Details

Subject(s)

• Photography—West (U.S.)—History—20th century [Browse]
• Indigenous peoples of North America—Arizona—History—20th century—Photographs [Browse]
• Arizona—History—20th century [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Photographs [Browse]

Compiled/​Created

1900

Biographical/​Historical note

George Wharton James was an English-American lecturer, photographer, journalist and editor. He was born in Lincolnshire, England, and migrated to the United States as a young man after being becoming an ordained Methodist minister. He served in parishes in Nevada and Southern California, and from there began his career as a journalist and writer. An editor of two magazines, he also wrote more than 40 books and many articles and pamphlets on California and the American Southwest.

Summary note

Large album containing 40 silver collodion prints taken by George Wharton James. The main subject of the photos is the Havasupai tribe of Arizona and depicts the American Southwest at the turn of the 20th century. Each photograph is accompanied by a description/annotation written by James.

Source acquisition

Purchase, 2016. AM 2017-35.

OCLC

1340463826

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