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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)
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
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Biographical Note

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.

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Content Description

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.

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Use of the Collection

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.

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Administrative Information

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).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Ute and Cheyenne Indians

    • Description: 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
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
    • Description: 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
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: Ute Indians

      Photograph number 1-3: Unidentified people

      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
    • Description: 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
      Dates: Summer 1955
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
    • Description: Ute Indians-Bear Dance Photos

      Photograph number 1-4: Postcards of the Bear Dance. No.2 has correspondence on the back.

      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
    • Description: 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
      Container: Box 1, Folder 6
    • Description: Cheyenne Indian-Children

      Photograph number 1-3: Unidentified children

      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
    • Description: Cheyenne Indians-Miscellaneous
      • Photograph number 1-3: Unidentified man
      • Photograph number 4: Roping cows
      Container: Box 1, Folder 8
    • Description: Cheyenne Indians-War Mothers Prints

      Photograph number 1-12: Unidentified people and event, Cheyenne Indians-War Mothers Prints

      Container: Box 1, Folder 9
    • Description: Cheyenne Indians-War Mothers Prints

      Photograph number 1-17: Unidentified group and event with American flag in background

      Container: Box 1, Folder 10
    • Description: 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.
      Container: Box 1, Folder 11
    • Description: Blackfoot Indian Reservation
      • Photograph number 1-7: Indian camp with tepees and cars
      • Photograph number 8: Unidentified men
      • Photograph number 9: Indian camp
      Container: Box 1, Folder 12
    • Description: 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
      Container: Box 1, Folder 13
    • Description: "Crazy Indian"

      Photograph number 1-2: Postcards of "Crazy Indian"

      Container: Box 1, Folder 14
    • Description: Landscapes-Unidentified

      Photograph number 1-14: Unidentified Landscapes

      Container: Box 1, Folder 15
    • Description: "Lucy Little Coyote"

      Photograph number 1: "Lucy Little Coyote" beading moccasins

      Container: Box 1, Folder 16
    • Description: 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
      Container: Box 1, Folder 17
    • Description: Duplicates From Box 1
      Container: Box 1, Folder 18
  • Sun Dance

    • Description: Sun Dance Construction
      • Photograph number 1-2: Distance view
      • Photograph number 3-19: Edifice construction
      Container: Box 2, Folder 1
    • Description: Sun Dance Construction

      Photograph number 1-19: Edifice Construction

      Container: Box 2, Folder 2
    • Description: Sun Dance-Preparation For

      Photograph number 1-20: Body painting and some edifice construction

      Container: Box 2, Folder 3
    • Description: Sun Dance

      Photograph number 1-18: Dancers and musicians

      Container: Box 2, Folder 4
    • Description: 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.
      Container: Box 2, Folder 5
    • Description: Sun Dance

      Photograph number 1-14: Painted dancers

      Container: Box 2, Folder 6
    • Description: 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
      Container: Box 2, Folder 7
    • Description: Sun Dance
      • Photograph number 1-9: Unidentified observers
      • Photograph number 10: Two dancers
      • Photograph number 11-14: Unidentified observers
      Container: Box 2, Folder 8
    • Description: 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.
      Container: Box 2, Folder 9
    • Description: Sun Dance
      • Photograph number 1-4: Dancers
      • Photograph number 5: Unidentified observers
      • Photograph number 6: Dancers
      • Photograph number 7-10: Unidentified observers
      Container: Box 2, Folder 10
    • Description: Sun Dance

      Photograph number 1-15: Dancers and unidentified observers

      Container: Box 2, Folder 11
    • Description: Sun Dance

      Photograph number 1-20: Unidentified dancers, performers, and observers

      Container: Box 2, Folder 12
    • Description: Sun Dance "Garb"

      Photograph number 1-5: Man modeling the clothing worn during the religious ceremony of the Willow or Sun Dance

      Container: Box 2, Folder 13
    • Description: Sun Dance

      Photograph number 1-16: Dancers

      Container: Box 2, Folder 14
  • People-Unidentified, Miscellaneous, Indians, Eskimos, events

    • Description: 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
      Container: Box 3, Folder 1
    • Description: 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
      Container: Box 3, Folder 2
    • Description: Reservations and Campgrounds
      • Photograph number 1-7: Tepees and tents
      • Photograph number 8-9: Rock shelter
      Container: Box 3, Folder 3
    • Description: 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
      Container: Box 3, Folder 4
    • Description: 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
      Container: Box 3, Folder 5
    • Description: 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
      Container: Box 3, Folder 6
    • Description: 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
      Container: Box 3, Folder 7
    • Description: Cheyenne Indian "Cultural System"
      • Photograph number 1: Contemporary Cheyenne village
      • Photograph number 2: An older Cheyenne home during the winter
      Container: Box 3, Folder 8
    • Description: 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
      Container: Box 3, Folder 9
    • Description: 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
      Container: Box 3, Folder 10
    • Description: 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
      Container: Box 3, Folder 11
    • Description: 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
      Container: Box 3, Folder 12
    • Description: Duplicates From Box 3
      Container: Box 3, Folder 13
  • Unidentified People and Events, Willow Dance

  • Unidentified People and Events and duplicates

    (Note: many photographs are duplicates of previous boxes)

  • Cattle Ranching, medicine man, Cheyenne artifacts and structures

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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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