Robert Anderson photograph collection

Robert Anderson photograph collection, circa 1950-1987

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Anderson, Robert, 1914-1989
Title: Robert Anderson photograph collection
Dates: circa 1950-1987 (inclusive)
19401987
Quantity: 750 photographic prints
Collection Number: P0342
Summary: The Robert Anderson photograph collection contains photos from this cultural anthropologist include Sun Dance and Bear Dance ceremonies, Ute Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Nootka Indians, Gulf Eskimos, African and Bedouin tribes, Sumerian Period architecture and sculpture. Many photos were used in Anderson's The Cultural Context.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Robert Anderson was born on 17 February 1914, in Bessemer, Michigan. Growing up in Marquette, Anderson worked part-time for the Marquette Mining Journal, reporting for the daily newspaper on Saturday and over summer vacations during high school. Following graduation from Northern Michigan College in 1937, Anderson taught high school for two years and was commencing graduate work in anthropology when the Second World War began.

Anderson was drafted in 1942, and the Army took advantage of his journalism and writing experience by assigning him to the Stauffer survey of American soldiers in Alaska, a project which yielded the multi-volume The American Soldier. Anderson also edited The News, the newsletter of the Percy Jones Hospital Center at Ft. Custer, Michigan.

After his discharge from the Army in 1945, Anderson went back to school, receiving his M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1947, a year that also saw his marriage to Alma Fassett. Anderson continued his graduate work at Columbia University, but returned to Michigan in 1948 to study under noted anthropologist Leslie White. In 1951, after extensive research that yielded a dissertation on the Cheyenne Indians, Anderson received his Ph.D. in anthropology.

Anderson began his career as a college professor in 1951 at Florida State University. Three years later he accepted the post of Assistant Professor at the University of Utah, where he would serve for the next thirty five years. In 1956, Anderson was made Associate Professor, and in 1963 he achieved the rank of Professor of Anthropology. In 1960, Anderson began lecturing in psychiatry, becoming an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry in 1970. In 1976, Anderson published a textbook, The Cultural Context: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, noted for a mature approach in an introductory work. Having built a reputation as an excellent lecturer and erudite scholar, he received the first College of Social and Behavioral Science Superior Teaching Award in 1980.

After a distinguished career, Robert Anderson retired from the University of Utah on 1 July 1989. He died on 17 August 1989.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Robert Anderson was an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Utah. The bulk of this cultural anthropologist's collection centers on Cheyenne Indians, Ute Indians and the Willow, or Sun, and Bear Dances. Subjects also included in the collection are African and Middle Eastern tribes such as Nuers, Bedouins, Gulf Eskimo Indians, and Nootka Indians. The majority of the photographs in the collection are not identified.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Collection arranged by topic and photographer.

Processing Note

Processed by Mary Ann Curtis in 2000.

