Mescalero Apache (New Mexico)

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

See more items in: Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection; Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection / Series 2: Photographs in the Southwest and Midwest: Arizona, New Mexico, Califonia, Minnesota and Wisconsin / 2.1: 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 74 photographic prints taken by Frank Churchill in February-March 1905 among the Mescalero Apache in New Mexico. The album was later compiled and captioned by Clara Churchill. Some of the photographs were also later hand colored by Clara Churchill. These photographs include—views of tipis with and without families; Mr. and Mrs. Churchill among the tipis; groups of women and children; Indian agency buildings; women weaving baskets and carrying water; condemned school house; U.S. Indian School dormitory; and the saw mill. Most of the subjects in the photographs are unidentified except for Buena (Wa-no) Bonita and "Magoosh" (Indian Judge). Many of the photographs were taken on Issue (or Ration) day and feature groups waiting for or carrying rations. It is noted that many of the families photographed had a member of the family working at the saw mill. There are also a small amount of photographs, most likely added later to the album, from the Navajo reservation and the Laguna Pueblo in 1907, none of these have corresponding negatives in the collection. These include images of St. Michaels School, Canyon de Chelly and Hubbells Ranch.

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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NMAI.AC.058

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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...