Daughters of the American Revolution collection of postcards and photographs

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Culture: Diné (Navajo); Yoeme (Yaqui); Seneca [Tonawanda]; Tohono O'odham (Papago); Minnesota Chippewa; Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa); Seneca [Cattaraugus]; Onondaga; Hopi Pueblo; Potawatomi

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Summary: This collection includes 26 photographs and 17 postcards of Native American communities across the U.S., collected by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Biographical / Historical: From the D.A.R. website in 2025: "The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 to promote Historic Preservation, Education, and Patriotism across the United States. The DAR American Indians Committee, established in 1936, "provides financial assistance and educational aid to Native American youth" through support of several schools and with a scholarship program. With this activity as background, the DAR Library established a special collection in 1987 designed to assist with Native American research using existing holdings and newly donated materials. It has continued to expand since its inception. Now numbering some 2,000 volumes, the American Indian Collection provides historical and genealogical information on first peoples across the United States."

Type: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Photographic prints; Postcards; Black-and-white photographs; Photographic postcards

Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Daughters of the American Revolution collection of postcards and photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.324; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically into subject files then by print number in each folder.

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 26 photographs and 17 postcards collected by The Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R). Photographs are mostly 3x5 in. with one 8x10 in., all black and white. The postcards are also black and white. Images depict buildings on the Cattaraugus and Tonawanda reservations, students from Indian boarding schools, rug and maple sugar making, rice harvesting, and a DAR Indians Committee breakfast. Image numbers are P19915-P19956

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.324

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