Separated Materials

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Robert Anderson papers (MS 0573).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Ute and Cheyenne IndiansReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Ute Indians (Photographs taken by Lois Peltz) Photograph number 1: Shy Sidney Aturine Photograph number 2: Glen Honey, George Cesspooch Photograph number 3: Glen and George in improvised shade Photograph number 4: James Cesspooch sleeping, August 9, 1955 Photograph number 5: Clayton Cesspooch sleeping after a big night Photograph number 6: Bert chopping wood at camp Photograph number 7: Unidentified man holding hat Photograph number 8: Glen Honey, Crey Cesspooch, George and Bert Cesspooch, Bill at recording session Photograph number 9: The boiling pot for feast Photograph number 10-12: Unidentified people and events Photograph number 13: Bishop Arroeschis Photograph number 14-16: Unidentified men Photograph number 17: Irene Cesspooch Photograph number 18: One of camps at second Sun Dance Photograph number 19: Unidentified young girl Photograph number 20: The gambling shade at the Sun Dance grounds Photograph number 21: Sun Dance Hedge, a day later Photograph number 22: Sun Dance Lodge, after dance Photograph number 23: Unidentified men Photograph number 24: Bryson, Nelson, Evans and Irene Campbell Photograph number 25: Beef boiling for feast Photograph number 26: Feast preparation shade house, before feast Photograph number 27: Bert's camp. Left to Right: Maida, Clayton, Bessie, Irene
1	2	Ute Indians Photograph number 1-7: Unidentified men and women Photograph number 8-10: Male dancer Photograph number 11-12: Buildings Photograph number 13-17: Unidentified people
1	3	Ute Indians Photograph number 1-3: Unidentified people
1	4	Ute Indians-Children Summer 1955 (Photographs taken by Lois Peltz) Photograph number 1: Madeleine Nephi, Thelma, Glenda, Kenneth, Lynda (McCooks), getting water at our house Photograph number 2: Kenneth, Lynda, Glenda McCook Photograph number 3: Children swimming Photograph number 4: Andalia, Alice, Jimmie, Rodell and Delbert Cesspooch Photograph number 5: Alice Cesspooch with one of two snakes killed at Red Bridge Photograph number 6: Four youngsters at feasting place Photograph number 7: Veneta, Alice and Vincentia Photograph number 8: Vincentia, Veneta Sireech, Alice Cesspooch Photograph number 9: Veneta Sireech, Alice Cesspooch, Vincentia Sireech Photograph number 10-12: Unidentified boys at play	Summer 1955
1	5	Ute Indians-Bear Dance Photos Photograph number 1-4: Postcards of the Bear Dance. No.2 has correspondence on the back.
1	6	Cheyenne Artifacts Photograph number 1: Hoop and dart ball game Photograph number 2: Commitros? bags Photograph number 3: Cheyenne war bonnet Photograph number 4: Bone saddle horn, elk horn scraper Photograph number 5: Rawhide rattles? Photograph number 6: Rawhide and granite berry crusher, war club, rawhide and stone club Photograph number 7: Bone ladle, stone vessel, bone spoons Photograph number 8: Rawhide saddle and braided rawhide rope Photograph number 9: Feather fan and plume Photograph number 10-11: Cheyenne moccasins Photograph number 12: Arrows and holder Photograph number 13: Berry beads, med bag and bear claw Photograph number 14: Shoe
1	7	Cheyenne Indian-Children Photograph number 1-3: Unidentified children
1	8	Cheyenne Indians-Miscellaneous Photograph number 1-3: Unidentified man Photograph number 4: Roping cows
1	9	Cheyenne Indians-War Mothers Prints Photograph number 1-12: Unidentified people and event, Cheyenne Indians-War Mothers Prints
1	10	Cheyenne Indians-War Mothers Prints Photograph number 1-17: Unidentified group and event with American flag in background
1	11	Cheyenne Indians-Nineteenth Century Photograph number 1: Tepee Photograph number 2: Woman nursing a child Photograph number 3: Terrace houses in Old Oraih Pueblo, Arizona Photograph number 4: Women dressing buffalo hides near mouth of the Yellowstone River Photograph number 5: Plenty Horses?, a Cheyenne warrior. Photo taken May 10, 1875 Photograph number 6: Southern Cheyenne horsemen on Reservation, 1892. Photograph number 7: A Cheyenne camp on the plains, 1870.
1	12	Blackfoot Indian Reservation Photograph number 1-7: Indian camp with tepees and cars Photograph number 8: Unidentified men Photograph number 9: Indian camp
1	13	Buildings and Homes-Unidentified Photograph number 1-5: Log homes and farmland Photograph number 6: Brick building, school? Photograph number 7-9: Unidentified homes Photograph number 10: Hotel Photograph number 11: Meats and Groceries, Ashland Mercantile Photograph number 12-17: Unidentified buildings
1	14	"Crazy Indian" Photograph number 1-2: Postcards of "Crazy Indian"
1	15	Landscapes-Unidentified Photograph number 1-14: Unidentified Landscapes
1	16	"Lucy Little Coyote" Photograph number 1: "Lucy Little Coyote" beading moccasins
1	17	Museum of the Plains Indians Photograph number 1: Museum of the Plains Indians Photograph number 2: Dog travois Photograph number 3: Horse equipment Photograph number 4: Smoking equipment Photograph number 5: Lobby, south wall Photograph number 6: Lobby, west wall Photograph number 7: Lobby, north wall Photograph number 8: Lobby, east wall Photograph number 9: Squaws and tepee Photograph number 10: Craft shop
1	18	Duplicates From Box 1

