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Title: State Historical Society of North Dakota. Superintendent’s Correspondence
Dates: 1891-1959
Collection Number: 00106
Quantity: 226 images
Abstract: Primarily photographs taken by Eugene Burdick in 1930-1931 of Native Americans in North and South Dakota. Also includes images of historic sites and events.
Provenance: This photograph collection was separated from Record Series 30203.
Copyrights: Copyrights to materials in this collection remain with the donor, publisher, author, or author's heirs. Researcher should consult the 1976 Copyright Act, Public Law 94‑553, Title 17 U.S. Code and an archivist at this repository if clarification of copyright requirements is needed.
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Citation: Researchers are requested to cite the collection title, collection name, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.
PHOTOGRAPHS INVENTORY
00106-001 – 002 Continental Divide marker between Hudson Bay and Gulf of Mexico 1957. From Reid-Connolly, James 1958
00106-003 International Peace Gardens 1951
00106-004 – 005 Sitting Bull's grave reburial, Mobridge (SD) 1953
00106-006 Chateau de Mores, Medora (ND) 08/1939
00106-007 Chimney and remains of DeMores Packing Plant, Medora (ND) 08/1939
00106-008 Museum at Fort Abraham Lincoln, Mandan (ND) 08/1939
00106-009-01 Program at Pioneers Celebration and Governor's Day, Bismarck (ND) 08/1939
00106-010 ND Governor’s Day program Bismarck (ND) 08/1939
00106-011 Service Clubs float on Pioneer Day parade 08/1939
00106-012 Governor’s Day – Pioneer celebration Bismarck (ND) 08/1939
00106-013 Earth lodge model on North Dakota State Capitol Grounds, Bismarck (ND) 07/1936
00106-014 View of Liberty Memorial Building from top of Capitol, Bismarck (ND) 08/1939
00106-015 View from top of Capitol looking southwest, Bismarck (ND) 08/1939
00106-016 Looking south from top of Capitol, Bismarck (ND) 08/1939
00106-017 Rock shelter 14 mi S of Glen Ullin (ND) on Heart Butte Reservoir dam site
00106-018 View of Heart River from near rock shelter 12/1947
00106-019 Frank Vejtasa Jr. showing taxidermy work on owls and deer
00106-019-02 Work of taxidermist Frank Vejtasa
00106-021 Frank Vejtasa Jr. showing taxidermy of birds
00106-022 Steam engine owned by Cooperstown man in 1955
00106-023 M. C. Bacheller beside a D.A.R. trail marker at Grand Forks (ND) 1952
00106-024 Henry Syverud, Dagmar (MT) on horse near Max (ND)
00106-025 Nelson Mason 1945
00106-026 Luke D. Sweetman, Lakeside (MT) 05/1891
00106-028 Fort Ouatanon (replica) near Wabash River
00106-029 Prophet's rock
00106-031 Stockton house built 1850
00106-032 Chief White Eagle (Pawnee), 87 years old from (NE) and Melvin Gilmore
00106-034 Stone Circle on Herman Anderson's farm 5 miles SW of Westby (MT)
00106-035 – 038 Writing Rock State Park
00106-040 – 044 Arrowhead Collections
00106-045 Rock Collections at Osnabrock (ND) High School museum
00106-046 Henry Syverud antiques
00106-047 Green River, NE of Dickinson
00106-048 Plains Indians painting of the great epidemic among the Mandans on the Upper Missouri by W. Langdon Kihn
00106-049 – 059 Peter Avre home, near Keene (ND) 1957
00106-064 Pioneer Family Statue dedication on Capitol grounds
00106-076 – 077 Avard Fairbanks, sculptor showing busts and statue
00106-078 Avard Fairbanks sculpture of man on horse
00106-079 James Michaels, Sr. Photographer: A. E. Boyce, Bismarck N.D.
