Jane Gay photograph exhibit, 1994

Series I: Exhibition Materials

• Description: Panel 1: With the Nez Perce During Allotment

  1 item : Panel 1 of the exhibition titled: "With the Nez Perce During Allotment: E. Jane Gay, Her Majesty's Cook and Photographer." Includes the curator's name (Louise D. Barber), sponsors of the exhibit, and a photograph.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 1
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 2: E. Jane Gay, Her Majesty's Cook and Photographer

  1 item : Panel 2 of the exhibition. Text provides background information on the exhibition and its purpose.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 2
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 3: "The Indians are all ready for allotment."

  1 item : Panel 3 of the exhibition. Text includes diary entry by Jane Gay and discussion of the letter's historical context.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 3
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 4: "Alice Cunningham Fletcher; "Her Majesty," the Special Agent."

  1 item : Panel 4 of the exhibition. Text provides information, historical and biographical, of Alice Cunningham Fletcher, a renowned anthropologist who studied indigenous peoples in the 1880s. Contains a photograph, presumably taken by Jane Gay.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 4
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 5: "Allotment - the Solution to the "Indian Question.""

  1 item : Panel 5 of the exhibition. Provides historical context to the issue of allotment for indigenous peoples by the United States government in the late 1800s.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 5
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 6: "Land: The Reservation and White Encroachment."

  1 item : Panel 6 of the exhibition. Panel includes text written by Jane Gay, as well as photographs presumably taken by Jane Gay. "Her Majesty," Alice Fletcher, is referenced here.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 6
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 7: "Entering Paradise: Kamiah in the Valley of the Clearwater River."

  1 item : Panel 7 of the exhibition. Primary text was written by Jane Gay and describes her experience with Fletcher when they enter Kamiah.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 7
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 8: "Tribal Divisions - Treaty and Non-Treaty Nez Perce"

  1 item : Panel 8 of the exhibition Provides historical context to Jane Gay's writing. Includes photographs.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 8
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 9: "Allotment? Who Made This Law?"

  1 item : Panel 9 of the exhibition. Primary text was written by Jane Gay about the attitudes towards allotment by the Nez Perce. Includes photograph.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 9
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 10: "The Kamiah Council on Allotment: A Modest Beginning."

  1 item : Panel 10 of the exhibition. Primary text describes the suspicion of Alice Fletcher on the allotment. Includes photograph.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 10
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 11: "Edson "Joe" Briggs, Surveyor; and James Stuart, Interpreter and Driver."

  1 item : Panel 11 of the exhibition. Primary text discusses Edson Briggs and James Stuart, who both worked for Alice Fletcher during the allotment seasons. Includes photographs.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 11
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 12: "The Chainmen, the Surveyor's Assistants."

  1 item : Panel 12 of the exhibition. Primary text, written by Jane Gay, details the experiences of the Chainmen and the expectations set for them for allotment.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 12
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 13: "Indian Names - Sacred and Otherwise."

  1 item : Panel 13 of the exhibition. Primary text written by Jane Gay detailing Alice Fletcher's experience with naming conventions. Includes photographs.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 13
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 14: "Allotment: In the Field."

  1 item : Panel 14 of the exhibition. Primary text, written by Jane Gay, details the experiences and difficulties during the allotment process. Includes photographs.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 14
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 15: "Allotment: Deciding Land Dispute Cases."

  1 item : Panel 15 of the exhibition. Primary text, written by Jane Gay, details the disputes around land usage and ownership. Includes photographs.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 15
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 16: "Nez Perce Men."

  1 item : Panel 16 of the exhibition. Primary text, written by Jane Gay, details her interpretation of the roles Nez Perce men had.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 16
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 17: "Women at the Time of Allotment."

  1 item : Panel 17 of the exhibition. Primary text, written by Jane Gay, details the experiences of women at the time of allotment. Includes photographs.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 17
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 18: "Nez Perce Children."

  1 item : Panel 18 of the exhibition. Features photographs taken by Jane Gay of children.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 18
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 19: "Schools for Nez Perce Children."

  1 item : Panel 19 of the exhibition. Primary text, written by Jane Gay, details the boarding school at Fort Lapwai and a Catholic mission. Includes photographs.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 19
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 20: "The Photograph as Memento."

  1 item : Panel 20 of the exhibition. Primary text details the desire for photographs of children by their families during a time of increased disease. Includes photographs, presumably taken by Jane Gay.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 20
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 21: ""… the crying in the night could not be translated.""

  1 item : Panel 21 of the exhibition. Primary text, written by Jane Gay, tells the story of the visits from the Lewis and Clark expedition, as told by Billy Williams. Includes photographs.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 21
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 22: ""Were the white people's ways better…?""

  1 item : Panel 22 of the exhibition. Primary text, written by Jane Gay, details Gay's perspective on the socio-cultural changes brought to the Nez Perce. Includes photographs.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 22
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 23: "From Ancient Celebration to a Christian Fourth of July."

  1 item : Panel 23 of the exhibition. Primary text, written by Jane Gay, details the conflict between Nez Perce tradition and government officials. Includes photographs.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 23
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 24: "A Letter to Jane Gay's Niece Jean."

  1 item : Panel 24 of the exhibition. Primary text, written by Jane Gay, was a letter written to Jane Gay's niece about her experiences during the allotment period. Includes a photograph of "Squirrel Camp."
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 24
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 25: ""One grows sick of seeing wrongs…""

  1 item : Panel 25 of the exhibition. Primary text, written by Jane Gay, details her experience and perspective concerning allotment. Includes photographs.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 25
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 26: "Some Traditional Ways Preserved in Photographs."

  1 item : Panel 26 of the exhibition. Includes photographs by Jane Gay of Nez Perce traditions.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 26
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 27: ""… he cannot slep with thinking of the old days.""

  1 item : Panel 27 of the exhibition. Primary text, written by Jane Gay, details her experiences living with the Nez Perce, as well as stories. Includes photographs.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 27
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Panel 28: ""We are the Nemapo.""

  1 item : Panel 28 of the exhibition. Primary text, written by Jane Gay, details Nez Perce identity while under allotment and occupation. Includes photographs.
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 28
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials
• Description: Title Panel

  1 item : Title panel: "With the Nez Perce During Allotment: E. Jane Gay, Her Majesty's Cook and Photographer."
  Dates: 1994
  Container: Box 1, Object 29
  Location: Series I: Exhibition Materials