Leroy E. Boyce photograph collection
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- Creator
- Boyce, Leroy E. (1894-1973)
- Place
- South Dakota
- Provenance
- Gift of Leroy E. Boyce, 1930.
- Creator
- Boyce, Leroy E. (1894-1973)
- Culture
- Nakota (Yankton Sioux)
- Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
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- Leroy E. Boyce photograph collection
- Summary
- This collection includes twelve photographs taken among the Nakota and Oglala Lakota people circa 1879-1880 in South Dakota.
- Biographical / Historical
- Leroy Ernest Boyce (1894-1973) was born in Ohio. In 1918, he married his wife, Helen Kleber; they had one son, William. He served in the Navy on the USS Arkansas during World War I. He was listed as an automotive oil worker in Brooklyn, New York in the 1930 census records. In the 1940 census records, Boyce is listed as divorced and an inmate at Rikers.
- Extent
- 12 Photographic prints
- 1 Copy negative
- Date
- 1879-1880
- undated
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Identifier
- NMAI.AC.254
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Photographic prints
- Copy negatives
- Citation
- Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Le Roy E. Boyce photograph collection, image #, NMAI.AC.254; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- Arranged by catalog number.
- Processing Information
- Collection processed 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 contains twelve 2x3 inch black and white studio portraits of Nakota and Oglala Lakota people taken circa 1880 and collected by Leroy E. Boyce. Photograph numbers P09630 - P09641. Negative number N21482.
- 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).
NMAI.AC.254
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NMAI.AC.254
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- Record ID
- ebl-1763754000724-1763754000934-0