Pleasant A. Miller Native American photographs, 1892

Overview of the Collection

Photographer
Miller, Pleasant A.
Title
Pleasant A. Miller Native American photographs
Dates
1892 (inclusive)
Quantity
17 photographic prints (1 box) ; 4.25 x 6.5 in.
Collection Number
PH0717
Summary
Collection includes portraits of Native Americans from Kaw, Osage, Ponca and Otoe tribes in the Kansas and Oklahoma region, 1892
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Pleasant A. Miller was an Arkansas City, Kansas photographer in the late 1800s. Miller, Tomas Croft and William S. Prettyman took well-known photographs of the Cherokee Strip Land Rush.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains photographs from Miller's photography studio in Arkansas City, Kansas, from the late 1800s. The photographs are of single and group portraits of Native Americans from various tribes who were probably living in Kansas and Oklahoma at that time.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

View the digital version of the collection

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions might exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact the repository for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Custodial History

Transferred from the Native American Photographs, Collection No. PH0564, in 2005.

Processing Note

Processed by Maya Foo and Marion Brown; processing completed in 2008.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Container(s) Description Dates
Box item
1 1 circa 1892
Container(s) Description Dates
Box item
1 8 1906
1 9 circa 1892

Unknown tribeReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box item
1 17 1892

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Indians of North America--Portraits
  • Kansa Indians--Portraits
  • Osage Indians--Portraits
  • Ponca Indians--Portraits
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Miller, Pleasant A.--Archives