Shoshone Indian portrait collection
Scope and Contents
The Shoshone Indian portrait collection consists of three albumen images. Two of the images are unidentified, but one came from the photographers Charles S. Baker and Eli Johnston who ran a studio in Evanston, Wyoming. Baker & Johnson are best known for a series of images of Shoshone, Arapahoe, and Apache Indians. The photographs date from the 1870s to the 1880's.
For more photographs of the Shoshone please see the Compton "photo-boards" P0313, the manual card catalog located in the Special Collections reading room in Merrill Library, and the George Ellsworth photo collection P0025. The prints are located in a document box that contains collections P0283-P0310.
Dates
- Creation: 1870-1890
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research.
Copyright
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Permission to publish material from the Shoshone Indian portrait collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Biographical Note
Charles S. Baker and Eli Johnston ran a photographic studio in Evanston in the early 1880s and are best known for a series of photographs of Shoshone, Arapahoe, and Apache Indians
Extent
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Abstract
Three albumen photographs. Two of the images are unidentified, but one came from the photographers Charles S. Baker and Eli Johnston. The photographs date from the 1870s to the 1880s.
Arrangement
Organized numerical by photo number.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased from Cowan's Historic Americana with funds generously donated by the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation in 1998.
Processing Information
Register completed by Daniel Davis, November 2003.
- Title
- Guide to the Shoshone Indian portrait collection, 1870-1890
- Author
- Finding aid created by Daniel Davis, November 2003.
- Date
- ©2008
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide is in English in Latin script.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Revision Statements
- May 31, 2008: Template information was updated to reflect Utah Manuscript Association best practices.
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu