Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Edward S. Curtis White Man Runs Him Photogravure
1908
PC 105
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
- Creator
- Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952.
- Title
- Edward S. Curtis White Man Runs Him Photogravure
- ID
- PC 105
- Date [inclusive]
- 1908
- Extent
- 1.5 Linear feet of shelf space, 1 box, 1 item
- Language
- Collection materials are in
- Abstract
- One photogravure of a 1908 Edward S. Curtis photograph of White Man Runs Him.
Preferred Citation
[Item description] Edward S. Curtis White Man Runs Him Photogravure, 1908 (PC 105)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
Edward S. Curtis (1858-1952) was a Seattle-based photographer noted for his portraits of Native Americans. His twenty volume The North American Indian, published between 1907 and 1930, is considered his magnum opus, and in the course of creating that he took over 40,000 photographs of more than 80 tribes.
White Man Runs Him, the subject of the image, was one of several Crow warriors who served as scouts for Custer at the Little Bighorn.
Scope and Content
The collection is just one item, a copperplate photogravure on Japanese vellum of a 1908 Edward S. Curtis photograph of White Man Runs Him. It is branded "From copyright photograph 1908 by E.S. Curtis." The image is 7"x4.5", on 12"x9" paper. The image is listed in The North American, large folio edition volume 3, facing page 48.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2016
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Acquisition Information
This item was purchased by WSU Libraries' MASC from Buckingham Books on March 18, 1998.
Names and Subjects
Personal Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- White Man Runs Him, approximately 1855-1925 -- Portraits.
Subject(s)
- Crow Indians -- Portraits.
- Indians of North America -- Great Plains.
- Indians of North America -- Montana.
- Indians of North America -- Wyoming.
- Native Americans
- Montana
- Photographs