Sun DanceReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
2	1	Sun Dance Construction Photograph number 1-2: Distance view Photograph number 3-19: Edifice construction
2	2	Sun Dance Construction Photograph number 1-19: Edifice Construction
2	3	Sun Dance-Preparation For Photograph number 1-20: Body painting and some edifice construction
2	4	Sun Dance Photograph number 1-18: Dancers and musicians
2	5	Sun Dance Photograph number 1-6: Young adults observing activities in field Photograph number 7-10: Unidentified people Photograph number 11-13: Flag raising ceremony about 8:00 a.m. Saturday. A lengthy affair, conducted in pelting rain.
2	6	Sun Dance Photograph number 1-14: Painted dancers
2	7	Sun Dance Photograph number 1-2: Unidentified observers Photograph number 3-5: Dancers Photograph number 6-10: Unidentified observers Photograph number 11-13: Dancers Photograph number 14: Resting dancer Photograph number 15-16: Unidentified observers
2	8	Sun Dance Photograph number 1-9: Unidentified observers Photograph number 10: Two dancers Photograph number 11-14: Unidentified observers
2	9	Sun Dance Photograph number 1: Cover of Medicine Man's book. Cheyenne Sundance of Tongue River, instruction book. Photograph number 2: Title page of Medicine Man's book. Photograph number 3-13: Medicine Man's book. Cheyenne Sundance of Tongue River, instruction book.
2	10	Sun Dance Photograph number 1-4: Dancers Photograph number 5: Unidentified observers Photograph number 6: Dancers Photograph number 7-10: Unidentified observers
2	11	Sun Dance Photograph number 1-15: Dancers and unidentified observers
2	12	Sun Dance Photograph number 1-20: Unidentified dancers, performers, and observers
2	13	Sun Dance "Garb" Photograph number 1-5: Man modeling the clothing worn during the religious ceremony of the Willow or Sun Dance
2	14	Sun Dance Photograph number 1-16: Dancers

People-Unidentified, Miscellaneous, Indians, Eskimos, eventsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
3	1	People-Unidentified Photograph number 1-2: Unidentified families Photograph number 3-6: Unidentified men Photograph number 7: Two men talking Photograph number 8: Man building a structure Photograph number 9: Unidentified man and woman Photograph number 10-13: Unidentified families Photograph number 14: Man working on equipment Photograph number 15: Unidentified family Photograph number 16: Two men talking in a field
3	2	People-Unidentified Photograph number 1: Unidentified man Photograph number 2: Man carrying wood Photograph number 3: Man standing next to a structure Photograph number 4-5: People with horses Photograph number 6-9: Unidentified groups Photograph number 10: Farming on an Israel Kibbitz Photograph number 11: The people of the Kibbitz in their dining room Photograph number 12: Children of the Kibbitz hard at work in the classroom Photograph number 13: Unidentified ceremonial procession
3	3	Reservations and Campgrounds Photograph number 1-7: Tepees and tents Photograph number 8-9: Rock shelter
3	4	Slides-Miscellaneous Photograph number 1-2: Binney Road Photograph number 3: Long Jaw family next to desert tipi Photograph number 4: Binney Photograph number 5: Long Jaw family Photograph number 6-7: Binney Road Photograph number 8: Tongue River Photograph number 9: Divide Photograph number 10: Tongue River country Photograph number 11: "White" Binney Photograph number 12: Binney Photograph number 13: Binney Road Photograph number 14: Long Jaw family Photograph number 15: Catholic Church, Binney Photograph number 16: Long Jaw family in front of teepee Photograph number 17: Divide Photograph number 18: Long Jaw family and their desert teepee
3	5	Miscellaneous Photographs Photograph number 1: Buffalo country sign Photograph number 2-4: Unidentified scenery Photograph number 5-8: Wooden frame structure Photograph number 9: Unidentified building Photograph number 10-12: Unidentified men Photograph number 13: Vehicle Photograph number 14: Blurry photograph of people
3	6	Africans-Nuers Photograph number 1: Long-horned cattle among dwellings Photograph number 2: Young girl milking a long-horned cow Photograph number 3: Natives carrying millet Photograph number 4: Farming village of Nigeria from a distance Photograph number 5: Cattle out in an August shower in the Nuerland Photograph number 6: A Nuer millet garden in October
3	7	Bedouins Photograph number 1-3: Bedouins and camels Photograph number 4: Contemporary farming village on the Jordan West Bank Photograph number 5: Animals being driven over stalks of grain Photograph number 6: Bedouin cooks
3	8	Cheyenne Indian "Cultural System" Photograph number 1: Contemporary Cheyenne village Photograph number 2: An older Cheyenne home during the winter
3	9	Coronation Gulf Eskimos Photograph number 1: Snow houses of an Eskimo winter village Photograph number 2: Eskimos resting during migration, 1913-1916 Photograph number 3: Eskimo camp, west side of Cappernine River, 1913-1916 Photograph number 4: Stripping the skin and blubber from a seal, 1913-1916 Photograph number 5: Eskimos cutting up a caribou Photograph number 6: Eskimos fishing near Bernard Harbor, 1913-1916 Photograph number 7: Higilag and her adopted daughter pegging out deer skin to dry Photograph number 8: Caribou meat drying on a rack
3	10	Nootka Indians Photograph number 1: Nootka Sound Indian village of Cedar Plant Photograph number 2: Hollowed out cedar canoe Photograph number 3: Kwakhuitt costume displayed by a woman at hanaims
3	11	Indian Architecture and Sculpture (Sumerian Period) Photograph number 1: Machu Pichu Photograph number 2: Khafaji, Iraq, reconstruction of the Temple Oval Photograph number 3: Tell Asmar, Iraq, A hoard of statuettes from the Square Abu Temple Photograph number 4: Model of a small copper chariot drawn by four asses, Tell Agrab, Iraq
3	12	Miscellaneous Pictures From "The Cultural Context" Photograph number 1: Dining room of a Kibbitz Photograph number 2: Kibbutz play yard Photograph number 3: Carleton Coon Photograph number 4: Men building a structure Photograph number 5: Middle Eastern woman Photograph number 6: Donkey laden with hay Photograph number 7: Oil refinery and tank Photograph number 8: Coal, oil and natural gas site Photograph number 9: Eskimo man in traditional hood Photograph number 10: Eskimo in construction clothing
3	13	Duplicates From Box 3

