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Alaska (Items 1-80)

Description: Views along the Kuskowim River, Bethel, Nushagak, Togiak, Ounalaska and Bethel. Photographs of Eskimos, traders, trading posts, churches and buildings of these areas. Some very interesting "Before and After" shots of Eskimos with regard to the "civilizing" influence of Christianity. Portraits of Edith Kilbuck, one of the missionaries, and her children.
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Date: approximately 1884-1885
Call number: photCL 39
Creator: Weinland, William H(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Clarence E. Weinland, 1944 and 1970. The albums of the Morongo Reservation were previously owned by Sarah Morris.

Weinland Family photographs (Items 350-525)

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Portraits of the Weinland and Yost families, the children and grandchildren; Friends of the Weinlands; Photographs of various residences, schools, and universities (including Caltech and Stanford), trips taken and places visited.

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Miscellaneous (Items 161-262)

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Photograph collection of prints and albums detailing the missionary work of William H. Weinland (1861-1930), a Moravian missionary, as well as his family and associates. Images include sites in Alaska among the Eskimo and southern California at the Morongo Reservation. Other images are from Arizona, possibly Montana, and the Great Plains. Photographs in Alaska are by Canadian missionary and Weinland associate Henry Hartmann, William H. Weinland, and commercial photographer M. Lorenz. Many of the southern California images are by William Weinland. Includes a cyanotype of native American school children in southern California and contact prints of Banning, Calif. and the surrounding area.

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Morongo Reservation (Items 81-160)

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Scenes from Riverside and San Diego Counties (Items 263-349)

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Section A: Grand Canyon and the Navahopi Road (Items 1-74)

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This collection contains photographs of Elizabeth Compton Hegemann's travels through the Navajo Indian Reservation and the Grand Canyon from 1922 to 1934. It also documents Southwest Indian life and archaeological monuments during Hegemann's career based at the Shonto Trading Post. The most notable images depict Hegemann; United States National Park Service rangers; Fred Harvey Trading Company sites and employees; Navajo and Hopi Indians; trading posts; Charles F. Lummis; the Grand Canyon; various ruins of Indian pueblos; Hopi ceremonies; Navajo horse races; and natural rock formations scattered throughout Arizona

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Kolmakovsky, Alaska, Sipary's Trading Post

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Photo of fort and trading post with wooden buildings and tents.

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Alaska (Items 1-80)

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Weinland Family photographs (Items 350-525)

Miscellaneous (Items 161-262)

Morongo Reservation (Items 81-160)

Scenes from Riverside and San Diego Counties (Items 263-349)

Section A: Grand Canyon and the Navahopi Road (Items 1-74)

Kolmakovsky, Alaska, Sipary's Trading Post