00106-080 Wedding photo of Kitsy and Olin Burdick (brother of Usher L. Burdick)
00106-081 Usher Lloyd Burdick and log house 04/1959
00106-082 Foolish Bear, Van Hook (ND) 08/17/1930
00106-083 Long Bull, Van Hook (ND) 08/17/1930
00106-084 – 085 Mrs. Standing Wind, Fort Totten (ND) 08/1930
00106-086 Mary Crawler, Kenel (SD) 08/22/1931
00106-087 – 089 Mrs. Feather Earring smoking a buckskin, Kenel (SD) 08/22/1931
00106-090 Mrs. Bullhead, Fort Yates (ND) 06/1931
00106-091 Mrs. Iron Cane, Cherry Creek (SD) survivor of Custer battle of 1876
00106-092 – 093 Shoots Holy, Fort Yates (ND) 08/1931
00106-094 – 095 Bob Tailed-Bull, Thunder Butte (SD) 08/16/1931
00106-096 Weasel Bear, Bullhead (SD) 08/1931
00106-097 No Two Horns, Shields (ND) 08/1931
00106-098 Dan Iron Road, Cannonball (ND), survivor of Indian wars in early west 08/13/1930
00106-099 Mr. and Mrs. White Lightning, Cannonball (ND) 08/1930
00106-100 Mrs. Wise Spirit, daughter of Shoots Holy, Shoots Holy, and Usher Burdick, Fort Yates (ND) 08/1931
00106-101 Shoots Holy, Fort Yates (ND) 08/1931
00106-102 White Bull, Cherry Creek (SD) 08/18/1931
00106-103 – 014 Chief White Bull, Cherry Creek (SD) 08/18/1931
00106-105 Mr. and Mrs. White Bull, Cherry Creek (SD) 06/1931
00106-106 Mrs. White Bull, Cherry Creek (SD) 06/1931
00106-107 Chief White Bull, Cherry Creek (SD) 08/18/1931
00106-108 Chief White Bull, Cherry Creek (SD) 06/1931
00106-109 – 115 Chief White Bull, Cherry Creek (SD) 08/18/1931
00106-116 Red Tomahawk and Usher Lloyd Burdick 08/1930
00106-117 Red Tomahawk 07/1930
00106-118 Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Good Boy, Cannonball (ND) 1931
00106-119 William Zahn
00106-120 Usher Burdick and William Zahn
00106-121 Usher Burdick standing near steam house of Sitting Bull on the Grand River 07/1931
00106-122 Chief White Bull on horse 06/1931
00106-123 Unidentified Indian man
00106-124 Bill Circle Eagle, Cherry Creek, (SD) 08/18/1931
00106-125 Unidentified Indian man, Cherry Creek (SD)
00106-126 One Elk, Bullhead (SD) 08/1931
00106-127 Mr. and Mrs. Wise Spirit, Fort Yates (ND) 08/1931
00106-128 Mrs. Nora Blue Horse, Bullhead (SD) 06/1931
00106-129 Nora Blue Horse, Bullhead (SD) 06/1931
00106-130 Mrs. Little Moon at her home 3 miles southwest of Wakpala (SD) 08/11/1930
00106-131 Usher Lloyd Burdick at our tipi waksupe, James McLaughlin residence, McLaughlin (SD) 08/1931
00106-132 Tipi bought from Mrs. Wise Spirit, Fort Yates (ND) 08/17/1931
00106-134 Cherry Creek Agency 06/1931
00106-136 – 138 Sitting Bull Camp site at the Grand River in (SD) 07/06/1931
00106-139 – 140 Sitting Bull's grave, Fort Yates (ND) 07/30/1930
00106-141 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fiske 1931
00106-142 Usher Lloyd Burdick, Quentin Burdick and Francis Zahn 1931
00106-143 Eugene Burdick, Francis Zahn and Usher L. Burdick, Fort Yates, 07/04/1931
00106-144 Usher and Quentin Burdick 1931
00106-145 Usher Burdick and Andrew Iron Road, Mandan (ND) 08/1931
00106-146 Eugene A. Burdick and Andrew Iron Road, Mandan (ND) 08/1931
00106-147 Eugene Burdick, Mr. and Mrs. Bull Bear, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ireland, Andrew Iron Road, Follows the Road, and Mr. and Mrs. Eagle Staff, Mandan (ND) 08/1931
00106-148 Eugene Burdick, Mr. and Mrs. Eagle Staff, Mr. and Mrs. Bull Bear, Andrew Iron Road, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ireland, and Follows the Road, Mandan (ND) 1931
