Photographs of Alaska and Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
Scope and Contents
Images of Haida people and sites in 2011 include the installation of totem poles at Hydaburg, Alaska, and views of Ninstints, a historic Haida village site. Portraits of Haida include Crystal Robinson, Darin Swanson, Mary Swanson, Candace White, and Christian White.
Images of Tlingit people and sites include the installation of totem poles at Kalwock, Alaska, in 2011, and a celebration in Juneau, Alaska, in 2012. Identified Tlingit include members of dance groups including the Heinyaa Khwaan Dance Group led by Jonathan O. Rowan, Jr.
Several images document dance groups including Haida members of the Tluu Xaada Naay (Canoe Peoples House) Dance Group from Massett, British Columbia, and Tsimshian members of the Git-Hoan (People of the Salmon) Native Dance Group from Metlakatla, Alaska.
Signed, numbered, and dated by the photographer on versos of prints. Arranged by the photographer.
Dates
- 2011-2012
Creator
Language of Materials
Conditions Governing Use
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
3.84 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Owen Luck (born 1947)
Processing Information
- Alaska -- Pictorial works
- British Columbia -- Pictorial works
- Haida Gwaii (B.C.) -- Pictorial works
- Haida Indians -- Pictorial works
- Hydaburg (Alaska) -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Inkjet prints
- Klawock (Alaska) -- Pictorial works
- Luck, Owen Craig, 1947-
- Ninstints Site (B.C.) -- Pictorial works
- Photographic prints
- Photographic prints
- Photographs
- Robinson, Crystal -- Portraits
- Rowan, Jonathan O., Jr. -- Portraits
- Swanson, Darin -- Portraits
- Swanson, Mary -- Portraits
- Tlingit Indians -- Pictorial works
- Totem poles -- British Columbia -- Ninstints Site -- Pictorial works
- Totem poles -- Alaska -- Hydaburg -- Pictorial works
- Totem poles -- Alaska -- Klawock -- Pictorial works
- Tsimshian Indians -- Pictorial works
- White, Candace -- Portraits
- White, Christian, 1962- -- Portraits.
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the Owen Luck, Photographs of Alaska and Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Matthew Daniel Mason
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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