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Tim Greyhavens
Curtis Colleagues: Alexander Upshaw
A look at the life of Alexander Upshaw, a Crow Native who survived the Indian Boarding School ordeal and worked as a translator for Curtis.
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Tim Greyhavens
Curtis Colleagues: William E. Myers
A brief biography of William E. Myers (1877-1949), Curtis's primary assistant on The North American Indian project.
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Tim Greyhavens
Three Take-Aways from the Recent Curtis Mega-Auctions
Our perspective on two huge auctions of Curtis prints, books, documents, and ephemera that took place at the end of June 2021.
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Janet Steins
Reprint Editions and Other Important Reproductions of The North American Indian
Some thirty years after the final volume of Edward Curtis's The North American Indian appeared, knowledge of and interest in Edward...
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Tim Greyhavens
A Brief History of Curtis Orotones, Part 2
This is the second in a two-part series about the Curtis orotones. For part 1, click here. The orotones of Edward S. Curtis are...
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Tim Greyhavens
A Brief History of the Curtis Orotones, Part 1
“We all know how beautiful the stones and pebbles in the limpid brook of the forest where the water absorbs the blue of the sky and the...
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Tim Greyhavens
The Curtis Studios, Part 2: Prime Time in Seattle
A look at the inner workings of the Curtis Studio in Seattle from 1900 to 1920.
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Honoring Native American Heritage & The Sacred Vote
November marks the beginning of Native American Heritage Month - a time to recognize the many contributions and achievements of Indigenous p
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Edward Curtis and John Andrew & Son; A Curious Connection
Through the years I wondered how Edward Curtis came to hire John Andrew & Son to produce these incredible pieces of photo/art. There had...
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Janet Steins
The Printers of The North American Indian
As part of our efforts to compile an accurate and complete census of The North American Indian, we’ve been looking at every aspect of the...
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Coleen Graybill
BOYS IN KAIAK, Nunivak
BOYS IN KAIAK, Nunivak, 1927 by Edward Curtis. In Volume 20, pages 11-13 of The North American Indian, Plate 690: "The kaiak (kaíyuh) is...
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