Albert Green Heath photograph collection

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Culture: Warm Springs; Sahnish (Arikara); Sioux; Osage; Kainai Blackfoot (Kainah/Blood); Chiricahua Apache; Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)

Summary: This collection includes 16 black and white photographs of Native Americans collected by Albert Green Heath from 1884 to 1924.

Biographical / Historical: Albert Green Heath (1888-1953) was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was an amateur anthropologist who travelled throughout the United States buying, trading, and selling Native American Objects.

Type: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Gelatin silver prints; Copy negatives

Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Albert Green Heath photograph collection, image #, NMAI.AC.190; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Processing Information: This collection is currently unprocessed. Collection record written by Mattie Lewis, Archives Technician in 2025.

Rights: Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Scope and Contents: This collection is currently unprocessed. It contains 16 black and white silver gelatin prints and nine copy negatives collected by Albert Green Heath between 1884 and 1924. Photographers include Frank A. Randall, Ben G. Wittick, and Griggs Studio. Images primarily depict people posed in studios or outside in regalia or traditional clothing. Individuals identified in the photographs include Geronimo, Chief Mangas Coloradas (Red Sleeves), Chief Big Nose, Chief Nana (Kas-Tziden), Got-chai-eh, Chief Crazy Bear, Saucy Calf, John Stink, and Standing Bear. Image numbers P10037- P10044, P18304 - P18310, P18426 - P18427. Negative numbers N36517 - N36519, N38005 - N38006, N41199 - N41102.

Restrictions: Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Related Materials: Additional materials collected by Albert Green Heath are located at Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology .

Separated Materials: With these photographs, Albert Green Heath also donated a bag, 21/5296

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