00106-149 Usher Lloyd Burdick, Scar Leg and Old Bull, trading with buckskins, Thunder Butte (SD) 08/1931
00106-150 Old Bull and Usher Lloyd Burdick, Thunder Butte (SD) 08/1931
00106-151 – 152 Old Bull, Thunder Butte (SD) 08/1931
00106-153 Bear’s Heart, Mandan (ND) 08/09/1930
00106-154 Follows the Road, Mandan (ND) 07/1930
00106-155 Wives of Medicine Crow, Fort Thompson (SD) 06/1931
00106-156 – 157 Wicibideza (Happy Hooligan), Fort Yates (ND) 07/30/1930
00106-158 Feather Earring, Kenel (SD) 08/22/1931
00106-159 Bill Ward, Cherry Creek (SD) (our Indian Guide) 07/1931
00106-160 Andrew Iron Road, Mrs. Bull Bear, Follows the Road, Bear’s Heart, Young Dancer in front 09/1931
00106-161 Indian dancers and Lewis F. Crawford, Mandan (ND) 07/1930
00106-162 Indian dancers and Eugene Burdick, Mandan (ND) 07/1930
00106-163 Andrew Iron Road, Mr. and Mrs. Bull Bear, Follows the Road, and Bear's Heart 08/1931
00106-164 Indian dancers and Eugene Burdick, Mandan (ND) 07/1930
00106-165 Dancing at the Depot, Mandan (ND) 07/1930
00106-166 Follows the Road, Andrew Iron Road, Mr. and Mrs. Bull Bear 08/1931
00106-167 Mrs. One Elk, Bullhead (SD) 08/1931
00106-168 Chief Medicine Crow, Fort Thompson (SD) 06/1931
00106-169 Andrew Iron Road, Mandan (ND) 07/1930
00106-170 Andrew Iron Road, Mandan (ND) 08/1931
00106-171 L-R: Rosebud, Charley Walking Cloud, Weasel Bear, and White Bird, Bullhead (SD) 08/1931
00106-173 Scar Leg, Thunder Butte (SD) 08/1931
00106-174 Usher Burke abd Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fiske and friends 1931
00106-175 Usher Lloyd Burdick trading with Indians, Cherry Creek (SD) 06/1931
00106-176 Indians singing, Fort Yates (ND) 07/04/1931
00106-177 Calling the Indians to the Mazopia Napopapan, Cherry Creek (SD) 06/1931
00106-178 – 179 Funeral of woman over 100 years old, Cherry Creek (SD) 06/1931
00106-180 – 181 Indians’ circle, Fort Yates (ND) 07/04/1931
00106-182 Gifting to visiting Indians in honor of donor's grandchild 07/04/1931
00106-183 Donor gives horse away in honor of is grandchild Fort Yates (ND) 07/04/1931
00106-184 – 185 Chief John Gall, John "Pizi", grave stone 07/1930
00106-187 In the Indian Country 06/1931
00107-192 Cheyenne River near Bridger (SD) 07/1931
00106-193 View of Cherry Creek country
00106-194 Near Brockton (MT) 07/1931
00106-195 Butte near Shields (ND) 08/1931
00106-196 – 197 Mrs. Comes Last, age 34, and son, Cannonball (ND) 09/1932
00106-198 Comes Last family, Cannonball (ND) 09/1932
00106-199 Unidentified Indian woman, stripping meat for drying, Bullhead (SD) 1932
00106-200 Unidentified Indian woman, drying meat, Cannonball (ND) 09/1923
00106-201 – 202 Shield of One Bull, like one used in Custer Battle 09/1932
00106-203 Mrs. Eagle Staff near Breien (ND) 09/1932
00106-204 Daughter of Red Tomahawk near his house 09/1932
00106-205 Bear's Heart, Mandan (ND) 08/09/1930
00106-206 Tom Frosted, Fort Yates (ND) 09/1932
00106-207 – 208 Usher Lloyd Burdick group
00106-209 Man and boy holding a stringer of fish
00106-210 Out tent at Port Angeles
00106-211 As we came home
00106-212 Camp Billings, how soft
00106-213 Grandma’s house
00106-214 Eileen, wow 1926
00106-215 Eugene Burdick 1926
00106-216 Quentin Burdick 1926
00106-217 Rodeo
00106-218 “Ole”
00106-219 Eugene Burdick and “Ole”
00106-220 Angie Wingate
00106-221 Buck the dog
00106-222 Eugene Burdick
00106-223 Usher Burdick
00106-224 Indian woman and child
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