S. Lyman Tyler photograph collection, late 1800s-1964

Overview of the Collection

Collector
Tyler, S. Lyman (Samuel Lyman), 1920-
Title
S. Lyman Tyler photograph collection
Dates
late 1800s-1964 (inclusive)
Quantity
189 photographs, 292 slides
Collection Number
P0462
Summary
The S. Lyman Tyler photograph collection contains photographs and slides documenting S. Lyman Tyler's study of the indigenous peoples of North and South America. As well as a few views of Salt Lake City in the late 1800s.
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

Historical NoteReturn to Top

S. Lyman Tyler had a B.S. in History and Political Science, University of Utah, 1949, Ph.D. in History and Public Administration, University of Utah, 1951, and served as a Research consultant, United States Government, 1952-1953, Professor of History, Brigham Young University, 1952-1966, Research consultant, United States Government, 1953-1956, Chairman Indian Education Committee, Brigham Young University, 1954-1960, Director of Libraries, Brigham Young University, 1954-1956, President, Utah Library Association, 1957-1957, Member, National Council, American Library Association, 1957-1965, Director, Institute of American Indian Studies, Brigham Young University, 1959-1964, Board Member, Utah State Historical Society, 1962-1965, Secretary and Chairman, Governor's Indian Affairs Committee of Utah, 1963-1966, Consultant, Latter-day Saints Church and School Library Programs, 1964, 1979, Board Member, Utah Heritage Foundation, 1965-1968, Professor of History, University of Utah, 1966-, Director, Bureau of Indian Services, University of Utah, 1966-1967, Chairman Faculty Advisory Committee, Bureau of Indian Services, University of Utah, 1966-1970, State Board of Indian Affairs, 1966-1971, Member, Advisory Committee, Western History Center, University of Utah, 1966-1971, Dean, Division of International Education, University of Utah, 1967-1971, Member, University Library Council, University of Utah, 1968-1970, Director, American West Center, University of Utah, 1971-, Chairman, Faculty Committee, Fulbright Interviews, 1973, Member Advisory Committee, Redd Western History Center, Brigham Young University, 1976-1979, Vice President, Peoples of Utah, Inc., 1976-, Member, Board of Consultants, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1976, Board Member, Fort Douglas Museum Association, 1977-, Chairman, David E. Miller Lecture Series Committee, 1977-, Member, Paiute Restoration Committee, 197 Humanities Consultant, American Indian Community Resource Center, Inc., 1979

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The images in this collection document Dr. S. Lyman Tyler's effort in research of the indigenous peoples of North and South America. The collection contains pictures of a wide variety of Indians such as the Ute, Southeast, Aztec, Plains, Southwest, Northeast, Mesopotamia, and slides of Catlin's paintings. The first part of the collection involves a photo excursion of Brazil and the latter parts of the collection are of earlier black and white images of several groups of South American Indians. A great part of this collection is a photographic record of an unidentified book written about the Kaiapo group of Indians in South America. Also included are some views of Salt Lake City around the turn of the century. Also included in the collection are slides of English Prime Minister's, and slides of England. Almost all of the images are black and white in excellent condition with the exception of the large collection of slides.

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 is arranged topically.

Acquisition Information

Gift of S. Lyman Tyler.

Separated Materials

Audio-visual materials were transferred to the S. Lyman Tyler audio-visual collection (A0006).

