Photographs of American Indians at the Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago collection
Scope and Contents
The Photographs of American Indians at the Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago Collection is comprised of seventeen documentary or publicity photographs of Native Americans in various tribal costumes at the Century of Progress International Exposition, 1833-1933 - The 1933-34 World's Fair held in Chicago, Illinois.
Dates
- Creation: 1933-1934
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open and available for research in the MSU Libraries Special Collections' reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the authors of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. For photocopy and duplication requests, please contact the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries.
Biographical / Historical
A Century of Progress International Exposition, 1833-1933 was the name of the 1933-1934 World's Fair held in Chicago, Illinois. Four Native American tribes participated in the exposition: Sioux from North Dakota, Winnebago from Wisconsin, Navajos from New Mexico, and Hopis from Arizona. Native Americans from both the Great Plains and the Southwest are depicted in this collection of photographs from the exposition. They appear to be shown within a re-created American colonial village. One photograph emphasizes this juxtaposition by showing a Native American man with a spear and shield standing in front of a wooden cabin behind which looms an enormous Georgian-style bonded brick mansion.
Full Extent
.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arrangement is by topic.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from vendor in 2013.
Processing Information
Processed by Leslie M. Behm in December 2013.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Photographs of American Indians at the Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago Collection,1933-1934
- Status
- 4 Published And Cataloged
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by MarcEdit.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository