Edward Curtis: Selling the North American Indian

Selling the North American Indian:
The Work of Edward Curtis

Created by Valerie Daniels, June 2002

Edward Curtis: Selling the North American Indian
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Introduction

Becoming Edward Curtis

Ladies' Home Journal

"Prettiest Children in America" contest

Outline of the North American Indian Project,

General Introduction to The North American Indian,

Promoting Edward Curtis

Outline of the North American Indian Project,

Scribner's Articles

"Vanishing Indian Types: The Tribes of the Southwest,"

"Vanishing Indian Types: The Tribes of the Northwest Plains,"

"Indians of the Stone Houses,"

Village Tribes of the Desert Land,"

A Letter to American Composers,

"The Kutenai of the Lakes,"

Typescript of a Script for the Musicale,

Program Notes for "The Intimate Story of Indian Tribal Life,"

Typescript of a Script for the Musicale Titled "S.W. Lecture,"

Program Notes for "Lecture on the Indians of the Southwest,"

"Indian Music of the Genuine Sort,"

Musical America

"Mr Edward S. Curtis's 'Picture-Opera',"

Bulletin of the Archaeological Institute of America

"Amusements: The Music saved the Show,"

Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Head-Hunters: Mr. Curtis's Account of an Alaskan Tribe,"

The New York Times

The Vanishing Edward Curtis

"Edward S. Curtis, obituary,"

The New York Times

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