, 18 pp. 1983 interview, 87 pp.
Olive Rush (1873-1966) 1963 interview, 26 pp. Reel 3419.