SECRETARY'S REPORT 63 



A number of photographic collections relating to specific areas were 

 studied by specialists, who not only derived useful historical informa- 

 tion from them for their own studies, but in turn were able to supply 

 for the Bureau records numerous additional details concerning the 

 identification of subject, locality, etc., thus increasing the value of the 

 collections to future users. 



Over 400 photographic views of Mesa Verde, Colo., and vicinity, 

 made and collected by J. W. Fewkes in the period 1908-22, were 

 studied by members of the National Park Service staff at Mesa Verde 

 National Park; fuller identifications and descriptions were provided 

 for many of these by the Park staff. About 40 of the pictures were 

 considered of especial historical interest and were copied by them for 

 the Mesa Verde files. 



A series of 124 photographs of ruins in Chaco Canyon, N. Mex., 

 made by Victor Mindeleff in 1887 was studied by National Park Serv- 

 ice archeologists at Chaco Canyon National Monument, N. Mex., 

 and Southwestern National Monuments, Globe, Ariz. They identified 

 a number of previously unidentified views and provided details of 

 locality and additional notes on others. 



These series are of considerable historical interest in that they show 

 ruins in states of preservation and repair differing from their present 

 state; a few show ruins that are no longer standing. 



Additional caption information was provided by Dr. Harold C. 

 Conklin of Columbia University for a group of 121 photographs of 

 native peoples of the Philippine Islands made and collected by Col. 

 Dache M. Reeves prior to 1938. 



Several members of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, who were in 

 Washington on business, visited the Archives and provided additional 

 identifications and other information about photographs of Cheyennes 

 and Arapahoes taken in the early 1900's. 



During the year a number of new photographs were added to the 

 collections through gift or loan for copying. 



Twenty-two photographs of Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi 

 Indians living in the State of Michigan during the period 1853-ca. 1920 

 were lent for copying by the Michigan Historical Commission, through 

 Dr. Philip P. Mason, archivist. 



Dr. Paul H. Ezell, of the Department of Anthropology, University 

 of San Diego, San Diego, Calif., lent for copying 11 photographs relat- 

 ing to the Pima Indians ; they range in date from 1896 to 1954. 



Twenty-five original photographic prints relating to a number of 

 Plains and Southwestern tribes were received as a gift from the Penn- 

 sylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, Pa., through John Witthoft, 

 director. Most of the photographs were made in the early 1880's by the 

 photographic firm of Baker and Johnston. 