Unidentified People and Events, Willow DanceReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
4	1	Unidentified People Photograph number 1-11: Musicians, dancer and observers
4	2	Unidentified People Photograph number 1-4: Musicians, dancers and observers
4	3	Religious Structure of the Willow Dance Photograph number 1-4: Religious structure
4	4	Buffalo Skull Photograph number 1-2: Buffalo skull placed outside of the frame of a sweat lodge
4	5	Willow or Sun Dance Photograph number 1-7: Dancers and performers
4	6	Medicine Man Sketches Photograph number 1-2: Sketches describing the procedures of the Willow dance recorded by a medicine man

Unidentified People and Events and duplicatesReturn to Top

(Note: many photographs are duplicates of previous boxes)

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
5	1	Unidentified People
5	2-4	Unidentified People and Events
5	5	Duplicates From Box 5

Cattle Ranching, medicine man, Cheyenne artifacts and structuresReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
6	1	Cattle Ranching Photograph number 1-18: Men roping cattle, riding horses and herding cattle
6	2	Medicine Man Sketches Photograph number 1-13: Medicine Man's sketches of the instructions of the Willow or Sun Dance
6	3	Cheyenne Artifacts Photograph number 1: War bonnet Photograph number 2: Bone saddle horn, elk horn scraper, and other equipment Photograph number 3: Rawhide rattles Photograph number 4: Rawhide berry crusher, war club, rawhide and stone club Photograph number 5: Bone ladle, stone vessel, and bone spoons Photograph number 6-8: Beaded moccasins Photograph number 9: Rawhide saddle and braided rawhide last Photograph number 10: Arrows and quiver Photograph number 11-12: Buffalo switch Photograph number 13: Beads and unidentified equipment
6	4	Willow Dance Religious Structure Photograph number 1-6: Views of the Willow Dance religious structure
6	5	Dome Shaped Structure-Sweat Lodge Photograph number 1-4: Views of the Sweat Lodge, buffalo skull placed outside
6	6	Unidentified Structures Photograph number 1: Tepee Photograph number 2-3: Unidentified contemporary buildings Photograph number 4-15: Stone structures, buildings, and scenery Photograph number 16: Unidentified monument Photograph number 17-23: Unidentified buildings Photograph number 24: Shibbutz Playground Photograph number 25: Tepee
6	7	Unidentified Scenery
6	8	Duplicates From Boxes 1-5

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Africans--Photographs
Bear dance--Photographs
Bedouins--Photographs
Cheyenne Indians--Photographs
Ethnologists--Archives
Indians of North America--Photographs
Inuit--Photographs
Nuu-chah-nulth Indians--Photographs
Sculpture, Sumerian--Photographs
Sumer--Buildings, structures, etc.--Photographs
Sun dance--Photographs
Ute Indians--Photographs

Personal Names

Anderson, Robert, 1914-1989--Archives

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