Missionary Work

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Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Elmer E. Higley collection, NMAI.AC.228; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: This subseries contains 71 glass lantern slides depicting Elmer E. Higley's missionary work. Images include Methodist Episcopal Church buildings and Indian Mission School buildings on numerous Native American reservations, missionary work with Mexican immigrant families in the Los Angeles area, and lantern slides with textual information relating to Higley's lectures.

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NMAI.AC.228

NMAIA

Elmer E. Higley collection

Creator

Higley, Elmer Ellsworth

Summary

This collection consists of 534 glass lantern slides depicting Indigenous groups throughout North America. It also includes a small number of publications written by Elmer E. Higley and others about Native Americans and missionary work during the early twentieth century.