Pawhuska (Osage), Wyandotte, Quapaw and other Views in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) and Nebraska

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Collection Creator: Churchill, Frank C. (Frank Carroll), 1850-1912; Churchill, Clara G.

Culture: Quapaw; Osage; Oklahoma Cherokee; Muscogee (Creek); Miami; Wyandotte [Oklahoma]; Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne); Winnebago [Nebraska]

See more items in: Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection; Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection / Series 1: Photographs in Indian Territory (Oklahoma): Muskogee, Tahlequah, Sulphur Springs and Other Assignments / 1.1: Photograph Albums

Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Collection Rights: Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Scope and Contents: This album contains 126 photographic prints taken by Frank Churchill from 1899 to 1902 and later compiled by Clara Churchill. The majority of the photographs were taken in Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) and Nebraska in 1901-1902 at Various Indian agencies and reservations including—Quapaw, Wyandotte, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Osage, Miami, Cherokee, Winnebago and Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). The photographs are not arranged in chronological order (see the chronology for a timeline). The largest number of photographs in this album are from Pawhuska on the Osage reservation in June 1901 around quarterly payments (see also Album 7, P23374). These images include—Osage men, women and children; White Hair and his son with interpreter; Saucy Chief; Mrs. Churchill with a baby on a cradleboard; tents and camp scenes. Other photographs of note include—Wyandotte students at the Seneca Training School; Cherokee Seminaries near Tahlequah; Choctaw Council house; Chief Pleasant Porter (Muskogee Creek); Omaha graves [RESTRICTED]; and photographs of Frank and Clara Churchill. Additional views include—Arkansas River, M.K.T. railroad, Verdigris River, Spring River, Grand River and Neosha River.

Collection 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).

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Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection

Creator

Churchill, Frank C. (Frank Carroll), 1850-1912

Summary

The Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection includes photographic negatives, photo albums, lantern slides, journals, scrapbooks and other documents created and compiled by the Churchills over the course of Frank's career as a special agent and Indian Inspector for the Department of the Interior between 1899 and 1909. Initially assigned as a revenue collector to the Cherokee Nation and later as...