Edward S. Curtis Digital Collection
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Photographer Edward S. Curtis devoted two decades to making “The North American Indian,” an early 20th century photography and text project studying Western tribes.
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Diegueño house at Campo
In 1906, Edward S. Curtis received funding from J.P. Morgan to begin work on "The North American Indian," a twenty volume set of photographs and text documenting Native American tribes throughout the western United States. The fifteenth volume, featuring the Shoshone (including the Luisenos, Cahuilla, Mono and Paviotso), Diequenos, and Washo tribes, was published in 1926.
Identifier: spl_nai_15_525
Date: 1924
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Oyi-Tsa ("Duck White"), Summer Cacique of Santa Clara
In 1906, Edward S. Curtis received funding from J.P. Morgan to begin work on "The North American Indian," a twenty volume set of photographs and text documenting Native American tribes throughout the western United States. The seventeenth volume, featuring the Tewa and Zuni tribes, was published in 1926.
Identifier: spl_nai_17_601
Date: 1905
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Carlos Rios - Papago Chief
In 1906, Edward S. Curtis received funding from J.P. Morgan to begin work on "The North American Indian," a twenty volume set of photographs and text documenting Native American tribes throughout the western United States. The second volume, featuring the Pima, Papago, Qahtika, Mohave, Yuma, Maricopa, Walapai, Havasupai, and Yavapai tribes, was published in 1908.
Identifier: spl_nai_02_050
Date: 1907
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Shatila - Pomo
In 1906, Edward S. Curtis received funding from J.P. Morgan to begin work on "The North American Indian," a twenty volume set of photographs and text documenting Native American tribes throughout the western United States. The fourteenth volume, featuring the Kato, Wailaki, Yuki, Pomo, Wintun, Maidu, Miwok and Yokuts tribes, was published in 1924. The index provides more detailed captions for selected images within the portfolio.
Identifier: spl_nai_14_478
Date: 1924
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Four Horns - Arikara
In 1906, Edward S. Curtis received funding from J.P. Morgan to begin work on "The North American Indian," a twenty volume set of photographs and text documenting Native American tribes throughout the western United States. The fifth volume, featuring the Mandan, Arikara and Atsina tribes, was published in 1909.
Identifier: spl_nai_05_151
Date: 1908
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Standing Two - Oto
In 1906, Edward S. Curtis received funding from J.P. Morgan to begin work on "The North American Indian," a twenty volume set of photographs and text documenting Native American tribes throughout the western United States. The eighteenth volume, featuring the Wichita, Cheyenne, Oto, and Commanche tribes, was published in 1930.
Identifier: spl_nai_19_675
Date: 1927
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A Nootka Woman
In 1906, Edward S. Curtis received funding from J.P. Morgan to begin work on "The North American Indian," a twenty volume set of photographs and text documenting Native American tribes throughout the western United States. The eleventh volume, featuring the Nootka, Clayoquot and Haida tribes, was published in 1916.
Identifier: spl_nai_11_384
Date: 1915
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Principal Female Shaman of the Hupa
In 1906, Edward S. Curtis received funding from J.P. Morgan to begin work on "The North American Indian," a twenty volume set of photographs and text documenting Native American tribes throughout the western United States. The thirteenth volume, featuring the Hupa, Yuork, Karok, Wiyot, Tolowa, Tututni, Shasta, Achomawi and Klamath tribes, was published in 1924.
Identifier: spl_nai_13_467
Date: 1923
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A Zuni Girl
In 1906, Edward S. Curtis received funding from J.P. Morgan to begin work on "The North American Indian," a twenty volume set of photographs and text documenting Native American tribes throughout the western United States. The seventeenth volume, featuring the Tewa and Zuni tribes, was published in 1926.
Identifier: spl_nai_17_613
Date: 1903
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The Facts, Rotary Boys Club Special, April 11 to 16, 1962
The Rotary Boys Club served youth living in the Central Area who were between ages 7 and 20 by providing a variety of recreation activities such as games, sports, field trips, movies and crafts. Members of the club also helped to create the Soul Pole, a 21-foot wooden sculpture, which was gifted to the Douglass-Truth Library Branch in 1972. According to documents from the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Soul Pole was created in 1969 as part of a summer arts festival associated with the Model Cities Program to bring attention to African American history. It was installed at the Yesler Branch Library just three years before it was renamed the Douglass-Truth Branch, after Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth. A Seattle Daily Times article from Aug. 1969 says that the Rotary Boys Club youths who carved the Pole were Cindy Jones, Gregory Jackson, Brenda Davis, Larry Gordon, Gaylord Young and Gregory X, the club’s art director. The Soul Pole was removed from the library in April 2021 to undergo conservation work and returned to its original position in 2022.
Identifier: spl_bch_585692
Date: 1962-04
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