By HELEN DALRYMPLE The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis is one of the most significant representations of traditional American Indian culture. Issued in limited edition from 1907 to 1930, the 20-volume set is organized by tribes and culture areas encompassing the Great Plains, Great Basin, Plateau Region, Southwest, California, Pacific Northwest and Alaska. The online collection presents all 2,226 published images, with comprehensive identifying data, including plate numbering, dimensions and the original captions by Curtis. The source materials for this collection are housed at Northwestern University Library.
The career of Irving Fine (1914-1962), composer conductor, writer and academic, is documented in the Library of Congress Music Division by approximately