Processing Note

Processed by Drew Ross in 1992 and by Michael Rawson in 1994.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Brazil, South American Indians, Ute Indians and MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Brazil Trip
  • Photograph number 1-9: Slides of a sandy beach in Brazil.
  • Photograph number 10-15: Lava rock formations in Piaui, Brazil.
  • Photograph number 16-20: Ancient cave drawings labelled, "Casa Santa" in Brazil
1 2
Salt Lake
  • Photograph number 1: View of Salt Lake City.
  • Photograph number 2: Stereographs by C.R. Savage of Salt Lake City. (no date given) were moved to the C.R. Savage Collection, (P0365).
 1800s
1 3
Miscellaneous Portraits
  • Photograph number 1: Portrait of Dr. Theodore Taylor, Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
  • Photograph number 2: Group portrait of the Utah Historical Society, circa 1964.
  • Photograph number 3: Unidentified group in native dress at the Utah State Capitol building.
  • Photograph number 4: Image of former U.S. president Nixon with Pueblo Indian artist Michael Naranjo. (Small article attached).
1 4
Miscellaneous Item
  • Photograph number 1: Portrait of unidentified "mountain man" sculpture.
1 5
South American Natives
  • Photograph number 1: A small portrait labelled Candido Mariano Roudon (1865-1958).
  • Photograph number 2-16: Photographs of sketches and drawings, some of which were drawn by natives and some drawn by outsiders.
  • Photograph number 17-18: Images of objects crafted by Karajas Indians.
  • Photograph number 19-54: Intimate images of the life styles of several South American Indian groups.
1 6
Kaiapo Indians I
  • Photograph number 1-28: Photographic copy work of a book about a South American Indian group. Most of the photographs are of text in the book with a limited amount of actual images. Some of the text is written in Spanish.
1 7
Kaiapo Indians II
  • Photograph number 1-23: Same concept as Folder 6, except the entire text is in Spanish.
1 8
Kaiapo Indians III
  • Photograph number 1-26: Same concept as Folder 7.
1 9
Kaiapo Indians IV
  • Photograph number 1-29: Same concept as Folder 7.
1 10
Brazil Envelope
  • Photograph number 1: A well travelled envelope addressed to Lyman Tyler.
1 11
Ute Indians
  • Photograph number 1: Portion of the Indians who murdered N.C. Meeker-Indian Agt. White River Col. 1877. Names of Utes 1 Shavano, 2 Pi-ah, 3 Kop-E-Sits, 4 Emme, 5 Smoke, 6 Nalarats-(Mountain Sheep), 7 Per-Soon, 8 Negaf, 9 Koats, 10 Nina.
  • Photograph number 2: Unidentified.
  • Photograph number 3: Antelope-Agent Meekers Murderer.
  • Photograph number 4: Unidentified.
  • Photograph number 5: Ute Chief "Ouray ".
  • Photograph number 6: Chief Ouray at age 35.
  • Photograph number 7: Chipeta, Oho Blunco, Wm H. Berry, Tapuch, Captain Jack, Tim Johnson.
  • Photograph number 8: Saverwick, Henry Jim, Buckskin Charley, Wass, Wm Burns, Alhandra.
  • Photograph number 9: Galota, Otto, Mears, Savero, Shavanaux, Colonel H. Page, Jacknick.
  • Photograph number 10: Ignatio, Hon. C. Schurz, Woretsiz, Ouray, Gen. Cha Adams.
  • Photograph number 11: Washington, Susan, Jack, Johnson, Henry Jim, Curtis, Thompson, Adams, Mears, Guro, Chipeta, Ouray, Piah
  • Photograph number 12-13: Chipeta-Ouray's Squaw.
  • Photograph number 14: Buckskin Charlie.
  • Photograph number 15: John P. Lower and group of Utes.
  • Photograph number 16: Ute Indians at the Denver Exposition-1882.
  • Photograph number 17: Ruins of Ouray's House.
  • Photograph number 18-19: Home of Ouray and Chipeta in San Juans.
  • Photograph number 20: Colorow-Ute Chief-Leader Thornburg Massacre.
1 12
Indians
  • Photograph number 1: Camp Weld Council held September 28, 1964.
  • Photograph number 2: Black Kettle and his Chiefs.
  • Photograph number 3-4: Negatives.
  • Photograph number 5-6: Unidentified.
1 13
Miscellaneous
  • Photograph number 1: Utah's Best Corp.
  • Photograph number 2: State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Ogden-Lucin. Cut-Off, Great Salt Lake-South Pac
  • Photograph number 3: Salt Lake City Temple and Tabernacle.
  • Photograph number 4-5: Unidentified.
1 14
Old Maps of New World
  • Photograph number 1-7: Negatives.
  • Photograph number 8-10: Old Maps of New World.
1 15
Slides
  • Photograph number 1-40: Unidentified Indians.
  • Photograph number 41-61: English Prime Minister's.
  • Photograph number 62-105: England.
  • Photograph number 106: Buffalo.
  • Photograph number 107-109: Unidentified Indians.
  • Photograph number 110: 1836 Indian Map.
  • Photograph number 111: Roundup.
  • Photograph number 112: Escalante.
  • Photograph number 113-120: Southeast Indians.
  • Photograph number 121-136: Aztec.
  • Photograph number 137-175: Catlin.
  • Photograph number 176-194: Plains Indians.
  • Photograph number 195-217: Southwest Indians.
  • Photograph number 218-237: Northeast Indians.
  • Photograph number 238: National Geographic.
  • Photograph number 239-257: Mesopotamia.
  • Photograph number 258-292: Unidentified Indians.
1 16
"Buffalo Hunt" Painting
  • Photograph number 1: "The Buffalo Hunt", painting by Alfred Jacob Miller, 1840. (Added in 1994)

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Indians of North America--Photographs
  • Indians of South America--Photographs

Geographical Names

  • Salt Lake City (Utah)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Exterior views
  • Photographic prints--1870-1964
  • Slides--Color--1930-1964

Finding aid prepared by Drew Ross.
1992

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