Richard Maynard Colonial administration field photographs

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Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Richard and Hannah Maynard photographs from British Columbia, image #, NMAI.AC.087; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: Series 1: Richard Maynard Colonial administration field photographs includes photograph prints and copy negatives made by Richard Maynard on various excursions across British Columbia and Alaska. This includes—The 1873 trip with Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the province of British Columbia, Israel Wood Powell; several trips to Alaska between 1879 and 1882; and a government commission with American explorer Captain Chittenden to Haida Gwaii, formerly Queen Charlotte Islands. These photographs depict landscape views, village scenes, fishing, and oil processing made in these various locations. Numerous totem poles, funerary poles and other carvings are depicted from the Haida, Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), Nuxalk (Bellacoola), Lekwungen (Songhees), and Esquimalt communities.

Restrictions: Some of the photographs in this series have been restricted due to cultural sensitiviy and are listed in a subseries.

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NMAI.AC.087

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Richard and Hannah Maynard photographs from British Columbia

Creator

Maynard, Hannah, 1834-1918

Summary

Photographic prints and copy negatives made by Richard and Hannah Maynard between 1878-1890 in British Columbia, Canada. The communities photographed include Haida, Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), Nuxalk (Bellacoola), Lekwungen (Songhees), and Esquimalt among others.